GONFREVILLE-L'ORCHER (GOURNAY-EN-CAUX) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.52227, Longitude: 0.22556
Location Information
Gonfreville-l'Orcher is a scattered village in the commune of the same name. The main part of the village is 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Le Havre, and about 0.75 mile (1 kilometre) south of Gainneville, a village on the Le Havre-Bolbec road (N.13 bis). There are three cemeteries in the commune. The one in which the British graves are situated lies at the hamlet of Gournay-en-Caux, which is approximately 0.75 mile (1 kilometre) north of the N.13 bis road, on the by-road from Harfleur to St. Romain-de-Colbosc (D.34) and about 14 miles (2 kilometres) east of Harfleur. The communal cemetery is immediately south of the railway, on the west side of a rough road leading south to Gainneville. This road leaves the D.34 road some 400 yards east of the Gournay-en-Caux Church. The 2 British graves are at the west end of cemetery, on the north side of the main path.
Burial Details
190752 Captain David Ernest Corsby, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Artillery, died 6th September 1944, aged 23. Plot A. A. 1. Son of Reginald Ernest and Florence Charlotte Corsby; husband of Betty Marcelle Corsby, of Chiswick, Middlesex.
794432 Bombardier Trevor Wallace Saunders, Royal Artillery, died 6th September 1944.
Gonfreville-l'Orcher is a scattered village in the commune of the same name. The main part of the village is 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Le Havre, and about 0.75 mile (1 kilometre) south of Gainneville, a village on the Le Havre-Bolbec road (N.13 bis). There are three cemeteries in the commune. The one in which the British graves are situated lies at the hamlet of Gournay-en-Caux, which is approximately 0.75 mile (1 kilometre) north of the N.13 bis road, on the by-road from Harfleur to St. Romain-de-Colbosc (D.34) and about 14 miles (2 kilometres) east of Harfleur. The communal cemetery is immediately south of the railway, on the west side of a rough road leading south to Gainneville. This road leaves the D.34 road some 400 yards east of the Gournay-en-Caux Church. The 2 British graves are at the west end of cemetery, on the north side of the main path.
Burial Details
190752 Captain David Ernest Corsby, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Artillery, died 6th September 1944, aged 23. Plot A. A. 1. Son of Reginald Ernest and Florence Charlotte Corsby; husband of Betty Marcelle Corsby, of Chiswick, Middlesex.
794432 Bombardier Trevor Wallace Saunders, Royal Artillery, died 6th September 1944.
