Memorials at Stourton, Wiltshire.

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  1. Owen

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    Went for a day out at Stourhead today, the National Trust property.
    Saw this WW2 Memorial.
    I can do the two Army casualties but will need help with the RAF chaps, please.


    326877 Jim Harris, the Wiltshire Yeomanry chap was Embodied on 2nd September 1939 in 'A' Squadron , according to the Royal Wilts Yeomanry History I have.
    He is listed as died of wounds on 18th June 1944.
    I can't pin down an action for when he was wounded.
    CWGC :: Casualty Details

    5568972 Philip Hurden was not in fact a 1st Bn man but in the 4th Bn.
    CWGC :: Casualty Details
    Listed as killed on 08/07/1944 on the CWGC site.
    The war diary simply mentions "Shelling of the Bn area" for that day.
     

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  2. nicks

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    Flt/Sgt Hilgrove Pridgen Teale 930352 233 Sqn

    CWGC :: Casualty Details

    233 Sqn would have been operating the Lockheed Hudson in the MTO at the time of his loss.
     
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  5. Owen

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    Sgt (Air Gnr) White.
    CWGC :: Casualty Details

    102 Sqn Date of death 21/04/1943
    Buried ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY , Denmark.
     
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  6. KevinBattle

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    Halifax Serial Number: DT747 Codes: X1D DY-?. Operation Stettin. 20/21 April 1943.
    DT747 was one of two 102 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. See: HR712. Airborne 21:20 hrs 20 Apr 43 from Pocklington. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 00:51 at Saedden, 5 km NW of Esbjerg, Denmark, where all are buried in the Fourfelt Cemetery. Sgt W.A. Griffiths KIA; Sgt T.S.E. Bennett RNZAF KIA; Sgt J.T. Smith KIA; Sgt W.C. Marsh KIA; Sgt J.K. Campbell KIA; Sgt A. Jenkinson KIA; Sgt A.C. Weir RCAF KIA; Sgt B.C.J.White KIA. Sgt White was the rear gunner
     
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    Halifax Serial Number: DT747 Codes: X1D DY-?. Operation Stettin. 20/21 April 1943.
    DT747 was one of two 102 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. See: HR712. Airborne 21:20 hrs 20 Apr 43 from Pocklington. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 00:51 at Saedden, 5 km NW of Esbjerg, Denmark, where all are buried in the Fourfelt Cemetery. Sgt W.A. Griffiths KIA; Sgt T.S.E. Bennett RNZAF KIA; Sgt J.T. Smith KIA; Sgt W.C. Marsh KIA; Sgt J.K. Campbell KIA; Sgt A. Jenkinson KIA; Sgt A.C. Weir RCAF KIA; Sgt B.C.J.White KIA. Sgt White was the rear gunner

    20/21 April 1943

    STETTIN

    339 aircraft - 194 Lancasters, 134 Halifaxes, 11 Stirlings. 21 aircraft - 13 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes, 1 Stirling - lost, 6-2 per cent of the force.
    This raid, on a target more than 600 miles from England, proved to be the most successful attack beyond the range of Oboe during the Battle of the Ruhr. Visibility was good and the Pathfinder marking was carried out perfectly. 24 fires were still burning when a photographic reconnaissance aircraft flew over Stettin a day and a half later. Approximately 100 acres in the centre of the town were claimed as devasXtated; much of this area comprised industrial buildings. German reports show that 13 industrial premises and 380 houses were completely destroyed. A large chemical factory was among the places where production was completely halted. 586 people were killed in Stettin.

    'The Bomber Command War Diaries' - Middlebrook/Everitt
     
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  8. Owen

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    cheers chaps.
    I've found these pics on IWM site.
    ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. (C 3513)
    Catalogue number: C 3513
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    Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial taken over Stettin, Germany, following the long-range attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on the night of 20/21 April 1943. Extensive fires are still raging among the remains of AG Der Chemischer Produkten Fabriken Pommersdorf-Milch. This raid proved to be the most successful attack beyond 'Oboe' range during the Battle of the Ruhr. Production was completely halted at the chemical works and a further twelve industrial premises and 380 houses were completely destroyed.

    ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. (C 3515)
    Catalogue number: C 3515
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    Part of a vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial taken over Stettin, Germany, two days after the the night raid by aircraft of Bomber Command on the night of 20/21 April 1943, showing isolated fires still burning in the ruins of the edible oil factory of Paul Julius Stahlberg Oel Fabrik.


    ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. (C 3518)
    Catalogue number: C 3518
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    Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial taken over the Neptun shipyard at Stettin, Germany, showing approximately 6 acres of workshops destroyed following a raid by 86 Short Stirlings of Bomber Command on the night of 20/21 April 1943. The aircraft were originally meant to have attacked the Heinkel factory on the eastern side of the city, but were foiled by its effective smoke-screen.
     
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  9. nicks

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    I see Creene is buried in the churchyard.
    Didn't look in there.
    :(
    CWGC :: Casualty Details

    His death was registered in Norton East Riding Yorkshire (Qtr 2 1943 5c 515).
     
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  10. KevinBattle

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    RAF Norton was No. 16 Balloon Centre.(Barrage Balloons).The centre comprised of three Squadrons. 939 (West Riding),940 (West Riding) and 941 (West Riding). Each squadron had three flights comprising 8 balloons each. There was of course no runway as such
     
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  11. Owen

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    Thanks for the replies chaps.
     
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  12. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

    Hurden:

    Hurden02.jpg


    Harris:

    Harris01.jpg

    Harris02.jpg
     

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  13. Owen

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    Thank you for that, poor Harris , wounded at El Alamein & killed in Italy.

    Hurden is listed as being in A Company in the List of battle casualties in The Maroon Square , the 4 Wilts history.

    Ah there is a good bit about what happened that night & the OC A coy , Major Teichman, was killed as he stayed behind to evacuate a mortally wounded member of his company.
    He is listed as killed on the 8th July in The Maroon Square
    war diary for 7.7.44.
    War Diaries - The Wardrobe housing The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum
     
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