ANCERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Meuse
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.63572, Longitude: 5.01705
Image above © Thierry Grier
Location Information
Ancerville is a village and commune in the Department of the Meuse, 12.5 miles (20 kilometres) south-west of Bar-le-Duc and some 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of St Dizier, a town on the N.4 road from Paris to Nancy and on the Calais to Chaumont railway.
Historical Information
The cemetery is south-west of the village, on a track leading from the main street to the neighbouring hamlet of Marnaval. Some 3 yards west of the war memorial are the graves of five airmen. Three of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Canadian Air Force and one to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier
J/18616 Flying Officer
Daniel Dominique Platana D. F. C.
Air Gunner in 156 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th July 1944, aged 21.
Son of Antoine and Marthe-Marie Platana, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Sarah Platana.
His headstone bears the inscription "Il Est Tombé Loin De Nous Priez Pour Lui. Son Père, Sa Mère Qui N'Oublient Pas
Daniel Dominique Platana D. F. C.
Air Gunner in 156 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th July 1944, aged 21.
Son of Antoine and Marthe-Marie Platana, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Sarah Platana.
His headstone bears the inscription "Il Est Tombé Loin De Nous Priez Pour Lui. Son Père, Sa Mère Qui N'Oublient Pas
Other Burial Details
149304 Flying Officer Hugh Coker, Navigator in 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 23. Son of Hugh and Norah Coker, of Petts Wood, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of A Dear Son, Brother And Fiancé". "Thy Will Be Done" R. I. P.
158423 Flying Officer Frederick Holbrook D. F. C. Air Bomber in 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 24. Son of William Alfred and Frances Mildred Holbrook, of Shirley, Warwickshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Although You Lie So Far Away You Are With Us Always"
131879 Flying Officer Frederick James Lockwood D. F. C. Air Gunner n 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944.
412304 Flight Lieutenant Harry George Mason Robinson D. F. C. Royal Australian Air Force, died 15th July 1944, aged 24. Son of George Henry and Kathleen Robinson; husband of Dorothy Robinson, of Busselton, Western Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Hearts. Your Loving Wife Dorothy And Daughter Beverley"
149304 Flying Officer Hugh Coker, Navigator in 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 23. Son of Hugh and Norah Coker, of Petts Wood, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of A Dear Son, Brother And Fiancé". "Thy Will Be Done" R. I. P.
158423 Flying Officer Frederick Holbrook D. F. C. Air Bomber in 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 24. Son of William Alfred and Frances Mildred Holbrook, of Shirley, Warwickshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Although You Lie So Far Away You Are With Us Always"
131879 Flying Officer Frederick James Lockwood D. F. C. Air Gunner n 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944.
412304 Flight Lieutenant Harry George Mason Robinson D. F. C. Royal Australian Air Force, died 15th July 1944, aged 24. Son of George Henry and Kathleen Robinson; husband of Dorothy Robinson, of Busselton, Western Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Hearts. Your Loving Wife Dorothy And Daughter Beverley"
