FESTIEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.52043, Longitude: 3.75661
Location Information
Festieux is a village and commune on the Laon-Reims road (N. 44) about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Laon. The most convenient station is Laon, which has good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns of northern France, and where taxis are available. There is a bus service from Laon and Reims, but it is poor. The communal cemetery is south of the village on a by-road leading from the village square. In the south-eastern corner of the cemetery are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Festieux is a village and commune on the Laon-Reims road (N. 44) about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Laon. The most convenient station is Laon, which has good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns of northern France, and where taxis are available. There is a bus service from Laon and Reims, but it is poor. The communal cemetery is south of the village on a by-road leading from the village square. In the south-eastern corner of the cemetery are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
44976 Pilot Officer
James Joseph Grierson
Pilot in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force
17th May 1940.
James Joseph Grierson
Pilot in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force
17th May 1940.
Other Burial Details
626953 Aircraftman 2nd Class John Hedley Patterson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Joseph and Mary Patterson, of Hackney, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Peace, Perfect Peace"
581002 Sergeant Joseph William Paul, Observer in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas Paul, and of Florence Paul, of Waltham, Lincolnshire.
626953 Aircraftman 2nd Class John Hedley Patterson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Joseph and Mary Patterson, of Hackney, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Peace, Perfect Peace"
581002 Sergeant Joseph William Paul, Observer in 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas Paul, and of Florence Paul, of Waltham, Lincolnshire.
