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CUGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Aisne

France
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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.70671, Longitude: 3.15743

Location Information

Cugny is a village in the department of Aisne, some 30 kilometres south-west of St Quentin on the D937. When passing through the village there is a large crucifix at the edge of the road, take the small road opposite this and then the first track on the right which leads to the cemetery. On entering the cemetery, turn immediately right and the war graves will be found at the rear of the cemetery on your right. 

World War One Unidentified Casualty: 1. 

World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Canada 1. Total 7.


FLIGHT DETAILS:
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Base: Tempsford, Bedfordshire
Sqdn: 161, Bomber Command
Aircraft; Halifax, Mark V, serial number LL358
Target: SOE
Incident: Crashed at Cugny, Aisne on 9th Aug. 1944.

Entrance and Unidentified World War One Burial
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Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery

World War Two Burials

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Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
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Six of the seven members of the crew killed at Cugny 9th August 1944.
(Courtesy of John Grady)
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J/89985 Pilot Officer 
John Bruce Grady
Navigator in 161 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, attached to Royal Air Force
9th August 1944, aged 26.

Son of John Earle and Mary Lulu Grady of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

​His headstone bears the inscription " His Country Called; He Heard And Obeyed"


 (Picture courtesy of nephew, John Grady).

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2211419 Sergeant
Ellis Markson
Air Gunner in 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
​9th August 1944, aged 38. 

Son of David and Sarah Markson; husband of Ethel Markson of Liverpool. 
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1576493 Flight Sergeant 
Joseph William Nicholls
Pilot in 161 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
​9th August 1944.


(Picture courtesy of sister Leslie Petrocelli and niece Fiona Petrocelli).

Other Burial Details

1896765 Sergeant Clifford George Bragg, Air Gunner in 161 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 20. Son of Clifford and Florence Lily Bragg of Kingsbury, Middlesex.
 His headstone bears the inscription "So Young To Die. Resting So Far Away. Sadly Missed By His Sorrowing Family"

1892263 Sergeant Bryan Charles Frederick Dean, Flight Engineer in Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, died 9th August 1944, aged 27. Son of Frederick Bryan and Gertrude Mary Dean of West Norwood, Surrey; husband of Josehine Anita Dean of Hamton, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "To Lose A Very Precious Treasure Is Grief Without Measure"

54696 Pilot Officer George Edwards Rhead, Air Bomber in 161 Squadron,  Royal Air Force, died 9th August 1944, aged 38. Son of George and Mary Rhead; husband of Phyllis Rhead of Stockcross, Berkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"

1389036 Sergeant Anthony Albert Rivers, Wireless Operator in 161 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th August 1944.

French War Graves

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Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery

Memorial and Crash Site

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Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery
Cugny Communal Cemetery

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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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