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921 Gave Their Lives That We May Be Free
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Daggett - Dykes
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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  Daggett, Sgt. Harry

Mid Upper Gunner   Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  ME636

RAF Service Number: 1750491

Died: 15th February 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 9  Row Z  Grave 4 - 7


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Dalton, Plt. Off. John Anthony

Air Bomber  Wellington Mk X  AS-M  HZ278

RCAF Service Number: J20887

Died: 29th April 1943

Cemetery: Esbjerg Fourfelt Cemetery, Denmark

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 11  Row  A  Grave 22 - 24


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Darling, Flt. Sgt. William Russell

Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster Mk I   AS-X  LM176

RCAF Service Number: R261453

Died: 4th December 1944

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

Grave Reference: Section H  Row  D  Grave 4


Australia FlagRAAF Badge  Davey, Flt. Sgt. Donald James

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I  AS-R2  PD202

RAAF Service Number: 422446

Died: 13th July 1944

Cemetery: Prez - Sur - Marne Churchyard, France

Grave Reference:  Collective Grave


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davidson, W/O. Brian Bruce

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-Y  ED904

RAF Service Number: 1321868

Died: 29th September 1943

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section  3  Row F  Grave 16


Australia FlagRAAF Badge  Davies, Flg. Off. Herbert William

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I   AS-K2  ME777

RAAF Service Number: 422143

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Zelhem General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference:  Section E  Row 2  Joint Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davies, Sgt. James

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-Z  ND382

RAF Service Number: 2207029

Died: 29th January 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 9  Row K Grave 1 - 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davies, Flg. Off. James Glyn

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  LM722

RAF Service Number: 175652

Died: 24th September 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 205


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davies, Sgt. John Francis Mathew

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-A  JA865

RAF Service Number: 1682448

Died: 24th November 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel  147


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davies, Sgt. John Richard

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I  AS-N  ME839

RAF Service Number: 1580941

Died: 3rd August 1944

Cemetery: Creil Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Plot 1 Grave 391


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Davies, W/O. Lawrence Ward

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-U  PD260

RCAF Service Number: R159100

Died: 13th August 1944

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 12  Row  E  Grave 7


New Zealand FlagRNZAF Badge  Davies, Flt. Sgt. Mervyn Desmond Sylvester

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk III  AS-J2  PB153

RNZAF Service Number: 574056

Died: 17th March 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 11  Row  B  Grave 6


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davies, Sgt. Philip Thomas

Wireless Op.  Wellington Mk X   AS-P  LN397

RAF Service Number: 1152952

Died: 31st August 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel  147


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davies, Sgt. Ronald

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-C  ED993

RAF Service Number: 1032360

Died: 9th October 1943

Cemetery: Hinckley Cemetery, Hinckley, England

Grave Reference:  Section 20  Grave  1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davis, Flt. Sgt. Ronald

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk III  AS-J  ED875

RAF Service Number: 1385696

Died: 27th September 1943

Cemetery: Cambridge City Cemetery, England

Grave Reference: 13527


UK FlagRAF Badge  Davis, Sgt. Trevor Hugh

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I  AS-S  PD261

RAF Service Number: 617912

Died: 30th August 1944

Cemetery: Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poznan, Poland

Grave Reference: Collective Grave Plot  6  Row A  Grave 15


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dawson, Sgt. Walter

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-Q  ED731

RAF Service Number: 1616285

Died: 25th March 1944

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 25  Row E  Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Day, Flg. Off. James

Pilot  Lancaster  Mk III  AS-E  ND707

RAF Service Number: 190483

Died: 5th April 1945

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave Section 6  Row G  Grave 13 - 19


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Daze, Flt. Sgt. John Cletus

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I  AS-J  ME647

RCAF Service Number: R82170

Died: 31st December 1944

Cemetery: Nederweert War Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Section IV  Row  A Grave 7


UK FlagRAF Badge  Deacon, Plt. Off. Victor George

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk III  AS-Z  ED196

RAF Service Number: 139373

Died: 22nd October 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 16  Row E  Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dean, Sgt. Alec Charles

Wireless Op  Wellington Mk X  AS-X  HF453

RAF Service Number: 1314016

Died: 9th July 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 147


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dean, Sgt. Gordon William Davidson

Rear Gunner  Wellington Mk X  AS-A  HF596

RAF Service Number: 1314707

Died: 16th August 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 147


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dee, Flt. Lt. Frederick James

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-M2  LM694

RAF Service Number: 48419

Died: 27th August 1944

Cemetery: Gammel Rye Churchyard, Denmark

Grave Reference:  Collective Grave  Section  II  Row 9  Grave 14


Belgium FlagRAF Badge  Defraigne, Flg. Off. Charles Albert Henri

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-S  NG114

RAF Service Number: 125748

Died: 24th March 1945

Cemetery: Repatriated to Belgium

Grave Reference:  Recorded The Maidenhead Record, England


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dennehy, Sgt. Desmond John

Rear Gunner  Lancaster  Mk I  AS-Z  ME627

RAF Service Number: 1605654

Died: 20th February 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 4  Row  Z  Grave 14


UK FlagRAF Badge  Denney, Flg. Off. Ronald Fredrick

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  JB145

RAF Service Number: 151309

Died: 3rd December 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 6  Row A  Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Denslow, Flg. Off. Donald George

Navigator  Wellington Mk III  AS-P  BK368

RAF Service Number: 126041

Died: 10th March 1943

Cemetery: Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark

Grave Reference:  Plot AIII  Row 7  Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dent, Sgt. Roland

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  ME636

RAF Service Number: 1575680

Died: 15th February 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Collective Grave  Section 9  Row Z  Grave 4 - 7


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Derbyshire, Sgt. John

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  PD227

RCAF Service Number: R264171

Died: 12th October 1944

Cemetery: St. Helens Cemetery, Merseyside, England

Grave Reference:  Section 14 Grave 611


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dickson, Sgt. David

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk III  AS-H  ND579

RAF Service Number: 1823811

Died: 22nd May 1944

Cemetery: Brielle General Cemetery, France

Grave Reference:  Plot 6  Grave 39


Australia FlagRAAF Badge  Dillon, Flt. Sgt. James McKenzie

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  LM722

RAAF Service Number: 434396

Died: 23rd September 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 260


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Dixon, Flt. Sgt. Michael Ralph

Rear Gunner Wellington Mk III  AS-W  X3334

RCAF Service Number: R99543

Died: 11th April 1943

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 7  Row  H  Grave 3


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Doherty, Flt. Sgt. William Joseph

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk I  AS-D  NG183

RCAF Service Number: R280274

Died: 21st February 1945

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 18  Row  F  Grave 12 - 16


UK FlagRAF Badge  Donaldson, Flt. Sgt. Leslie John

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  ME636

RAF Service Number: 972603

Died: 15th February 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 9  Row Z  Grave 4 - 7


UK FlagRAF Badge  Doncaster, Sgt. Ivan Keith

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-Z  EE196

RAF Service Number: 1582238

Died: 22nd October 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 16  Row E  Grave 1


Australia FlagRAAF Badge  Dowe, W/O. Ronald Arthur

Navigator Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  PD397

RAAF Service Number: 423196

Died: 24th December 1944

Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 2  Row K  Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Doyle, Flg. Off. James

Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  SW278

RAF Service Number: 174041

Died: 3rd July 1945 (Training Exercise)

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 266


UK FlagRAF Badge  Drake, Flg. Off. George

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-H2  ED411

RAF Service Number: 136363

Died: 16th December 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 8  Row H  Grave 10 - 16


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dunkley, Sgt. Robert Fredrick Stanley

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-E  ND707

RAF Service Number: 1625326

Died: 5th April 1945

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 6  Row G  Grave 13 - 19


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dunlop, Flt. Sgt. Thomas Russell

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-S  ND625

RAF Service Number: 1559799

Died: 10th April 1944

Cemetery: Sejero Cemetery, Denmark

Grave Reference: Grave 154


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dunston, Plt. Off. Percy James

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-S  ND625

RAF Service Number: 174022

Died: 10th April 1944

Cemetery: Odden (Overby) Churchyard, Denmark

Grave Reference: Collective Grave 3J


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dunton, Flt. Lt. Fredrick Ross

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-S  PD261

RAF Service Number: 126830

Died: 30th August 1944

Cemetery: Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poznan, Poland

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 6  Row A  Grave 15


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Dupre, Plt. Off. Fredrick Louis Edward

Air Bomber Wellington Mk X  AS-H  HE545

RCAF Service Number: J16408

Died: 29th March 1943

Cemetery: Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference:  Section IV  Row  C  Grave 5


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dutton, Sgt. Wilfred

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk III  AS-U  ND621

RAF Service Number: 1582673

Died: 15th July 1944

Cemetery: Lusigny - Sur - Barse Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference:  Collective Grave  21


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dyckhoff, Sgt. George Edward

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III   AS-S  ND625

RAF Service Number: 1172812

Died: 10th April 1944

Cemetery: Faarevejle Churchyard, Denmark

Grave Reference:  Grave E 863


UK FlagRAF Badge  Dykes, Sgt. William Arthur

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk III  AS-J  DV220

RAF Service Number: 1575431

Died: 20th February 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 228


* 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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