| Breville Communal Cemetery |
| Calvados, France |
Pictures courtesy of Brian Budge
| The village of Breville is 12
kilometres north-east of Caen and 5 kilometres south of the seaside resort
of Merville-Franceville-Plage. The Cemetery surrounds the ruins of the
former church. There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war, in the
southern part of the Cemetery; one near the southern boundary wall and the
other near the south wall of the ruined church.
No. of Identified Casualties: 2 |
WARD, HUGH WILLIAM Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Unit Text: 53 (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) Air landing Lt. Regt. Age: 34 Date of Death: 12/06/1944 Service No: 204182 Additional information: Son of Alfred and Annie E. Ward, of Sandy, Bedfordshire;
husband of Joan Elizabeth Franks Ward, of Bedford.
MASTERS, CHARLES JOHN BERTRAM Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Unit Text: 12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 12/06/1944 Service No: 5511915 Additional information: Son of Harry Burt Masters and Constance Emily Masters, of Ilchester, Somerset.
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