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VERGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.92834, Longitude: 1.84682

Location Information

Vergies is a small village on the Somme, about 30kms south of Abbeville. The cemetery is located South of the village on the Rue De l'Église"


History Information

Vergies Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and the graves of three Second World War airmen.
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Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
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36145 Flying Officer
James Edward Vernon, D. F. C. 
Pilot in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force
7th June 1940, aged 24. 

​Son of George Mathew and Margaret Jamima Vernon, of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand.

Other World War Two Burials

751819 Sergeant Jack Frederick Atkins, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th June 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick William and Ellen Edith Maud Atkins, of Reading, Berkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured Memories Of A Dear Son. always In The Thoughts Of His Loving Mum & Dad"

533480 Sergeant George William Clawley, Observer in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th June 1940.


​World War One Burial


12484 Private Robert Marsden Rigby, 2nd Bn. Scots Guards, died 27th October 1916, aged 34. Son of Robert Marsden Rigby and Elizabeth Rigby, of Freckleton; husband of Bertha Rigby, of 73, Kirkham Road, Freckleton, KLirkham, Preston, Lancs. His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace And Rest"

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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery
Vergies Communal Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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ST. MAULVIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
FONTAINE-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY
AVESNES-CHAUSSOY CHURCHYARD

World War One Cemeteries
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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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