PONT-DE-L'ARCHE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.30502, Longitude: 1.1494
Location Information
Pont-de-L'Arche is a small town and commune 19 kilometres south of Rouen, on the south bank of the river Seine. The communal cemetery is on the western side of the town, on the N.321 road to Elbeuf. The two Commonwealth war graves are some 25 yards west of the middle of the eastern wall.
Burial Details
1474572 Gunner John Jameson, 23 Battery, 8 A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 9th June 1940, aged 30. Son of Samuel and Alice Jameson, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; husband of Sarah Jameson, of Belfast. His headstone bears the inscription "In God's House, For Evermore Their Dwelling-Place Shall Be"
1476657 Gunner William Rea, 23 Battery, 8 A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 9th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Patrick Rea, and of Ellen Rea, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His headstone bears the inscription "Dear Son, You Sleep With The Brave Where No Tears Of Mother Can Drop On Your Grave"
Pont-de-L'Arche is a small town and commune 19 kilometres south of Rouen, on the south bank of the river Seine. The communal cemetery is on the western side of the town, on the N.321 road to Elbeuf. The two Commonwealth war graves are some 25 yards west of the middle of the eastern wall.
Burial Details
1474572 Gunner John Jameson, 23 Battery, 8 A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 9th June 1940, aged 30. Son of Samuel and Alice Jameson, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; husband of Sarah Jameson, of Belfast. His headstone bears the inscription "In God's House, For Evermore Their Dwelling-Place Shall Be"
1476657 Gunner William Rea, 23 Battery, 8 A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 9th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Patrick Rea, and of Ellen Rea, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His headstone bears the inscription "Dear Son, You Sleep With The Brave Where No Tears Of Mother Can Drop On Your Grave"
