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Sergeant Alexander Crawford Cantley

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Military service

Service number: R/73825
Age: 23
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 Sqdn.
Birth: February 24, 1920 Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment: October 22, 1940
Death: April 17, 1943 Louppy-le-Château, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Grave 2.
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Son of Thomas and Janet Cantley (1978 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Montreal, Quebec.

His brother Charles Robin Cantley was died on September 13, 1944 while serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 144 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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