LIVRY (LE REPAS) ISOLATED GRAVE
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.09274, Longitude: -0.78407
Location Information
Livry is a village 33 kilometres south-west of Caen. Le Repas is a hamlet on the road between Caumont L'Evente and Livry. The Isolated grave is located to the east of Le Repas on the junction of the D. 71 and D. 173.
Historical Information
The grave of Captain Grey, who was killed by a sniper whilst his tank was hit advancing through nearby Lutain Wood, lies in an isolated piece of ground at a fork in the main road from Caumont to Villers-Bocage in the hamlet of Le Repas.
As both the family of the officer and the inhabitants of Le Repas were emphatic in their desire for Captain Grey's body to remain in the village, it was decided that it should remain there. The grave is marked by a private memorial.
Livry is a village 33 kilometres south-west of Caen. Le Repas is a hamlet on the road between Caumont L'Evente and Livry. The Isolated grave is located to the east of Le Repas on the junction of the D. 71 and D. 173.
Historical Information
The grave of Captain Grey, who was killed by a sniper whilst his tank was hit advancing through nearby Lutain Wood, lies in an isolated piece of ground at a fork in the main road from Caumont to Villers-Bocage in the hamlet of Le Repas.
As both the family of the officer and the inhabitants of Le Repas were emphatic in their desire for Captain Grey's body to remain in the village, it was decided that it should remain there. The grave is marked by a private memorial.
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George Charles Grey
4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
30th July 1944, aged 25.
Member of Parliament for Berwick-on-Tweed from 1941-1944.
Son of Major-Gen. Wulff Henry Grey, C.B., C.M.G., and Alix Grey, of South Kensington, London.
George Charles Grey
4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
30th July 1944, aged 25.
Member of Parliament for Berwick-on-Tweed from 1941-1944.
Son of Major-Gen. Wulff Henry Grey, C.B., C.M.G., and Alix Grey, of South Kensington, London.
