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18 August 2023
Rededication ceremony for Second Lieutenant Reginald Russell Boyd, 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) will be held at 9.30am (local time) on 5 September 2023 at CWGC’s Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Rededication ceremony for Trooper Henry George Johnston, 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment, R.C.A.C will be held at 11.00am (local time) on 5th September 2023 at CWGC Mook War Cemetery, The Netherlands.
Rededication ceremony for Captain Frederick Arthur John Robertson Brooke, Royal Army Medical Corps (att. Wiltshire Regiment) will be held at 10.00am (local time) on 6 September 2023 at CWGC’s La Ville-aux-Bois British Cemetery, France.
Rededication ceremony for Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield, 43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry will be held at 4.00pm (local time) on 14 September 2023 at CWGC’s Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.
Blessing service for Guardsman David Blyth of 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, KIA 4 August 1944, will be held at 10.00am (local time) at St Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery.
Blessing service for Guardsman William Bayliss of 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, KIA 4 August 1944, will be held at 11.00am (local time) at St Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery.
Rededication service for Trooper Robert John Cheshire of 23rd Hussars, KIA 20 August 1944, will be held at 10.30am (local time) at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery.
Rededication service for Trooper David Morris of 4th County of London Yeomanry, KIA 11 June 1944, will be held at 09.45am (local time) at Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Rededication service for Corporal Allan Edwin Griffiths of 4th County of London Yeomanry, KIA 13 June 1944,will be held at 10.45am (local time) at Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Rededication service for Lance Corporal Neville Charles Skilton of 4th County of London Yeomanry, KIA 11 June 1944, will be held at 11.45am (local time) at Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Burial service for Private William James Meager, 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment KIA 18 August 1917, and two unknown soldiers will take place at 10.30am (local time) at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium.