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The London Gazette announced that Wing Commander John Francis Griffiths, a Canadian in the RAF, had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for air operations during the war. W/C Griffiths was decorated for attacks on German warships on 14 December 1939. He was the first Canadian to win the DFC during World War II<BR>. Czechoslovakian Military Cross<BR>
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 616 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOTTON WAR CEMETERY Belgium
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY is located 58 km south east of Namur. From Namur the N4 leads onto the town of Marche-en-Famenne. From Marche-en-Famenne, the N86 leads towards Hotton. On reaching Hotton, the cemetery is located 500 metres on the N86 towards Menil.
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