ATTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
Location Information
Attigny is a village and a commune in the department of the Ardennes, on the south bank of the River Aisne. It is 34 kilometres south-west of Mezières and 16 kilometres east of Rethel. The Cemetery is on the south-western side of the village on the road to Saules-Champenoises.
Historical Information
Near its south-eastern corner are the graves of four airmen, two of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and two to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Burial Details
1126560 Flight Sergeant William Stansfield Allen, Pilot in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th August 1942, aged 21. Son of Ernest and Ivy Allen, of Whitefield, Lancashire.
1430680 Sergeant Eric Hepworth, Obs. in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th August 1942. Son of Thomas Albert and Ellen Hepworth, of Marsh, Huddersfield; husband of Elsie Winifred Hepworth, of Dalton, Huddersfield.
R/86357 Flight Sergeant William John Hesp, Air Obs. in 115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 29th August 1942.
R/87850 Flight Sergeant John Frederick Tuck, Air Gunner in in 115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 29th August 1942, aged 22. Son of Frederick James Tuck and Dorothy Lillian Tuck.
Attigny is a village and a commune in the department of the Ardennes, on the south bank of the River Aisne. It is 34 kilometres south-west of Mezières and 16 kilometres east of Rethel. The Cemetery is on the south-western side of the village on the road to Saules-Champenoises.
Historical Information
Near its south-eastern corner are the graves of four airmen, two of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and two to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Burial Details
1126560 Flight Sergeant William Stansfield Allen, Pilot in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th August 1942, aged 21. Son of Ernest and Ivy Allen, of Whitefield, Lancashire.
1430680 Sergeant Eric Hepworth, Obs. in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th August 1942. Son of Thomas Albert and Ellen Hepworth, of Marsh, Huddersfield; husband of Elsie Winifred Hepworth, of Dalton, Huddersfield.
R/86357 Flight Sergeant William John Hesp, Air Obs. in 115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 29th August 1942.
R/87850 Flight Sergeant John Frederick Tuck, Air Gunner in in 115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 29th August 1942, aged 22. Son of Frederick James Tuck and Dorothy Lillian Tuck.
