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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.

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© Image used with permission Carl Sproston

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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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