VRIZY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.42601, Longitude: 4.6745
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Vrizy is a village and commune about 39 kilometres south of Mezières and 4 kilometres north of Vouziers, on the road to Attigny and Rethel. The Communal Cemetery is north-west of the church.
History Information
Near the south-eastern corner are the graves of six airmen, four of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and one each to the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 6.
Vrizy is a village and commune about 39 kilometres south of Mezières and 4 kilometres north of Vouziers, on the road to Attigny and Rethel. The Communal Cemetery is north-west of the church.
History Information
Near the south-eastern corner are the graves of six airmen, four of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and one each to the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 6.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
The following were all in 61 Squadron and killed on 30th July 1942.
1380205 Sergeant
Leonard George Millar
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30.
Son of L. George and Alice Millar; husband of Margaret Rose Millar, of Cheadle, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "May Perpetual Light Shine Upon Thee. Ever Lovingly Remembered By All"
Leonard George Millar
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30.
Son of L. George and Alice Millar; husband of Margaret Rose Millar, of Cheadle, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "May Perpetual Light Shine Upon Thee. Ever Lovingly Remembered By All"
405337 Pilot Officer
Jack Graham Stewart
Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 27.
Son of Alfred Stewart and of Rose Stewart (nee Kragahen); husband of Grace Stewart, of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.
Jack Graham Stewart
Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 27.
Son of Alfred Stewart and of Rose Stewart (nee Kragahen); husband of Grace Stewart, of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.
Other Burial Details:
The following were all in 61 Squadron and killed on 30th July 1942.
R/67249 Flight Sergeant William Vincent McQuaid, Royal Canadian Air Force.
962821 Sergeant Robert Albert Parsons, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of Clara Annie Parsons, of Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent.
1305069 Sergeant Joseph Albert Rice, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 26. Son of James and Florence M. Rice, of Balham, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
983200 Sergeant John Elphege Sullivan, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of John and Doris Sullivan; husband of Daphne Sullivan, of Cwmaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan. his headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P. Time Passes, But Love And Precious Memories Remain. Mam And Daphne"
The following were all in 61 Squadron and killed on 30th July 1942.
R/67249 Flight Sergeant William Vincent McQuaid, Royal Canadian Air Force.
962821 Sergeant Robert Albert Parsons, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 29. Son of Clara Annie Parsons, of Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent.
1305069 Sergeant Joseph Albert Rice, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 26. Son of James and Florence M. Rice, of Balham, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
983200 Sergeant John Elphege Sullivan, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Son of John and Doris Sullivan; husband of Daphne Sullivan, of Cwmaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan. his headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P. Time Passes, But Love And Precious Memories Remain. Mam And Daphne"
