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OUISTREHAM-RIVA-BELLA COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Calvados
France

Location Information

Ouistreham-Riva-Bella is a commune and village at the mouth of the River Orne, 15 kilometres north-east of Caen. The Communal Cemetery is 800 metres from Ouistreham, on the the north side of the D35E road to Colleville-Montgomery. 

There are 5 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, located in the north-west part of the cemetery.


Burial Details

1378956 Sergeant Edward Appleton-Bach, Pilot in 131 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1942, aged 27. Son of Joseph and Olive Appleton-Bach, of Steatham Common, London.

4985218 Private Frederick Burkitt, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) and No. 4 Commando, 6th June 1944, aged 24. Son of Fredrick and Janet Burkitt, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

7365489 Private Orlando Raffaele Farnese, Royal Army Medical Corps and No. 4 Commando, died 6th June 1944, aged 24. Son of Ercole and Trofimena Farnese, of Stepney, London.

5779774 Corporal Frederick George Maskell, Royal Norfolk Regiment and No. 4 Commando, died 6th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Frederick George and Hannah Maskell; husband of Florence Emily Maskell, of Bow, London.

R/75315 Flight Sergeant John Francis McCallum, 207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 24th October 1942, aged 21. Son of Andrew and Myrtle McCallum, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


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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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