NEUFMOULIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
Location Information
Neufmoulin is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres north-east of Abbeville and some 3 kilometres west of St.Riquier, a village on the road from Abbeville to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the Allée du Cimetière, about 500 metres south from the main road through the village, adjoining the railway line. Two metres north-east of the calvary which stands at the end of the main path are the graves of seven WW2 airmen who died on the 19th July 1944.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Breighton, North Yorkshire
Unit: 78 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial NA513
Target: V1 storage and launch sites, Acquet, Somme
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Neufmoulin. There were no survivors
Burial Details
Sgt. George ALLENBY, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sgt. David Robert BROWN, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of James and Elizabeth Brown of Ashington, Northumberland
Flying Officer Ian David Henry CLARSON, Royal Air Force, aged 19. Son of Major J. H. Clarson of the 3rd Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and of Winifred Clarson of Bristol
Flying Officer Robert Hay DUNCANSON, Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of Robert Hunter and Margaret Gardner Duncanson; husband of Joan Duncanson of West Coseley, Staffordshire
Flying Officer Walter Thomas HARDING, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Flying Officer Michael Patrick MORETON, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 18. Son of Sidney Thomas and Eileen Moreton of Ealing, Middlesex
Warrant Officer George Henry STRATFORD, Royal Air Force, aged 30. Son of Edward and Lucy Stratford (née Atherton); husband of Betty K. A. Stratford
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Neufmoulin is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres north-east of Abbeville and some 3 kilometres west of St.Riquier, a village on the road from Abbeville to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the Allée du Cimetière, about 500 metres south from the main road through the village, adjoining the railway line. Two metres north-east of the calvary which stands at the end of the main path are the graves of seven WW2 airmen who died on the 19th July 1944.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Breighton, North Yorkshire
Unit: 78 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk III, serial NA513
Target: V1 storage and launch sites, Acquet, Somme
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Neufmoulin. There were no survivors
Burial Details
Sgt. George ALLENBY, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sgt. David Robert BROWN, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of James and Elizabeth Brown of Ashington, Northumberland
Flying Officer Ian David Henry CLARSON, Royal Air Force, aged 19. Son of Major J. H. Clarson of the 3rd Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and of Winifred Clarson of Bristol
Flying Officer Robert Hay DUNCANSON, Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of Robert Hunter and Margaret Gardner Duncanson; husband of Joan Duncanson of West Coseley, Staffordshire
Flying Officer Walter Thomas HARDING, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Flying Officer Michael Patrick MORETON, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 18. Son of Sidney Thomas and Eileen Moreton of Ealing, Middlesex
Warrant Officer George Henry STRATFORD, Royal Air Force, aged 30. Son of Edward and Lucy Stratford (née Atherton); husband of Betty K. A. Stratford
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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