SENONCHES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure-et-Loir
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.56956, Longitude: 1.04716
Image above © Thierry Grier
Location Information
Senonches is a small town and commune 36 kilometres north-west of Chartres, and 10 kilometres north of La Loupe. The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town, on the D.20 road to the neighbouring village of Mesnil-Thomas. In the far left (north) corner is one British 1914-1918 War grave. Near the centre of the eastern wall is the collective grave of five airmen of the Royal Air Force who died during the 1939-1945 War.
World War One Burial
19061 Sergeant F. Voss, 2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment, transferred to (571064) Prisoner Of War Company, Labour Corps, died 6th November 1918.
World War Two Burials
All five British Airmen were in the 24 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and were killed on 9th December 1942.
1585838 Sergeant James Henry Carter, aged 19. Son of Ernest Henry and Clare Jane Carter, of Woodford Bridge, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone From Our Home But Memory Never Fades"
129486 Pilot Officer John Pugh Cranstoun, aged 18. Son of Gordon and Mary Alison Cranstoun, of Worplesdon, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
89814 Flying Officer Frederick Paul Saunders.
130238 Pilot Officer Norman Frank Sibley, aged 19. Son of Frank Anthony and Doris Ada Sibley, of Barnet, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
1204009 Sergeant Bertram Kenneth Trubshaw, aged 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. N. Trubshaw, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At Sunset And Morning Glow We Will Remember You, Our Beloved Son. Mom And Dad"
