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1944 - 1949

The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
Bayeux, Normandy
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

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The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Bayeux, Normandy.[1] The cemetery contains 4,648 burials, mostly from the Invasion of Normandy. Opposite this cemetery stands the Bayeux Memorial which commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth forces who died in Normandy and have no known grave
LOCATION
Bayeux, Normandy
DIRECTIONS
Coordinates: 49.27412, -0.71399
Description courtesy of Wikipedia
AT REST HERE
9 men of the 1st Battalion rest here
Grave Marker | RANK | First Name | Surname | AGE | Date of Death | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | ROBERT DOCHERTY | CRAWFORD | 28 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN | McGINNESS | 27 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Private | NORMAN | CLARK | 19 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Serjeant | ALEXANDER JOHN | MORETON | 31 | Wednesday, 07 June 1944 | ||
Corporal | JAMES WILLIAM | BURKE | 21 | Monday, 07 August 1944 | ||
Lieutenant | MALCOM RUDOLPH | ROSE | 26 | Sunday, 06 August 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES GARDINER C. | TINSDALE | 33 | Saturday, 17 June 1944 | ||
Lieutenant | ANDREW | KILPATRICK | 25 | Thursday, 15 June 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN | MORRISON | 25 | Tuesday, 27 June 1944 |
Grave Marker | RANK | First Name | Surname | AGE | Date of Death | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
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