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Grave Marker Help Please.
« on: Tuesday 11 July 23 15:31 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help with this grave marker please. I would like to be able to find information in order to trace living relatives. Would the man be RAF? The quality isn't great, but I scanned them at a high resolution. I can see Sharp and Logan and possibly 1942.
Thanks for looking.
Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Grave Marker Help Please.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 16:22 BST (UK) »

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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 16:31 BST (UK) »
Thank you so Much Boo for taking the time to look. I will have to find out what happened on that day!
So many young lives taken too soon.
I will let you know If I can make contact with living relatives.
Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Grave Marker Help Please.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 16:38 BST (UK) »
I'm not 100% certain but they appeared to be the most likely when I searched, just using the surname and then showing 100 results at a time did  a CTRL F and used the last few digits of the service no. to see if anything possible came up.

The fact they were in the same Sqdn and died the same day in 1942 does seem to lend a bit of weight to it being the correct ones

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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 16:48 BST (UK) »
Yes I think so, the service numbers tally too, and the guy in the photo was most likely to be from the same squadron.
Thanks again.  :-*

Added: John Kay Sharp was from Hull where I bought the photos from.
Carol
 
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Grave Marker Help Please.
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 16:49 BST (UK) »
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=90489

6 young men lost their lives that day.

added, entry in NA (not digitised so only viewable on site)

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083863

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 16:59 BST (UK) »
Thanks once again, you have been a great help! I am passionate about the RAF as my Son is a Flight Sergeant, (Air Crew) as an Interpreter and shows a great interest in the RAF photos that I buy.
Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 17:01 BST (UK) »
https://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crew-lim-opoe.php

the crosses (as you know) were temporary markers, that site has the CWGC stones pics
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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 11 July 23 17:21 BST (UK) »
I had a firkle :-)

Hull Daily Mail 08 Apr 1942, page 3 col 2

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