St. Mesmin New Communal Cemetery
Aube, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

St.-Mesmin is a village north-west of Troyes. The cemetery is on the Rue du Prieuré and lies between the village and the main Troyes to Romilly road. The graves of five British and one Australian airmen are on the far right side from the entrance who died on the 4th May 1944. There are also 2 French soldiers and 1 French civilian buried here.

Flight Details:

Base: Skellingthorpe, Lincs.
Unit: 50 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Lancaster Mk. III, serial LM480
Target: Mailly-le-Camp
Incident: crashed at St. Mesmin. Flight Lt. T. H. Blackham, D.F.C. and Flight Sgt. S. J. Godfrey escaped capture and survived the war

 

Burial Details:

 

Sgt. William Dennis DIXON, aged 20. R.A.F.V.R. Son of William and Annie Dixon of Carway, Carmarthenshire


Flying Officer David Gwynfor JONES, aged 24. R.A.F.V.R. Husband of Noreen May Jones of Southall, Middlesex


Sgt. Herbert George RIDD, aged 29. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Abram John and Mary Elizabeth Ridd of Swansea


Pilot Officer Cyril Edward STEPHENSON, aged 21. R.A.A.F. Son of Christian Julius and Marie Louise Aimée Stephenson of Newtown, Tasmania, Australia


Pilot Officer Charles Richard Ernest WALTON, aged 28. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Charles and Catherine Walton; husband of Constance Phoebe Walton of Castle Bromwich


Sgt. Sidney Charles WILKINS, aged 21. R.A.F.V.R. Son of Sidney Charles and Alice Wilkins of New Cross, London

 

 

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