VERRIÈRES CHURCHYARD
Aube
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.23106, Longitude: 4.14899
Location Information
Verrières is a village 10 kilometres south-south-east of Troyes in the Department of the Aube. The church is on the Rue de St. Martin. The graves of seven WW2 airmen who died on the 26th July 1944 are on the far left side from the entrance.
They are commemorated on three headstones.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 5, Australia 2. Total 7.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Unit. 100 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL915
Target: Stuttgart, Germany
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Verrières (Aube) France. There were no survivors.
Cemetery Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
Verrières is a village 10 kilometres south-south-east of Troyes in the Department of the Aube. The church is on the Rue de St. Martin. The graves of seven WW2 airmen who died on the 26th July 1944 are on the far left side from the entrance.
They are commemorated on three headstones.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 5, Australia 2. Total 7.
Flight Details:
R.A.F. Base: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Unit. 100 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk I, serial LL915
Target: Stuttgart, Germany
Incident: Aircraft crashed at Verrières (Aube) France. There were no survivors.
Cemetery Pictures and Flight Details © Barry Cuttell
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423045 Flying Officer
Douglas Payne Billman
Pilot in Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21.
Son of George Henry and Ethel Louisa Billman of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
Newspaper article courtesy of Arnaud Marquet
Eye witnesses at that time thought the pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft in a little field in order to avoid a crash on the village itself.
Douglas Payne Billman
Pilot in Royal Australian Air Force, aged 21.
Son of George Henry and Ethel Louisa Billman of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
Newspaper article courtesy of Arnaud Marquet
Eye witnesses at that time thought the pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft in a little field in order to avoid a crash on the village itself.
423261 Flight Sergeant
Joseph Sheen
Royal Australian Air Force
26th July 1944, aged 22.
Son of Charles Henry Joseph and Alma Joyce Sheen, of Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. We Will Remember Him"
Joseph Sheen
Royal Australian Air Force
26th July 1944, aged 22.
Son of Charles Henry Joseph and Alma Joyce Sheen, of Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. We Will Remember Him"
OtherBurial Details:
1605017 Sergeant Anthony John Bramble, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
577055 Sergeant Roy Kenneth Dove, Royal Air Force, aged 20. Son of Thomas and Gertrude Dove of West Norwood, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done" In Everlasting Memory Of My Son Roy. Fondest Love-Mother
1678129 Sergeant John George Furness Evans, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of John Raven and Annie Gillespie Evans of Claughton, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of George Sadly Missed By His Mother. And All Relatives"
1594563 Sergeant James Melville, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered By His Brothers, Sisters And Friends. Rest In Peace"
52571 Flying Officer Royston Edwards Monk, Royal Air Force, aged 21. Son of Richard George and Margaret Mary Monk of Ferndale, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "A New Commandment I Give Unto You, That Ye Love One Another. St. John XIII. 34"
1605017 Sergeant Anthony John Bramble, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
577055 Sergeant Roy Kenneth Dove, Royal Air Force, aged 20. Son of Thomas and Gertrude Dove of West Norwood, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done" In Everlasting Memory Of My Son Roy. Fondest Love-Mother
1678129 Sergeant John George Furness Evans, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of John Raven and Annie Gillespie Evans of Claughton, Cheshire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of George Sadly Missed By His Mother. And All Relatives"
1594563 Sergeant James Melville, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30. His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered By His Brothers, Sisters And Friends. Rest In Peace"
52571 Flying Officer Royston Edwards Monk, Royal Air Force, aged 21. Son of Richard George and Margaret Mary Monk of Ferndale, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "A New Commandment I Give Unto You, That Ye Love One Another. St. John XIII. 34"
