IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit to Commonwealth graves in Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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/ |
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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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