MARIGNY-LE-GRAND CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.6621, Longitude: 3.86679
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Marigny is a village some 50 kilometres south-west of Châlons-en-Champagne and 11 kilometres south-east of Sézanne. In the churchyard, on the right of the main entrance, is the collective grave of four British, one Canadian and two Australian airmen.
Flight Details
Base: R.A.F. Binbrook, near Brookenby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 460 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. I, serial ME740
Target: Enemy installations at Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, France
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Marigny. There were no survivors.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
1600645 Sergeant
Kenneth Applegarth
Wireless Operator in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4th May 1944, aged 20.
Son of Henry and Mary E. Applegarth of Sutton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "They Left Us with A Smile"
Kenneth Applegarth
Wireless Operator in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4th May 1944, aged 20.
Son of Henry and Mary E. Applegarth of Sutton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "They Left Us with A Smile"
Flight Sergeant
William Ralph Elgar
Royal Australian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 23.
Son of William Bulimba and Mabel Ellen Elgar of Gympie, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dearly Loved And Ever Remembered By Paretns, Brother And Sisters"
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William Ralph Elgar
Royal Australian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 23.
Son of William Bulimba and Mabel Ellen Elgar of Gympie, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dearly Loved And Ever Remembered By Paretns, Brother And Sisters"
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416945 Flight Sergeant
James George Herbert Fry
Royal Australian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 26.
Son of Herbert James Cyril and Elizabeth Fry, of Walkerville, South Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription Loved Son Of H. And E. Fry Of Adelaide, South Australia. "Resting"
James George Herbert Fry
Royal Australian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 26.
Son of Herbert James Cyril and Elizabeth Fry, of Walkerville, South Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription Loved Son Of H. And E. Fry Of Adelaide, South Australia. "Resting"
151228 Flying Officer
Leslie Sumner
Pilot in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4th May 1944, aged 30.
Son of Thomas and Clara Sumner, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Constance Mary Sumner, of Smithhills, Bolton.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding"
Leslie Sumner
Pilot in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4th May 1944, aged 30.
Son of Thomas and Clara Sumner, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Constance Mary Sumner, of Smithhills, Bolton.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding"
J/88893 Pilot Officer
Thomas Sudworth Winstanley
Air Gunner in 460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 22.
Son of Richard and Margaret Winstanley, of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Thomas Sudworth Winstanley
Air Gunner in 460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 22.
Son of Richard and Margaret Winstanley, of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Other Burial Details
950628 Sergeant Cecil George Graham, Air Gunner in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944.
1816266 Sergeant Joseph Horace Holloway, Flight Engineer in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ,died 4th May 1944, aged 28. Son of Joseph and Alice Holloway; husband of Lilian Mary Holloway, of Cheylesmore, Coventry. His headstone bears the inscription "God In His Mercy Will Tenderly Care For The Soul Of Our Loved One Sleeping Here"
950628 Sergeant Cecil George Graham, Air Gunner in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th May 1944.
1816266 Sergeant Joseph Horace Holloway, Flight Engineer in 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ,died 4th May 1944, aged 28. Son of Joseph and Alice Holloway; husband of Lilian Mary Holloway, of Cheylesmore, Coventry. His headstone bears the inscription "God In His Mercy Will Tenderly Care For The Soul Of Our Loved One Sleeping Here"
