FEDA CHURCHYARD
Feda
Norway
Location Information
Feda is a village on the south coast of Norway between Flekkefjord and Liknes. The church is situated in the village next to the E39, and the Commonwealth war graves are in the south-eastern part of the churchyard.
History Information
During the Second World War, Norway was of strategic importance to the Germans. Their invasion on 9 April 1940 was sudden and widespread and despite Allied intervention, the entire country was under German occupation by early June. Thereafter, Allied activity in Norway was confined to raids and special operations, with the Commonwealth air forces providing support to Norwegian resistance groups until the German capitulation in May 1945. There are no Commonwealth war cemeteries in Norway, those who died there being buried in civil cemeteries and churchyards. Feda Churchyard contains the graves of two Commonwealth airmen.
Burial Details
162004 Flying Officer John Rogers Eyton-Morgan, Pilot in 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 26th April 1945, aged 21.(Pilot)EYTON-MORGAN, JOHN ROGERService Number 162004. Son of Thomas and Nellie White Eyton-Morgan, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.
1551195 Flight Sergeant James Thomson Knox, Navigator/Wireless Operator in 144 Squadron, died 26th April 1945, aged 24. Son of Walter S. and Jean W. Knox, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire; husband of Clara Katherine Knox, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Pictures © Åge Jakobsen
Feda is a village on the south coast of Norway between Flekkefjord and Liknes. The church is situated in the village next to the E39, and the Commonwealth war graves are in the south-eastern part of the churchyard.
History Information
During the Second World War, Norway was of strategic importance to the Germans. Their invasion on 9 April 1940 was sudden and widespread and despite Allied intervention, the entire country was under German occupation by early June. Thereafter, Allied activity in Norway was confined to raids and special operations, with the Commonwealth air forces providing support to Norwegian resistance groups until the German capitulation in May 1945. There are no Commonwealth war cemeteries in Norway, those who died there being buried in civil cemeteries and churchyards. Feda Churchyard contains the graves of two Commonwealth airmen.
Burial Details
162004 Flying Officer John Rogers Eyton-Morgan, Pilot in 144 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 26th April 1945, aged 21.(Pilot)EYTON-MORGAN, JOHN ROGERService Number 162004. Son of Thomas and Nellie White Eyton-Morgan, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.
1551195 Flight Sergeant James Thomson Knox, Navigator/Wireless Operator in 144 Squadron, died 26th April 1945, aged 24. Son of Walter S. and Jean W. Knox, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire; husband of Clara Katherine Knox, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Pictures © Åge Jakobsen
