ST. UTIN CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.55143, Longitude: 4.50534
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
St.Utin is a village and commune some 48 kilometres south-east of Châlons-en-Champagne and 21 kilometres south of Vitry-le-François. In the northern corner of the churchyard are buried six airmen from the United Kingdom.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
1819311 Sergeant
Jeremy Ernest MacKintosh
Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
19th July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Colonel Ernest Elliot Buckland Mackintosh, D.S.O., and of Marion Constance Mackintosh (nee Talbot-Ponsonby), of St. John's Wood, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Young Fear This Alone; To Give Too Little"
Jeremy Ernest MacKintosh
Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
19th July 1944, aged 19.
Son of Colonel Ernest Elliot Buckland Mackintosh, D.S.O., and of Marion Constance Mackintosh (nee Talbot-Ponsonby), of St. John's Wood, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Young Fear This Alone; To Give Too Little"
Other Airmen's Details
934222 Flight Sergeant William Henry Garrett Lebatt, Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lebatt; husband of Marie I. Lebatt, of Victoria, London. His headstone bears the inscription "I Shall Never forget The Happiness You Gave Me. God Bless, Sleep Well. Marie"
175625 Flying Officer Stephen Bickford Morcom, Pilot in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Joseph and Marjorie Morcom, of Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "There Shall Be No Night There"
1392293 Flight Sergeant Alfred Myres, Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Myer and Rebecca Volcovitch. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is Music In The Midst Of Desolation And A Glory That Shines Upon Our Tears"
1270084 Flight Sergeant William John Thomas, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944.
1514358 Flight Sergeant Samuel Whitehurst, Navigator in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 21. Son of Samuel and Mary Whitehurst, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "Forget Not The Fields Where They Perished, The Truest, The Last Of The Brave"
934222 Flight Sergeant William Henry Garrett Lebatt, Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lebatt; husband of Marie I. Lebatt, of Victoria, London. His headstone bears the inscription "I Shall Never forget The Happiness You Gave Me. God Bless, Sleep Well. Marie"
175625 Flying Officer Stephen Bickford Morcom, Pilot in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Joseph and Marjorie Morcom, of Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "There Shall Be No Night There"
1392293 Flight Sergeant Alfred Myres, Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Myer and Rebecca Volcovitch. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is Music In The Midst Of Desolation And A Glory That Shines Upon Our Tears"
1270084 Flight Sergeant William John Thomas, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944.
1514358 Flight Sergeant Samuel Whitehurst, Navigator in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 21. Son of Samuel and Mary Whitehurst, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "Forget Not The Fields Where They Perished, The Truest, The Last Of The Brave"
