ST. LAURENT-SUR-MER CHURCHYARD
Calvados
France
Location Information
St. Laurent-sur-Mer is a village and commune near the coast, 16 kilometres north-west of Bayeux, on the N.814 coast road from Bayeux to Isigny.
In the churchyard, 24 metres south-west of the church tower, are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war.
Burial Details
13801849 Private Richard Lehniger, (Served as Leonard), Pioneer Corps and Small Scale Raiding Force, 13th September 1942, aged 42. Son of Gustav and Gisela Lehniger; husband of Julie Lehniger, of Yeovil, Somerset. Born at Petschau, Bohemia.
39184 Major Gustavus Henry March-Phillipps, D. S. O., M. B. E., Mentioned in Despatches, Commanding Small Scale Raiding Force, Royal Artillery, died 12th September 1942, aged 34. Son of Lisle and Isabel Forbes March-Phillipps; husband of Marjorie Frances Esclairmonde March-Phillipps, of Chelsea, London. Author of numerous published works.
6098196 Serjeant Allen Michael Williams, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), Small Scale Raiding Force, died 12th September 1942, aged 22. Son of Frederick and Louisa Martha Williams, of Sedlescombe, Sussex.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
St. Laurent-sur-Mer is a village and commune near the coast, 16 kilometres north-west of Bayeux, on the N.814 coast road from Bayeux to Isigny.
In the churchyard, 24 metres south-west of the church tower, are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war.
Burial Details
13801849 Private Richard Lehniger, (Served as Leonard), Pioneer Corps and Small Scale Raiding Force, 13th September 1942, aged 42. Son of Gustav and Gisela Lehniger; husband of Julie Lehniger, of Yeovil, Somerset. Born at Petschau, Bohemia.
39184 Major Gustavus Henry March-Phillipps, D. S. O., M. B. E., Mentioned in Despatches, Commanding Small Scale Raiding Force, Royal Artillery, died 12th September 1942, aged 34. Son of Lisle and Isabel Forbes March-Phillipps; husband of Marjorie Frances Esclairmonde March-Phillipps, of Chelsea, London. Author of numerous published works.
6098196 Serjeant Allen Michael Williams, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), Small Scale Raiding Force, died 12th September 1942, aged 22. Son of Frederick and Louisa Martha Williams, of Sedlescombe, Sussex.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
