Map reference help required

Discussion in 'RAC & RTR' started by temptage, Jun 16, 2021.

  1. temptage

    temptage I thought it would only take a few weeks......

    Ive been trying, and failing, to find the original burial location of one of my locals

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    Ive searched for Le Val Picharc.......doesnt exist

    Ive searched for France Sheet 7F/5.........cant find it

    He is now buried in Banneville-le-Campagne War Cemetery, but as his and his fellow soldiers graves were concentrated in 1946, I would presume that because of the proximity of other major War Cemeteries in the vicinity, he would have been originally buried fairly close by or he would have been concentrated into another War Cemetery, unless Banneville was used specifically for concentrations from across Normandy after the War. Who knows? Certainly not me.

    Help please!
     
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  2. 51highland

    51highland Very Senior Member

    Le Val Pichard.jpg Is it Le Val Pichard?
     
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  3. temptage

    temptage I thought it would only take a few weeks......

    It certainly seems so. Since posting I found that he was killed in the Battle of Berjou, just south of Le Val Pichard.

    If he was originally buried there, then Banneville must have been the go-to Cemetery for concentrations
     
  4. Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis Member

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    8RB Well-Known Member

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  6. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

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  7. Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis Member

    At last managed to find a link on the British Library site of the 1:50,000 Sheet 7F/5 which is zoomable. Dezoomify also works if you want to download the map.

    France 1:50,000 , Series GSGS 4250, Falaise

    Ignore the heading of “Falaise”, I did send an e-mail to them several years ago about some incorrect headings but they still remain.
     
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  8. m kenny

    m kenny Senior Member

    Just a note to say the IGN 'Air View' Map of France is far superior to the Google Maps version

    Remonter le temps

    Fiddle about with the icons down the right to see how much better.
     
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  9. Louis765

    Louis765 Member

    Hello,
    I am coming back to this discussion a little late, but I work at the berjou museum so I have a lot of information on the soldiers killed in berjou.
    could you tell me the name of the soldiers I will send you a photo of the location of the temporary cemetery. best regards Louis
     
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  10. stolpi

    stolpi Well-Known Member

    Louis, I think the name has been given in the first post of this thread ;) : Map reference help required

    ... Sgt G.Sanders
     
  11. Louis765

    Louis765 Member

    great i have lots of information about this soldiers.
    Sergeant Guy Sanders was killed on August 16, 1944 on the heights of Berjou while trying to save his friend hit by a German sniper.
    he was buried provisionally in Cambercourt in the enclosure of a farm serving as an infirmary station.

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  12. m kenny

    m kenny Senior Member

    What is the Getty Image number?
     
  13. Louis765

    Louis765 Member

    I do not know but this photo was taken in berjou and we can see above the chaplain leslie skinner who buried Guy Sanders
     
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