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VITTEFLEUR CHURCHYARD

Seine-Maritime

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.81764, Longitude: 0.63761

Location Information

Vittefleur is a village and commune 40 kilometres west of Dieppe, on the D.10 road, which runs north from Cany Barville, a small town 12 kilometres south-west of St. Valery-en-Caux. The two British graves are in the south-west corner of the churchyard.


Burial Details

7879700 Sergeant George William Keir, 
1st Lothians and Border Horse, Royal Armoured Corps, died between 10th June 1940 and 23rd June 1940, aged 30. Son of James and Edith Nellie Keir. of Hall Green, Birmingham.

1438100 Gunner John McLellan, 202 Battery, 51 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 11th June 1940, aged 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John McLellan, of Rothesay, Buteshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Young Life Nobly Given"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Vittefleur Churchyard
Vittefleur Churchyard
Vittefleur Churchyard
Vittefleur Churchyard
Vittefleur Churchyard

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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PALUEL CHURCHYARD
MALLEVILLE-LES-GRÈS CHURCHYARD
CANY-BARVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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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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