Casualties 21 Base Defence Sector D-Day Omaha Beach

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, France

DAY, Corporal, FRANCIS EDWARD JAMES, 632267, 5158T M.S.U., Royal Air Force. 6 June 1944. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Day. Grave Ref. X. B. 1.

HIGHFIELD, Flight Lieutenant, DOUGLAS CHARLES, 117492, 15082 G.C.I., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 6 June 1944. Grave Ref. X. B. 14.

MIDDLETON, Corporal, ELDRED FRANCIS, 1285110, 6205 B.D.F., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 6 June 1944. Age 32. Son of Alfred and Bertha Middleton; husband of Sybil Middleton, of Handbridge, Chester. Grave Ref. X. A. 12.

NEWSON, Leading Aircraftman, STANLEY WILLIAM, 1612976, 15082 G.C.I., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 6 June 1944. Age 22. Son of George Joseph and Rosina Newson, of Wallington, Surrey. Grave Ref. X. B. 12.

PARR, Leading Aircraftman, RICHARD CROXTON, 1527578, 15082 G.C.I., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 6 June 1944. Age 22. Son of Walter Henry and Catherine Evelyn Parr, of Crewe, Cheshire. Grave Ref. X. B. 6.

ROUTLEDGE, Aircraftman 1st Class, ALAN BERTRAM, 1798971, 5132C M.S.U., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 7 June 1944. Age 33. Son of Frederick A. and Margaret F. Routledge. Grave Ref. X. B. 18.

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, United Kingdom

CROFTS, Leading Aircraftman, JACK HENSON, 1678283, B.S.R.U., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 7 June 1944. Age 20. Son of Herman Edwin and Mabel Crofts, of Sheffield. Panel 241.

FANCOURT, Leading Aircraftman, ALBERT HENRY, 862656, No.1R.A.F.Beach Unit, Royal Air Force. 6 June 1944. Age 30. Son of Ernest and Emily Fancourt; husband of Kathleen Betty Fancourt, of Norwood, Surrey. Panel 242.

FINCH, Leading Aircraftman, WILLIAM MAJOR, 1650137, 2834 Sqdn. R.A.F. Regt., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 6 June 1944. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Finch, of Walthamstow, Essex. Panel 242.

McNAUGHT, Leading Aircraftman, JOSEPH, 1562096, No.1R.A.F.Beach Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 6 June 1944. Age 39. Son of John McNaught and of Mary McNaught (nee Clifton); husband of Isabella Watson Brown McNaught (nee McDonald), of Springfield, Fife. Panel 242.

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