COUVRON-ET-AUMENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
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 a small number of unidentified airmen of the 1939-1945 War.
The burials represent the losses from five different aircraft and they are listed by date of death and by the aircraft in which they served.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Durham
Unit: 419 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial HX189
Target: Laon (Aisne) France
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt. The following airmen escaped:
Flying Officer C. A. Thomas, U.S.A.A.F., Flt. Sgt. P. R. Lindsay, R.C.A.F., Pilot Officer J. A. Neil, R.C.A.F. and Sgt. W. A. Green R.A.F.V.R.
Sgt. J. L. Thompson R.A.F.V.R. and Warrant Officer, 1st Class P. J. Murphy, R.C.A.F. were taken prisoner
Sgt. G. Booth, R.A.F.V.R.
Burial Details
Pilot Officer Victor Alfred Knox Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of James and Letitia Knox of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Pocklington, North Yorkshire
Unit: 102 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax MK II, serial W7916
Target: Frankfurt, Germany
Incident: Crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt.
Wing Commander J. R. A. Embling R.A.F. and Pilot Officer A. R. Haines, R.C.A.F. escaped. The following airmen were taken prisoner. Sgt. R. C. A. Douglas. R.A.F.V.R.,
Flt. Sgt. L. C. Fantini R.A.F.V.R. and Sgt. H. Johnson R.A.F.V.R
Burial Details
Sgt. 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
Sgt. 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
Sqdn. 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
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Chedburgh, Suffolk
Unit: 214 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling MK I, serial R9194
Target: Turin, Northern Italy
Incident: Crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt.
Sgt. C. Penna, R.A.F.V.R. escaped. The following were taken prisoner:
Flt. Sgt. F. E. Gatland, D.F.M., R.N.Z.A.F., Pilot Officer P. M. W. Butler, R.A.F.V.R.,
Burial Details
Flt. Sgt. Herbert Allengy Harris, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 26. Died 3rd Dec. 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War. Son of Henry Garfield and Margaret Harris of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sgt. 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
Sgt. John Stammers, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29th Nov. 1942, aged 18. Son of John and Jane Stammers of Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 166 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Wellington MK III, serial BK459
Target: Frankfort, Germany
Incident: Crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt. There we no survivors.
Burial Details
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.
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.
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.
Sgt. John Robert Gurdon, (or Gordon), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943.
Flt. Sgt. 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
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Leconfield, Yorkshire
Unit: 196 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Wellington, Mark X, serial HE387
Target: Mannheim, Germany
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt. There were no survivors.
Burial Details
Sgt. Norman Bruce, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of James Robert and Elizabeth Robinson Bruce of Stobswood, Northumberland
Flt. Sgt. 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
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
Sgt. Leslie Pickford, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 24. Son of Harry and Edna Pickford of Denton, Lancashire
Flying Officer Albert William Arnold Trevarthen, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 33. Son of Albert and Florence May Trevarthen
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 a small number of unidentified airmen of the 1939-1945 War.
The burials represent the losses from five different aircraft and they are listed by date of death and by the aircraft in which they served.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Durham
Unit: 419 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial HX189
Target: Laon (Aisne) France
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt. The following airmen escaped:
Flying Officer C. A. Thomas, U.S.A.A.F., Flt. Sgt. P. R. Lindsay, R.C.A.F., Pilot Officer J. A. Neil, R.C.A.F. and Sgt. W. A. Green R.A.F.V.R.
Sgt. J. L. Thompson R.A.F.V.R. and Warrant Officer, 1st Class P. J. Murphy, R.C.A.F. were taken prisoner
Sgt. G. Booth, R.A.F.V.R.
Burial Details
Pilot Officer Victor Alfred Knox Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of James and Letitia Knox of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Pocklington, North Yorkshire
Unit: 102 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax MK II, serial W7916
Target: Frankfurt, Germany
Incident: Crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt.
Wing Commander J. R. A. Embling R.A.F. and Pilot Officer A. R. Haines, R.C.A.F. escaped. The following airmen were taken prisoner. Sgt. R. C. A. Douglas. R.A.F.V.R.,
Flt. Sgt. L. C. Fantini R.A.F.V.R. and Sgt. H. Johnson R.A.F.V.R
Burial Details
Sgt. 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
Sgt. 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
Sqdn. 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
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Chedburgh, Suffolk
Unit: 214 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling MK I, serial R9194
Target: Turin, Northern Italy
Incident: Crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt.
Sgt. C. Penna, R.A.F.V.R. escaped. The following were taken prisoner:
Flt. Sgt. F. E. Gatland, D.F.M., R.N.Z.A.F., Pilot Officer P. M. W. Butler, R.A.F.V.R.,
Burial Details
Flt. Sgt. Herbert Allengy Harris, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 26. Died 3rd Dec. 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War. Son of Henry Garfield and Margaret Harris of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sgt. 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
Sgt. John Stammers, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29th Nov. 1942, aged 18. Son of John and Jane Stammers of Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Kirmington, Lincolnshire
Unit: 166 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Wellington MK III, serial BK459
Target: Frankfort, Germany
Incident: Crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt. There we no survivors.
Burial Details
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.
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.
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.
Sgt. John Robert Gurdon, (or Gordon), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943.
Flt. Sgt. 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
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Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Leconfield, Yorkshire
Unit: 196 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Wellington, Mark X, serial HE387
Target: Mannheim, Germany
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Couvron-et-Aumencourt. There were no survivors.
Burial Details
Sgt. Norman Bruce, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of James Robert and Elizabeth Robinson Bruce of Stobswood, Northumberland
Flt. Sgt. 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
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
Sgt. Leslie Pickford, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 24. Son of Harry and Edna Pickford of Denton, Lancashire
Flying Officer Albert William Arnold Trevarthen, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April 1943, aged 33. Son of Albert and Florence May Trevarthen
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