Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Francis Aylward
In memory of:
Leading Aircraftman Francis Aylward
May 30, 1945
Military Service
1558787
23
Air Force
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
2853 Sqdn.
Additional Information
June 29, 1921
Newfoundland and Labrador
Son of James and Martha Aylward; husband of D'Arcy Aylward, of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Commemorated on Page 143 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
2. H. 9.
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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