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PERCY-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France


GPS coordinates: Latitude: 49.05678, Longitude: -0.06323

 Location Information

Percy is a village and commune 16 miles (27 kilometres) south-east of Caen, 13 miles (21 kilometres) south-west of Lisieux, and 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Mezidon. This is a small town about 3 miles (5 kilometres) south of the N.13 Caen to Lisieux road. 


There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, in the north-east corner of the churchyard, behind the war memorial which stands outside the churchyard.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Percy-en-Auge Churchyard
Percy-en-Auge Churchyard
Percy-en-Auge Churchyard
Percy-en-Auge Churchyard
Percy-en-Auge Churchyard
Percy-en-Auge Churchyard
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124424 Flying Officer 
Michael Percivall Dunkerley
 
Pilot in 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
9th November 1943, aged 20.

Son of the Revd. Cecil Lawrence Dunkerley, M.C., M.A., and Kathleen Olive Dunkerley, of Paulersbury Rectory, Towcester, Northamptonshire.
 

His headstone bears the inscription "Per Ardua Ad Astra"



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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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