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15th March 1945On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Bredin Mark Webster. P/O. (d.15th March 1945.)
- Carleton Edmund Bruce. F/O. (d.15th March 1945)
- Chabres. Henry . Adj. (d.15th Mar 1945)
- Chemin. Antoine . Lt. (d.15th Mar 1945)
- Chevalier. Raymond . Cne (d.15th Mar 1945)
- Clark Charles Harvey. Pte. (d.15th March 1945)
- Field William Robert. Flt.Sgt. (d.15/16 March 1945)
- Garriock Henry Lloyd. (d.1945-03-15)
- Hennessy Hugh Richard John. F/O. (d.15th March 1945)
- Ostre. George . Cdt (d.15th Mar 1945)
- Raymond. Rene . Sgt (d.15th Mar 1945)
- Strauch Kenneth Albert. Bombardier (d.15th March 1945)
- Sutherland Alexander. P/O. (d.15th March 1945)
- Tilliers. A . Sgc (d.15th Mar 1945)
- Vickery Clifford Howard. P/O. (d.15th March 1945)
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Henry Lloyd Garriock . RAF, 419 Squadron. (d.1945-03-15) In front of me is my uncle's log book. He was Henry Lloyd Garriock and was in the 419 Squadron as a navigator. He was killed in action on March 15th, 1945. He seemed to do a lot of flying with a pilot named Sgt Davies. They were shot down together over Sweden on 16/12/43. He then changed over to a pilot named F/Lt McLaughlin.
Mike Garriock
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Bombardier Kenneth Albert Strauch. Army, Royal Artillery. (d.15th March 1945) During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me with Bombardier Kenneth Albert Strauch, Royal Artillery 1134016, who died on the 15th March 1945, age 22.
Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Thank you in advance for your help. Gerrit Kobes
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Adj. Henry Chabres. . Free French Airforce, 347 Squadron. (d.15th Mar 1945) Henry Chabres served as a Wireless Operator with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton.
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Lt. Antoine Chemin. . Free French Airforce, 347 Squadron. (d.15th Mar 1945) Antoine Chemin served as an Air Gunner with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton.
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Cne Raymond Chevalier.. Free French Airforce, 347 Squadron. (d.15th Mar 1945) Raymond Chevalier was a Navigator with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton.
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Cdt George Ostre. . Free French Airforce, 347 Squadron. (d.15th Mar 1945) George Ostre was a Pilot with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton flying from RAF Elvington..
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Sgt Rene Raymond. . Free French Airforce, 347 Squadron. (d.15th Mar 1945) Rene Raymond was an Air Gunner with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton flying from RAF Elvington..
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Sgc A Tilliers. . Free French Airforce, 347 Squadron. (d.15th Mar 1945) A Tilliers flew as a Rear gunner with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton.
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F/O. Hugh Richard John Hennessy. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.15th March 1945) Hugh Hennessy was a navigator with 419 (Moose) Squadron based at Middleton St George near Darlington.
He is buried st Nederweert War Cemetery, Limburg Holland, he was aged 33.
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P/O. Clifford Howard Vickery. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.15th March 1945) Clifford Vickery was a W/Op Air Gunner with 419 (Moose) Squadron based at Middleton St George near Darlington (now Teesside Airport).
He is buried st Nederweert War Cemetery, Limburg in Holland.
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P/O. Mark Webster Bredin. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.15th March 1945.) Mark Bredin was a Air Gunner with 419 (Moose) Squadron based at Middleton St George near Darlington (now Teesside Airport).
He is buried st Nederweert War Cemetery, Limburg, Holland.
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F/O. Edmund Bruce Carleton. DFM. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.15th March 1945) F/O Edmund Carleton was an Air Gunner with 419 Squadron based at Middleton St George near Darlington.
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P/O. Alexander Sutherland. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.15th March 1945) P/O Alexander Sutherland was a Wireless Operator with 419 Squadron based at Middleton St George near Darlington (now Teesside Airport).
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Flt.Sgt. William Robert Field. Royal Air Force, 550 Squadron. (d.15/16 March 1945) Because of illness my uncle had to leave his original crew for treatment. On recovery he rejoined his squadron but his original crew had completed their tour and so he was attached to another crew to complete his operational tour. On a raid to Misburg, Lower Saxony in Germany on the night of 16 March 1945 his aircraft was lost through enemy action with 5 crew killed (including my uncle), one escaped and one hospitalised. He was 29. Bill Field
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