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LUC-SUR-MER CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.30835, Longitude: -0.35779

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.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
Luc-sur-Mer Churchyard
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​4192899 Fusilier 
Elwyn Edwards
Royal Welch Fusiliers and No. 1 Commando
28th September 1941, aged 20. 

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Nephew of Jane Hughes, of Clawddnewydd, Denbighshire, brother of Elizabeth McDonnell (nee Edwards), of Belfast.

His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By All At Plas Newydd, Clawdd, Ruthin, North Wales"



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4080201 Lance Cororal
Cyril Denman Evans
South Wales Borders, 1st Brecknockshire Bn. and No. 1 Commando
28th September 1941, aged 24. 

Son of John Edward and Agnes May Evans, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.

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33201 Squadron Leader 
James Anderson Pitcairn-Hill, D. S. O., D. F. C. 
Pilot in 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force
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.

His headstone bears the inscription "Approved Unto God, A Workman... Not Ashamed"

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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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