LA MAILLERAYE-SUR-SEINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.47684, Longitude: 0.76459
Location Information
La Mailleraye-sur-Seine is a village and commune on the south bank of the River Seine, 16 miles (25 kilometres) west-north-west of Rouen and 4 miles (7 kilometres) south-west of Caudebec, which is on the north bank of the river. There are bus services between Caudebec, Rouen and Le Havre; and taxis are available at Caudebec where there is a ferry (passenger and motor vehicles) across the River Seine. The cemetery is on the east side of the D.131 road to Pont Audemer, about 400 yards from the church.
The war graves plot surrounds the war memorial on the northwest corner of the cemetery, and in this plot are the graves of three airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and two to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
La Mailleraye-sur-Seine is a village and commune on the south bank of the River Seine, 16 miles (25 kilometres) west-north-west of Rouen and 4 miles (7 kilometres) south-west of Caudebec, which is on the north bank of the river. There are bus services between Caudebec, Rouen and Le Havre; and taxis are available at Caudebec where there is a ferry (passenger and motor vehicles) across the River Seine. The cemetery is on the east side of the D.131 road to Pont Audemer, about 400 yards from the church.
The war graves plot surrounds the war memorial on the northwest corner of the cemetery, and in this plot are the graves of three airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and two to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/87024 Pilot Officer
Stanley John Swartz
Air Gunner in 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
5th July 1944.
Stanley John Swartz
Air Gunner in 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
5th July 1944.
Other Burial Details
J/86492 Pilot Officer Wilfred Charles Gay, Pilot in 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 5th July 1944. Son of Jesse and Alice Gay; husband of Opal L. Gay, of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Memories As We Journey On Our Way, Remembering, Smiles Of A Yesterday"
90569 Pilot Officer John Richard Lloyd, Pilot in 615 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd June 1940, aged 30. Son of Lt.-Col. Sir John Conway Lloyd M.C., and Lady Lloyd, of Abercynrig, Brecknockshire. His headstone bears the inscription No. 615 Squadron "A Happy Warrior"
J/86492 Pilot Officer Wilfred Charles Gay, Pilot in 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 5th July 1944. Son of Jesse and Alice Gay; husband of Opal L. Gay, of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Memories As We Journey On Our Way, Remembering, Smiles Of A Yesterday"
90569 Pilot Officer John Richard Lloyd, Pilot in 615 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd June 1940, aged 30. Son of Lt.-Col. Sir John Conway Lloyd M.C., and Lady Lloyd, of Abercynrig, Brecknockshire. His headstone bears the inscription No. 615 Squadron "A Happy Warrior"
