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LE MESNIL-DURAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Calvados

France

​GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.04153, Longitude: 0.14426

Location Information

Le Mesnil-Durand is a village and commune 9 miles (14 Kilometres) south-west of Lisieux, and 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Livarot. This is a small town 11 miles (18 kilometres) south of Lisieux on the N.179 road from Lisieux and Alencon. The village is just over 1 kilometre west of road N.179, and is on the D.47 road to Mezidon. The communal cemetery is south of the village, and is 500 yards from the church.

​There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, 12 yards south-east of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Le Mesnil-Durand Communal Cemetery
Le Mesnil-Durand Communal Cemetery
Le Mesnil-Durand Communal Cemetery
Le Mesnil-Durand Communal Cemetery
Le Mesnil-Durand Communal Cemetery
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122338 Flight Lieutenant 
Reginald Frederick Bass
Pilot in 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
29th June 1944, aged 21. 

​Son of Frederick Thomas and Sarah Jane Bass, of Coldstream, Berwickshire.

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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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