ARTOLSHEIM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Bas-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.20641, Longitude: 7.57691
Location Information
Artolsheim is a village in the Department of the Bas Rhin, some 45 kilometres south of Strasbourg and 12 kilometres east of Selestat, a town on the N. 83 road from Strasbourg to Colnar. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village on a track leading to the neighbouring village of Schoenau.
Historical Information
On the northern side of the cemetery are the graves of 7 airmen, 6 of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force. There is also 1 Commonwealth grave of the 1914-1918 war.
Identified Casualties: 8.
Artolsheim is a village in the Department of the Bas Rhin, some 45 kilometres south of Strasbourg and 12 kilometres east of Selestat, a town on the N. 83 road from Strasbourg to Colnar. The communal cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village on a track leading to the neighbouring village of Schoenau.
Historical Information
On the northern side of the cemetery are the graves of 7 airmen, 6 of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force. There is also 1 Commonwealth grave of the 1914-1918 war.
Identified Casualties: 8.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
42197 Flight Lieutenant
Jack Simon Gustave Crawford
Pilot in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th March 1944, aged 23.
Son of John and Aurelie J. Crawford; husband of Pauline May Crawford, of Harrow, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Jack Simon Gustave Crawford
Pilot in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th March 1944, aged 23.
Son of John and Aurelie J. Crawford; husband of Pauline May Crawford, of Harrow, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
J/86439 Pilot Officer
William Victor Moss
Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th March 1944, aged 19.
Son of Francis Edward and Edith Moss, of Galt, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life That We Might Live. We Will Remember Him"
William Victor Moss
Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15th March 1944, aged 19.
Son of Francis Edward and Edith Moss, of Galt, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life That We Might Live. We Will Remember Him"
1565912 Sergeant
William Bertram Robertson
Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th March 1944, aged 25.
Son of John Robertson, and of Jessie Robertson, of Armadale, West Lothian.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Spirit: For They Shall See God"
William Bertram Robertson
Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th March 1944, aged 25.
Son of John Robertson, and of Jessie Robertson, of Armadale, West Lothian.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Spirit: For They Shall See God"
Other World War Two Burials
1461939 Sergeant John Neville Andrew, Navigator/Bomber in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Neville John and Eva Marion Andrew, of Dartford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "I Am The Resurrection And The Life" Saith The Lord
1393051 Sergeant William James Green, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of James and Annie Rosita Green, of West Ham, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved In Life Treasured In Death A Beautiful Memory Of Him Is Left"
151370 Flying Officer Patrick Arthur Lockton, Navigator in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Leslie and Marguerite Louise Lockton, of Glen Hills, Blaby, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Sunt Quibus De Est Sepulchrum: Nomina Tamen Manent In Aeternum"
967233 Sergeant John Reginald Powell, Flight Engineer in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 24. Son of Reginald Clifford Powell and Gwladys Anne Powell; husband of Hilda Marjorie Powell, of Morecambe, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription In Loving Memory Of Johnny Ever Remembered By Marjorie, Mam And Dad. "At Rest"
World War One Burial
J/11292 Air Mechanic 1st Class, G. V. Turner, Royal Naval Air Service, died 14th April 1917. Son of Mrs. J. Hobbs, of 1, Coleherne Terrace, Earls Court, London.
1461939 Sergeant John Neville Andrew, Navigator/Bomber in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Neville John and Eva Marion Andrew, of Dartford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "I Am The Resurrection And The Life" Saith The Lord
1393051 Sergeant William James Green, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of James and Annie Rosita Green, of West Ham, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved In Life Treasured In Death A Beautiful Memory Of Him Is Left"
151370 Flying Officer Patrick Arthur Lockton, Navigator in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Leslie and Marguerite Louise Lockton, of Glen Hills, Blaby, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Sunt Quibus De Est Sepulchrum: Nomina Tamen Manent In Aeternum"
967233 Sergeant John Reginald Powell, Flight Engineer in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th March 1944, aged 24. Son of Reginald Clifford Powell and Gwladys Anne Powell; husband of Hilda Marjorie Powell, of Morecambe, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription In Loving Memory Of Johnny Ever Remembered By Marjorie, Mam And Dad. "At Rest"
World War One Burial
J/11292 Air Mechanic 1st Class, G. V. Turner, Royal Naval Air Service, died 14th April 1917. Son of Mrs. J. Hobbs, of 1, Coleherne Terrace, Earls Court, London.
