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POIGNY-LA-FORÊT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Yvelines

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.681, Longitude: 1.75702

Location Information

Poigny-la-Forêt is a village and commune in the Rambouillet Forest, 32 kilometres south-west of Versailles and 6 kilometres north-west of Rambouillet. The communal cemetery is north of the village on the road leading to the neighbouring village of St Leger-en-Yvelines. The two 1939-1945 Commonwealth war graves are on the east side of the central path.
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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Poigny-la-Forêt Communal Cemetery
Picture
R/183965 Flight Sergeant 
Douglas Paul Bernhardt
Air Gunner in 622 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st June 1944, aged 19.

​Son of Oscar George and Verda V. Harwood Bernhardt, of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.

Other Burial Details

1384133 Warrant Officer Samuel Norris, Air Gunner in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st June 1944.
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NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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LES BRÉVIAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ST. HILARION COMMUNAL CEMETERY
RAMBOUILLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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Disclaimer


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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