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MAUCOURT FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.80016, Longitude: 2.75467​

Location Information

Maucourt is a village and commune 34 kilometres east-south-east of Amiens. The French National cemetery is about 635 metres north of the village on a by-road leading to the neighbouring village of Lihons.

​In the south-western corner are the graves of six airman who fell during the 1939-1945 War. Five of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Total Burials: 5,332.

World War One Casualties: France 5,302. (1,534 are in mass graves)

World War two Casualties: France 24, United Kingdom 6. Total 30.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
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J/17100 Pilot Officer 
Ronald Henry Stewart
Pilot in 51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th April 1943, aged 21.

Son of Alvin Claude and Dorothy Jane Stewart, of Welland, Ontario, Canada.

​His headstone bears the inscription "A Gallant Son"


Other Burial Details

626794 Flight Sergeant Dennis Axtell, D. F. M. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Allan and Vera Axtell; husband of Agnes Axtell, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

51909 Pilot Officer William Robert McBriar, Flight Engineer in 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 23. Son of William James Norwood Owens McBriar and Cathrine Stewart McBriar, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"

1316069 Sergeant Donald Harold Reid, Air Gunner in 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 17th April 1943.

120669 Flying Officer Thomas Collis Robinson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 17th April 1943, aged 33. Son of Thomas Frederick and Kate Robinson; husband of Muriel Constance Robinson, of Brislington, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "His Life A Beautiful Memory, His Absence A Silent Grief. In God's Keeping"

144266 Pilot Officer Frank Malcolm Thompson, Air Gunner in 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 17th April 1943, aged 34. Son of Fredrick Thompson, and of Molly Thompson (nee-Payne); husband of Frances Violet Thompson, of East Barnet, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Everloving Memory Of My Dear Frank. Too Dearly Loved Too Be Forgotten"

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery
Maucourt French National Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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MÉHARICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
FOUQUESCOURT OLD CHURCHYARD

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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