VERNEUIL-SUR-AVRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.73608, Longitude: 0.92124
Location Information
The town of Verneuil-sur-Avre is 40 kilometres south-south-west of Évreux on the Versailles-Dreux-Argentan road. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-western side of the town.
Historical Information
There are eight British and Commonwealth service war casualties buried here; one soldier and six airmen belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom and one soldier of the Canadian Forces. Three of the airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force are not identified. The graves are in various positions in the cemetery. The one British soldier is in the military plot adjoining the eastern boundary the six Royal Air Force men are in another military plot near the southern boundary and the Canadian soldier is at the southern end of a plot of French civilians war victim's graves which lies northwest of a large stone Calvary.
The town of Verneuil-sur-Avre is 40 kilometres south-south-west of Évreux on the Versailles-Dreux-Argentan road. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-western side of the town.
Historical Information
There are eight British and Commonwealth service war casualties buried here; one soldier and six airmen belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom and one soldier of the Canadian Forces. Three of the airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force are not identified. The graves are in various positions in the cemetery. The one British soldier is in the military plot adjoining the eastern boundary the six Royal Air Force men are in another military plot near the southern boundary and the Canadian soldier is at the southern end of a plot of French civilians war victim's graves which lies northwest of a large stone Calvary.
Entrance and Main Plot of Commonwealth Graves
Images © Johan Pauwels
Burial Details
1386461 Sergeant John Andrew Bacon, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th August 1943.
1499067 Sergeant Myrddin Gray, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th August 1943, aged 36. Son of David and Rachel Gray; husband of Elsie Irene Gray, of Chillaton, Devon. His headstone bears the inscription "Priod Anwyl Elsie Tad Hoff John A Jane Byth Ni Dderfydd Hiraeth"
1263470 Sergeant Malcom Griffiths, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th August 1943.
The Memorial Plaque is in Memory of R/119305 Warrant Officer II Donald William Dufton, 77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 20 who was killed on 13th August 1943 but could not be identified or has no known grave. Son of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth Warren Dufton, of Leaside, Ontario, Canada. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England.
1386461 Sergeant John Andrew Bacon, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th August 1943.
1499067 Sergeant Myrddin Gray, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th August 1943, aged 36. Son of David and Rachel Gray; husband of Elsie Irene Gray, of Chillaton, Devon. His headstone bears the inscription "Priod Anwyl Elsie Tad Hoff John A Jane Byth Ni Dderfydd Hiraeth"
1263470 Sergeant Malcom Griffiths, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th August 1943.
The Memorial Plaque is in Memory of R/119305 Warrant Officer II Donald William Dufton, 77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 20 who was killed on 13th August 1943 but could not be identified or has no known grave. Son of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth Warren Dufton, of Leaside, Ontario, Canada. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England.
Images of One Commonwealth Grave and One Belgian Grave
Images © Johan Pauwels
Burial Details
7354323 Private William Henry Jones, 9 General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, died 10th June 1940, aged 35. Husband of Hannah M. Jones, of Aylesham, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory. Until We Meet Again"
7354323 Private William Henry Jones, 9 General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, died 10th June 1940, aged 35. Husband of Hannah M. Jones, of Aylesham, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory. Until We Meet Again"
Image of Canadian War Grave
Burial Details
B/126264 Private Hector Sylvestre, 1st Bn. 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. Died 17th August 1944. Son of H. W. Sylvestre and Eva Sylvestre, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Que Son Sacrifice Et Le Notre Lui Obtienne Le Repos Eternel. R. I. P."
B/126264 Private Hector Sylvestre, 1st Bn. 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. Died 17th August 1944. Son of H. W. Sylvestre and Eva Sylvestre, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Que Son Sacrifice Et Le Notre Lui Obtienne Le Repos Eternel. R. I. P."
