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11th August 1943On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Dobney John Gordon. S.Sgt. (d.11th Aug 1943)
- Harris Lloyd George. P/O. (d.11th Aug 1943)
- O'Connell Michael. Bdsm. (d.11th August 1943)
- Rafferty Phillip. Pte. (d.11th Aug 1943)
- Trigg Lloyd Allan. F/O. (d.11th Aug 1943)
- Trigg Lloyd Allen. F/O. (d.11th Aug 1943)
- Trigg LLoyd Allan. F/O (d.11th Aug 1943)
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Sgt. F. G. Hawthorne. Royal Air Force, 77 Sqd.. Sgt Hawthorne was in the same crew as my father John Gardner. Their Lancaster was shot down over Holland in the early hours of the 22md of June 1943. Sgt Hawthorn initially evaded but was captured in Brussels on the 11th of August 1943.Gillian Houghton
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P/O. Lloyd George Harris. Royal Australian Air Force, 106 Sqn. (d.11th Aug 1943) Pilot Officer Harris (RAAF) was my grandmother's cousin from Australia.
Lloyd was posted to 106 Squadron in 1943 as a Pilot flying the Lancaster.
He completed his flying training at No.10 E.F.T.S. Temora in country NSW Australia. This is where he met his wife Sylvia Lachlan and where they got married on the 17 Jan 1942.
On the night of 10/11th of August 1943, having been posted to the squadron for only a "few" days and on his 3 operational mission, he failed to return from a bombing mission over Nuremburg Germany. He was 21 years old.
A letter was received from the then C.O. of 106 Squadron Wing Commander R.E. Baxter informing his parents of his death.
He was greatly impressed with his "obvious enthusiasm for flying",
further adding "How appreciative we are of the motives which brought him from Australia to help us"
R.I.P. Thank-you for your Service and sacrifice.
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F/O. Lloyd Allen Trigg. VC DFC. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 200 Sqdn. (d.11th Aug 1943) Lloyd Trigg was killed in action on 11/08/1943, Aged 29. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Malta.
He was the son of Francis Arthur Trigg, and of Cecilia Louisa Trigg (nee White); husband of Nola Bernice Trigg, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
The London Gazette of 29th October, 1943, gives the following particulars; Flying Officer Trigg had rendered outstanding service on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties. He had completed his operational sorties and had invariably displayed skill and courage of a very high order. One day in August, 1943, he undertook, as captain and pilot, a patrol in a Liberator although he had not previously made any operational sorties in that type of aircraft. After a search of eight hours' duration, a surfaced U-boat was sighted. Flying Officer Trigg immediately prepared to attack. During the approach the aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and burst into flames. Flying Officer Trigg could have broken off the engagement and made a forced landing in the sea but if he continued the attack every second spent in the air would diminish his chances of survival. There could have been no hesitation or doubt in his mind. In spite of the precarious condition of his aircraft, he maintained his course and executed a masterly and devastating attack. A short distance further on the Liberator dived into the sea with the gallant captain and crew. The U-boat sank within 20 minutes and some of her crew were picked up later in a rubber dinghy that had broken loose from the Liberator. s flynn
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F/O LLoyd Allan Trigg. VC, DFC. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 200 Sqdn.. (d.11th Aug 1943) F.O Lloyd Trigg was aged 29 when he died. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Malta.
He was the son of Francis Arthur Trigg, and of Cecilia Louisa Trigg (nee White); husband of Nola Bernice Trigg, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
Citation: The London Gazette of 29th October, 1943, gives the following particulars; "Flying Officer Trigg had rendered outstanding service on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties. He had completed his operational sorties and had invariably displayed skill and courage of a very high order. One day in August, 1943, he undertook, as captain and pilot, a patrol in a Liberator although he had not previously made any operational sorties in that type of aircraft. After a search of eight hours' duration, a surfaced U-boat was sighted. Flying Officer Trigg immediately prepared to attack. During the approach the aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and burst into flames. Flying Officer Trigg could have broken off the engagement and made a forced landing in the sea but if he continued the attack every second spent in the air would diminish his chances of survival. There could have been no hesitation or doubt in his mind. In spite of the precarious condition of his aircraft, he maintained his course and executed a masterly and devastating attack. A short distance further on the Liberator dived into the sea with the gallant captain and crew. The U-boat sank within 20 minutes and some of her crew were picked up later in a rubber dinghy that had broken loose from the Liberator" S Flynn
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S.Sgt. John Gordon Dobney. British Army, Royal Army Service Corps. (d.11th Aug 1943) Gordon Dobney was the only son of Ellen Stewart Dobney nee Hodgkins and Malcolm Gordon Dobney.
His father, Malcolm, had been a Serjeant in the 1/14th London Scottish regiment for 10 years before being killed in WW1 on 6th April 1917 when Gordon was just 18 months old.
Gordon died from disease contracted while being forced by the Japanese to work on the infamous railroad beside Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in, what is now, Thailand. I believe he was cremated but is memorialised in that cemetery.
The loss of her only child in WW2 after the loss of her husband in WW1 had a deep and lasting effect on Great Aunt Nellie, although she lived to the old age of 91, dying in 1981 in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Richard Alexander
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Bdsm. Michael O'Connell. British Army, 2nd Btn. Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). (d.11th August 1943) Michael O'Connell was my uncle who unfortunately I never met. His five sisters have now all passed away but we want his memory to live on. We have a photo of his grave in Malaya as our only memory and from which we got his service number and date of his death.
Victor Maskell
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Pte. Phillip Rafferty. British Army, 1st Btn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). (d.11th Aug 1943) Phillip Rafferty was my maternal great-grandfather#s brother. His niece, my grandmother, has always wanted to visit his grave in Sicily. Due to circumstances, she has been unable to visit and has asked me as her granddaughter to visit, to represent the family as no one from his immediate or extended family has ever been able to do so in the past. I plan to visit the Catania War Cemetery in October 2020 with my mother. Phillip had three children and his wife was pregnant with his youngest daughter. Sadly, he never got to meet her. He served in the 1st Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). He tragically died in action on Wednesday, 11th of August 1943.
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