Isolated Grave of Lt. Marshall-Cornwall, Cahagnes

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Lieutenant James Gerald Marshall-Cornwall of the Grenadier Guards was commanding a tank when he was shot by a sniper.

He was buried where he fell in an orchard near Cahagnes, after the war the land owner presented the site of the grave to Lt. Marshall-Cornwall's farther who requested the grave remain undisturbed.

The grave is marked by a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone and a privately erected monument.

The grave is location to the side of the D54 between Cahagnes and Caumont-l'Éventé, about 2 km from Caumont-l'Éventé.

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Address

D54 (Between Cahagnes and Caumont-l'Éventé)
Cahagnes, Calvados
14240
France

Coordinates

49.079927, -0.79131

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