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FESTIEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Aisne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.52043, Longitude: 3.75661

Location Information

Festieux is a village and commune on the Laon-Reims road (N. 44) about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Laon. The most convenient station is Laon, which has good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns of northern France, and where taxis are available. There is a bus service from Laon and Reims, but it is poor. The communal cemetery is south of the village on a by-road leading from the village square. In the south-eastern corner of the cemetery are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
Festieux Communal Cemetery
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44976 Pilot Officer
 James Joseph Grierson
Pilot in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force
​17th May 1940.

Other Burial Details

626953 Aircraftman 2nd Class John Hedley Patterson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Joseph and Mary Patterson, of Hackney, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Peace, Perfect Peace"

581002 Sergeant Joseph William Paul, Observer in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas Paul, and of Florence Paul, of Waltham, Lincolnshire.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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MONTCHÂLONS CHURCHYARD
ST. ERME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
PRESLES-ET-THIERNEY 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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