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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"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Périers-en-Auge Churchyard
Périers-en-Auge Churchyard
Périers-en-Auge Churchyard
Périers-en-Auge Churchyard

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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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