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ELLON CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.22058, Longitude: -0.67712

Location Information

Ellon is a village and commune 8 kilometres south of Bayeux, and 2 kilometres on the right of the D.6 road from Bayeux to Tilly-sur-Seules.

There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, near the centre of the north wall of the church.
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Burial Details

5256990 Trooper Matthew Docherty, 61st Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C., died 20th June 1944, aged 31.

7910739 Trooper Silas Henry Nunn, 1st Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C., died 12th July 1944, aged 30. Son of Samuel Robert and Clara Nunn; husband of Mary Phyllis Nunn, of Luton, Bedfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace. Until We Meet Again, Darling. Your Loving Wife"


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Ellon Churchyard
Ellon Churchyard
Ellon Churchyard
Ellon Churchyard

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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JUAYE-MONDAYE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
ST. MARTIN-DES-ENTRÉES (ST. GERMAIN) CEMETERY

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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