HAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Haucourt is a village and commune 8 miles (14 kilometres) south-east of Arras, on the northern side of the Arras-Cambrai road (N.39). The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the village on the D.9 road to Remy. The collective grave of three British airmen is near the north-eastern corner of the cemetery.
Burial Details
626070 Aircraftman 1st Class George Rosse Pirie, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd May 1940, aged 24. Son of John and Jean Pirie; husband of Doris Anderson Pirie, of Edinburgh.
70602 Pilot Officer Roi Leonard Saunders, Pilot in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd May 1940, aged 24. Son of Frank and Beatrice Mary Saunders, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
564409 Sergeant Samuel Frank Simmons, Observer in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd May 1940, aged 27. Son of Oliver William and Mary Mabel Isabel Simmons; husband of Edna Mary Simmons, of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Haucourt is a village and commune 8 miles (14 kilometres) south-east of Arras, on the northern side of the Arras-Cambrai road (N.39). The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the village on the D.9 road to Remy. The collective grave of three British airmen is near the north-eastern corner of the cemetery.
Burial Details
626070 Aircraftman 1st Class George Rosse Pirie, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd May 1940, aged 24. Son of John and Jean Pirie; husband of Doris Anderson Pirie, of Edinburgh.
70602 Pilot Officer Roi Leonard Saunders, Pilot in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd May 1940, aged 24. Son of Frank and Beatrice Mary Saunders, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
564409 Sergeant Samuel Frank Simmons, Observer in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 22nd May 1940, aged 27. Son of Oliver William and Mary Mabel Isabel Simmons; husband of Edna Mary Simmons, of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
