PÉRIERS-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.26731, Longitude: -0.10596
Location Information
Périers-en-Auge is a village and commune 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east of Caen, and 18 miles (28 kilometres) north-west of Lisieux. It lies 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Cabourg, and is about 18 kilometres south-west of Deauville. The church is just over 1 kilometre west of the D.49 road from Dives to Dozule. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, 25 yards north of the west door of the church.
Burial Details
5381332 Private William Patrick Hedges, 2nd (Airborne) Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, died 7th June 1944, aged 32. Son of H. and Alice Maud Hedges; husband of P. Mabel Hedges, of Osney, Oxfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace. His Loving Wife And Mother"
Périers-en-Auge is a village and commune 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east of Caen, and 18 miles (28 kilometres) north-west of Lisieux. It lies 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Cabourg, and is about 18 kilometres south-west of Deauville. The church is just over 1 kilometre west of the D.49 road from Dives to Dozule. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, 25 yards north of the west door of the church.
Burial Details
5381332 Private William Patrick Hedges, 2nd (Airborne) Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, died 7th June 1944, aged 32. Son of H. and Alice Maud Hedges; husband of P. Mabel Hedges, of Osney, Oxfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace. His Loving Wife And Mother"
