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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Name: SMITH, HAROLD CLIFFORD WESLEY
Initials: H C W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Age: 50
Date of Death: 10/08/1941
Additional information: Son of Jason and Anna Amelia Smith; husband of Annie Smith, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Coll. Grave 398-413. _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Name: WHITE, ERNEST ROBERT BRISTOW
Initials: E R B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: British Overseas Airways Corporation
Age: 35
Date of Death: 10/08/1941
Additional information: Son of George Ernest and Florence Louise White; husband of Elizabeth Mary White, of Uplands, Bristol. F.R. Met. S.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Coll. grave 398-413. _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Name: WIXEN, JACK
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Age: 27
Date of Death: 10/08/1941
Additional information: Son of Aron and Tanya Wixen, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Coll. grave 398-413. _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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and details of the one man whose body was repatriated:
Name: GREEN, HENRY SAMUEL
Initials: H S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Radio Officer
Regiment/Service: British Overseas Airways Corporation
Unit Text: Atlantic Ferry Command.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 10/08/1941
Additional information: Son of Henry and Matilda Jane Green; husband of Betty Joan Green, of Earl's Court, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 23. C. 13.
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Name: MacRAE, ANGUS
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Age: 26
Date of Death: 19/12/1943
Service No: 3319727
Additional information: Son of John Angus MacRae, and of Janet MacRae, of Lamlash. Chartered Accountant.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Grave 417.
Cemetery: KILBRIDE OLD CHURCHYARD _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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A pre-Great War burial - non CWGC registered:
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Name: KNIGHT, DENIS HAMMOND
Initials: D H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Age: 20
Date of Death: 26/12/1940
Service No: 108158
Additional information: Son of Lt.-Col. Warburton Richard Knight and Ellen Louisa Knight, of Moortown, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 3. Grave 92. _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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And details of the graves I couldn't locate:
Name: CURRIE, JOHN SHAW
Initials: J S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Quartermaster Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment: 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Secondary Unit Text: formerly (Sh. Smith 9732)
Age: 39
Date of Death: 05/06/1919
Service No: 4851
Additional information: Son of Archibald and Mary Shaw Currie, of Brodick, Arran. Served in the South African Campaign with Imperial Yeomanry. Enlisted in May, 1915.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Old ground. 610 Near South-West corner. _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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DerekR
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Name: NICOL, ALLAN RAMSAY
Initials: A R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Brisbane Star (London)
Age: 55
Date of Death: 17/04/1944
Awards: D S C
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 411. _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... |
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