CHÂTEAUDUN EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure-et-Loir
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.06695, Longitude: 1.3375
Location Information
Châteaudun is a small town and commune some 28 miles (45 kilometres) south of Chartres on the N.10 road from Paris to Chartres and Tours. It has a railway station on the Paris-Vendome-Tours line. This communal cemetery, as its name implies, is on the eastern side of the town, about half-a-mile south of the station via the Boulevards Grindelle and Toutain. The main entrance is west of the Boulevard Toutain.
Near the eastern boundary and north of the central path are the graves of eight airmen. Seven of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Châteaudun is a small town and commune some 28 miles (45 kilometres) south of Chartres on the N.10 road from Paris to Chartres and Tours. It has a railway station on the Paris-Vendome-Tours line. This communal cemetery, as its name implies, is on the eastern side of the town, about half-a-mile south of the station via the Boulevards Grindelle and Toutain. The main entrance is west of the Boulevard Toutain.
Near the eastern boundary and north of the central path are the graves of eight airmen. Seven of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
All Eight Airmen were in 101 Squadron and killed on 1st July 1944
J/35114 Flying Officer
Harold Herbert King
101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 24.
Son of the Revd. William James King and Edith Lola King, Newdale, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "No Greater Love Hath Man Than This, He Gave His Life For His Friends"
Harold Herbert King
101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 24.
Son of the Revd. William James King and Edith Lola King, Newdale, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "No Greater Love Hath Man Than This, He Gave His Life For His Friends"
Other Burial Details
63310 Sergeant William Thomas Robert Hunter, Royal Air Force, aged 25. Son of William James Hunter and Margaret Hunter, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; grandson of Mr. W. J. Hunter, of Lowestoft. His headstone bears the inscription "Rock Of Ages Cleft For Me"
152007 Flying Officer Francis John Lynam, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
172870 Pilot Officer Dan Carrigan Rippon, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Charles Edward and Ethel Rippon, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Forever In Our Hearts"
1585911 Sergeant Ronald Alfred Smith, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Herbert and Dorothy Smith, of Enfield, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Hearts. Mum, Dad And Ken"
1321695 Flight Sergeant Richard William Snell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of William Henry and Alice May Snell, of Catherington, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In The Shadow Of Thy Wings We Leave Him"
2206324 Sergeant Ronald Desmond Stack, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1515878 Sergeant Barry Whitehead, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
63310 Sergeant William Thomas Robert Hunter, Royal Air Force, aged 25. Son of William James Hunter and Margaret Hunter, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; grandson of Mr. W. J. Hunter, of Lowestoft. His headstone bears the inscription "Rock Of Ages Cleft For Me"
152007 Flying Officer Francis John Lynam, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
172870 Pilot Officer Dan Carrigan Rippon, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Charles Edward and Ethel Rippon, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Forever In Our Hearts"
1585911 Sergeant Ronald Alfred Smith, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Herbert and Dorothy Smith, of Enfield, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Hearts. Mum, Dad And Ken"
1321695 Flight Sergeant Richard William Snell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of William Henry and Alice May Snell, of Catherington, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In The Shadow Of Thy Wings We Leave Him"
2206324 Sergeant Ronald Desmond Stack, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1515878 Sergeant Barry Whitehead, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
