GRANGES-SUR-VOLOGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vosges
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.14655, Longitude: 6.78563
Location Information
Granges sur Vologne is a village in the Department of Vosges, 10 kilometres north-west of Gerardmer on the D423. The Communal Cemetery is in the centre of the village. The graves are in the middle of the cemetery to the left hand side.
Visiting Information
To the north-east of the entrance are the graves of seven airmen, five belonging to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Canadian Air Force and one to the Australian Air Force.
Granges sur Vologne is a village in the Department of Vosges, 10 kilometres north-west of Gerardmer on the D423. The Communal Cemetery is in the centre of the village. The graves are in the middle of the cemetery to the left hand side.
Visiting Information
To the north-east of the entrance are the graves of seven airmen, five belonging to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Canadian Air Force and one to the Australian Air Force.
Image above used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
1606768 Sergeant
Eric Alfred Cryer
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th April 1944, aged 20.
Son of Alfred and Beatrice Rose Cryer, of East Horsley, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered And Sadly Missed By His Loving Mum, Sisters And Brothers"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Eric Alfred Cryer
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th April 1944, aged 20.
Son of Alfred and Beatrice Rose Cryer, of East Horsley, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered And Sadly Missed By His Loving Mum, Sisters And Brothers"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
1397486 Sergeant
Simon McCallum
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th April 1944.
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Simon McCallum
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th April 1944.
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
1454675 Sergeant
Kenneth Rowley
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th April 1944, aged 22.
Son of Bertie and Rose Rowley, of Morley, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription Ever Remembered By Mother, Father And Betty "At Peace With God"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Kenneth Rowley
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th April 1944, aged 22.
Son of Bertie and Rose Rowley, of Morley, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription Ever Remembered By Mother, Father And Betty "At Peace With God"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
427220 Flight Sergeant
Eric Moore Thompson
Royal Australian Air Force
28th April 1944, aged 20.
Son of Claude and Maude Australia Thompson, of Narrogin, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "All Who Knew You Loved You"
Eric Moore Thompson
Royal Australian Air Force
28th April 1944, aged 20.
Son of Claude and Maude Australia Thompson, of Narrogin, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "All Who Knew You Loved You"
J/26726 Flying Officer
Charles William Eric Tiplady
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
28th April 1944, aged 23.
Son of William and Eva Adelaide Tiplady, of Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Charles William Eric Tiplady
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
28th April 1944, aged 23.
Son of William and Eva Adelaide Tiplady, of Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Other Burial Details
172298 Pilot Officer Alfred Ernest Stanley Cooper, 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1944, aged 30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cooper, of Boscombe, Bournemouth Hampshire.
1397336 Sergeant Leonard Percival Oughton, 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1944, aged 20. Son of Henry Joseph and Lilian Emma Oughton, of Battersea, London. His headstone bears the inscription "He Sacrificed All For Freedom. Lest We Forget"
