LONGUEIL CHURCHYARD
Seine-Maritime
France
Location Information
Longueil is a village and commune 7.50 miles (12 kilometres) west of Dieppe, and lies north of the N.25 road from Dieppe to St. Valery-en-Caux. Buses run on this main road to Dieppe and St. Valery. In the churchyard, near the south-east corner, are the graves of 7 airmen; 5 belonging to the Royal Air Force, 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and 1 to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
1600445 Sergeant Harry George Colwell, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Harry George and Fanny Constance Colwell, of Betchworth, Surrey.
520265 Sergeant Thomas Gilmartin, Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1944.
1192828 Sergeant Ronald Edward Miles, Flight Engineer in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Edward Charles and Jessica Gertrude Miles; husband of Alice Irene Miles, of Hawtonville, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
423420 Flight Sergeant Stanley Allan Rae, Pilot in 78 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 13th June 1944, aged 29. Son of William Michael and Lucy Caroline Rae, of Auckland City, New Zealand; husband of Thelma Alice Rae, of Grey Lynn, Auckland.
J/29415 Flying Officer Harry Sager, Navigator in 78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 13th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Moe and Mary Sager, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
1625934 Sergeant Frank Edwin Spinks, Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Frank Alfred and Elsie May Spinks, of Southfields, Surrey.
1301516 Sergeant Frederick George Tomlinson, Air Bomber in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Frederick Wilson Tomlinson and of Phoebe Amelia Tomlinson (nee Shipley); husband of Mary Tomlinson, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Picture © Johan Pauwels
Longueil is a village and commune 7.50 miles (12 kilometres) west of Dieppe, and lies north of the N.25 road from Dieppe to St. Valery-en-Caux. Buses run on this main road to Dieppe and St. Valery. In the churchyard, near the south-east corner, are the graves of 7 airmen; 5 belonging to the Royal Air Force, 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and 1 to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
1600445 Sergeant Harry George Colwell, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Harry George and Fanny Constance Colwell, of Betchworth, Surrey.
520265 Sergeant Thomas Gilmartin, Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th June 1944.
1192828 Sergeant Ronald Edward Miles, Flight Engineer in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Edward Charles and Jessica Gertrude Miles; husband of Alice Irene Miles, of Hawtonville, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
423420 Flight Sergeant Stanley Allan Rae, Pilot in 78 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 13th June 1944, aged 29. Son of William Michael and Lucy Caroline Rae, of Auckland City, New Zealand; husband of Thelma Alice Rae, of Grey Lynn, Auckland.
J/29415 Flying Officer Harry Sager, Navigator in 78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 13th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Moe and Mary Sager, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
1625934 Sergeant Frank Edwin Spinks, Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Frank Alfred and Elsie May Spinks, of Southfields, Surrey.
1301516 Sergeant Frederick George Tomlinson, Air Bomber in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Frederick Wilson Tomlinson and of Phoebe Amelia Tomlinson (nee Shipley); husband of Mary Tomlinson, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Picture © Johan Pauwels
