SERAINCOURT CHURCHYARD
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.60968, Longitude: 4.20099
Location Information
Seraincourt is a village and commune 42 kilometres south-west of Mezières and 16 kilometres north-west of Rethel, on the N.46 road from the latter town to Montcornet and Marle. In the churchyard, south of the church, are the graves of eight airmen. Six of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Canadian Air Force and one to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Seraincourt is a village and commune 42 kilometres south-west of Mezières and 16 kilometres north-west of Rethel, on the N.46 road from the latter town to Montcornet and Marle. In the churchyard, south of the church, are the graves of eight airmen. Six of them belonged to the Royal Air Force, one to the Royal Canadian Air Force and one to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
R/90189 Warrant Officer Class II
Gordon Kenneth Young
466 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th April 1943, aged 23.
Son of S. Kenneth Young and Llewella M. Young, of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Is Not Dead Who Rests In War's Vast Sepulchre"
Gordon Kenneth Young
466 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th April 1943, aged 23.
Son of S. Kenneth Young and Llewella M. Young, of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Is Not Dead Who Rests In War's Vast Sepulchre"
Other Burials
1334417 Sergeant Anthony Thorpe Carpenter, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 19. Son of Frank Charles and Monica Russell Carpenter, of Eastcote, Middlesex. his headstone bears the inscription "Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"
1065732 Sergeant George Robert Dickinson, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 21. Son of Arthur and Lily Dickinson.
88416 Flying Officer Hector Duro, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 34. Son of Joseph Baker Duro and Margaret Duro; husband of Dolores Joan Duro, of Wollaton Park. Nottinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Then On The Shore Of The Wide World I Stand Alone, And Think" J. Keats
1531620 Sergeant George Errington, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 20. his headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
1375844 Sergeant Harold Ernest Jones, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 21.
Son of Ernest Walter and Annie Amelia Jones, of Walthamstow, Essex. A.L.C.M. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life; Do Not Let His Sacrifice Be In Vain. Save Your Life"
406585 Pilot Officer Colin Foley Tozer, Royal Australian Air Force, died 16th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Reginald Arthur and Agnes Lillian Tozer, of Mount Lawley, Western Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
1193463 Sergeant Richard Kitchener White, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 20. Son of Edwin Spurway White and Miriam Emma White, of Rednal, Worcestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greatly Loved And Missed By Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters"
1334417 Sergeant Anthony Thorpe Carpenter, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 19. Son of Frank Charles and Monica Russell Carpenter, of Eastcote, Middlesex. his headstone bears the inscription "Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"
1065732 Sergeant George Robert Dickinson, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 21. Son of Arthur and Lily Dickinson.
88416 Flying Officer Hector Duro, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 34. Son of Joseph Baker Duro and Margaret Duro; husband of Dolores Joan Duro, of Wollaton Park. Nottinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Then On The Shore Of The Wide World I Stand Alone, And Think" J. Keats
1531620 Sergeant George Errington, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 20. his headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
1375844 Sergeant Harold Ernest Jones, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 21.
Son of Ernest Walter and Annie Amelia Jones, of Walthamstow, Essex. A.L.C.M. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life; Do Not Let His Sacrifice Be In Vain. Save Your Life"
406585 Pilot Officer Colin Foley Tozer, Royal Australian Air Force, died 16th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Reginald Arthur and Agnes Lillian Tozer, of Mount Lawley, Western Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
1193463 Sergeant Richard Kitchener White, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th April 1943, aged 20. Son of Edwin Spurway White and Miriam Emma White, of Rednal, Worcestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greatly Loved And Missed By Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters"
