MAREIL-LE-GUYON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Yvelines
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.79396, Longitude: 1.84649
Image above © Thierry Grier
Location Information
Mareil-le-Guyon is a village 22 kilometres west of Versailles and 16 kilometres north of Rambouillet. The Communal Cemetery is north of the village on the road from the village to the main Versailles-Dreux road.
History Information
The collective grave of 7 airmen, 5 belonging to the Royal Air Force, 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and 1 to the Royal Australian Air Force is near the entrance.
Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier
Image above © Thierry Grier
All Seven Airmen were in 166 Squadron and killed on 11th June 1944.
1803037 Sergeant
James Alfred Cunningham
Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20.
Son of George and Florence Cunningham, of Charlton, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Tomorrow To Give Us Our Today. Mum And Dad"
James Alfred Cunningham
Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20.
Son of George and Florence Cunningham, of Charlton, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Tomorrow To Give Us Our Today. Mum And Dad"
R/206095 Flight Sergeant
William Ralph Meddick
Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 21.
Son of Walter and Beatrice Meddick, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, husband of Patricia Meddick, of Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Moves In A Mysterious Way His Wonders To Perform"
William Ralph Meddick
Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force, aged 21.
Son of Walter and Beatrice Meddick, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, husband of Patricia Meddick, of Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Moves In A Mysterious Way His Wonders To Perform"
426369 Flight Sergeant
Augustus Ronald Moller
Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20.
Son of Peter William and Winifred Eleanor Moller, of Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Augustus Ronald Moller
Royal Australian Air Force, aged 20.
Son of Peter William and Winifred Eleanor Moller, of Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Image above © Thierry Grier
173547 Pilot Officer
Peter Shaw
Pilot in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22.
Son of John Standen Shaw and Gladys Kathleen Shaw, of Bettws-Y-Coed, Carnarvonshire.
Peter Shaw
Pilot in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22.
Son of John Standen Shaw and Gladys Kathleen Shaw, of Bettws-Y-Coed, Carnarvonshire.
1600337 Sergeant
Edward George Smith
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22.
Son of Frederick George and Sylvia Mabel Smith; of Bitterne Park, Southampton.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
Edward George Smith
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22.
Son of Frederick George and Sylvia Mabel Smith; of Bitterne Park, Southampton.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
1459087 Flight Sergeant
Kenneth Rookby Ward
Navigator in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23.
Son of Arthur Rookby Ward and Edith Evelyn Ward, of Stockport, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "We All Shall Remember"
Kenneth Rookby Ward
Navigator in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23.
Son of Arthur Rookby Ward and Edith Evelyn Ward, of Stockport, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "We All Shall Remember"
Other Burial Details
1628242 Sergeant Geoffrey Hodder-Williams, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 19. Son of Robert Percy and Ragnhild Hodder-Williams, of Sevenoaks, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "In Everloving Memory Of Our Darling Geoff. "I Brought You Unto Myself"
1628242 Sergeant Geoffrey Hodder-Williams, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 19. Son of Robert Percy and Ragnhild Hodder-Williams, of Sevenoaks, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "In Everloving Memory Of Our Darling Geoff. "I Brought You Unto Myself"
