Royal Air Force War Grave Photos for Reference.

Aircraftman 1st Class SHERBORNE, WILLIAM JOHN
Service Number 1266010

Died 29/07/1941

Aged 32

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Husband of Elsie Susan Sherborne of Hounslow.

Casualty

 

Flight Sergeant (Navigator)MILNE, WILFRED WILLIAM MURDOCH
Service Number 1324169

Died 11/04/1944

Aged 23

248 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Son of William Alexander and Annie Milne, of Isleworth.


INSCRIPTION
LOVED BY ALL AND SADLY MISSED. HIS LOVING MOTHER AND FATHER
Casualty

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47274140/wilfred-william_murdoch-milne

"Wilfred Milne was educated at Spring Grove School, left school at 16 where he joined Williams (Hounslow)Ltd clerical staff. He joined RAF in Feb 42 after preliminary training in England, spent 9 months in Canada, he passed out as a navigator of Beaufighter. Later flew Mosquitos. He was a good all round sportsman."

 

From pg 126 of Chorley's "Bomber Command Losses, Vol 8, Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939 - 1947"

No. 1660 HCU Stirling III EH978

F/O JB Josling DFC +
F/Lt AL Ray RNZAF +
Sgt ASA Johnson +
Sgt N Fox +
Sgt GW Holford +
F/O HJ Bennett +
Sgt HS Buckley +
Sgt J Mitchison +
Sgt RW Parker +

T/o 0040 Swinderby for a night exercise but hit an oak tree and lost the port tail plane and elevator. With the Stirling perilously unstable F/O Josling made a desperate effort to land straight ahead at nearby Winthorpe, only to be baulked at the last moment by an aircraft on the runway. Seconds later, he lost the last remaining vestiges of control and crashed near the airfield.

 

410729 - Unaccounted airman - 29-7-1941

The Middlesex Chronicle of August 16th 1941 reported the following:

AIRMAN'S FUNERAL
After a short illness in a R.A.F. hospital, A.C.1 William John Sherborne, of 112, Ellerdine Road, Hounslow, passed away on July 29th, at the age of 32 years. Bill Sherborne, as he was known to his host of friends, was educated at Grove Road School, and became associated with the dairy business at the age of 14 years. Prior to joining the Royal Air Force, in September last, he was employed as a milk salesman by the Hounslow branch of the London Co-Operative Society.

 

Remembered St Margerets Churchyard,Edgware,nw London

Flight Sergeant (Pilot) CASTELLS, NIGEL PAUL IVAN
Service Number 1339076

Died 28/07/1943

50 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Son of Edmund Castells and of Phoebe Elizabeth Castells (nee Bower), of Frome St. Quintin, Dorsetshire.


INSCRIPTION
OF YOUR CHARITY, PRAY FOR HIS SOUL AND FOR THE SOULS OF ALL KILLED IN THE WAR
Buried at BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Number of casualties: 2303

Cemetery/memorial reference: Coll. grave 20. A. 1-6.

 

Flying Officer (Pilot) GRISENTHWAITE, ALFRED JOHN
Service Number 40908
Died 11/03/1941
Aged 21
Royal Air Force
Son of Alfred Grisenthwaite and of Kathleen Grisenthwaite, of Didsbury, Manchester.
Buried at PENRITH CEMETERY
Location: Cumberland, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. Pink. Row J.J.J.J. Grave 209.

 

Flight Sergeant (Pilot) LAMB, GEORGE
Service Number 655748
Died 03/10/1943
Aged 24
Royal Air Force
Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Lamb; husband of Marjorie Lamb, of Staveley, Westmorland.
Buried at PENRITH CEMETERY
Location: Cumberland, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. Green. Row A. Grave 335.

 

Sergeant (Air Gunner) ROUTLEDGE, JOHN
Service Number 1591457
Died 11/11/1944
Aged 19
44 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of John and Elizabeth Routledge, of Penrith.
Buried at PENRITH CEMETERY
Location: Cumberland, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec Green. Row KKK. Grave 9.

 

Aircraftman 2nd Class (U/T Air Gunner) GRISENTHWAITE, WILLIAM
Service Number 2225824
Died 08/05/1944
Aged 30
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of George and Annie Grisenthwaite, of Penrith; husband of Annie Grisenthwaite, of High Glenridding.
Buried at PENRITH CEMETERY
Location: Cumberland, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. Pink. Row V.V.V. Grave 20.

 

Sergeant AIREY, HERBERT HARRISON
Service Number 1538711
Died 16/11/1943
Aged 39
2812 Sqdn. R.A.F. Regt.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Joseph William and Laura Airey, of Penrith; husband of Gladys Airey, of Penrith.
Buried at PENRITH CEMETERY
Location: Cumberland, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. Pink. Row V.V.V. Grave 25.

 

Sergeant (Air Gunner) WHALEN, HENRY BERNARD
Service Number 632938
Died 28/12/1940
Aged 22
83 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force
Son of Thomas and Gertrude Whalen, of Penrith.
Buried at PENRITH CEMETERY
Location: Cumberland, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 47
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. Pink. Row X.X. Grave 28.

 

Remembered Penrith, Cumbria.
Sergeant LAMB, LESLIE
Service Number 1094107
Died 18/01/1943
Aged 20
76 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of George Henry and Elizabeth Noble Lamb, of Penrith, Cumberland.
Commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 20275
Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 156.

 

Remembered Penrith Cumbria.
Leading Aircraftman RUSHFORTH, ROWLAND
Service Number 1013319
Died 19/08/1943
Aged 23
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Norman Smith Rushforth and Mary Elizabeth Rushforth. of Penrith, Cumberland.
Buried at SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Location: Italy
Number of casualties: 929
Cemetery/memorial reference: VII. E. 13.

 

Remembered Penrith, Cumbria.
Sergeant LEIGHTON, GEOFFREY GORDON
Service Number 1480818
Died 26/06/1944
Aged 20
86 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of David and Elizabeth Leighton, of Penrith, Cumberland.
Commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 20275
Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 233.

 

Pilot Officer (Air Bomber) WHITE, WILLIAM ALFRED
Service Number 152154

Died 25/10/1943

Aged 27

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Son of James Edward and Ada Amelia White, of Paddington.


INSCRIPTION
THE LORD HAS TAKEN HIM FROM MY HOME BUT NEVER FROM MY HEART

 

Needs a bit of clean up there Clive !!

 

Remembered Corney (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, Cumbria.
Pilot Officer DARGAVEL, ROBERT WILLIAM
Service Number 109511
Died 30/03/1942
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 69.


Also rememberd in St.James church Whitehaven on a memorial that was taken from the Old Whitehaven Grammar School.


Details of death are here on RAF Commands.
RAFCommands :: Old Forum Archive

I'll not copy and paste the details don't want to get into trouble.

 

Yes Mike reported to CWGC

 

Panel from Runnymede attached