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Commonwealth War Graves Le Rivier d’Allemond

Le Rivier d’Allemond Communal Cemetery contains the graves of nine Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
These are the graves of:

RAF - 14-11-1944
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Leigh Mallory, age 52
Corporal John Ellis Morton Burgess, 523400
Leading Aircraftman John Chalmers Burnett, 967906
Sergeant Harold John Chandler, 1618502, age 42
Flight Lieutenant Peter Chinn, 107984, age 20
Flight Lieutenant Keith Alan Mooring, 126892, age 24
Flying Officer Alfred John Enser, 169052, age 29
Squadron Leader Charles Gordon Drake Lancaster, 75989, age 32

RAAF - 14-11-1944
Flight Lieutenant John Austral Casly, 403555, age 29.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Leigh Mallory and his crew died on 14-11-1944 in a crash in bad weather on the way to Ceylon.
The wife of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory Leigh, Doris Jean Leigh-Mallory, age 52, was also killed in the crash. She is buried beside her husband.

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  • Text: TracesOfWar.com
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