VENDÔME TOWN CEMETERY
Loir-et-Cher
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.80397, Longitude: 1.06989
Image above © Thierry Grier
Location Information
Vendôme is a town situated 80 kilometres south-west of Chartres. The Cemetery is at the junction of Rue du Vingtieme Chasseurs and Rue de la Tuillerie. Take the route to Chartres from town and turn left at the first set of lights after the railway crossing. The graves are in the right hand corner by the war memorial in the French Military Plot.
History Information
A Flying School was opened by the R. N. A. S. at Vendôme in November, 1916, and gradually expanded; the choice of the site was dictated by the fact that the winter weather in Central France is more suitable for flying training than it is in England.
There are 22, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Casualties: United Kingdom 21, Canada 1. Total 22.
Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier
Flight Cadet
Hugh Courtenay Bailey
212th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force
30th October 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 19.
Son of William Henry and Isabella Bailey (nee Browne). Formerly served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force with 38th Bn., P.P.C.L.I., Engineers, and Army Medical Corps. Born at Barbados, British West Indies.
Hugh Courtenay Bailey
212th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force
30th October 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 19.
Son of William Henry and Isabella Bailey (nee Browne). Formerly served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force with 38th Bn., P.P.C.L.I., Engineers, and Army Medical Corps. Born at Barbados, British West Indies.
Second Lieutenant
Edward Vincent Bayley
Royal Flying Corps, attached to 6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
24th February 1917, aged 31.
Row A. 2.
Son of James Bayley, of Willaston Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire.
Edward Vincent Bayley
Royal Flying Corps, attached to 6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
24th February 1917, aged 31.
Row A. 2.
Son of James Bayley, of Willaston Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire.
Flight Cadet
Stanley Frederick Bladwell
Royal Air Force
19th November 1918, aged 18.
Row B. 21.
Son of Frederick and Mary Bladwell, of 20, The Tyning, Bath.
Stanley Frederick Bladwell
Royal Air Force
19th November 1918, aged 18.
Row B. 21.
Son of Frederick and Mary Bladwell, of 20, The Tyning, Bath.
Probationary Flight Officer
Harold Thomas Coo
Royal Naval Air Service
22nd January 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Coo, of 15, Ridout St., Toronto, Canada.
Harold Thomas Coo
Royal Naval Air Service
22nd January 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Coo, of 15, Ridout St., Toronto, Canada.
Flight Cadet
Chester Arthur Doney
212th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force
13th August 1918.
Row B. 17.
Chester Arthur Doney
212th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force
13th August 1918.
Row B. 17.
Probationary Flight Officer
Keith Lockie
Royal Naval Air Service
24th September 1917.
Row A. 4.
Keith Lockie
Royal Naval Air Service
24th September 1917.
Row A. 4.
