BÉROU-LA-MULOTIÈRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure-et-Loir
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.74342, Longitude: 1.04955
Location Information
Bérou-la-Mulotière is a village and commune 30 miles (48 kilometres) north-west of Chartres and 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Dreux, a town on the N.12 road from Paris to the west of France. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village on a track leading up a steep hill opposite the church.
In the south-eastern corner are the graves of four airmen of the Royal Air Force and three airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force who died during the 1939-1945 War.
Bérou-la-Mulotière is a village and commune 30 miles (48 kilometres) north-west of Chartres and 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Dreux, a town on the N.12 road from Paris to the west of France. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village on a track leading up a steep hill opposite the church.
In the south-eastern corner are the graves of four airmen of the Royal Air Force and three airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force who died during the 1939-1945 War.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
All were in 90 Squadron and killed between 10th and 11th June 1944.
R/185783 Flight Sergeant
John Alfred Anderton
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died between 10th June 1944 and 11th June 1944.
Son of Emma Anderton, of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription The Great Commander Has Written Against His Name "Thou Faithful One Well Done"
John Alfred Anderton
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died between 10th June 1944 and 11th June 1944.
Son of Emma Anderton, of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription The Great Commander Has Written Against His Name "Thou Faithful One Well Done"
R/148358 Warrant Officer
John Carr Francis
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died between 10th June 1944 and 11th June 1944, aged 22.
Son of Harry C. Francis and Kathleen Carr Francis, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "All That He Had He Gave"
John Carr Francis
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died between 10th June 1944 and 11th June 1944, aged 22.
Son of Harry C. Francis and Kathleen Carr Francis, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "All That He Had He Gave"
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R/215087 Flight Sergeant
Alan Rodd
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died between 10th June 1944 and 11th June 1944.
Son of Samuel and Annie Rodnunsky, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "From Land To Air, You Hastened Victory For A Just Cause. Rest In Peace, Son"
Alan Rodd
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died between 10th June 1944 and 11th June 1944.
Son of Samuel and Annie Rodnunsky, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "From Land To Air, You Hastened Victory For A Just Cause. Rest In Peace, Son"
629445 Sergeant William Denmark Cairns, Royal Air Force, aged 23. Son of Samuel and Charlotte Cairns, of Baillieston, Lanarkshire; husband of Margaret W. Cairns, of Baillieston. His headstone bears the inscription "We Planned Such A Wonderful Future, Only To End In Dreams. Good-Night, Daddy"
659059 Flight Sergeant Joseph Davis Stephen James, Royal Air Force, aged 26.Son of George W. James and Clara James, of Great Crosby, Liverpool. His heastone bears the inscription "Into Thy Hands, O Lord"
1460238 Sergeant Ernest Francis Sherwin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Frank and Martha Sherwin, of Stone, Dartford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That Others Might Live"
150329 Flight Lieutenant George Atherton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of G. A. Thatcher, and of Mary Miller Thatcher, of Carlops, Peebleshire.
659059 Flight Sergeant Joseph Davis Stephen James, Royal Air Force, aged 26.Son of George W. James and Clara James, of Great Crosby, Liverpool. His heastone bears the inscription "Into Thy Hands, O Lord"
1460238 Sergeant Ernest Francis Sherwin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Frank and Martha Sherwin, of Stone, Dartford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That Others Might Live"
150329 Flight Lieutenant George Atherton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of G. A. Thatcher, and of Mary Miller Thatcher, of Carlops, Peebleshire.
