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TORCY-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Seine-Maritime

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.81465, Longitude: 1.16884

Location Information

Torcy-le-Petit is a village and commune 15 kilometres south-east of Dieppe on the N15 road from Dieppe to Forges-les-Eaux.

The Communal Cemetery is on the left of a small road leading west from the church, and is 160 metres from the church. The joint grave of 2 British airmen is 16 metres south-west of the iron cross in the centre of the Cemetery.


Burial Details

580756 Sergeant Robert Anthony Bowman, Observer in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 9th June 1940.

37712 Flying Officer Charles Powell Bomford, Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 9th June 1940, aged 25. Son of Capt. Charles Francis Bomford and Dorothy Maud Bomford, of Ballycornmon, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic. His brother Richard Lyndon Bomford also fell and is buried in Cassino War Cemetery in Italy. His headstone bears the inscription "I Thank My God Upon All My Remembrance Of You"

​Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
Torcy-le-Petit 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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