NOVION-PORCIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.59899, Longitude: 4.42053
Location Information
Novion Porcien is a commune in the department of Ardennes, some 50 kilometres north-east of Reims.
Take the N51-E46 from Reims to Rethel. Novion Porcien is 10 kilometres north-north-east of Rethel on the D985. The communal cemetery is situated in the centre of the village and the Commonwealth war graves are to the right of the entrance.
Historical Information
Near the northern boundary hedge are the graves of five airmen of the Royal Air Force. Two of them are not identified.
Burial Details
1293848 Sergeant James Edwin Bailey, Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th September 1942.
1191572 Sergeant Charles Drury, Observer in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th September 1942, aged 30. Son of Charles and Rosanna Drury; husband of Marjorie Agnes Drury, of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Thoughtful And Kind; What A Beautiful Memory He Left Behind"
1310053 Sergeant Reginald Alfred Haskins, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th September 1942, aged 22. Son of Walter Wagstaff Haskins and Edith Maude Haskins, of Fishponds, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Silent Thoughts And Secret Tears Keep His Memory Always Near"
Novion Porcien is a commune in the department of Ardennes, some 50 kilometres north-east of Reims.
Take the N51-E46 from Reims to Rethel. Novion Porcien is 10 kilometres north-north-east of Rethel on the D985. The communal cemetery is situated in the centre of the village and the Commonwealth war graves are to the right of the entrance.
Historical Information
Near the northern boundary hedge are the graves of five airmen of the Royal Air Force. Two of them are not identified.
Burial Details
1293848 Sergeant James Edwin Bailey, Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th September 1942.
1191572 Sergeant Charles Drury, Observer in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th September 1942, aged 30. Son of Charles and Rosanna Drury; husband of Marjorie Agnes Drury, of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Thoughtful And Kind; What A Beautiful Memory He Left Behind"
1310053 Sergeant Reginald Alfred Haskins, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th September 1942, aged 22. Son of Walter Wagstaff Haskins and Edith Maude Haskins, of Fishponds, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Silent Thoughts And Secret Tears Keep His Memory Always Near"
