441219 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 19-12-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

441219 - Unaccounted Airwoman & Airmen - 19-12-1944

From Henk's List -

WAAF
UK
BROWN, Enid Stanley - Cpl - 437975 - WAAF - Tamworth Cemetery, Staffordshire.

UK
HOWELLS, Dennis William - AC2c - 2227691 - RAFVR - Llantilio Crossenny (St. Teilo) Churchyard, Monmouthshire.
THOMAS, Roland - LAC - 1455060 - RAFVR - Wigan Cemetery, Lancashire.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

INDIA
COPSON, Kenneth - LAC - 1178442 - RAFVR - Imphal War Cemetery, India.
WILLIAMS, William Arthur - F/S - 590460 - RAF - Delhi War Cemetery, India.

UK
SMITH, William Thompson - F/L (Pilot) - 135706 - RAFVR - Bath ( Haycombe ) Cemetery, Somerset.
WAINER, Ralph Byran - F/O (Pilot) - 150866 - RAFVR - Scunthorpe (Crosby) Cemetery, Lincolnshire.
WOULD, Eric - F/S (WoP-A/G) - 1558901 - RAFVR - Brotton Church Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Alex

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

INDIA
COPSON, Kenneth - LAC - 7042 SE.
WILLIAMS, William Arthur - F/S - 277 Group.

UK
BROWN, Enid Stanley - Cpl - registered in Lichfield.
HOWELLS, Dennis William - AC2 - registered in Cardiff.
THOMAS, Roland - LAC - registered in Bangor, 1 Qtr 1945.
SMITH, William Thompson - F/L (Pilot) - not Eng/Wales?.
WAINER, Ralph Byran - F/O (Pilot) - possibly killed whilst flying in Oxford I, LX330 of No 2 FIS, which flew into high ground near Newburgh in Fife during a night navigation exercise.
WOULD, Eric - F/S (WoP-A/G) - see Wainer.

Malcolm

[davew]

I can confirm Wainer and Would on the Oxford, you should also add Smith to this crew. I have seen the appropriate entries in the Scottish Death register.

regards

DaveW

[wwrsimon]

SMITH William Thomson (Thompson*) 135706 - died in the Dunbog District of Fife, of a fractured skull due to an aircraft crash.

*The Statutory Death Notice on Scotland's People says Thomson, and the National Probate Calendar on ancsestry.co.uk lists him as "William Thompson otherwise William Thomson".

Regards

Simon

EDIT - DaveW beat me to it!

[malcolm_raf]

Dave and Simon

Thanks for confirming those two and the addition of Smith.

Malcolm

[Martyn A Critchlow]

BROWN, Enid Stanley - Cpl - 437975 - WAAF - her middle name is reported in more than one location as Slaney. She was killed when home on leave after being hit by a bus.

Martyn A Critchlow

[BarbaraH]

Hello,

Having found my way to this site whilst exploring my family history, may I confirm that I am a niece of the late Corporal Enid Slaney Brown.

Slaney (frequently erroneously reported as 'Stanley') was Enid's mother's (my grandmother's) maiden name.

She did indeed die having been hit by a bus which was returning US Army personnel back to their base near Lichfield ,Staffs.
The driver of the bus was in no way to blame .It was a tragedy for all concerned.

I have in my possession and treasure greatly,her two WAAF Medical Corps collar badges which my late mother , Enid's sister, Mervyn was permitted to keep.

Kind regards,

Barbara (in Penzance)