ECQUEVILLY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Yvelines
France
Location Information
Ecquevilly is a commune and village (16 kilometres) east-south-east of Mantes, and on the Mantes-Paris road. The communal cemetery is down a narrow lane some 200 meters east of the church. The graves of 6 airmen, 2 belonging to the Royal Air Force, and 4 to the Royal Canadian Air Force, are adjacent to the southern wall east of the entrance.
All the Airmen were in 9 Squadron and killed on 8th July 1944.
Burial Details
142196 Flying Officer Peter Douglas Blackham, Pilot in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
J/28195 Flying Officer Douglas Elphick, Air Bomber in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 25. Son of Richard H. Elphick and Mary A. Elphick, of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
J/88636 Pilot Officer James Martin Hickey, Navigator in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 31. Son of James Joseph and Anne Louise Hickey, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; husband of Jean Carter Hickey.
1818871 Sergeant Victor Clement Arthur Stokes, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Arthur P. Stokes and Dora Stokes, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.
J/24663 Flying Officer John Wenger, Navigator in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 26. Son of John and Pauline Wenger, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
J/22288 Flying Officer George Albert White, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 27. Son of John Charles and Jean K. White, of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Cemetery pictures © Johan Pauwels
Ecquevilly is a commune and village (16 kilometres) east-south-east of Mantes, and on the Mantes-Paris road. The communal cemetery is down a narrow lane some 200 meters east of the church. The graves of 6 airmen, 2 belonging to the Royal Air Force, and 4 to the Royal Canadian Air Force, are adjacent to the southern wall east of the entrance.
All the Airmen were in 9 Squadron and killed on 8th July 1944.
Burial Details
142196 Flying Officer Peter Douglas Blackham, Pilot in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
J/28195 Flying Officer Douglas Elphick, Air Bomber in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 25. Son of Richard H. Elphick and Mary A. Elphick, of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
J/88636 Pilot Officer James Martin Hickey, Navigator in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 31. Son of James Joseph and Anne Louise Hickey, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; husband of Jean Carter Hickey.
1818871 Sergeant Victor Clement Arthur Stokes, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Arthur P. Stokes and Dora Stokes, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.
J/24663 Flying Officer John Wenger, Navigator in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 26. Son of John and Pauline Wenger, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
J/22288 Flying Officer George Albert White, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 27. Son of John Charles and Jean K. White, of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Cemetery pictures © Johan Pauwels
