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HARAUCOURT CHURCHYARD
Ardennes
France

Location Information

Haraucourt is a village and commune 24 kilometres south-east of Mezieres and some 9 kilometres south of Sedan. 
Near the south-western corner of the churchyard are the graves of five airmen of the Royal Air Force.


GPS Coordinates  N 49  37  19    E 04  57  36



Churchyard pictures © André De Smet
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520538 Sergeant 
Richard William Butler
Observer 
in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force
26th May 1940, aged 24. 


Son of Bertram Leonard and Nellie Louisa Butler, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex.





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40131 Flying Officer
 George Barry Morgan-Dean

Pilot in 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force
12th May 1940, aged 23. 

​Son of George Louis and Genevieve Frances Morgan-Dean; nephew of Mary E. Robertson, of Kaleden, British Columbia, Canada
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Other Burial Details

40350 Pilot Officer Colin Cecil Robert Anderson, Pilot in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 26th May 1940, aged 22. Son of William R. Anderson, and of Ina Clarice Anderson, of Dousland, Devon.

531362 Aircraftman 1st Class Horace Basil Sewell, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 103 squadron, died 12th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Horace and Gladys May Sewell, of Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton.

537423 Sergeant Edmund Wilks, Wireless Operator in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 26th May 1940, aged 25. Son of Thomas and Edith Mary Wilks, of Cross Gates, Yorkshire.



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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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