2 SAS graves,Moussey Churchyard

i was here in april 1993 with my old mucker and some time arch foe douggy presse
there were trees around the head stones then on the other side of the wall down the lane a woman had a tiger wheel holding up some thing and she had a german ammo cart with fire wood in it i must get back there we was on our way back from bosnia and detoured somwhat

I have never been in the armed forces but I have been to this grave site, once with my son and once with my father. My father was in both 2 and 1 SAS. He formed part of the burial party for these men when they were buried at Mousey. Charlie Radford I understand was another member of the burial party. If you are in Alscae Lorraine and looking fo Mousey be careful as there is another town called Muosey about thirty miles further north. The graves are located inthe churchyard which is next to the c

My wife purchased a book called Charlie Radford SAS Trooper. In it he describes how the funeral was condicted. SQMS J Alcock, as an ex- Coldstream Guard, was responsible for instructing the guard of honour for the burial party in how to conduct themselves. he describes how they had to learn to slow march and shoot a salute as one man. After visiting the Operation Pistol area with my father J Alcock we drove south to Mousey which was within the Operation Loyton area.

In some sources they say Trooper Ashe was part of Loyton but actually he was part of Operation Pistol-see rolls for Pistol.