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PUTOT-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.21661, Longitude: -0.06861

Location Information

Putot-en-Auge is a village 22 kilometres east-north-east of Caen and the same distance north-west of Lisieux. Take the Caen-Pont l'Eveque-Rouen road (RN175) and turn right at Putot-en-Auge.

The cemetery stands by the church at the end of the village. There are 32 Commonwealth U. K. burials of the 1939-1945 war in the churchyard.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Putot-en-Auge Churchyard
Putot-en-Auge Churchyard
Putot-en-Auge Churchyard
Putot-en-Auge Churchyard
Putot-en-Auge Churchyard
Putot-en-Auge Churchyard
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6984191 Private
Robert Herbert McCombe
12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
19th August 1944, aged 21.
Row C. 1.

Son of George and Emily V. McCombe, of White Abbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.

His headstone bears the inscription "Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me, Let Me Hide Myself In Thee"




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14370768 Private
Charles Rusdale

13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Bn.The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
19th August 1944, aged 19.
Row A. 1.

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Son of George William and Daisy Mabel Rusdale, of Old Fletton, Northamptonshire.

His headstone bears the inscription Remembrance "This Is The Victory That Overcometh The World, Even Our Faith"




NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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CRICQUEVILLE-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD
brucourt churchyard
PÉRIERS-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD

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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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