VILLENEUVE-EN-MONTAGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Saône-et-Loire
France
Location Information
Villeneuve-en-Montagne is a village in the Department of the Saône-et-Loire, situated 54 kilometers north-west of Macon. The communal cemetery is of the south-west side of the village. The plot is right of the entrance, in the far corner and right of the memorial.
There is one single row of graves for the 7 crew, all died 11th Dec. 1942.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Rufforth, North Yorkshire
Unit: 158 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial DT579
Target: Industrial factories at Turin, Northern Italy
Incident: Crashed at Villeneuve-en-Montagne, Saône-et-Loire. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
Flying Officer Jack Biddulph ARIS, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Pilot Officer Denis Ralph COLLYER, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 31.Son of Albert Henry Dixon and Ethel Mary Collyer of Felixstowe, Suffolk.
Sgt. Ronald EDLINGTON, Royal Air Force, aged 23. Son of Sydney and Clarice Edlington of Hull.
Sgt. John William FURNISS, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 19. Son of Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Furniss of Woodford Hake, Warwickshire.
Flight Sgt. Harry MIDDLETON, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 27. Son of Joseph and Martha Middleton of South Elmsall, Yorkshire; husband of Margaret Middleton of Crofton, Yorks.
Flight Lieut. Charles Lionel SPARKE. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Flying Officer Rayden Frederick WATSON, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Villeneuve-en-Montagne is a village in the Department of the Saône-et-Loire, situated 54 kilometers north-west of Macon. The communal cemetery is of the south-west side of the village. The plot is right of the entrance, in the far corner and right of the memorial.
There is one single row of graves for the 7 crew, all died 11th Dec. 1942.
Flight Details:
Base: R.A.F. Rufforth, North Yorkshire
Unit: 158 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Halifax Mk II, serial DT579
Target: Industrial factories at Turin, Northern Italy
Incident: Crashed at Villeneuve-en-Montagne, Saône-et-Loire. There were no survivors.
Burial Details:
Flying Officer Jack Biddulph ARIS, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Pilot Officer Denis Ralph COLLYER, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 31.Son of Albert Henry Dixon and Ethel Mary Collyer of Felixstowe, Suffolk.
Sgt. Ronald EDLINGTON, Royal Air Force, aged 23. Son of Sydney and Clarice Edlington of Hull.
Sgt. John William FURNISS, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 19. Son of Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Furniss of Woodford Hake, Warwickshire.
Flight Sgt. Harry MIDDLETON, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, aged 27. Son of Joseph and Martha Middleton of South Elmsall, Yorkshire; husband of Margaret Middleton of Crofton, Yorks.
Flight Lieut. Charles Lionel SPARKE. Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.
Flying Officer Rayden Frederick WATSON, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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The original burials made at the cemetery by the Germans in 1942.
Courtesy of : Collection Gilles Moreau via Histavia21
