In Memory of
John HUNTER
Sergeant
652116
Air Gunner
1663 HCU
Royal Air Force
Who died on
Saturday 01 May 1943
Age 22
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hunter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Personal Inscription
Not one of them
Death did fear,
So let’s sing their praise
Both far and near
Cemetery
SIOUVILLE-HAGUE CHURCHYARD, Manche, Normandy, France.
Location
The village and commune of Siouville-Hague is 20 kilometres south-west of Cherbourg, on the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, south of the church, near the bank which forms the south-western boundary.
Circumstances
Please, follow this link (or click on the map at the top left of this page):
Halifax DG408 – 1663 HCU – 1 May 1943
Note
Sergeant Clive THORNTON, member of the crew of Halifax DG408, is also buried in Manche Department, Normandy, at Barneville (now Barneville-Carteret) Communal Cemetery.
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