LAON (ST. JUST) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
Location Information
Laon, situated on an isolated hill, is the chief town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of the Aisne.
St. Just Cemetery is on the northern side of the town just below the Rampart St Just.
Historical Information
The graves of nine airmen who fell during the 1939-1945 war are at the bottom of the slope, near the western corner of the cemetery. Seven of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, and one each to the Royal Canadian and Royal New Zealand Air Forces.
Burial Details
630417 Flight Sergeant Victor Carriline, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 5th May 1942, aged 26. Son of Arthur William and Agnes Carriline, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Norah Evelyn Carriline, of Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
103550 Pilot Officer Arnold Foster Cheetham, Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942, aged 27. Son of Eugene W. Cheetham and Amy Agnes Cheetham, of Bridlington, Yorkshire.
1129675 Flight Sergeant Edward Arthur Harrison, Wireless Operator in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944, aged 23. Son of John and Ethel Harrison, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
742695 Flight Sergeant Francis Derek Jago, Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942, aged 27. Son of Sidney Herbert and M. M. Jago, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. INSCRIPTION. THOUGH ABSENT FROM SIGHT, EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
403965 Pilot Officer Patrick Henry Francis William Leland, Observer in 115 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 6th May 1942, aged 27. Son of Thomas A. Leland and Annie Leland, of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Betty Leland.
J/1211 Flying Officer Kenneth William Byron Moodie, Air Observer in 149 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 5th May 1942, aged 26. Son of James Francis Melville Moodie and Lucy Catherine Moodie, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. B.Sc. (University of Alberta). INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.
1152526 Sergeant Frederick Bertram Pomeroy, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942. Son of Frederick W. Pomeroy, and of Patricia Pomeroy, of Hove, Sussex.
968972 Flight Sergeant James Arthur Shaw, Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942.
569626 Sergeant Basil Ernest Smith, Flight Engineer in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 5th May 1942, aged 21. Son of Ernest James Smith and Sarah Smith, of Haverthwaite, Lancashire.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Laon, situated on an isolated hill, is the chief town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of the Aisne.
St. Just Cemetery is on the northern side of the town just below the Rampart St Just.
Historical Information
The graves of nine airmen who fell during the 1939-1945 war are at the bottom of the slope, near the western corner of the cemetery. Seven of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, and one each to the Royal Canadian and Royal New Zealand Air Forces.
Burial Details
630417 Flight Sergeant Victor Carriline, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 5th May 1942, aged 26. Son of Arthur William and Agnes Carriline, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Norah Evelyn Carriline, of Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
103550 Pilot Officer Arnold Foster Cheetham, Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942, aged 27. Son of Eugene W. Cheetham and Amy Agnes Cheetham, of Bridlington, Yorkshire.
1129675 Flight Sergeant Edward Arthur Harrison, Wireless Operator in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1944, aged 23. Son of John and Ethel Harrison, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
742695 Flight Sergeant Francis Derek Jago, Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942, aged 27. Son of Sidney Herbert and M. M. Jago, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. INSCRIPTION. THOUGH ABSENT FROM SIGHT, EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
403965 Pilot Officer Patrick Henry Francis William Leland, Observer in 115 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 6th May 1942, aged 27. Son of Thomas A. Leland and Annie Leland, of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Betty Leland.
J/1211 Flying Officer Kenneth William Byron Moodie, Air Observer in 149 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 5th May 1942, aged 26. Son of James Francis Melville Moodie and Lucy Catherine Moodie, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. B.Sc. (University of Alberta). INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.
1152526 Sergeant Frederick Bertram Pomeroy, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942. Son of Frederick W. Pomeroy, and of Patricia Pomeroy, of Hove, Sussex.
968972 Flight Sergeant James Arthur Shaw, Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th May 1942.
569626 Sergeant Basil Ernest Smith, Flight Engineer in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 5th May 1942, aged 21. Son of Ernest James Smith and Sarah Smith, of Haverthwaite, Lancashire.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
