COUVRON-ET-AUMENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.6409, Longitude: 3.52516
Location Information
Couvron-et-Aumencourt is a village in the Department of the Aisne, situated 12 kilometres north-west of Laon. The communal cemetery is south-east of the village on the Rue de Vivaise. In two separate plots are the graves of 17 identified and 1 unidentified airmen of the 1939-1945 War.
Total Burials: 18.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 14, Canada 3. Total 17.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Couvron-et-Aumencourt is a village in the Department of the Aisne, situated 12 kilometres north-west of Laon. The communal cemetery is south-east of the village on the Rue de Vivaise. In two separate plots are the graves of 17 identified and 1 unidentified airmen of the 1939-1945 War.
Total Burials: 18.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 14, Canada 3. Total 17.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
919478 Sergeant
John Robert Gurdon
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
11th April 1943, aged 21.
Row A. 8
Son of John Everard and Florence Mary Gurdon, of Surbiton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Eldest Son Of John Everard Gurdon, D. F. C. And Florence Mary Gurdon Virtus Viget In Arduis"
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John Robert Gurdon
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
11th April 1943, aged 21.
Row A. 8
Son of John Everard and Florence Mary Gurdon, of Surbiton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Eldest Son Of John Everard Gurdon, D. F. C. And Florence Mary Gurdon Virtus Viget In Arduis"
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R/80735 Flight Sergeant
Herbert Allengy Harris
214 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd December 1942, aged 26.
Row A. 6.
Son of Henry Garfield Harris and Margaret Harris, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Jesus' Keeping He Is Safe And We Shall Meet Again"
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Herbert Allengy Harris
214 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd December 1942, aged 26.
Row A. 6.
Son of Henry Garfield Harris and Margaret Harris, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Jesus' Keeping He Is Safe And We Shall Meet Again"
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Pilot Officer
Victor Alfred Knox
419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died 23rd April 1944, aged 21.
Row B. 1.
Son of James and Letitia Knox of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "On Earth He Nobly Did His Best, Grant Him, Jesus, Heavenly Rest"
Victor Alfred Knox
419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Died 23rd April 1944, aged 21.
Row B. 1.
Son of James and Letitia Knox of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "On Earth He Nobly Did His Best, Grant Him, Jesus, Heavenly Rest"
Other Burial Details
131965 Pilot Officer Roy Brown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Thomas Benjamin and Elsie Brown of Hill Top, Eastwood, Notts. His headstone bears the inscription "For Ever In Our Thoughts"
1068572 Sergeant Norman Bruce, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of James Robert and Elizabeth Robinson Bruce of Stobswood, Northumberland.
129352 Flying Officer Francis Desmond Clarke, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Francis Bernard and Margaret Lilian Clarke of Nottingham. His headstone bears the inscription "His Earthly Task Accomplished; His Heavenly Task Begun"
119783 Flying Officer Jerrold Mountford Everill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Guy Raymond and Nancy Everill of Chelsea, London. His headstone bears the inscription "When You Go Home Tell Them Of Us And Say: For Your Tomorrow We Gave Our Today"
959541 Flight. Sergeant Roy Hill, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 25. Son of Frederick and Sarah Ann Hill of King's Heath, Birmingham; husband of Gabrielle Rousseau Hill. His headstone bears the inscription "Years May Pass But Memories Stay Near And Dear As Yesterday R. I. P."
955416 Sergeant John Law, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd Dec. 1942, aged 28. Son of Robert Mitcheson and Hannah E. Law of Langley-on-Tyne, Northumberland; husband of Annie Law of Langley-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That He Lay Down His Life For His Friend"
1379764 Sergeant Laurence Clifford Molloy, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd Dec. 1942. Son of of Laurence Patrick Joseph and Florence Martha Molloy; husband of Edna Lily Molloy of Cheadle, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
143666 Pilot Officer Ivor Malcolm Payne Morgan, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of George Edward and Alice Morgan of Hove, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "Bequeath To Us A Tear And Breathe A Sigh; Though Slumbering We May Hear"
998431 Sergeant Leslie Pickford, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 24. Son of Harry and Edna Pickford of Denton, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Just A Cluster Of Beautiful Memories And A Heartache Always For You"
R/122409 Flight Sergeant Thornton Edward Richardson, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 11th April 1943, aged 32. Son of Edward Alexander and Lily Ada Richardson of Scarborough Junction, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal. Moore"
574206 Sergeant Arthur Goldsack Short, Mentioned in Despatches. Royal Air Force. Died 29th Nov. 1942, aged 21. Son of William Arthur and Jane Emily Short of Seaford, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "Into The Mosaic Of Victory I Lay This Precious Piece, My Son"
1323246 Sergeant John Stammers, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29th Nov. 1942, aged 18. Son of John and Jane Stammers of Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Years Cannot Darken Nor Shadows Dim The Beautiful Memories We Have Of Him"
127120 Flying Officer Albert William Arnold Trevarthen, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 33. Son of Albert and Florence May Trevarthen. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered"
82715 Squadron Leader John Greet Gordon Walkington, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd Dec. 1942, aged 23. Son of Christopher Tom and Daisy Walkington of East Sheen, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
131965 Pilot Officer Roy Brown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Thomas Benjamin and Elsie Brown of Hill Top, Eastwood, Notts. His headstone bears the inscription "For Ever In Our Thoughts"
1068572 Sergeant Norman Bruce, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of James Robert and Elizabeth Robinson Bruce of Stobswood, Northumberland.
129352 Flying Officer Francis Desmond Clarke, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Francis Bernard and Margaret Lilian Clarke of Nottingham. His headstone bears the inscription "His Earthly Task Accomplished; His Heavenly Task Begun"
119783 Flying Officer Jerrold Mountford Everill, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Guy Raymond and Nancy Everill of Chelsea, London. His headstone bears the inscription "When You Go Home Tell Them Of Us And Say: For Your Tomorrow We Gave Our Today"
959541 Flight. Sergeant Roy Hill, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 25. Son of Frederick and Sarah Ann Hill of King's Heath, Birmingham; husband of Gabrielle Rousseau Hill. His headstone bears the inscription "Years May Pass But Memories Stay Near And Dear As Yesterday R. I. P."
955416 Sergeant John Law, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd Dec. 1942, aged 28. Son of Robert Mitcheson and Hannah E. Law of Langley-on-Tyne, Northumberland; husband of Annie Law of Langley-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That He Lay Down His Life For His Friend"
1379764 Sergeant Laurence Clifford Molloy, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd Dec. 1942. Son of of Laurence Patrick Joseph and Florence Martha Molloy; husband of Edna Lily Molloy of Cheadle, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
143666 Pilot Officer Ivor Malcolm Payne Morgan, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of George Edward and Alice Morgan of Hove, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "Bequeath To Us A Tear And Breathe A Sigh; Though Slumbering We May Hear"
998431 Sergeant Leslie Pickford, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 24. Son of Harry and Edna Pickford of Denton, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Just A Cluster Of Beautiful Memories And A Heartache Always For You"
R/122409 Flight Sergeant Thornton Edward Richardson, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 11th April 1943, aged 32. Son of Edward Alexander and Lily Ada Richardson of Scarborough Junction, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal. Moore"
574206 Sergeant Arthur Goldsack Short, Mentioned in Despatches. Royal Air Force. Died 29th Nov. 1942, aged 21. Son of William Arthur and Jane Emily Short of Seaford, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "Into The Mosaic Of Victory I Lay This Precious Piece, My Son"
1323246 Sergeant John Stammers, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29th Nov. 1942, aged 18. Son of John and Jane Stammers of Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Years Cannot Darken Nor Shadows Dim The Beautiful Memories We Have Of Him"
127120 Flying Officer Albert William Arnold Trevarthen, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 33. Son of Albert and Florence May Trevarthen. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered"
82715 Squadron Leader John Greet Gordon Walkington, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd Dec. 1942, aged 23. Son of Christopher Tom and Daisy Walkington of East Sheen, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
