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"
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"
