Royal Air Force War Grave Photos for Reference.

Name: KEIGHLEY, COLIN GEORGE COLTHAM
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Service No: 1333962
Date of Death: 14/04/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: Sec. N.G. Grave 389.
Cemetery: BEXLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Francis George and Emily Constance Keighley, of Bexley.

From FindaGrave

 

Name: BARRY, NATHANIEL JOHN MERRIMAN
Rank: Flying Officer
Service No: 72514
Date of Death: 07/10/1940
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit: 501 Sqdn.
Grave Reference: North of church.
Cemetery: FINGHALL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Richard Alan and Gladys Isobel Barry, of Keer Weder, Franschhoek, Cape Province, South Africa.

Headstone photo and personal photo from Findagrave





Memorial from close to where he died near Sutton-at-Hone near Dartford in Kent



(Photo from the Shoreham Aircraft Museum website of the dedication ceremony in 2007. (They have dedicated 6 of these memorials in the local area).

 

Name: HUMMERSTON, GEORGE AUGUSTUS
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: 1079453
Date of Death: 06/06/1945
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: Sec. B. Grave 1291.
Cemetery: BIGGIN HILL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George Augustus and Florence Hummerston; husband of Hilda Alice Hummerston, of Biggin Hill.

 

Name: VEAL, EDWARD THOMAS
Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class
Service No: 813038
Date of Death: 30/08/1940
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Grave Reference: Sec. B. Grave 1112.
Cemetery: BIGGIN HILL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward John and Ella Muriel Veal, of Bedminster, Bristol.

 

Name: AYRES, RONALD OUBRIDGE
Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class
Trade: Pilot U/T
Service No: 1881430
Date of Death: 16/02/1946
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: Sec. O. Grave 73.
Cemetery: BROMLEY (ST. LUKE'S) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ronald Sydney and Ivy Rose Ayres, of Bromley.

 

Name: BAYLEY, EDWARD ALAN
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 741004
Date of Death: 10/10/1940
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit: 249 Sqdn.
Grave Reference: Sec. K. Grave 198.
Cemetery: BROMLEY (ST. LUKE'S) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward George and Edith Bayley; husband of Josephine Adele Bayley, of Hailsham, Sussex.

 

Name: WHITING, BERNARD JAMES GEORGE
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: 1865270
Date of Death: 08/02/1946
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference: Sec. O. Grave 72.
Cemetery: BROMLEY (ST. LUKE'S) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Lillian Whiting, of Luxted.

 

Arnold Higson

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:1122301
Date of Death:24/09/1942
Age:30
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
415 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Grave Reference Sec. C.N. Grave 28.
Cemetery DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Higson, of Bolton; husband of Ada Higson, of Morris Green, Bolton.

 

Frank Armitage

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Pilot
Service No:988483
Date of Death:23/11/1941
Age:21
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 10 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Sec. H.3. Grave 3.
Cemetery DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Daniel and Hannah Armitage, of Bolton.

 

Herbert Ward

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Air Gnr.
Service No:991198
Date of Death:22/10/1943
Age:25
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 166 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Sec. A.H. Grave 14.
Cemetery DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Herbert and Ellen Ward, of Tonge Moor, Bolton.

 

Maurice Holker

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:W.Op.
Service No:968318
Date of Death:22/12/1940
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 9 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Sec. K. Grave 6X.
Cemetery DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Edwin William and Elizabeth Holker, of Bolton.

 

Tom Ellis Robinson

Rank:Sergeant
Trade:Nav./Bomber
Service No:1515647
Date of Death:06/12/1943
Age:33
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 296 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Sec. R.5. Grave 27.
Cemetery DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of George and Elizabeth Alice Robinson; husband of Edith Robinson, of Over Hulton.

 

Maurice Tildsley Gornall

Rank:Corporal
Service No:1360561
Date of Death:16/03/1944
Age:29
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference Sec. R.6. Grave 23.
Cemetery DEANE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Percy Henry and Margaret Gornall; husband of Nora Gornall, of Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire.

 

Sergeant Gordon Charles Edwards 1459369 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

EDWARDS, Gordon Charles
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Navigator
Service Number: 1459369
Date of Death: 14/01/45
Age 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Charles and Edith May Edwards, husband of Evelyn Edwards of Normanton.

Section V, Row 26, Grave 2
NORMANTON UPPER CEMETERY

(headstone faded-poor quality)

 

Aircraftman 1st Class W Morley 1126340 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

MORLEY, Walter
Aircraftman 1st Class
Service Number 1126340
Date of Death 13/08/1941
Age 31
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Son of Albert Joseph Walter and Amy Morley, husband of Muriel Morley of Altofts, Normanton

Section V, Row 26, Grave 1
NORMANTON UPPER CEMETERY

 

Leading Aircraftman W Chapman 701347 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CHAPMAN, Wilfred
Leading Aircraftman
Service Number 701347
Date of Death 27/10/1940
Age 22
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of William and Gertrude Chapman, of Normanton

Section T, Row 1, Grave 11
NORMANTON UPPER CEMETERY

 

HAVARD, DOUGLAS

Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Service No:
1231782
Date of Death:
22/03/1943
Age:
21
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

601 Sqdn.
Grave Reference
Sec. A.C Grave 958.
Cemetery
NEW SOUTHGATE CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Joseph and Anne Havard; husband of Ada Patricia Havard, of Hornsey, Middlesex.

 

SLEEP, ALFRED BURFORD

Rank:
Sergeant
Trade:
Air Bomber
Service No:
1189174
Date of Death:
30/08/1944
Age:
32
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

90 Sqdn.
Grave Reference
Panel 3.
Cemetery
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:
Son of Albert George and Amy Gertrude Sleep, of Deal, Kent.

 

WEDDERSPOON, ALAN BAYNE

Rank:
Sergeant
Trade:
Nav.
Service No:
657657
Date of Death:
01/02/1943
Age:
26
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force
Grave Reference
Panel 3.
Cemetery
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:
Son of Andrew and Helen Samson McGavin Wedderspoon, of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Peggy Kathleen Wedderspoon, of Watford.

 

CHURCHILL, ARTHUR CHARLES

Rank:
Flying Officer
Service No:
83053
Date of Death:
27/01/1947
Age:
62
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force
Grave Reference
Panel 1.
Cemetery
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:
Commander of the Order of the White Elephant of Siam. Son of William and Ann Churchill; husband of Janet Lockhart Churchill, of Chelsea, London. Also served as Lt. with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the 1914-18 war.