CHAPELLE-VALLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aube
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.43932, Longitude: 4.03681
Location Information
Chapelle-Vallon is a village in the Department of the Aube, some 15 kilometres north of Troyes and 6 kilometres west of Aubeterre. The communal cemetery lies in the village near the church. In the north-east part of the cemetery and north-east of the central memorial are eight airmen who died on the 4th May 1944.
Flight Details:(1)
Base: R.A.F. Binbrook, Lincs.
Unit: 460 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial ND630
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, France
Incident: crashed at Chapelle-Vallon, Aube
(2)
Base: R.A.F. Kirmington, Lincs.
Unit: 166 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial LL743
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, France
Incident: Crashed at Chapelle-Vallon, Aube
Total Burials: 8.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 2, Canada 2. Total 8.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
Chapelle-Vallon is a village in the Department of the Aube, some 15 kilometres north of Troyes and 6 kilometres west of Aubeterre. The communal cemetery lies in the village near the church. In the north-east part of the cemetery and north-east of the central memorial are eight airmen who died on the 4th May 1944.
Flight Details:(1)
Base: R.A.F. Binbrook, Lincs.
Unit: 460 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial ND630
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, France
Incident: crashed at Chapelle-Vallon, Aube
(2)
Base: R.A.F. Kirmington, Lincs.
Unit: 166 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk III, serial LL743
Target: Mailly-le-Camp, France
Incident: Crashed at Chapelle-Vallon, Aube
Total Burials: 8.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 2, Canada 2. Total 8.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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J/88859 Pilot Officer
Arthur Bryson Moore
460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 21.
Arthur Bryson Moore
460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 21.
J/92195 Pilot Officer
George Robert Warnock
460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 26.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Warnock. of Reward. Saskatchewan, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Never Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few"
George Robert Warnock
460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 26.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Warnock. of Reward. Saskatchewan, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Never Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few"
Other Burial Details from 460 Squadron, who died on 4th May 1944.
422100 Flight Sergeant George Charles Barber, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 32. Son of George and Jane Barber; husband of Beatrice Joesphine Barner of Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly Done. He Laid Down His Life For His Friends"
1549173 Sergeant Francis Findley Naismith, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 21. Son of Alexander and Helen Findley Naismith of York. His headstone bears the inscription "No Morning, No Night Returns But We Remember Thee. Mum, Dad and All"
1693952 Sergeant Thomas Oulton, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 19. Son of George Frederick and Esther Oulton of West Derby, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "We Lived In Hope We Prayed In Vain, That God Would Send You Safely Home Again"
409760 Pilot Officer Joseph William Smart, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21. Son of Hugh and Evelyn Smart of Deepdene, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Requiescat In Pace"
1323766 Flight Sergeant Ernest Frederick Stannett, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 24. Son of Alfred Edward and Jane Martha Stannett of Chiswick, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son. God Has Taken One We Love. Mum, Dad, Sister"
Burial Details from 166 Squadron, who died on 4th May 1944.
1569223 Sergeant John Thomas Cockburn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Philip Alexander and Bessie Cockburn, of Queensberry, Dumfriesshire. His headstone bears the inscription "The The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"
422100 Flight Sergeant George Charles Barber, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 32. Son of George and Jane Barber; husband of Beatrice Joesphine Barner of Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly Done. He Laid Down His Life For His Friends"
1549173 Sergeant Francis Findley Naismith, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 21. Son of Alexander and Helen Findley Naismith of York. His headstone bears the inscription "No Morning, No Night Returns But We Remember Thee. Mum, Dad and All"
1693952 Sergeant Thomas Oulton, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 19. Son of George Frederick and Esther Oulton of West Derby, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "We Lived In Hope We Prayed In Vain, That God Would Send You Safely Home Again"
409760 Pilot Officer Joseph William Smart, Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21. Son of Hugh and Evelyn Smart of Deepdene, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Requiescat In Pace"
1323766 Flight Sergeant Ernest Frederick Stannett, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 24. Son of Alfred Edward and Jane Martha Stannett of Chiswick, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son. God Has Taken One We Love. Mum, Dad, Sister"
Burial Details from 166 Squadron, who died on 4th May 1944.
1569223 Sergeant John Thomas Cockburn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Philip Alexander and Bessie Cockburn, of Queensberry, Dumfriesshire. His headstone bears the inscription "The The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"
