STE. MARIE-DE-RÉ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Île-de-Ré
Charente-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 46.1485, Longitude: -1.31074
Location Information
Ste. Marie is a village near the most south-eastern point of the Île de Ré, an island in the Bay of Biscay. The island is reached by a short ferry crossing from La Pallice, the twin port of La Rochelle. The cemetery is close to the church, and towards the right from the entrance are the war graves.
History Information
There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 1 of which is unidentified.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
Burial Details:
2976833 Serjeant John Blain, 6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died 17th June 1940.
1375544 Sergeant David Buchanan, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th October 1942.
T/33717 Sergeant Leonard William Dyas, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 33. Son of William Francis and Edith Annie Elliott Dyas, of Aldershot, Hampshire.
1189810 Sergeant Cyril George Parr, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th October 1942, aged 29.
Son of George Thomas Parr and Eveline Parr; husband of Gwyneth M. Parr, of Gravesend, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
101732 Private William Sullivan, Aux. Mil. Pioneer Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 36. Son of William and Esther Sullivan, husband of Mary Ellen Sullivan, of Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "We Will Always Remember You Although You Lie In A Foreign Grave"
7624405 Private Cyril George Worrall, 2 Ordnance Workshop Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 16th June 1940 and 14 July 1940, aged 23. Son of Meshak and Mary Elizabeth Worrall, of Stanley, Derbyshire.
Ste. Marie is a village near the most south-eastern point of the Île de Ré, an island in the Bay of Biscay. The island is reached by a short ferry crossing from La Pallice, the twin port of La Rochelle. The cemetery is close to the church, and towards the right from the entrance are the war graves.
History Information
There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 1 of which is unidentified.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
Burial Details:
2976833 Serjeant John Blain, 6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died 17th June 1940.
1375544 Sergeant David Buchanan, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th October 1942.
T/33717 Sergeant Leonard William Dyas, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 33. Son of William Francis and Edith Annie Elliott Dyas, of Aldershot, Hampshire.
1189810 Sergeant Cyril George Parr, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th October 1942, aged 29.
Son of George Thomas Parr and Eveline Parr; husband of Gwyneth M. Parr, of Gravesend, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
101732 Private William Sullivan, Aux. Mil. Pioneer Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 36. Son of William and Esther Sullivan, husband of Mary Ellen Sullivan, of Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "We Will Always Remember You Although You Lie In A Foreign Grave"
7624405 Private Cyril George Worrall, 2 Ordnance Workshop Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 16th June 1940 and 14 July 1940, aged 23. Son of Meshak and Mary Elizabeth Worrall, of Stanley, Derbyshire.
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