ST. OULPH CHURCHYARD
Aube
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.51923, Longitude: 3.86755
Location Information
St. Oulph is a village some 30 kilometres north-north-west of Troyes, and on the right (east) bank of the River Seine. In the churchyard, near the south-west corner of the church, is the collective grave of six British, and one Canadian airmen.
Flight Details:
RAF Base: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 100 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial ED561
Target: Torino, Italy
Incident: The aircraft crashed at St. Oulph on 13th July 1943. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
All were from 100 Squadron and were killed on 13th July 1943.
1052254 Sergeant Frederick Barnes, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
655402 Flight Sergeant William Reginald Caldwell, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 24. Son of Samuel and Anne Caldwell; husband of Gwendolen Caldwell of Stretton, Burton-on-Trent. His headstone bears the inscription "Thine For Ever, Oh How Blest They Who Find In Thee Their Rest"
1267471 Sergeant George Thomas Causer, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 21. Son of Walter Henry and Kate Alice Causer of Heywood, Norfolk. His headstone bears the inscription "The Good And Just Son Of Walter And Kate Causer. Not Lost But Gone Before"
R/97647 Warrant Officer, Class II Joseph Arthur Firth, Royal Canadian Air Force, attached to. 100 Squadron. Royal Air Force.
1528101 Sergeant Charles Henry Glover, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 20. Son of Thomas and Dinah Glover and stepson of Mrs. E. Glover of Walsall, Staffordshire.
157280 Pilot Officer Frederick William Holmes, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 30. Son of William and Annie Ellen Holmes of Leicester; husband of Dorothy Margaret Holmes of Evington, Leicester. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun and In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
128586 Flying Officer William Ernest Leddiman, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
St. Oulph is a village some 30 kilometres north-north-west of Troyes, and on the right (east) bank of the River Seine. In the churchyard, near the south-west corner of the church, is the collective grave of six British, and one Canadian airmen.
Flight Details:
RAF Base: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Unit: 100 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial ED561
Target: Torino, Italy
Incident: The aircraft crashed at St. Oulph on 13th July 1943. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
All were from 100 Squadron and were killed on 13th July 1943.
1052254 Sergeant Frederick Barnes, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
655402 Flight Sergeant William Reginald Caldwell, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 24. Son of Samuel and Anne Caldwell; husband of Gwendolen Caldwell of Stretton, Burton-on-Trent. His headstone bears the inscription "Thine For Ever, Oh How Blest They Who Find In Thee Their Rest"
1267471 Sergeant George Thomas Causer, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 21. Son of Walter Henry and Kate Alice Causer of Heywood, Norfolk. His headstone bears the inscription "The Good And Just Son Of Walter And Kate Causer. Not Lost But Gone Before"
R/97647 Warrant Officer, Class II Joseph Arthur Firth, Royal Canadian Air Force, attached to. 100 Squadron. Royal Air Force.
1528101 Sergeant Charles Henry Glover, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 20. Son of Thomas and Dinah Glover and stepson of Mrs. E. Glover of Walsall, Staffordshire.
157280 Pilot Officer Frederick William Holmes, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. Aged 30. Son of William and Annie Ellen Holmes of Leicester; husband of Dorothy Margaret Holmes of Evington, Leicester. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun and In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
128586 Flying Officer William Ernest Leddiman, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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