LUC-SUR-MER CHURCHYARD
Calvados
France
Location Information
Luc-sur-Mer is a village on the Normandy coast, 16 kilometres north of Caen.
There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, located near the south-west corner of the church tower.
Burial Details
4192899 Fusilier Elwyn Edwards, Royal Welch Fusiliers and No. 1 Commando, died 28th September 1941, aged 20. Nephew of Jane Hughes, of Clawddnewydd, Denbighshire, brother of Elizabeth McDonnell (nee Edwards), of Belfast.
4080201 Cyril Denman Evans, South Wales Borders, 1st Brecknockshire Bn. and No. 1 Commando, died 28th September 1941, aged 24. Son of John Edward and Agnes May Evans, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
33201 Squadron Leader James Anderson Pitcairn-Hill, D. S. O., D. F. C. Pilot in 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 18th September 1940, aged 24. Son of the Revd. Colin Cecil Pitcairn Hill and Minnie Berwick Pitcairn Hill, of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. Wakefield Scholar, R.A.F. College, Cranwell.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Luc-sur-Mer is a village on the Normandy coast, 16 kilometres north of Caen.
There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, located near the south-west corner of the church tower.
Burial Details
4192899 Fusilier Elwyn Edwards, Royal Welch Fusiliers and No. 1 Commando, died 28th September 1941, aged 20. Nephew of Jane Hughes, of Clawddnewydd, Denbighshire, brother of Elizabeth McDonnell (nee Edwards), of Belfast.
4080201 Cyril Denman Evans, South Wales Borders, 1st Brecknockshire Bn. and No. 1 Commando, died 28th September 1941, aged 24. Son of John Edward and Agnes May Evans, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
33201 Squadron Leader James Anderson Pitcairn-Hill, D. S. O., D. F. C. Pilot in 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 18th September 1940, aged 24. Son of the Revd. Colin Cecil Pitcairn Hill and Minnie Berwick Pitcairn Hill, of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. Wakefield Scholar, R.A.F. College, Cranwell.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
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