ST. RÉMY-DE-PROVENCE OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Bouches-du-Rhône
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 43.78429, Longitude: 4.82863
Location Information
St. Rémy-de-Provence is a town and commune 72 kilometres north-west of Marseilles, and 16 kilometres south-west of Cavaillon. The cemetery is on the road leading from the west side of the Place de la Republique. The one British sailor is buried in the private vault of the Leger family.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Charles Edmund Jefferson, H. M. S. Stalker, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 26th August 1944, aged 22.
Son of Chaplain the Revd. Percy Taylor Jefferson, R.N.V.R., M.A. (died at sea 31st October, 1945), and of Constance Eve Jefferson, of Caterham, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight I Have Finished My Course I Have Kep The Faith" II Timothy IV 7.
St. Rémy-de-Provence is a town and commune 72 kilometres north-west of Marseilles, and 16 kilometres south-west of Cavaillon. The cemetery is on the road leading from the west side of the Place de la Republique. The one British sailor is buried in the private vault of the Leger family.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Charles Edmund Jefferson, H. M. S. Stalker, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 26th August 1944, aged 22.
Son of Chaplain the Revd. Percy Taylor Jefferson, R.N.V.R., M.A. (died at sea 31st October, 1945), and of Constance Eve Jefferson, of Caterham, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight I Have Finished My Course I Have Kep The Faith" II Timothy IV 7.
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