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ST. LAMBERT CHURCHYARD

Calvados

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.93735, Longitude: -0.54893

Location Information

St. Lambert is a village and commune 20 miles (32 kilometres) south-west of Caen, 25 miles (40 kilometres) south-south-east of Bayeux, and 6 miles (9 kilometres) south-west of Thury-Elarcourt. This is a small town on the N.162 Caen to Flers road, 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-south-west of Caen. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, in the north-west corner of the churchyard.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

St. Lambert Churchyard
St. Lambert Churchyard
St. Lambert Churchyard
St. Lambert Churchyard
St. Lambert Churchyard
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J/35505 Flying Officer 
Donald John Shapter
Pilot in 403 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
14th July 1944, aged 24.

​Son of the Revd. Charles P. Shapter and Margaret M. Shapter; husband of Elizabeth Jean Shapter, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "In The Lord Is Their Reward And The Care Of Them Is With The Most High"

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NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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CULEY-LE-PATRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ST. RÉMY CHURCHYARD
ST. MARTIN-DE-SALLEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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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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