ST. MESMIN NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aube
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.44066, Longitude: 3.91645
Location Information
St Mesmin is a village 18 kilometres north-west of Troyes and on the Paris to Troyes road. The New Communal Cemetery lies between the village and the main Troyes to Romilly road.
The graves of five British and one Australian airmen are on the far right side from the entrance.
Flight Details:
Base: Skellingthorpe, Lincs.
Unit: 50 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. III, serial LM480
Target: Mailly-le-Camp
Incident: crashed at St. Mesmin. Flight Lt. T. H. Blackham, D.F.C. and Flight Sgt. S. J. Godfrey escaped capture and survived the war.
Cemetery Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
St Mesmin is a village 18 kilometres north-west of Troyes and on the Paris to Troyes road. The New Communal Cemetery lies between the village and the main Troyes to Romilly road.
The graves of five British and one Australian airmen are on the far right side from the entrance.
Flight Details:
Base: Skellingthorpe, Lincs.
Unit: 50 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. III, serial LM480
Target: Mailly-le-Camp
Incident: crashed at St. Mesmin. Flight Lt. T. H. Blackham, D.F.C. and Flight Sgt. S. J. Godfrey escaped capture and survived the war.
Cemetery Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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Outdoor group portrait of No 4 Initial Training School, RAAF, Course No 21, “C” Squadron, Flight 14.
Identified in the front row, first on the left is 409859 Pilot Officer Cyril Edward Stephensen, Royal Australian Air Force, died 4th May 1944, aged 21. Son of Christian Julius and Marie Louise Aimee Stephensen; of Newtown, Tasmania, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Flew Away"
His headstone bears the inscription "He Flew Away"
The following from 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve were all killed on 4th May 1944.
1835971 Sergeant William Dennis Dixon, aged 20. Son of William and Annie Dixon of Carway, Carmarthenshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Some Will Forget You Now You're Gone But We Will Remember No Matter How Long"
144926 Flying Officer David Gwynfor Jones, aged 24. Husband of Noreen May Jones, of Southall, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "And What He Greatly Thought-He Nobly Dared" Marion And Noreen
1003849 Sergeant Herbert George Ridd, aged 29. Son of Abram John and Mary Elizabeth Ridd of Swansea. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
174051 Pilot Officer Charles Richard Ernest Walton, aged 28. Son of Charles and Catherine Walton; husband of Constance Phoebe Walton of Castle Bromwich. His headstone bears the inscription "We Who Loved You Will Never Forget. God Bless Daddy. Wife Connie, Judy And Terry"
1396525 Sergeant Sidney Charles Wilkins, aged 21. Son of Sidney Charles and Alice Wilkins of New Cross, London. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
1835971 Sergeant William Dennis Dixon, aged 20. Son of William and Annie Dixon of Carway, Carmarthenshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Some Will Forget You Now You're Gone But We Will Remember No Matter How Long"
144926 Flying Officer David Gwynfor Jones, aged 24. Husband of Noreen May Jones, of Southall, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "And What He Greatly Thought-He Nobly Dared" Marion And Noreen
1003849 Sergeant Herbert George Ridd, aged 29. Son of Abram John and Mary Elizabeth Ridd of Swansea. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
174051 Pilot Officer Charles Richard Ernest Walton, aged 28. Son of Charles and Catherine Walton; husband of Constance Phoebe Walton of Castle Bromwich. His headstone bears the inscription "We Who Loved You Will Never Forget. God Bless Daddy. Wife Connie, Judy And Terry"
1396525 Sergeant Sidney Charles Wilkins, aged 21. Son of Sidney Charles and Alice Wilkins of New Cross, London. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
