TOURVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.232, Longitude: 0.90458
Location Information
Tourville-la-Campagne is a village and commune 10 kilometres south-west of Elbeuf, a town lying 18 kilometres south of Rouen.
The communal cemetery is 400 yards north of the church, on the road leading to the neighbouring hamlet of Soulanger. In the south-western part are the graves of seven airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the other 6 to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Tourville-la-Campagne is a village and commune 10 kilometres south-west of Elbeuf, a town lying 18 kilometres south of Rouen.
The communal cemetery is 400 yards north of the church, on the road leading to the neighbouring hamlet of Soulanger. In the south-western part are the graves of seven airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and the other 6 to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
425752 Flight Sergeant
John Thomas Ridgway
466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
3rd June 1944, aged 25.
Son of Gilbert Mark and Rachel Ridgway; husband of Florence Margaret Ridgway, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
John Thomas Ridgway
466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
3rd June 1944, aged 25.
Son of Gilbert Mark and Rachel Ridgway; husband of Florence Margaret Ridgway, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Other Burial Details
418810 Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Coleman, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 23. Son of William Joseph and Cicely Mary Coleman, of North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription In God's Keeping "Your Memory Hallowed In The Land You Loved"
419165 Flight Sergeant Bryan James Dowling, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 29. Son of James and Nellie Dowling; husband of Katherine Dorcas Dowling, of Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved Husband Of Kathie R. I. P."
1869090 Sergeant John Joseph George, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 3rd June 1944, aged 29. Son of John and Henrietta George, of Peckham, London; husband of Esther George, of Peckham.
411336 Flight Sergeant John Ernest Thomas Ridgway Kingham, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 32. Son of William John and Caroline Gertrude Kingham; husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Kingham, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia. his headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man. Always Remembered By Dorothy and John"
410560 Flight Sergeant Joe Oshlack, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 27. Son of Samuel and Ceila Oshlack, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Let All Who Pass This Way Remembered We Died For Victory"
424928 Flight Sergeant Owen Leslie Tyte, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 25. Son of Charles and Matilda F. Tyte, of Granville, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly And Fearlessly Done. Ever Remembered"
418810 Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Coleman, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 23. Son of William Joseph and Cicely Mary Coleman, of North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription In God's Keeping "Your Memory Hallowed In The Land You Loved"
419165 Flight Sergeant Bryan James Dowling, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 29. Son of James and Nellie Dowling; husband of Katherine Dorcas Dowling, of Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved Husband Of Kathie R. I. P."
1869090 Sergeant John Joseph George, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 3rd June 1944, aged 29. Son of John and Henrietta George, of Peckham, London; husband of Esther George, of Peckham.
411336 Flight Sergeant John Ernest Thomas Ridgway Kingham, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 32. Son of William John and Caroline Gertrude Kingham; husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Kingham, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia. his headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man. Always Remembered By Dorothy and John"
410560 Flight Sergeant Joe Oshlack, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 27. Son of Samuel and Ceila Oshlack, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Let All Who Pass This Way Remembered We Died For Victory"
424928 Flight Sergeant Owen Leslie Tyte, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 3rd June 1944, aged 25. Son of Charles and Matilda F. Tyte, of Granville, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Nobly And Fearlessly Done. Ever Remembered"
