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POIVRES CHURCHYARD

Aube

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.68413, Longitude: 4.25793

Location Information

Poivres is a village in the Aube Department some 45 kilometres north of Troyes, 30 kilometres west-south-west of Vitry-le-Francois and 5 kilometres north-east of Mailly-le-Camp on the D198 road. The churchyard is located in the centre of the village.


History Information

There are 37, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.

World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 30, Australia 5, Canada 2. Total 37.
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Churchyard Pictures © Barry Cuttell


Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Churchyard
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1867213 Sergeant
Charles Thomas Brown
50 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4th May 1944.



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1270135 Sergeant
Raymond Henri Martin
625 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4th May 1944, aged 35.

Son of Emile Edouard and Annie Alice Martin; husband of Lily Martin, of Helmsley, Yorkshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave The Greatest Gift, His Life; We Must Not Rust His Sword With Our Tears"




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Group portrait of a crew of No. 625 Squadron RAF.
Identified second from right and buried in this cemetery is 429491 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Neal Earl Parker, RAAF attached to 625 Squadron RAF; all others are unidentified. A native of Charters Towers, Qld, Parker worked as a school teacher prior to enlisting on 8 October 1942. After completing his training at Bradfield Park, NSW, he was posted to the United Kingdom in May 1943. While serving as an Air Gunner with 625 Squadron RAF, Flt Sgt Parker was listed as missing officially presumed dead, aged 21, when his aircraft failed to return from an operation targeting Mailly Le Camp, France, on 4 May 1944. Son of William Thomas Parker and Annie Parker, of Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "He Paid The Price And Gave his Life To Save His Friends R. I. P."
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R/161588 Warrant Officer Class II
John Albert Reynolds
625 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 20.


Son of James Leslie and Marguerite Reynolds, of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "If I Take The Wings Of The morning Even There Shall Thy Hand Lead Me"




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R/193905 Flight Sergeant
James Walker White
50 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
4th May 1944, aged 20.

Son of James and Elizabeth White. of Toronto. Ontario. Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember"




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The Five Australian Headstones from the R. A. A. F.

Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Churchyard
Poivres Memorial

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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DOMMARTIN-LETTRÉE CHURCHYARD

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Disclaimer


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.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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