LANGON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Loir-et-Cher
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.28298, Longitude: 1.82871
Location Information
Langon is a village and commune some 32 miles 50 kilometres) south-east of Blois. The cemetery is situated on the eastern side of the village on the road to vierzon.
There are 8 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, north-east of the entrance.
Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 2, Canada 2. Total 8.
Langon is a village and commune some 32 miles 50 kilometres) south-east of Blois. The cemetery is situated on the eastern side of the village on the road to vierzon.
There are 8 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, north-east of the entrance.
Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 2, Canada 2. Total 8.
Image used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
R/208208 Flight Sergeant
Albert Thomas Couch
101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Leonard Thomas Couch and Clarissa Gelena Couch, of Fort Erie. Ontario. Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Albert Thomas Couch
101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Leonard Thomas Couch and Clarissa Gelena Couch, of Fort Erie. Ontario. Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
144345 Flying Officer
William Roberts Cuthbertson
101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1st July 1944.
William Roberts Cuthbertson
101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1st July 1944.
Group portrait of 30 Course, No. 4 Initial Training School, Royal Australian Air Force, B Squadron, 16 Flight, held between July and September 1942 at Victor Harbor (Harbour) in South Australia.
Identified in the back row first on the left and buried in this cemetery is 417887 Flight Sergeant John Pritchard, Royal Australian Air Force, died 1st July 1944, aged 23. Son of Robert Thomas Townsley Pritchard and Ann Paterson Pritchard, of Largs Bay, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. Ever Remembered"
R/208306 Flight Sergeant
David Urquhart
101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Robert and Eva Urquhart, of Smithville, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
David Urquhart
101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Robert and Eva Urquhart, of Smithville, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
173626 Pilot Officer James Nelson Brown, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944, aged 23.
Son of James Edward and Florance Violetta Brown, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
437425 Flight Sergeant Carl Victor Krieg, Royal Australian Air Force, died 1st July 1944, aged 19. Son of Gustav Wilhelm and Alwine Wilhelmine Sophie Krieg, of Nuriootpa, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. Ever Remembered"
1491299 Sergeant Thomas Lyth, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944.
1892332 Sergeant John William Offord, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944, aged 34. Son of John William and Edith Offord; husband of Dorothy Offord, of Maidstone, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "We Never Will Forget You, Dear. Your Loving Wife & Baby John, Mother And Dad"
Son of James Edward and Florance Violetta Brown, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
437425 Flight Sergeant Carl Victor Krieg, Royal Australian Air Force, died 1st July 1944, aged 19. Son of Gustav Wilhelm and Alwine Wilhelmine Sophie Krieg, of Nuriootpa, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. Ever Remembered"
1491299 Sergeant Thomas Lyth, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944.
1892332 Sergeant John William Offord, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st July 1944, aged 34. Son of John William and Edith Offord; husband of Dorothy Offord, of Maidstone, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "We Never Will Forget You, Dear. Your Loving Wife & Baby John, Mother And Dad"
