RESOLVED:John 15th November 1942 named on headstone at Bells Hill Cemetery Barnet

Any help or thoughts would be appreciated thank you

Found this headstone a few years ago
No John Wells died 15/11/42 (could be a middle name)
I was possibly thinking the name on the headstone placed there due to be a family friend

Closest I have (at the moment) is the below casualty due to the fact it is close to the cemetery and matches the death date

ABLE SEAMAN BERNARD JOHN CROOT
Service Number: C/SSX 19083
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy

H.M.S. Avenger

Date of Death
Died 15 November 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

53, 3.

United Kingdom

• Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
• Additional InfoSon of John Frederick and Queenie Margaret Croot, of Friern Barnet, Middlesex.

also in this thread World War 2 Headstone Commemoration :Names not on CWGC

 

Hi Clive you have the right connection there it looks like Queenie divorced John Frederick and remarried a Ernest William Henry Wells and John was Williams stepson.
Her son Bernard John passed away on 15 November 1942 in Service, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 22.

 

Hello Mike

I have only placed that casualty there because his name is John and lived in Barnet
I cant find a Wells who died on that day
I was assuming they could be family friends and his name added to the headstone( no idea why they would do that)
possibly I am miles out (I have a couple more like this)

So just taking pot luck at the moment

regards
Clive

 

Sorry Clive my bad there Bernard JOHN Croot who died in 42 was Williams step son so there is the connection.

 

Bernard John CROOT 22.1.1920 - 15.11.1942 HMS Avenger

 

Mike thank you solved after all this time thank you for your help greatly appreciated

Correct me

B J Croot was stepson of William Wells whose name "John" was added to the headstone of William Wells

regards
Clive

 

HMS Avenger sunk 15.11.1942
HMS Avenger (D14) - Wikipedia

 

I expect this phrase:

Refers to him being there for pilot training and Google indicates there were several such flying schools in the province. For example see: No. 13 Service Flying Training School RCAF - Wikipedia
The CWGC database does not help, although there are many RAF / RAFVR who died in Canada that month.

 

As ever thnk you for all your help it is greatly appreciated

 

Yes that is how it is Clive William is John's stepson. Bleeding nuisance when they change thier first names but that is the way it was a lot of the times back then and sometimes even now.

 

CL1,

You did ask about this mystery before, way back in 2016 and it was resolved by TD in Posts 16 & 17 in: World War 2 Headstone Commemoration :Names not on CWGC

What was the Saskatchewan, Canada link? Perhaps he had emigrated, hence that mention.

 

Not resolved. Michael resolved it today with the help of T
that is why i placed it on its own and if you look the link is included in the first post

 

I copied the Saskatchewan, Canada detail from a family tree on Ancestry so maybe this information was passed down from the family ?