SAUMONT-LA-POTERIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.58035, Longitude: 1.60653
Location Information
Saumont-la-Poterie is a village and commune 12.50 miles (20 kilometres) east-north-east of Rouen, and 4 miles (6 kilometres) south-east of Forges-les-Eaux (this is a town on the D.915 road from Dieppe to Gournay-en-Bray and Paris, and is 34 miles from Dieppe). The commune consists of the village of Saumont and the hamlet of La Poterie, which are less than half a mile (1 kilometre) apart, and are both on the east side of the D.915 road. The communal cemetery is south of La Poterie, 100 yards down a lane leading south from road D.41 which passes through this hamlet. Some 17 yards north-east of the crucifix in the central path of the cemetery are the graves of 2 British soldiers, one of whom is not identified.
Burial Details
1431492 Gunner John Trevor Hawkins, 43 Battery, 101 Lt. A. A./Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 9th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Arthur and Hylda. Florence Hawkins, of Streatham, London. His headstone bears the inscription "He Answered The Call"
Saumont-la-Poterie is a village and commune 12.50 miles (20 kilometres) east-north-east of Rouen, and 4 miles (6 kilometres) south-east of Forges-les-Eaux (this is a town on the D.915 road from Dieppe to Gournay-en-Bray and Paris, and is 34 miles from Dieppe). The commune consists of the village of Saumont and the hamlet of La Poterie, which are less than half a mile (1 kilometre) apart, and are both on the east side of the D.915 road. The communal cemetery is south of La Poterie, 100 yards down a lane leading south from road D.41 which passes through this hamlet. Some 17 yards north-east of the crucifix in the central path of the cemetery are the graves of 2 British soldiers, one of whom is not identified.
Burial Details
1431492 Gunner John Trevor Hawkins, 43 Battery, 101 Lt. A. A./Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 9th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Arthur and Hylda. Florence Hawkins, of Streatham, London. His headstone bears the inscription "He Answered The Call"
