ST. SEVER-CALVADOS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.84064, Longitude: -1.05227
Location Information
St. Sever-Calvados is a village and commune 41 miles (60 kilometres) south-south-west of Bayeux, and 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Vire, a sub-prefecture in the department of the Calvados. The communal cemetery is 400 yards west of the church.
There are 6 U. K. Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in the north-east corner.
St. Sever-Calvados is a village and commune 41 miles (60 kilometres) south-south-west of Bayeux, and 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Vire, a sub-prefecture in the department of the Calvados. The communal cemetery is 400 yards west of the church.
There are 6 U. K. Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in the north-east corner.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
751976 Sergeant
Ernest John Holland, D. F. M.
Observer in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th April 1941, aged 22.
Son of Ernest and Ellen Holland, of Birmingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Happy Soul, Heart Of gold, No Dearer Son This World Could Hold. God Bless Him"
Ernest John Holland, D. F. M.
Observer in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th April 1941, aged 22.
Son of Ernest and Ellen Holland, of Birmingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Happy Soul, Heart Of gold, No Dearer Son This World Could Hold. God Bless Him"
86641 Pilot Officer
Ronald Rutherford Morison
Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th April 1941, aged 23.
Son of Fred Hughes Morison and Jane Margaret Morison, of St. Boswells-on-Tweed, Roxburghshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Here, A boy, He Dwelt... And Ere The Day Of Sorrow Departed As He Came" (RLS)
Ronald Rutherford Morison
Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th April 1941, aged 23.
Son of Fred Hughes Morison and Jane Margaret Morison, of St. Boswells-on-Tweed, Roxburghshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Here, A boy, He Dwelt... And Ere The Day Of Sorrow Departed As He Came" (RLS)
Other Burial Details
1332515 Sergeant Dennis Herbert Clennell, Pilot in 197 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943.
942328 Sergeant Ronald Hutchinson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Edmund and Margaret Hutchinson, of Sunderland, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By His Father And Brother"
754746 Sergeant John Leo Guy Westley, Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Alfred E. and Marie H. Westley, of Sutton, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription We Give Him Back To Thee, Dear Lord, Who Gavest Him To Us "Thy Will Be Done" R. I. P.
755659 Sergeant Walter Hugh Wilkinson, Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 21. Son of Walter Henry and Bessie Wilkinson, of Penrith, Cumberland. His headstone bears the inscription "Among The Chosen Few, The Very Brave, The Very True"
1332515 Sergeant Dennis Herbert Clennell, Pilot in 197 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943.
942328 Sergeant Ronald Hutchinson, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Edmund and Margaret Hutchinson, of Sunderland, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By His Father And Brother"
754746 Sergeant John Leo Guy Westley, Pilot in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Alfred E. and Marie H. Westley, of Sutton, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription We Give Him Back To Thee, Dear Lord, Who Gavest Him To Us "Thy Will Be Done" R. I. P.
755659 Sergeant Walter Hugh Wilkinson, Air Gunner in 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th April 1941, aged 21. Son of Walter Henry and Bessie Wilkinson, of Penrith, Cumberland. His headstone bears the inscription "Among The Chosen Few, The Very Brave, The Very True"
