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ÉRAGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val D'Oise
France

Location Information

Éragny is a village and commune 30 kilometers north of Versailles by road, and 2.5 kilometres south of Pontoise, a town on the Paris-Dieppe road. The Communal Cemetery is located on the Rue de Pierrelaye. Six airmen are buried near the eastern boundary; 5 belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

All Airmen were in 550 Squadron and died on 7th June 1944.


Burial Details


572304 Sergeant Kenneth Raymond Ansell, Air Bomber in Royal Air Force, aged 22.  Son of Robert and Grace D. Ansell, of Thorpe, Norfolk.

1589160 Sergeant Ronald George Dennett, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Edward Dennett, and of Doris Dennett, of Timperley, Cheshire.

1652544 Sergeant Alan Curnow Griffiths, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th June 1944, aged 19.
Son of Ivor Thomas Griffiths and Doris Louise Griffiths, of Cardiff.


J/88628 Pilot Officer John Robert Mawhinney, Navigator in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 27. Son of William Vint Mawhinney and Benita Sarah Mawhinney; husband of Rose Adele Mawhinney, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

175817 Pilot Officer Tyrell Michael John Shervington, Pilot in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Tyrrell Mildmay Shervington and Helen Molly Shervington, of Richmond, Surrey.

1131750 Sergeant Albert Small, Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 35. Son of James and Margaret Small, of Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire; husband of Mabel Small, of Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire.


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