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VIVIÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France

Location Information

Vivières is a village and commune 20 kilometres south-west of Soissons and 6 kilometres north of Villers-Cotterêts, a small town on the Paris-Soissons road. The Communal Cemetery is south-east of the village on the road to the neighbouring village of Soucy.


History Information

In the cemetery, 15 yards north-east of the stone Calvary which stands in the main path, are the graves of nine airmen Eight of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and one to the Royal Canadian Air Force.



Flight Details: (A)

Base: R.A.F. Tuddenham, Suffolk
Unit. 90 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirland, Mk III, serial WP-B
Target: Laon, in the Department of the Aisne, France
Incident: Crashed near Mortefontaine (Aisne) There were no survivors.


Flight Details: (B)
Base: R.A.F. Woolfox Lodge, Leicestershire
Unit: 218 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Stirling Mk III, serial HA-M
Target: Laon, in the Department of the Aisne, France
Incident: Aircraft crashed near Hautefontaine (Oise)
Fl. Sgt. H. Bossick, Flying Officer H. D. Thomas, W.O. 2nd Class J. McPhee, Pilot Officer H. H. J. Fisher and Fl. Sgt. L. N. Cary escaped capture.


Burial Details

(A)

Fl. Sgt. Leslie Edward AMOS, 90 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Thomas Alfred and Gertrude Ann Amos of West Ealing, Middlesex.

Sgt. Norman James John DOBSON. 90 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Sgt. Stanley GLAISTER. 90 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. Son of Tom & Frances Glaister of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

Sgt. William HEAHER. 90 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of James E. and Jane Heaher of Farnworth, Lancashire

Sgt. Dennis Kenneth RAY. 90 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Sgt. Donald Brian SHEEHAN. 90 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Sgt. Arnold WALKER. 90 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Harry and Violet Walker of Shildon, Co. Durham


(B)

Fl. Sgt. Frederick Walter LAMBERT, 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Son of Walter and Jessie Julia Frances Lambert of West Byfleet, Surrey

Sqdn. Leader Cecil Wardman POULTER. Mentioned in Despatches. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force, aged 30. Son of Thomas Henry and Edith Poulter; husband of Amy Freda Poulter of Bedford Park, Middlesex.


Pictures © Barry Cuttell


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INSCRIPTION. LOVED BY ALL, THE WORLD WAS YOUR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOUR. MUM, DAD, TOM AND EILEEN.
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INSCRIPTION. THY WILL BE DONE" WAS HARD TO SAY WHEN THE ONE WE LOVED WAS CALLED AWAY...
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INSCRIPTION. HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. REMEMBERED BY FATHER, MOTHER AND FAMILY.
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INSCRIPTION. SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS, SAFE ON HIS GENTLE BREAST DAD, AUNT AND BROTHER DEN.
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INSCRIPTION. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
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INSCRIPTION. THROUGH THE CLOUDS TO GLORY. WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE.

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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