"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE (RAFVR)
Squadron 156
Killed In Action/Duisburg Raid
RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
Update: Information submitted to me (Thank You, Guy!) and cross referenced through multiple sources including Ancestry UK note that John's parents were John and Nanette Fenwick Thomson Denton of Fife, Scotland. John also had a younger brother named Alexander Cameron Stewart, born approximately 1922.
Those lost:
Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon - Roe
Sergeant John Cameron Stewart
Flight Sergeant/Bomb Aimer Edward William
Flight Sergeant Thomas James Pritchard
Officer Frank Giles
Pilot Officer Herbert Francis Jolley
Sergeant Kenneth Cecil Harrison
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE (RAFVR)
Squadron 156
Killed In Action/Duisburg Raid
RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
Update: Information submitted to me (Thank You, Guy!) and cross referenced through multiple sources including Ancestry UK note that John's parents were John and Nanette Fenwick Thomson Denton of Fife, Scotland. John also had a younger brother named Alexander Cameron Stewart, born approximately 1922.
Those lost:
Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon - Roe
Sergeant John Cameron Stewart
Flight Sergeant/Bomb Aimer Edward William
Flight Sergeant Thomas James Pritchard
Officer Frank Giles
Pilot Officer Herbert Francis Jolley
Sergeant Kenneth Cecil Harrison
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Inscription
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Gravesite Details
Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 22.
