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VOID COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Meuse
France

Location Information

Void is a village and commune 40 kilometres by road east of Bar-le-Duc, at the crossing of the Paris-Nancy road and the Verdun-Cantrexeville road. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village. On the right hand side of the path which leads from the cemetery entrance to the chapel are the graves of 5 airmen who belonged to the Royal Air Force.


Burial Details


1298071 Sergeant Henry William Frost, Flight Engineer in 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 21. Son of Henry W. Frost and Elizabeth A. Frost, of Custom House, Essex. INSCRIPTION. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED ONLY SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. MUM.

1347529 Sergeant Patrick Joseph Gillan, Air Gunner in 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 25. Son of Patrick and Margaret T. Gillan, of Antrim, Northern Ireland. INSCRIPTION. PER ARDUA AD ASTRA".

137567 Pilot Officer Alwyne Clarendon Redfern Laundon, Air Gunner in 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942, aged 25. Son of J. H. R. Laundon and Winifred L. Laundon, of Hove, Sussex. INSCRIPTION. PER ARDUA AD ASTRA".

1031421 Sergeant Arthur Staff, Navigator in 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st December 1942.
Son of Jane Staff, of Murton Colliery, Co. Durham; husband of M. Staff, of Murton Colliery.
 INSCRIPTION. PER ARDUA AD ASTRA".


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