FLEIGNEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.74934, Longitude: 4.9481
Location Information
Fleigneux is a village near the Franco-Belgian border. It lies 17 kilometres east of Mezières and 6 kilometres north of Sedan. The Communal Cemetery is in the northern part of the village on the road to the border.
Historical Information
Against the wall, near the southern corner, is the collective grave of four airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Fleigneux is a village near the Franco-Belgian border. It lies 17 kilometres east of Mezières and 6 kilometres north of Sedan. The Communal Cemetery is in the northern part of the village on the road to the border.
Historical Information
Against the wall, near the southern corner, is the collective grave of four airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier
Four crew members from 35 Squadron took off in from Graveley in their plane (Halifax II DT80635) at 23:41 on 10th April 1943 and were shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Fleigneux on 11th April 1943. All four crewmen were killed.
122220 Flying Officer
Vernon Reginald Matthews
Navigator in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
11th April 1943, aged 22.
Son of Reginald Charles and Winifred Lilian Matthews, of Milehouse, Plymouth.
His headstone bears the inscription "With Christ; Which Is Far Better"
Vernon Reginald Matthews
Navigator in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
11th April 1943, aged 22.
Son of Reginald Charles and Winifred Lilian Matthews, of Milehouse, Plymouth.
His headstone bears the inscription "With Christ; Which Is Far Better"
Other Burial Details
904734 Sergeant Anthony Claude (Tony) Beddoe, Flight Engineer in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th April 1943, aged 26. Son of Claude and Helen Dorothy Beddoe of Knowle, Bristol; husband of Blanche Beddoe.
1311941 Sergeant Samuel James Knight, Air gunner in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Samuel Howard Knight and Gladys Mary Knight, of Dundry, Somerset. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember"
1397903 Sergeant Reginald Albert Nason, Air Gunner in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th April 1943, aged 21. Son of William J. Nason and Maud M. Nason; husband of Gladys Ivy Nason, of Gisleham, Suffolk. His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts His Memory Lives For Ever. Gladys, Kenneth And Leslie"
904734 Sergeant Anthony Claude (Tony) Beddoe, Flight Engineer in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th April 1943, aged 26. Son of Claude and Helen Dorothy Beddoe of Knowle, Bristol; husband of Blanche Beddoe.
1311941 Sergeant Samuel James Knight, Air gunner in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Samuel Howard Knight and Gladys Mary Knight, of Dundry, Somerset. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember"
1397903 Sergeant Reginald Albert Nason, Air Gunner in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th April 1943, aged 21. Son of William J. Nason and Maud M. Nason; husband of Gladys Ivy Nason, of Gisleham, Suffolk. His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts His Memory Lives For Ever. Gladys, Kenneth And Leslie"
