Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Royal Air Force Burial Ground

Photographed By Michael Manning, April 12, 2015

1. Royal Air Force Burial Ground Marker

Inscription. Buried here are 78 officers and men of the Royal Air Force who lost their lives whilst training in Montgomery, Alabama during the Second World War.

Nearly 1,000 men who died during that war or the First World War when serving with the forces of Britain or the other Commonwealth countries lie buried in cemeteries throughout the United States of America.

Their graves and this Cross of Sacrifice which commemorates them are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Erected by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Cross of Sacrifice series list.

Location. 32° 23.094′ N, 86° 17.462′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. Memorial can be reached from Upper Wetumpka Road west of Vonora Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Marker and graves are located near Hank Williams Memorial Circle in the Oakwood Annex Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1304 Upper Wetumpka Rd, Montgomery AL 36107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Burial Site of Royal Air Force Trainee Pilots

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(here, next to this marker); Militaires Francais Decedes Aux Etats-Unis Au Cours de la Guerre 1939-1945 (within shouting distance of this marker); Governor William Calvin Oates / Colonel W. C. Oates, CSA at Gettysburg (approx. 0.2 miles away); William C. Oates (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Medicine / Montgomery's Confederate Hospitals (approx. 0.3 miles away); Old Oakwood Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. half a mile away); Alabama War Veterans Monument (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

Royal Air Force Burial Ground image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Manning, April 12, 2015

2. Royal Air Force Burial Ground

Photographed By Michael Manning, April 12, 2015

3. Royal Air Force Burial Ground

Royal Air Force Memorial Cross image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Manning, April 12, 2015

4. Royal Air Force Memorial Cross

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2015, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 651 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 20, 2015, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.