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LIGNIÈRES-DE-TOURAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Indre-et-Loire

France
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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.29577, Longitude: 0.41703

Location Information

Lignières-de-Touraine is a village 22 kilometres south west of Tours and about 3 kilometres south of the village of Langeais. The Communal Cemetery is situated south of the village on the road to Azay-le-Rideau and about 300 metres south-east of the church. The graves are west of the main entrance.
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History Information

There are 15 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here.


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​Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier

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Pilot Officer Michael James Wallace Cantwell
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Flying Officer Edward Dalgleish
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Flying Officer James Alwyn Ewen
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Sergeant Joseph Harold Fellows
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Sergeant Richard Arthur Gaut
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Sergeant Edmund CharlesWilliam Goode
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Pilot Officer Frederick George Graham
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Flight Sergeant Arthur Hedley Jenkins
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Flight Lieutenant George Leeson Jones
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Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy
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Flight Sergeant David Alastair Paterson
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Flight Sergeant William Paul
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Flying Officer Frank Reginald Tickle
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Pilot Officer Barrington St. John Woollard
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Pilot Officer Wilson Harry Emanuel Wright

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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Langeais Communal Cemetery
TOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ST. SYMPHORIEN NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY


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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)


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