LACHALADE CHURCHYARD
Meuse
France
Location Information
Lachalade is a village and commune 27.5 miles (44 kilometres) north-north-west of Bar-le-Duc and 18.75 miles (30 kilometres) west of Verdun. In the churchyard, near the west wall, are the graves of seven airmen. Four of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, two to the Royal Australian Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
426317 Flight Sergeant Reginald Matthew Conroy, 622 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 24. Son of Matthew and Ivy Mary Conroy, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. INSCRIPTION. REST IN PEACE. EVER REMEMBERED.
415264 Pilot Officer William James Morcombe, 622 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 20. Son of Philip Thomas Morcombe and Stella Alison Morcombe, of Armadale, Western Australia. INSCRIPTION. SO DEARLY LOVED.
1812760 Sergeant Alan Andrew Ough, Air Gunner in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 19. Son of Benidict George and Lilian Miriam Ough, of Fulham, London. INSCRIPTION. THINE FOR EVER" MUM AND DAD.
42457 Flight Sergeant Harold Leslie Raymond Richards, 622 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 28. Son of Walter and Beatrice Richards; husband of Gwendoline Veda Richards, of Westport, Nelson, New Zealand.
1632077 Sergeant Arthur Ernest Sly, Flight Engineer in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943.
658902 Flight Sergeant Donald Sinclair Smith, Navigator in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 28. Son of John and Martha Smith, of Blackpool, Lancashire.
915352 Sergeant Stanley Alan Thomas, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 23. Son of Arthur and Ivy Thomas; husband of Elsie Thomas. INSCRIPTION. NEVER HAS SO MUCH BEEN OWED TO SO FEW BY SO MANY. NOT DIVIDED. BLESS YOU, DARLING.
Picture of Graves © Nicholas Philpot
Lachalade is a village and commune 27.5 miles (44 kilometres) north-north-west of Bar-le-Duc and 18.75 miles (30 kilometres) west of Verdun. In the churchyard, near the west wall, are the graves of seven airmen. Four of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, two to the Royal Australian Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
426317 Flight Sergeant Reginald Matthew Conroy, 622 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 24. Son of Matthew and Ivy Mary Conroy, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. INSCRIPTION. REST IN PEACE. EVER REMEMBERED.
415264 Pilot Officer William James Morcombe, 622 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 20. Son of Philip Thomas Morcombe and Stella Alison Morcombe, of Armadale, Western Australia. INSCRIPTION. SO DEARLY LOVED.
1812760 Sergeant Alan Andrew Ough, Air Gunner in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 19. Son of Benidict George and Lilian Miriam Ough, of Fulham, London. INSCRIPTION. THINE FOR EVER" MUM AND DAD.
42457 Flight Sergeant Harold Leslie Raymond Richards, 622 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 28. Son of Walter and Beatrice Richards; husband of Gwendoline Veda Richards, of Westport, Nelson, New Zealand.
1632077 Sergeant Arthur Ernest Sly, Flight Engineer in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943.
658902 Flight Sergeant Donald Sinclair Smith, Navigator in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 28. Son of John and Martha Smith, of Blackpool, Lancashire.
915352 Sergeant Stanley Alan Thomas, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 23. Son of Arthur and Ivy Thomas; husband of Elsie Thomas. INSCRIPTION. NEVER HAS SO MUCH BEEN OWED TO SO FEW BY SO MANY. NOT DIVIDED. BLESS YOU, DARLING.
Picture of Graves © Nicholas Philpot
