BELLOY CHURCHYARD
Oise
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.53647, Longitude: 2.65571
Location Information
Belloy is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-north-east of Beauvais, and 6 kilometres south-east of Tricot.
The collective grave of 7 British airmen is near the entrance gate of the churchyard.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 626 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LM102
Target: Reims, France
Incident: The plane crashed at Belloy. There were no survivors.
Belloy is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-north-east of Beauvais, and 6 kilometres south-east of Tricot.
The collective grave of 7 British airmen is near the entrance gate of the churchyard.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 626 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LM102
Target: Reims, France
Incident: The plane crashed at Belloy. There were no survivors.
Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
1805285 Flight Sergeant
Arthur Woolley
Pilot in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd June 1944, aged 20.
Son of Jack and Emily Woolley of Hildenborough, Kent.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
Arthur Woolley
Pilot in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd June 1944, aged 20.
Son of Jack and Emily Woolley of Hildenborough, Kent.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
Other Burial Details:
1396177 Sergeant Herbert John Browne, Wireless Operator /Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd June 1944 aged 23 Husband of Maureen Olive Browne of Erith, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And The Morning We Will Remember Them"
1582369 Sergeant Frank Goddard, Navigator in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd June 1944 aged 23. Son of Mr. & Mrs. C. Goddard of Birmingham. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And The Morning We Will Remember Them"
1894528 Sergeant Alfred David Hawkins, Flight Engineer in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd June 1944, aged 28. Son of Henry Gransby and Edith Mary Hawkins; husband of Dorothy Phyllis Hawkins of Hanwell, Middx. "At The Going Down Of The Sun And The Morning We Will Remember Them"
1860956 Sergeant Eric Raymond Sidney Kirby, Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd June 1944, aged 21. Son of Sydney and Elizabeth Kirby of Herne Hill, London. "At The Going Down Of The Sun And The Morning We Will Remember Them"
1850459 Sergeant Percival Alfred Dowding Lawrence, Air Gunner in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd June 1944, aged 20. Son of Percival Henry and Evalina Annie Lawrence of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. His headstone bears the inscription "The Strife Is O'er, The Battle Done; Now Is The Victor's Triumph Won"
1585091 Sergeant Ernest George Lewis, Air Bomber in 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd June 1944, aged 21. Son of William Ewart and Sadie Gwendoline Lewis of Pembroke Dock. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
