LA MALMAISON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.51894, Longitude: 3.97853
Location Information
La Malmaison is a village and commune 15.5 miles (25 kilometres) east-south-east of Laon and about 3 miles 5 kilometres) west of the Reims-Vervins road (N. 366), south of the south-eastern corner of the military firing range of sissone. The most convenient railway stations are at Laon and Reims (Marne), both of which have good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns of northern France, and where taxis are available. The communal cemetery is north of the village on the road leading to La Selve.
Near the eastern boundary, and south of the Calvary which is opposite the entrance gate, are buried eight airmen. Four of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and four to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
World War Two Casualties: Canada 4, United Kingdom 4. Total 8.
La Malmaison is a village and commune 15.5 miles (25 kilometres) east-south-east of Laon and about 3 miles 5 kilometres) west of the Reims-Vervins road (N. 366), south of the south-eastern corner of the military firing range of sissone. The most convenient railway stations are at Laon and Reims (Marne), both of which have good road and rail communications with Paris and the towns of northern France, and where taxis are available. The communal cemetery is north of the village on the road leading to La Selve.
Near the eastern boundary, and south of the Calvary which is opposite the entrance gate, are buried eight airmen. Four of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and four to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
World War Two Casualties: Canada 4, United Kingdom 4. Total 8.
Pictures in gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
All the following were killed in action on 12th March 1943
(405 Squadron)
J/16635 Pilot Officer
Bernard Henry Labarge
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
12th March 1943, aged 28.
Son of Charles Henry and Martha T. Labarge, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum"
Bernard Henry Labarge
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
12th March 1943, aged 28.
Son of Charles Henry and Martha T. Labarge, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum"
J/9256 Flying Officer
Wendell McLean Palmer
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
12th March 1943, aged 23.
Son of Basil C. Palmer and Laura M. Palmer, of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Wendell McLean Palmer
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
12th March 1943, aged 23.
Son of Basil C. Palmer and Laura M. Palmer, of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Other Burial Details
R/75353 Sergeant Charles Orrin Henderson, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 25. Son of Charlie Mills Henderson and Mary Jane Henderson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
133003 Pilot Officer James Henderson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
132994 Pilot Officer Francis Holland, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Joseph and Hannah Holland, of Manchester; husband of Pamela Holland, of Thorne, Yorkshire; nephew of James L. Lea, of Kingsway, Manchester. His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured Memories R. I. P."
132995 Pilot Officer William Watson Kirkpatrick, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of William and Marion Moffat Kirkpatrick, of Edinburgh; husband of Mary Smith Kirkpatrick, of Edinburgh. His headstone bears the inscription "His Memory, To Us A Treasure; His Loss, A Lifetime's Regret. Mary"
1355437 Sergeant Matthew Walker Mackenzie, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 27. Son of William and Sarah Mackenzie, of Glasgow. His headstone bears the inscription "Though Our Lives Now Lie Far Apart, You Are Always In Our Thoughts And Hearts"
J/7979 Flight Lieutenant Harold Gordon Shockley, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 22. Son of Ernest H. Shockley and Grace M. Shockley, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
R/75353 Sergeant Charles Orrin Henderson, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 25. Son of Charlie Mills Henderson and Mary Jane Henderson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
133003 Pilot Officer James Henderson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
132994 Pilot Officer Francis Holland, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Joseph and Hannah Holland, of Manchester; husband of Pamela Holland, of Thorne, Yorkshire; nephew of James L. Lea, of Kingsway, Manchester. His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured Memories R. I. P."
132995 Pilot Officer William Watson Kirkpatrick, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of William and Marion Moffat Kirkpatrick, of Edinburgh; husband of Mary Smith Kirkpatrick, of Edinburgh. His headstone bears the inscription "His Memory, To Us A Treasure; His Loss, A Lifetime's Regret. Mary"
1355437 Sergeant Matthew Walker Mackenzie, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 27. Son of William and Sarah Mackenzie, of Glasgow. His headstone bears the inscription "Though Our Lives Now Lie Far Apart, You Are Always In Our Thoughts And Hearts"
J/7979 Flight Lieutenant Harold Gordon Shockley, Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 22. Son of Ernest H. Shockley and Grace M. Shockley, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
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