SAUVILLERS-MONGIVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.72848, Longitude: 2.47053
Image above © Jean-Claude Graux
Location Information
Sauvillers-Mongival is a village and commune 22 kilometres south-south-east of Amiens and 6 kilometres south-south-west of Moreuil, a large village on the Amiens-Montdidier road (N.35). The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the D.84 road to Moreuil. South of the crucifix against the southern wall, are the graves of a sailor and four airmen belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom.
Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
1177603 Sergeant
Harold Buxton
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th April 1943, aged 31.
Son of Tom and Mary I. Buxton, of Derby.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Shall Cover Thee With His Feathers"
Harold Buxton
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th April 1943, aged 31.
Son of Tom and Mary I. Buxton, of Derby.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Shall Cover Thee With His Feathers"
39286 Squadron Leader
Jerrard Latimer, D. F. C.
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th April 1943.
Jerrard Latimer, D. F. C.
106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th April 1943.
Other Burial Details
576889 Sergeant Gordon William Hancock, Flight Engineer in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th April 1943. Son of William Edward and Elsie Hancock, of Burgess Hill, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "So Young, He Gave All In The Battle Of Right Against Might. Never Forgotten"
Lieutenant Gerard Muttrie, H. M. S. Daedalus, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, serving with 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th April 1943, aged 23. Son of Thomas Wilfred and Anne Muttrie; husband of Margaret Patricia Muttrie, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give Unto Him, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him"
1551176 Sergeant William Thomas McLean, Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Thomas William and Annie McLean. of Keith, Banffshire. His headstone bears the inscription "There War Glory In His Going; He Died That We Might Live"
576889 Sergeant Gordon William Hancock, Flight Engineer in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th April 1943. Son of William Edward and Elsie Hancock, of Burgess Hill, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "So Young, He Gave All In The Battle Of Right Against Might. Never Forgotten"
Lieutenant Gerard Muttrie, H. M. S. Daedalus, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, serving with 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th April 1943, aged 23. Son of Thomas Wilfred and Anne Muttrie; husband of Margaret Patricia Muttrie, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give Unto Him, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him"
1551176 Sergeant William Thomas McLean, Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Thomas William and Annie McLean. of Keith, Banffshire. His headstone bears the inscription "There War Glory In His Going; He Died That We Might Live"
