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AUBERMESNIL CHURCHYARD

Seine-Maritime

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.82663, Longitude: 1.56823

Location Information

Aubermesnil is a village east-south-east of Dieppe, and 2 kilometres south of Foucarmont, which is a large village on the Rouen-Abbeville road (N.28) midway between Neufchatel-en-Bray and Blangy-sur-Rresle.

Historical Information

The collective grave of seven airmen is a few yards from the south-east corner of the church. Of these airmen 4 belonged to the Royal Air Force, 2 to the Royal Canadian Air Force and 1 to the Royal Australian Air Force.


​Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard
Aubermesnil Churchyard

All the Airmen were in 57 Squadron and killed on 5th July 1944
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J/88657 Pilot Officer
Frederick William Hood
57 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
5th July 1944, aged 21.

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Son of Comdr. Thomas Hood, R.C.N.(R.), and Mabel Wallace Hood, of Bear River, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.

His headstone bears the inscription "Dearly Beloved Son of CDR. And Mrs. Thos. Hood Of Halifax, Nova Scotia"

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R/195753 Flight Sergeant
Walter Raymond Moore
57 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
5th July 1944.




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1030803 Sergeant
William Arthur Roberts
57 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
5th July 1944.





​Other Burial Details

1823010 Sergeant, Denhohlm Mercer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 19. Son of Mrs. R. Mercer, and stepson of Mr. R. Ewart, of Penicuik, Midlothian. His headstone bears the inscription "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten"

420793 Flying Officer Ronald Richard Smith, 
Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21. Son of Richard Henry and Mary Philomena Smith, of Belmore, New South Wales. Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "God Has You In His Keeping. Ever In Our Hearts. Mother, Father And Sister.

1387303 Flight Sergeant Charles Frederick Spencer, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of Frederick and Ada Spencer, of Vange, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "A Beloved Son & Brother. A Place Is Vacant In Our Home, A Voice We Loved Is Stilled"

639067 Sergeant Ernest Albert Wood, 
Royal Air Force, aged 23. Son of Percy and Mary Ada Wood, of Sevenoaks, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Lux Et Umbra Vicissim Sed Semper Amor"

​NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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ST. LÉGER-AUX-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
RÉALCAMP COMMUNAL CEMETERY
FALLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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