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Commonwealth War Graves Avant-lès-Marcilly

At the cemetery in Avant-lès-Marcilly are seven Commonwealth war graves from World War II.
These are the graves of:

RAAF - 04-05-1944
Flight Sergeant Dennis Ronald Barr, 418910, age 20
Flight Sergeant Ronald Henry Hobbs, 424297, age 20
Pilot Officer Norman David Livingstone Lloyd, 414050, age 30

RAF - 04-05-1944
Sergeant Peter Denis Fry, 1801193, age 20
Sergeant Richard Anthony Johnston, 641334, age 22
Sergeant John George Turnbull, 948285, age 24
Flight Sergeant Brian Thomas Wootton-Woolley, 1380933.

The memorial at the graves commemorate the aircrew of the RAAF who died in the crash with the Lancaster AR+Z2, 460 Sqn., who were killed on 04-05-1944 in Avant-lès-Marcilly.

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