ST. PHILBERT-SUR-RISLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
Location Information
The village and commune of St. Philbert-sur-Risle is 12 kilometres south-west of Pont-Audemer and 48 kilometres north west of Évreux. The communal cemetery is south west of the village, on the D.47 road to St. Georges du Vievre, and is less than half a mile from the station. Some 21 yards south of the Calvary in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force and one airman of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Burial Details
54258 Pilot Officer Jack Dodd, Navigator in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 23rd July 1944, aged 24. Son of Jack and Mary Leona Jane Dodd; husband of Sylvia Cottrell Hughes Dodd, of West Kirby, Cheshire.
400658 Pilot Officer Ronald Angus McGregor, Royal Australian Air Force, died 23rd July 1944, aged 25. Son of John and Mary Isabella McGregor, of Stawell, Victoria, Australia. INSCRIPTION. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE.
42721 Squadron Leader Hugh Paynter, A. F. C. Pilot in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 23rd July 1944, aged 28. Son of John Paynter, J.P., and of May Wood Paynter, of Speldhurst, Kent. INSCRIPTION. SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
1309520 Flight Sergeant Thomas Francis Riley, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd July 1944, aged 29. Son of Joseph and Mary Riley; husband of Philomena Riley, of Walton Stone, Staffordshire. INSCRIPTION. TO HIM WHOM WE LOVED GRANT ETERNAL REST, O LORD. HIS LOVING WIFE AND SON MICHAEL.
The village and commune of St. Philbert-sur-Risle is 12 kilometres south-west of Pont-Audemer and 48 kilometres north west of Évreux. The communal cemetery is south west of the village, on the D.47 road to St. Georges du Vievre, and is less than half a mile from the station. Some 21 yards south of the Calvary in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force and one airman of the Royal Australian Air Force.
Burial Details
54258 Pilot Officer Jack Dodd, Navigator in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 23rd July 1944, aged 24. Son of Jack and Mary Leona Jane Dodd; husband of Sylvia Cottrell Hughes Dodd, of West Kirby, Cheshire.
400658 Pilot Officer Ronald Angus McGregor, Royal Australian Air Force, died 23rd July 1944, aged 25. Son of John and Mary Isabella McGregor, of Stawell, Victoria, Australia. INSCRIPTION. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE.
42721 Squadron Leader Hugh Paynter, A. F. C. Pilot in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 23rd July 1944, aged 28. Son of John Paynter, J.P., and of May Wood Paynter, of Speldhurst, Kent. INSCRIPTION. SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
1309520 Flight Sergeant Thomas Francis Riley, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd July 1944, aged 29. Son of Joseph and Mary Riley; husband of Philomena Riley, of Walton Stone, Staffordshire. INSCRIPTION. TO HIM WHOM WE LOVED GRANT ETERNAL REST, O LORD. HIS LOVING WIFE AND SON MICHAEL.