BOFFLES CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Boffles is a village and commune about 25 miles (41 kilometres) west of Arras and some 10 miles (17 kilometres) south-west of St. Pol. The nearest railway station is about 2 miles (3 kilometres) to the north-east on the Arras-Abbeville line, but the service is poor and the most convenient manner of reaching the village is by taxi from St. Pol. In the churchyard, near the north-western corner of the church, are the graves of four soldiers from the United Kingdom and one airman of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Burial Details:
1069937 Gunner Gilbert Leonard Brewer, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 10th May 1940 and 24th September 1940, aged 34. Son of Frederick and Kate Brewer; husband of Alice Maud Mary Brewer of Keynsham, Somerset.
1508801 Lance Bombardier Charles Frederick Cobb, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 12th May 1940 and 24th September 1940, aged 22. Son of Joseph Henry and Eunice Florence Cobb.
1508858 Gunner Clifford Charles Crow, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 10th May 1940 and 24th September 1940, aged 22. Son of Samuel Charles and Charlotte Crow of Manor Park, London.
424830 Flying Officer George Beith Edwards, Pilot in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 29th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Clifford Hallam and Janet Agnes Rouse Edwards of Carroll, New South Wales, Australia.
1064454 Bombardier Edwin Randall, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 14th June 1940, aged 35.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Waddington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 467 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. I, serial LM205
Target: Beauvoir, Pas-de-Calais
Incident: The damaged aircraft was abandoned and crashed at Auxi-le-Château.
Flying Officer G. B. Edwards is buried here
Sgts. H. J. F. Pridgett & H. Hamilton are buried in Auxi-le-Château New Communal Cemetery
The following crew members were taken prisoner:
Flying Officer H. K. Nunn. R.A.A.F.
Flt. Sgt. K. E. S. Wallace, R.A.A.F.
Sgt. T. H. Leason, R.A.F.
Flt. Sgt. T. E. Brummell, R.A.A.F.
Flight details above © Barry Cuttell
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Boffles is a village and commune about 25 miles (41 kilometres) west of Arras and some 10 miles (17 kilometres) south-west of St. Pol. The nearest railway station is about 2 miles (3 kilometres) to the north-east on the Arras-Abbeville line, but the service is poor and the most convenient manner of reaching the village is by taxi from St. Pol. In the churchyard, near the north-western corner of the church, are the graves of four soldiers from the United Kingdom and one airman of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Burial Details:
1069937 Gunner Gilbert Leonard Brewer, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 10th May 1940 and 24th September 1940, aged 34. Son of Frederick and Kate Brewer; husband of Alice Maud Mary Brewer of Keynsham, Somerset.
1508801 Lance Bombardier Charles Frederick Cobb, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 12th May 1940 and 24th September 1940, aged 22. Son of Joseph Henry and Eunice Florence Cobb.
1508858 Gunner Clifford Charles Crow, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 10th May 1940 and 24th September 1940, aged 22. Son of Samuel Charles and Charlotte Crow of Manor Park, London.
424830 Flying Officer George Beith Edwards, Pilot in 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 29th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Clifford Hallam and Janet Agnes Rouse Edwards of Carroll, New South Wales, Australia.
1064454 Bombardier Edwin Randall, 8 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 14th June 1940, aged 35.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Waddington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 467 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. I, serial LM205
Target: Beauvoir, Pas-de-Calais
Incident: The damaged aircraft was abandoned and crashed at Auxi-le-Château.
Flying Officer G. B. Edwards is buried here
Sgts. H. J. F. Pridgett & H. Hamilton are buried in Auxi-le-Château New Communal Cemetery
The following crew members were taken prisoner:
Flying Officer H. K. Nunn. R.A.A.F.
Flt. Sgt. K. E. S. Wallace, R.A.A.F.
Sgt. T. H. Leason, R.A.F.
Flt. Sgt. T. E. Brummell, R.A.A.F.
Flight details above © Barry Cuttell
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
