ÉTRÉVILLE CHURCHYARD
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.37126, Longitude: 0.64947
Location Information
Étréville is a village and commune about 53 kilometres north-west of Évreux.
The churchyard is about 2 kilometres north of the main road from Pont-Audemer to Rouen (N.180). Some 12 yards south-west of the church are the graves of one soldier and two airmen belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom and two airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 3, Canada 2. Total 5.
Étréville is a village and commune about 53 kilometres north-west of Évreux.
The churchyard is about 2 kilometres north of the main road from Pont-Audemer to Rouen (N.180). Some 12 yards south-west of the church are the graves of one soldier and two airmen belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom and two airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 3, Canada 2. Total 5.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Churchyard and Memorial Images © Christine Da Costa
J/29587 Flying Officer
Dennis Arthur Davey
69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
11th June 1944, aged 29.
Dennis Arthur Davey
69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
11th June 1944, aged 29.
Other Burials
J/35811 Flying Officer John Andrew Grinde, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944, aged 25.n Son of John and Jane Grinde, of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By Mother, Father, Brother And Sisters"
1797496 Sergeant Patrick Joseph McCarthy, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 24. Son of John and Bridget McCarthy, of Dublin, Irish Republic. His headstone bears the inscription "Stranger, Tread Gently, For A Mother's Love Lies Here"
127934 Flying Officer John White Russell, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 22.
Son of Walter and Amy Beatrice White, of Luton, Bedfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man, He Laid Down His Life For His Friends"
2661957 Lance Corporal Charles Stewart Ross Woollaston, 49th (West Riding) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R. A. C., died 29th August 1944, aged 30.
J/35811 Flying Officer John Andrew Grinde, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944, aged 25.n Son of John and Jane Grinde, of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By Mother, Father, Brother And Sisters"
1797496 Sergeant Patrick Joseph McCarthy, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 24. Son of John and Bridget McCarthy, of Dublin, Irish Republic. His headstone bears the inscription "Stranger, Tread Gently, For A Mother's Love Lies Here"
127934 Flying Officer John White Russell, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 22.
Son of Walter and Amy Beatrice White, of Luton, Bedfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man, He Laid Down His Life For His Friends"
2661957 Lance Corporal Charles Stewart Ross Woollaston, 49th (West Riding) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R. A. C., died 29th August 1944, aged 30.
