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LURAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Eure-et-Loir

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.71801, Longitude: 1.41434

Location Information

The village and commune of Luray lies about 3 kilometres south-east of Dreux, a town on the main road (N.12) from Paris to the west of France. The communal cemetery is approximately a kilometre east of the village, on the D.929 road from Dreux to Nogent-le-Roi. Near the centre of the cemetery are the graves of two airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force who died during the 1939-1945 War.
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Luray Communal Cemetery
Luray Communal Cemetery
Luray Communal Cemetery
Luray Communal Cemetery
Luray Communal Cemetery
Luray Communal Cemetery
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J/20157 Flying Officer 
Joseph William Henry Conway, D. F. C.  
Pilot in 268 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th July 1944, aged 26. 

​Son of Leonard and Ellen Conway, of East Angus, Province of Quebec, Canada.

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J/12556 Flight Lieutenant 
Stewart Kitchener Walker
Pilot in 122 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th August 1944, aged 27.
 

Son of Harold Guy and Clara Walker, of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "His Body Lies Here, But His Memory Is Forever In The Hearts Of His Loved Ones"




NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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Dreux Communal Cemetery
DREUX ROYAL CHAPEL
STE. GEMME-MORONVAL CHURCHYARD


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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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