ST. MESMIN NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aube
France
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.
Burial Details:
Sgt. William Dennis DIXON, aged 20. R.A.F.V.R. Son of William and Annie Dixon of Carway, Carmarthenshire.
Flying Officer David Gwynfor JONES, aged 24. R.A.F.V.R. Husband of Noreen May Jones of Southall, Middlesex.
Sgt. Herbert George RIDD, aged 29. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Abram John and Mary Elizabeth Ridd of Swansea.
Pilot Officer Cyril Edward STEPHENSON, aged 21. R.A.A.F. Son of Christian Julius and Marie Louise Aimée Stephenson of Newtown, Tasmania, Australia.
Pilot Officer Charles Richard Ernest WALTON, aged 28. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Charles and Catherine Walton; husband of Constance Phoebe Walton of Castle Bromwich.
Sgt. Sidney Charles WILKINS, aged 21. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Sidney Charles and Alice Wilkins of New Cross, London.
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.
Burial Details:
Sgt. William Dennis DIXON, aged 20. R.A.F.V.R. Son of William and Annie Dixon of Carway, Carmarthenshire.
Flying Officer David Gwynfor JONES, aged 24. R.A.F.V.R. Husband of Noreen May Jones of Southall, Middlesex.
Sgt. Herbert George RIDD, aged 29. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Abram John and Mary Elizabeth Ridd of Swansea.
Pilot Officer Cyril Edward STEPHENSON, aged 21. R.A.A.F. Son of Christian Julius and Marie Louise Aimée Stephenson of Newtown, Tasmania, Australia.
Pilot Officer Charles Richard Ernest WALTON, aged 28. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Charles and Catherine Walton; husband of Constance Phoebe Walton of Castle Bromwich.
Sgt. Sidney Charles WILKINS, aged 21. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Sidney Charles and Alice Wilkins of New Cross, London.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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