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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit to Commonwealth graves in Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

GANNES Communal Cemetery (Oise France)

D. A. Dawson - P. Duff - K. E. Laxton - I. H. Smith - E. E. Stapley - J. A. Traill - J. W. Van Cooten
The collective grave in 1948, with, visible to the left the graves of French soldiers killed during the German invasion of 1940, whose bodies have now been moved elsewhere.
Photos Courtesy Ian Duff
W/O Peter Duff
for his nephew Ian Duff
Read the story of the crew at http://www.cromulent.co.uk/gannes/
Sgt Douglas Albert Dawson Sgt Kenneth Edgar Laxton
F/Sgt Ian Harrison Smith Sgt Ernest Edwin Stapley
P/O John Alan Traill F/S John William Van Cooten

7 casualties

DAWSON DOUGLAS ALBERT
United Kingdom Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Royal Air Force 115 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 574270

DUFF PETER
United Kingdom Warrant Officer (W. Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Sqdn. Age: 34 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 1059197

LAXTON KENNETH EDGAR
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 1816757

SMITH IAN HARRISON
Australian Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force Age: 21 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 423913

STAPLEY ERNEST EDWIN
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Sqdn. Age: 35 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 1896471

TRAILL JOHN ALAN
Australian Pilot Officer Royal Australian Air Force Age: 21 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 423186

VAN COOTEN JOHN WILLIAM
Australian Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force Age: 22 Date of Death: 18/06/1944 Service No: 426716

IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.

IF You want a king size copy of this picture (300/900 ko - 2592/1944 pixels) please e-mail me.

IF You want picture of a particular grave, in this cemetery, please e-mail me.

Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations

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