CLICHY NORTHERN CEMETERY
Hauts-de-Seine
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.90876, Longitude: 2.31308
(Pictures of Clichy Southern Cemetery which contains 229 French Burials are at the bottom of the page)
Location Information
Clichy is a town adjoining the northern boundary of Paris. The Northern Cemetery lies between the Town Hall and the River Seine and is entered from the Rue General Rouget. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in the southern quarter of the Cemetery under the south boundary wall.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Historical Information
There are 226, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 160, Canada 40, Australia 22, New Zealand 1, South Africa 1. Total 224.
Unknown Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Clichy is a town adjoining the northern boundary of Paris. The Northern Cemetery lies between the Town Hall and the River Seine and is entered from the Rue General Rouget. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in the southern quarter of the Cemetery under the south boundary wall.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Historical Information
There are 226, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 160, Canada 40, Australia 22, New Zealand 1, South Africa 1. Total 224.
Unknown Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
R/133584 Warrant Officer Class II
William Henry Arnold
57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
24th September 1943, aged 22.
Plot 16. 15. 12.
Son of Mrs. A. Bluthner, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Life Loved And Honoured, In Death Remembered. Mother"
William Henry Arnold
57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
24th September 1943, aged 22.
Plot 16. 15. 12.
Son of Mrs. A. Bluthner, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Life Loved And Honoured, In Death Remembered. Mother"
426426 Flight Sergeant
Clive Dudley Bates
Royal Australian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 20.
Plot 16. Row 15. Coll. grave 16-18.
Son of William Clive and Mary Elizabeth Bates, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty To Home And Country Nobly Done"
Studio portrait of 426426 Flight Sergeant Dudley Clive Bates RAAF. A clerk of Brisbane, Qld, he enlisted as an 18 year old on 22 June 1942. He trained in Australia as a Wireless Air Gunner and embarked for England on 6 March 1943 where he undertook operational training and conversion training to Lancaster bombers. He was then attached for operations to 57 Squadron RAF, Bomber Command, and later to 9 Squadron RAF, Bomber Command based at RAF Bardney in Lincolnshire. On the night of 18 April 1944, the 9 Squadron Lancaster in which he crewed as tail-gunner was shot down over Paris, France, while attacking the railway marshalling yards before the D-Day landings. He died aged 20 years along with three other crew, all members of the RAF. Their deaths were advised by the International Red Cross eight months later. They are buried side-by-side in the Commonwealth War Graves section of Clichy North Cemetery in north-west Paris. Three crew members, including two Australians, survived baling out of the aircraft. One Australian, Flying Officer J A Smith, pilot, and and one RAF member made their way back to England through a neutral country. The other Australian, Flying Officer K W Light DFM was captured and become a Prisoner of War of the Germans.
Clive Dudley Bates
Royal Australian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 20.
Plot 16. Row 15. Coll. grave 16-18.
Son of William Clive and Mary Elizabeth Bates, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty To Home And Country Nobly Done"
Studio portrait of 426426 Flight Sergeant Dudley Clive Bates RAAF. A clerk of Brisbane, Qld, he enlisted as an 18 year old on 22 June 1942. He trained in Australia as a Wireless Air Gunner and embarked for England on 6 March 1943 where he undertook operational training and conversion training to Lancaster bombers. He was then attached for operations to 57 Squadron RAF, Bomber Command, and later to 9 Squadron RAF, Bomber Command based at RAF Bardney in Lincolnshire. On the night of 18 April 1944, the 9 Squadron Lancaster in which he crewed as tail-gunner was shot down over Paris, France, while attacking the railway marshalling yards before the D-Day landings. He died aged 20 years along with three other crew, all members of the RAF. Their deaths were advised by the International Red Cross eight months later. They are buried side-by-side in the Commonwealth War Graves section of Clichy North Cemetery in north-west Paris. Three crew members, including two Australians, survived baling out of the aircraft. One Australian, Flying Officer J A Smith, pilot, and and one RAF member made their way back to England through a neutral country. The other Australian, Flying Officer K W Light DFM was captured and become a Prisoner of War of the Germans.
422423 Flying Officer
James William Keith Cameron
Royal Australian Air Force
21st April 1944, aged 27.
Plot 16. 14. 6.
Son of John Watson Cameron and Helena Cameron; husband of Flora Cameron, of Motomgla Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Honour And Glory. Greater Love Hath No Man"
Hand coloured studio portrait of 422423 Flying Officer (FO) James William Keith Cameron of Morongla Creek, NSW. A public school teacher before enlisting in May 1942, FO Cameron trained as a navigator under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 467 Squadron RAAF at RAF Waddington in the United Kingdom. FO Cameron was listed as missing after his Lancaster bomber, serial number ND732, radio call-sign P0-Y (Y-Yoke) failed to return from an operational sortie over the bomb marshalling yards at La Chappelle, France, on the night of 20/21st April 1944. It was determined after the war that ND732 was hit by flack over the target and crashed at Le Blanc Mesnil on the south east side of Paris-le-Bourget airport, killing FO Cameron and his six crew members. At the time of his death, FO Cameron was aged 27.
James William Keith Cameron
Royal Australian Air Force
21st April 1944, aged 27.
Plot 16. 14. 6.
Son of John Watson Cameron and Helena Cameron; husband of Flora Cameron, of Motomgla Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Honour And Glory. Greater Love Hath No Man"
Hand coloured studio portrait of 422423 Flying Officer (FO) James William Keith Cameron of Morongla Creek, NSW. A public school teacher before enlisting in May 1942, FO Cameron trained as a navigator under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 467 Squadron RAAF at RAF Waddington in the United Kingdom. FO Cameron was listed as missing after his Lancaster bomber, serial number ND732, radio call-sign P0-Y (Y-Yoke) failed to return from an operational sortie over the bomb marshalling yards at La Chappelle, France, on the night of 20/21st April 1944. It was determined after the war that ND732 was hit by flack over the target and crashed at Le Blanc Mesnil on the south east side of Paris-le-Bourget airport, killing FO Cameron and his six crew members. At the time of his death, FO Cameron was aged 27.
J/89249 Pilot Officer
David Beatty Carter
Royal Canadian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 21.
Plot 16. 15. 7.
Son of Alfred John Carter, and of Margaret May Carter, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Father, Forgive Them For What They Have Done. He Was A Noble Son"
David Beatty Carter
Royal Canadian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 21.
Plot 16. 15. 7.
Son of Alfred John Carter, and of Margaret May Carter, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Father, Forgive Them For What They Have Done. He Was A Noble Son"
411690 Pilot Officer
Kenneth George Feeney
Royal Australian Air Force
21st April 1944, aged 27.
Plot 16. 8. 17.
Son of George Daniel and Margaret Josephine Feeney, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly Done"
Studio portrait of 411690 Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) (later Pilot Officer (PO)) Kenneth George Feeney, No. 467 Squadron of Kogarah NSW. Kenneth Feeney trained as a pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 467 Squadron RAAF at RAF Waddington in the United Kingdom. PO Feeney was listed as missing after his Lancaster bomber, serial number ND732, radio call-sign P0-Y (Y-Yoke) failed to return from an operational sortie over the bomb marshalling yards at La Chappelle, France, on the night of 20/21st April 1944. It was determined after the war that ND732 was hit by flack over the target and crashed at Le Blanc Mesnil on the south east side of Paris-le-Bourget airport, killing PO Feeney and his six crew members. At the time of his death, PO Feeney was aged 27.
Kenneth George Feeney
Royal Australian Air Force
21st April 1944, aged 27.
Plot 16. 8. 17.
Son of George Daniel and Margaret Josephine Feeney, of Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly Done"
Studio portrait of 411690 Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) (later Pilot Officer (PO)) Kenneth George Feeney, No. 467 Squadron of Kogarah NSW. Kenneth Feeney trained as a pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 467 Squadron RAAF at RAF Waddington in the United Kingdom. PO Feeney was listed as missing after his Lancaster bomber, serial number ND732, radio call-sign P0-Y (Y-Yoke) failed to return from an operational sortie over the bomb marshalling yards at La Chappelle, France, on the night of 20/21st April 1944. It was determined after the war that ND732 was hit by flack over the target and crashed at Le Blanc Mesnil on the south east side of Paris-le-Bourget airport, killing PO Feeney and his six crew members. At the time of his death, PO Feeney was aged 27.
J/89123 Pilot Officer
Sidney Wallace Follows
433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 19.
Plot 16. 16. Collective Grave 1-4.
Son of Elizabeth Maud McNamara, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered"
Sidney Wallace Follows
433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 19.
Plot 16. 16. Collective Grave 1-4.
Son of Elizabeth Maud McNamara, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered"
424551 Flight Sergeant
Ronald McAllister
Royal Australian Air Force
6th August 1944, aged 24.
Plot 16. 9. Collective Grave 14-17.
Son of Henry and Lucy Ethel Annie McAllister, of Alectown, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loved Son Of Mr. And Mrs. H. McAllister Of N. S. W. Australia R. I. P."
Studio portrait of 424551 Flight Sergeant Ronald McAlister, RAAF. A public servant prior to enlisting in Sydney, NSW, on 12 September 1942, he was killed on operations over France, with 97 Squadron, RAF, on 6 August 1944, aged 24.
Ronald McAllister
Royal Australian Air Force
6th August 1944, aged 24.
Plot 16. 9. Collective Grave 14-17.
Son of Henry and Lucy Ethel Annie McAllister, of Alectown, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loved Son Of Mr. And Mrs. H. McAllister Of N. S. W. Australia R. I. P."
Studio portrait of 424551 Flight Sergeant Ronald McAlister, RAAF. A public servant prior to enlisting in Sydney, NSW, on 12 September 1942, he was killed on operations over France, with 97 Squadron, RAF, on 6 August 1944, aged 24.
171252 Flight Sergeant
Joseph Lauret Roland Remillard
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th December 1944.
Plot 16. 12. Collective Grave 19.
Joseph Lauret Roland Remillard
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th December 1944.
Plot 16. 12. Collective Grave 19.
J/88915 Pilot Officer
Charles Hugh Shaw
106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
10th May 1944, aged 27.
Plot 16. 7. 1.
Son of Charles Hugh and Felicia Phillys Shaw, husband of Mary F. Shaw; of Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Dawn Breaks"
Charles Hugh Shaw
106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
10th May 1944, aged 27.
Plot 16. 7. 1.
Son of Charles Hugh and Felicia Phillys Shaw, husband of Mary F. Shaw; of Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Dawn Breaks"
J/88716 Pilot Officer
John Arthur Whittaker
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 20.
Plot 16. 15. Joint Grave 5.
Son of Harold Arthur and Pauline J. Whittaker, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gladly He Lived Nobly He Died"
John Arthur Whittaker
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
18th April 1944, aged 20.
Plot 16. 15. Joint Grave 5.
Son of Harold Arthur and Pauline J. Whittaker, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gladly He Lived Nobly He Died"
