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NEUFMOULIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.1269, Longitude: 1.9124

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.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 7. 

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery
Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery

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 on 19th July 1944.
​There were no survivors​

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169318 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.

His headstone bears the inscription "The Lord Gave, And The Lord Hath Taken Away; Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord"

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642061 Warrant Officer
 George Henry Stratford
 
Royal Air Force, aged 30.

Son of Edward and Lucy Stratford (née Atherton); husband of Betty K. A. Stratford.

His headstone bears the inscription "My Dear Husband George. Remembered And Loved By Us All. Georgie, Mum And Dad"



Other Burial Details
 
1590978 Sergeant  George Allenby, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

993434 Sergeant David Robert Brown, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of James and Elizabeth Brown of Ashington, Northumberland. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Everlasting Remembrance"

52798 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. his headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break, And The Shadows Flee Away"

152513 Flying Officer Walter Thomas Harding, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

169313 Flying Officer Michael Patrick Moreton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 18. Son of Sidney Thomas and Eileen Moreton of Ealing, Middlesex. his headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give Unto Him, O Lord"

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
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