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21st June 1944On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Banks Jack. (d.21st Jul 1944)
- Banks Jack. (d.21st Jul 1944)
- Bellingham Kenneth G.. F/O. (d.21st Jun 1944)
- Boyle Ernest Elroy. P/O (d.21st Jun 1944)
- Ellis Percy Goronwy. Sgt. (d.21st June 1944)
- Foulds Basil Henry. Slt. (d.21st June 1944)
- Gedman Albert. Fus. (d.21st Jun 1944)
- Gosling Keith. P/O (d.21st Jun 1944)
- Nixon Jack Elwin McIntosh. P/O (d.21st Jun 1944)
- Reid Ian Henry Milne. Sgt. (d.21st Jun 1944)
- Tanuziello D.. Sgt. (d.21st Jun 1944)
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Stories from 21st June 1944
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P/O Keith Gosling. Royal Air Force, special operator 101 Sqd.. (d.21st Jun 1944) Keith Gosling was an ABC operator, he lost his life when his Lancaster was shot down by a nightfighter, returning from operations to Homburg.
The crew were:
P/O D.L.Meier
Sgt I.H.M.Reid
Sgt D.Tanuziello
Sgt L.K.G.Williams
WO2 J.E.McI Nixon
P/O K.Gosling
Sgt E.E.Boyle
Sgt G.T.Douglas
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F/O. Kenneth G. Bellingham. Royal Air Force, 106 Squadron. (d.21st Jun 1944) Ken Bellingham and I were in the same form at Leeds Modern School from 1932 to 1935. After graduation, I never saw Ken until 20th June 1944. I was in my office in the station store when a F/O walked in. I looked up and said "Hello, Ken, what brings you here" His reply was that he was pilot to a replacement crew lost a few days previously in 106 Squadron and that he was scheduled to go out that night.
I never saw him again, he was killed on 21st June, but wrote a letter of condolence to his parents, and saw that his possessions were dispatched to the same address.
Edric Clarke
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Jack Banks. British Army, 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry. (d.21st Jul 1944) I found the headstone of 16year old Jack Banks at the Jerusalem War Cemetery in Normandy about 5 years ago. There is quite a lot of information about the young man near his grave. I think he enlisted without his family knowing about it and the authorities were searching for him but they were too late. Brian Smith
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Jack Banks. British Army, 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry. (d.21st Jul 1944) I found the headstone of 16year old Jack Banks at the Jerusalem War Cemetery in Normandy about 5 years ago. There is quite a lot of information about the young man near his grave. I think he enlisted without his family knowing about it and the authorities were searching for him but they were too late. Brian Smith
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Slt. Basil Henry Foulds. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, RMS Lusitania. (d.21st June 1944) Basil Foulds was my paternal grandfather who ran an antiques business in Fowey, Cornwall during the 1930s.
At the outbreak of WW2, he was 35 years old and he volunteered to join the RNVR. He served from 25th of July 1940 to his death from natural causes on 21th of June 1944. His service began as an engine man on HMS Poulmic.
He continued to serve as an engine man on a number of small vessels until his promotion to Temporary Paymaster Sub Lieutenant on HMS King Alfred in May 1942. He also served in land based establishments HMS Drake and HMS Cabbala until April 1944 when he was assigned to HMS Lusitania in the Azores for supply duties.
HMS Lusitania was a hulk ship renamed from HMS Chanticleer a RN Sloop which was struck by a Gnat from U Boat 515 in November 1943 east of the Azores. Sadly, like many servicemen in the RNVR he contracted poliomyelitis and was airlifted back to RAF Lynham. He died on active service in RD Hospital Yatesbury on 21st of June 1944 and was buried in his home town of Fowey. His grave is marked with a CWG headstone.
He was a grandfather I never knew and his death was a terrible blow to my father who was just 15 years old in 1944. A good father to me, he respected his father’s own war service by going to sea in 1947 as an apprentice in the RFA and eventually progressed to Master Mariner in the MN. Anthony Foulds
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