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COUR-L'ÉVÊQUE CHURCHYARD

Haute-Marne

France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.96635, Longitude: 4.97595

Location Information

Cour-l'Évêque is a village 28 kilometres south of Chaumont. Take the Route Nationale N67 from Chaumont direction of Richebourg - follow the route Departementale D10 to Arc en Barrois. When arriving in Arc en Barrois - take the route Departementale D3 to Cour-l'Évêque. Cour-l'Évêque is between Coupray and Arc en Barrois on the route departementale D3. Trains are available from Paris to Chaumont and the village may be reached by taxi.

Historical Information

The churchyard is in the centre of the village, and the graves of two British, two Canadian and three Australian airmen are opposite the entrance in the western part.

World War Two Casualties: Australia 3, Canada 2, United Kingdom 2. Total 7.


Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

COUR-L'ÉVÊQUE CHURCHYARD
COUR-L'ÉVÊQUE CHURCHYARD
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J/24240 Flying Officer
John Frederick Armstrong
9 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
13th July 1944, aged 21.

Son of Guy and Frances Ruth Armstrong, of Victoria, British Columbia. Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Alive For Ever"





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1332113 Sergeant
Frank Everett Shaw
9n Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th July 1944, aged 21.


Son of Frederick and Sarah E. Shaw, of Mile Cross, Norwich.

His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Saviour, Now He Is Thine, Love Him As I Loved Him With A Love Divine"







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Other Burial

1822215 Sergeant Allan Fleming Grieve, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, killed 13th July 1944, aged 19. 
Son of William and Margaret Grieve, of Kirkcaldy, Fife. His headstone bears the inscription "His The Supreme Sacrifice Ours The Imperishable Memory"

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Studio group portrait of four air crew members of Lancaster WS-K (LM221), 9 Squadron, RAF.
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Identified from left to right and buried in this churchyard are

421769 Flight Sergeant Allen Douglas Tagget, 
Royal Australian Air Force, killed on 13th July 1944, aged 26. Son of Mark and Eva Tagget; husband of Ethel Mildred Tagget, of Felstead, Essex, England. His headstone bears the inscription "Dearly Loved By Wife, Parents, Sisters and Brothers"

417512 Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry Payne, 
Royal Australian Air Force, killed 13th July 1944, aged 22. Son of Frederick and Mabel Lillian Payne, of Karoonda, South Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep Well, Beloved"

J/85794 Flying Officer William Alfred Martin Hallett, 9 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force, killed 13th July 1944, aged 21. Son of William Hallett, and of Marie Anna Hallett, of Fort Vermilion, Alberta, Canada. his headstone bears the inscription "I Know That My Redeemer Loveth, And In The Last Day I Shall Rise Out Of The Earth"

420436 Flight Sergeant George Wentworth Brown, Royal Australian Air Force, killed on 24th July, aged 24. Son of George Wentworth Brown and Elcey Brown, of Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "He Dwelleth In The House Of The Lord For Ever"

The entire crew, including these four were killed during air operations over the Culmont - Chalindrey area, France, on 13 July 1944.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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GIEY-SUR-AUJON CHURCHYARD
RECEY-SUR-OURCE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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