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MANTES-GASSICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Yvelines

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.00234, Longitude: 1.69735

Location Information

Mantes is a town on the River Seine, 45 kilometres by road north-west of Versailles. Gassicourt is a district in the north-west part of the town. 

The Communal Cemetery lies in front of Ste. Anne's Church, and the graves of 2 Canadian airmen are in the southwest part, north-east of the side entrance gate.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
Mantes-Gassicourt Communal Cemetery
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J/22411 Flying Officer 
Alfred Hinscliffe D. F. C.  
Air Bomber in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th May 1944, aged 25.

Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Hinscliffe, of Windsor, Ontario Canada, husband of Betty Doreen Hinscliffe.

His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Son Fred. Who Is Sadly Missed By Family And Friends"


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J/91133 Pilot Officer 
Bourneuf Freeman Pothier,
 D. F. C.  
Air Bomber in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th May 1944, aged 21.

Son of Luke R Pothier and Lisette E. Pothier, of Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten. May His Soul Rest In Peace"



NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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MANTES-LA-VILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
MANTES (LA JOLIE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
PERDREAUVILLE 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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