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SAUVILLERS-MONGIVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.72848, Longitude: 2.47053

Location Information

Sauvillers-Mongival is a village and commune 22 kilometres south-south-east of Amiens and 6 kilometres south-south-west of Moreuil, a large village on the Amiens-Montdidier road (N.35). The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the D.84 road to Moreuil. South of the crucifix against the southern wall, are the graves of a sailor and four airmen belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom.

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
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1177603 Sergeant 
Harold Buxton
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th April 1943, aged 31. 

Son of Tom and Mary I. Buxton, of Derby.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Shall Cover Thee With His Feathers"


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39286 Squadron Leader 
Jerrard Latimer, D. F. C.
 
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
​15th April 1943.

Other Burial Details

576889 Sergeant Gordon William Hancock, Flight Engineer in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th April 1943. Son of William Edward and Elsie Hancock, of Burgess Hill, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "So Young, He Gave All In The Battle Of Right Against Might. Never Forgotten"

Lieutenant Gerard Muttrie, H. M. S. Daedalus, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, serving with 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th April 1943, aged 23. Son of Thomas Wilfred and Anne Muttrie; husband of Margaret Patricia Muttrie, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give Unto Him, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him"

1551176 Sergeant William Thomas McLean, Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Thomas William and Annie McLean. of Keith, Banffshire. His headstone bears the inscription "There War Glory In His Going; He Died That We Might Live"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery
Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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MOREUIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION
ROUVREL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
AILLY-SUR-NOYE 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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