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War Graves Marigny-l'Église

Marigny-l'Église Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six airmen of the Royal Air Force and one airman of the Royal Canadian Air Force. All were members of one crew and perished when their Halifax crashed after colliding with an American aircraft.
These are the graves of:

RAF - 19-07-1944
Sergeant Grayham Bancroft Byrne, 1547072, age 21
Sergeant James Revill Moody, 1576882, age 20
Sergeant Charlie Taylor, 1581229, age unknown
Flight Lieutenant John Allan Kidd, 152342, age 20
Pilot Officer Cyril Frederick Thomas Miles, 56010, age 24
Flight Sergeant Bernard Stroud, 1315980, age 20

RCAF - 19-07-1944
Flying Officer Kenneth Robertson Urquhart, J/28220, age 23.

Ther are also French graves of World War ll.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: TracesOfWar.com

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