VIVIÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.29924, Longitude: 3.10628
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.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Canada 1. Total 9.
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.
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.
World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Canada 1. Total 9.
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.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
R/200002 Sergeant
Stanley Glaister
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
23rd April 1944.
Son of Tom and Frances Glaister, of Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That Others Might Live. Remembered By Father, Mother And Family"
Stanley Glaister
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
23rd April 1944.
Son of Tom and Frances Glaister, of Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That Others Might Live. Remembered By Father, Mother And Family"
39755 Squadron Leader
Cecil Wardman Poulter, Mentioned in Despatches
218 Squadron, Royal Air Force
23rd April 1944, aged 30.
Son of Thomas Henry and Edith Poulter; husband of Amy Freda Poulter, of Bedford Park, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Cecil Wardman Poulter, Mentioned in Despatches
218 Squadron, Royal Air Force
23rd April 1944, aged 30.
Son of Thomas Henry and Edith Poulter; husband of Amy Freda Poulter, of Bedford Park, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Other Burials
1322346 Flight Sergeant Leslie Edward Amos, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 20. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved By All, The World Was Your Friend And Neighbour. Mum, Dad, Tom And Eileen"
1331818 Sergeant Norman James John Dobson, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944.
1514328 Sergeant William Heaher, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of James E. Heaher and Jane Heaher, of Farnworth, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done" Was Hard To Say When The One We Loved Was Called Away...
1387055 Flight Sergeant Frederick Walter Lambert, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of Walter and Jessie Julia Frances Lambert, of West Byfleet, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus, Safe On His Gentle Breast Dad, Aunt And Brother Den"
1465842 Sergeant Dennis Kenneth Ray, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944.
1836565 Donald Brian Sheehan, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944.
1515147 Sergeant Arnold Walker, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of Harry and Violet Walker, of Shildon, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Through The Clouds To Glory. Worthy Of Everlasting Love"
1322346 Flight Sergeant Leslie Edward Amos, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 20. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved By All, The World Was Your Friend And Neighbour. Mum, Dad, Tom And Eileen"
1331818 Sergeant Norman James John Dobson, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944.
1514328 Sergeant William Heaher, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of James E. Heaher and Jane Heaher, of Farnworth, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done" Was Hard To Say When The One We Loved Was Called Away...
1387055 Flight Sergeant Frederick Walter Lambert, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of Walter and Jessie Julia Frances Lambert, of West Byfleet, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus, Safe On His Gentle Breast Dad, Aunt And Brother Den"
1465842 Sergeant Dennis Kenneth Ray, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944.
1836565 Donald Brian Sheehan, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944.
1515147 Sergeant Arnold Walker, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 21. Son of Harry and Violet Walker, of Shildon, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Through The Clouds To Glory. Worthy Of Everlasting Love"
