MUSSIG CHURCHYARD
Bas-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.22993, Longitude: 7.52008
Location Information
Mussig is a village and commune about 45 kilometres south-south-west of Strasbourg and 7 kilometres south-east of Sélestat, a town on the Strasbourg-Colmar road (N.83). In the south-western corner of the churchyard are buried in a collective grave 7 airmen; 6 of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Flight Information
Took off 1900 15 Mar 1944 on ABC duties. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed neart Mussig (Bas-Rhin a small French village some 10 km W of the Rhine and 7 km SE of Sélestat.
Burial Details
429902 Flight Sergeant Cecil Glen Arthur, Royal Australian Air Force, died 15th March 1944, aged 20. Son of Cecil Clarence and Anne Arthur, of Booleroo Centre, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
1806789 Sergeant Joseph Bagnall Bull, Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 21. Son of Ernest Reuben and Alice Elizabeth Bull; husband of Audrey Louise Bull, of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun An In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
171637 Pilot Officer James Clegg, Air Bomber in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 29. Son of Thomas and Florrie Clegg; husband of Gladys Clegg, of Peel, Isle of Man. His headstone bears the inscription "Beautiful Memories Silently Treasured Of A Dear Husband, Son And Daddy"
1339759 Sergeant Edward Andrew Cunningham, Air Bomber in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 21. Son of William and Margaret Grace Cunningham, of Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "I Know That He Shall Rise Again In The Resurrection At The Last Day"
2208850 Sergeant Robert Liderth, Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 35. Son of Robert and Martha Liderth, of Liverpool; husband of Elsie Jane Liderth, of Huyton, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live. Wife And Sons Arthur, Robert, Ronald"
1493493 Sergeant Lawrence Rex Melbourne, Wireless Operator in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 23. Son of Arthur and Mary Melbourne, of Wharton, Winsford, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Sweet Is The Word Remembrance-Of One You Loved, And Sadly Miss. Mother"
1339536 Flight Sergeant Victor Jack Pickford, Navigator in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 21. Son of Walter Thomas Pickford, and of Elsie Louise Pickford, of Romford, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "Far Away But Not Forgotten"
Mussig is a village and commune about 45 kilometres south-south-west of Strasbourg and 7 kilometres south-east of Sélestat, a town on the Strasbourg-Colmar road (N.83). In the south-western corner of the churchyard are buried in a collective grave 7 airmen; 6 of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Flight Information
Took off 1900 15 Mar 1944 on ABC duties. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed neart Mussig (Bas-Rhin a small French village some 10 km W of the Rhine and 7 km SE of Sélestat.
Burial Details
429902 Flight Sergeant Cecil Glen Arthur, Royal Australian Air Force, died 15th March 1944, aged 20. Son of Cecil Clarence and Anne Arthur, of Booleroo Centre, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
1806789 Sergeant Joseph Bagnall Bull, Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 21. Son of Ernest Reuben and Alice Elizabeth Bull; husband of Audrey Louise Bull, of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun An In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
171637 Pilot Officer James Clegg, Air Bomber in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 29. Son of Thomas and Florrie Clegg; husband of Gladys Clegg, of Peel, Isle of Man. His headstone bears the inscription "Beautiful Memories Silently Treasured Of A Dear Husband, Son And Daddy"
1339759 Sergeant Edward Andrew Cunningham, Air Bomber in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 21. Son of William and Margaret Grace Cunningham, of Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "I Know That He Shall Rise Again In The Resurrection At The Last Day"
2208850 Sergeant Robert Liderth, Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 35. Son of Robert and Martha Liderth, of Liverpool; husband of Elsie Jane Liderth, of Huyton, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live. Wife And Sons Arthur, Robert, Ronald"
1493493 Sergeant Lawrence Rex Melbourne, Wireless Operator in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 23. Son of Arthur and Mary Melbourne, of Wharton, Winsford, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Sweet Is The Word Remembrance-Of One You Loved, And Sadly Miss. Mother"
1339536 Flight Sergeant Victor Jack Pickford, Navigator in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 21. Son of Walter Thomas Pickford, and of Elsie Louise Pickford, of Romford, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "Far Away But Not Forgotten"
