VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val de Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.72598, Longitude: 2.45068
Location Information
Villeneuve-St Georges is a town 18 kilometres south-east of the centre of Paris and on the Paris-Melun road. The old and new communal cemeteries are about 800 metres south-east of the town, on a by-road leading to the neighbouring village of Crosne. They are separated by a road, the old cemetery being west of the new one.
Within the Old Communal Cemetery are buried 18 United Kingdom soldiers of the 1914-1918 War as well as 48 servicemen from the 1939-1945 War, 37 from the UK, 4 Australian, 4 Canadian and 1 New Zealander.
In the west corner of the New Communal Cemetery are the war graves of 20 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, one of whom is unidentified, and 1 South African soldier.
Visiting Information
OPENING HOURS ALL DAYS OF THE WEEK : from 1st October to 28th February 9.00 to 17h00 from 1st March to 30th September 8.00 to 18.30 Contact number of the Conservateur of the cemetery 01 43 82 71 38.
History Information
There are now 18, 1914-18 and nearly 48, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The majority from the 1914-18 War died in 1914, when the railway station was on the British lines of communication and a British ambulance was posted there.
Total Burials: 66.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 18.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 37, Australia 4, Canada 4, New Zealand 1. Total 46.
Villeneuve-St Georges is a town 18 kilometres south-east of the centre of Paris and on the Paris-Melun road. The old and new communal cemeteries are about 800 metres south-east of the town, on a by-road leading to the neighbouring village of Crosne. They are separated by a road, the old cemetery being west of the new one.
Within the Old Communal Cemetery are buried 18 United Kingdom soldiers of the 1914-1918 War as well as 48 servicemen from the 1939-1945 War, 37 from the UK, 4 Australian, 4 Canadian and 1 New Zealander.
In the west corner of the New Communal Cemetery are the war graves of 20 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, one of whom is unidentified, and 1 South African soldier.
Visiting Information
OPENING HOURS ALL DAYS OF THE WEEK : from 1st October to 28th February 9.00 to 17h00 from 1st March to 30th September 8.00 to 18.30 Contact number of the Conservateur of the cemetery 01 43 82 71 38.
History Information
There are now 18, 1914-18 and nearly 48, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The majority from the 1914-18 War died in 1914, when the railway station was on the British lines of communication and a British ambulance was posted there.
Total Burials: 66.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 18.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 37, Australia 4, Canada 4, New Zealand 1. Total 46.
428679 Flying Officer
Colin Kelvin Flockhart
Royal Australian Air Force
7th January 1945, aged 20.
Son of John Eamshaw Flockhart and Lillian Gladys Flockhart, of Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Tranquil You Lie, your Memory Hallowed In The Hearts You Loved"
Studio portrait of 428679 Flying Officer (FO) Colin Kelvin Flockhart, RAAF, 619 Squadron RAF. FO Flockhart of Ashfield, NSW, enlisted on 10 October 1942 and was killed in action over France on 8 January 1945. The inscription on the image reads, 'All my love, Colin, 14/12/43' and on the reverse, 'Somewhere in England, 1943. To my wonderful parents from your proud and loving son, Colin'.
Colin Kelvin Flockhart
Royal Australian Air Force
7th January 1945, aged 20.
Son of John Eamshaw Flockhart and Lillian Gladys Flockhart, of Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Tranquil You Lie, your Memory Hallowed In The Hearts You Loved"
Studio portrait of 428679 Flying Officer (FO) Colin Kelvin Flockhart, RAAF, 619 Squadron RAF. FO Flockhart of Ashfield, NSW, enlisted on 10 October 1942 and was killed in action over France on 8 January 1945. The inscription on the image reads, 'All my love, Colin, 14/12/43' and on the reverse, 'Somewhere in England, 1943. To my wonderful parents from your proud and loving son, Colin'.
