Symbol of the Government of Canada

In memory of
Flight Lieutenant
 HUGH  RUSSEL

who died on June 16, 1944

Military Service:

Service Number: J/5818
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 443 Sqdn.

Additional Information:

Date of Birth: October 13, 1921
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Son of Blair and Mary Russel, of Westmount, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 434 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Burial Information:

Cemetery:
ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados,France

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Grave Reference: IV. D. 10.

Location:
St. Charles de Percy is a village 44 kilometres south-west of Caen. Take the N175 south-westwards from Villers Bocage; after 5 kilometres take the left fork, the D577, towards Vire. After 15 kilometres, go through the little hamlet of La Ferroniere; turn left onto the D56 and right again after a few hundred metres. The War Cemetery will then be found on the left hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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