HÔPITAL-CAMFROUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistère
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.32746, Longitude: -4.23964
Location Information
Hôpital-Camfrout is a village and commune 38 kilometres north-north-west of Quimper and 4 kilometres south-south-east of Daoulas, on the Quimper-Châteaulin road. The nearest railway station is at Daoulas on a branch line from Quimper. There is a reasonable train service and a taxi completes the journey. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern outskirts of the village on the western side of the road to Le Faou. In the eastern corner, far right of the entrance, is the collective grave of four airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details
78459 Pilot Officer George Henry Brooks, Observer in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th December 1940, aged 20. Son of Cecil Henry and Edith Maud Brooks, of Horsham, Sussex; husband of Sylvia Brooks. His headstone bears the inscription "Les Bien-Aimes De Dieu Meurent Jeunes"
527729 Sergeant Thomas John George Eede, Air Gunner in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1940, aged 33. Son of John George and Dorothy Eede, of Laira, Plymouth; husband of Winifred Edith Eede. His headstone bears the inscription "A Bright Young Life A Boble Death And For A Noble Cause"
41198 Flying Officer Hugh Eric Mussenden, Pilot in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1940, aged 23. Son of Nathaniel and Louise Mussenden; husband of Joyce Margaret Mussenden, of Maida Hill, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Born For The Future To The Future Lost"
627713 Sergeant John William Pratt, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1940, aged 20. Son of Robert and Jane Pratt, of Grange town, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Billy. In Our Hearts He Will Always Remain. Mam, Dad And All"
Hôpital-Camfrout is a village and commune 38 kilometres north-north-west of Quimper and 4 kilometres south-south-east of Daoulas, on the Quimper-Châteaulin road. The nearest railway station is at Daoulas on a branch line from Quimper. There is a reasonable train service and a taxi completes the journey. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern outskirts of the village on the western side of the road to Le Faou. In the eastern corner, far right of the entrance, is the collective grave of four airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details
78459 Pilot Officer George Henry Brooks, Observer in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th December 1940, aged 20. Son of Cecil Henry and Edith Maud Brooks, of Horsham, Sussex; husband of Sylvia Brooks. His headstone bears the inscription "Les Bien-Aimes De Dieu Meurent Jeunes"
527729 Sergeant Thomas John George Eede, Air Gunner in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1940, aged 33. Son of John George and Dorothy Eede, of Laira, Plymouth; husband of Winifred Edith Eede. His headstone bears the inscription "A Bright Young Life A Boble Death And For A Noble Cause"
41198 Flying Officer Hugh Eric Mussenden, Pilot in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1940, aged 23. Son of Nathaniel and Louise Mussenden; husband of Joyce Margaret Mussenden, of Maida Hill, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Born For The Future To The Future Lost"
627713 Sergeant John William Pratt, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1940, aged 20. Son of Robert and Jane Pratt, of Grange town, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Billy. In Our Hearts He Will Always Remain. Mam, Dad And All"
