Thanks French for looking after them

[Lofty1]

One of many looked after by local french towns, not a grave,a memorial

 

[Nigel P]

Totally agree, perhaps French towns and villages have a certain amount of pride around their history and community sacrifice which is not seen elsewhere. The first picture is in a decent size town in NE France along a main walkway into town, the second is in a tiny hamlet in the Chartreuse mountains between Grenoble and Chambery.

 

[Clickem]

I am pleased to hear this. I have made several visits to Commonwealth graves in both France and |Belgium. While they are beautifully maintained, my understanding is that this is all paid for by Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom

Visiting Ypres I got the impression that the CWGC, and the visitors to war Graves, account for a lot of the employment in the area

 

[dash300]

Totally agree, perhaps French towns and villages have a certain amount of pride around their history and community sacrifice which is not seen elsewhere. The first picture is in a decent size town in NE France along a main walkway into town, the second is in a tiny hamlet in the Chartreuse mountains between Grenoble and Chambery.

Always found exactly the same myself; enormous appreciation and respect amongst the locals for all who were sacrificed.

 

[Orion]

On a motorcycle trip coming back from Spain we detoured to Rom, south of Poitiers, to visit the graves of the members of 1st SAS (and USAAF pilot) who were executed in the aftermath of Operation Bulbasket. In the same well kept corner of the cemetery is the memorial to the others whose whereabouts are unknown. A very moving experience given the first hand accounts of the operation that I’ve read.

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[suavecarve]

One of many looked after by local french towns, not a grave,a memorial

I m as certain as i can be that we have been to this one.
Think they diverted the plane away from a school for its crash landing but cant remember where it was

 

[Devon Sue]

The war graves in France are very well maintained, even where there are only a few, or even only 1 in a graveyard we make a point of seeking them out.
Sadly in the UK, where there are a few dotted around churchyards they are often neglected

 

[Emmit]

If you're sailing out of Roscoff, take a few minutes to say hello and give your respects to Stoker Tempest who was buried at St Pol de Leon cemeterie.
He's the only UK guy there, surrounded I seem to remember, by 13 of his French allies.
Go through the gate and turn left. He's in the corner.

 

[suavecarve]

I m as certain as i can be that we have been to this one.
Think they diverted the plane away from a school for its crash landing but cant remember where it was

I was incorrect and remembered it was Giverny (Monet's garden) where the 7 airmen died and just looked it up and that was in 1944

 

[Orion]

If you're sailing out of Roscoff, take a few minutes to say hello and give your respects to Stoker Tempest who was buried at St Pol de Leon cemeterie.
He's the only UK guy there, surrounded I seem to remember, by 13 of his French allies.
Go through the gate and turn left. He's in the corner.

If you happen to be in Roscoff town itself there’s also Pilot Officer Stout of 547 Squadron, who fell in 1944. You’ll pass nearby the cemetery if heading west on the promenade walk from the centre of the Old Town. Location

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[ChrisL]

I am pleased to hear this. I have made several visits to Commonwealth graves in both France and |Belgium. While they are beautifully maintained, my understanding is that this is all paid for by Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom

Visiting Ypres I got the impression that the CWGC, and the visitors to war Graves, account for a lot of the employment in the area

Certainly in Ypres, some of the graveyards were donated by local people, but no doubt the CWGC pay for maintenance, but in some places people "adopt" a grave and place flowers etc.

 

[Larrynwin]

Arras on a visit a few years back, immaculate

 

[Emmit]

If you're sailing out of Roscoff, take a few minutes to say hello and give your respects to Stoker Tempest who was buried at St Pol de Leon cemeterie.
He's the only UK guy there, surrounded I seem to remember, by 13 of his French allies.
Go through the gate and turn left. He's in the corner.

I have had twenty four hours and realise with regret I got the name wrong, (old age and a combination of two names that mean something to me.)
The name of the stoker from HMS Javelin was T. Robson

 

[Offagain]

Over 5200 graves of mixed allied troops at Delville wood yesterday.

 

[ctc]

The French respect those who helped in both wars and their armistice day parades are held on armistice day.

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[Diabalo]

It is nice to see the respect the French show to our fallen heros.

The pictures below are from the Mairie in Lamaronde which is a very small village in the Picardie region.

Charles Sydney Burt was my fathers step bother.

Date:	08-JUN-1940
Time:	15:15 LT
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	12 Squadron Royal Air Force (12 Sqn RAF)
Registration:	L5546
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Lamaronde, 8 km NW of Poix-de-Picardie, Somme - France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Sougé, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.I L5546 (PH-U) 12 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over Northern France. Two of the three crew were killed, one survived to be taken as a PoW. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/833): "Battle L5546 crashed near Poix, France, 8 June 1940. Leading Aircraftman C S Burt and Sergeant J P Boddington: report of deaths. Flying Officer T F S Brereton: prisoner of war"

At approximately 3.15 pm on the 8th June 1940, this aircraft was carrying out a low-level attack on German armoured columns west of Aumale, when it was shot down by a Bf 109 of Stab I (J) LG2 flown by Hauptman Hannes Trubenbach. The pilot, Flying Officer Bereton, baled out and was captured, but regretably his observer, Sergeant JP Boddington, and gunner LAC CS Burt, were both killed in the crash.

Crew of Battle L5546:
Flying Officer T.F.S. Brereton (Pilot), RAF 39651; bailed out, survived, but captured and taken as a PoW. Interned in PoW Camps 12A/L3 as PoW No.2264
Sergeant (Observer) John P. Boddington, RAF 523009, age 27, killed in action 08/06/1940
Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Charles S. Burt, RAF 542020, age 20, killed in action 08/06/1940,

Both crew fatalities were buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. The crash site was excavated in 2005. In 2006 a memorial in Lamaronde was dedicated to the crew. This consisted of a memorial plaque, and one propeller blade from Battle L5546 recovered from the crash site. The engine is now on display at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum.

 

[Sapper520]

If you’re ever in Weston-super-Mare, the first casualties of Operation Market Garden are buried in the town’s cemetery.

One of the gliders being towed out crashed near Paulton in Somerset. The crew and Soldiers were all killed. Most were Royal Engineers.

There’s also a memorial in Paulton.