YÈVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure-et-Loir
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.21039, Longitude: 1.18825
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Location Information
Yèvres is a village and commune nearly 22 miles (35 kilometres) south-west of Chartres and 1.25 miles (2 kilometres) east of the small town of Brou.
The cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the D.921 road to Illiers. Near the centre of the north wall is the joint grave of an airman of the Royal Air Force and an airman of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
421403 Flight Lieutenant Noel Alfred Deal Stokes, Pilot in 75 (RAF) Sqdn., Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 29th July 1944, aged 25. Son of Frank Deal Stokes and Alice Stokes; husband of Mona Louise Stokes, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
1836301 Sergeant Norman Vaughan Wilding, Air Gunner in 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 19. Son of George and Elsie Wilding, of Brockweir, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "They Are In Peace For God Proved Them And Found Them Worthy Of Himself"
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