440816 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-8-1944

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

440816 - Unaccounted Airmen - 16-8-1944

From Henk's List -

EGYPT
GRACE, John Marcel - Cpl - 1265588 - RAFVR - Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

FRANCE
MACINTOSH, John Leslie - LAC - 1490126 - RAFVR - La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France.

UK
BAWDEN, Reginald William Henry - Cpl - 1250716 - RAFVR - Chingford Mount Cemetery, Essex.
KOURATOU, John Yiannis - LAC - 1461348 - RAFVR - St. Pancras Cemetery, Middlesex.
MORRIS, Charles Henry - AC2c - 1446620 - RAFVR - Islington Cemetery & Crematorium, Middlesex.
REVELL, Leslie - AC2c - 1474019 - RAFVR - West Ilsley (All Saints) Churchyard, Berkshire.
SADLER, Edmund Daniel Charles - LAC - 1202724 - RAFVR - Chichester Cemetery, Sussex.

From CWGC & Geoff's sites -

CANADA
DAVIS, William - LAC - 1014251 - RAFVR - Wallaceburg (River View) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

INDIA
ARMSTRONG, William Vipond - Cpl - 866588 - Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - Delhi War Cemetery, India.
BERRY, Owen James - LAC - 1234314 - RAFVR - Gauhati War cemetery, India.

Alex

[dennis_burke]

William Davis was with 33 SFTS and died from Pulmonary TB.
Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948 on Ancestry.com

[malcolm_raf]

Hi

EGYPT
GRACE, John Marcel - Cpl - 2 BARU.

FRANCE
MACINTOSH, John Leslie - LAC - not in GRO Lists.

UK
BAWDEN, Reginald William Henry - Cpl - registered in Essex S W.
KOURATOU, John Yiannis - LAC - registered in Essex S W.
MORRIS, Charles Henry - AC2 - registered in Islington.
REVELL, Leslie - AC2 - registered in Ipswich
SADLER, Edmund Daniel Charles - LAC - registered in Chichester.

INDIA
ARMSTRONG, William Vipond - Cpl - 322 MU.
BERRY, Owen James - LAC - 6101 AMES.

Malcolm

[dennis_burke]

Bawden is listed as Killed on Active Service, Kouratou is listed as Died of Wounds or injuries received on Active service.

Same page of the register has a Glady L Edwards matching a Civilian war dead from WALTHAMSTOW, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH. There are a large number of civilian war dead for this date in that area so perhaps a V1 attack.

Revell and MacIntosh are listed as DOAS.
Cannot find Morris or Sadler.

W V Armstrong is listed as DOAS but Berry is not in the same 1945 casualty list.

[wwrsimon]

An update for ARMSTRONG, William Vipond - Cpl - 866588:

The Newcastle Evening Chronicle of Monday, September 4th 1944, page 6, had the following entry in the BMD section:

ROLL OF HONOUR
ARMSTRONG (53, Naylor Avenue, Winlaton Mill). Died of typhoid fever, India, August, 1944, aged 35, Corpl. William Vipond, R.A.F., dearly beloved husband of Betty (nee Atkinson, of Dunston). Deeply mourned by his loving wife Betty and son Billy. Memorial service at Christ Church, Dunston, Sunday, Sept 10, at 3.30 p.m.. All friends and neighbours kindly invited.

Regards

Simon

[wwrsimon]

Hello

SADLER, Edmund Daniel Charles - LAC - 1202724 - the Chichester Observer of August 26th 1944 reported the inquest into his death. It records that he shot his wife dead with a stolen Sten gun and then turned the gun on himself at West Broyle Drive, Chichester. The article reports that he was "insanely jealous" and that the situation had become so strained that his wife had consulted a solicitor. The jury returned a verdict that Sadler had murdered his wife and then committed suicide, and that it was a case of 'felo de se' - an illegal act of suicide.

Regards

Simon

[jonheyworth]

John Leslie Mackintosh 1490126 , attached to Number 5114 MSU, died of gunshot wounds at Beny sur Mer

[jonheyworth]

John Marcel Grace 1265588 , attached to Number 2 BARU , died of typhoid fever

[jonheyworth]

Owen James Berry 1234314 , drowned at 10:00 hours in an accident on an operational exercise at Gungar

[jonheyworth]

George Francis Lasbury 1424789, was admitted dangerously ill to Number 1 RAF Hospital on 28 July where he died of pyrexia of an unknown origin