GOUESNOU CHURCHYARD
Finistère
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.45166, Longitude: -4.46713
Location Information
The village of Gouesnou is about 57 kilometres north-west of Quimper and some 7 kilometres north of Brest, at the point where the main road from Brest meets the roads from Guipavas, Plabennec, St Renan and Lannilis. The churchyard is in the centre of the village and in the northern corner, left of the entrance, are the graves of 5 airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details:
Aircraft Mitchell II FL216.
1066115 Flight Sergeant Tom Ellis, Wireless Operator in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th June 1943, aged 34. Son of Tom and Susan Ellis. His headstone bears the inscription "He Had God's Greatest Gift A Loving, Unselfish Nature"
1437301 Sergeant Joseph Glover, Air Gunner in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th June 1943, aged 21. Son of Henry Edward and Margaret Ellen Glover, of Thurnscoe East, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Memory"
658593 Flight Sergeant Eric Leslie Reed, Observer in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 24th June 1943, aged 26. Son of Henry James Reed and Olive Snow Reed, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription You Live In The Hearts Of Those You Loved In England "Until The Day Break"
106158 Flying Officer Joseph Philip Toeg, Pilot in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th June 1943, aged 24. Son of Solomon Ezekiel Toeg and Hannah Toeg, of Shanghai. B.A., B.C.L. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear One"
Typhoon 1B 'JP399' shot down Brest area on 3rd August 1943. Aircraft was engaged on bomber escort to Brest when downed by a FW 190 near Guipavas.
160052 Pilot Officer Richard Keith Thompson, 266 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 3rd August 1943, aged 20. Son of John Furnivall Thompson and Helen Marian Thompson, of Brough, Yorkchire.
The village of Gouesnou is about 57 kilometres north-west of Quimper and some 7 kilometres north of Brest, at the point where the main road from Brest meets the roads from Guipavas, Plabennec, St Renan and Lannilis. The churchyard is in the centre of the village and in the northern corner, left of the entrance, are the graves of 5 airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details:
Aircraft Mitchell II FL216.
1066115 Flight Sergeant Tom Ellis, Wireless Operator in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th June 1943, aged 34. Son of Tom and Susan Ellis. His headstone bears the inscription "He Had God's Greatest Gift A Loving, Unselfish Nature"
1437301 Sergeant Joseph Glover, Air Gunner in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th June 1943, aged 21. Son of Henry Edward and Margaret Ellen Glover, of Thurnscoe East, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Memory"
658593 Flight Sergeant Eric Leslie Reed, Observer in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 24th June 1943, aged 26. Son of Henry James Reed and Olive Snow Reed, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription You Live In The Hearts Of Those You Loved In England "Until The Day Break"
106158 Flying Officer Joseph Philip Toeg, Pilot in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th June 1943, aged 24. Son of Solomon Ezekiel Toeg and Hannah Toeg, of Shanghai. B.A., B.C.L. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear One"
Typhoon 1B 'JP399' shot down Brest area on 3rd August 1943. Aircraft was engaged on bomber escort to Brest when downed by a FW 190 near Guipavas.
160052 Pilot Officer Richard Keith Thompson, 266 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 3rd August 1943, aged 20. Son of John Furnivall Thompson and Helen Marian Thompson, of Brough, Yorkchire.
