VENABLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.19826, Longitude: 1.29086
Location Information
The village and commune of Venables is 24 kilometres north-north-east of Evreux and 30 kilometres south-east of Rouen. The communal cemetery is on the south-western side of the village, on the D.135 road to Heudebouville. Some 7 metres from the western wall, on the southern side of the path from the monument in the centre of the cemetery, are the graves of six British soldiers of which one is unidentified.
Burial Details
4611781 Lance Sergeant Harold Marsh, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 10th June 1940, aged 27. Son of Arthur Harry and Sarah Ann Marsh; husband of Irene Theodora Marsh, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Treasured Memory. God Gives And God Takes Away. Rest In Peace"
4617418 Private Kenneth Roper, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 13th June 1940, aged 21.
Son of Herbert and Eleanor Roper, of Eccleshill, Bradford, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "He Lives With Us In Memory Still, Not Just today But Always Will. Mum And Dad"
4615934 Private Arthur Whittey Smith, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 9th June 1940, aged 19.
4617639 Private Sam Turner, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 9th June 1940, aged 21. Son of Harry and May Turner, of Holmfield, Halifax, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding"
4615885 Private Norman Underwood, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 10th June 1940, aged 20. Son of Charles Sydney and Dorothy Underwood, of Bradford, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Proud And Loving Memory"
The village and commune of Venables is 24 kilometres north-north-east of Evreux and 30 kilometres south-east of Rouen. The communal cemetery is on the south-western side of the village, on the D.135 road to Heudebouville. Some 7 metres from the western wall, on the southern side of the path from the monument in the centre of the cemetery, are the graves of six British soldiers of which one is unidentified.
Burial Details
4611781 Lance Sergeant Harold Marsh, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 10th June 1940, aged 27. Son of Arthur Harry and Sarah Ann Marsh; husband of Irene Theodora Marsh, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Treasured Memory. God Gives And God Takes Away. Rest In Peace"
4617418 Private Kenneth Roper, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 13th June 1940, aged 21.
Son of Herbert and Eleanor Roper, of Eccleshill, Bradford, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "He Lives With Us In Memory Still, Not Just today But Always Will. Mum And Dad"
4615934 Private Arthur Whittey Smith, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 9th June 1940, aged 19.
4617639 Private Sam Turner, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 9th June 1940, aged 21. Son of Harry and May Turner, of Holmfield, Halifax, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding"
4615885 Private Norman Underwood, 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 10th June 1940, aged 20. Son of Charles Sydney and Dorothy Underwood, of Bradford, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Proud And Loving Memory"
