Sevenoaks War Memorial, Kent

TURNER, ROGER
Rank: Pilot Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 144 Sqdn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 29/09/1939
Service No: 70689
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Turner; husband of Alice Margaret Turner, of Seal, Kent.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 1. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
29 September 1939

144 Squadron
Hampden I L4127 PL-
Op. Heligoland

Took off 0640 hrs Hemswell. Crashed into the sea between Heligoland and Wangerooge. May have been shot down by a Me 109 flown by Hmptm Dickore of I./ZG26.


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WOOD, ERNEST ALBERT
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 57 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 05/07/1944
Service No: 639067
Additional information: Son of Percy and Mary Ada Wood, of Sevenoaks, Kent.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave.
Cemetery: AUBERMESNIL CHURCHYARD


4-5 July 1944

57 Squadron
Lancaster III JB723 DX-P
Op. St.Leu

Took off 2322 hrs East Kirkby tasked to destroy a flying-bomb site at St.Leu-d-Esserent.
came down at Aubermesnil-aux-Erables some 2 km south of Foucarmont.


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WOODHAMS, MAURICE FREDERICK
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/03/1941
Service No: 1161131
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Rosa Sarah Woodhams, of Sevenoaks; husband of Mabel Nikita Woodhams.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Gen. Grave 1218.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY


23 March 1941

10 OTU
Whitley V P4999
Training

Took off Abingdon for circuit training. Bounced on landing and while attempting to go round again clipped a tree and crashed 2120 hrs into Wooton Road, Abingdon and caught fire.


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Peter.

Thanks for adding all of the information for the RAF guys. Much appreciated.

Regards - Rob.

If you don't mind Rob, I'll add the cause of loss for the RAF lads, if I have it

Regards
Peter


F/S. Alston was lost when the Troopship Lancastria was sunk when between 3,000 and 4,000 servicemen were sent to their deaths.

'The Battle Of France Then And Now' - Cornwell

 

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

YOUNG, HENRY JOHN SCOLIER
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Secondary Regiment: The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Secondary Unit Text: seconded to 1/6th Bn.
Date of Death: 25/06/1944
Service No: 182295
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Cons. Grave 3756.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY


Lt Young died of his wounds.

 

WOODHAMS, MAURICE FREDERICK
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/03/1941
Service No: 1161131
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Rosa Sarah Woodhams, of Sevenoaks; husband of Mabel Nikita Woodhams.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Gen. Grave 1218.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

23 March 1941

10 OTU
Whitley V P4999
Training

Took off Abingdon for circuit training. Bounced on landing and while attempting to go round again clipped a tree and crashed 2120 hrs into Wooton Road, Abingdon and caught fire.


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ROYAL AIRFORCE

KEVIS, ALLEN JAMES
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 100 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/12/1943
Service No: 1432344
Additional information: Son of William Henry and Margaret Daisy Kevis, of Sevenoaks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Cons. Grave 124.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

16-17 August 1942

100 squadron
Lancaster III JB674 HW-Q
Op. Berlin.


Took off 1611 hrs from Grimsby. Collided in the air with another Lancaster from the Squadron, (Lancaster III JB678 HW-F) both bombers falling at 0040 hrs near Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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Brother of:-

KEVIS, LESLIE WILLIAM
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Unit Text: H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy)
Age: 28
Date of Death: 07/03/1942
Additional information: Son of William Henry and Margaret Daisy Kevis; husband of Kathleen Helen Kevis, of Romford, Essex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 8, Column 1.
Memorial: LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL

Also commemorated on the Seveoaks Memorial and on the same gravestone. The Royal Navy & RAF crests can just be seen at the bottom right and left of this stone.

 

THE BUFFS (ROYAL EAST KENT REGIMENT)

BIRCH, THOMAS JAMES FREDERICK
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 15/10/1945
Service No: 6338046
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Jane Birch; husband of Eleanor E. Birch, of Sevenoaks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Cons. Grave 2734.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS

BAKER, FRED EDWIN NOEL
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 07/01/1945
Service No: 130766
Additional information: Son of Arthur and Harriet Baker; husband of Ethel Mary Baker, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Cons. Grave 3112.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS

PRICE, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 19
Date of Death: 20/11/1942
Service No: T/10687566
Additional information: Son of George F. Price and Caroline E. Price, of Sevenoaks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Cons. Grave 3339.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS

GLOVER, LESLIE ALEXANDER
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 25
Date of Death: 29/10/1943
Service No: T/141056
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Thomas Glover, of Sevenoaks; husband of Joyce Lillian Glover, of Sevenoaks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Cons. Grave 3321.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

ROYAL AIRFORCE

COTTON, STANLEY HARRY
Rank: Flying Officer (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 140 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 18/03/1943
Service No: 106047
Additional information: Son of Margaret Cotton, of Sevenoaks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Gen. Grave 788.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY
18 March 1943

140 Army Cooperation Squadron
Blenheim IV N3612

Flash bomb exploded under the aircraft on release at Odstone bombing range blowing off the tail.

'The Bristol Blenheim' - Warner

 

ROYAL AIRFORCE

FOX, HAROLD CECIL
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 248 Sqdn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 19/09/1941
Service No: 1150675
Additional information: Son of Albert Joseph and Edith Mary Fox, of Sevenoaks.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Gen. Grave 1219.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

ROYAL AIRFORCE


MILES, CHARLES ROBERT
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 29 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 07/10/1941
Service No: 79528
Additional information: Son of William Henry and Lilian Miles, of City of London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Cons. Grave 3733.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

ROYAL AIRFORCE

LE NEVE FOSTER, BERNARD PETER
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 514 Sqdn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/03/1944
Service No: 1509891 Additional information: Son of Bernard Antoine Jeffrey Chevalier Le Neve Foster and Euphemia Britton Porteous Le Neve Foster, of Royston, Hertfordshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Cons. Grave 125.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

RAF

WILMOT, EDGAR JAMES
Rank: Sergeant (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 10/01/1945
Service No: 1801568
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Cons. Grave 1728.
Cemetery: SEVENOAKS (GREATNESS PARK) CEMETERY

 

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G. J. B. Mayhew is also remembered on the Sevenoaks Weald War Memorial.

D. Morgan MAY be William Dunlop Morgan remembered on the Godden Green Memorial. The Regiment details correspond.

My photographs of both these memorials can be found on Kent War Memorials Transcription Project

Susan
Kent Volunteer Fieldworker
UK National Inventory of War Memorials.

 

ROYAL ENGINEERS

ROUSE, TREVOR HASTINGS
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 17 Field Coy.
Date of Death: 31/05/1940
Service No: 69062
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 20.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL


ROUSE, T.H.'S NAME IS AT THE BOTTOM OF PANEL 20.