CONDÉ-SUR-MARNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Marne
France
Location Information
Condé-sur-Marne is a village in the Department of the Marne, 20 kilometres north-west of Châlons-en-Champagne. The Communal Cemetery is at the junction of the Route d'Épernay and the Rue de Reims and contains the grave of one Commonwealth airman of the Second World War.
History Information
When Germany invaded France early in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force had already been established there for some time. Between their dramatic evacuation a few weeks later and the Normandy landings of June 1944, Commonwealth forces activity in France was limited to coastal raids and special operations. Most of the Second World War Commonwealth cemeteries are situated in the coastal areas of northern France, but graves will also be found in communal cemeteries and churchyards all over the country, many being those of Commonwealth airmen who failed to return from missions over northern Europe.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Unit: 156 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial W4854
Target: Pizen
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Aigny (Marne). One crew member is buried here. The remainder are buried in Châlons-sur-Marne East Cemetery (now Châlons-en-Champagne)
Burial Detail:
1452042 Sergeant John Gordon Kennedy Dean, Navigator in 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 20. Son of Capt. Josiah Dean, M.C., formerly Royal Field Artillery, and of Dorothy Dean of Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Condé-sur-Marne is a village in the Department of the Marne, 20 kilometres north-west of Châlons-en-Champagne. The Communal Cemetery is at the junction of the Route d'Épernay and the Rue de Reims and contains the grave of one Commonwealth airman of the Second World War.
History Information
When Germany invaded France early in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force had already been established there for some time. Between their dramatic evacuation a few weeks later and the Normandy landings of June 1944, Commonwealth forces activity in France was limited to coastal raids and special operations. Most of the Second World War Commonwealth cemeteries are situated in the coastal areas of northern France, but graves will also be found in communal cemeteries and churchyards all over the country, many being those of Commonwealth airmen who failed to return from missions over northern Europe.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Unit: 156 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial W4854
Target: Pizen
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Aigny (Marne). One crew member is buried here. The remainder are buried in Châlons-sur-Marne East Cemetery (now Châlons-en-Champagne)
Burial Detail:
1452042 Sergeant John Gordon Kennedy Dean, Navigator in 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 20. Son of Capt. Josiah Dean, M.C., formerly Royal Field Artillery, and of Dorothy Dean of Ormskirk, Lancashire.
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THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
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