ÉRAGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val D'Oise
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.02358, Longitude: 2.09733
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.
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.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
All Airmen were in 550 Squadron and died on 7th June 1944.
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "Let Us Run With Patience The Race That Is Set Before Us, Looking Unto Jesus" Heb. XII. 1-2
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "Let Us Run With Patience The Race That Is Set Before Us, Looking Unto Jesus" Heb. XII. 1-2
Other 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. His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "Grant Him Eternal Rest After Glorious Fight"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "With Love Remembering Them, We Will Be Brave And Strong"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
572304 Sergeant Kenneth Raymond Ansell, Air Bomber in Royal Air Force, aged 22. Son of Robert and Grace D. Ansell, of Thorpe, Norfolk. His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "Grant Him Eternal Rest After Glorious Fight"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "With Love Remembering Them, We Will Be Brave And Strong"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
