SOUDÉ-NOTRE-DAME-OU-LE-PETIT CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.74771, Longitude: 4.31164
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Soudé is a village and commune 24 kilometres south of Châlons-en-Champagne, and 20 kilometres west of Vitry-le-François. The graves of five British and one Canadian airmen are 56 feet from the east wall of the churchyard.
Flight details
R.A.F. Base: R.A.F. Ridgewell, Essex
Unit: 90 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling Mk III, serial BF462
Target: Stuttgart, Germany
Incident: The aircraft crashed at Soudé-Notre-Dame
Flight Lieut. R. J. Beldin survived the crash and was taken prisoner.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
977618 Sergeant
Harry Noar
Flight Engineer in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th April 1943, aged 27.
Son of Harry and Daisy Noar; stepson of Florence Noar, of Droylsden, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Harry Noar
Flight Engineer in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th April 1943, aged 27.
Son of Harry and Daisy Noar; stepson of Florence Noar, of Droylsden, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Other Airmen's Details
9529 Warrant Officer Class II Richard Barnett Blake, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 15th April 1943, aged 27. Son of William Barnett Blake and Isabella Blake, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Rose M. Blake.
1384731 Sergeant Stanley Francis Gould, Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Robert Stanley and Frances Elizabeth Gould, of Dorking, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "For Ever With The Lord. In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son. At. Rest. Mums And Dad"
1031693 Sergeant Samuel Hammond, Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943.
1230761 Sergeant Robert John Palmer, Navigator (Bomber) in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 20. Son of James Charles and Margaret Amy Palmer, of Circencester, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "What I Do Thou Knowest Not Now; But Thou Shalt Know Hereafter" St. John XIII. 7.
1232268 Sergeant Edwin Arthur Shaw, Navigator (Bomber) in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21.
9529 Warrant Officer Class II Richard Barnett Blake, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 15th April 1943, aged 27. Son of William Barnett Blake and Isabella Blake, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Rose M. Blake.
1384731 Sergeant Stanley Francis Gould, Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Robert Stanley and Frances Elizabeth Gould, of Dorking, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "For Ever With The Lord. In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son. At. Rest. Mums And Dad"
1031693 Sergeant Samuel Hammond, Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943.
1230761 Sergeant Robert John Palmer, Navigator (Bomber) in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 20. Son of James Charles and Margaret Amy Palmer, of Circencester, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "What I Do Thou Knowest Not Now; But Thou Shalt Know Hereafter" St. John XIII. 7.
1232268 Sergeant Edwin Arthur Shaw, Navigator (Bomber) in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 21.
