COULVAIN CHURCHYARD
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.04776, Longitude: -0.7267
Location Information
Coulvain is a village 32 kilometres south-west of Caen on the main Caen to Vire road. There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, near the south-east corner of the churchyard.
Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Australia 1. Total 7.
Burial Details
1624295 Flight Sergeant Eric Charles Coles, Flight Engineer in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944.
178475 Pilot Officer Hilary Louis Doherty, Air Gunner in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944, aged 32. Son of Thomas Doherty and of Mary Doherty (nee Bradburn), of Castlepollard, Co. West Meath, Irish Republic. His headstone bears the inscription "In Memory Of Our Dearly Loved Son And Brother. May He Rest In Peace"
1143288 Sergeant Kenneth Royston Heron, Wireless Operator in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Fred and Ellen Heron, of West Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee, To Keep Thee In All Thy Ways"
138083 Flying Officer Francis Longson, Navigator in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Samuel and Bessie Longson, of Chinley, Derbyshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Into Thy Hands At Eventide"
1384669 Flight Sergeant Ernest Thomas Shanks, Air Bomber in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944.
1851507 Flight Sergeant William Charles Udell, Air Gunner in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944. Son of Thomas Alfred and Elizabeth Louisa Udell, of Blockley, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Somewhere In Our Silent Hearts He Lived And Smiles At Us Again"
420731 Flying Officer Douglas Austin Woods, Pilot in 514 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 30th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Rupert Austin Woods, and Edna Victoria Finlay Woods, of Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "I Shall Go To Him But He Shall Not Return To Me"
Coulvain is a village 32 kilometres south-west of Caen on the main Caen to Vire road. There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, near the south-east corner of the churchyard.
Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Australia 1. Total 7.
Burial Details
1624295 Flight Sergeant Eric Charles Coles, Flight Engineer in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944.
178475 Pilot Officer Hilary Louis Doherty, Air Gunner in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944, aged 32. Son of Thomas Doherty and of Mary Doherty (nee Bradburn), of Castlepollard, Co. West Meath, Irish Republic. His headstone bears the inscription "In Memory Of Our Dearly Loved Son And Brother. May He Rest In Peace"
1143288 Sergeant Kenneth Royston Heron, Wireless Operator in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Fred and Ellen Heron, of West Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee, To Keep Thee In All Thy Ways"
138083 Flying Officer Francis Longson, Navigator in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Samuel and Bessie Longson, of Chinley, Derbyshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Into Thy Hands At Eventide"
1384669 Flight Sergeant Ernest Thomas Shanks, Air Bomber in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944.
1851507 Flight Sergeant William Charles Udell, Air Gunner in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th June 1944. Son of Thomas Alfred and Elizabeth Louisa Udell, of Blockley, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Somewhere In Our Silent Hearts He Lived And Smiles At Us Again"
420731 Flying Officer Douglas Austin Woods, Pilot in 514 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 30th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Rupert Austin Woods, and Edna Victoria Finlay Woods, of Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "I Shall Go To Him But He Shall Not Return To Me"
