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MESNIL-MAUGER COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Seine-Maritime

France
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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.67348, Longitude: 1.51369

Location Information

Mesnil-Mauger is a village and commune 25 miles (40 kilometres) north-east of Rouen, 4 miles (6 kilometres) north-north-west of Forges-les-Eaux, a town on the N.15 (Dieppe to Paris) road; and 1 kilometre (about .50 mile) east of the N.314 road from Forges-les-Eaux to Neufchatel-en-Bray. The nearest railway station is at Serquex (Amiens-Rouen line) which is 2.50 miles (4 kilometres) south of Mesnil-Mauger. There is a bus service between Forges-les-Eaux and Neufchatel-en-Bray.

​The communal cemetery is some 500 yards north of the church, up a narrow lane. Near the entrance gate are the graves of 6 airmen, of whom 2 belonged to the Royal Air Force and 4 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery
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J/88538 Pilot Officer
James Douglas Bishop
50 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
8th July 1944.




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Original Grave Marker
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J/88421 Pilot Officer
Fredrick Randall Hopkins
50 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
8th July 1944.




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R/157271 Warrant Officer
Stanley Arcadie Motriuk
50 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 24.


Son of Sylvester and. Anne Motriuk, of Elmwood, Manitoba, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "May The Lord Watch Over Thee We Are Absent One From Another"



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R/187486 Flight Sergeant
Peter Oliver Kenneth Noren
50 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 23.


Son of N. W. and Anna B. Noren, of Percival, Saskatchewan, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "In Silence We Remember"




Other Burial Details

1267017 Sergeant Derrick Austin, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th July 1944, aged 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Frederick Austin, of Southport, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Remembered And Honoured Not Only One Day But Every Day"

2205712 Sergeant Robert Noel Harper, 50 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th July 1944.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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FORGES-LES-EAUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
GAILLEFONTAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
FORGES-LES-EAUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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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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