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VILLERS-LE-SEC CHURCHYARD
Marne
France

 Location Information

Villers-le-Sec is a village in the Department of the Marne, 40 kilometres south-east of Châlons-en-Champagne and 10 kilometres west of Revigny sur Ornain on the CD14. The Commonwealth war graves are in the northern corner of the churchyard.

 
 
Burial Details

423625 Flying Officer John Francis Bush, Navigator in 630 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 26. Son of John Laxion Bush and Edith Harriet Bush; husband of Betty Bush, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.

1399035 Flight Sergeant William Edward Griffiths, Air Bomber in 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 20. Son of William Thomas Griffiths and Louisa Griffiths, of Marylebone, London.

945986 Sergeant James Napier Howie, Flight Engineer in 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19th July 1944, aged 31. Son of William and Isabella Napier Howie; husband of Lucy Howie, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

425331 Flying Officer Gordon Edward Maxwell, Pilot in 630 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, died 19th July 1944, aged 27. Son of Charles Augustus and Florence Sarah Maxwell, of Sandgate, Queensland, Australia.

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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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