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ESPINS CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.00057, Longitude: -0.41476

Location Information

Espins is a village and commune 13 miles (21 kilometres) south of Caen, and 23 miles (37 kilometres) south-east of Bayeux. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, in the southern portion of the churchyard, near the stone cross and the war memorial.


​Burial Details

124163 Flight Lieutenant Leslie James Greenhalgh, Pilot in 245 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th June 1944, aged 22. 
Son of John and Dorothy Edith Greenhalgh, and stepson of Gertrude Green halgh; husband of Brenda Hattie Greenhalgh, of Hull. His headstone bears the inscription "There Was So Much We Had to Do, So Much We Had To Give"


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Espins Churchyard
Espins Churchyard
Espins Churchyard
Espins Churchyard

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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ST. MARTIN-DE-SALLEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CULEY-LE-PATRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ST. RÉMY CHURCHYARD

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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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