Details of the Casualties
Name: |
BAYLEY, SAMUEL MITCHELL |
Rank: |
Corporal (Fireman) |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
48 |
Date of Death: |
04/11/1944 |
Service No: |
R/132412 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of George S. Bayley and Martha Bayley, of Assiniboia; husband of Elizabeth Bayley, of Mossbank. |
Details of Death: |
Died by natural causes |
Place of Death: |
Mossbank Saskatchewan, #2 Bombing and Gunnery School |
Name: |
TYE, PETER PEARSON |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
22 |
Date of Death: |
12/06/1943 |
Service No: |
1613283 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Claude Francis and Flo Lily Tye, of Rowhedge, Essex, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH953 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
KING, NORMAN HARRY |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
22 |
Date of Death: |
12/06/1943 |
Service No: |
1602780 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Elizabeth King, of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH953 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
EVANS, JOHN HUGH |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Date of Death: |
16/04/1943 |
Service No: |
1670972 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Hugh and Sarah Ann Evans, of Bryn Celyn, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FJ654 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S.. Medicine Hat, Alberta (see note 1) |
Name: |
MASON, JOHN RICHARD |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
21 |
Date of Death: |
16/04/1943 |
Service No: |
1218537 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John William Mason, of Sherwood, Nottingham, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FJ654 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S.. Medicine Hat, Alberta (see note 1) |
Name: |
MORTIMER, AUBREY JAMES FERRIS |
Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
27/01/1943 |
Service No: |
130183 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Arthur Ferris Mortimer and Gillian Beville Mortimer, of Wickham Bishops, Essex, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Tiger Moth 4929 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
HOLMES, JOHN RONALD |
Rank: |
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force |
Age: |
22 |
Date of Death: |
18/12/1942 |
Service No: |
616742 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Thomas and Hilda Mary Holmes, of Peckham, London, England; husband of Marian Honor Holmes, of Weston Zoyland, Somerset, England. |
Details of Death: |
Not given |
Place of Death: |
Not given |
Name: |
MARTINDALE, WILLIAM WILDE |
Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
28 |
Date of Death: |
02/11/1942 |
Service No: |
126063 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Alfred and Hannah Elizabeth Martindale, of Easington, Co. Durham, England; husband of Mary Martindale, Easington. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Tiger Moth 1124 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S.. Medicine Hat, Alberta (see note 1) |
Name: |
POPPLE, CHARLES KENNETH |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
16/06/1943 |
Service No: |
1622319 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Popple, of Mexborough, Yorkshire, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH948 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
WILLSON, LIONEL ANTHONY |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
16/06/1943 |
Service No: |
553736 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Katherine Willson, of Lewisham, London England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH948 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
HILL, SYDNEY WILLIAM GEORGE |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
19 |
Date of Death: |
29/06/1943 |
Service No: |
1394594 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Hill, of Elsenham, Essex, England. |
Details of Death: |
Not given |
Place of Death: |
Not given |
Name: |
VIZOR, REGINALD JAMES |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
01/07/1943 |
Service No: |
1392779 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Mrs. L. Cox, of Tetbury, Gloucestershire England; husband of M. A. Vizor, of Camberwell, London, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH976 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
TAYLOR, CHARLES WOOLLARD |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
01/07/1943 |
Service No: |
1801205 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Osborn Percy and Elizabeth Taylor, of Chatham, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH976 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask |
Name: |
LUNTLEY, JAMES |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
19 |
Date of Death: |
13/07/1943 |
Service No: |
1604332 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Lilian T. Crump, of Mickleover, Derbyshire, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH931 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask |
Name: |
HILL, KENNETH PETER |
Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
13/07/1943 |
Service No: |
151970 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Horace Archie and Annie Elizabeth Hill, of Nottingham, England; husband of Marion Eileen Hill, of Nottingham. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell FH931 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask |
Name: |
RUSSELL, NORMAN ERNEST |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
19 |
Date of Death: |
28/12/1943 |
Service No: |
1584272 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Ernest Leonard and Helena Florence Russell, of Sheldon. Birmingham, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell 10596 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask |
Name: |
DAVEY, ALLAN WALTER |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
28/12/1943 |
Service No: |
1339825 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Ernest Walter and Elizabeth Wenlock Davey, of Paignton, Devon, England. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Cornell 10596 |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask |
Name: |
LOCKHART, WILLIAM CRAWFORD |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
19/01/1944 |
Service No: |
1698172 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of William Anderson Lockhart and Margaret Fraser Crawford Lockhart, of Glasgow, Scotland. |
Details of Death: |
P/O. Pritchard and LAC W. C. Lockhart were on an instructional flight when the port wing of Cornell aircraft 10863 broke away during flight. They were killed when the aircraft crashed two and one half miles south-west of Assiniboia (Pilot Officer Pritchard is buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto Ontario.) |
Place of Death: |
#34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia Sask. |
Name: |
ROSS, JAMES DOUGLAS |
Rank: |
Sergeant |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
19 |
Date of Death: |
06/01/1941 |
Service No: |
R/61458 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Douglas McAllen Ross and Ethel Ross, of Assiniboia. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Anson 6016 |
Place of Death: |
#1 Air Navigation School, Rivers Manitoba |
There is one grave in the "War Graves Plot" which does not belong to someone in the services.
It is the one for Bessie Bland Cook (Bunny) nee Birbeck
and has the following data on it:
21st April, 1912 16th Jan. 1943
Beloved wife of Flight Lt. Edward G. Cook D.F.C R.A.F.
Her obituary in the Assiniboia Times gives more details:
She was born in Liverpool, England and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Birbeck
She married Flt. Sgt. Cook in 1934.
Flt. Sgt. Cook arrived in Canada in January, 1942, with the first RAF contingent posted to #34 E.F.T.S. Assiniboia.
Mrs. Cook arrived in Assiniboia in August 1942, along with her son.
She died after a brief illness.
She was survived by her husband, her son in Assiniboia and by her parents and two brothers and five sisters in England.
It should be noted that the obituary gives her husband's rank as Flt. Sgt., whereas the inscription on the headstone is Flight Lt.
Sources:
1)They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
2) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database
3) Assiniboia Times, Jan. 20, 1943
Notes
1) "They Shall Grow Not Old" gives Medicine Hat, Alberta as the location; this is believed in error as #34 S.F.T.S. was there. The more probable location is Assiniboia.
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