CHÂTELAILLON-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Charente-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 46.05957, Longitude: -1.08474
Location Information
Châtelaillon is a small seaside resort about 8 miles (12 kilometres) south of La Rochelle. The cemetery is in the Avenue des Baucholeu. There are 6 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 2 of which are unidentified, near the right-hand far corner from the entrance, in Plot C.
Burial Details
632206 Aircraftman 2nd Class Samuel Joseph McConnell, 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 25th June 1940.
7896085 Trooper George Job Minchen, Royal Armoured Corps, died between 15th June 1940 and 23rd June 1940, aged 29. Son of Richard Job Minchin and Elizabeth Ann Minchin, of Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
13002422 Corporal Claude Whitehouse, Aux Mil. Pioneer Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 40. Husband of Gladys Mabel Kathleen Whitehouse, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.
88228 Pilot Officer John George Embleton Willis, Pilot in 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1941, aged 26. Son of Herbert John and Dorothy Beatrice Easton Willis, of West Brompton, London.
Châtelaillon is a small seaside resort about 8 miles (12 kilometres) south of La Rochelle. The cemetery is in the Avenue des Baucholeu. There are 6 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 2 of which are unidentified, near the right-hand far corner from the entrance, in Plot C.
Burial Details
632206 Aircraftman 2nd Class Samuel Joseph McConnell, 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 25th June 1940.
7896085 Trooper George Job Minchen, Royal Armoured Corps, died between 15th June 1940 and 23rd June 1940, aged 29. Son of Richard Job Minchin and Elizabeth Ann Minchin, of Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
13002422 Corporal Claude Whitehouse, Aux Mil. Pioneer Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 40. Husband of Gladys Mabel Kathleen Whitehouse, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.
88228 Pilot Officer John George Embleton Willis, Pilot in 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1941, aged 26. Son of Herbert John and Dorothy Beatrice Easton Willis, of West Brompton, London.
Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux
INSCRIPTION.
SON OF HERBERT JOHN AND DOROTHY BEATRICE WILLIS OF HAMPSTEAD, LONDON.
Picture © Jean-Paul Gonzalès
