pontaudemer

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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

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

PONT AUDEMER Communal Cemetery (Eure France)

Front: L. to R.: F. Crump - S. H. Evans - R. I. Baxter - J. Woods - F. D. West - T. Noble - J. P. Keating - K. Hubbard - D. A. Ball - A. G. Lynds
Middle: L. to R.: M. H. King - J. B. Duggan - J. Nawrot (Polish) - R. H. Werner - R. Spencer - M. G. Jones - J. Barnes
Back: L. to R.: H. R. Bushell - R. D. Perry - J. C. F. Fleming - A. F. Evans - D. Bennett - D. Ridgway - J. E. Fisher - F. D. Clark - L. S. Bonk (Polish) - N. S. Lewicki (Polish)

Photo Courtesy Regis Biaux (Fr)

Sgt Maurice Guy Jones 11/06/1940 aged 23
John was born the son of John and Fanny Jones formerly of Walsall and latterly of Kington, Herefordshire.
He attended Queen Mary’s School, Walsall and then completed his education at Lady Hawkins Grammar School, Kington.
Working in aeronautical factories he training as an observer in the Royal Air Force just prior to the outbreak of war.
At 11.30am on Tuesday 11/06/1940 Maurice and his crew took off from their base to support troops engaged in the Battle of France.
While flying through cloud his pilot unknowingly overtook the formation leader.
While turning to port his aircraft collided with another aircraft shedding a wing as they struck.
Out of control, the Blenheim crashed in the vicinity of Pont-Audemer, Eure on the south bank of the River Risle, 20 miles south east of Le Havre killing the crew.
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall

F/Sgt David Bennett 16/09/1943 aged 22
for Jean Marc Trehiou

P/O Fraser Dudley Clak 22/08/1943 aged 21
for Jean Marc Trehiou

24 casualties

BALL DOUGLAS ALBERT
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: 1385837 A.2-7.

BARNES JOHN
United Kingdom Private Pioneer Corps Age: 23 Date of Death: 01/09/1944 Service No: 2931840 B.13.

BAXTER ROBERT IRVING
United Kingdom Serjeant Reconnaissance Corps R.A.C. 49th (West Riding) Regt. Age: 26 Date of Death: 27/08/1944 Service No: 4273431 A.8.

BENNETT DAVID
New Zealand Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Royal New Zealand Air Force 486 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 16/09/1943 Service No: 413531 C.22.

BUSHELL HAROLD RONALD
United Kingdom Corporal Parachute Regiment A.A.C. 7th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 26/08/1944 Service No: 6020537 C.28.

CLARK FRASER DUDLEY
New Zealand Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal New Zealand Air Force 485 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 22/08/1943 Service No: 414590 C.19.

CRUMP EDGAR
United Kingdom Private Essex Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 31/08/1944 Service No: 14585206 A.30.

DUGGAN JOHN BRANDON
United Kingdom Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 27/08/1944 Service No: 5183194 B.26.

EVANS ARTHUR FREDERICK
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 158 Sqdn. Date of Death: 12/11/1943 Service No: 160674 C.23-24.

EVANS SIDNEY HORACE (SID)
United Kingdom Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry Sec. Rgt:: Parachute Regiment A.A.C. Sec. attd. 7th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 26/08/1944 Service No: 4039307 A.27.

FISHER JOHN ERNEST
Canadian Flying Officer (Pilot) Royal Canadian Air Force 410 Sqdn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 16/09/1943 Service No: J/17293 C.20.

FLEMING JOSEPH CHARLES FREDERICK
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 158 Sqdn. Date of Death: 12/11/1943 Service No: 1891783 C.23-24.

HUBBARD KENNETH
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: 927630 A.2-7.

JONES MAURICE GUY
United Kingdom Sergeant (Obs.) Royal Air Force 15 Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 11/06/1940 Service No: 581185 B.14-15.

KEATING JOHN PATRICK
Canadian Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Royal Canadian Air Force 138 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: R/139292 A.2-7.

KING MICHAEL HENRY
United Kingdom Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry Sec. Rgt:: Parachute Regiment A.A.C. Sec. attd. 7th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 26/08/1944 Service No: 14514592 B.29.

LYNDS ALFRED GEORGE
Canadian Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Royal Canadian Air Force 43 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Date of Death: 05/08/1942 Service No: R/87012 A.1.

NOBLE THOMAS
United Kingdom Flying Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: 113393 A.2-7.

PERRY ROBERT D.
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps Sec. Rgt:: Parachute Regiment A.A.C. Sec. attd. 9th Bn. Date of Death: 06/06/1944 Service No: 7516711 C.25.

RIDGWAY DAVID
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Nav./W.Op.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 410 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Age: 35 Date of Death: 16/09/1943 Service No: 157569 C.21.

SPENCER RONALD
United Kingdom Sergeant (W. Op. Air) Royal Air Force 15 Sqdn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 11/06/1940 Service No: 627782 B.14-15.

WERNER RAYMOND HENRY
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force 15 Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 11/06/1940 Service No: 42289 B.14-15.

WEST DUDLEY FRANK
United Kingdom Sergeant (Nav.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqdn. Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: 1311887 A.2-7.

WOODS JAMES
United Kingdom Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Royal Air Force 138 Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: 542030 A.2-7.

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