COURGENT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Yvelines
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.89255, Longitude: 1.66131
Location Information
Courgent is a village and commune 40 kilometres north-west of Versailles and 12 kilometres south of Mantes. The village is just west of Septeuil, a village on the Mantes - Houdan road. The communal cemetery lies on the eastern side of the village on the road leading to Dammartin-en-Serve. The seven Commonwealth war graves are located near the entrance gate of the cemetery.
Courgent is a village and commune 40 kilometres north-west of Versailles and 12 kilometres south of Mantes. The village is just west of Septeuil, a village on the Mantes - Houdan road. The communal cemetery lies on the eastern side of the village on the road leading to Dammartin-en-Serve. The seven Commonwealth war graves are located near the entrance gate of the cemetery.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
425605 Flight Sergeant
Verne Edward Cockroft
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 24.
Son of Harry David and Emma Andrews Cockroft, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dauntless You Leapt To Heights Untold. Dying, You Live For Ever Beloved"
Verne Edward Cockroft
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 24.
Son of Harry David and Emma Andrews Cockroft, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dauntless You Leapt To Heights Untold. Dying, You Live For Ever Beloved"
1591247 Sergeant
George Arthur Hays
Flight Engineer in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
8th July 1944, aged 19.
Son of William and Jane Hays, of Forest Hall, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
George Arthur Hays
Flight Engineer in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
8th July 1944, aged 19.
Son of William and Jane Hays, of Forest Hall, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
415032 Warrant Officer
Clifford Cecil Jones
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 23.
Son of the Revd. Abraham Clifford Jones, and Elizabeth Maud Jones, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Son And Brother Beloved And Ever Remembered"
Clifford Cecil Jones
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 23.
Son of the Revd. Abraham Clifford Jones, and Elizabeth Maud Jones, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Son And Brother Beloved And Ever Remembered"
408443 Flight Sergeant
William Deldon Douglas Killworth
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 20.
Son of David and Ella Louise Killworth, of Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly Done. Ever Remembered"
Studio portrait of 408443 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) William Deldon Douglas Killworth, 467 Squadron, RAAF, of Scottsdale, Tas. Flt Sgt Killworth enlisted in Hobart, Tas, on 25 May 1942. He was killed in action on 8 July 1944, whilst on operations over North West Europe, aged 20 years. At the time of his death he was serving with the RAF.
Below is the original grave marker and a larger image of Flight Sergeant Killworth.
William Deldon Douglas Killworth
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 20.
Son of David and Ella Louise Killworth, of Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly Done. Ever Remembered"
Studio portrait of 408443 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) William Deldon Douglas Killworth, 467 Squadron, RAAF, of Scottsdale, Tas. Flt Sgt Killworth enlisted in Hobart, Tas, on 25 May 1942. He was killed in action on 8 July 1944, whilst on operations over North West Europe, aged 20 years. At the time of his death he was serving with the RAF.
Below is the original grave marker and a larger image of Flight Sergeant Killworth.
419481 Flight Sergeant
Leonard Haig Porritt
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 23.
Son of Thomas Fredrick Rowden Porritt and Maud Isabell Porritt; husband of Mavis Evon Porritt, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loved And Remembered, Longed For Always"
Portrait of 419481 Flight Sgt (Flt Sgt) Leonard Haig Porritt, RAAF, 467 Squadron RAF. Flt Sergeant Porritt of Beechworth, Vic, enlisted on 14 August 1942 and was killed in action over France on 8 July 1944, aged 24 years.
Leonard Haig Porritt
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 23.
Son of Thomas Fredrick Rowden Porritt and Maud Isabell Porritt; husband of Mavis Evon Porritt, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loved And Remembered, Longed For Always"
Portrait of 419481 Flight Sgt (Flt Sgt) Leonard Haig Porritt, RAAF, 467 Squadron RAF. Flt Sergeant Porritt of Beechworth, Vic, enlisted on 14 August 1942 and was killed in action over France on 8 July 1944, aged 24 years.
418012 Flying Officer
Philip Wyatt Ryan
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 22.
Son of Frederick Joseph and Alice Claire Ryan, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
Philip Wyatt Ryan
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 22.
Son of Frederick Joseph and Alice Claire Ryan, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
429643 Flight Sergeant
James Pat Steffan
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 20.
Son of Frank and Delia Steffan, of Mount Lawley, Western Australia.
James Pat Steffan
Royal Australian Air Force
8th July 1944, aged 20.
Son of Frank and Delia Steffan, of Mount Lawley, Western Australia.
Group portrait of seven members of 467 Squadron, RAAF. Identified, left to right, back row: 425605 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Verne Edward Cockroft, bombardier, of Brisbane Queensland; Flight Engineer George Hays; 408443 Flt Sgt William Deldon Douglas Killworth, mid upper gunner; 429643 Flt Sgt James Pat Steffan, rear gunner. Front row: 415032 Warrant Officer Clifford Cecil Jones, navigator; 418012 Flying Officer Philip Wyatt Ryan, pilot, of Beechworth Victoria; and 419481 Flt Sgt Leonard Haig Porritt also of Beechworth. All of the above servicemen excepting the Flight Engineer George Hayes were lost on operations over France on 8 July 1944.
Part of Lancaster bomber LM338 of 467 Squadron, RAAF, wedged in a tree and the debris on the ground. The aircraft crashed whilst on operations over France at 1.30 am on 8 July 1944 - there were no survivors.
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