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Number
Date
Age
Service
Commonwealth War Graves
World War One(one)and
World War Two(seventy-two)
Casualties from Mildenhall Aerodrome
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Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
STEBBEDS, JOHN C
Private
6743
04/05/1916
35
Essex Regiment
First World War
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
ASTON, RONALD LEONARD (RON)
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 1866959
23/05/1944
19
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn
Son of Leonard Joseph and Violet Aston, of Sparkbrook,
Birmingham.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
BANNISTER, WILLIAM GEOFFREY
Wing Commander(Pilot)36022
02/02/1945
33
Royal Air Force, 90 Sqdn
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harmer Bannister; husband of Elizabeth Joan Bannister, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
B.A.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
BARRETT, CUTHBERT RODERICK
Flight Lieutenant(Pilot) 83979
16/04/1943
27
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Roderick Arthur and Ellen Maud Barrett, of
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
BEAUREGARD, JOSEPH GEORGE WILFRED
Sergeant(Air Gunner) R/108447
05/10/1942
19
Royal Canadian Air Force218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Canadian
Son of Wilfrid and AlbinaBeauregard, of St. Hyacinthe, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
BENNETT, HARRY CURD
Flight Lieutenant(Pilot)J/1390
13/08/1943
27
Royal Canadian Air Force406 Sqdn
Canadian
Son of George and Annie Bennett; husband of Jeanne Olivia Bennett, of Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
BOWDEN, RUPERT JAMES
Sergeant(Observer) 748589
18/12/1940
24
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 99 Sqdn
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
BOWTELL, JAMES HENRY RAYMOND
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 1488974
01/09/1944
23
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn
Son of Sidney Henry and Susan Bowtell, of Dublin,
Irish Republic.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
CAMLIN, BRIAN BUCHANAN
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 531455
31/05/1942
23
Royal Air Force
Son of Edwin and Nora Camlin, of Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
CATO, MALCOLM VERNON
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 392015
16/07/1942
24
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
New Zealand
Son of Anson Hutchison Cato and Netty Frances Louisa Cato (nee Hooper), of Te
Kaha, Auckland, New Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
CLARK, ANTHONY WILLIAM JOHN
Squadron Leader(Pilot)33160
17/05/1941
25
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
CLOUGH, JAMES ALGERNON
Flight Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) 646433
10/11/1942
21
Royal Air Force, 149 Sqdn
Son of James and Kate Clough; husband of Mary Clough, of Hutton Rudby,
Yorkshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
COCKS, RONALD JOSEPH
Sergeant(Wireless Operator)642593
12/08/1940
20
Royal Air Force, 149 Sqdn
Son of Joseph Edmund and Florence Annie Cocks, of Stamford Hill, London.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
COLEMAN, LLOYD WATT
Squadron Leader(Pilot)72585
11/03/1942
25
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn
D.F.C & Bar
Son of Herbert Napier Coleman and Blanche Mary Coleman, of
New Zealand
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
COTE, JOSEPH JOHN EDWARD
Flight Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) R/82472
07/10/1942
21
Royal Canadian Air Force115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Canadian
Son of Flt.Sgt. E. N. Cote, R.C.A.F., and Catharine Cote, of Ottawa. Ontario, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
COTTON, GRAHAM HARDY
Pilot Officer(Pilot)60546
17/05/1941
22
Royal Air Force, 149 Sqdn.
Son of Harold and Doris Mary Cotton, of Sheffield.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
COWELL, RICHARD BRYAN “BARNEY”
Pilot Officer(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) J/15416
06/07/1942
24
Royal Canadian Air Force419 Sqdn.Canadian
Son of Richard William Ledger Cowell and Amy Mary Keeble Cowell; husband of
Violet Lillian Cowell, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
CROFTON, RICHARD MERVYN ECHLIN
Flight Sergeant(Observer) 1250335
28/09/1942
24
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 88 Sqdn
Son of Dr. William Mervyn Crofton and Mary Josephine Crofton, of Regent's Park, London; husband of Fay
Allardice Crofton.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
CUMMING, JOHN WILLIAM
Flight Sergeant(Pilot)R/128687
09/08/1943
25
Royal Canadian Air Force149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Canadian
Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cumming, of New
Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
DE ANGELIS, JOHN ALEXANDER
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)1880897
20/09/1944
35
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 622 Sqdn
Son of Alexander and Kathleen de Angelis;
husband of Phyllis de Angelis, of Brentwood, Essex.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
DICKINS, CHARLES JOHN SCOTT
Squadron Leader(Pilot)34149
19/12/1940
28
Royal Air Force (RAFO),99 Sqdn
Son of Charles Vivian Scott Dickins and Eva Diana
Catherine Dickins; husband of Lilian Scott Dickins, of
Ellerby, Yorkshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
DIXON, JOHN JAMES
Sergeant(Pilot)1059540
31/05/1942
20
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of James Malcolm Dixon, and of Violet Gwendolan
Dixon, of Southport, Lancashire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
DREAVER, BRUCE COLIN
Pilot Officer(Air Gunner) 40916
13/08/1943
22
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 49 (R.A.F.) SqdnDistinguished Flying Cross
New Zealand
Son of Andrew James Dreaver and the Hon. Mary M. Dreaver, M.B.E., M.L.C., J.P., of Auckland City, New
Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
DRYLAND, EDWARD JAMES
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)1895943
20/09/1944
35
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 622 Sqdn.
Son of Edward James Dryland and Ellen Dryland;
husband of Alice Mary Dryland, of Hook, Surbiton,
Surrey.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
EARLY, FERGUS FRANCIS
Sergeant(Pilot)904166
12/02/1941
26
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn
Son of William and Margaret Early.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
ELLARD, GEORGE CORNELIUS
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 1798090
13/08/1944
17
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn
Son of George and Jane Mary Ellard, of Dolphin's Barn, Dublin, Irish Republic.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
GILL, ALEXANDER THOMAS
Flying Officer(Air Bomber)55220
20/09/1944
28
Royal Air Force, 622 Sqdn
Son of John Walter and Teresa Mary Gill; husband of
Elizabeth Susan Gill, of Rayleigh, Essex.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
GREEN, ARTHURSergeant(Flight Engineer)653953
05/10/1942
22
Royal Air Force, 218 Sqdn
Son of Edward and Margaret Elizabeth Green, of Askern.
Yorkshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
HILL, CYRILSergeant(Flight Engineer)937575
10/11/1942
22
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn
Son of Frederick and Margaret Hill, of Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
HORN, JOSEPH KENNETH
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)574273
28/06/1944
21
Royal Air Force, 90 Sqdn
Son of William and Alice J. Horn, of Aston Tirrold,
Berkshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
HUGHES, WILLIAM STANLEY
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)570390
08/12/1942
22
Royal Air Force,149 Sqdn
Son of Thomas Stanley and Jessie Duncan Hughes, of
Liverpool.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
JAMES, CLAUD ROY
Flying Officer (Pilot) 54855
20/09/1944
25
Royal Air Force
Son of Arthur and Mary James; husband of Gillian
Marjorie James, of Abingdon, Berkshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
JOHNSON, HENRY PETER
Sergeant(Pilot) 41481
16/07/1942
24
Royal New Zealand Air Force
New Zealand
Son of Henry Peter Johnson and of Ellen Isabella Johnson
(nee Craig), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
KOWALSKI, LOUIS
Flight Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) R/60959
11/03/1942
21
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian
Son of Louis and Rose Kowalski, of Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
LACEY, FRANK ARTHUR
Corporal
568800
27/10/1940
20
Royal Air Force
Son of Sidney Arthur and Jessie Lacey, of Bromley,
Kent.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
LAMOND, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
Flight Sergeant
412527
16/04/1943
20
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Son of James GrimmondLamond and Veronica Mary Lamond, of Drummoyne,
New South Wales, Australia.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
LELEU, JAMES FREDERICK
Pilot Officer(Air Gunner) 132410
07/04/1943
33
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 9 Sqdn.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
LITTLE, HERBERT WILLIAM
Aircraftman 1st Class
641310
16/12/1940
22
Royal Air Force, 149 Sqdn
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
LLOYD, RICHARD SEATON WHITTINGTON
Sergeant(Pilot)742839
16/12/1940
20
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn
Son of Jack Seaton Whittington Lloyd and
Beatrice Kathleen Lalla Lloyd.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
LOCKHART, HUGH JOHN
Serjeant
7873787
18/04/1942
39
Royal Armoured Corps
Son of John and DulcieLockhart; husband of Isabella
Lockhart, of Berwick-on-Tweed.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MABBOTT, ROBINAircraftman 2nd Class
1173610
05/02/1941
20
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MASON, ANTHONY LAWRENCE
Sergeant(Air Gunner)624676
12/08/1943
31
Royal Air Force, 149 Sqdn
Son of Capt. William George Mason and Mabel Linda
Mason; husband of Margaret Mason.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MATHIAS, JOHN LAWRENCE
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 1813298
06/02/1945
21
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn.
Son of Reginald and Eva Kate Mathias, of East Molesey,
Surrey.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MATTHEWS, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 755027
16/12/1940
21
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn.
Son of James George and Edith Maude Matthews, of Shepherds Bush, London
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MIDDLETON, RAWDON HUME
Pilot Officer(Pilot)402745
29/11/1942
26
Royal Australian Air ForceAustralian
Victoria Cross
Son of Francis RawdonHamilton Middleton and Faith Lillian Middleton, of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MOORE, ALANSergeant(Air Bomber)1685098
02/02/1945
22
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn.
Son of Richard William and Charlotte Moore, of Oatlands, Harrogate, Yorkshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MORRIS, GERALDSergeant
R/52871
13/08/1941
26
Royal Canadian Air Force, 149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Canadian
Son of George and Edith Morris
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
MORRISON, WILLIAM HUGH
Flight Sergeant
423162
24/09/1943
31
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Son of Hugh Carlton Morrison and Margaret Morrison; husband of Beryl Rose Morrison, of Hamilton,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
McCOY, ALAN JAMES
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)570381
07/04/1943
22
Royal Air Force, 9 Sqdn.
Son of Albert James McCoy and Edith Gertrude McCoy, of
Biggin Hill, Kent.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
NEWMAN, ROBERT HUGH
Sergeant(Pilot)915028
15/02/1941
26
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
NICOL, JACK NAPIER
Flight Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) 403625
16/07/1942
28
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
New Zealand
Son of John and Annie Nicol, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New
Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PALMASON, STEFAN DOUGLAS
Flight Sergeant(Pilot)R/95316
06/07/1942
23
Royal Canadian Air Force,419 Sqdn.
Canadian
Son of Sveinn and GroaPalmason, of Winnipeg Beach,
Manitoba, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PATMORE, ALLEN WILLIAM
Leading Aircraftman
R/77966
06/07/1942
28
Royal Canadian Air Force,419 Sqdn.
Canadian
Son of Garnet W. Patmore and Ethel Elisabeth Patmore, of
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PEARSON, ROBERT WAKEFIELD
Flight Sergeant(Pilot)R/78288
06/07/1942
20
Royal Canadian Air Force419 Sqdn.
Canadian
Son of George and Mabel Pearson, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PHILP, JOHNPilot Officer
133028
08/12/1942
33
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn.
B.E.M.Son of Peter and Mary Philp; husband of Victoria MelitaPhilp, of Southsea, Hampshire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PILBEAM, ALEXANDER BERNARD
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)1673064
17/11/1943
19
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn.
Son of Alexander Bernard and Yvonne Mary Pilbeam, of
Blackpool, Lancashire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
POCOCK, HENRY ARTHUR DOUGLAS
Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) 1310474
05/10/1942
23
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 218 Sqdn.
Son of Percy and Madge Pocock, of Peckham, London.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
POLE, LESLIE ERNEST
Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) 39882
16/07/1942
26
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
New Zealand
Son of Ernest and Margaret Pole, of Mount Eden,
Auckland City, New Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
POOLE, RAYMOND WILLIAM
Sergeant
1239482
09/08/1943
30
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 149 Sqdn.
Son of John William and Edith Poole; husband of Kathleen Ann Poole, of
Ipswich.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PRENDERGAST, ALBERT EDWARD
Flight Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) R/82744
20/10/1942
27
Royal Canadian Air Force115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Canadian
Son of James Henry and Sarah Anne Prendergast, of
Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
PRITCHARD, ARTHUR PATNELL
Pilot Officer(Pilot)391365
18/12/1940
20
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 99 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
New Zealand
Son of Arthur John and Ethel Louise Pritchard, of
Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
SHANNON, EDWARD MARTYN
Flight Lieutenant(Pilot)86419
13/08/1943
36
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Edward MartynShannon and Mabel Florence Shannon; husband of Irene
Kathleen Shannon, of Surbiton, Surrey.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
SHEA, REGINALD ARTHUR
Sergeant(Flight Engineer)567069
11/03/1942
24
Royal Air Force, 149 Sqdn.
Son of William Herbert Taylor Shea and Florence Beatrice Shea, of Chipping Sodbury,
Gloucestershire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
THORN, ROBERT LEONARD
Sergeant(Observer) 743029
26/11/1940
27
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Leonard and May Thorn; stepson of Maj. H. R. Howard, of Thornton Heath,
Surrey.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
TYLER, GEORGE DAVID
Corporal
1288811
14/04/1944
31
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 Sqdn.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tyler, of Southwark, London; husband of Dorothy Ivy Tyler,
of Southwark.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
UHRIG, ROBERT JAMES
Sergeant
402011
10/04/1941
20
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Son of Leslie Jacob and Margaret McPherson Uhrig, of Newcastle, New South Wales,
Australia.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WARREN, LEWIS HAROLD DAVID
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 1893040
23/03/1944
19
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 514 Sqdn.
Son of James William and Jessie Frances Warren.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WATTERWORTH, MACK WILLIAM
Sergeant(Wireless Op./Air Gnr) R/68126
05/10/1942
21
Royal Canadian Air Force218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Canadian
Son of John C. Watterworthand Isabelle Watterworth, of West Lorne, Ontario, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WILLIAMS, CHARLES FRANKLIN
Flight Sergeant(Air Gunner) R/75063
06/07/1942
22
Royal Canadian Air Force419 Sqdn.
Canadian
Son of Charles Edward and Annie Selina Williams, of
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WILLIAMS, HENRY ARTHUR WELLINGTON
Flight Lieutenant(Navigator) 60770
02/02/1945
29
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams, of Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire; husband of Lilian T. Williams, of
Cheltenham.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WITHERS, PERCY STANLEY
Sergeant(Air Gunner) 3050215
27/08/1944
18
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 622 Sqdn.
Son of Alec Stanley and Mary Ann Withers, of Langley, Oldbury, Worcestershire.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WOOD, GORDON FRANCIS
Flying Officer
402980
13/08/1943
29
Royal Australian Air Force
Distinguished Flying Cross
Australian
Son of Samuel Robert and Ethel Wood, of Roseville, New
South Wales, Australia.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
WYNN, ERIC PIERCE
Pilot Officer(Pilot)J/7472
24/08/1942
20
Royal Canadian Air Force149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Canadian
Son of Martin L. Wynn and Sarah Jane Wynn, of
Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
Flight Sergeant HOWELL IDRIS JONES was identified and repatriated to Australia. Other members of the crew were: Flight Lieutenant ROBERT YOUNG RODGER, Flight Sergeant MORLEY PERCIVAL LOYST, Flying Officer CLIFFORD MITCHELL, Pilot Officer LESLIE MAYBERRY GRIFFITHS, plus one other unknown.
The ground although safe to walk on, could not sustain the heavy weight of the aircraft and it had sunk below ground level. By the evening the rescue team had managed to retrieve one of the bodies from the aircraft. And the following day another two crew member’s bodies were recovered, but all three bodies were unrecognisable. The MO from RAF Mildenhall stated, that their deaths had been instantaneousThe funeral service took place on the 13th November for the three crew members.Sometime later, two remaining crew were recovered from the aircraft, and they too, were given full military honours, and buried alongside their comrades.
Stirling III LK380 XY-Y of 90 Sqdn was on a routine training flight when it was involved in a mid air collision with a Hurricane MK IV KW800 from the Air Development Fighting Unit.The aircraft crashed into boggy ground at Sedge Farm, near Shippea Hill Station near Mildenhall.
Rank
Number
Date
Age
Service
Too far away your grave to view Not too far to think of you.