Commonwealth-perk of de begraafplaats van Gosselies

Het Commonwealth-perk van de gemeentelijke begraafplaats van Gosselies telt 112 graven, 10 van de Eerste Wereldoorlog en 102 van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Bij de gesneuvelden van de Eerste Wereldoorlog ligt een RAF-piloot begraven, Lt John Pugh, waarschijnlijk de laatste piloot die sneuvelde tijdens deze oorlog. Zie hiervoor de afzonderlijke beschrijving in de database. De 102 andere gesneuvelden van de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn allen piloten of bemanningsleden van vliegtuigen. Het vliegveld van Gosselies huisvestte immers ook een Duits Bergungskommando, dat in de streek de neergestorte vliegtuigwrakken opruimde en de gevallen vliegeniers hier een rustplaats gaf.

Ook hier zie je van ver het ‘Cross of Sacrifice’ staan. Het offerkruis met het bronzen zwaard, siert vele Commonwealth War Graves. Het is het symbool van de gelovige strijder naar een ontwerp van Sir Reginald Blomfield. Sir Blomfield is ook de ontwerper van de Ieperse Menenpoort.

ANTOINE, Pilot Officer (Obs.), JOSEPH, 108247. 7 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1942. Row 1. Grave 9.

ARONSON, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), KENNETH JOHANNES, R/85348. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 30th July 1942. Age 21. Son of Algot Aronson and of Karen Inga Aronson (nee Moe), of Mazenod, Saskatchewan, Canada. Row 3. Coll. grave 4

BEACH, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), GEORGE HENRY, 1282642. 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th October 1943. Age 23. Husband of Violet Mary Adelaid Beach, of Victoria, London. Row 2. Grave 10.

BEALES, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), ROBERT WALTER, 570398. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 24th August 1942. Age 21. Son of Walter and Kate Beales, of New Holland, Lincolnshire. Row 1. Coll. grave 33-39.

BEAUMONT, Pilot Officer (Pilot), LEYS MIDDLETON, J/9205. 44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 24th August 1942. Age 23. Son of Reginald and Florence Amy Beaumont, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Row 1. Coll. grave 5-7.

BINGHAM, Pilot Officer (Obs.), RONALD ALBERT, 119177. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Age 22. Son of Albert and Florence Emily Bingham, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Row 1. Coll. grave 16-17.

BISHOP, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), ALFRED THOMAS, 1386398. 51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 22. Son of Charles Bishop, and of Mabel M. Bishop, of Kensal Rise, Middlesex. Row 2. Grave 4.

BLACKMORE, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), LESTER JOHN, 798552. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1942. Age 23. Son of Bertram Ronald and Nellie Florence Blackmore, of Clarenville, Newfoundland. Row 4. Grave 2.

BOOTY, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), ERIC DENIS, 617853. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 17th September 1942. Age 25. Son of Charles Herbert and Gertrude Booty, of Aldershot, Hampshire. Row 1. Grave 31.

BOREHAM, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), LAWRENCE FREDERICK GEORGE, 1310770. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 24th August 1942. Age 22. Son of Eliza Margaret Boreham, of Walthamstow, Essex. Row 1. Coll-grave 33-39

BOXALL, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), GEORGE LASCELLES, 1291381. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 20. Son of William Arthur and Hilda Boxall, of Finsbury Park, Middlesex. Row 1. Coll. grave 33-39.

BOYCE, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), WILLIAM JAMES, 1316442. 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th October 1943. Age 22. Son of Arthur John and Violet Grace Boyce; husband of Vera Kathleen Boyce, of Kingswood, Gloucestershire. Row 2. Grave 8.

BRUMMITT, Sergeant (W.Op.), CHARLES HERBERT, 1051139. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Age 28. Son of James and Emma Brummitt; husband of Evelyn Winifred Brummitt, of Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Row 1. Grave 24.

BURNS, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), STEPHEN, 1217692. 617 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 20th December 1943. Age 22. Son of John and Sarah Jane Burns, of Dudley, Worcestershire. Row 2. Grave 12.

BURRIDGE, Pilot Officer (Bomb Aimer), H J, 149497. 78 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 14th July 1943. Row 2. Coll. grave 1-3.

CATON, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ARCHIE ERNEST, R/78926. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1942. Age 21. Son of Jesse John and Hetty Nelson Caton, of London, Ontario, Canada. Row 1. Grave 15.

CHAPMAN, Sergeant (Nav.), GEORGE ERNEST, 1397248. 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th October 1943. Age 23. Son of Alfred and Ellen Chapman, of Norwich. Row 2. Grave 6.

COFFEY, Sergeant (Obs.), BRIAN EDWARD, 1312599. 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 30th July 1942. Age 21. Son of Daniel and Mabel Coffey, of Basingstoke, Hampshire; husband of Ada Coffey. Row 3. Coll. grave 4.

COLLUMBELL, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), JOHN, 1186865. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th September 1942. Age 27. Son of Ernest and Alice Collumbell, of Birmingham; husband of Phyllis Gertrude Collumbell, of Quinton, Birmingham. Row 1. Grave 30.

CONNON, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), GEORGE CHRISTIE, 1566901. 101 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 2nd January 1944. Row 2. Grave 20.

COPE, Sergeant (Obs.), ELLIS VICTOR, 1006396. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Age 33. Son of Edward and Martha Ann Cope; husband of Norah Cope, of Riddlesdon, Yorkshire. Row 1. Grave 23.

COSTELLO, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JOSEPH JOHN, 1671282. 51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 22. Son of Aiden and Annie Costello; husband of Elizabeth Costello, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Row 1. Grave 47.

CROSTHWAITE, Pilot Officer, DOUGLAS CHARLES, 425128. Royal Australian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Age 25. Son of Alfred Charles and Clara Ivy Crosthwaite, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

DEARLOVE, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), CHARLES GEORGE EDWIN, 1174036. 7 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1942. Row 1. Grave 8.

DEBBEN, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ROY ERNEST, 1609880. 51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 19. Son of William Henry and Annie Elsie Jane Debben, of Blashford, Hampshire. Row 1. Grave 49.

DINNING, Flight Sergeant, JOHN HECTOR, 404992. Royal Australian Air Force. 29th August 1942. Age 23. Son of Hector William and Margaret Dinning; husband of Pamela Joan Dinning, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Row 1. Grave 21.

DIXON, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), BENJAMIN ROBERT, 637971. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 24th August 1942. Son of Benjamin and Martha Amelia Dixon, of Wythenshawe, Cheshire. Row 1. Coll. grave 33-39.

DIXON, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), MORRIS, 1085416. 196 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 22. Son of Charles and Dorothy Dixon, of Windermere, Westmorland. Row 1. Grave 41.

EASTWOOD, Flying Officer (Pilot), ERIC DOUGLAS, 120442. 196 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 28. Son of Harry and Lilian Eastwood, of Blackburn, Lancashire; husband of Patricia Mary Eastwood. Row 1. Grave 40.

ENDLEY, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), HAROLD JOHN, 1153736. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Son of Sydney Branwood Endley and Hilda May Endley, of Marston Green, Warwickshire. Row 1. Grave 22.

FARE, Flying Officer (Pilot), ARTHUR RUSSELL, 159580. 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th October 1943. Age 28. Son of Arthur Lawrence Fare and Florence Lillian Fare; husband of Bertha Fare, of Hoylake, Cheshire. Row 2. Grave 7.

GARNHAM, Sergeant (Pilot), JOHN STEPHEN, 1036702. 51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 20. Son of William Stephen and Phyllis Garnham, of Felpham, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Row 1. Grave 46.

GIROLAMI, Flying Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.), ADRIANO RICHARD, J/12046. 431 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Age 25. Son of Louis and Rosina Girolami, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

GOWRIE, Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr.), CHESTER BRUCE, R/93201. 617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 20th December 1943. Age 28. Son of Malcolm Alvery Gowrie and Phyllis Gowrie, of Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Row 2. Grave 13.

GRAHAM, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ARTHUR OSBORNE, 751249. 7 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1942. Row 1. Grave 11.

GRAVEL, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.), JOSEPH VICTOR JACQUES, J/90084. 431 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Age 18. Son of Joseph Georges and Gratia Marcotte Gravel, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

GUTTRIDGE, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), DEREK VERNON, 1867802. 431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Age 19. Son of John and Florence E. Guttridge, of Tipton, Staffordshire. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

HAGGER, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), FRANK, 820001. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force (Aux. Air Force). 24th August 1942. Age 20. Son of Charley F. and Clara Hagger, of Manchester. Row 1. Grave 4.

HAMON, Sergeant (Pilot), VICTOR ARTHUR, 1173236. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Age 21. Son of Harold Arthur and Ann Esther Hamon, of St. Lawrence, Jersey, Channel Islands. Row 1. Grave 19.

HARRISON, Pilot Officer (Flt Engr.), BERNARD SILVERIUS, 171684. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Age 31. Son of Leo and Maude E. Harrison, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. Row 2. Grave 23.

HAWKINS, Flying Officer (Pilot), STANLEY ALLEN, J/19193. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Son of John and Agnes E. Hawkins, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Coll. grave 32-33.

HELYAR, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ROY, 1154478. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1942. Age 22. Son of Percy Edward and Fanny Helyar, of Godalming, Surrey. Row 3. Coll. grave 1-3.

HOLLAND, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), JAMES VINCENT, 1006787. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 34. Son of Ralph and Emily Holland; husband of Ruth Holland, of Bebington, Cheshire. Row 1. Grave 3.

HOLMES, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), ANDREW, R/76189. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1942. Row 1. Grave 13.

HOLMES, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), KENNETH THOMAS SHAW, 132792. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Son of Thomas S. S. and Kathleen L. Holmes, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Row 2. Grave 22.

IBBOTSON, Pilot Officer (Flt Engr.), HARRY, 176482. 432 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 9th May 1944. Son of Harry and Lilian Ibbotson; husband of Mary Ibbotson, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Row 2. Coll. grave 32-33.

JEANS, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), DONALD TEMPLEMAN, 798522. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1942. Age 25. Son of Rendell Watson Jeans and Agnes Fedara Jeans, of St. John’S, Newfoundland. Row 3. Coll. grave 1-3.

KNIGHT, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), RONALD FRANK, 938121. 51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 22. Son of George William and Gertrude Ellen Knight, of Worcester; nephew of Mrs. J. Biddle, of Worcester. His brothers William Frank Cyril and Leslie George also fell. Row 1. Grave 48.

KYNASTON, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), MAURICE JAMES, 1190036. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th September 1942. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Lottie Ivy Kynaston; husband of Dorothy Irene Kynaston, of Chilwell, Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Row 1. Grave 32.

LANGLANDS, Flight Sergeant (Bomb Aimer), HOWARD, 1043901. 196 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 24. Son of Howard and Ann Stobart Langlands, of Hebburn, Co. Durham. Row 1. Grave 42.

LEONARD, Flying Officer (Air Bomber), KENNETH ALEXANDER, 138895. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Age 26. Son of Alexander and Anne Leonard; husband of Myra Cussons Leonard, of Rochdale, Lancashire. Row 2. Grave 27.

MACAULAY, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), DONALD ARCHIE, R/71574. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 30th July 1942. Row 3. Coll. grave 4.

MACFARLANE, Flying Officer (Nav.), R, 126044. 617 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 20th December 1943. Row 2. Grave 17.

MAYNARD, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), THOMAS WILLIAM, 1386420. 617 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 20th December 1943. Age 20. Son of Sydney Thomas Maynard and Janet Isabella Maynard, of Wandsworth, London. Row 2. Grave 14.

MEAD, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), ROBERT FRAZER, J/7760. 431 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Age 28. Son of James Richard and Matilda Mary Frazer Mead, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

MOORE, Warrant Officer Class I (Pilot), NOEL MCHENRY, R/74456. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 30th July 1942. Age 33. Son of Dr. Noel McHenry Moore and Maisie Chaffe Moore, of Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. Row 3. Coll. grave 4.

MORAN, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), LESLIE VICTOR, 1239323. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Age 21. Son of William Victor Moran, and of Emily Moran, of Eccleston, Cheshire. Row 2. Grave 28.

MORGAN, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), JAMES AULD, 41928. 218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 24th August 1942. Age 23. Son of Thomas Morgan and of Margaret Hamilton Morgan (nee Dykes), of Whakatane, Auckland, New Zealand. Row 1. Coll. grave 33-39.

MORROW, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), JON ROBERT, R/91335. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1942. Age 24. Son of Thomas George and Lila Nesbitt Morrow, of Woodville, Ontario, Canada. Row 1. Grave 14.

McAUSLAND, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), KENNETH, 785041. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1942. Age 27. Son of Archibald and Edith J. A. McAusland; husband of Marjorie McAusland, of Southsea, Hampshire. Row 3. Coll. grave 1-3.

McDONALD, Pilot Officer (Air Obs.), GORDON CAMERON, J/9524. 44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 24th August 1942. Row 1. Grave 1.

McGANN, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), JOHN CLAUDE, 1359519. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 26. Son of John Joseph and Beatrice McGann; husband of Blodwen McGann, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Row 1. Coll. grave 33-39.

NESBITT, Flight Lieutenant (Air Gnr.), JOHN DOUGLAS, 133519. 78 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 14th July 1943. Age 31. Son of John Douglas Nesbitt and Adelina Maria Nesbitt, of East Herrington, Co. Durham. Row 2. Coll. grave 1-3.

NICHOLSON, Pilot Officer (Pilot), DENIS FRANKLIN, 80278. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 23. Son of William Franklin Nicholson and Mizpah Darling Nicholson, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Row 1. Coll. grave 5-7.

OUIMET, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.), JOSEPH ALBERT BASTIEN, J/90386. 431. Sqdn Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

PADDISON, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ROBERT EDWARD, R/148808. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 4th October 1943. Age 25. Son of James Edward and Margaret Jane Paddison, of Stayner, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Grave 9.

PAGE, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ROBERT GERALD, 744324. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 28. Son of Percy Frederick and Edith Mary Page, of Pampisford, Cambridgeshire. Row 1. Grave 2.

PARKINSON, Flying Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.), WILLIAM HENRY, J/24930. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Row 2. Coll. grave 32-33.

PATCH, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JOHN, 655399. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 28th August 1942. Age 29. Son of James and Mary Dorothea Patch. Row 1. Coll. grave 16-17.

PHILLIPS, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), HERBERT WESTON, 2200275. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Age 19. Son of Herbert and Mary Cordon Phillips, of Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire. Row 2. Grave 25.

QUINN, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), BRIAN, 646803. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 28th August 1942. Age 20. Son of Patrick J. and Caroline T. Quinn, of Birmingham. Row 1. Grave 25.

RAULT, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), ALFRED CHARLES, 636747. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 17th September 1942. Age 21. Son of Alfred and Muriel May Rault, of Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire. Row 1. Grave 27.

RICHARDSON, Sergeant (Obs.), ARTHUR EDWARD, 1261271. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 21. Son of Ernest Joseph and Marie Richardson, of Woodbridge, Suffolk. Row 1. Coll. grave 33-39.

RICKARD, Pilot Officer (Obs.), JOSEPH MATTHEWS, 133213. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Age 28. Son of Frederick Joseph Rickard, and of Mary Ursula Rickard (nee Matthews); husband of Audrey Evelyn Rickard, of Leytonstone, Essex. A.C.I.I. Row 1. Coll. grave 5-7.

RUSSELL, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), RONALD ALFRED, 1335518. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th September 1942. Age 24. Son of Alfred George Albert and Emily Louisa Russell, of Ilford, Essex. Row 1. Grave 26.

SAVAGE, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), BASIL OSWALD, 1393629. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Age 20. Son of Frederick Charles and Lily May Savage, of Epsom, Surrey. Row 2. Grave 24.

SHOESMITH, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), TERENCE, 1189020. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13th August 1942. Row 3. Coll. grave 1-3.

SHUMSKY, Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot), WILLIAM NELSON, R/68751. 7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 25th August 1942. Row 1. Joint grave 10.

SMITH, Flight Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), EDWARD CLARENCE, 540655. 617 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 20th December 1943. Age 24. Son of Clarence and Annie Smith; husband of Evelyn Sarah Smith, of Easthampstead, Berkshire. Row 2. Grave 15.

SMITH, Pilot Officer (Nav./Bomber), HORACE JAMES WORTHING, 172995. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22nd March 1944. Age 34. Son of Albert Edward and Rosa Lydia Smith, of Leicester; husband of Constance Smith, of Leicester. Row 2. Grave 26.

SOMERS, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), LAWRENCE FRAZER, 1850393. 101 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd January 1944. Age 19. Son of Christopher and Catherine Somers, of Portsmouth. Row 2. Grave 18.

SPARK, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JAMES SYDNEY, 1059680. 7 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th August 1942. Age 20. Son of James Walton Spark and Isabel Spark, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Row 1. Joint grave 1 0.

SPOONER, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), WILLIAM EDLESTON, 1479837. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Age 21. Son of William Wycliffe Spooner and Marian Spooner, of Ilkley, Yorkshire. Row 1. Grave 20.

STEWART, Flying Officer (Piot), JAMES HENRY, 131071. 196 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 27. Son of James Stewart and of Elizabeth Stewart (nee Mooney), nephew of Mrs. E. N. O’Brien (nee Mooney), of Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.A. Row 1. Joint grave 44-45.

STONE, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), ALFRED REGINALD, 1270148. 196 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 21. Son of Reginald Harry and Mabel May Stone, of Chiswick, Middlesex. Row 1. Joint grave 44-45.

STURGESS, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.), JOHN LEE, J/7219. 15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 13th August 1942. Age 21. Son of H. M. and Mary Lee; adopted son, and nephew of Maj. Frederick Sturgess, R.C.I.C., of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Row 3. Coll. grave 1-3.

SUDDICK, Flying Officer (Air Gnr.), WILLIAM EDWARD, D F C, J/17136. 101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 2nd January 1944. Age 23. Son of Percy E. and Eva I. Suddick, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Grave 21.

TELFER, Warrant Officer Class I (Pilot), ROBERT LLOYD, R/62467. 103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1942. Row 1. Coll. grave 16-17.

THRASHER, Pilot Officer (Air Bomber), JOHN WILLIAM, J/19337. 617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 20th December 1943. Age 23. Son of Charles De Vere Thrasher and Irene Agnes Thrasher, of Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Grave 16.

TOON, Warrant Officer (Pilot), KENNETH ALAN, 415206. 78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 21. Son of John Sherard Toon, and of Louisa Toon (nee Cockles), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Margaret Kane Toon, of Osgoode Station, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Coll. grave 1-3.

TWIGG, Wing Commander, JOHN DESPARD, C/167. 408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1942. Row 1. Grave 18.

WALKER, Sergeant (Obs.), W, 1432657. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th September 1942. Age 33. Son of George E. and Alice Walker, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire. A.T.I Row 1. Grave 29.

WARREN, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), GEORGE RICHARD MARR, R/152436. 10 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1943. Age 19. Son of Ernest Richard and Florence Isabel Marr Warren, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Grave 5.

WATERMAN, Sergeant (Obs.), JOHN ANDREW, 1389548. 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th September 1942. Age 19. Son of John R. and Winifred S. Waterman, of Semley, Wiltshire. Row 1. Grave 28.

WEBLEY, Flying Officer (Air Bomber), LESLIE CHARLES EDGAR, J/21610. 431 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 9th May 1944. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-31.

WEBSTER, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), SQUIRE ARBUTHNOTT, 1214223. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1942. Age 21. Son of George Arbuthnott Webster and Louise Webster, of Northfield, Birmingham. Row 1. Coll. grave 16-17.

WHEAL, Flying Officer (Nav.), HERBERT CLIFFORD, 117361. 196 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 28. Son of Arthur Ernest and Florence Georgina Wheal; husband of Evelyn Georgina Wheal, of Welwyn, Hertfordshire. Row 1. Grave 43.

WHITING, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), WILLIAM THOMAS, 1180652. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 1st August 1942. Age 20. Son of William John and Winifred Whiting, of Oxford. Row 4. Grave 1.

WINTERBOTTOM, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), CYRIL RAYMOND, 2201670. 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th October 1943. Age 20. Son of William and Catherine Winterbottom. Row 2. Grave 11.

YATES, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), ROBERT, 1014573. 218 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th August 1942. Row 1. Coll. Grave 33-39.

ZAPARYNUK, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), PETER KARIL, R/86810. 419 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 28th August 1942. Age 26. Son of William and Kalyna Zaparynuk, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Row 1. Grave 12.

ZUBIC, Flying Officer (Air Gnr.), FRANK JOSEPH, J/27319. 101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 2nd January 1944. Age 18. Son of Zachary and Annie Maslianka, of London, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Grave 19.

 

Beelden: © Paul Van Caesbroeck, 26/10/2006
Datum registratie:
18/10/2006
Locatie:
Commonwealth-perk of de begraafplaats van Gosselies
Adres:
Gemeentelijke begraafplaats, Chaussée de Fleurus, Gosselies, Charleroi
Lengtegraad:
4°26’18.8″E
Breedtegraad:
50°27’51.1″N

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