SEPTMONTS CHURCHYARD
Aisne
France
Location Information
Septmonts is a village 8 kilometres south-east of Soissons, and 3 kilometres east of the main road (N37) from that town to Chateau-Thierry. The churchyard is beside the church in the centre of the village, and the 5 Commonwealth burials from the Second World War are located in the front left hand side of the churchyard.
Flight Details:
Base: East Moor, Yorkshire
Unit: 429 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Wellington, Mk III, serial BK162
Target: Mannheim, Germany
Incident: Crashed south-east of Soissons. Of the six aircrew, five are buried here but Sgt. J. R. Milne survived and escaped capture.
Burial Details
940017 Flight Sergeant George Gill, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 17th April 1943, aged 30. Son of Thomas Lidster Gill and Edith Dora Gill; husband of Margaret Ann Gill, of Meadowfield, Co. Durham. INSCRIPTION. A CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND.
37013 Squadron Leader Frederick Arthur Holmes, D. F. C. Pilot in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 28. Son of Ernest George and Maude Holmes, of Broadstairs, Kent. INSCRIPTION TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON WHO DIED FOR US.
J/10875 Flight Lieutenant Gerald Alfred Lunn, Air Gunner in 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 23. Son of Edgar Charles and Mabel Lunn, of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.
50436 Flying Officer John McMaster, Navigator in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 24. Son of Robert and Elizabeth McMaster; husband of Julia Nellie McMaster, of Norbury, Surrey.
R/104442 Flight Sergeant Douglas Samuel Ritchie, Air Bomber in 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 17th April 1943.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Septmonts is a village 8 kilometres south-east of Soissons, and 3 kilometres east of the main road (N37) from that town to Chateau-Thierry. The churchyard is beside the church in the centre of the village, and the 5 Commonwealth burials from the Second World War are located in the front left hand side of the churchyard.
Flight Details:
Base: East Moor, Yorkshire
Unit: 429 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Wellington, Mk III, serial BK162
Target: Mannheim, Germany
Incident: Crashed south-east of Soissons. Of the six aircrew, five are buried here but Sgt. J. R. Milne survived and escaped capture.
Burial Details
940017 Flight Sergeant George Gill, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 17th April 1943, aged 30. Son of Thomas Lidster Gill and Edith Dora Gill; husband of Margaret Ann Gill, of Meadowfield, Co. Durham. INSCRIPTION. A CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND.
37013 Squadron Leader Frederick Arthur Holmes, D. F. C. Pilot in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 28. Son of Ernest George and Maude Holmes, of Broadstairs, Kent. INSCRIPTION TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON WHO DIED FOR US.
J/10875 Flight Lieutenant Gerald Alfred Lunn, Air Gunner in 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 23. Son of Edgar Charles and Mabel Lunn, of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.
50436 Flying Officer John McMaster, Navigator in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th April 1943, aged 24. Son of Robert and Elizabeth McMaster; husband of Julia Nellie McMaster, of Norbury, Surrey.
R/104442 Flight Sergeant Douglas Samuel Ritchie, Air Bomber in 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 17th April 1943.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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