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THEILLAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Loir-et-Cher
France

Location Information

Theillay is a village and commune some 62 kilometres south-east of Blois. Trains are available from Paris. The Communal Cemetery is north-west of the village, east of the road to La Ferte-Inbault.


Historical Information

There are 4 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, north-north-east of the main entrance in the eastern corner.


Burial Details

J/89961 Pilot Officer David Cornfoot Brown, Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 1st July 1944, aged 20. Son of David and Annie Brown, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

54772 Pilot Officer Archibald Orr, Pilot in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 1st July 1944, aged 24. Son of Robert Hamilton Orr and Margaret Gilmour Orr, of Denbeath, Methil, Fife.

1816613 Sergeant Sidney Stone, Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944. 

925205 Sergeant Thomas White, Flight Engineer in 26 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944. Son of Thomas and Ellen Maud White, of Hayes, Middlesex.


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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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