Two memorials and a soldier's grave

Dear Sir, I am employed on Clarendon Park Estate nr.Salisbury Wiltshire.On the estate there is a small burial site containing the graves of some of the previous owners,namely the Christie-Miller family.On the burial site is a memorial to Lt.M.V.Christie- Miller, of the Coldstream Guards who was KIA on 30thJuly 1944. He was serving with the 6th Guards Armoured Brigade during the Normandy Breakout and was killed when his tank was hit near the village of Morichese,south of Caumont. The first co-incidence occured in 1996 when I visited the Wildfowl Trust site at Slimbridge nr. Gloucester and went for a walk along the estuary.To my complete surprise I came across a war memorial and on it was enscribed the name...Lt.M.V.Christie-Miller.The memorial was raised by a school in Winchester to commemorate pupils killed during WW2. The second co-incidence occurred in 1999 during a family holiday in Brittany.We drove out one day to visit south Normandy and when returning that evening to our cottage,we had to navigate back through the town of Vire.My wife was driving,I was map reading and we ended up heading north of Vire instead of going west.After 4 miles I realised we were going the wrong way but for some reason I let my wife continue.After 10 miles we came to the village of St Charles de Percy where I saw a sign for the local British&Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.This was the first British Cemetery I had seen in France so I decided to have a quick look.I spent 15 minutes looking around the site but I knew we still had a long drive back to our cottage so I turned around to go and found myself standing next to the grave of ...Lt M.V.Christie-Miller I knew Lt.Christie-Miller was buried in Normandy but I did not know which cemetery,as there are @20 British burial sites in Normandy.In the St Charles de Percy cemetery there are 972 graves.Why did I end up standing next to his?At the risk of being somewhat melodramatic,why did I let my wife drive 10 miles when I knew we were going in the wrong direction?Hope you find this story of interest.