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
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. Memorial is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It 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. Memorial is at
this page online
Regionally, this memorial is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Burial Site of Royal Air Force Trainee Pilots (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
Photographed by Michael Manning, April 12, 2015
2. Royal Air Force Burial Ground
Another marker is no longer nearby. Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA / Colonel B.D. Fry at Battle of Gettysburg (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Regarding Royal Air Force Burial Ground. this is the same as https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=206427
Photographed by Michael Manning, April 12, 2015
3. Royal Air Force Burial Ground
Photographed by Michael Manning, April 12, 2015
4. Royal Air Force Memorial Cross
Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2015, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,027 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on March 5, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 20, 2015, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
