VILLERS-ST. GENEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oise
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.14201, Longitude: 2.90665
Location Information
Villers-St. Genest is a village and commune 67 kilometres south-east of Beauvais, and 8 kilometres east of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin. The graves of 4 Commonwealth airmen in the Communal Cemetery are in the first row on the right of the path, and are easily found.
Villers-St. Genest is a village and commune 67 kilometres south-east of Beauvais, and 8 kilometres east of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin. The graves of 4 Commonwealth airmen in the Communal Cemetery are in the first row on the right of the path, and are easily found.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
R/163217 Flight Sergeant
John Albert Garbutt
Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944, aged 23.
Son of Norman A. Garbutt and Lillian A. Garbutt, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Life, Loved And Honoured; In Death, Remembered"
John Albert Garbutt
Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944, aged 23.
Son of Norman A. Garbutt and Lillian A. Garbutt, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Life, Loved And Honoured; In Death, Remembered"
R/203234 Flight Sergeant
Joseph Fredeick Mara
Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944.
Joseph Fredeick Mara
Air Gunner in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944.
J/21181 Flying Officer
Ewart Laverne Morrison
Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944.
Ewart Laverne Morrison
Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944.
Other Burial Details
1568209 Sergeant Thomas Mullen, Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944.
Other Burial Details
1568209 Sergeant Thomas Mullen, Flight Engineer in 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944.
The bodies of Flying Officers A. G. Brittain, H. J. Wilson and R. Logan were not found. Brittain is commemorated in Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory, Australia and Wilson and Logan are both commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.