FAUMONT CHURCHYARD
Nord
France
Location Information
Faumont is a village and commune 121 miles (20 kilometres) south-south-east of Lille on the main road (N.17) to Douai. The nearest railway station with a reasonable service is 5 miles (8 kilometres) to the north-east at Orchies (Lille-Orchies line) where taxis are available. In the churchyard, near the middle of the western boundary are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details
628503 Sergeant Daniel Baxter Mearns, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th May 1940, aged 19. Son of Daniel Baxter Mearns and Elsie Mearns, of Ferryden, Angus.
366401 Sergeant Alfred Hubert Payne, Observer in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th May 1940, aged 30. Son of Arthur Henry Payne, and of Clara Payne, of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
42165 Pilot Officer Percy Frederick Charles Villers-Tuthill, Pilot in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Frederick Evelyn and Amy Louise Tuthill, of Portreath, Cornwall; husband of Doreen Percy Flora Villiers-Tuthill, of Gidea Park, Romford, Essex.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Faumont is a village and commune 121 miles (20 kilometres) south-south-east of Lille on the main road (N.17) to Douai. The nearest railway station with a reasonable service is 5 miles (8 kilometres) to the north-east at Orchies (Lille-Orchies line) where taxis are available. In the churchyard, near the middle of the western boundary are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details
628503 Sergeant Daniel Baxter Mearns, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th May 1940, aged 19. Son of Daniel Baxter Mearns and Elsie Mearns, of Ferryden, Angus.
366401 Sergeant Alfred Hubert Payne, Observer in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th May 1940, aged 30. Son of Arthur Henry Payne, and of Clara Payne, of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
42165 Pilot Officer Percy Frederick Charles Villers-Tuthill, Pilot in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Frederick Evelyn and Amy Louise Tuthill, of Portreath, Cornwall; husband of Doreen Percy Flora Villiers-Tuthill, of Gidea Park, Romford, Essex.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
