POURU-ST. REMY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.681, Longitude: 5.07822
Location Information
Pouru-St. Remy is a village and commune 17.5 miles (28 kilometres) south-east of Mezières and about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Sedan, on the N.381 road to Carignan. It has a railway station on the line from Mézières-Charleville to Sedan and Languyon but is most easily reached by taxi from Sedan. The communal cemetery is on the western side of the village in a second class road to Francheval About two yards west of the main entrance are the graves of four airmen who belonged to the Royal Air Force.
Pouru-St. Remy is a village and commune 17.5 miles (28 kilometres) south-east of Mezières and about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-east of Sedan, on the N.381 road to Carignan. It has a railway station on the line from Mézières-Charleville to Sedan and Languyon but is most easily reached by taxi from Sedan. The communal cemetery is on the western side of the village in a second class road to Francheval About two yards west of the main entrance are the graves of four airmen who belonged to the Royal Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
563545 Sergeant
Kenneth Alderson
Wireless Operator/Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force
14th May 1940, aged 27.
Son of William and Jane Alderson, of Dee Banks, Chester.
Kenneth Alderson
Wireless Operator/Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force
14th May 1940, aged 27.
Son of William and Jane Alderson, of Dee Banks, Chester.
581009 Sergeant
Edward Frederick White
Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force
14th May 1940, aged 20.
Son of William Herbert White, and of Rachel White, of Merry Hill, Staffordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember"
Edward Frederick White
Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force
14th May 1940, aged 20.
Son of William Herbert White, and of Rachel White, of Merry Hill, Staffordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember"
Other Burial Details
551745 Sergeant Ronald Theodore Ainsworth, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 20. Adopted son of Bertha A. Ainsworth, of Beare Green, Surrey.
563884 Sergeant Arthur Geoffrey Johnson, Pilot in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 27. Son of Arthur and Frances Johnson, of Scarborough, Yorkshire; husband of E. W. Johnson. His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured In Memory By Devoted Parents, Relatives & Friends, Scarborough, England"
551745 Sergeant Ronald Theodore Ainsworth, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 20. Adopted son of Bertha A. Ainsworth, of Beare Green, Surrey.
563884 Sergeant Arthur Geoffrey Johnson, Pilot in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 27. Son of Arthur and Frances Johnson, of Scarborough, Yorkshire; husband of E. W. Johnson. His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured In Memory By Devoted Parents, Relatives & Friends, Scarborough, England"
