NOINTEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val d'Oise
France
Location Information
Nointel is a village and commune 38 kilometres north-east of Versailles, and 3 kilometres south of Beaumont-sur-Oise, a small town on the Paris-Beauvais-Boulogne-Calais road. The communal cemetery is in the centre of the village opposite Nointel Château. The graves of 4 United Kingdom and 2 New Zealand airmen are near the entrance to the cemetery.
All 6 Airmen were in 7 Squadron and killed on 2nd May 1944.
Burial Details
422690 Flight Sergeant John Edgar Clift, Air Gunner in Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 21. Son of Maj. Edgar Clift and of Margaret Annie Clift (nee Pick). of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
1459770 Sergeant Edgar Feather, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Rhudall Feather and of Annie Feather (nee Mellor), nephew of Norman C. Mellor, of Halifax, Yorkshire.
138072 Flying Officer James Donald Saidler, Air Bomber in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of James and Janet Saidler, of Dunoon, Argyllshire.
1603902 Sergeant Gilbert Dennis Vine, Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
421945 Flying Officer John Herbert Wain, D. F. C. Navigator in Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 33. Son of Frederick William and Mary Sophia Wain; husband of E. Mildred Wain, of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
1388350 Flight Sergeant Sydney Wallace, Wireless Operator in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Nointel is a village and commune 38 kilometres north-east of Versailles, and 3 kilometres south of Beaumont-sur-Oise, a small town on the Paris-Beauvais-Boulogne-Calais road. The communal cemetery is in the centre of the village opposite Nointel Château. The graves of 4 United Kingdom and 2 New Zealand airmen are near the entrance to the cemetery.
All 6 Airmen were in 7 Squadron and killed on 2nd May 1944.
Burial Details
422690 Flight Sergeant John Edgar Clift, Air Gunner in Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 21. Son of Maj. Edgar Clift and of Margaret Annie Clift (nee Pick). of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
1459770 Sergeant Edgar Feather, Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Rhudall Feather and of Annie Feather (nee Mellor), nephew of Norman C. Mellor, of Halifax, Yorkshire.
138072 Flying Officer James Donald Saidler, Air Bomber in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of James and Janet Saidler, of Dunoon, Argyllshire.
1603902 Sergeant Gilbert Dennis Vine, Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
421945 Flying Officer John Herbert Wain, D. F. C. Navigator in Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 33. Son of Frederick William and Mary Sophia Wain; husband of E. Mildred Wain, of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
1388350 Flight Sergeant Sydney Wallace, Wireless Operator in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels