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ST. VIÂTRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Loir-et-Cher

France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.52608, Longitude: 1.93309

Location Information

St. Viâtre is a village and commune some 29 miles (46 kilometres) east-south-east of Blois. The communal cemetery is north of the village, west of the road to Chaumont-sur-Tharonne.

​There are 6 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, west of the entrance against the rear boundary wall.

Image below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ST. VIÂTRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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J/25746 Flying Officer
Leonard Marvin Falkins
106 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
8th May 1944.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Robert Falkins, of West Vancouver, British Columbia.


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J/85352 Pilot Officer
Harold Kenty Rose
106 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
8th May 1944, aged 31.

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Son of Allison A. Rose and Bertie Helena Rose, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "In His Tender Care" Tho Lost To Sight, To Memory Dear"



Other Burial Details

1321334 Sergeant Dennis Geoffrey Allen, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th May 1944, aged 22.
Son of Harold William and Hilda Allen, of South Merstham, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "To The World He Was Just A Part, To Us He Was All The World"

1570522 Sergeant Patrick Friel, 106 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th May 1944, aged 21. Son of John and Mary Friel, of Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine upon Him"

1592391 Sergeant Cecil Stephenson, 106 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th May 1944, aged 20. Son of William Henry and Sarah Ann Stephenson, of Stanley, Co. Durham.

2216859 Sergeant Alan Armitage Taylor, 106 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th May 1944.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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VOUZON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
THEILLAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
LA FERTÉ-ST. AUBIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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Disclaimer


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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