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ST. MARTIN-DE-SALLEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Calvados

France

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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.96657, Longitude: -0.51917

Location Information

St. Martin-de-Sallen is a village and commune 31 kilometres south-south-west of Caen, and 5 kilometres south-west of Thury-Harcourt. This is a small town on the N.162 road from Caen to Flers. The communal cemetery is 500 yards from the church, on the east side of the village, and is on the north side of the D.134 road to Pont-de-la-Mousse, the bridge over the river Orne.

​There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, near the northern boundary, and south of the monument in the centre of the cemetery.


Burial Details

​5951659 Lance Corporal Edwin Frank Overton, 1/7th Bn., 
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 7th August 1944, aged 24. Son of Edwin Charles. and Helen Tirnna Overton, of Salisbury; husband of Dorothy Erhen Overton, of Salisbury. His headstone bears the inscription "He Who Would Valiant Be"

169431 Flying Officer Jack Watson, D. F. C., Pilot in 197 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer reserve, died 17th June 1944, aged 23. Son of George Ernest Watson, and of Mary Jane Watson, of Fencehouses, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

St. Martin-de-Sallen Communal Cemetery
St. Martin-de-Sallen Communal Cemetery
St. Martin-de-Sallen Communal Cemetery
St. Martin-de-Sallen Communal Cemetery
St. Martin-de-Sallen Communal Cemetery
St. Martin-de-Sallen Communal Cemetery
St. Martin-de-Sallen 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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