TOULOUSE (LA FOURGUETTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Haute-Garonne
France
Image used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Location Information
Toulouse, a large cathedral town on the River Garonne, is the chief town of the Department of Haute-Garonne. The cemetery is south-west of the town, in the suburb of La Fourguette. There are 8 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, west of the entrance (which is opposite the church).
Toulouse, a large cathedral town on the River Garonne, is the chief town of the Department of Haute-Garonne. The cemetery is south-west of the town, in the suburb of La Fourguette. There are 8 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, west of the entrance (which is opposite the church).
Images in gallery below © Tracey Goodwin (Used with permission)
423780 Flight Sergeant
Frederick Thomas Robert Bruce
Royal Australian Air Force
6th April 1944, aged 32.
Son of Frederick Wilson Bruce and Esther Jane Bruce; husband of Adelaide Dorothy Bruce, of Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That His Son Might Live"
Frederick Thomas Robert Bruce
Royal Australian Air Force
6th April 1944, aged 32.
Son of Frederick Wilson Bruce and Esther Jane Bruce; husband of Adelaide Dorothy Bruce, of Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That His Son Might Live"
1318013 Flight Sergeant
Stanley Walter Sayce
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
6th April 1944, aged 25.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sayce, of Newport, Monmouthshire; husband of Jessie Sayce, of Newport.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lost To Sight But In Memory Ever Dear"
Stanley Walter Sayce
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
6th April 1944, aged 25.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sayce, of Newport, Monmouthshire; husband of Jessie Sayce, of Newport.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lost To Sight But In Memory Ever Dear"
415706 Warrant Officer
William John Waycott
Royal Australian Air Force
6th April 1944, aged 21.
Son of Samuel Sherwill Waycott and Ethel May Waycott, of East Perth, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love No Man. He Gave His All"
William John Waycott
Royal Australian Air Force
6th April 1944, aged 21.
Son of Samuel Sherwill Waycott and Ethel May Waycott, of East Perth, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love No Man. He Gave His All"
Other Burial Details
1601667 Flight Sergeant John Thornton Read, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944, aged 21. Son of John Thornton Read and of Inez Elizabeth Read, of Wembley Park, Middlesex; husband of Margaret Bradbury Read, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory. Ever In Our Thoughts"
1057241 Warrant Officer John Raymond Senior, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944, aged 23. Son of Arthur and Minnie Maria Senior, of Dinnington, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son. He Died That We Might Live"
1370713 Leading Aircraftman Alfred John Walters, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th March 1945, aged 25. Son of John William and Jeanie Lyall Walters, of Possilpark, Glasgow. His headstone bears the inscription "For As In Adam All Die, Even So In Christ Shall All Be Made Alive i Cor. XV.22"
1852344 Sergeant Henry Wilson, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Wilson. His headstone bears the inscription "Never Shall Thy Memory Fade"
1819373 Sergeant Arthur Frederick Woolley, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944, aged 21. Son of Annie Woolley, of Nottingham. His headstone bears the inscription "To Have, To Love, To Lose And When God Wills, To Find. Worthy Of Remembrance"
1601667 Flight Sergeant John Thornton Read, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944, aged 21. Son of John Thornton Read and of Inez Elizabeth Read, of Wembley Park, Middlesex; husband of Margaret Bradbury Read, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory. Ever In Our Thoughts"
1057241 Warrant Officer John Raymond Senior, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944, aged 23. Son of Arthur and Minnie Maria Senior, of Dinnington, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son. He Died That We Might Live"
1370713 Leading Aircraftman Alfred John Walters, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th March 1945, aged 25. Son of John William and Jeanie Lyall Walters, of Possilpark, Glasgow. His headstone bears the inscription "For As In Adam All Die, Even So In Christ Shall All Be Made Alive i Cor. XV.22"
1852344 Sergeant Henry Wilson, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Wilson. His headstone bears the inscription "Never Shall Thy Memory Fade"
1819373 Sergeant Arthur Frederick Woolley, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th April 1944, aged 21. Son of Annie Woolley, of Nottingham. His headstone bears the inscription "To Have, To Love, To Lose And When God Wills, To Find. Worthy Of Remembrance"
Images above © Tracey Goodwin (Used with permission)
