Typhoon Memorial Weekend 2025
There has been great delay in organising the Memorial events for this year. At last we
have dates for the event. The Memorial ceremony at the Typhoon Memorial in Noyers
Bocage will take place on Sunday 15th June at 1100hrs. There will not be a church
service this year, so we will meet at the Memorial. There will be a ceremony at 1100hrs
on Saturday 14th at Bieville Queteville followed by a vin d'honneur there may also be the
dedication of a memorial plaque for F/S J.J.Rowland of 184 Squadron, killed in action
on June 7th 1944 while attacking the railway marshalling yards at Mézidon.
Please monitor this web-site for updates or contact the Secretary by e-mail:
secretary@tect.org.uk
Last year we at the church in Noyers Bocage, with the local mayor and councillors, for a short
service of remembrance before we paraded to the Typhoon Memorial. A large crowd had
gathered which included a children’s choir who sang the British National Anthem. A group of
British RAF re-enactors joined us. Also present were members of the RB396 Typhoon Restoration
team. Wreaths were laid, National Anthems played, flags raised and short speeches made. Then
we returned to the village square for a Vin d’honneur and al fresco lunch.
On Sunday morning we travelled to Cintheaux where we participated in a ceremony at the
memorial plaque for SqnLdr Jack Collins attended by his son Mike and daughter-in-law Pauline.
We then drove rapidly cross-country to Croisilles, hoping to join a commemoration event for
James McCartney of 193 Squadron. The plaque site, Place McCartney, was deserted and we
learned that the event had been rescheduled for the next day because of the European elections!
We then had to check in early for the ferry to Portsmouth because of the very large numbers of
visitors returning to England.
