MAUBERT-FONTAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.86916, Longitude: 4.43391
Location Information
Maubert-Fontaine is a village and commune on the main road from Mezieres to Hirson (N.51, N.39). It lies 16.25 miles (26 kilometres) north-west of Mezieres, and the bus service between Mezieres and Hirson passes through Maubert-Fontaine. The most convenient station is Mezieres-Charleville, which is on the line from Paris to Luxembourg. The communal cemetery is on the northern outskirts of the village on the D.32 road to Patte D' Oie. Near the southern wall are the graves of seven airmen. Three of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and four to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Identified Casualties: Canada 4, United Kingdom 3.
Maubert-Fontaine is a village and commune on the main road from Mezieres to Hirson (N.51, N.39). It lies 16.25 miles (26 kilometres) north-west of Mezieres, and the bus service between Mezieres and Hirson passes through Maubert-Fontaine. The most convenient station is Mezieres-Charleville, which is on the line from Paris to Luxembourg. The communal cemetery is on the northern outskirts of the village on the D.32 road to Patte D' Oie. Near the southern wall are the graves of seven airmen. Three of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and four to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Identified Casualties: Canada 4, United Kingdom 3.
Cemetery images © Johan Pauwels
J/22072 Flying Officer
William Lorne Cruse
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1044, aged 21.
Son of William Alfred and Hazel May Cruse, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
William Lorne Cruse
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1044, aged 21.
Son of William Alfred and Hazel May Cruse, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
J/86167 Pilot Officer
Frederick Wills Topping
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1944, aged 23.
Son of Frederick Wills Topping and Emily Topping, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Loved Ever Remembered"
Frederick Wills Topping
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1944, aged 23.
Son of Frederick Wills Topping and Emily Topping, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Loved Ever Remembered"
R/160418 Flight Sergeant
George Dudgeon Torbet
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1944, aged 22.
Son of Peter and Emma Torbet; husband of Ruth M. Torbet, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loving And Kind In All His Ways, Upright And Just To The End Of His Days"
George Dudgeon Torbet
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1944, aged 22.
Son of Peter and Emma Torbet; husband of Ruth M. Torbet, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loving And Kind In All His Ways, Upright And Just To The End Of His Days"
R/176665 Flight Sergeant
John Gilmore Vaughan
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1944, aged 21.
Son of John and J. Marion Vaughan, of Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered. Mother, Father And Brothers"
John Gilmore Vaughan
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st March 1944, aged 21.
Son of John and J. Marion Vaughan, of Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered. Mother, Father And Brothers"
Other Burials
1324664 Sergeant William Joseph Batchouski, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1944.
1522817 Sergeant Leo Lanaghan, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1944, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Mary Lanaghan, of Felling-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "On Whose Soul Sweet Jesus Have Mercy. May He Rest In Peace"
1063432 Sergeant Walter Acklam Littlewood, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1944, aged 22. Son of Joseph and Rebecca Littlewood, of Nostell, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Without Good-Bye He Fell Asleep, Memories Of Him We Will Always Keep. Mother & Dad"
1324664 Sergeant William Joseph Batchouski, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1944.
1522817 Sergeant Leo Lanaghan, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1944, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Mary Lanaghan, of Felling-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "On Whose Soul Sweet Jesus Have Mercy. May He Rest In Peace"
1063432 Sergeant Walter Acklam Littlewood, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1944, aged 22. Son of Joseph and Rebecca Littlewood, of Nostell, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Without Good-Bye He Fell Asleep, Memories Of Him We Will Always Keep. Mother & Dad"
