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921 Gave Their Lives That We May Be Free
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Lafferty - Lynch
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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  Lafferty, Sgt. Thomas

Flight Engineer Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  JB145

RAF Service Number: 155060

Died: 3rd December 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 6  Row A  Grave 3


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  LaFontaine, Flt. Sgt. Theodore

Rear Gunner  Wellington Mk X  AS-D  HE244

RCAF Service Number: R10542

Died: 5th May 1943

Cemetery: Werkendam Protestant Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Row  8  Grave 11


UK FlagRAF Badge  Laidlaw, Sgt. Adrian Gordon Stewart

Navigator Lancaster Mk I  AS-Y  LM289

RAF Service Number: 1588408

Died: 5th April 1945

Cemetery: Cambridge City Cemetery, England

Grave Reference: Grave 15168


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Lambert, Flg. Off. Edward Roger

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I  AS-K2  PD224

RCAF Service Number: J35772

Died: 14th October 1944

Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 29  Row  D  Grave 15


Australia FlagRAAF Badge  Lancaster, Flt. Sgt. Eric Edward

Air Bomber Wellington Mk III  AS-Q  BK299

RAAF Service Number: 413617

Died: 7th April 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England

Panel 193


UK FlagRAF Badge  Land, Sgt. Cyril Arthur

Air Bomber  Wellington Mk X  AS-P  HZ314

RAF Service Number: 1392263

Died: 24th July 1943

Cemetery: Hamburg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 10A  Row N  Grave 3


UK FlagRAF Badge  Landau, Sgt. Henry

Air Bomber Lancaster Mk III  AS-F  LM390

RAF Service Number: 657030

Died: 22nd January 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England

Panel 233


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lane, Sgt. William Edmund

Flight Engineer Lancaster Mk III  AS-G  PB635

RAF Service Number: 1819493

Died: 3rd January 1945

Cemetery: Choloy War Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 1  Row J  Grave 10


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lankester, Sgt. Ronald

Navigator Wellington Mk III  AS-Q  BK299

RAF Service Number: 1239621

Died: 7th April 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 156


UK FlagRAF Badge  Laverack, Sqn. Ldr. Kenneth Graham

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-A  ME521

RAF Service Number: 43640

Died: 25th March 1945

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 6  Row G  Grave 17 - 18


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lawrence, Sgt. Cyril John

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-B  LM341

RAF Service Number: 1317859

Died: 20th October 1943

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 5  Row B  Grave 16


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Lawrence, Flg. Off. Glynn James

Navigator  Wellington Mk X  AS-Y  HE810

RCAF Service Number: J14351

Died: 30th July 1943

Cemetery: Hamburg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 6A  Row  A1  Grave 10


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lawrie, Sgt. James Bell

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-R2  PD202

RAF Service Number: 1822199

Died: 13th July 1944

Cemetery: Prez - Sur - Marne Churchyard, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave No Reference Number


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Leaman, Flt. Sgt. Joseph Edmund

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-B  PB648

RCAF Service Number: R201700

Died: 16th November 1944

Cemetery: Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium

Grave Reference:  Section VII  Row  A  Grave 9


UK FlagRAF Badge  Legard, Flg. Off. Peter Eric

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  ME686

RAF Service Number: 150349

Died: 31st March 1944

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 6  Row K  Grave 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Leigh, Sgt. Robert

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  LM722

RAF Service Number: 2210791

Died: 24th September 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England

Panel 233


UK FlagRAF Badge  Leonard, Flg. Off. Andrew Burgess

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-X  LM581

RAF Service Number: 152791

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Epe General Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Section 2  Row 10  Grave 697


UK FlagRAF Badge  Letten, Sgt. Lennard

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-M  NE112

RAF Service Number: 1593256

Died: 31st August 1944

Cemetery: St. Riquier British Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Joint Grave AA 11


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lewis, Sgt. Harry

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  PD227

RAF Service Number: 2213864

Died: 12th October 1944

Cemetery: Harworth Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England

Grave Reference: Section B  Grave 26


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lewis, Plt. Off. Ivor Rees

Air Bomber  Wellington Mk X  AS-S  HF483

RAF Service Number: 139836

Died: 13th August 1943

Cemetery: Fousnant Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Grave 2


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lewis, Sgt. Leslie George

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk III  AS-U  PD226

RAF Service Number: 1850225

Died: 30th August 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 233


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lewis, Sgt. Malcolm Harold Victor

Wireless Op. Wellington Mk III  AS-Q  BK299

RAF Service Number: 1315566

Died: 7th April 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel 156


UK FlagRAF Badge  Leyland, Flt. Sgt. Michael

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-G  PB635

RAF Service Number: 1323200

Died: 3rd January 1945

Cemetery: Choloy War Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave Section 1  Row J  Grave10


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lintott, Flt. Sgt. Herbert John

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-A  NG304

RAF Service Number: 1444528

Died: 8th October 1945 (Training Exercise)

Cemetery: Watford Cemetery, Hertfordshire, England

Grave Reference: Section M  Cons. Row 7  Grave 618


UK FlagRAF Badge  Little, Sgt. Lockhart Beatson

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-Q  ME748

RAF Service Number: 1568726

Died: 28th April 1944

Cemetery: Glasgow (Lambhill) Cemetery, Scotland

Grave Reference: Section 1  Grave 1373


UK FlagRAF Badge  Little, Sgt. Norman Douglas

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-Q  ND678

RAF Service Number: 1233167

Died: 7th July 1944

Cemetery: Banneville - La - Campagne War Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave Section 1  Row C  Grave 6 - 10


UK FlagRAF Badge  Llewellyn, Flg. Off. William Glynn    DFC

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk III  AS-U  ND621

RAF Service Number: 103849

Died: 15th July 1944

Cemetery: Lusigny - Sur - Barse Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave 21


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lloyd, Sgt. Cyril William

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk III  AS-F  ND705

RAF Service Number: 1603206

Died: 19th March 1944

Cemetery: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium

Grave Reference: Section V  Row E  Grave 2


New Zealand FlagRNZAF Badge  Lochhead, Flg. Off. Jack Lesney

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-R  ND399

RNZAF Service Number: 427215

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Apeldoorn (Ugchelen - Heidhof) Apeldoorn, Holland

Grave Reference: Plot 4  Grave 307


UK FlagRAF Badge  Long, Sgt. Bernard Charles

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-M  NG391

RAF Service Number: 1624594

Died: 1st February 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 1  Row H  Grave 25


UK FlagRAF Badge  Longton, Sgt. Henry

Flight Enineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  ME686

RAF Service Number: 997223

Died: 31st March 1944

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 6  Row K  Grave 7


UK FlagRAF Badge  Low, Sgt. Robert

Pilot  Wellington Mk X  AS-M  HE699

RAF Service Number: 658480

Died: 26th May 1943

Cemetery: Eindhoven, Woensel General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Plot EE Collective Grave 34 - 35


UK FlagRAF Badge  Luke, Sgt. Ernest

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I  AS-W  PD385

RAF Service Number: 1592685

Died: 1st February 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 7  Row J  Collective Grave 1 - 7


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lupton, Flg. Off. Selwyn Jaques

Pilot  Wellington Mk X  AS-L  HE862

RAF Service Number: 125539

Died: 16th April 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England

Panel 125


UK FlagRAF Badge  Luscombe, Sgt. Thomas Henry

Rear Gunner  Wellington Mk X  AS-V  HE631

RAF Service Number: 1170005

Died: 3rd April 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England

Panel 157


UK FlagRAF Badge  Lynch, Sgt. James

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-F  LM390

RAF Service Number: 910937

Died: 22nd January 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England

Panel 233


* 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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