This bio is in composition as of 10 Feb 2014 by Gord Hines. "xxxx" indicates further text to be added.
Roy HINES was the son of George Reginald HINES (1893-1945) and Mary Hendry RICHMOND (ca1894-1966) of Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada. Roy was also survived by one sister, Aileen Waddell née HINES MacIVER (1924-2005). He was predeceased by a half-sister, Rosemary Edith HINES (1918-1923), whose mother (Roy's father's first wife) had died in 1919. Roy's father, George, had joined the local militia in 1912 (age 18 or 19) and then served in the 20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. In late 1917, George married Rose Lillian LINKINS in Kent, England.
WWII RCAF SERVICE
WWII was already underway as Roy finished High School in his home town of Bracebridge. Shortly afterward, and following closely in his father's military footsteps, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, with RCAF Service Number J8417. [His service Number appears in several online internet records as 3417 or J3417 and is likely due to a transcription error in a single RCAF source document.
Roy was posted to No. 10 Service Flying Training School in Dauphin, Manitoba. He was a member of Course 35: August 8 - October 24, 1941 [ comprised of 21 known men- most with RCAF Service Numbers in the range "J/8397, Gordon Ross Truemner (AFC), thru J/8418, Harold Keith Stinson (DFC)" - Ref: rcafdauphin.blogspot.ca/2012_10_01_archive.html ], and received his "Wings" upon graduating there. After training as a pilot, he achieved the rank of Pilot Officer - "P.O.".
He was one of many RCAF pilots deployed to England to fly British-owned Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
At the time of his death, he had been a pilot for just over one year. He was (reportedly) attached to RAF Fighter Command, in 59 Operational Training Unit (OTU). The 59 OTU provided training for Hawker Hurricane pilots and was initially (Feb 1941) located at the RAF Crosby-on-Eden airbase in Cumberland County (now Cumbria), about 5.8 mi (9.3 km) north east of Carlisle, Cumbria and 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Brampton, Cumbria .
RAF Milfield, in Northumberland, was under construction during 1941 and early 1942. On 6 August 1942, 59 OTU was relocated to Milfield from Cumbria. It is possible that Roy HINES was involved in operational testing of the new RAF Milfield airbase before it was officially opened.
On 19 Jan, 1942, near noon, Roy was on a training flight in his Hawker Hurricane Mk1 fighter # V7385 over North Yorkshire England when he encountered bad weather. One report of the incident states: "At 12.15hrs the pilot was attempting a forced landing believed to have been near Nosterfield, the landing was a success but the pilot had not done his straps tight and struck his head on the instrument panel sustaining fatal injuries; he later died in hospital.... the Nosterfield location is confirmed through a North Riding police report giving a map reference." The name and location of the hospital continue to be unknown as of this writing (10 Feb 2014).
MEMORIALS
MILFIELD, Northumberland, UK
RAF MILFIELD MEMORIAL is located along the Maelmin Heritage Trail and Henge, just outside Milfield. A memorial has been erected to the memory of the xxxx RAF and 37 RCAF men who lost their lives xxxx in their affiliation with RAF Milfield.
Roy is listed as "R.R. HINES 19 Jan 1941" [sadly, the year is in error - he died in 1942].
Photos (at right) show the metal plaque on the stone, and a detail name list of the 37 RCAF personnel.
BRACEBRIDGE, Ontario, Canada
The Bracebridge Cenotaph was erected in 1959, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
The inscription on the Town Cenotaph reads:
"Lest we forget - In memory of the men of Bracebridge and District who made the supreme sacrifice" ▲ WWII Roy HINES (in 33 names listed on RCAF side of monument**)
** See photo in the expanded group - link on the right
Knox Presbyterian Church: 1939-1945 Memorial
"Roll of Honour - We record with pride and gratitude the names of members of Knox Presbyterian Church who are serving their King and Country" ▲ Roy HINES (listed as)
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
Canadian War Memorials
-- Memorial Book and Records [xxxx add details from www]
Collections Canada database: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead: Roy HINES RCAF ASN J8417
BURIAL
One of Roy's father's aunts was Jane COOPER (1861-1925) of Sussex, England, wife of Philip Wallace HINES (1860-1941). The HINES and COOPER families maintained contact. Upon Roy's death, The COOPERs in Sussex arranged for their "nephew" (actually, a grand-nephew of Jane COOPER*) to be buried in a COOPER Family Plot in Chadwell Heath Cemetery**.
* NOTES:
* Jane COOPER's parents were John and Harriet COOPER of Sussex. The exact relationship of Jane COOPER to the two COOPERs buried in the same plot as Roy is unknown at this writing.
** The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) online database identifies his burial as being in "Dagenham (Chadwell Heath) Cemetery".
MEDIA REPORTS
Toronto Daily Star, Friday, January 23, 1942
Page 10, Column 7 of 8, bottom half of page [with photo]
"Listed as casualties overseas by the R.C.A.F. today are Pilot-Officer Roy Hines, Bracebridge ... killed on active service."
Toronto Globe and Mail [xxxx to be added from GRH copy]
xxxx local (Barking?) news item re his funeral [to come from Barking Hist Society?]
ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS will be most welcome and appreciated. Please contact Gord Hines via the link below.
Roy HINES was the son of George Reginald HINES (1893-1945) and Mary Hendry RICHMOND (ca1894-1966) of Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada. Roy was also survived by one sister, Aileen Waddell née HINES MacIVER (1924-2005). He was predeceased by a half-sister, Rosemary Edith HINES (1918-1923), whose mother (Roy's father's first wife) had died in 1919. Roy's father, George, had joined the local militia in 1912 (age 18 or 19) and then served in the 20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. In late 1917, George married Rose Lillian LINKINS in Kent, England.
WWII RCAF SERVICE
WWII was already underway as Roy finished High School in his home town of Bracebridge. Shortly afterward, and following closely in his father's military footsteps, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, with RCAF Service Number J8417. [His service Number appears in several online internet records as 3417 or J3417 and is likely due to a transcription error in a single RCAF source document.
Roy was posted to No. 10 Service Flying Training School in Dauphin, Manitoba. He was a member of Course 35: August 8 - October 24, 1941 [ comprised of 21 known men- most with RCAF Service Numbers in the range "J/8397, Gordon Ross Truemner (AFC), thru J/8418, Harold Keith Stinson (DFC)" - Ref: rcafdauphin.blogspot.ca/2012_10_01_archive.html ], and received his "Wings" upon graduating there. After training as a pilot, he achieved the rank of Pilot Officer - "P.O.".
He was one of many RCAF pilots deployed to England to fly British-owned Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
At the time of his death, he had been a pilot for just over one year. He was (reportedly) attached to RAF Fighter Command, in 59 Operational Training Unit (OTU). The 59 OTU provided training for Hawker Hurricane pilots and was initially (Feb 1941) located at the RAF Crosby-on-Eden airbase in Cumberland County (now Cumbria), about 5.8 mi (9.3 km) north east of Carlisle, Cumbria and 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Brampton, Cumbria .
RAF Milfield, in Northumberland, was under construction during 1941 and early 1942. On 6 August 1942, 59 OTU was relocated to Milfield from Cumbria. It is possible that Roy HINES was involved in operational testing of the new RAF Milfield airbase before it was officially opened.
On 19 Jan, 1942, near noon, Roy was on a training flight in his Hawker Hurricane Mk1 fighter # V7385 over North Yorkshire England when he encountered bad weather. One report of the incident states: "At 12.15hrs the pilot was attempting a forced landing believed to have been near Nosterfield, the landing was a success but the pilot had not done his straps tight and struck his head on the instrument panel sustaining fatal injuries; he later died in hospital.... the Nosterfield location is confirmed through a North Riding police report giving a map reference." The name and location of the hospital continue to be unknown as of this writing (10 Feb 2014).
MEMORIALS
MILFIELD, Northumberland, UK
RAF MILFIELD MEMORIAL is located along the Maelmin Heritage Trail and Henge, just outside Milfield. A memorial has been erected to the memory of the xxxx RAF and 37 RCAF men who lost their lives xxxx in their affiliation with RAF Milfield.
Roy is listed as "R.R. HINES 19 Jan 1941" [sadly, the year is in error - he died in 1942].
Photos (at right) show the metal plaque on the stone, and a detail name list of the 37 RCAF personnel.
BRACEBRIDGE, Ontario, Canada
The Bracebridge Cenotaph was erected in 1959, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
The inscription on the Town Cenotaph reads:
"Lest we forget - In memory of the men of Bracebridge and District who made the supreme sacrifice" ▲ WWII Roy HINES (in 33 names listed on RCAF side of monument**)
** See photo in the expanded group - link on the right
Knox Presbyterian Church: 1939-1945 Memorial
"Roll of Honour - We record with pride and gratitude the names of members of Knox Presbyterian Church who are serving their King and Country" ▲ Roy HINES (listed as)
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
Canadian War Memorials
-- Memorial Book and Records [xxxx add details from www]
Collections Canada database: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead: Roy HINES RCAF ASN J8417
BURIAL
One of Roy's father's aunts was Jane COOPER (1861-1925) of Sussex, England, wife of Philip Wallace HINES (1860-1941). The HINES and COOPER families maintained contact. Upon Roy's death, The COOPERs in Sussex arranged for their "nephew" (actually, a grand-nephew of Jane COOPER*) to be buried in a COOPER Family Plot in Chadwell Heath Cemetery**.
* NOTES:
* Jane COOPER's parents were John and Harriet COOPER of Sussex. The exact relationship of Jane COOPER to the two COOPERs buried in the same plot as Roy is unknown at this writing.
** The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) online database identifies his burial as being in "Dagenham (Chadwell Heath) Cemetery".
MEDIA REPORTS
Toronto Daily Star, Friday, January 23, 1942
Page 10, Column 7 of 8, bottom half of page [with photo]
"Listed as casualties overseas by the R.C.A.F. today are Pilot-Officer Roy Hines, Bracebridge ... killed on active service."
Toronto Globe and Mail [xxxx to be added from GRH copy]
xxxx local (Barking?) news item re his funeral [to come from Barking Hist Society?]
ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS will be most welcome and appreciated. Please contact Gord Hines via the link below.
This bio is in composition as of 10 Feb 2014 by Gord Hines. "xxxx" indicates further text to be added.
Roy HINES was the son of George Reginald HINES (1893-1945) and Mary Hendry RICHMOND (ca1894-1966) of Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada. Roy was also survived by one sister, Aileen Waddell née HINES MacIVER (1924-2005). He was predeceased by a half-sister, Rosemary Edith HINES (1918-1923), whose mother (Roy's father's first wife) had died in 1919. Roy's father, George, had joined the local militia in 1912 (age 18 or 19) and then served in the 20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. In late 1917, George married Rose Lillian LINKINS in Kent, England.
WWII RCAF SERVICE
WWII was already underway as Roy finished High School in his home town of Bracebridge. Shortly afterward, and following closely in his father's military footsteps, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, with RCAF Service Number J8417. [His service Number appears in several online internet records as 3417 or J3417 and is likely due to a transcription error in a single RCAF source document.
Roy was posted to No. 10 Service Flying Training School in Dauphin, Manitoba. He was a member of Course 35: August 8 - October 24, 1941 [ comprised of 21 known men- most with RCAF Service Numbers in the range "J/8397, Gordon Ross Truemner (AFC), thru J/8418, Harold Keith Stinson (DFC)" - Ref: rcafdauphin.blogspot.ca/2012_10_01_archive.html ], and received his "Wings" upon graduating there. After training as a pilot, he achieved the rank of Pilot Officer - "P.O.".
He was one of many RCAF pilots deployed to England to fly British-owned Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
At the time of his death, he had been a pilot for just over one year. He was (reportedly) attached to RAF Fighter Command, in 59 Operational Training Unit (OTU). The 59 OTU provided training for Hawker Hurricane pilots and was initially (Feb 1941) located at the RAF Crosby-on-Eden airbase in Cumberland County (now Cumbria), about 5.8 mi (9.3 km) north east of Carlisle, Cumbria and 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Brampton, Cumbria .
RAF Milfield, in Northumberland, was under construction during 1941 and early 1942. On 6 August 1942, 59 OTU was relocated to Milfield from Cumbria. It is possible that Roy HINES was involved in operational testing of the new RAF Milfield airbase before it was officially opened.
On 19 Jan, 1942, near noon, Roy was on a training flight in his Hawker Hurricane Mk1 fighter # V7385 over North Yorkshire England when he encountered bad weather. One report of the incident states: "At 12.15hrs the pilot was attempting a forced landing believed to have been near Nosterfield, the landing was a success but the pilot had not done his straps tight and struck his head on the instrument panel sustaining fatal injuries; he later died in hospital.... the Nosterfield location is confirmed through a North Riding police report giving a map reference." The name and location of the hospital continue to be unknown as of this writing (10 Feb 2014).
MEMORIALS
MILFIELD, Northumberland, UK
RAF MILFIELD MEMORIAL is located along the Maelmin Heritage Trail and Henge, just outside Milfield. A memorial has been erected to the memory of the xxxx RAF and 37 RCAF men who lost their lives xxxx in their affiliation with RAF Milfield.
Roy is listed as "R.R. HINES 19 Jan 1941" [sadly, the year is in error - he died in 1942].
Photos (at right) show the metal plaque on the stone, and a detail name list of the 37 RCAF personnel.
BRACEBRIDGE, Ontario, Canada
The Bracebridge Cenotaph was erected in 1959, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
The inscription on the Town Cenotaph reads:
"Lest we forget - In memory of the men of Bracebridge and District who made the supreme sacrifice" ▲ WWII Roy HINES (in 33 names listed on RCAF side of monument**)
** See photo in the expanded group - link on the right
Knox Presbyterian Church: 1939-1945 Memorial
"Roll of Honour - We record with pride and gratitude the names of members of Knox Presbyterian Church who are serving their King and Country" ▲ Roy HINES (listed as)
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
Canadian War Memorials
-- Memorial Book and Records [xxxx add details from www]
Collections Canada database: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead: Roy HINES RCAF ASN J8417
BURIAL
One of Roy's father's aunts was Jane COOPER (1861-1925) of Sussex, England, wife of Philip Wallace HINES (1860-1941). The HINES and COOPER families maintained contact. Upon Roy's death, The COOPERs in Sussex arranged for their "nephew" (actually, a grand-nephew of Jane COOPER*) to be buried in a COOPER Family Plot in Chadwell Heath Cemetery**.
* NOTES:
* Jane COOPER's parents were John and Harriet COOPER of Sussex. The exact relationship of Jane COOPER to the two COOPERs buried in the same plot as Roy is unknown at this writing.
** The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) online database identifies his burial as being in "Dagenham (Chadwell Heath) Cemetery".
MEDIA REPORTS
Toronto Daily Star, Friday, January 23, 1942
Page 10, Column 7 of 8, bottom half of page [with photo]
"Listed as casualties overseas by the R.C.A.F. today are Pilot-Officer Roy Hines, Bracebridge ... killed on active service."
Toronto Globe and Mail [xxxx to be added from GRH copy]
xxxx local (Barking?) news item re his funeral [to come from Barking Hist Society?]
ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS will be most welcome and appreciated. Please contact Gord Hines via the link below.
Roy HINES was the son of George Reginald HINES (1893-1945) and Mary Hendry RICHMOND (ca1894-1966) of Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada. Roy was also survived by one sister, Aileen Waddell née HINES MacIVER (1924-2005). He was predeceased by a half-sister, Rosemary Edith HINES (1918-1923), whose mother (Roy's father's first wife) had died in 1919. Roy's father, George, had joined the local militia in 1912 (age 18 or 19) and then served in the 20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. In late 1917, George married Rose Lillian LINKINS in Kent, England.
WWII RCAF SERVICE
WWII was already underway as Roy finished High School in his home town of Bracebridge. Shortly afterward, and following closely in his father's military footsteps, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, with RCAF Service Number J8417. [His service Number appears in several online internet records as 3417 or J3417 and is likely due to a transcription error in a single RCAF source document.
Roy was posted to No. 10 Service Flying Training School in Dauphin, Manitoba. He was a member of Course 35: August 8 - October 24, 1941 [ comprised of 21 known men- most with RCAF Service Numbers in the range "J/8397, Gordon Ross Truemner (AFC), thru J/8418, Harold Keith Stinson (DFC)" - Ref: rcafdauphin.blogspot.ca/2012_10_01_archive.html ], and received his "Wings" upon graduating there. After training as a pilot, he achieved the rank of Pilot Officer - "P.O.".
He was one of many RCAF pilots deployed to England to fly British-owned Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
At the time of his death, he had been a pilot for just over one year. He was (reportedly) attached to RAF Fighter Command, in 59 Operational Training Unit (OTU). The 59 OTU provided training for Hawker Hurricane pilots and was initially (Feb 1941) located at the RAF Crosby-on-Eden airbase in Cumberland County (now Cumbria), about 5.8 mi (9.3 km) north east of Carlisle, Cumbria and 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Brampton, Cumbria .
RAF Milfield, in Northumberland, was under construction during 1941 and early 1942. On 6 August 1942, 59 OTU was relocated to Milfield from Cumbria. It is possible that Roy HINES was involved in operational testing of the new RAF Milfield airbase before it was officially opened.
On 19 Jan, 1942, near noon, Roy was on a training flight in his Hawker Hurricane Mk1 fighter # V7385 over North Yorkshire England when he encountered bad weather. One report of the incident states: "At 12.15hrs the pilot was attempting a forced landing believed to have been near Nosterfield, the landing was a success but the pilot had not done his straps tight and struck his head on the instrument panel sustaining fatal injuries; he later died in hospital.... the Nosterfield location is confirmed through a North Riding police report giving a map reference." The name and location of the hospital continue to be unknown as of this writing (10 Feb 2014).
MEMORIALS
MILFIELD, Northumberland, UK
RAF MILFIELD MEMORIAL is located along the Maelmin Heritage Trail and Henge, just outside Milfield. A memorial has been erected to the memory of the xxxx RAF and 37 RCAF men who lost their lives xxxx in their affiliation with RAF Milfield.
Roy is listed as "R.R. HINES 19 Jan 1941" [sadly, the year is in error - he died in 1942].
Photos (at right) show the metal plaque on the stone, and a detail name list of the 37 RCAF personnel.
BRACEBRIDGE, Ontario, Canada
The Bracebridge Cenotaph was erected in 1959, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
The inscription on the Town Cenotaph reads:
"Lest we forget - In memory of the men of Bracebridge and District who made the supreme sacrifice" ▲ WWII Roy HINES (in 33 names listed on RCAF side of monument**)
** See photo in the expanded group - link on the right
Knox Presbyterian Church: 1939-1945 Memorial
"Roll of Honour - We record with pride and gratitude the names of members of Knox Presbyterian Church who are serving their King and Country" ▲ Roy HINES (listed as)
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
Canadian War Memorials
-- Memorial Book and Records [xxxx add details from www]
Collections Canada database: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead: Roy HINES RCAF ASN J8417
BURIAL
One of Roy's father's aunts was Jane COOPER (1861-1925) of Sussex, England, wife of Philip Wallace HINES (1860-1941). The HINES and COOPER families maintained contact. Upon Roy's death, The COOPERs in Sussex arranged for their "nephew" (actually, a grand-nephew of Jane COOPER*) to be buried in a COOPER Family Plot in Chadwell Heath Cemetery**.
* NOTES:
* Jane COOPER's parents were John and Harriet COOPER of Sussex. The exact relationship of Jane COOPER to the two COOPERs buried in the same plot as Roy is unknown at this writing.
** The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) online database identifies his burial as being in "Dagenham (Chadwell Heath) Cemetery".
MEDIA REPORTS
Toronto Daily Star, Friday, January 23, 1942
Page 10, Column 7 of 8, bottom half of page [with photo]
"Listed as casualties overseas by the R.C.A.F. today are Pilot-Officer Roy Hines, Bracebridge ... killed on active service."
Toronto Globe and Mail [xxxx to be added from GRH copy]
xxxx local (Barking?) news item re his funeral [to come from Barking Hist Society?]
ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS will be most welcome and appreciated. Please contact Gord Hines via the link below.
Inscription
Cooper
In Loving Memory of
PILOT OFFICER
R. R. Hines R.C.A.F.
(NEPHEW)
DIED 19th JAN. 1942
AGED 19 YEARS.
_____
Kitty Cooper
BORN 29th JUNE 1915
DIED 1 APRIL 1956
_____
Alexanderina Cooper
BORN 8th DEC. 1881
DIED 28th MARCH 1956
Gravesite Details
Some headstone lettering is deteriorating and becoming harder to read.
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