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Commonwealth War Graves Thorembais-St.Trond

At the general cemetery in Thorembais-Saint-Trond, municipality Perwez, are six Commonwealth war graves from World War II.
This is the crew of Wellington X9633:

Sergeant Desmond Ernest George Denier (Observer), RAAF, 400014, age 29
Sergeant (Pilot) Frederick Shirley Ellis, 1251685, RAF, age unknown
Sergeant (Pilot) James Thompson Farmer, RAF, 1053520, age 20
Gergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Geoffrey Lickley, RAF, 1052299, age 20
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Vernon Beverley Quinlan, RCAF, R/58012, age 21
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Arthur Yoxall, RAF, 987165, age 25

On August 6, 1941 at 2239 departed from Mildenhall airbase, the Wellington X9633 with the mission a raid over the city of Mannheim in Germany. For unknown reasons it crashed into Thorembais-St.Trond. In the crash, all crew members got killed, they were all buried in this cemetery.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar.nl
  • Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge