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SEUIL CHURCHYARD

Ardennes

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.48144, Longitude: 4.45221

Location Information

Seuil is a village and commune on the south bank of the river Aisne 22.5 miles (36 kilometres) south-west of Mezières, and 5 miles (8 kilometres) south-east of Rethel, on the N.383 road from that town to Attigny. The nearest railway station is Rethel, on the Paris-Mezières line, where taxis are available. The British grave in this churchyard is on the western side of the church.
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Burial Details


90022 Flying Officer Peter Herbert Rayner, Pilot in 501 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force), died 12th May 1940, aged 27. Son of Edgar Sturdy Rayner and Edith I. Rayner, of Wimbledon, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "He Never Said Or Did An Unkind Thing"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Seuil Communal Cemetery
Seuil Communal Cemetery
Seuil Communal Cemetery
Seuil Communal Cemetery
Seuil Communal Cemetery
Seuil Communal Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
ATTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CHUFFILLY-ROCHE 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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    • HAINAUT
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    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
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    • AISNE
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    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
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