TRIAIZE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vendée
France
Location Information
Triaize is a commune in the Department of the Vendée situated some 65 kilometres north-east of Niort, 40 kilometres north of La Rochelle and 8 kilometres south of Lucon on the D746.
During holiday season this road may be traffic-jammed due to the fact that it is the road leading to the sea.
The communal cemetery is situated right in the middle of the commune. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here.
Driver Smith's grave is easily found about 40 metres into the cemetery from the entrance in Grande Rue, and approximately 10 metres to the left of the main path.
Burial Details
T/104370 Driver Walter James Smith, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 21. Son of William Henry and Flossie Kate Smith, of Preston, Faversham, Kent.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Triaize is a commune in the Department of the Vendée situated some 65 kilometres north-east of Niort, 40 kilometres north of La Rochelle and 8 kilometres south of Lucon on the D746.
During holiday season this road may be traffic-jammed due to the fact that it is the road leading to the sea.
The communal cemetery is situated right in the middle of the commune. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here.
Driver Smith's grave is easily found about 40 metres into the cemetery from the entrance in Grande Rue, and approximately 10 metres to the left of the main path.
Burial Details
T/104370 Driver Walter James Smith, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 21. Son of William Henry and Flossie Kate Smith, of Preston, Faversham, Kent.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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LOST ON S.S. LANCASTRIA ALWAYS HAPPY AND CONTENT CHEERFUL WHEREVER HE WENT CHERISHED MEMORIES.
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