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SALEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.86086, Longitude: 2.23641


Location Information

Saleux is a village 6 kilometres south-west of Amiens on the road which runs south-south-west off the Amiens-Poix road, to Conty. The Communal Cemetery lies 273 metres north-west of the church which is on the main road through the village.


History Information

There are now 10, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 3 are unidentified.

Burial Details

5439024 Private Dennis Hugh Binmore, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 21st May 1940, aged 21. 
Son of Hugh Prince Binmore and Rosa Elizabeth Binmore, of Gunnersbury, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription In Sacred And Loving Memory Of Our Dearest Son, Dennis. "At Rest With The Lord"

6092822 Private Stanley Herbert Brown, 2/7th Bn. 
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 20.

6093955 Private Sidney William Davies, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 20.

6092816 Lance Corporal David George Foster, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 20.

6092658 Private Harold Sidney Hamerston, 1/6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 21.
 Son of Joseph and Anne Margaret Elizabeth Emma Hamerston, of Walthamstow, Essex.

6090205 Private Charles Frank Murray, 2/7th Bn. 
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 19. Son of Charles Frank and Nellie Murray, of Newton Abbot, Devon. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That Others Might Live In Freedom"

6087008 Private Peter Randall, 2/7th Bn. 
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Francis and P. Randall; husband of Enid Randall.​ His headstone bears the inscription "The Song Is Ended But The Memory Lingers On"

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Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery
Saleux Communal Cemetery

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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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