MONTCONY CHURCHYARD
Saône-et-Loire
France
Location Information
Montcony is a village 84 kilometres north-east of Macon and 10 kilometres north east of the town of Louhans. The Churchyard is in the centre of the village and the graves of the six British and two Canadian airmen are to the right of the entrance in two plots.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
78 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial W1018
Target: Genova, Italy
Incident: Shot down by German night fighter on 24th Oct. 1942,
and crashed near the château at Montcony.
Burial Details:
Sgt. Frederick George ALLEN, aged 30. Royal Air Force. Husband of Winifred Mary Allen of Acocks Green, Birmingham.
Sgt. John BEVERIDGE, aged 21. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Alexander and Mary Beveridge, of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
Sgt. George James CHAMBERS, aged 32. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of George James and Eliza Jane Chambers of Southampton.
Sgt. Albert Ernest MESSER, aged 21. Son of Ernest Arthur and Ellen Esther Messer of Kilburn, Middlesex.
Flight Sgt. William Stanley RAUSCH, aged 20. Royal Canadian Air Force. Son of George and Charlotte Rausch of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Flight Lieut. Harold RHODEN, D. F. C. aged 22. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Harold and Maggie Rhoden of Holcombe Brook, Lancashire.
Flying Officer Denis Frank TEAGUE, aged 21. Royal Canadian Air Force. Son of Frank William and Edith Anne Teague (née Lee) of Montréal, Province of Quebec.
Sgt. Eric WALTON, aged 20. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Frank and Elise Walton of Sheffield.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Montcony is a village 84 kilometres north-east of Macon and 10 kilometres north east of the town of Louhans. The Churchyard is in the centre of the village and the graves of the six British and two Canadian airmen are to the right of the entrance in two plots.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
78 Sqdn., Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial W1018
Target: Genova, Italy
Incident: Shot down by German night fighter on 24th Oct. 1942,
and crashed near the château at Montcony.
Burial Details:
Sgt. Frederick George ALLEN, aged 30. Royal Air Force. Husband of Winifred Mary Allen of Acocks Green, Birmingham.
Sgt. John BEVERIDGE, aged 21. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Alexander and Mary Beveridge, of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
Sgt. George James CHAMBERS, aged 32. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of George James and Eliza Jane Chambers of Southampton.
Sgt. Albert Ernest MESSER, aged 21. Son of Ernest Arthur and Ellen Esther Messer of Kilburn, Middlesex.
Flight Sgt. William Stanley RAUSCH, aged 20. Royal Canadian Air Force. Son of George and Charlotte Rausch of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Flight Lieut. Harold RHODEN, D. F. C. aged 22. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Harold and Maggie Rhoden of Holcombe Brook, Lancashire.
Flying Officer Denis Frank TEAGUE, aged 21. Royal Canadian Air Force. Son of Frank William and Edith Anne Teague (née Lee) of Montréal, Province of Quebec.
Sgt. Eric WALTON, aged 20. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Frank and Elise Walton of Sheffield.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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Memorial to the airmen at Montcony