AUCHY-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Auchy-au-Bois is a village and commune in the department of the Pas-de-Calais, 40 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to Boulogne. The graves of the airmen are near the eastern corner of the churchyard.
Burial Details
973942 Warrant Officer Harold Anderson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 23. Son of Joseph and Miriam Anderson; husband of Hilda Mary Anderson, of Wythenshawe, Manchester.
1383074 Sergeant Denis Allen George Edwards, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 21. Son of George Henry and Augusta Edwards, of Tottenham, Middlesex.
655232 Flight Sergeant Thomas Kenneth Jones, Navigator/Bomber in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 23. Son of Howard Thomas Jones and Jane Rose Jones, of Wrexham, Denbighshire.
133543 Flying Officer William Watson Locke, Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 22. Son of Maj. Henry Watson Locke and Marion Meikle Nelson Briggs Locke, of Dollar, Clackmannanshire.
1194376 Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Wilfred Parsons, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 23. Son of Wilfred Thomas Parsons and Florence May Maud Parsons, of Watchet, Somerset.
149160 Pilot Officer William Walton Pattinson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 28. Son of William and Anne Pattinson; husband of Doreen Pattinson, of Hendon, Middlesex.
117925 Flying Officer John Marquis Rankin D. F. C. Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 32. Son of Frederick John and Grace Fraser Rankin, of Stranraer, Wigtownshire; husband of Edith Margaret Rankin, of Dunfermline, Fife.
130877 Flying Officer Jack Edwin Thomas Wilkinson, Navigator in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943.
Pictures copyright Jean-Claude Graux
Auchy-au-Bois is a village and commune in the department of the Pas-de-Calais, 40 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to Boulogne. The graves of the airmen are near the eastern corner of the churchyard.
Burial Details
973942 Warrant Officer Harold Anderson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 23. Son of Joseph and Miriam Anderson; husband of Hilda Mary Anderson, of Wythenshawe, Manchester.
1383074 Sergeant Denis Allen George Edwards, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 21. Son of George Henry and Augusta Edwards, of Tottenham, Middlesex.
655232 Flight Sergeant Thomas Kenneth Jones, Navigator/Bomber in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 23. Son of Howard Thomas Jones and Jane Rose Jones, of Wrexham, Denbighshire.
133543 Flying Officer William Watson Locke, Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 22. Son of Maj. Henry Watson Locke and Marion Meikle Nelson Briggs Locke, of Dollar, Clackmannanshire.
1194376 Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Wilfred Parsons, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 23. Son of Wilfred Thomas Parsons and Florence May Maud Parsons, of Watchet, Somerset.
149160 Pilot Officer William Walton Pattinson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 28. Son of William and Anne Pattinson; husband of Doreen Pattinson, of Hendon, Middlesex.
117925 Flying Officer John Marquis Rankin D. F. C. Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943, aged 32. Son of Frederick John and Grace Fraser Rankin, of Stranraer, Wigtownshire; husband of Edith Margaret Rankin, of Dunfermline, Fife.
130877 Flying Officer Jack Edwin Thomas Wilkinson, Navigator in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th August 1943.
Pictures copyright Jean-Claude Graux
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
