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MAGNY CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.30553, Longitude: -0.66609

Location Information

Magny-en-Bessin is a village in the Department of the Calvados 5 kilometres north-east of Bayeux. It lies about 500 metres south-east of the D516 road from Bayeux to Arromanches. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, near the war memorial in the churchyard.


Burial Details

3909534 Private Ivor Parr, 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers, died 6th June 19144, aged 24. Son of Hubert and Noreen Parr, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan; husband of Maud Evelyn Parr, of Hopkinstown, Pontypridd. His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Husband Of Maud, Daddy Of David, Youngest Son Of Hubert And Noreen Parr"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Magny Churchyard, Calvados
Magny Churchyard, Calvados
Magny Churchyard, Calvados

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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.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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