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Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery
Kaufman County,
Texas

Overview of Royal Air Force Graves. There are 20 young men buried here that died while training at the #1 British Flight School in Terrell to be pilots.

"Some Corner of a Foreign Field
That is Forever England"

Location is go straight down main drive about half way. This sacred ground is on the right hand side of the road. It is cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Some of the townspeople place wreaths there during the holidays and flowers throughout the year. There is a memorial service still held there each October at the cemetery.

There are eighteen Christian crosses, one Jewish Star of David, and one headstone without a symbol, belonging to an agnostic.

Contributed on 9/21/15 by tomannkill
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Submitted: 9/21/15 • Approved: 9/23/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R90067-G0-S3

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