CONCHES-EN-OUCHE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.97049, Longitude: 0.94118
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Conches-en-Ouche is a small town south of Rouen, and 16 kilometres west-south-west of the town of Evreux. The Cemetery is on the northern outskirts of the town on the road (D840) to Le Nebourg.
History Information
There are 23, 1914-18 and 2, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Total Casualties: 25.
World War One Identified Casualties: Canada 13, United Kingdom 10. Total 23.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Conches-en-Ouche is a small town south of Rouen, and 16 kilometres west-south-west of the town of Evreux. The Cemetery is on the northern outskirts of the town on the road (D840) to Le Nebourg.
History Information
There are 23, 1914-18 and 2, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Total Casualties: 25.
World War One Identified Casualties: Canada 13, United Kingdom 10. Total 23.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
763436 Private
Thomas Graveston
4411 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
3rd August 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 14.
Son of Thomas and Margaret Graveston.
His headstone bears the inscription "For Home And Country"
Thomas Graveston
4411 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
3rd August 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 14.
Son of Thomas and Margaret Graveston.
His headstone bears the inscription "For Home And Country"
9666 Sergeant
George Mason
1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment transferred to (565806) 65th Company, Labour Corps
19th October 1918.
Row A. 11.
George Mason
1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment transferred to (565806) 65th Company, Labour Corps
19th October 1918.
Row A. 11.
6489 Corporal
Alfred George Medhurst
8th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) transferred to (370567) 14th Prisoner of War Company, Labour Corps
8th November 1918, aged 41.
Row A. 2.
Husband of Alice Louisa Medhurst, of Wisteria Cottage, 60, Nutley Lane, Reigate, Surrey.
Alfred George Medhurst
8th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) transferred to (370567) 14th Prisoner of War Company, Labour Corps
8th November 1918, aged 41.
Row A. 2.
Husband of Alice Louisa Medhurst, of Wisteria Cottage, 60, Nutley Lane, Reigate, Surrey.
231691 Private
William Mansley Riley
2nd Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
16th December 1918.
Row B. 2.
Husband of Emma C. Riley, of Viking, Alberta. Native of Irma, Alberta.
His headstone bears the inscription "Among Those Other Living Whom We Call Dead"
William Mansley Riley
2nd Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
16th December 1918.
Row B. 2.
Husband of Emma C. Riley, of Viking, Alberta. Native of Irma, Alberta.
His headstone bears the inscription "Among Those Other Living Whom We Call Dead"
451933 Private
Edgar Cooper Simmons
341 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
31st October 1918, aged 32.
Row A. 6.
Son of Alfred William and Ada Mary Ann Simmons, of Strand St., Sandwich, Kent.
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Edgar Cooper Simmons
341 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
31st October 1918, aged 32.
Row A. 6.
Son of Alfred William and Ada Mary Ann Simmons, of Strand St., Sandwich, Kent.
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World War One Headstones
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This headstone was erected on 8th October 1959 in a separate plot
541751 Corporal Francis Motley, 24th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps, died 27th November 1918, aged 31. Son of Captain Francis Motley (R.N.V.R.) (late Pilot Superintendent, Calcutta, India), of 245, Horace St., Norwood, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; husband of Odette Suzanne Josephine Motley, of Conches, Eure, Normandie, France.
World War Two Burials
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Burial Details
1473829 Flight Sergeant Gordon Ewart Holland, 65 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 21. Row A. 17. Son of Ralph and Susannah Holland, of Cheadle, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
6018085 Corporal Charles F. Middleton, 6th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, died 10th June 1940. Row B. 6.
1473829 Flight Sergeant Gordon Ewart Holland, 65 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 21. Row A. 17. Son of Ralph and Susannah Holland, of Cheadle, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
6018085 Corporal Charles F. Middleton, 6th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, died 10th June 1940. Row B. 6.
