MUNSTER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Haut-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.04211, Longitude: 7.14398
Picture © Conrad Freeling
Location Information
Munster is a small town on the Colmar-Gerardmer road (N.417). The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town, on the D.10 road to Gunsbach. West of the lodge in the centre of the cemetery, and on the north-western side of the Military Plot, is the collective grave of 7 airmen. One of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Total Burials: 7.
Casualties: Canada 6, United Kingdom 1. Total 7.
Munster is a small town on the Colmar-Gerardmer road (N.417). The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town, on the D.10 road to Gunsbach. West of the lodge in the centre of the cemetery, and on the north-western side of the Military Plot, is the collective grave of 7 airmen. One of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Total Burials: 7.
Casualties: Canada 6, United Kingdom 1. Total 7.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Jane Full
R/219812 Flight Sergeant
Meyer Greenstein
Air Bomber in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945.
Meyer Greenstein
Air Bomber in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945.
R/180743 Warrant Officer
Millard Henderson Horne
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945.
Millard Henderson Horne
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945.
J/40492 Flying Officer
Ralph James Lougheed
Navigator in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945, aged 20.
Son of Dr. M. S. Lougheed and Gladys Lougheed, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Ralph James Lougheed
Navigator in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945, aged 20.
Son of Dr. M. S. Lougheed and Gladys Lougheed, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
J/92212 Flying Officer
William John McArthur
Pilot in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945, aged 28.
Son of Dougald A. McArthur and Jessie Biggers McArthur, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
William John McArthur
Pilot in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945, aged 28.
Son of Dougald A. McArthur and Jessie Biggers McArthur, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
R/271305 Flight Sergeant
Donald Joseph McAulay
Air Gunner in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945.
Donald Joseph McAulay
Air Gunner in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th January 1945.
Other Burial Details
R/268487 Flight Sergeant Donald Fletcher Campbell, Air Gunner in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 7th January 1945, aged 25. Son of William Marquis Campbell and Harriet Campbell, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "As Long As Life And Memory Last We Will Remember Thee"
2220467 Sergeant Roy Percy Candy, Flight Engineer in 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th January 1945, aged 24. Son of Percy and Mabel Candy, of Bozeat, Northamptonshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Place Is Vacant In Our Home Which Never Can Be Filled"
R/268487 Flight Sergeant Donald Fletcher Campbell, Air Gunner in 103 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 7th January 1945, aged 25. Son of William Marquis Campbell and Harriet Campbell, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "As Long As Life And Memory Last We Will Remember Thee"
2220467 Sergeant Roy Percy Candy, Flight Engineer in 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th January 1945, aged 24. Son of Percy and Mabel Candy, of Bozeat, Northamptonshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Place Is Vacant In Our Home Which Never Can Be Filled"
