NEUFCHÂTEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vosges
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.35644, Longitude: 5.70173
Location Information
Neufchâteau is a town and commune 36 miles (58 kilometres) north-west of Epinal, and 58 miles (92 kilometres) east of St. Die. The town is at the junction of the main roads from Chaumont and Nancy. It is a place of importance and a centre of road and rail communications on the main Paris-Chaumont-Mirecourt line. The communal cemetery is on the north-east side of the town, at the end of a by-road which lies east of the road leading to Chatenois. The Commonwealth graves are in the French National Cemetery.
Historical Information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
Neufchâteau Communal Cemetery contains nine burials of the Second World War, 4 are unidentified.
Burial Details
1875233 Sergeant Alfred Richard Braine, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Alfred and Florence Braine, of Stepney, London. His headstone bears the inscription "His Memory Is As Dear Today As In The Hour He Passed Away"
127236 Flight Lieutenant Robert Jones, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 21. Son of George Robert and Janet Jones, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "In God's Safe Keeping Until We Meet Again"
1334090 Flight Sergeant Frank Stanley Jones, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 22. Son of George Percy and Bessie Mabel Jones, of Fareham, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "The Sting Of Death Only Affects The Living"
1895981 Sergeant Robert Lane, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 30.
Son of Oscar Alexander and Violet Mary Lane, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, husband of Dorothy Lane. His headstone bears the inscription "He Fell From The Sky To Everlasting Glory, His Resting Place A Hero's Grave"
124321 Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Hedley Loder, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 21. Son of Clara Kate Loder. of Wilton. Wiltshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them"
Neufchâteau is a town and commune 36 miles (58 kilometres) north-west of Epinal, and 58 miles (92 kilometres) east of St. Die. The town is at the junction of the main roads from Chaumont and Nancy. It is a place of importance and a centre of road and rail communications on the main Paris-Chaumont-Mirecourt line. The communal cemetery is on the north-east side of the town, at the end of a by-road which lies east of the road leading to Chatenois. The Commonwealth graves are in the French National Cemetery.
Historical Information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
Neufchâteau Communal Cemetery contains nine burials of the Second World War, 4 are unidentified.
Burial Details
1875233 Sergeant Alfred Richard Braine, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Alfred and Florence Braine, of Stepney, London. His headstone bears the inscription "His Memory Is As Dear Today As In The Hour He Passed Away"
127236 Flight Lieutenant Robert Jones, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 21. Son of George Robert and Janet Jones, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "In God's Safe Keeping Until We Meet Again"
1334090 Flight Sergeant Frank Stanley Jones, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 22. Son of George Percy and Bessie Mabel Jones, of Fareham, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "The Sting Of Death Only Affects The Living"
1895981 Sergeant Robert Lane, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 30.
Son of Oscar Alexander and Violet Mary Lane, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, husband of Dorothy Lane. His headstone bears the inscription "He Fell From The Sky To Everlasting Glory, His Resting Place A Hero's Grave"
124321 Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Hedley Loder, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1944, aged 21. Son of Clara Kate Loder. of Wilton. Wiltshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them"
