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W.O.II Navigator Roland Birchall

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Military service

Service number: R/90351
Age: 20
Rank: W.O.II Navigator
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 Sqdn.
Death: April 17, 1943

Burial/memorial information

LOUPPY-LE-CHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Coll. grave 3-5.
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Son of Thomas and Emily Birchall, of St. Thomas, Ontario. His brother Albert also died on service.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOUPPY-LE-CHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY Meuse, France

Louppy-le-Chateau is a village and commune about 8 miles (13 kilometres) north-west of Bar-le-Duc and nearly 4.5 miles (7 kilometres) north-north-west of Venise a hamlet on the main road (N.394) from Bar-le-Duc to Reims (Marne). The nearest railway station with a reasonable service is Bar-le-Duc, on the Paris to Nancy line, where taxis are available. The cemetery is south-east of the village on the D.35 road to Venise. South of the memorial which stands in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of seven airmen. One belonged to the Royal Air Force and the other six to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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