AVANT-LÈS-MARCILLY CHURCHYARD
Aube
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.42176, Longitude: 3.56822
Location Information
Avant-lès-Marcilly is a village and commune 25 miles (40 kilometres) west-north-west of Troyes, and 6 miles (10 kilometres) south-east of Nogent-sur-Seine, a small town on the River Seine, Historical Information: In the churchyard, near the north-east corner of the church, are the graves of four British and three Australian airmen.
Unusually the wife of Sergeant Turnbull is also buried here in the Commonwealth plot.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 3. Total 7.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Binbrook, Nottinghamshire
Unut: 460 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial ME728
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The Lancaster crashed at Avant-les-Marcilly on the 4th May 1944. There were no survivors
Burial Details
418910 Flight Sergeant Dennis Ronald Barr, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Walter Edward and Lillian Maud Barr of Elwood, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Time Passes But Memories Stay"
1801193 Sergeant Peter Denis Fry, 460 R.A.A.F. Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Ernest Frederick and Emmeline Fry of North Finchley, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription Sleep On, Brave Heart "Your Memory Hallowed In The Land You Loved"
424297 Flight Sergeant. Ronald Henry Hobbs, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Capt. Nicholas Hamlyn Hobbs, M. C. and Lucy Alma Hobbs of Bemboka, New South Wales, Australia.
641334 Sergeant Richard Anthony Johnson, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Richard and Mary Johnson of Scale Hall, Lancaster. His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P. This Day Is Yours, Yesterday Is Dead And Tomorrow Is Yet To Come"
414050 Pilot Officer Norman David Livingstone Lloyd, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 30. Son of Norman Ernest and Euphemia Rachel Lloyd of Winton, Queensland, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Way The Path Of Duty"
948285 Sergeant. John George Turnball, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of Walter Briggs and Margaret Turnbull; husband of Robina Moyes Turnbull of Edinburgh. His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Dawns. At Rest"
1380993 Flight Sergeant Brian Thomas Wootton -Woolley 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Avant-lès-Marcilly is a village and commune 25 miles (40 kilometres) west-north-west of Troyes, and 6 miles (10 kilometres) south-east of Nogent-sur-Seine, a small town on the River Seine, Historical Information: In the churchyard, near the north-east corner of the church, are the graves of four British and three Australian airmen.
Unusually the wife of Sergeant Turnbull is also buried here in the Commonwealth plot.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 3. Total 7.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Binbrook, Nottinghamshire
Unut: 460 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial ME728
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The Lancaster crashed at Avant-les-Marcilly on the 4th May 1944. There were no survivors
Burial Details
418910 Flight Sergeant Dennis Ronald Barr, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Walter Edward and Lillian Maud Barr of Elwood, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Time Passes But Memories Stay"
1801193 Sergeant Peter Denis Fry, 460 R.A.A.F. Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Ernest Frederick and Emmeline Fry of North Finchley, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription Sleep On, Brave Heart "Your Memory Hallowed In The Land You Loved"
424297 Flight Sergeant. Ronald Henry Hobbs, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20. Son of Capt. Nicholas Hamlyn Hobbs, M. C. and Lucy Alma Hobbs of Bemboka, New South Wales, Australia.
641334 Sergeant Richard Anthony Johnson, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Richard and Mary Johnson of Scale Hall, Lancaster. His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P. This Day Is Yours, Yesterday Is Dead And Tomorrow Is Yet To Come"
414050 Pilot Officer Norman David Livingstone Lloyd, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 30. Son of Norman Ernest and Euphemia Rachel Lloyd of Winton, Queensland, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Way The Path Of Duty"
948285 Sergeant. John George Turnball, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of Walter Briggs and Margaret Turnbull; husband of Robina Moyes Turnbull of Edinburgh. His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Dawns. At Rest"
1380993 Flight Sergeant Brian Thomas Wootton -Woolley 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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