CHAMPIGNOL-LEZ-MONDEVILLE CHURCHYARD
Aube
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.14059, Longitude: 4.6724
Location Information
The village of Champignol-lez-Mondeville is 48 kilometres east-south-east of Troyes and 11 kilometres south-west of Bar-sur-Aube, a town on the Paris to Chaumont railway. The nine war graves are in the north-west corner of the churchyard.
Total Burials: 9.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Canada 2, Australia 1. Total 9.
The village of Champignol-lez-Mondeville is 48 kilometres east-south-east of Troyes and 11 kilometres south-west of Bar-sur-Aube, a town on the Paris to Chaumont railway. The nine war graves are in the north-west corner of the churchyard.
Total Burials: 9.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Canada 2, Australia 1. Total 9.
Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
523218 Sergeant
William Alfred Henry Ball
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force
7th November 1942.
William Alfred Henry Ball
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force
7th November 1942.
408145 Sergeant
John Henry Lovell, D. F. M.
Royal Australian Air Force
7th November 1942, aged 25.
Son of Ernest Carrington Lovell and Ellen Linda Lovell, of Smithton, Tasmania, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is On Heaven"
John Henry Lovell, D. F. M.
Royal Australian Air Force
7th November 1942, aged 25.
Son of Ernest Carrington Lovell and Ellen Linda Lovell, of Smithton, Tasmania, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is On Heaven"
R/100368 Flight Sergeant
Charles Woodrow Wilson Peck, D. F. M.
207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th November 1942, aged 25.
Son of Robert Samuel and Erminnie Ann Mary Peck.
His headstone bears the inscription "Requiescat In Pace"
Charles Woodrow Wilson Peck, D. F. M.
207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th November 1942, aged 25.
Son of Robert Samuel and Erminnie Ann Mary Peck.
His headstone bears the inscription "Requiescat In Pace"
R/92290 Flight Sergeant
Robert Peter Strain
207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th November 1942.
Robert Peter Strain
207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th November 1942.
135004 Pilot Officer
Ronald Sydney Wilson, D. F. M.
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7th November 1942, aged 23.
Ronald Sydney Wilson, D. F. M.
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7th November 1942, aged 23.
Other Burial Details
171701 Pilot Officer Mervyn Hopkins, 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 25. Son of George Edward and Dorothea Hopkins, of Cosham, Portsmouth. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
169067 Pilot Officer Lister Johnson, 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 4th May 1944.
1258979 Flight Sergeant Arthur John Perrin, D. F. M. 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 7th November 1942, aged 21. Son of Arthur George Perrin, and of Eva May Perrin (nee Chapman), of Maidstone, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Of Ulcombe Kent, England, Ever In Our Thoughts As The Years Pass By"
778285 Flight Sergeant William James Rose, D. F. M. 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th November 1942, aged 23. Son of William George and Mary Elizabeth Rose, of Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia. His headstone bears the inscription "Sub Cruce Salus"
171701 Pilot Officer Mervyn Hopkins, 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944, aged 25. Son of George Edward and Dorothea Hopkins, of Cosham, Portsmouth. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
169067 Pilot Officer Lister Johnson, 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 4th May 1944.
1258979 Flight Sergeant Arthur John Perrin, D. F. M. 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 7th November 1942, aged 21. Son of Arthur George Perrin, and of Eva May Perrin (nee Chapman), of Maidstone, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Of Ulcombe Kent, England, Ever In Our Thoughts As The Years Pass By"
778285 Flight Sergeant William James Rose, D. F. M. 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th November 1942, aged 23. Son of William George and Mary Elizabeth Rose, of Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia. His headstone bears the inscription "Sub Cruce Salus"
