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ST. SYLVAIN CHURCHYARD
Seine-Maritime
France

Location Information

St Sylvain is a village 35 kilometres south-west of St Valery-en-Caux on the west side of the road to Cany-Barville and Fécamp. In the north-west corner of the Churchyard are the graves of 7 airmen.


Burial Details

1611070 Sergeant Ernest Leonard Belcher, Air Bomber, O. R. T. U. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Leonard and Dulcie H. Belcher, of Fulham, London.

1601469 Sergeant Bernard Percy Cane, Navigator, O. R. T. U. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Percy Alfred and Ethel Cane, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.

904519 Flight Sergeant Alan Albert Clark, Navigator, O. R. T. U. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th June 1944, aged 29. Son of George Albert Clark, and of Edith Ellen Clark, of Purbrook, Hampshire.

423743 Flying Officer Graydon Raymond Howe, Royal Australian Air Force, died 6th June 1944., aged 24. Son of Percy Edgar and Fanny Pearl Howe; husband of Judith Rothwyn Howe, of Burwood, New South Wales. Australia.

1581137 Sergeant Stanley Neale, Air Gunner/Wireless Operator, O. R. T. U. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Neale, of Coventry.

1868478 Sergeant Henry Edward Pearson, Air Gunner, O. R. T. U. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th June 1944, aged 19. Son of Frank and Maud Pearson, of Kingstanding, Birmingham.

1681158 Sergeant Clifford Scargill, Air Gunner/Wireless Operator, O. R. T. U. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas and Marion Louisa Scargill, of Leeds, Yorkshire.


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