ST. OUEN-EN-DOMPROT CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.61005, Longitude: 4.40454
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
St. Ouen-Domprot is a village and commune 40 kilometres south of Châlons-en-Champagne, and 20 kilometres south-west of Vitry-le-François.
On the right of the main entrance to the churchyard are the graves of three British and two Australian airmen in a collective grave.
Burial Details
1621052 Flight Sergeant Vincent Gallagher, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 24. Son of James Aloysius and Florence Gallagher, of Widnes, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Than This No Man Hath, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
410335 Warrant Officer Lester Bertram Holmes, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 29. Son of Walter Bertram and Charlotte Elizabeth Stella Holmes, husband of Gwynneth Elizabeth Holmes, of Heywood, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. Ever Remembered By Those He Loved"
173283 Flying Officer Clifford Lacy, D. F. C. 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 26.
Son of Ernest and Bessie Lacy; husband of Ethel Lacy, of Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
426393 Flight Sergeant Douglas James Ryan, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 22. Son of John Clarence and Ethel May Ryan, of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "In Jesus' Keeping We Are Safe, And They"
1683367 Sergeant Ivan Shingles, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944.
