ST. MARTIN-AU-BOSC COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.83118, Longitude: 1.67008
Location Information
St. Martin-au-Bosc is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-south-east of Dieppe, and 11 kilometres south of Blangy, where the Le Treport-Aumale-Paris road (N.15 bis) crosses the Rouen to Abbeville road (N.28). The communal cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, down a rough track, 600 yards from the church. Near, and south-east of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of 1 officer of the Royal Air Force and 6 officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
St. Martin-au-Bosc is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-south-east of Dieppe, and 11 kilometres south of Blangy, where the Le Treport-Aumale-Paris road (N.15 bis) crosses the Rouen to Abbeville road (N.28). The communal cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, down a rough track, 600 yards from the church. Near, and south-east of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of 1 officer of the Royal Air Force and 6 officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/90250 Pilot Officer
Hugh Boyd Gilmore
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 20.
Son of Samuel Hugh and Gertrude Elsie Gilmore, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends"
Hugh Boyd Gilmore
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 20.
Son of Samuel Hugh and Gertrude Elsie Gilmore, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends"
J/28762 Flying Officer
John Ernest (Jack) Gloeckler
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 26.
Son of Henry J. M. and Verna L. E. Gloeckler, of Toronto, Ontario,.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten. Remembered By Mother, Arthur And Bob"
John Ernest (Jack) Gloeckler
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 26.
Son of Henry J. M. and Verna L. E. Gloeckler, of Toronto, Ontario,.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten. Remembered By Mother, Arthur And Bob"
J/87468 Pilot Officer
John Roy Irish
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 24.
Son of Roy Charles and Agnes Loretta Irish, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away. Song Of Solomon. II. 17"
John Roy Irish
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 24.
Son of Roy Charles and Agnes Loretta Irish, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away. Song Of Solomon. II. 17"
J/90312 Pilot Officer
Gordon Leroy Lindensmith
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 20.
Son of William L. and Gertrude Lindensmith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "It Was Said Unto Them, That They Should Rest Yet For A Little Season. Rev. VI. 11"
Gordon Leroy Lindensmith
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 20.
Son of William L. and Gertrude Lindensmith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "It Was Said Unto Them, That They Should Rest Yet For A Little Season. Rev. VI. 11"
J/88290 Pilot Officer
John Alexander Santo
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 23.
Son of Alexander and Margaret Santo, of Bender, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Twin brother of Warrant Officer Class I Frank Robert Santo, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force and is buried in Evesham Cemetery in the U. K.
John Alexander Santo
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 23.
Son of Alexander and Margaret Santo, of Bender, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Twin brother of Warrant Officer Class I Frank Robert Santo, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force and is buried in Evesham Cemetery in the U. K.
55891 Pilot Officer
Reginald Thomas Walsham
429 Squadron, Royal Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 26.
Son of Thomas and Ellen Annie Walsham, of Aldershot, Hampshire; husband of Lilian Elsie Walsham, of Roehampton, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "I See Above The Hill Tops Of Time The Dawn Of A Fairer And A Better Day"
Reginald Thomas Walsham
429 Squadron, Royal Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 26.
Son of Thomas and Ellen Annie Walsham, of Aldershot, Hampshire; husband of Lilian Elsie Walsham, of Roehampton, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "I See Above The Hill Tops Of Time The Dawn Of A Fairer And A Better Day"
J/88779 Pilot Officer
William John Louis Wright
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 27.
Son of William and Agnes Wright; husband of Evelyn Wright, of Langley Prairie, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Loved My Husband Who Died For his Country"
William John Louis Wright
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st August 1944, aged 27.
Son of William and Agnes Wright; husband of Evelyn Wright, of Langley Prairie, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Loved My Husband Who Died For his Country"
