War Graves at Hermanville in France

Discussion in 'War Grave Photographs' started by marianna, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Owen thats a too good an offer to pass up.

    HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

    3rd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

    Trooper CECIL PLOWMAN 2. A. 20.
    Corporal ARCHIE MCARTHUR RENNIE 1. B. 16.

    43rd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

    Corporal GEOFFREY BASIL BECK 1. Q. 15
    Lance Corporal WALTER CROFT 2. K. 3.
    Trooper MALCOLM STUART McNEILLE 2. L. 9.
    Trooper TREVOR M. MORRIS 1. R. 20

    49th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

    Trooper ALEXANDER MILLER DORAN MM 2. J. 14.
    Serjeant ROYSTON CAMPBELL STANLEY OGLEBY 2. G. 1.
    Trooper ALBERT ROBERTS 2. F. 1.

    2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry

    Trooper CHARLES THOMAS BURTON 2. A. 9.
    Serjeant HERBERT HENRY GREAVES 1. P. 4.
    Lance Corporal CHARLES MURRAY McDONALD 1. U. 19.


    Thanks in advance

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  2. James Daly

    James Daly Senior Member

    Hi Owen, thanks for the kind offer. There are a couple of pics I'm looking for from Hermanville:

    Burness, Michael Frederick
    Lieutenant, 4 Commando (ex Ox and Bucks LI)
    1.H.18.

    Morrell, Albert William
    Private, 2nd East Yorks
    1.J.9.

    Thanks in advance

    James
     
  3. Owen

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  4. Owen

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    3rd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

    Trooper CECIL PLOWMAN 2. A. 20.
    Corporal ARCHIE MCARTHUR RENNIE 1. B. 16.

    43rd Regt Reconnaissance Corps

    Corporal GEOFFREY BASIL BECK 1. Q. 15
    Lance Corporal WALTER CROFT 2. K. 3. ..................................He's REME ????
    Trooper MALCOLM STUART McNEILLE 2. L. 9.
    Trooper TREVOR M. MORRIS 1. R. 20

    49th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

    Trooper ALEXANDER MILLER DORAN MM 2. J. 14.
    Serjeant ROYSTON CAMPBELL STANLEY OGLEBY 2. G. 1.
    Trooper ALBERT ROBERTS 2. F. 1.
     

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  5. Owen

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    2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry

    Trooper CHARLES THOMAS BURTON 2. A. 9.
    Serjeant HERBERT HENRY GREAVES 1. P. 4.
    Lance Corporal CHARLES MURRAY McDONALD 1. U. 19.
     

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  6. Owen

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    Morrell, Albert William
    Private, 2nd East Yorks
    1.J.9.
     

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  7. TomTAS

    TomTAS Very Senior Member

    Hi Owen,

    Did you manage to get the Airborne ones too ???

    Cheers
    Tom
     
  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Nope cos no-one asked me to.
    Cropped this one from a larger photo.
    001 RAWLINGS EJC 5393694 7TH BN 20/06/1944 PARACHUTE REGIMENT, A.A.C.
     

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  9. TomTAS

    TomTAS Very Senior Member

    Hi Owen

    Thanks does the offer still stand or have you been and gone ???

    Cheers
    Tom
     
  10. Owen

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  11. Oggie2620

    Oggie2620 Senior Member

    Owen
    You didnt by any chance see any NZ Airmen did you? Dee
     
  12. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Owen thanks for the photos, another cemetery finished. My ROH covers attached personnel hence the REME headstone.

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  13. vkone

    vkone Junior Member

    I am hoping to make the trip over to Hermanville next month to visit my uncle who died on the beach - Harry Kelly 2nd Bn East Yorks - just need to find the war graves commission photo I have somewhere. Am finding it difficult to find more than the ROH at the moment.
    Will only be there for a day or 2, but am happy to photo some headstones if people still need. Will be on a bit of a tight timeline, so will only be at this cemetary.
    Let me know.
     
  14. AndyBaldEagle

    AndyBaldEagle Very Senior Member

    Hi,
    I have 40 of my Airborne chaps buried in this cemetery and would appreciate any pictures you might be able to manage, I do already have 11 of them but the pictures are not that good.
    If you can assist I would be eternally grateful, if not then no problems.

    Regards

    Andy
     
  15. sapper

    sapper WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    East Yorks from my 8th Brigade. I have a recording of the first Hermanville Church Bells to ring out over Normandy. As they were then and as they are now. Some of them were damaged but the officer told the Padre "ring them anyway" the first bells of freedom..
    Cheers
    sapper

    I also have great friends at Hermanville
     
  16. vkone

    vkone Junior Member

    East Yorks from my 8th Brigade. I have a recording of the first Hermanville Church Bells to ring out over Normandy. As they were then and as they are now. Some of them were damaged but the officer told the Padre "ring them anyway" the first bells of freedom..
    Cheers
    sapper

    I also have great friends at Hermanville
    Were they ringing during the battle Sapper? If there is any way to hear that recording I would be grateful. I have no details of how Uncle Harry died, not sure if there would be any record for OR's? Have the original telegram sent to my Grandparents, and the original photo of the grave. A few personal effects in there too I think such as paybook but not sure if there is anything else other than some photos of him in India before the war, though I'm not sure if he was with 2 East Yorks then?!? Sadly, my father died some time ago before I realised how difficult and important this type of information would be to me :( and so far not much luck researching this.
     
  17. vkone

    vkone Junior Member

    Andy
    If you could PM me or post a list of names/grave numbers I'll get as much as I can
    Vic
     
  18. Billy McGee

    Billy McGee Senior Member

    Hi I have taken photo's of all the graves in Hermanville War cemetry which has quite a few East Yorks Regt Lads and some Lancs lads, my photo's are on facebook, but will try to put them on this site if it helps anyone.

    Do you have this Merchant Navy grave please.

    CAMPBELL, Ordinary Seaman, PATRICK J., M.V. Cairngorm (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1944. Age 19. 2. I. 14.
     
  19. AndyBaldEagle

    AndyBaldEagle Very Senior Member

    Vic
    PM sent

    Thanks in anticipation
    Andy
     
  20. vkone

    vkone Junior Member

    Hi,
    I have 40 of my Airborne chaps buried in this cemetery and would appreciate any pictures you might be able to manage, I do already have 11 of them but the pictures are not that good.
    If you can assist I would be eternally grateful, if not then no problems.

    Regards

    Andy
    Andy
    Here are the photos - also took some shots of the register entries but my camera is a bit hit or miss at anything closer than a metre! Still, most are legible at varying zooms.
    Hope the grave pictures are ok. There is also a picture of an Unknown Airborne soldier's headstone.

    The cemetary itself is beautiful. A quiet corner for my uncle to rest with his comrades. We left a small memento by the grave in remembrance. My wife and I spent part of our wedding anniversary on Sword beach, the kids enjoyed that without realising the significance.
    Added a picture of Uncle Harry's headstone.

    If the pictures don't download let me know mate, can always sort another transfer.

    Regards
    Vic

    Files:
    https://rapidshare.com/files/2308055931/Hermanville_OCT_2011_GRAVES.rar

    https://rapidshare.com/files/2169610702/Hermanville_OCT_2011_REGISTER.rar
     

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