POURU-ST. REMY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
Location Information
Pouru-St. Remy is a village and commune 17.5 miles (28 kilometres) south-east of Mezieres 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 Mezieres-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.
GPS Coordinates N 49 40 51 E 05 04 42
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.
563545 Sergeant Kenneth Alderson, Wireless Operator/Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 27. Son of William and Jane Alderson, of Dee Banks, Chester.
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.
581009 Sergeant Edward Frederick White, Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 20. Son of William Herbert White, and of Rachel White, of Merry Hill, Staffordshire.
Pictures © André De Smet
Pouru-St. Remy is a village and commune 17.5 miles (28 kilometres) south-east of Mezieres 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 Mezieres-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.
GPS Coordinates N 49 40 51 E 05 04 42
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.
563545 Sergeant Kenneth Alderson, Wireless Operator/Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 27. Son of William and Jane Alderson, of Dee Banks, Chester.
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.
581009 Sergeant Edward Frederick White, Observer in 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 14th May 1940, aged 20. Son of William Herbert White, and of Rachel White, of Merry Hill, Staffordshire.
Pictures © André De Smet
