IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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DINANT (Citadelle)Military Cemetery (Namur Belgium)
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| Pilot Officer Harold Mohr - Bell 13/10/1941 for his nephew Michael R. Mohr-Bell (San Rafael, Argentina) |
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| Fl/Sgt Thomas Lincoln Duxbury 12/10/1941 aged 26 | |
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| Sgt Wilfred Edward Mortimer 04/1913
- 13/10/1941 Son of Horace (a butcher) and Dorothy (+ in the 1930s), he was born in Blything, Suffolk. He married Winifred Lilian Rome in 06/1941. Wilfred trained as pilot in Moosejaw, Canada and Ternhill, Shropshire. for Diana Fuller (Winifred's daughter) and family (Chester UK) |
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| Newspaper clipping and his Bomber Command Bar and Ribbon. | |
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| Burial of 21 Airmen with military honours,
by German Army. Among them, the crew of the Whitley Z6801 (77th Squadron) . The Bomber crashed at Daussois after a raid on Nuremberg. P/O Roger Llewellyn Lloyd, Sgt Wilfred Edward Mortimer, Sgt John Alterson, Sgt Cyril Garfield Taylor, Sgt David Gordon Robb are all buried here. |
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| Cross placed by local Belgians | |
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| Wilfred visited by his father Horace and wife, Elsie in 1947 | |
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| The 77th Squadron Memorial at Elvington, Yorkshire, UK | |
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| Sgt David Gordon Robb 13/10/1941 for David and Diana Fuller |
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| Fl/Sgt Cyril Garfield Taylor 13/10/1941
aged 26 for David and Diana Fuller |
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| 12/10/1941 - 11/10/2008 Inauguration of the Monument of Saultin, where crashed the Wellington X9619, by Mr David Mole. The crew, H. R. G. Chapman - P. F. Collis - R. A. Dundon - T. L. Duxbury - I. M. V. Field - E. J. Sugg are all buried here. |
25 casualties
ALTERSON JOHN
Canadian Sergeant (Air Obs) Royal Canadian Air Force 77 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 21
Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: R/70612 (12-21)
ASHLEY JOHN RICHARD
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 75 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 908768 (3-4)
AUSTIN FRANCIS EDWARD
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 75
Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 1262243 (3-4)
BENTLEY SIDNEY
United Kingdom Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Royal Air Force 15 Sqdn. Date of Death:
13/10/1941 Service No: 568024 (12-21)
BUTT RAYMOND GEORGE
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 75
Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 930644 (7)
CHAMBERLAIN PAUL BURTON
United Kingdom Squadron Leader (Pilot) Royal Air Force 75 Sqdn. Age: 25 Date
of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 33229 (6)
CHAPMAN HENRY RAYMOND GORDON
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 40 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 1377590 (11)
COLBOURNE VICTOR CHARLES HENRY
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force 15 Sqdn. Date of Death:
13/10/1941 Service No: 45444 (12-21)
COLLIS PAUL FRASER
United Kingdom Sergeant (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 40 Sqdn. Age:
24 Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 745249 (1)
DUNDON RICHARD ANTHONY
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 40
Sqdn. Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 995903 (10)
DUXBURY THOMAS LINCOLN
Canadian Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Canadian Air Force 40 (R.A.F.)
Sqdn Age: 25 Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: R/59125 (12-21)
EVANS IVOR LLEWELLYN
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15
Sqdn. Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 918268 (12-21)
FIELD IAN MURRAY VASS
New Zealand Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal New Zealand Air Force 40 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 26 Date of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 401757 (8)
GOODWIN GEORGE JOSEPH
Canadian Sergeant (Air Gnr) Royal Canadian Air Force 15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Date of
Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: R/1961 (12-21)
HOLLEY DOUGLAS CECIL
United Kingdom Sergeant (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 75 Sqdn. Date
of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: 1190121 (2)
LAMB FREDERICK ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 1171689 (12-21)
LLOYD ROGER LLEWELLYN
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 77 Sqdn.
Age: 19 Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 64266 (12-21)
MOHR-BELL HAROLD
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 101582 (12-21)
MORTIMER WILFRED EDWARD
United Kingdom Sergeant (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 77 Sqdn. Age:
28 Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 911889 (12-21)
ROBB DAVID GORDON
United Kingdom Sergeant (Air Gnr) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 77 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 1070180 (12-21)
ROBINSON JOSEPH ALLAN
Canadian Pilot Officer (Air Obs) Royal Canadian Air Force 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Date
of Death: 12/10/1941 Service No: J/5684 (5)
SUGG ERIC JOHN
Australian Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force Age: 30 Date of Death:
12/10/1941 Service No: 407141 (9)
TAYLOR CYRIL GARFIELD
Canadian Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Canadian Air Force (77 (R.A.F.)
Sqdn Age: 26 Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: R/69562 (12-21)
WAREHAM BERNARD WILLIAM
United Kingdom Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15
Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 1164194 (12-21)
WOOTTON THOMAS EDWARD
United Kingdom Pilot Officer (Obs.) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 13/10/1941 Service No: 61024 (12-21)
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Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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