RAPSÉCOURT CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
Location Information
Rapsécourt is a village some 33 kilometres east of Châlons-en-Champagne. The Commonwealth war gaves are located on the northern side of the church, midway between the church and the boundary wall of the churchyard.
Burial Details
1578167 Sergeant Thomas Aldroyd Bird, Air Bomber in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943.
1486625 Sergeant George Robert Fraser, Wireless Operator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 21. Son of Andrew and Alice Ada Fraser, of Cleadon Park, South Shields, Co. Durham.
1380418 Sergeant Charles Horton, Flight Engineer in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 35. Son of Frederick and Louise Horton.
409874 Pilot Officer Angus Macdonald Lindsey, Royal Australian Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 20. Son of Roderick Percy Frank and Edith Mary Lindsey, husband of Jean Lindsey, of Newbury, Berkshire, England.
1319670 Flight Sergeant Harold Vrede Mason, Navigator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 31. Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Mason, of Resolven, Glamorgan.
1804862 Sergeant George James Palmer, Air Gunner in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 21. Son of Henry James Palmer and Dorothy Rose Palmer, of Bermondsey, London. His brother, Leonard Henry, also died on service.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rapsécourt is a village some 33 kilometres east of Châlons-en-Champagne. The Commonwealth war gaves are located on the northern side of the church, midway between the church and the boundary wall of the churchyard.
Burial Details
1578167 Sergeant Thomas Aldroyd Bird, Air Bomber in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943.
1486625 Sergeant George Robert Fraser, Wireless Operator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 21. Son of Andrew and Alice Ada Fraser, of Cleadon Park, South Shields, Co. Durham.
1380418 Sergeant Charles Horton, Flight Engineer in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 35. Son of Frederick and Louise Horton.
409874 Pilot Officer Angus Macdonald Lindsey, Royal Australian Air Force, died 18th November 1943, aged 20. Son of Roderick Percy Frank and Edith Mary Lindsey, husband of Jean Lindsey, of Newbury, Berkshire, England.
1319670 Flight Sergeant Harold Vrede Mason, Navigator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 31. Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Mason, of Resolven, Glamorgan.
1804862 Sergeant George James Palmer, Air Gunner in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th November 1943, aged 21. Son of Henry James Palmer and Dorothy Rose Palmer, of Bermondsey, London. His brother, Leonard Henry, also died on service.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
GROUP PORTRAIT OF NO. 4 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF, COURSE NO. 21, "C" SQUADRON, FLIGHT 12.
BACK ROW: 416864 FLIGHT SERGEANT RAYMOND GEORGE LACEY (ACCIDENTALLY KILLED OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON 14 AUGUST 1943), A. T. MATTHEWS, J. B. LENIHAN, J. M. MAHR, J. S. MANLEY, C. E. MELIN, 416868 PILOT OFFICER STUART LINDSAY LLOYD (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER NEW GUINEA ON 16 MARCH 1945) W. C. MCGEE, A. G. MCTIER, A. G. KING, 416863 WARRANT OFFICER ALBERT ERNEST WILLIAM KNIGHT (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 14 FEBRUARY 1945);
CENTRE ROW: 409842 FLYING OFFICER MAX ALEXANDER LARKAN (ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT PT. STEPHENS NEW SOUTH WALES ON 24 MAY 1943), W. J. MARTIN, G. O. LEE, 409874 PILOT OFFICER ANGUS MACDONALD LINDSEY (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER FRANCE ON 18 NOVEMBER 1943), 409848 FLIGHT SERGEANT JOHN FRANCIS MCMAHON (KILLED IN A GROUND BATTLE AT BOURNEMOUTH ENGLAND ON 23 MAY 1943), G. R. MAUGER, R. W. MCDONALD, D. KINNEAR, P. I. MCNAUGHTON, 416876 FLIGHT SERGEANT LEWIS WILLIAM MARTIN (ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 01 SEPTEMBER 1943), A. P. LEONARD;
FRONT ROW: 416862 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT NEVILLE WESTERN KILSBY (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 29 JANUARY 1944), C. M. LAWSON, V. C. MATISON, W. W. LODGE, M. MCDONALD, CORPORAL D. O. MCDONALD, M. D. LOMMON, 416875 SERGEANT DONALD MALCOLM MACPHERSON (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 18 AUGUST 1943), D. S. LORIMER, PROBABLY 416874 PILOT OFFICER lYLE MANHIRE MCLAREN (LOST OVER NEW GUINEA ON 20 MAY 1944), J. H. KIRKBY.
