LES MESNULS CHURCHYARD
Yvelines
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.75679, Longitude: 1.8372
Location Information
Les Mesnuls is a village and commune 22 kilometres west-south-west of Versailles, and 13 kilometres north of Rambouillet. The collective grave of 8 Commonwealth 1939-1945 airmen is near the entrance gate north of the church.
Les Mesnuls is a village and commune 22 kilometres west-south-west of Versailles, and 13 kilometres north of Rambouillet. The collective grave of 8 Commonwealth 1939-1945 airmen is near the entrance gate north of the church.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
All Eight Airmen were in 156 Squadron and killed on 8th June 1944.
J/19003 Squadron Leader
Cecil George Hopton, D. F. C.
Pilot in Royal Canadian Air Force.
Cecil George Hopton, D. F. C.
Pilot in Royal Canadian Air Force.
Other Burial Details
1822580 Sergeant Ian Campbell, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
133539 Flight Lieutenant William Michael Conlon, D. F. C. Navigator in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Martin and Margaret Conlon, of Littleborough, Lancashire. Inscription "Always Remembered By His Father, mother And Sister. May He Rest In Peace"
1801366 Flight Sergeant Leslie Edward Gibbs, Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Archibald and Jane Gibbs, of East Dulwich, London. Inscription "A Life Sacrificed That We May All Live"
170350 Flight Lieutenant Hartley David Gillis, D. F. C. Naviagtor in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Robert Archibald and Mary Watson Gillis, of Paddington London. Inscription "We Light The Way"
1189479 Warrant Officer Alfred Robert Patrick Larkins, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Husband of Lily Larkins, of Ramsgate, Kent. Inscription "In Our Hearts A Memory We Kept Of One We Have Loved And Will Never Forget"
160518 Flight Lieutenant Peter James Moyes, D. F. C. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
51836 Flight Lieutenant David Telfer Wood, D. F. C. Bomb Aimer/Navigator in Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of Thomas Smith Wood and Helen Wood, of Lundie, Angus. Inscription "At Kelty, Fife"
1822580 Sergeant Ian Campbell, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
133539 Flight Lieutenant William Michael Conlon, D. F. C. Navigator in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Martin and Margaret Conlon, of Littleborough, Lancashire. Inscription "Always Remembered By His Father, mother And Sister. May He Rest In Peace"
1801366 Flight Sergeant Leslie Edward Gibbs, Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Archibald and Jane Gibbs, of East Dulwich, London. Inscription "A Life Sacrificed That We May All Live"
170350 Flight Lieutenant Hartley David Gillis, D. F. C. Naviagtor in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Robert Archibald and Mary Watson Gillis, of Paddington London. Inscription "We Light The Way"
1189479 Warrant Officer Alfred Robert Patrick Larkins, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Husband of Lily Larkins, of Ramsgate, Kent. Inscription "In Our Hearts A Memory We Kept Of One We Have Loved And Will Never Forget"
160518 Flight Lieutenant Peter James Moyes, D. F. C. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
51836 Flight Lieutenant David Telfer Wood, D. F. C. Bomb Aimer/Navigator in Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of Thomas Smith Wood and Helen Wood, of Lundie, Angus. Inscription "At Kelty, Fife"
