PONT-AUDEMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.34789, Longitude: 0.50721
Location Information
Pont-Audemer is a town in the Department of Eure, some 20 kilometres east-south-east of Honfleur and some 70 kilometres west-south-west of Rouen.
The Communal Cemetery is south of the town at Côte de la Justice, and the war graves are in the military section at the top of the cemetery.
Visiting Information
The cemetery is open each day from 9 am to 5 pm (in summer from 9 am to 7 pm)
Historical Information
There are 27, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Casualties: United Kingdom 19, Canada 3, Poland 3, New Zealand 2. Total 27.
Pont-Audemer is a town in the Department of Eure, some 20 kilometres east-south-east of Honfleur and some 70 kilometres west-south-west of Rouen.
The Communal Cemetery is south of the town at Côte de la Justice, and the war graves are in the military section at the top of the cemetery.
Visiting Information
The cemetery is open each day from 9 am to 5 pm (in summer from 9 am to 7 pm)
Historical Information
There are 27, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Casualties: United Kingdom 19, Canada 3, Poland 3, New Zealand 2. Total 27.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
413531 Flight Sergeant
David Bennett
486 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
16th September 1943, aged 22.
Row C. 22.
Son of David and Mary Gertrude Bennett; husband of Josepha Ella Bennett, of Karamea, Nelson, New Zealand.
David Bennett
486 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
16th September 1943, aged 22.
Row C. 22.
Son of David and Mary Gertrude Bennett; husband of Josepha Ella Bennett, of Karamea, Nelson, New Zealand.
414590 Pilot Officer
Fraser Dudley Clark
485 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
22nd August 1943, aged 21.
Row C. 19.
Son of George and Jessie Agnes Clark, of Wanganui, Wellington New Zealand.
Fraser Dudley Clark
485 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
22nd August 1943, aged 21.
Row C. 19.
Son of George and Jessie Agnes Clark, of Wanganui, Wellington New Zealand.
Original Grave Marker
J/17293 Flying Officer
John Ernest Fisher
410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th September 1943, aged 24.
Row C. 20.
Son of Ernest Harold and Clara Lee Fisher, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription " The God Who Never Changes, Holds Him In His Hand" Pauline Johnson
John Ernest Fisher
410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th September 1943, aged 24.
Row C. 20.
Son of Ernest Harold and Clara Lee Fisher, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription " The God Who Never Changes, Holds Him In His Hand" Pauline Johnson
581185 Sergeant
Maurice Guy Jones
15 Squadron, Royal Air Force
11th June 1940, aged 23.
Row B. Collective Grave 14-15.
Son of John and Fanny Jones, of Kington, Herefordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "O Valiant Heart, Of Kington, Herefordshire Who From Your Labours Rest"
Maurice Guy Jones
15 Squadron, Royal Air Force
11th June 1940, aged 23.
Row B. Collective Grave 14-15.
Son of John and Fanny Jones, of Kington, Herefordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "O Valiant Heart, Of Kington, Herefordshire Who From Your Labours Rest"
R/139292 Flight Sergeant
John Patrick Keating
138 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
14th May 1943.
Row A. Collective Grave 2-7.
John Patrick Keating
138 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
14th May 1943.
Row A. Collective Grave 2-7.
French War Graves
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
