LANNILIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistère
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.57151, Longitude: -4.52171
Location Information
Lannilis is 20 kilometres north of Brest. The communal cemetery is on the northern side of the town.
There are 7 U. K. Airmen from World War Two buried here.
Burial Details
Four Airmen from 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force were killed when their Beaumont W6493 failed to return from an operational flight near Ploughin, France on 15th February 1941.
903156 Sergeant William Noel Abbott. Wireless Operator, aged 22. Son of William George and Martha Jane Abbott, of Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live.
552724 Sergeant Arthur William Richard Beeden. Wireless Operator, aged 18. Son of Arthur and Lily Beeden, of Sandgate, Folkestone. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
36171 Flying Officer Ronald William Gair. Pilot, aged 22. Son of Charles Gair and of Emma Laura Gair (nee Greenwood), of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
958761 Sergeant Joseph Ronald Holmes Webster. Wireless Operator.
The following three Airmen from 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Hampden I X3129) took of from Hemswell and were shot down at Lannilis on 1st April 1941.
759287 Flight Sergeant Robert George Lester Lambourne. Wireless Operator, aged 23. Son of Albert George and Ethel Minnie Lambourne, of Southampton; husband of Esme Ena Lambourne, of Southampton. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband. God Beckoned You On A Little Way Ahead"
635981 Sergeant Jack Riley. Wireless Operator, aged 20. Son of John and Hilda Riley, of Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever For You Our Morning Thoughts, Evening Memories And Lasting Love"
754947 Sergeant Hugh Sykes. Pilot, aged 21. Son of Norman and Victoria Florence Sykes, of Windsor, Berkshire.
Lannilis is 20 kilometres north of Brest. The communal cemetery is on the northern side of the town.
There are 7 U. K. Airmen from World War Two buried here.
Burial Details
Four Airmen from 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force were killed when their Beaumont W6493 failed to return from an operational flight near Ploughin, France on 15th February 1941.
903156 Sergeant William Noel Abbott. Wireless Operator, aged 22. Son of William George and Martha Jane Abbott, of Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live.
552724 Sergeant Arthur William Richard Beeden. Wireless Operator, aged 18. Son of Arthur and Lily Beeden, of Sandgate, Folkestone. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
36171 Flying Officer Ronald William Gair. Pilot, aged 22. Son of Charles Gair and of Emma Laura Gair (nee Greenwood), of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
958761 Sergeant Joseph Ronald Holmes Webster. Wireless Operator.
The following three Airmen from 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Hampden I X3129) took of from Hemswell and were shot down at Lannilis on 1st April 1941.
759287 Flight Sergeant Robert George Lester Lambourne. Wireless Operator, aged 23. Son of Albert George and Ethel Minnie Lambourne, of Southampton; husband of Esme Ena Lambourne, of Southampton. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband. God Beckoned You On A Little Way Ahead"
635981 Sergeant Jack Riley. Wireless Operator, aged 20. Son of John and Hilda Riley, of Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever For You Our Morning Thoughts, Evening Memories And Lasting Love"
754947 Sergeant Hugh Sykes. Pilot, aged 21. Son of Norman and Victoria Florence Sykes, of Windsor, Berkshire.
