Flight Sergeant L. (Leslie) Tomlinson

[mckeesie]

Hi, hope this will work: I represent a Dutch heritage foundation (WO2GO) who are trying to re-tell the story of allied airmen who died on our island during WWII.  We remember them by making information boards annex memorials at the crash and writing a few books. We already had family and relatives coming to visit us from USA, Canada and the UK to officially unveil these boards.

On Juli 21th 1944 a Lancaster bomber crashed on the island where I live. Alle seven crew died. One of them was:
Flight Sergeant L. (Leslie) Tomlinson
Son of William and Marie Tomlinson, of Liverpool; husband of Dorothy May Tomlinson, of Litherland, Liverpool.

Is there anyone who can help me find his family?  If so, would you please contact me? If you happen to know living relatives, please remember that RootsChat cannot be used to publish these data. If so, please send me a personal message?

Thanks and regards,
Kees

[andrewalston]

Leslie Tomlinson appears to have been born 1st quarter of 1920 in Toxteth Park registration district. Mother's maiden name FOGG. No other TOMLINSON-FOGG children listed.

His parents appear to have married 4th quarter of 1918 at St. Silas, Toxteth Park. The bride is listed as MARIA Fogg.

[andrewalston]

His wife's maiden name looks like ROBERTS. There don't seem to be any direct descendants registered. She may have remarried in 1948 in Crosby registration district.

If so, there are likely children born in the area in the next decade or so. There are at least two families with the same surnames in the north Liverpool area though.

Also, I can;t narrow down Leslie's wife's birth. There are about a dozen possibilities. Did every Roberts family name a child "Dorothy M" ?

[Treetotal]

I am raising this post in the hope that the good hearted Rootschatters can help Kees and the Wo2go in their search for the relatives of 8 brave airmen who lost their lives when their Lancaster bomber was brought down by enemy fire. The pilot averted further death and injury to civilians on the ground by diverting the stricken plane and landing in a field.

We have found relatives for one of the crew who have visited Holland recently and met with Kees and witnessed the wonderful work that they have done to preserve the memory and resting places of these brave men.

Please give your support if you have the time.

Carol

[mckeesie]

Dear people on Rootschat, dear Carol,

Thank you very much on beforehand for trying to help our foundation in our search for relatives of the brave airmen who died on or near our island during WWII.

As a foundation we want to make sure those men are not forgotten nor why they fought and gave their lives. It's very hard for us over here in The Netherlands to find relatives after all these years. All help is welcome, so again thank you very much!

We will keep progress of the results via RootsChat and on our website www.wo2go.nl

Kind regards,
Kees