CWGC Errors

**Jagan** · 18th November 2018, 03:06

INDIA
WALI, Muhammad Swan - P/O - 2140 - RIAF.
Delhi/Karachi 1939-1945 War Memorials, India.

Okay among other work done today, i discovered that CWGC has an error in his date of death

He died in the crash of Audax K5594 four years earlier on 1943-01-16.

How do we get it corrected? I am sure this can be verified via the Form 1180. I have the ORB Page that depicts the crash and incident.

PS: Reached out to them on their FB page.

**vrajm** · 23rd February 2019, 19:57

Hi,

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) BORHAM, GEOFFREY HART

Service Number 129127 ((actually 129217))

Died 24/02/1945
183 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-not...s-page-size=10

Mojmir

**vrajm** · 23rd February 2019, 20:39

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...ey,-harry-rex/

Flying Officer HORLEY, HARRY REX

Service Number 138105 ((actually 138015))

Died 05/02/1944
Aged 25
56 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Harry Horatio and Gladys Hilda Horley, of Leicester.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-not...-page-size=100

Mojmir

**vrajm** · 25th February 2019, 11:52

Hi,

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...ckway,-edward/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...gid=null&pid=1
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...gid=null&pid=2

Flying Officer (Pilot) THACKWAY, EDWARD

Service Number 138109 (LG/RAF Force lists haven’t got (138109), but have got twice (139109))

Died 17/12/1943
Aged 23
97 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of George Henry and Elsie Thackway, of Harrogate.

Look at:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...d=1#post140980

Mojmir

**Jagan** · 26th February 2019, 03:58

Sergeant Lionel Poston BRITLAND (2341A) Anson I N9818 1941-09-23 111 Sqdn | 3 OTU (Can) Canada Ottawa Memorial Ref : Panel 1. Column 2.

shown as killed 23/9/41 when the crash happened two days earlier 21/9/41. Other two crew members show up with 21/9 as DoD

**COL BRUGGY** · 26th February 2019, 11:03

Jagan

Anson I N9818 was with 32 OTU, not 3 OTU.

Col.

**dennis_burke** · 26th February 2019, 11:42

Various documents on ancestry.com databases state Britland's date of death as the 21st Sep 1941 so I'll forward them to CWGC for review.

His remains were actually cremated on site on mountain top due to the inaccessibility of the site! Presumably the other crew members too.

**dennis_burke** · 26th February 2019, 11:57

this is the current correction procedure

https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-d...ending-records

**Jagan** · 27th February 2019, 03:29

One more wrong date

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...aines,-roy-s./

Lieutenant Roy S. HAINES (103343) Pilot Maryland NA/PRO 1941-11-17 21 Sqdn SAAF Egypt Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery

The date should be 1941-11-20

The ORB of 21 Sqn SAAF confirms the loss of four Marylands to Bf-109s on 1941-11-20 and mentions Haines by name. Several others were lost on this date - http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...ame=&qt=&qord=

The GRO form states the date as the 17th which is probably where the error came up from.