MOUSSEY CHURCHYARD
Vosges
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.42522, Longitude: 7.01698
Location Information
Moussey is a village in the Department of the Vosges some 51 kilometres north-east of Epinal and 16 kilometres north-north-east of the small town of St Die on the D49. The graves of ten British soldiers lie in the south-west portion of the churchyard close to the wall.
Historical Information
There are now 10, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Moussey is a village in the Department of the Vosges some 51 kilometres north-east of Epinal and 16 kilometres north-north-east of the small town of St Die on the D49. The graves of ten British soldiers lie in the south-west portion of the churchyard close to the wall.
Historical Information
There are now 10, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
14567132 Private
John Joseph Conway
2nd Special Air Service Regiment
19th September 1944, aged 19.
John Joseph Conway
2nd Special Air Service Regiment
19th September 1944, aged 19.
4200829 Lance Corporal
John Herbert Elliott
2nd Special Air Service Regiment
19th September 1944, aged 27.
John Herbert Elliott
2nd Special Air Service Regiment
19th September 1944, aged 27.
Other Burial Details
2369000 Signalman Peter Bannerman, attd. 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., Royal Corps of Signals, died 20th October 1944, aged 23. Son of George Beattie Bannerman and Isabella Bannerman, of Inverbervie, Kincardineshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
315950 Private Selwyn Percival Brown, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., died between 7th October 1944 and 16th October 1944, aged 36.
177329 Lieutenant Geoffrey Charles Castellain, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, died 12th October 1944, aged 24. Son of Ernest Frederick and Annie Ethel Castellain, of Hill Deverill, Wiltshire. Scholar of Westminster School and Christ Church. Oxford. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life For His Friends"
6898743 Sergeant Gerald Donovan Davis, G.H.Q. Liaison Regt., Royal Armoured Corps, died 20th August 1944, aged 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs G. H. Davis, of Maidenhead, Berkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Loyal Unto Death"
321375 Sergeant Michael Benedict Fitzpatrick M. M. 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, died 19th September 1944, aged 27.
5550151 Sergeant, Rudolf Friedlaender D. C. M. 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, died 18th August 1944, aged 36. Served as R LODGE. Son of Dr. Max Friedlaender and Bella Friedlaender, of Twickenham, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Sacrifice Will Not Be Futile If The Survivors Have Learned The Lessons Of This Disastrous War"
BNA/13301351 Corporal Boris Kasperovitch, attd. 2nd. Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., Pioneer Corps, died 26th September 1944. (Served as Boris KING).
14410725 Private Donald Lewis, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., died 16th October 194, aged 18. Son of Charles and Lily Lewis, of Potters Bar, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "A Brave Lad Died That Others Could Live"
2369000 Signalman Peter Bannerman, attd. 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., Royal Corps of Signals, died 20th October 1944, aged 23. Son of George Beattie Bannerman and Isabella Bannerman, of Inverbervie, Kincardineshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
315950 Private Selwyn Percival Brown, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., died between 7th October 1944 and 16th October 1944, aged 36.
177329 Lieutenant Geoffrey Charles Castellain, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, died 12th October 1944, aged 24. Son of Ernest Frederick and Annie Ethel Castellain, of Hill Deverill, Wiltshire. Scholar of Westminster School and Christ Church. Oxford. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life For His Friends"
6898743 Sergeant Gerald Donovan Davis, G.H.Q. Liaison Regt., Royal Armoured Corps, died 20th August 1944, aged 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs G. H. Davis, of Maidenhead, Berkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Loyal Unto Death"
321375 Sergeant Michael Benedict Fitzpatrick M. M. 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, died 19th September 1944, aged 27.
5550151 Sergeant, Rudolf Friedlaender D. C. M. 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, died 18th August 1944, aged 36. Served as R LODGE. Son of Dr. Max Friedlaender and Bella Friedlaender, of Twickenham, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Sacrifice Will Not Be Futile If The Survivors Have Learned The Lessons Of This Disastrous War"
BNA/13301351 Corporal Boris Kasperovitch, attd. 2nd. Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., Pioneer Corps, died 26th September 1944. (Served as Boris KING).
14410725 Private Donald Lewis, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C., died 16th October 194, aged 18. Son of Charles and Lily Lewis, of Potters Bar, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "A Brave Lad Died That Others Could Live"
Images below © Conrad Freeling
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