TILLIÈRES-SUR-AVRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.76202, Longitude: 1.05954
Location Information
Tillières-sur-Avre is a village and commune on the N.12 road from Versailles to Alençon, some 11 kilometres west of Nonancourt. The communal cemetery is some 500 yards north of the centre of the village, on the D.60 road to Damville. Near the middle of, and adjacent to, the western boundary wall is the collective grave of six airmen. Five of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
All of the six Airmen were in 75 Squadron, and killed on 11th June 1944.
749538 Sergeant Norman Hylton Dew, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of Thomas and Annie Mabel Dew, of Thamesford, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave All For Righteousness Sake And Deemed It A Glorious Privilege"
422267 Flight Sergeant Thomas Rodgers Donaghy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 33. Son of Elizabeth Mary Donaghy; husband of Janet Brown Donaghy, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
1472369 Sergeant Jack Vernon Lea, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Frederick George Lea and of Irene Lea (nee Lavender), of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Joan Annette Lea, of Watford. His headstone bears the inscription "O Valiant Heart Who To Your Glory Came"
1395992 Sergeant Harry Douglas Mitchell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Henry James Mitchell and Ethel May Mitchell, of Thetford, Norfolk; husband of Alice Elizabeth Mitchell, of Thetford.
1567334 Sergeant Richard Parkin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Richard and Elizabeth H. Parkin, of Burnopfield, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription God Grant Him Thy Peace And Let Perpetual Light Shine On Him. "Thy Will Be Done"
1413546 Sergeant William Iorwerth Williams, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williams, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. His headstone bears the inscription "God Has You In His Keeping, We Have You In Our Hearts"
Tillières-sur-Avre is a village and commune on the N.12 road from Versailles to Alençon, some 11 kilometres west of Nonancourt. The communal cemetery is some 500 yards north of the centre of the village, on the D.60 road to Damville. Near the middle of, and adjacent to, the western boundary wall is the collective grave of six airmen. Five of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Burial Details
All of the six Airmen were in 75 Squadron, and killed on 11th June 1944.
749538 Sergeant Norman Hylton Dew, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of Thomas and Annie Mabel Dew, of Thamesford, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave All For Righteousness Sake And Deemed It A Glorious Privilege"
422267 Flight Sergeant Thomas Rodgers Donaghy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 33. Son of Elizabeth Mary Donaghy; husband of Janet Brown Donaghy, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
1472369 Sergeant Jack Vernon Lea, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Frederick George Lea and of Irene Lea (nee Lavender), of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Joan Annette Lea, of Watford. His headstone bears the inscription "O Valiant Heart Who To Your Glory Came"
1395992 Sergeant Harry Douglas Mitchell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Henry James Mitchell and Ethel May Mitchell, of Thetford, Norfolk; husband of Alice Elizabeth Mitchell, of Thetford.
1567334 Sergeant Richard Parkin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Son of Richard and Elizabeth H. Parkin, of Burnopfield, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription God Grant Him Thy Peace And Let Perpetual Light Shine On Him. "Thy Will Be Done"
1413546 Sergeant William Iorwerth Williams, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williams, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. His headstone bears the inscription "God Has You In His Keeping, We Have You In Our Hearts"
