ECQUETOT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.17044, Longitude: 1.01178
Location Information
Ecquetot is a village and commune 20 kilometres north-west of Évreux.
The communal cemetery is in the fields 200 yards east of the D.79 road to La Haye-Malherbe, along a narrow road. In the south-eastern corner is the collective grave of four airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Ecquetot is a village and commune 20 kilometres north-west of Évreux.
The communal cemetery is in the fields 200 yards east of the D.79 road to La Haye-Malherbe, along a narrow road. In the south-eastern corner is the collective grave of four airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/22100 Flying Officer
John Kinnaird Greenway
Navigator in 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd June 1944.
John Kinnaird Greenway
Navigator in 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd June 1944.
2209172 Sergeant
Thomas John Sheridan
Air Gunner in 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
3rd June 1940.
Thomas John Sheridan
Air Gunner in 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
3rd June 1940.
J/86841 Pilot Officer
Russell Bennett Thompson
Pilot in 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd June 1944, aged 23.
Son of Harold Bennett Thompson and Edith Margaret Thompson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son And Brother"
Russell Bennett Thompson
Pilot in 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd June 1944, aged 23.
Son of Harold Bennett Thompson and Edith Margaret Thompson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son And Brother"
J/89867 Pilot Officer
William Alexander Younie
Air Bomber in 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd June 1944, aged 28.
Son of William and Jessie Younie; husband of Vera Evelyn Younie, of Caeron, Glamorgan.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Bare You On Eagles' Wings, And Brought You Unto Myself"
William Alexander Younie
Air Bomber in 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd June 1944, aged 28.
Son of William and Jessie Younie; husband of Vera Evelyn Younie, of Caeron, Glamorgan.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Bare You On Eagles' Wings, And Brought You Unto Myself"
