World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross

LANEUVILLE-À-BAYARD CHURCHYARD
Haute-Marne
France

Location Information

Laneuville-à-Bayard is a village and commune 49 kilometres north-north-west of Chaumont, and 10 kilometres south-east of the large town of St. Dizier. The churchyard lies to the east of the village, and contains the collective grave of six British and one Australian airmen.


Picture
Portrait of 402485 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Pilot Officer) William Frederick (Bill) Collins (left), of Goondiwindi, Qld and 400981 Sergeant Rex Alfred Gotts (right), of Richmond, Vic. The pair have completed their training in Canada and are standing in front of the Jasper railway station in Alberta, Canada. Sgt Collins enlisted in Sydney, NSW, on 19 August 1940. He was posted to 106 Squadron (RAF) and was killed whilst on operations over France on 27 April 1944. Sgt Gotts enlisted in Melbourne, Vic, on 7 December 1940. He was posted to 50 Squadron (RAF) and was killed whilst on operations over Denmark on 23 September 1942.
​

World War One Cemeteries

Picture
 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Picture
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Picture
Australian War Memorial
Picture
New Zealand Online Cenotaph

​© COPYRIGHT TERENCE HEARD AND BRENT WHITTAM
​
​ 2005-2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
.​

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)


  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross