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USSY-SUR-MARNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Seine-et-Marne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.95929, Longitude: 3.07472

Location Information

Ussy-sur-Marne is a village and commune 36 miles (57 kilometres) north-east of Melun, and 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) west of La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre. 

The Cemetery lies on the west of the road leading to the neighbouring village of Jaignes.



Visiting Information

The collective grave of 7 airmen, 4 belonging to the Royal Air Force, 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force and 2 to the Royal New Zealand Air Force, is south-west of the entrance.

Please note that the commemoration of the war casualties buried at this site is in the form of a memorial erected by the local inhabitants and not the customary 'war pattern headstone'.
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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery
Ussy-sur-Marne Communal Cemetery

All the Airmen were in 619 Squadron and killed on 19th July 1944
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178759 Pilot Officer
Rupert Thomas William Harwood

619 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
19th July 1944, aged 34.


Son of Rupert Charles Harwood and Margaret Myfanwy Harwood, of Slough, Bucks; husband of Winifred Amy Harwood, of Slough, Bucks.



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J/88546 Pilot Officer
James Kitchener Johnson
619 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
19th July 1944, aged 26.

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Son of William Hedley Johnson and Annie Johnson, of Kirkland Lake. Ontario. Canada.


Other Burials

422269 Flying Officer Norman Wilfred Donnelly, New Zealand Air Force, aged 32. Son of Jack and Maud Donnelley; husband of Selma A. Donnelley, of Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.

1609273 Sergeant Terence Frederick Frogley, D. F. M. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Son of Cecil Lloyd Frogley and Anne May Frogley, of Lymington, Hampshire.

405253 Flying Officer Donald Irving Grant, 
Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 33.
 Son of John and Margaret Grant, of Oamaru, Auckland, New Zealand.

1427911 Sergeant Samuel Wardley Ling.

1378784 Warrant Officer John Frederick Russell Tate.


NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
PERREUSE CHÂTEAU FRANCO BRITISH NATIONAL CEMETERY

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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Australian War Memorial
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New Zealand Online Cenotaph


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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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