Assistance in Photographing Headstones of RAAF Deaths in WW2

Headstone Photos required - RUTLAND

DOUGLAS, JOHN ANGUS Grave 18. NORTH LUFFENHAM (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD UK Rutland

 

Headstone Photos required - SOMERSET

RACKHAM, JOHN LEONARD Plot 39. Sec. H. Row A. Grave 236. BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY UK Somerset

WARNE, JOHN LUGTON Plot 51. Sec. H. Row S. Joint grave 240. BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY UK Somerset

STOREY, IVAN WADDELL Sec. C. Grave 182. BRIDGWATER (QUANTOCK ROAD) CEMETERY UK Somerset

SWAN, WILLIAM ROBERTSON Sec. G. Joint grave 2/5410. TAUNTON (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY UK Somerset

 

Headstone Photos required - SUFFOLK

HALL, STANLEY GEORGE Row Q. Grave 31. WICKHAM MARKET CEMETERY UK Suffolk (Completed 51 highland)

 

Headstone Photos required - SURREY

All completed.

ALLSOP, JOHN WILLIAM Panel 001. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

COVENTRY , CHARLES ROBEY Panel 001. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

LEWIS, OLIVER JOHN TREVOR Panel 001. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

SADLER, JOHN TULLOCH BURRILL Panel 001. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

COSGROVE, ROBERT JAMES Panel 004. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

FLOOD, FREDERICK WILLIAM Panel 004. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DAWSON, ERIC HENRY Panel 005. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

GLYDE, RICHARD LINDSAY (DFC) Panel 005. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

WALCH, STUART CROSBY Panel 005. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

WITHALL, LATHAM CARR Panel 005. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

JENKINS, PETER JOHNSTONE (MID) Panel 006. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ROSS, ELLIS HENRY (DFC) Panel 006. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

RUSSELL , IAN BEDFORD NESBITT (DFC) Panel 006. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

TULLOCH , CHARLES FRANCIS LIONEL Panel 006. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BENNETT, CLARENCE CHARLES Panel 007. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BULL, JOHN BARTLETT Panel 007. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

CHAPMAN , COLIN DEANS Panel 007. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DALE, JACK CRANWELL Panel 007. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

GILBERT , JOHN ALLAN Panel 008. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

HORAN, JAMES HENRY Panel 008. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

HORDERN , ALFRED PETER BURDETT Panel 008. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

McDONOUGH, BRYAN MARTIN Panel 009. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

McINTOSH , JOHN Panel 009. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

MILLINGTON, WILLIAM HENRY (DFC) Panel 009. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

PASCOE, ALFRED GEORGE Panel 009. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

PREECE, MALCOLM JAMES Panel 009. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ROBSON, ANGUS (DFC) Panel 010. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

STEVENSON, JAMES WALTER BRYAN Panel 010. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

TARLINGTON, JAMES JOSEPH Panel 010. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

THOMAS, MERVYN Panel 010. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BELL, KENNETH Panel 011. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BULL, NUGENT JOSEPH Panel 012. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

GANNON , BENJAMIN PETER Panel 014. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

WARD, MAURICE Panel 020. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

CURCHIN , JOHN (DFC) Panel 029. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

MACROSSAN, HUGH MURTAGH Panel 033. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

STOKES, NEVILLE GEORGE Panel 034. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

TUCKFIELD , KENNETH MONCKTON Panel 035. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

CROSS, STANLEY Panel 036. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

OLDMAN, LEONARD HENRY Panel 049. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

SMITH, GILBERT VINCENT Panel 052. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

PERRIN, WALTER EDWIN Panel 066. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

GIBBS, RONALD GORDON VICARY Panel 067. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

HILL, JOHN RICHARD LOESSEL Panel 067. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

MOSS , VICTOR Panel 070. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

NEEDHAM, ARTHUR SIDNEY Panel 070. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DUNSTAN , BRUCE PAUL Panel 082. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

McVICAR, WILLIAM BRODIE Panel 089. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

PULLEN, JOHN STANDEFORD Panel 091. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DAVEY, JOHN JAMES Panel 112. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

MOORE, WILLIAM STOREY Panel 118. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

WOOD, VERNON CHARLES (AFC) Panel 118. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BOUSFIELD , JACK MATTHEW Panel 119. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

FURR, ALBERT LESLIE Panel 119. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

YOUNG, ALFRED MARKHAM Panel 119. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

LATHAM, RICHARD THOMAS EDWIN Panel 125. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DORAN, WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES Panel 136. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BARRETT, JOHN GERALD Panel 141. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DODDS, GEORGE NOON Panel 147. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

KNIGHTS, NORMAN REGINALD Panel 156. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

YORKE, DONALD HENRY Panel 170. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ATKINSON, RICHARD ASHLEY (DSO) (DFC & Bar) Panel 200. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ARMOUR, CLIFFORD HAROLD Panel 201. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BLAKE, ALFRED GEORGE Panel 204. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

GARLING, JOHN ROGER Panel 206. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ALLEN, WILLIAM DAVID BRUCE Panel 213. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

BURTENSHAW, DENNIS FREDERICK Panel 216. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

MEARS, LAWRENCE ERNEST Panel 234. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

DRUMMOND, Sir PETER ROY MAXWELL K C B, D S O and Bar, O B E, M C, Twice Mentioned in Despatches Panel 264. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ROBERTSON, COLIN GRAHAM (DFC) Panel 266. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

WATSON, ANDREW MAITLAND Panel 277. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

ALLAN, JAMES Panel 278. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL UK Surrey

 

Headstone Photos required - WARWICKSHIRE

FORBES, IAN SIM West of church. ANSTY (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD UK Warwickshire

ROBERTSON, KENNETH TREWIN Sec. L.L. Grave 3. LONG LAWFORD (ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL) CHURCHYARD UK Warwickshire

MILLER , JOHN GARLAND S.E. of church. RADFORD SEMELE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD UK Warwickshire

MILLER, ROGERS FREEMAN GARLAND S.E. of church. RADFORD SEMELE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD UK Warwickshire

BADGER, WILLIAM Sec. A. Grave 6. RUGBY (WHINFIELD) CEMETERY UK Warwickshire

PATON, ARCHIBALD MCMEEKIN Sec. 112. Cons. Grave 23. WARWICK CEMETERY UK Warwickshire

 

Headstone Photos required - WILTSHIRE

COMPLETED

YOUNG, LEO N.E. part. Grave 166. WINSLEY (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD UK Wiltshire

 

Got him to-day. A local told me that someone still tends his grave and every year on Remembrance day a small wreath of poppies is placed at his grave. I wonder if he has connections with UK as Hall is a common name in the Wickham Market area. Need your e-mail addy again Spidge.

 

Really difficult to park anywhere near this cemetery Spidge, its very near to the centre of Reading but i will see what i can do for you. I think i have the other one at Caversfield but will have to find it and scan it onto the computer as it is a paper pic. The Caversfield cemtery is now on private land and is very difficult to access as there are guard dogs around the grounds. Will be heading into the attic later to go through the pics for you after i have taken her ladyship for a walk across the Ridgeway.

Sniper

 

Will have this one for you by the end of the day. Its just up the road for us so won't be a bother.

Sniper

 

Spidge,
Thought i sent you the ones you needed at Runnymeade? Can you let me have an up to date complete list of what you still need mate and i will see what i can do for you.

Sniper

 

Hi Mike,

Yes Runnymede is completed. These were predominantly the Aussies in the RAF who I researched as being Australian.

Cheers

Geoff

 

I have a photograph of the original grave of Norman Ford, 2nd Lt, 100 sqn RAF who died on 5 April 1918. He was buried first at the cemetery at Mailly le Camp and the graves were later transferred to Fere Champenoise. if you are interested in the photo or any biographical information on Norman please contact me - eleanorm@optusnet.com.au
Eleanor

 

Hi Eleanor,

Welcome to the forum. Thankyou for the kind offer of the photo and biographical information on 2nd Lt Norman Ford. I run the project called 'The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project which is aimed at people like yourself, family historians, military historians etc and try to provide them with a free service by providing them with information of service personnel who have died during service to the Commonwealth, which of course would include a photo of their headstone if i have one available. I have checked on my database and i don't seem to have a copy of Norman's headstone so i would be very interested in recieving a copy along with any information you may have on him.

I see you live in Oz, would you be interested in visiting some of your local cemeteries and taking photos of any Commonwealth service personnel's headstone for the project? If you are could you please PM me and i will provide you with any casualties details that i have. I don't have a list yet of the Aussies that are buried In Oz so i'm not sure how many there will be buried near to you but you could find that out from the CWGC website by just typing in the name of the cemetery's in your area.

Any help you can give me would be very welcome. Again welcome to the forum and please have a look around the other forums we have here. We also have a sister site called WW1Talk if your interested in joining us over there as well here is the web address. http://ww1talk.co.uk/forum.phpWW1 Talk Hope to see you over there.

Regards
Sniper

 

This is the information on Norman Ford.

Norman Ford was born on 23 September 1890 at Cooktown, Queensland. He was the son of Eleanor Ann Louisa Lee and Edward Robert Ford.

He studied at the Charters Towers School of Mines and his occupation before the war was a miner.

On 14 August 1914, he enlisted in the AN&MEF and sailed for New Guinea on the Kanowna. The stokers on the Kanowna refused to stoke the boilers so the men were sent home and discharged on 18 September. After that Norman went to work in the gold mines in the Gold Coast (West Africa). He was there for most of 1915 and part of 1916. He then went to Officers Training School at the University of London and graduated as a second lieutenant.

According to his medals record, he was in the RE, RFC and RAF. He first saw action in France on 16 December 1916.

He was transferred to the RAF and flew two sorties with 100 bomber squadron in March 1918 as observer. He was killed in a flying accident on 5 April 1918 when his squadron was based at Villesneux. Norman was buried in grave 39 at the cemetery at Mailly le Camp. In 1932, four graves from there, including Normans, were moved to the Fere Champenoise cemetery.

I have photos of his grave at Mailly le Camp and now thanks to Spidge of his grave at Fere Champenoise. I don't know how to attach them to this but if you contact me via email I can send them to you. I'll check out the CWGC website for cemeteries in my area (Sydney) and let you know.

best wishes
Eleanor