FOURDRAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.60998, Longitude: 3.46793
Location Information
Fourdrain is a village and commune 8.75 miles (14 kilometres) north-west of Laon and 5 miles (8 kilometres) south-west of La Fere, a town on the N. 44 road between Laon and St. Quentin. The village is about 200 yards off this main road, and is most conveniently reached by taxi from Laon or La Fere. Both towns have good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns in the north of France. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village, on a track leading to the woods. Some eight yards south-east of the entrance are the graves of four airmen. Three of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
421011 Flight Sergeant Colin Baxter Bowling, Pilot in 90 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 13th April 1944, aged 32. Son of William John and Norma Bowling, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
1439832 Flight Sergeant Thomas Douglas Duggan, Air Bomber in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas Oliver and Fanny Duggan, of Trevor, Denbighshire.
1590889 Sergeant John Jefferson, Flight Engineer in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944.
1389820 Flight Sergeant Leonard Sidney Quelch, Navigator in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944, aged 24. Son of Alfred Thomas Quelch and Thirza Annie Quelch; husband of Joan Winifred Quelch, of Forest Gate, Essex.
Fourdrain is a village and commune 8.75 miles (14 kilometres) north-west of Laon and 5 miles (8 kilometres) south-west of La Fere, a town on the N. 44 road between Laon and St. Quentin. The village is about 200 yards off this main road, and is most conveniently reached by taxi from Laon or La Fere. Both towns have good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns in the north of France. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village, on a track leading to the woods. Some eight yards south-east of the entrance are the graves of four airmen. Three of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
421011 Flight Sergeant Colin Baxter Bowling, Pilot in 90 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 13th April 1944, aged 32. Son of William John and Norma Bowling, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
1439832 Flight Sergeant Thomas Douglas Duggan, Air Bomber in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas Oliver and Fanny Duggan, of Trevor, Denbighshire.
1590889 Sergeant John Jefferson, Flight Engineer in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944.
1389820 Flight Sergeant Leonard Sidney Quelch, Navigator in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944, aged 24. Son of Alfred Thomas Quelch and Thirza Annie Quelch; husband of Joan Winifred Quelch, of Forest Gate, Essex.
