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SCHOENAU CHURCHYARD

Bas-Rhin

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.2231, Longitude: 7.64815

Location Information

Schoenau is a village near the German frontier, 40 kilometres south of Strasbourg and 16 kilometres east of Selestat. In the north-eastern corner of the churchyard are the graves of 4 airmen of the Royal Air Force.

Burial Details


1348049 Flight Sergeant Wilbert Cully, Air Gunner in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1944, aged 22. Son of Robert and Flora Cully, of Largs, Ayrshire. His headstone bears the inscription "To Our Beloved Son, Killed On His 32nd Operation. He Died That Others Might Live"

1586348 Sergeant John Gordon Eastman, Navigator in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1944, aged 20. Son of John Edward and Ethel Eastman, of Longwell Green, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In Our Thoughts. A Noble Son And Loving Brother Dearly Loved By All"

1387793 Flight Sergeant Arthur Mathews, Wireless Operator in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1944.

1822226 Sergeant Robert Watson, Air Gunner in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th April 1944, aged 19. Son of Thomas F. Watson and Janet Watson, of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "In Death, As In Life, Sure And Steadfast"

Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Schoenau Churchyard
Schoenau Churchyard

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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.
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