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921 Gave Their Lives That We May Be Free
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Abbott - Ayres
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"Ye That Live Mid England's Pastures Green

Think of Us and What Might Have Been"

Commemorated in perpetuity by

the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

UK FlagRAF Badge  Abbott Sgt. Douglas Alan

Flight Engineer Lancaster Mk I  AS-Z  DV404

RAF Service Number: 1804051

Died: 15th January 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave Section 14 Plot A Grave 8 - 13


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ackroyd Sgt. Harold

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk III AS-A  JA704

RAF Service Number: 1109915

Died: 27th September 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 11  Plot B  Grave 13


UK FlagRAF Badge  Adams Plt. Off. Alexander James    DFC

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-A  PA179

RAF Service Number: 189035

Died: 21st February 1945

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery

Grave Reference: Section 11 Plot B Grave 13


UK FlagRAF Badge  Adams, Sgt. William Alfred

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I AS-G  ME829

RAF Service Number: 1391532

Died: 23rd September 1944

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 7  Plot G  Grave 11


UK FlagRAF Badge  Aggett, Sgt. Alfred Henry Reginald

Air Bomber  Wellington Mk III  AS-M  BJ961

RAF Service Number: 1285977

Died: 27th February 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel: 140


UK FlagRAF Badge  Alcock, Sgt. Sidney Radford

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster  AS-J2  ME806

RAF Service Number: 955354

Died: 5th August 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel: 223


UK FlagRAF Badge  Alderson, Sgt. William Cecil

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-M  NE112

RAF Service Number: 1853664

Died: 31st August 1944

Cemetery: St. Riquer British Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Joint Grave Section AA  Grave 11


UK FlagRAF Badge  Aldridge, Sgt. Eric William

Navigator Wellington Mk X  AS-V  HE631

RAF Service Number: 1202459

Died: 3rd April 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel: 140


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Allan, Plt. Off. Frances Frederick George

Pilot Lancaster Mk III   AS-J  DV220

RCAF Service Number: J19942

Died: 20th February 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 8  Plot K  Grave 12


UK FlagRAF Badge  Allan, Sgt. Robert

Navigator Wellington Mk III  AS-J  BJ973

RAF Service Number: 1098639

Died: 19th February 1943

Cemetery: Kiel War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 4  Plot A  Grave 15


Australia FlagRAAF Badge  Allan, Sgt. William James

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I  AS-X  ME624

RAAF Service Number: 409130

Died: 31st March 1944

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 5  Plot E  Grave 8


UK FlagRAF Badge  Alldis, Sgt. Stanley

Wireless Op. Lancaster Mk III  AS-X  LM581

RAF Service Number: 1132284

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Epe General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Section 2  Row 10  Grave 707


UK FlagRAF Badge  Allen, Flt. Sgt. John Alban

Navigator Lancaster Mk I  AS-W  PA236

RAF Service Number: 1588012

Died: 30th July 1945

Cemetery: Croscombe (St. Mary) Churchyard, Somerset, England

Grave Reference: East of Church


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Allen, Sgt. Ward William James

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk III  AS-N  LM385

RCAF Service Number: R179370

Died: 16th December 1943

Cemetery: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England

Grave Reference: Grave 14714A


UK FlagRAF Badge  Allman, Sgt. Jack

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I  AS-M  NG391

RAF Service Number: 2209293

Died: 1st February 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 1  Row H  Grave 27


UK FlagRAF Badge  Alloway, Sgt. Frederick Victor George

Air Bomber  Wellington Mk X  AS-J  HE290

RAF Service Number: 1238809

Died: 24th May 1943

Cemetery: Haaksbergen General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Section 4  Row 3  Grave 15


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Anderson, Flt. Sgt. Allan Andrew

Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster Mk III  AS-I  ND956

RCAF Service Number: R194889

Died: 22nd May 1944

Cemetery: Goudrian General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Row K  Joint Grave 2


UK FlagRAF Badge  Anderson, Sgt. Clifford Ronald

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-A  PA179

RAF Service Number: 1897548

Died: 21st February 1945

Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 17  Row E  Grave 15


UK FlagRAF Badge  Andrewes, Flg. Off. Peter Lancelot

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-P  ND399

RAF Service Number: 148330

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Plot 44  Grave 306


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Andrews, Flt. Sgt. George Albert

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-B  ME641

RCAF Service Number: R153899

Died: 24th February 1944

Cemetery: Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England

Grave Reference: Section F  Row B  Grave 6


UK FlagRAF Badge  Angles, Sgt. William George

Flight Engineer Lancaster Mk I  AS-K2  PD224

RAF Service Number: 1893084

Died: 14th October 1944

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 29  Row D  Grave 14


UK FlagRAF Badge  Arbon, Sgt. Harold Edward

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-U  PD226

RAF Service Number: 1852354

Died: 13th August 1944

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 12  Row E  Grave 5


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Armstrong, Flt. Sgt. George Ernest

Rear Gunner  Wellington Mk X  AS-R  HE923

RCAF Service Number: R125223

Died: 5th May 1943

Cemetery: Vlagtwedde General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section A  Row 6  Grave 1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Arnold, Sgt. Ronald Frank

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  ME643

RAF Service Number: 1890774

Died: 4th May 1944

Cemetery: Courtisols St. Memmie Churchyard, France

Grave Reference: Military Plot  Collective Grave  Row 1  Grave 1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Arthur, Sgt. Lewis John

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-N  ME839

RAF Service Number: 1584922

Died: 3rd August 1944

Cemetery: Marissel French National Cemetery, France

Grave Reference:  Grave 365


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ashplant, Plt. Off. George    CGM

Pilot Wellington Mk X  AS-P  HZ314

RAF Service Number: 148442

Died: 24th July 1943

Cemetery: Hamburg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 10A  Row N  Grave 6


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ashton, Sgt. Derek Kilgour

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-U  PD226

RAF Service Number: 1396278

Died: 27th January 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 2  Row D  Grave 5 - 9


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ashton, Sgt. Edwin

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-W  LM388

RAF Service Number: 1892578

Died: 13th July 1944

Cemetery: Vitry Le Croise Church Yard, France

Grave Reference: Section 12  Row E  Grave 5


UK FlagRAF Badge  Asquith, Sgt. David Beaumont

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-F  ME637

RAF Service Number: 1143274

Died: 20th February 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel: 224


UK FlagRAF Badge  Asquith, Sgt. Denis

Navigator Lancaster Mk III  AS-S  NE114

RAF Service Number: 1684723

Died: 23rd May 1944

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 7  Row F  Grave 1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Atherton, Plt. Off. James Lever

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-B  LL903

RAF Service Number: 162805

Died: 28th April 1944

Cemetery: Heiteren Communial Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Grave No. 1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Athey, Sgt. Stanley Tallintire

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-B  LM341

RAF Service Number: 1147597

Died: 21st October 1943

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 5  Row B  Grave 14


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ault, Flg Off. Roy Elkington

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-Z  EE196

RAF Service Number: 134675

Died: 23rd October 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 16  Row E  Grave 5


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ayres, Flt. Sgt. Leonard Ruben

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  PD397

RAF Service Number: 1623324

Died: 24th December 1944

Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 2  Row K  Grave 5


* Information on 166 Squadron losses and graves used with the kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission *
* Information Researched and Compiled by Robert John Wilton *
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