Commonwealth-perk van de begraafplaats van Chièvres

Op de gemeentelijke begraafplaats liggen 58 gevallen vliegeniers van het Britse Gemenebest. De databank van de CWGC geeft 59 namen maar één van hen diende onder een alias en is twee keer opgenomen in de database, met zijn alias en met zijn echte naam.  Ze werden erheen gebracht door de bergingseenheden die op het vliegveld actief waren.
ADAM, Flying Officer (Air Gnr)., KENNETH ALEXANDER, 124637. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th March 1943. Age 31. Son of Kenneth Adam and of Margaret Bruce Adam (nee McKenzie), of Liverpool; nephew of Mrs. G. D. Harris, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool. Grave 8.
ANDERSON, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr)., JAMES BLAIN, R/54021. 35 (R.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 25th August 1941. Joint grave 1-2.
BARRY, Flight Sergeant (W.Op)., GEORGE, 1010397. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 23. Son of Joseph and Gertrude Ann Barry, of Blackley, Manchester. Grave 30.
BLANCHETTE, Pilot Officer (Flt Engr)., CHARLES EDWARD, 158670. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 29. Son of Alfred Edgar and Minnie Marie Blanchette; husband of Helen Mary Blanchette, of Brockley, London. Coll. grave 27-29.
BOAM, Flight Sergeant (Nav)., ALFRED GEORGE, 1233242. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 21. Son of William Henry and Mabel Boam, of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Coll. grave 35.
BOLSOVER, Flying Officer (Air Bomber), ALAN RICHARD, 132852. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 31. Son of Frank and Grace Bertha Bolsover, of Chapeltown, Sheffield. Coll. grave 27-29.
BOND, Pilot Officer (Pilot), GERALD PETER ROBERT, D F C, 149966. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 22. Son of Gerald Robert and Florence Bond; grandson of Alice Bond, of Bournemouth, Hampshire. Coll. grave 27-29.
BRYAN, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., ARTHUR, 841200. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force). 11th August 1943. Age 34. Son of Frank and Eliza Bryan, of Hither Green, London. Grave 160
BUCKLEY, Flight Sergeant (Flt. Engr)., JAMES MATHEW, 2202638. 405 (R.C.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 34. Son of Edith Buckley; husband of Ann Buckley, of Delph, Lancashire. Coll. grave 31.
CHASE, Flight Lieutenant, WILLIAM MCLAURIN, 409894. Royal Australian Air Force. 5th May 1944. Age 21. Son of Theyre Pelham Chase and Doris Mary Chase, of Yannathan, Victoria, Australia. Coll. grave 31.
CLARK, Flight Sergeant (Nav)., ROBERT CHARLES, 651129. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 9th May 1944. Age 29. Son of Henry and Ellen Esther Clark. Coll. grave 35.
COLLINS, Sergeant (Flt. Mech)., WALTER NORMAN, 617140. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 25th August 1941. Joint grave 4-5.
COPELAND, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr)., DONALD JOHNSTON, J/87454. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Grave 34.
COVELL, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr)., DONALD WALPOLE, 1336969. 466 (R.A.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 14th July 1943. Age 22. Son of Walpole and Gertrude Covell, of Eltham, London. Coll. grave 14-15.
CUMMINS, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., THOMAS FRANCIS, 1192627. 466 (R.A.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 14th July 1943. Coll. grave 14-15.
DALE, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., HENRY, 2210202. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Coll. grave 35.
DANIELS, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr)., RONALD DENVER, 2216175. 405 (R.C.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 27. Son of Benjamin Denever Daniels and Violet Daniels; husband of Ethel Daniels, of Cefn, Denbighshire. Grave 32.
DAVIDSON, Sergeant (Nav)., EDWARD REGINALD, 1338539. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 16th April 1943. Age 26. Son of Reginald William and Violet Davidson, of Lewisham, London. B.Sc., A.R.Ae.S. Joint grave 9-10.
DAWSON, Flight Sergeant (Obs)., WILLIAM WALLER, 1123166. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th April 1943. Age 22. Son of John Michael and Betsy Dawson, of Sedburgh, Yorkshire. Grave 12.
DAY, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., MICHAEL IRVINE RYDER, 1891503. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 19th November 1943. Age 19. Son of Herbert Alexander Day and Mary Ryder Day, of Horley, Surrey. Grave 21.
EDWARDS, Pilot Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr)., JOHN FREDERICK, D F M, 143652. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th April 1943. Age 23. Son of Frederick and Charlotte Edwards, of Canning Town, Essex. Grave 13.
ETHERINGTON, Flying Officer (Air Bomber), HARRY MARK, 136881. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 28. Son of Henry and Rosa Emma Etherington, of Swindon, Wiltshire. Coll. grave 18-19.
FALIEJEVAS, Pilot Officer (Nav)., JURGIS, 139689. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 23. Served as ‘COCKAYNE’. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Faliejevas. Grave 20.
FEAKES, Flight Sergeant, REX, 422157. Royal Australian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 19. Son of Frank Thomas Feakes and Frieda Anna Feakes, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Coll. grave 14-15.
FULLER, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr)., JACK, 987503. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1941. Age 21. Son of James and Margaret Fuller, of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Joint grave 1-2 .
GILFILLAN, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., WILLIAM, 1569298. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 19th November 1943. Grave 23.
GILL, Flight Sergeant (W. Op./Air), JOHN THOMAS, 157600. 405 (R.C.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 23. Son of Jesse and Mabel Gill, of Nottingham; husband of Alice Joan Gill, of Nottingham. Coll. grave 31.
GUNNING, Flight Sergeant, WILLIAM ALFRED, 413856. Royal Australian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 20. Son of Camden Lewis Gunning and Minnie Clara Gunning, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Coll. grave 14-15.
HEGGIE, Sergeant (Obs)., ALISTAIR ALEXANDER STOBIE, 967663. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1941. Age 24. Son of William Langlands Heggie and Jessie Clark Heggie; husband of Eveline Madeleine Heggie, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Joint grave 4-5.
HOBBS, Pilot Officer (Pilot), PETER, 148175. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 29. Son of James Edgar and Thyra Hobbs; husband of Philomena Ellen Theodore Hobbs, of Ealing, Middlesex. Coll. grave 18-19.
HOLDSWORTH, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr)., DONALD ALFRED, 144654. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th April 1943. Age 21. Son of Alfred and Ada Holdsworth, of Shipley, Yorkshire. Coll. grave 10A.
HOWES, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr)., ERIC YEOMANS, 1295447. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 27. Son of William Stacey Howes and Maud Mary Howes. Grave 17.
HUMBLE, Pilot Officer (Nav)., JOHN WENSLEY, 170143. 578 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1944. Age 35. Son of Wensley Thomas and Louise A. Humble; husband of Edith Mary Humble. of Woolavington, Somerset. Grave 38.
JORDAN, Flight Sergeant (Nav)., HERBERT CHARLES, R/135639. 466 (R.A.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 22. Son of Herbert A. and Blanche T. Jordan, of Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Coll. grave 14-15.
KEAY, Sergeant, PETER JOHN, 15302. Royal Australian Air Force. 16th April 1943. Age 22. Son of John Arthur and Nancy Hilder Keay, of Rocky Glen, New South Wales, Australia. Grave 11.
KELL, Pilot Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr)., WILLIAM ROBERT, 411766. 75 (R.A.F). Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 19th November 1943. Age 23. Son of John Robert Kell and of Isabel Alice Kellnee Goodwin), of Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Grave 24.
KEMP, Warrant Officer (Pilot), JOSEPH CHARLES, 805412. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force). 9th May 1944. Coll. grave 35.
KNUPP, Flight Lieutenant (Nav)., GORDON WINSTON, J/23950. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Coll. grave 31.
LEWIS, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr)., LESLIE ALBERT, 1324641. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 22. Son of Albert James Lewis and Kathleen Violet Lewis, of Stamshaw, Portsmouth. Coll. grave 35.
MACFARLANE, Pilot Officer (Pilot), WILLIAM, 142540. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 17th April 1943. Age 22. Son of William and Hannah Macfarlane, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. M.A., Hons. (Glasgow). Coll. grave 10A.
MARKHAM, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr)., VIVIAN MAXWELL, 100032. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1941. Grave 3.
MORASSI, Pilot Officer (Nav)., ALLAN, 161088. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 21. Son of Giuseppe and Furina Morassi, of Brussels, Belgium. Coll. grave 27-29.
MYERS, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), JOHN WILLIAM ANTHONY, 405801. 75 (R.A.F). Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 19th July 1944. Age 25. Son of Charles Ernest Myers and of Lydia Jane Myers (nee Cunningham), of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Grave 37.
MacPHILLAMY, Flying Officer, OWEN SCOTT, 423850. Royal Australian Air Force. 13th August 1944. Age 21. Son of Angus Owen and Isma MacPhillamy, of Rockley, New South Wales, Australia. Grave 41.
McGREGOR-CHEERS, Pilot Officer (Pilot), JACK, 64889. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1941. Age 24. Son of Joseph McGregor-Cheers, O.B.E., and Ellen McGregor-Cheers, of Bedford. Grave 7.
McHALE, Sergeant (Pilot), THOMAS PERCIVAL, 936804. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1941. Grave 6.
PEGG, Sergeant (Flt. Engr)., ERIC HENRY, 1393511. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 21. Son of Henry Pegg, and of Hannah Pegg, of Lower Edmonton, Middlesex. Coll. grave 18-19.
REES, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., JACK VALENTINE, 1321234. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th April 1943. Age 21. Son of Thomas John and Ethel Elizabeth Rees, of Brookwood, Surrey. Coll. grave 10A.
RHODES, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., DAVID CHARLES, 1892174. 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 20. Son of John David and Hilda Annie Rhodes, of Stratford, Essex. Coll. grave 35.
RUSHTON, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., RODNEY, 1621269. 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 19. Son of Henry and Lauretta Rushton, of Halton, Yorkshire. Coll. grave 18-19.
SINCLAIR, Flight Lieutenant (Bomb Aimer), WILLIAM, 151242. 405 (R.C.A.F). Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Coll. grave 31.
STAFFORD, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., LEONARD, 2221029. 578 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1944. Age 19. Son of George W. and Ada Stafford, of Newark, Nottinghamshire. Grave 40.
SYLVAH, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr)., CLAUDE MICHAEL, J/85382. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Age 33. Son of Thomas Henry and Anna Bernadette Sylvah, of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada. Grave 33.
UNDERWOOD, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr)., RONALD, D F M, 1432425. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Grave 26.
WARD, Sergeant (Air Gnr)., GEORGE ERNEST, 1865789. 578 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1944. Age 19. Son of Arthur Thomas Ward and Phyllis Rose Ward, of Leyton, Essex. Grave 39.
WATERHOUSE, Flying Officer (Air Gnr)., VICTOR, D F C, 149100. 156 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 24. Son of Jack and Lilian Waterhouse; husband of Kathleen Monica Waterhouse, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Grave 25.
WATKINS, Sergeant (Flt. Engr)., STANLEY, 544249. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 19th November 1943. Age 26. Son of William John and Minnie Watkins, of Abercynon, Glamorgan. Grave 22.
WILLIAMS, Flying Officer (Nav)., CYRIL FREDERICK, 123048. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 16th April 1943. Age 22. Son of Albert and Mary Williams; husband of Margaret Williams, of East Boldon, Co. Durham. Joint grave 9-10.
Beelden: © Paul Van Caesbroeck, 23/03/2007 | © Luc Van Waeyenberge, 2/5/2021
Datum registratie:
18/10/2006
Locatie:
Commonwealth-perk van de begraafplaats van Chièvres
Adres:
Begraafplaats, Sentier Lorette, zijstraatje van de Grand’Rue, Chièvres
Lengtegraad:
3°48’56.8″E
Breedtegraad:
50°35’20.1″N

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