RAAF Burials in the UK - England & Wales

Spidge
My Sgt has taken in North Luffenham over the weekend so here for your delectation is:

 

Flying Officer HEDLEY HOWARD GARMENT

145021, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 23
on 16 December 1943
Son of Samuel and Ivy Emeline Garment; husband of Marjorie May Garment, of Ruislip.
Remembered with honour
RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

 

Flying Officer HEDLEY HOWARD GARMENT

145021, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 23
on 16 December 1943
Son of Samuel and Ivy Emeline Garment; husband of Marjorie May Garment, of Ruislip.
Remembered with honour
RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Hi Clive,

This lad was RAFVR and flew with 460sq. (You had me stumped for a minute)

Looking up my deaths on that day there were 44 Aussie flyers killed around the world on that day however there were (4) from 460sq who were all buried at Cambridge City Cemetery.

Peter Clare may have the details.

These are my (4) Aussies

HOWIE, CHARLES GORDON Flight Sergeant 414938 460sq 16/12/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13916A. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

MOYNAGH, REGINALD ALBERT Flight Sergeant 407391 460sq 16/12/1943 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13915A. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

PETERSEN, HARRY HARCOURT Flight Sergeant 413890 460sq 16/12/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13917. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

RANDALL, FRANCIS ARCHIBALD (DFC) Flying Officer 413896 460sq 16/12/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13916. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Cheers

Geoff

 

Spidge
My Sgt has taken in North Luffenham over the weekend so here for your delectation is:

Hi Dee,

Please pass on my thanks to your Sgt.

Cheers

Geoff

 

Commemorated chalfont St Giles Church Yard Buckinghamshire

Private GERALD BRADFORD SPRAKE

NX94647, A.I.F. 1 Air Liaison Group, Australian Headquarters
who died age 21
on 11 November 1944
Son of Thomas and Nellie Sprake, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England.
Remembered with honour
ATHERTON WAR CEMETERY

 

Hi John,

Thank you for the 16 headstones in Devon.

Heanton Punchardon x10
Barnstaple x1
Lamerton x1
Plymouth Efford x4


Cheers


Geoff

 

Hi Clive,

This lad was RAFVR and flew with 460sq. (You had me stumped for a minute)

Looking up my deaths on that day there were 44 Aussie flyers killed around the world on that day however there were (4) from 460sq who were all buried at Cambridge City Cemetery.

Peter Clare may have the details.

These are my (4) Aussies

HOWIE, CHARLES GORDON Flight Sergeant 414938 460sq 16/12/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13916A. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

MOYNAGH, REGINALD ALBERT Flight Sergeant 407391 460sq 16/12/1943 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13915A. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

PETERSEN, HARRY HARCOURT Flight Sergeant 413890 460sq 16/12/1943 23 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13917. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

RANDALL, FRANCIS ARCHIBALD (DFC) Flying Officer 413896 460sq 16/12/1943 21 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Grave 13916. CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Cheers

Geoff


16-17 December 1943

460 Squadron
Lancaster III JB657 AR-
Op. Berlin

The aircraft took off from Binbrook at 1632 hrs. At 2312 hrs it radioed to say the Lancaster had clipped a tree, At 2348 hrs a message indicated the crew were firing Verey cartridges. Crashed into a wood near Market Stainton, 12 miles south west of Louth, Lincolnshire. All are buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, their average age was 23. F/L. Randall RAAF, a graduate of Sydney University, held a Bronze Lafe saving Medal.

Fatalities....


F/O. F A. Randall DFC RAAF
Sgt. J. McKenzie
F/S. W K. Halstead RAAF
F/O. H G D. Dedman RAAF
Sgt. H H. Petersen RAAF
F/S. C G. Howie RAAF
Sgt. R A. Moynagh RAAF

BCL Vol.4 - W R. Chorley.

.........................................

The Berlin raid of 16/17 December 1943

483 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitos on the main raid to Berlin and 5 further Mosquitos dropped decoy fighter flares south of Berlin. The bomber route again led directly to Berlin across Holland and Northern Germany and there were no major diversions. The German controllers plotted the course of the bombers with great accuracy; many German fighters were met at the coast of Holland and further fighters were guided on to the bomber stream throughout the approach to the target. More fighters were waiting at the target and there were many combats. The bombers shook off the opposition on the return flight by taking a northerly route over Denmark. 25 Lancasters, 5.2 per cent of the Lancaster force, were lost. Many further aircraft were lost on returning to England. Berlin was cloud-covered but the Pathfinder skymarking was reasonably accurate and much of the bombing fell in the city. In the city centre, the National Theatre and the building housing Germany's military and political archives were both destroyed. The damage to the Berlin railway system and to rolling stock, and the large numbers of people still leaving the city, were having a cumulative effect upon the transportation of supplies to the Russian Front; 1,000 wagon-loads of war material were held up for 6 days. The sustained bombing had now made more than a quarter of Berlin's total living accommodation unusable. On their return to England, many of the bombers encountered very low cloud at their bases. The squadrons of 1, 6 and No 8 Groups were particularly badly affected. 29 Lancasters (and a Stirling from the minelaying operation) either crashed or were abandoned when their crews parachuted. The group with heaviest losses was No 1 Group with 13 aircraft lost; the squadron with heaviest losses was 97 Squadron, No 8 Group, with 7 aircraft lost.


The Bomber Command War Diaries - Middlebrook / Everitt

 

16-17 December 1943

460 Squadron
Lancaster III JB657 AR-
Op. Berlin


F/O. F A. Randall DFC RAAF
Sgt. J. McKenzie
F/S. W K. Halstead RAAF
F/O. H G D. Dedman RAAF
Sgt. H H. Petersen RAAF
F/S. C G. Howie RAAF
Sgt. R A. Moynagh RAAF

BCL Vol.4 - W R. Chorley.

.........................................



Thanks for the info Peter.

Halstead and Dedman are listed as 1661 Comm Unit and 27 OTU respectively.

Cheers

Geoff

 

Courtesy
Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery


Sergeant KEITH JAMES BRADLEY

411117, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 25
on 19 July 1942
Son of James Albert and Alice Maud Bradley, of Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Courtesy
Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

Sergeant WILLIAM HARRY CONDON

408131, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 22
on 19 July 1942
Son of James Benedict Condon and Lillian Norris Condon, of Laverton, Victoria, Australia.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Courtesy
Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

Sergeant EDWARD DOUGLAS REGINALD JENNINGS

411145, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 26
on 19 July 1942
Son of Reginald Webb Jennings and Madeline Lucy Jennings, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. A.I.C.A., A.A.I.S.; A.A.I.C.A.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Courtesy
Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

Sergeant KENNETH HENRY CHARLES STEINBACH

404856, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 29
on 19 July 1942
Son of Henry Walter and Mercy Steinbach; husband of Daphne Alberta Steinbach, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Courtesy
Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

Sergeant GEORGE ERNEST WARBURTON

411206, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 23
on 19 July 1942
Son of Ernest Alfred and Elizabeth Iolet Warburton. of Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Courtesy
Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

Flight Sergeant ROSS VIVIAN WOOLHOUSE

415748, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 21
on 15 August 1943
Son of Arthur and Edna Mary Woolhouse; husband of Doris Gladys Woolhouse, of East Perth, Western Australia.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Hi Clive,
Thanks for the photos.
Were these on a site?

I will have to wait until Monday to catalogue them after mycable line is repaired.
Cheers
Geoff

 

I also came across some info in the Zeeland archives which I will mail you next week

 

I also came across some info in the Zeeland archives which I will mail you next week

Thanks Philip,

I will have my internet cable repaired by then and my computer.


Cheers

Geoff

 

Flying Officer TERENCE NEWTON

39943, 218 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
who died
on 13 July 1940
Son of Winstanley and Madeleine Newton; nephew of Mr. D. F. Warren, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour
CARLTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

 

Squadron Leader ALBERT NORMAN HICK

127, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 27
on 26 June 1941
Son of Albert William and Emma Jane Hick; husband of Jessie Eileen Hick, of Netherby, South Australia.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK (LLANION) CEMETERY

 

Sergeant GORDON JAMES GOULD

1785, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 27
on 11 June 1941
Son of Frederick James Gould and Maude Elizabeth Gould of Alphington, Victoria, Australia; husband of Doris Gould, of Bairnsdale, Victoria.
Remembered with honour
PEMBROKE DOCK (LLANION) CEMETERY