OISY-LE-VERGER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Oisy-le-Verger is a village and commune about 25kms east of Arras and 6km north of Marquion which is on the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939).
From Marquion take the D15 and D14 roads towards Oisy-le-Verger. In Oisy follow the direction signs to Oisy-Centre. At the centre of the village continue on the main road towards Epinoy (D21) and about 500m after the Mairie turn left into the Rue Joseph Foulon. The cemetery is 30m on the right.
The four graves are close to the entrance.
Burial Details
1795827 Sergeant David Armstrong, Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Robert and Margaret Armstrong, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
J/93658 Pilot Officer Owen Peter Hughes, Air Gunner in 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force, died 15th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Charles and Mary Eleanor Emma Hughes, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.
J/28502 Flying Officer Robert Clarke Leckie, Navigator in 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force, died 15th June 1944, aged 27. Son of Robert and Frances Prudence Leckie, of Swift Currant, Saskat chewan, Canada.
15/06/1944 Sergeant Richard John Thomas, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th June 1944, aged 21. Son of William John and Florence Mabel Thomas, of Ecdeshill, Bradford, Yorkshire.
Oisy-le-Verger is a village and commune about 25kms east of Arras and 6km north of Marquion which is on the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939).
From Marquion take the D15 and D14 roads towards Oisy-le-Verger. In Oisy follow the direction signs to Oisy-Centre. At the centre of the village continue on the main road towards Epinoy (D21) and about 500m after the Mairie turn left into the Rue Joseph Foulon. The cemetery is 30m on the right.
The four graves are close to the entrance.
Burial Details
1795827 Sergeant David Armstrong, Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th June 1944, aged 23. Son of Robert and Margaret Armstrong, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
J/93658 Pilot Officer Owen Peter Hughes, Air Gunner in 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force, died 15th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Charles and Mary Eleanor Emma Hughes, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.
J/28502 Flying Officer Robert Clarke Leckie, Navigator in 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force, died 15th June 1944, aged 27. Son of Robert and Frances Prudence Leckie, of Swift Currant, Saskat chewan, Canada.
15/06/1944 Sergeant Richard John Thomas, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th June 1944, aged 21. Son of William John and Florence Mabel Thomas, of Ecdeshill, Bradford, Yorkshire.
