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
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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