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ST. SEVER-CALVADOS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Calvados
BFrance

Location Information

St. Sever-Calvados is a village and commune 41 miles (60 kilometres) south-south-west of Bayeux, and 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Vire, a sub-prefecture in the department of the Calvados. The communal cemetery is 400 yards west of the church.

There are 6 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in the north-east corner.


Burial Details

1332515 Sergeant Dennis Herbert Clennell, Pilot in 197 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943.

751976 Sergeant Ernest John Holland, D. F. M., Observer in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 22. Son of Ernest and Ellen Holland, of Birmingham.

942328 Sergeant Ronald Hutchinson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner  in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Edmund and Margaret Hutchinson, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.

86641 Pilot Officer Ronald Rutherford Morison, Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Fred Hughes Morison and Jane Margaret Morison, of St. Boswells-on-Tweed, Roxburghshire.

754746 Sergeant John Leo Guy Westley, Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Alfred E. and Marie H. Westley, of Sutton, Surrey.

755659 Sergeant Walter Hugh Wilkinson, Air Gunner  in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 21. Son of Walter Henry and Bessie Wilkinson, of Penrith, Cumberland.


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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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