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apanderson
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 Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:20 am Post subject: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, Cheux, France |
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No. of Identified Casualties: 2037
Cheux is a village 10 kilometres west of Caen. This cemetery is reached from Caen by taking route D9 westwards. After about 8 kilometres, the road by-passes St Manvieu village, while Cheux lies 2 kilometres to the left.
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Those buried in St. Manvieu War Cemetery died for the most part in the fluctuating battles from mid June to the end of July 1944, in the region between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen. The cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 555 German burials. |
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apanderson
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Photographs kindly supplied by Mr. John Cowan of Stenhousemuir. |
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apanderson
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Name: HANLIN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
Unit Text: 10th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 28/06/1944
Service No: 3059808
Additional information: Son of Francis and Hannah Hanlin, of Armadale, West Lothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 4.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Photograph kindly supplied by Mr. John Cowan of Stenhousemuir. |
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