VANNES (BOISMOREAU) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Morbihan
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.6626, Longitude: -2.75174
Location Information
Vannes is a town in southern Brittany, in the Morbihan Department of France. When passing through the town on the N165 - in the direction of Nantes, Vannes (Bois Moreau) Communal Cemetery will be found on the left after the third set of traffic lights. The 9 burials are located at the end of a narrow path beside the enclosure wall, to the right of the entrance by the concierge's office.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 7, Australia 2. Total 9.
Vannes is a town in southern Brittany, in the Morbihan Department of France. When passing through the town on the N165 - in the direction of Nantes, Vannes (Bois Moreau) Communal Cemetery will be found on the left after the third set of traffic lights. The 9 burials are located at the end of a narrow path beside the enclosure wall, to the right of the entrance by the concierge's office.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 7, Australia 2. Total 9.
Images in this gallery © Jane Full
742263 Sergeant
Thomas William Glenn
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd November 1940.
Thomas William Glenn
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd November 1940.
638879 Sergeant
Norman William Hull
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
22nd November 1940, aged 19.
Son of Ernest Edward and Evelyn Annie Hull, of Bedford.
His headstone bears the inscription "For All Our To-Morrows He Gave His To-Day. In Proud Memory Of Our Son. Mum And Dad"
Norman William Hull
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
22nd November 1940, aged 19.
Son of Ernest Edward and Evelyn Annie Hull, of Bedford.
His headstone bears the inscription "For All Our To-Morrows He Gave His To-Day. In Proud Memory Of Our Son. Mum And Dad"
411390 Flight Sergeant
Claude Besnard Sautelle
Royal Australian Air Force
8th November 1942, aged 28.
Son of John Besnard Sautelle and Fanny Katherine Sautelle; husband of Sylvia Grace Sautelle, of Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Caelum Ipsum Petimus"
Pre-enlistment studio portrait of 411390 Flight Sergeant (Fl Sgt) Claude Besnard 'Peter' Sautelle, RAAF, attached to 142 Squadron RAF, of Artarmon, NSW (previously of Bombala, NSW). A wireless engineer in civilian life, Fl Sgt Sautelle enlisted on 28 April 1941. Whilst training in Canada in 1941 he met and married an English woman, Sylvia Sanders. Soon after, Fl Sgt Sautelle and his bomber crew were sent to Britain to serve with 142 Squadron. On 8 November 1942, just before their first wedding anniversary, Fl Sgt was killed whilst on operations over France. He was aged 28.
Claude Besnard Sautelle
Royal Australian Air Force
8th November 1942, aged 28.
Son of John Besnard Sautelle and Fanny Katherine Sautelle; husband of Sylvia Grace Sautelle, of Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Caelum Ipsum Petimus"
Pre-enlistment studio portrait of 411390 Flight Sergeant (Fl Sgt) Claude Besnard 'Peter' Sautelle, RAAF, attached to 142 Squadron RAF, of Artarmon, NSW (previously of Bombala, NSW). A wireless engineer in civilian life, Fl Sgt Sautelle enlisted on 28 April 1941. Whilst training in Canada in 1941 he met and married an English woman, Sylvia Sanders. Soon after, Fl Sgt Sautelle and his bomber crew were sent to Britain to serve with 142 Squadron. On 8 November 1942, just before their first wedding anniversary, Fl Sgt was killed whilst on operations over France. He was aged 28.
742466 Sergeant
John Montague Ward
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd November 1940, aged 20.
Son of Charles Arthur and Nellie Ward, of Winshill, Staffordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
John Montague Ward
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd November 1940, aged 20.
Son of Charles Arthur and Nellie Ward, of Winshill, Staffordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Other Burial Details
119905 Pilot Officer Douglas James Bradshaw, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th November 1942, aged 31. Son of William and Mary Bradshaw; husband of Marie Edith Bradshaw, of Norwich. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Shall Remember Them"
1214198 Sergeant Granville Evison, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th November 1942, aged 21.
Son of Tom Hardman Evison and Florence Evison, of Macdesfield, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Soul That Is Not Man's Soul Was Lent To Lead"
1319144 Sergeant Cyril Sydney Herbert Hill, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th November 1942, aged 20. Son of Herbert and Ivy May Hill, of Port Talbot, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For All That They Which Live Should Not Henceforth Live Unto Themselves"
536600 Sergeant Alec William Newton, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd November 1940.
416228 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Gard Pearce, Royal Australian Air Force, died 8th November 1942, aged 25. Son of Alfred St. Leger Pearce and Hilda Pearce, of Maitland, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
119905 Pilot Officer Douglas James Bradshaw, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th November 1942, aged 31. Son of William and Mary Bradshaw; husband of Marie Edith Bradshaw, of Norwich. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Shall Remember Them"
1214198 Sergeant Granville Evison, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th November 1942, aged 21.
Son of Tom Hardman Evison and Florence Evison, of Macdesfield, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Soul That Is Not Man's Soul Was Lent To Lead"
1319144 Sergeant Cyril Sydney Herbert Hill, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th November 1942, aged 20. Son of Herbert and Ivy May Hill, of Port Talbot, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For All That They Which Live Should Not Henceforth Live Unto Themselves"
536600 Sergeant Alec William Newton, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd November 1940.
416228 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Gard Pearce, Royal Australian Air Force, died 8th November 1942, aged 25. Son of Alfred St. Leger Pearce and Hilda Pearce, of Maitland, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
