GAILLEFONTAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
Location Information
Gaillefontaine is a village and commune 45 kilometres north-east of Rouen, and 8 kilometres north-east of Forges-les-Eaux, which is 54 kilometres south-east of Dieppe on the N.IS road from Dieppe through Forges-les-Eaux to Paris.
The communal cemetery is on the north-west side of the village, behind the war memorial on the village square. In the eastern portion of the cemetery, near the north-east boundary wall, are the graves of 3 British soldiers, one of whom is not identified.
Burial Details
7957291 Trooper Murray William Sinclair Knight, 'A' Sqn. 11th Hussars., Royal Armoured Corps, died 31st August 1944, aged 21. Son of William Spring Knight and Florence Knight, of Beckenham, Kent.
557170 Trooper Edward Robert Arthur Smith, 11th Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died 31st August 1944, aged 25. Son of Jesse and Eliza Smith, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Gaillefontaine is a village and commune 45 kilometres north-east of Rouen, and 8 kilometres north-east of Forges-les-Eaux, which is 54 kilometres south-east of Dieppe on the N.IS road from Dieppe through Forges-les-Eaux to Paris.
The communal cemetery is on the north-west side of the village, behind the war memorial on the village square. In the eastern portion of the cemetery, near the north-east boundary wall, are the graves of 3 British soldiers, one of whom is not identified.
Burial Details
7957291 Trooper Murray William Sinclair Knight, 'A' Sqn. 11th Hussars., Royal Armoured Corps, died 31st August 1944, aged 21. Son of William Spring Knight and Florence Knight, of Beckenham, Kent.
557170 Trooper Edward Robert Arthur Smith, 11th Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died 31st August 1944, aged 25. Son of Jesse and Eliza Smith, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
