ST. LÉGER-AUX-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.83427, Longitude: 1.60356
Location Information
St. Léger-aux-Bois is a village and commune 24 miles 38 kilometres) east-south-east of Dieppe, and 2.50 miles (4 kilometres) east-south-east of Foucarmont. This is a village on the N.28 Rouen-Abbeville road, between Neufchatel-en-Bray and Biangy-sur-Bresle. The nearest railway stations are at these two towns, on the Dieppe-Paris and the Le Treport-Paris lines respectively. There is a bus service between Neufchatel-en-Bray and Blangysur-Bresie which passes through Fourcarmont, where taxis are available. The communal cemetery is on the north-west side of the village, and lies on the north side of the N.320 road from St. Leger-aux-Bois to Foucarmont.
Towards the north-west corner of the cemetery is the collective grave of 4 officers of the Royal Air Force.
St. Léger-aux-Bois is a village and commune 24 miles 38 kilometres) east-south-east of Dieppe, and 2.50 miles (4 kilometres) east-south-east of Foucarmont. This is a village on the N.28 Rouen-Abbeville road, between Neufchatel-en-Bray and Biangy-sur-Bresle. The nearest railway stations are at these two towns, on the Dieppe-Paris and the Le Treport-Paris lines respectively. There is a bus service between Neufchatel-en-Bray and Blangysur-Bresie which passes through Fourcarmont, where taxis are available. The communal cemetery is on the north-west side of the village, and lies on the north side of the N.320 road from St. Leger-aux-Bois to Foucarmont.
Towards the north-west corner of the cemetery is the collective grave of 4 officers of the Royal Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
170099 Flying Officer
Ronald Holmes
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
9th August 1944, aged 24.
Son of Leonard and Lillian Holmes, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured Memories Of A Dear Son And Brother. Loving Mum, Dad And Family"
Ronald Holmes
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
9th August 1944, aged 24.
Son of Leonard and Lillian Holmes, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured Memories Of A Dear Son And Brother. Loving Mum, Dad And Family"
Burial Details
158422 Flying Officer Jack Raymond Haynes, D. F. C. Navigator in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 22. Son of Frederick and Florence Haynes; husband of Gweneth Patricia Haynes, of Rawtenstall, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of A Dear Husband And Son. Until The Day Breaks"
158403 Flying Officer Kenneth Jones, Air Gunner, D. F. C. in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 31. Husband of Elsie Adelaide Jones, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "You Will Live For Ever In My Heart"
158322 Flying Officer James Spencer Lang, D. F. C. Pilot in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 21. Son of Ernest and Bertha May Lang; nephew of Walter Crane, of Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered By His Uncle, Aunt And Cousins, Llandrindod Wells, Wales"
158422 Flying Officer Jack Raymond Haynes, D. F. C. Navigator in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 22. Son of Frederick and Florence Haynes; husband of Gweneth Patricia Haynes, of Rawtenstall, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of A Dear Husband And Son. Until The Day Breaks"
158403 Flying Officer Kenneth Jones, Air Gunner, D. F. C. in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 31. Husband of Elsie Adelaide Jones, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "You Will Live For Ever In My Heart"
158322 Flying Officer James Spencer Lang, D. F. C. Pilot in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 21. Son of Ernest and Bertha May Lang; nephew of Walter Crane, of Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered By His Uncle, Aunt And Cousins, Llandrindod Wells, Wales"
