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GAMACHES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France

Location Information

Gamaches is a village in the Department of the Somme, 57 kilometres west of Amiens, 26 kilometres south-west of Abbeville and is on the N15B road from Le Tréport to Blangy-sur-Bresle and Aumale. The Communal Cemetery is north of the village centre on the Rue Derrière St.-Michel. Near the north-eastern corner are the graves of two British soldiers; north-west of and about 9 metres from the entrance is the grave of an airman belonging to the Royal Canadian Air Force.


Flight Details

R.A.F. Base: Kenley, Surrey
Unit: 616 Sqdn. Fighter Command
Aircraft: Spitfire Mk V, serial W3334
Target: Sweep
Incident: The aircraft failed to return from its mission
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Information above provided by Barry Cuttell


Burial Details


J/3724 Pilot Officer Richard Gordon Sutherland, Pilot in 616 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 
27th Sept. 1941, aged 22. Son of John G. and Agnes Payne Sutherland of St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac, Province of Quebec. Canada.

3601057 Serjeant Fred Teasdale, Border Regiment and No. 3 Commando, died 20th August 1942, aged 23. 
 Son of Albert and Eleanor Teasdale; husband of Annie Teasdale of Thornhill, Cumberland.

1610143 Gunner Hubert Samuel Wadsworth, Royal Artillery and Commando, died  20th August 1942, aged 24. Son of Hubert and Sarah Elizabeth Wadsworth of Newport, Monmouthshire.


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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.
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