MATIGNICOURT-ET-GONCOURT CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.67641, Longitude: 4.68348
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Matignicourt-et-Goncourt is a village 20 kilometres south-east of Châlons-en-Champagne, and 4 kilometres south-east of Vitry-le-François. In the churchyard, on the right of the path immediately inside the entrance, is the collective grave of five Canadian airmen.
J/16933 Pilot Officer
Harry Thomas Boyes
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 24.
Son of Fred and Mary Ellen Boyes; husband of Gloria June Boyes, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Harry Thomas Boyes
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 24.
Son of Fred and Mary Ellen Boyes; husband of Gloria June Boyes, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J/15531 Flight Lieutenant
Stanley Julian Cybulski, D. F. C.
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 23.
Son of Charles Edward Cybulski, and of Mary Cybulski, of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of Charles E. And Mary Cybulski. Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, O Lord"
Stanley Julian Cybulski, D. F. C.
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 23.
Son of Charles Edward Cybulski, and of Mary Cybulski, of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of Charles E. And Mary Cybulski. Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, O Lord"
J/15638 Flying Officer
Lloyd Robertson Mann, D. F. C.
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 23.
Son of Avard Burpee Mann and Mabel Wilson Mann; husband of Evelyn May Mann, of Truro, Nova Scotia. Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Not Long To Live, But So Well Remembered By Those Who Knew And Loved Him"
Lloyd Robertson Mann, D. F. C.
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 23.
Son of Avard Burpee Mann and Mabel Wilson Mann; husband of Evelyn May Mann, of Truro, Nova Scotia. Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Not Long To Live, But So Well Remembered By Those Who Knew And Loved Him"
J/6841 Flying Officer
Joseph Patrick Sullivan
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 27.
Joseph Patrick Sullivan
156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
21st December 1942, aged 27.
Other Airman's Details
J/15665 Flight Lieutenant William Samuel Crawford, 156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 21st December 1942, aged 23.
J/15665 Flight Lieutenant William Samuel Crawford, 156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 21st December 1942, aged 23.
