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921 Gave Their Lives That We May Be Free
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Rabett - Russell
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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  Rabett, W/O. Reginald Paul

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I   AS-C  ED993

RAF Service Number: 1317004

Died: 9th October 1943

Cemetery: Newport Christchurch Cemetery, Newport, South Wales, England

Grave Reference:  Block O.G. Cons. B3 Extension  Grave 710


UK FlagRAF Badge  Radbourne, Sgt. Arthur Henry

Pilot  Wellington Mk X  AS-V  HE631

RAF Service Number: 1385949

Died: 3rd April 1943

Cemetery: Moelan - Sur - Mer Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: No Reference


UK FlagRAF Badge  Railton, Sgt. Alfred Joseph

Air Bomber  Wellington Mk X  AS-H  HE235

RAF Service Number: 1476472

Died: 26th May 1943

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel  162


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rankin, Sgt. William Black

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster MkIII  AS-H  ND579

RAF Service Number: 1795202

Died: 22nd May 1944

Cemetery: The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery,  Holland

Grave Reference:  Allied Plot  Row 4 Grave 85


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ratcliffe, Sgt. Leslie

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-A2  LM126

RAF Service Number: 1801563

Died: 8th June 1944

Cemetery: Clichy Northern Cemetery, France

Grave Reference:  Section 16  Row 9  Grave 5


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ravenscroft, Sgt. James Thomas

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk III  AS-R  W4996

RAF Service Number: 1387476

Died: 27th January 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

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


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rayner, Sgt. Norman Percival

Rear Gunner  Wellington Mk X  AS-W  HE752

RAF Service Number: 1385954

Died: 28th May 1943

Cemetery: Hengelo (Overijssel) General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Section D  Row 1 Grave 62


UK FlagRAF Badge  Read, Sgt. Graham

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-K  LM312

RAF Service Number: 1671157

Died: 20th October 1943

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 8  Row C  Grave 6 - 9


UK FlagRAF Badge  Reed, Flg. Off. George Carlisle

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-I  ND620

RAF Service Number: 151078

Died: 24th March 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 6  Row C  Grave 1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Reed, W/O. Laurence

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I   AS-X  PD365

RAF Service Number: 1007113

Died: 22nd March 1945

Cemetery: Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium

Grave Reference: Section XI  Row C  Grave 3


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rees, Sgt. David Gareth

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-C  ED366

RAF Service Number: 1653285

Died: 22nd October 1943

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 11  Row C  Grave 8 - 12


UK FlagRAF Badge  Reeve, Sgt. Charles George

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-E  LM586

RAF Service Number: 1583577

Died: 28th June 1944

Cemetery: Belleville - Sur - Mer Churchyard, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Reid, Flg. Off. Allen James

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-E  ME318

RCAF Service Number: J36936

Died: 4th December 1944

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 4  Row F  Grave 20


UK FlagRAF Badge  Reid, Plt. Off. Henry James Arthur

Navigator  Wellington Mk X  AS-P  HZ314

RAF Service Number: 149302

Died: 24th July 1943

Cemetery: Hamburg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 10A  Row N  Grave 7


UK FlagRAF Badge  Relton, Sgt. Albert

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-R2  PD202

RAF Service Number: 1482369

Died: 13th July 1944

Cemetery: Prez - Sur - Marne Churchyard, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave


UK FlagRAF Badge  Renelt, Flt. Sgt. Kenneth Bert

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-P2  R5552

RAF Service Number: 1387475

Died: 20th December 1943

Cemetery: Middelharnis Protestant Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference:  Grave 3


UK FlagRAF Badge  Reynolds, Sgt. Gerald Thomas Wilfred

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  ME686

RAF Service Number: 1853432

Died: 31st March 1944

Cemetery: Hanover War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 6  Row K  Grave 1


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Reynolds, Flt. Sgt. William Cyril Jeffrey

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-M  PA234

RCAF Service Number: R274514

Died: 17th March 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 11  Row F  Grave 21


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rhodes, Flt. Sgt. Kevin George

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-I  NE170

RAF Service Number: 1522850

Died: 31st August 1944

Cemetery: Fillieveres British Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Section 1  Row D  Grave 2


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rich, Flg. Off. Leslie John

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  ME447

RAF Service Number: 176192

Died: 1st March 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 2  Row D  Grave 1


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rich, Plt. Off. Ronald Stanley

Wireless Op.  Wellington Mk X  AS-Y  HF595

RAF Service Number: 139952

Died: 4th July 1943

Cemetery: Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium

Grave Reference:  Section 4  Row B  Grave 2


UK FlagRAF Badge  Richards, Flt. Sgt. Jack William

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-S  NE114

RAF Service Number: 1603064

Died: 17th March 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 11  Row B  Grave 2 - 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Richards, Sgt. Ralph

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-X  LL916

RAF Service Number: 2218582

Died: 23rd February 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 8  Row G  Grave 12 - 16


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Richards, Flg. Off. William Samuel

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-M2  LM694

RCAF Service Number: J28875

Died: 3rd August 1944

Cemetery: Creil Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference:  Plot 1 Grave 392


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Richardson, Flt. Sgt. Thornton Edward

Rear Gunner Wellington Mk III  AS-F  BK459

RCAF Service Number: R122409

Died: 11th April 1943

Cemetery: Couron - Et - Aumencourt Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Row A Grave 7


Belgium FlagRAF Badge  Richelet, Sgt. Armand

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-E  LL954

RAF Service Number: 1299973

Died: 23rd May 1944

Cemetery: Recorded on The Maidenhead Register, Surrey, England

Grave Reference: Repatriated to Belgium


UK FlagRAF Badge  Riddle, Sgt. John Henry

Air Gunner - Aircraft Unknown

RAF Service Number: 1873572

Died: 16th March 1944

Cemetery: Hemel Hempstead (Heath Lane) Cemetery, England

Grave Reference: Section M A. Uncons.  Grave 17


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Ridley, Plt. Off. Robert Burns

Pilot  Lancaster Mk I  AS-X  ME720

RCAF Service Number: J85631

Died: 28th April 1944

Cemetery: Vevey (St. Martins) Cemetery, Switzerland

Grave Reference: Grave 112


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Riggs, Flt. Sgt. Leonard Earl

Rear Gunner Lancaster Mk III  AS-G  PB635

RCAF Service Number: R218495

Died: 3rd January 1945

Cemetery: Choloy War Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 1  Row J  Grave 10


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Roberts, Flg. Off. Bryan Evans

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-K2  PD224

RCAF Service Number: J36862

Died: 14th October 1944

Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 14  Row D  Grave 23


UK FlagRAF Badge  Roberts, Sgt. Joseph Edward

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-I  ME829

RAF Service Number: 2211675

Died: 23rd September 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel: 237


UK FlagRAF Badge  Roberts, Sgt. Owen Stanley

Mid Upper Gunner Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  ND401

RAF Service Number: 1808483

Died: 24th March 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 5  Row D  Grave 5


UK FlagRAF Badge  Roberts, Sgt. Trevor

Flight Engineer  Lancaster Mk I  AS-C  JA865

RAF Service Number: 1413356

Died: 9th October 1943

Cemetery: Stoke-On-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Staffordshire, England

Grave Reference: Grave 16935


UK FlagRAF Badge  Robey, Flt. Sgt. Leslie James

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I  AS-A2  LM126

RAF Service Number: 1324986

Died: 8th June 1944

Cemetery: Clichy Northern Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Section 16  Row 7  Grave 17


UK FlagRAF Badge  Robins, Flt. Sgt. Peter Cyril

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-E  LM586

RAF Service Number: 1874073

Died: 28th June 1944

Cemetery: Belleville - Sur - Mer Churchyard, France

Grave Reference: No Reference


UK FlagRAF Badge  Robinson, Sgt. John

Wireless Op.  Lancaster Mk III  AS-S  ND806

RAF Service Number: 1511210

Died: 23rd April 1944

Cemetery: Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium

Grave Reference: Collective Grave Section 2  Row H  Grave 1 - 7


UK FlagRCAF Badge  Robinson, Flg. Off. Raymond John

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-L  ED841

RAF Service Number: 135130

Died: 15th February 1944

Cemetery: Berlin War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference: Section 8  Row D  Grave 21


UK FlagRAF Badge  Roche, Flg. Off. Leonard

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I  AS-W  PA236

RAF Service Number: 165624

Died: 30th July 1945

Cemetery: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England

Grave Reference: Grave 15767


New Zealand FlagRNZAF Badge  Rodgers, Flg. Off. Alan Oswald

Pilot  Lancaster Mk III  AS-U  ND621

RNZAF Service Number: 428770

Died: 15th July 1944

Cemetery: Lusigny - Sur - Barse Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  21


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rodgers, Sgt. Thompson Alfred

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk I  AS-K2  NG297

RAF Service Number: 1880035

Died: 24th December 1944

Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

Grave Reference:  Section 2  Row J  Grave 25


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Rogers, Flt. Sgt. Donald James

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk I  AS-V  PD227

RCAF Service Number: R186316

Died: 12th October 1944

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

Grave Reference:  Section H  Row A  Grave 10


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rogers, Flt. Sgt. Edward Frank

Navigator  Lancaster Mk I  AS-Q  ME748

RAF Service Number: 1612257

Died: 15th October 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel: 221


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rollinson, Sgt. Arthur

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-D  LM722

RAF Service Number: 1622914

Died: 24th September 1944

Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England

Panel:  237


UK FlagRAF Badge  Ross, Sgt. Ian Murray

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-X  LM581

RAF Service Number: 1273637

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Epe General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Section 2  Row 10  Grave 706


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rothwell, Sgt. Harold

Mid Upper Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-X  LM581

RAF Service Number: 2206323

Died: 13th June 1944

Cemetery: Epe General Cemetery, Holland

Grave Reference: Section 2  Row 10  Grave 611


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rowley, Sgt. Kenneth

Rear Gunner  Lancaster Mk III  AS-J2  ND825

RAF Service Number: 1454675

Died: 28th April 1944

Cemetery: Granges - Sur - Vologne Communal Cemetery, France

Grave Reference:  Grave 1


New Zealand FlagRNZAF Badge  Roy, Flt. Sgt. Eric Alexander

Air Bomber  Lancaster Mk III  AS-J2  PB153

RNZAF Service Number: 4213333

Died: 17th March 1945

Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section 11  Row B  Grave 2 - 4


UK FlagRAF Badge  Rudden, Sgt. Terence

Flight Engineer  Lancaster  Mk III  AS-N  LM385

RAF Service Number: 1676327

Died: 16th December 1943

Cemetery: Brigg Cemetery, Yorkshire, England

Grave Reference: Plot C Roman Catholic  Grave 50


UK FlagRAF Badge  Russell, Sgt. Harry Gilbert

Wireless Op.  Lancaster  Mk I  AS-W  PA236

RAF Service Number: 3040015

Died: 30th July 1945 (Training Exercise)

Cemetery: Idle (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Yorkshire, England

Grave Reference: Section E  Row 7  Joint Grave 95


Canada FlagRCAF Badge  Russell, Flg. Off. James Balfour

Navigator  Lancaster Mk III  AS-M2  LM694

RCAF Service Number: J29521

Died: 27th August 1944

Cemetery: Gammel Rye Churchyard, Denmark

Grave Reference: Collective Grave  Section II  Row 9  Grave 14


* 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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