ST. BRISSON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nièvre
France
Location Information
St Brisson is a village and commune, in the Department of Nievre, approximately 75 kms East-North-East of the town of Nevers and 11 kms west of Saulieu. The village is south of the main road from Saulieu to Lormes. The communal cemetery is south-west of the village, on the the road to Le Vernay. The graves are to be found south west of the entrance, in the far corner.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Langar, Nottinghamshire
Unit: 207 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial L7547
Target: Military installations, Milan, Northern Italy
Incident: The aircraft crashed at St. Brisson, Nièvre. Of the seven crew, Flt. Sgt. J. H. F. Whyte (RNZAF) and Flt. Sgt. S. H. Eyre survived the crash and escaped.
St Brisson is a village and commune, in the Department of Nievre, approximately 75 kms East-North-East of the town of Nevers and 11 kms west of Saulieu. The village is south of the main road from Saulieu to Lormes. The communal cemetery is south-west of the village, on the the road to Le Vernay. The graves are to be found south west of the entrance, in the far corner.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Langar, Nottinghamshire
Unit: 207 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial L7547
Target: Military installations, Milan, Northern Italy
Incident: The aircraft crashed at St. Brisson, Nièvre. Of the seven crew, Flt. Sgt. J. H. F. Whyte (RNZAF) and Flt. Sgt. S. H. Eyre survived the crash and escaped.
Images in this gallery © Bill Sheret
Picture © Barry Cuttell
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Picture © Barry Cuttell
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A group of R. A. A. F. Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) Trainees bound for Canada on the S. S. Aourangi.
Identified in the middle and buried in this cemetery is 403169 Flight Sergeant Athol Richard Grainger, Royal Australian Air Force, lost over France on15th February 1943, aged 27. Son of Reynold Bede Grainger and Margaret Ann Grainger; husband of Margaret Rennie Cruikshanks Grainger, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Inscription "He Died That Others Might Live"
Identified in the middle and buried in this cemetery is 403169 Flight Sergeant Athol Richard Grainger, Royal Australian Air Force, lost over France on15th February 1943, aged 27. Son of Reynold Bede Grainger and Margaret Ann Grainger; husband of Margaret Rennie Cruikshanks Grainger, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Inscription "He Died That Others Might Live"
1535795 Sergeant
Kenneth White
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th February 1943, aged 19.
Inscription "Sleep On, Valiant Heart, You Are Remembered"
Son of Percy and Florence Annie White, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
Courtesy of Bev Hill
Other Burial Details
1381738 Sergeant Henry George Bone, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th February 1943, aged 29. Son of Henry George and Harriet Bone, of Bedfont, Middlesex.
1114468 Flight Sergeant Thomas William Strong, Observer in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th February 1943, aged 27. Husband of Elenor Joyce Strong, of Blyth, Northumberland.
1175445 Sergeant Frank Ivan Tillen, Navigator/Bomber in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th February 1943, aged 27. Son of Frank and Mabel Alice Tillen, of Basingstoke, Hampshire.
