DEAUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.34426, Longitude: 0.07177
Image above © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Deauville is a town 12 kilometres north-west of Pont L'Évêque.
Whether approaching south from Deauville or north from Tourgéville, follow the signs for Tourgéville Military Cemetery. Deauville Communal Cemetery is on the west side of the road leading to Tourgéville Military Cemetery and is located just north of it.
This Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Visiting Information
The war graves are located in the middle of the cemetery, close to the Crucifix and opposite the French Military Memorial.
Burial Details
227685 Pioneer W. Blizzard, 305th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers, died 7th October 1917.
6651/DA Engineman Gordon West, H. M. Drifter "Welcome Star." Royal Navy Reserve, died 17th August 1917, aged 24. His headstone bears the inscription "Not Lost But Gone Before"
