MÉZEROLLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
Location Information
Mézerolles is a village and commune 8 kilometres west north west of the small town of Doullens, which is on the main road from Amiens to St. Pol (N.16) about 30 kilometres north of Amiens. The village is on the N.338 road from Doullens to Auxi-le-Château. The communal cemetery is south-east of the village in a by-road leading from the N.338 road. Near the south-eastern corner are the graves of six airmen, five of whom belong to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flight Details: (By Barry Cuttell)
Base: R.A.F. Elvington, Yorkshire
Unit: 77 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mark V, serial LL229
Target: Amiens, Somme
Incident: Crashed at Mézerolles, Somme. Sgt. H. M. McAllister was taken prisoner.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Mézerolles is a village and commune 8 kilometres west north west of the small town of Doullens, which is on the main road from Amiens to St. Pol (N.16) about 30 kilometres north of Amiens. The village is on the N.338 road from Doullens to Auxi-le-Château. The communal cemetery is south-east of the village in a by-road leading from the N.338 road. Near the south-eastern corner are the graves of six airmen, five of whom belong to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flight Details: (By Barry Cuttell)
Base: R.A.F. Elvington, Yorkshire
Unit: 77 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mark V, serial LL229
Target: Amiens, Somme
Incident: Crashed at Mézerolles, Somme. Sgt. H. M. McAllister was taken prisoner.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
J/89119 Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.)
Lawrence John Pugh
77 (R. A. F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
15/03/1944, aged 21.
Grave 3.
Son of Tom and Serrena Pugh, of St.Jean sur Richelieu, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Picture courtesy of Brother-in-Law Jacques Richard
Other Burial Details:
1382421 Flight Sergeant Phillip Heriot Armstrong, Wireless Operator in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944.
1800713 Flight Sergeant Douglas Arthur Cole, Navigator in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 20. Son of Arthur and Alice Catherine Cole of Sittingbourne, Kent.
1324959 Flight Sergeant Henry Oliver Hill, Air Gunner in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Henry and Rose Hill of Plymouth.
130968 Flight Lieutenant Ronald George Spicer, Pilot in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944.
1318181 Flight Sergeant John Albert Taylor, Air Bomber in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944 aged 21. Son of Percival Henry and Mabel Agnes Taylor of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Lawrence John Pugh
77 (R. A. F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
15/03/1944, aged 21.
Grave 3.
Son of Tom and Serrena Pugh, of St.Jean sur Richelieu, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Picture courtesy of Brother-in-Law Jacques Richard
Other Burial Details:
1382421 Flight Sergeant Phillip Heriot Armstrong, Wireless Operator in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944.
1800713 Flight Sergeant Douglas Arthur Cole, Navigator in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 20. Son of Arthur and Alice Catherine Cole of Sittingbourne, Kent.
1324959 Flight Sergeant Henry Oliver Hill, Air Gunner in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Henry and Rose Hill of Plymouth.
130968 Flight Lieutenant Ronald George Spicer, Pilot in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944.
1318181 Flight Sergeant John Albert Taylor, Air Bomber in 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944 aged 21. Son of Percival Henry and Mabel Agnes Taylor of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.