SOUFFLENHEIM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Bas-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.83562, Longitude: 7.96757
Location Information
Soufflenheim is a village 32 kilometres north-north-east of Strasbourg and some 13 kilometres east of Hagueneau, a town and sub-Prefecture on the Strasbourg-Wissenbourg road (N63). When in Hagueneau continue along the N63 towards Soufflenheim.
The communal cemetery is on the northern side of the village, on the road to Koenigsbruck (D37). West of the entrance, near the southern boundary is the collective grave of 7 airmen, 6 of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Soufflenheim is a village 32 kilometres north-north-east of Strasbourg and some 13 kilometres east of Hagueneau, a town and sub-Prefecture on the Strasbourg-Wissenbourg road (N63). When in Hagueneau continue along the N63 towards Soufflenheim.
The communal cemetery is on the northern side of the village, on the road to Koenigsbruck (D37). West of the entrance, near the southern boundary is the collective grave of 7 airmen, 6 of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
J/86444 Pilot Officer
Leo Arthur Brenton
7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
25th April 1944, aged 30.
Son of Frederick Arthur and Grace May Brenton, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription Peace After Strife "The Lord Is My Shepherd; I Shall Not Want"
Leo Arthur Brenton
7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
25th April 1944, aged 30.
Son of Frederick Arthur and Grace May Brenton, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription Peace After Strife "The Lord Is My Shepherd; I Shall Not Want"
174498 Pilot Officer
Harry André Wallis, D. F. C.
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
25th April 1944, aged 20.
Son of Cecil Arthur and Madeleine Georgette Wallis, of Mont St. Aignan, Seine Maritime, France.
His headstone bears the inscription "Though Lost To Sight, To Memory Dear"
Harry André Wallis, D. F. C.
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
25th April 1944, aged 20.
Son of Cecil Arthur and Madeleine Georgette Wallis, of Mont St. Aignan, Seine Maritime, France.
His headstone bears the inscription "Though Lost To Sight, To Memory Dear"
171914 Pilot Officer
John David Wyn-Evans
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
25th April 1944, aged 28.
Son of Harold Butler Wyn-Evans and Doris Lillian Wyn-Evans; husband of Dorothy Marie Wyn-Evans, of St. Margarets, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Let Us Serve As They Served"
John David Wyn-Evans
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
25th April 1944, aged 28.
Son of Harold Butler Wyn-Evans and Doris Lillian Wyn-Evans; husband of Dorothy Marie Wyn-Evans, of St. Margarets, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Let Us Serve As They Served"
Other Burial Details
1392961 Flight Sergeant Arthur William Charles Darby, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944, aged 22. Son of William Albert and Daisy Darby, of Notting Hill, London. His headstone bears the inscription "For Ever In Our Hearts. In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son And His Gallant Crew"
1871426 Flight Sergeant Hubert Edward Martin, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944. Son of Rowland Joseph and Elsie Martin, of Orford, Suffolk. His headstone bears the inscription "Remember Before God Those Whose Lives Have Been Sacrifice In War"
170713 Pilot Officer John McDonald Napier, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944, aged 25. Son of John and Mary McDonald Napier; husband of Margaret Edith Napier, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
1609905 Flight Sergeant Cyril Gordon Spencer, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944, aged 20. Son of Roland Gerald and Beatrice Spencer, of Kemble, Gloucestershire.
1392961 Flight Sergeant Arthur William Charles Darby, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944, aged 22. Son of William Albert and Daisy Darby, of Notting Hill, London. His headstone bears the inscription "For Ever In Our Hearts. In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son And His Gallant Crew"
1871426 Flight Sergeant Hubert Edward Martin, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944. Son of Rowland Joseph and Elsie Martin, of Orford, Suffolk. His headstone bears the inscription "Remember Before God Those Whose Lives Have Been Sacrifice In War"
170713 Pilot Officer John McDonald Napier, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944, aged 25. Son of John and Mary McDonald Napier; husband of Margaret Edith Napier, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
1609905 Flight Sergeant Cyril Gordon Spencer, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th April 1944, aged 20. Son of Roland Gerald and Beatrice Spencer, of Kemble, Gloucestershire.
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