BIENCOURT-SUR-ORGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Meuse
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.56309, Longitude: 5.3442
Image above © Thierry Grier
Location Information
Biencourt-sur-Orge is a village 28 kilometres south-south-east of Bar-le-Duc and 14 kilometres south of Ligny-en-Barrios. The Communal Cemetery is on the western side of the village. There are 7 Airmen buried here, 6 U. K. and 1 Canadian.
The crew of Lancaster NE 136 PM-L of 103 Squadron, RAF, are buried in this communal cemetery. They were shot down on 15th July 1944 by a night fighter from NJG 4 (probably Ofw Reinhardt Kollak).
Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier
2204557 Sergeant
Francis Thomas Armstrong
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th July 1944, aged 20.
Son of Francis and Margaret Armstrong, of Bootle, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight, I Have Finished My Course, I Have Kept The Faith"
Francis Thomas Armstrong
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th July 1944, aged 20.
Son of Francis and Margaret Armstrong, of Bootle, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight, I Have Finished My Course, I Have Kept The Faith"
172990 Pilot Officer
Frank Farnham, D. F. M.
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th July 1944, aged 21.
Son of Fredrick Percival and May Farnham; husband of Jean Farnham, of Ilfracombe, Devon.
His headstone bears the inscription "Why Does The Sunshine Go Away When Those Who Love Must Part"
Frank Farnham, D. F. M.
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th July 1944, aged 21.
Son of Fredrick Percival and May Farnham; husband of Jean Farnham, of Ilfracombe, Devon.
His headstone bears the inscription "Why Does The Sunshine Go Away When Those Who Love Must Part"
R/167080 Warrant Officer Class II
Oliver John Lancaster Pratlett, Mentioned in Despatches
103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th July 1944.
Only child of W. O. Pratlett of Dupont Street, Toronto.
Oliver John Lancaster Pratlett, Mentioned in Despatches
103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th July 1944.
Only child of W. O. Pratlett of Dupont Street, Toronto.
Other Burial Details
1486403 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Arba Brooke, 103 Squsdron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Irvine and Clarice M. Brooke, of Gildersome, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "So Young, So Brave, He Met His Fate, Lord, Reward Him At The Heavenly Gate"
189118 Pilot Officer George Clarke Mitchell, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 23. Son of George Blackwood Mitchell and Elizabeth Mitchell of Gilmerton, Edinburgh; nephew of Janet Mitchell, of Gilmerton.
54597 Pilot Officer Cecil Harold Ogden, D. F. C. 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th July 1944, aged 26. Son of Harold and Cicely Ogden; husband of Muriel Gladys Ogden, of Bedford. His headstone bears the inscription "In God's Good Keeping Till We Meet Again"
542295 Sergeant Ernest Thomason, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th July 1944, aged 23. Son of William and Annie Thomason. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Loving Brother Always In Our Thoughts. He Died, As He Wished, With His Pals"
1486403 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Arba Brooke, 103 Squsdron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Irvine and Clarice M. Brooke, of Gildersome, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "So Young, So Brave, He Met His Fate, Lord, Reward Him At The Heavenly Gate"
189118 Pilot Officer George Clarke Mitchell, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th July 1944, aged 23. Son of George Blackwood Mitchell and Elizabeth Mitchell of Gilmerton, Edinburgh; nephew of Janet Mitchell, of Gilmerton.
54597 Pilot Officer Cecil Harold Ogden, D. F. C. 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th July 1944, aged 26. Son of Harold and Cicely Ogden; husband of Muriel Gladys Ogden, of Bedford. His headstone bears the inscription "In God's Good Keeping Till We Meet Again"
542295 Sergeant Ernest Thomason, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th July 1944, aged 23. Son of William and Annie Thomason. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Loving Brother Always In Our Thoughts. He Died, As He Wished, With His Pals"
