MEREY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.96579, Longitude: 1.40775
Location Information
Merey is a village and commune 13.05 miles (21 km) east-south-east of Evreux, an important town with good road and rail connections with Paris and the towns of North Western France. There is a bus service from Évreux to Pacy-Sur-Eure, a small town 3.73 miles (6 km) from the village, where taxis are obtainable to complete the journey. Take the N13 road from Évreux in the direction of Pacy-Sur-Eure - 8.70 miles (14 km). Turn right onto the D141 signposted for St. Aquilin/Pacy-Sur-Eure centre. On entering St. Aquilin, take the first turn on the right onto the D71 signposted Merey, 7 km. After 800 metres from entering the village, the communal cemetery is located on the left of the road, after a sharp bend. The current precise location of the cemetery is; D71, Rue de Merey (for visitors with GPS systems the co-ordinates are; N48° 57'56'', longitude; E1°24'27'') About five yards from the entrance is the collective grave of three airmen of the Royal Air Force. It is marked by three headstones of the traditional Commission design and also a monument erected by the local authorities.
Burial Details
44679 Pilot Officer Roy Cuthbert Beale, Pilot in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1940, aged 26. Son of Gordon Charles and Nellie Ada Victoria Beale; husband of Rose Alexandra Beale, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Death Is The Veil Which Those Who Live Call Life: They Sleep, And It Is Lifted"
534454 Sergeant Douglas Barfield Carter, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Arthur C. Carter and Eva Carter, of Morden, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "How Sleep The Brave, Who Sink To Rest By All Their Country's Wishes Bless'd"
506095 Sergeant Harold James Frank Tutt, Observer in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1940, aged 32. Son of Frank and Alice Blanche Tutt; husband of Marjorie Tutt, of East Sheen, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "The Dawn Is Not Distant, Beloved, When Love Is Eternal"
Merey is a village and commune 13.05 miles (21 km) east-south-east of Evreux, an important town with good road and rail connections with Paris and the towns of North Western France. There is a bus service from Évreux to Pacy-Sur-Eure, a small town 3.73 miles (6 km) from the village, where taxis are obtainable to complete the journey. Take the N13 road from Évreux in the direction of Pacy-Sur-Eure - 8.70 miles (14 km). Turn right onto the D141 signposted for St. Aquilin/Pacy-Sur-Eure centre. On entering St. Aquilin, take the first turn on the right onto the D71 signposted Merey, 7 km. After 800 metres from entering the village, the communal cemetery is located on the left of the road, after a sharp bend. The current precise location of the cemetery is; D71, Rue de Merey (for visitors with GPS systems the co-ordinates are; N48° 57'56'', longitude; E1°24'27'') About five yards from the entrance is the collective grave of three airmen of the Royal Air Force. It is marked by three headstones of the traditional Commission design and also a monument erected by the local authorities.
Burial Details
44679 Pilot Officer Roy Cuthbert Beale, Pilot in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1940, aged 26. Son of Gordon Charles and Nellie Ada Victoria Beale; husband of Rose Alexandra Beale, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Death Is The Veil Which Those Who Live Call Life: They Sleep, And It Is Lifted"
534454 Sergeant Douglas Barfield Carter, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Arthur C. Carter and Eva Carter, of Morden, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "How Sleep The Brave, Who Sink To Rest By All Their Country's Wishes Bless'd"
506095 Sergeant Harold James Frank Tutt, Observer in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1940, aged 32. Son of Frank and Alice Blanche Tutt; husband of Marjorie Tutt, of East Sheen, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "The Dawn Is Not Distant, Beloved, When Love Is Eternal"
