IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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RANVILLE War Cemetery (Calvados France)
Page 1 The Pictures
Page 2 List of Casualties
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| The Airborne Monument |
| Photos Courtesy Michael Allbrook |
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| Photo Courtesy Alain Octavie (Fr) http://liberty-jeep.info/ |
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| Sgt James Edward Rose 08/06/1944 aged 21 | |
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| Pte Donald Albert "Eddie" Harbone 20/07/1944
agted 19 His brother Pte William Reginald Harbone aged 24 is buried in Etrepagny Communal Cemetery |
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| Pte Thomas John Hopkins 06/06/1944 aged 19 |
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| Rfm Samuel Glass 07/06/1944 aged 22 |
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| Pte Robert Daniel Richards 05/07/1944
aged 23 His first headstone was a hearth chimney. |
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| F/Sgt Edward Harry Frederick Atkinson 06/06/1944
aged 22 for Jean Marc Trehiou |
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| Lt Arthur Frederick James Hector 15/06/1944
aged 20 He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Hector of 116 Wyke Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, UK. Arthur landed in Normandy by glider on D-Day and was killed during a mortar attack. for Pete Harden and the people of Chickerell |
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| Arthur is also commemorated on his grandparent's grave in St Mary The Virgin Parish Church in Chickerell | |
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| F/L William Wood Lindsay Brown MID
13/08/1944 aged 27 He was the son of Thomas Wood Brown and Nellie Brown, Edmonton, Alberta. His Spitfire IX - NH178 was shot down by German flak. Right is a memorial cairn at Brown Lake, Alberta. The lake was named in his memory. for Shirley Stone (Can.) |
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| Capt Alexander Grant Murray 08/08/1944 aged 27 was the son of Sir Alexander Robertson Murray KCIE and CBE and Lady Margaret Allan Murray (nee Grant) of Uplands, Four Ashes Road, Hughenden in Buckinghamshire. He is also commemorated at St Michael and All Angels Church at Hughenden in Buckinghamshire. During WW1, his uncle, 2nd/Lt John Robertson Murray died on 18/09/1917 and buried in Potijze Chateau Lawn. for Glennys Gow (Australia) |
2139 casualties
IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.
IF You want a king size copy of this picture (300/900 ko - 2592/1944 pixels) please e-mail me.
Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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