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SOULAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Eure-et-Loir

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.51839, Longitude: 1.58391

Location Information

The village and commune of Soulaires lies some 7 miles (11 kilometres) north-east of Chartres and almost 4 miles (6 kilometres) north of the Chartres-Versailles road (N.10). The nearest railway station is 2.5 miles away at Jouy, on the Paris-Chartres line, but the most practical way of reaching Soulaires is by taxi from Chartres. The communal cemetery is on the northern side of the village, on the D.329/2 road to the neighbouring village of St. Piat. South of the war memorial in the cemetery are the graves of an airman of the Royal Air Force and an airman of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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J/19966 Pilot Officer 
Ian MacKenzie Hamilton
Pilot in 640 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
8th June 1944, aged 23. 

Son of Sidney W. Hamilton and Emily M. Hamilton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "O For The Touch Of A Vanished Hand And The Sound Of A Voice That Is Still"



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Original Grave Marker
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1609246 Sergeant John William Lane, Air Gunner in 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Winfred and Ella Kate Lane, of Stow-onthe-Wold, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
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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.
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