HOUDAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Yvelines
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.79159, Longitude: 1.59465
Location Information
Houdan is a small town 40 kilometres west of Versailles. The communal cemetery is on the west side of the town on the north of the Houdan-Dreux road, and some 300 yards west of the junction of this road with the Dreux-Houdan-Rambouillet road. There are 7 Commonwealth Airmen buried here, 5 from the U. K. and 2 from Canada.
Houdan is a small town 40 kilometres west of Versailles. The communal cemetery is on the west side of the town on the north of the Houdan-Dreux road, and some 300 yards west of the junction of this road with the Dreux-Houdan-Rambouillet road. There are 7 Commonwealth Airmen buried here, 5 from the U. K. and 2 from Canada.
Image below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
54718 Pilot Officer
Sydney Frederick Francis
115 Squadron, Royal Air Force
8th June 1944.
Sydney Frederick Francis
115 Squadron, Royal Air Force
8th June 1944.
R/146998 Flight Sergeant
George Edwin Hitchcock
115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
8th June 1944, aged 23.
Son of Edwin and Lilian E. Hitchcock, of Charing Cross, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died The Helpless To Defend A Gallant Airman's Noble End"
George Edwin Hitchcock
115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
8th June 1944, aged 23.
Son of Edwin and Lilian E. Hitchcock, of Charing Cross, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died The Helpless To Defend A Gallant Airman's Noble End"
J/92035 Pilot Officer
Halvar Leo Fred Moller
115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
8th June 1944, aged 34.
Son of Arvid A. A. Moller and Emmy C. Moller, of Edberg, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Love Him Still. His All He Gave That Those He Loved So Well Might Live"
Halvar Leo Fred Moller
115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
8th June 1944, aged 34.
Son of Arvid A. A. Moller and Emmy C. Moller, of Edberg, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Love Him Still. His All He Gave That Those He Loved So Well Might Live"
Other Burial Details
132839 Flying Officer William Arthur Horace Fountain, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 30. Son of William and Louisa Maria Fountain, husband of Maud Spencer Fountain, of Camberwell, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Words Fail Our Loss To Tell; In Heaven We Hope To Meet Evermore With Him To Dwell"
1853600 Sergeant Henry Joseph Lawrence Lane, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas Patrick and Pauline Lane, of Copnor, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
1177392 Sergeant Albert John Sellick, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944.
1610054 Sergeant Albert Wharton, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Smith and Mina Wharton, husband of Florence Isabella Wharton, of Syresham, Northamptonshire.
132839 Flying Officer William Arthur Horace Fountain, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 30. Son of William and Louisa Maria Fountain, husband of Maud Spencer Fountain, of Camberwell, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Words Fail Our Loss To Tell; In Heaven We Hope To Meet Evermore With Him To Dwell"
1853600 Sergeant Henry Joseph Lawrence Lane, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas Patrick and Pauline Lane, of Copnor, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
1177392 Sergeant Albert John Sellick, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944.
1610054 Sergeant Albert Wharton, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 8th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Smith and Mina Wharton, husband of Florence Isabella Wharton, of Syresham, Northamptonshire.
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