TAILLETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.93095, Longitude: 4.48695
Image above © Geerhard Joos
Location Information
Taillette is a village about 25 kilometres north-west of Mezières and some 3 kilometres north-west of Rocroi, an old fortress town near the Franco-Belgian frontier. The communal cemetery is immediately behind the church.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
168506 Flying Officer
Douglas John Mole
Wireless Operator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
18th December 1944, aged 29.
Son of Albert Edward and Violet Mole; husband of Lilian Mole, of East Boldon, Co. Durham.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Douglas was the son of Albert Mole who along with his Uncle, Edward Mole survived the Great War.
The following three brothers of Albert and Edward were killed in the Great War.
Corporal Benjamin Mole was killed in action on 10th December 1914, aged 29 and is buried in Prowse Point Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Private Arthur Henry Mole died of wounds on 28th August 1916, aged 23 and is buried in Heilly Station, Plot III. G. 30.
Sergeant Herbert Mole was killed on 27th October 1914 and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Plot I. L. 1.
Douglas John Mole
Wireless Operator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
18th December 1944, aged 29.
Son of Albert Edward and Violet Mole; husband of Lilian Mole, of East Boldon, Co. Durham.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Douglas was the son of Albert Mole who along with his Uncle, Edward Mole survived the Great War.
The following three brothers of Albert and Edward were killed in the Great War.
Corporal Benjamin Mole was killed in action on 10th December 1914, aged 29 and is buried in Prowse Point Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Private Arthur Henry Mole died of wounds on 28th August 1916, aged 23 and is buried in Heilly Station, Plot III. G. 30.
Sergeant Herbert Mole was killed on 27th October 1914 and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Plot I. L. 1.
Image above © Geerhard Joos
156776 Flying Officer
John Henry Waldron
Navigator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
18th December 1944, aged 28.
Son of Henry Waldron, and of Florence Waldron, of Far Forest, Worcestershire.
His headstone bears the inscription "For God So Loved The World That He Gave His Only Begotten Son..."
John Henry Waldron
Navigator in 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
18th December 1944, aged 28.
Son of Henry Waldron, and of Florence Waldron, of Far Forest, Worcestershire.
His headstone bears the inscription "For God So Loved The World That He Gave His Only Begotten Son..."
