Researcher & Administrator of Worcestershire War Memorials & more. Researcher of nurses who died in conflict. All views my own
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Lost his life this day 1st. Nov. 1940.
Sgt. Roger Emile de Cannart d’Hamale.
Belgian One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/dHamale.ht…
He was patrolling over Hawkinge when he was attacked by Me109s. He was seen to fall away from the combat & crashed. He did not bale out and was killed.
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Lost his life this day 1st. Nov. 1940.
PO. Boleslaw Andrzej Wlasnowolski. VM.
Polish One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/Wlasnowols…
Killed following combat with Me109s off Portsmouth.
He is buried in Chichester Cemetery.
Age 23.
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Lost his life this day 1st. Nov. 1940.
Sgt. Mieczyslaw Stanislaw Marcinkowski .
Polish One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/Marcinkows…
He was reported Missing after a squadron patrol. He was last seen heading for the French coast in his Hurricane.
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Lost his life this day 1st. Nov. 1940.
S/Ldr. Archibald Ashmore McKellar. DSO.
One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/McKellar.h…
An eye-witness saw his Hurricane circling for somewhere to land, after an engagement with enemy aircraft, but it flicked on its back and crashed into trees.
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Lost his life this day 1st. Nov. 1940.
FO. William Henry Nelson.
Canadian One of THE FEW.
https://
bbm.org.uk/airmen/NelsonW
H.htm
Killed when his Spitfire was shot down in a surprise attack by Me109s. He is believed to have crashed into the Channel.
Age 23.
Remembering Nurse Rosamond Lord, died from acute pneumonia on the 1st November 1918 aged 20, worked as a nurse at Bicester Red Cross Hospital, no VAD index card, death registration in the December Quarter 1918. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
Remembering Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid GC, Royal Logistics Corps (E.O.D.), killed in an IED blast Sangin Region, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 31st October 2009 aged 30. He was posthumously awarded the George Medal. #Afghanistan
Remembering Corporal Ian Plank, Special Boat Service, killed by hostile fire during a Coalition operation in Iraq late on 31st October 2003 aged 31. #Iraq
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Lost his life this day 31st.October 1941.
Sgt. Antonin Zavoral.
Czech One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/Zavoral.ht…
On this day he was flying his Hurricane on a Ramrod to the Dunkirk area.
He was shot down by flak, his body was never recovered.
Remembering Hospital Sister Ethel Rawes, died through enemy action on the 31st October 1942 aged 58. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW2 #nurses
Remembering Staff Nurse Margaret Macbeth, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, died from influenza on the 31st October 1918 aged 28. Read more vis this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
Remembering Nurse Florence Hogg, Voluntary Aid Detachment, died from influenza on the 31st October 1918 aged 24. Read more vis this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
Remembering Nurse Audrey Heritage, Voluntary Aid Detachment, died on the 31st October 1918 aged 17. Read more vis this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
Remembering Nurse Grace Copeland, American Nursing Corps, died from meningitis on the 31st October 1918 aged 28. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #nurses #WW1 photo of Grace courtesy & © of Justin and Amanda Overby
Remembering Nurse Gertrude Roskell, Voluntary Aid Detachment, died from appendicitis on the 31st October 1915 aged 36. Read more via this link: rememberthefallen.co.uk/nurs… #WW1 #nurses
Remembering Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles murdered by a rogue Afghan policeman, Checkpoint Prrang, Nahr-e Saraj District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 30th October 2012 aged 28. Siddhanta was from Pokhara, Nepal. #Afghanistan #Gurkhas
Remembering Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter, 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles murdered by a rogue Afghan policeman, Checkpoint Prrang, Nahr-e Saraj District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 30th October 2012 aged 29. Edward was from County Durham. #Afghanistan #Gurkhas
Remembering Sapper William Blanchard 101 (City of London) Engineer Regt (EOD) killed by small arms fire whilst dealing with a suspected explosive device Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 30th October 2010 aged 39. William was from Gosport, Hants #Afghanistan
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Lost his life this day 30th.October 1940.
Sgt. Leonard Arthur Garvey.
One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/Garvey.htm
Well known in athletic circles in the thirties.
He was shot down and killed in combat with Me109s over Ashford.
Age 26. Buried in Witton Cemetery, Birmingham.
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Lost his life this day 30th.October 1940.
PO. Alfred Eric Davies.
One of THE FEW.
bbm.org.uk/airmen/DaviesAE.h…
Killed when the wing of hisSpitfire was shot off in combat with Me109s.
Davies was 23 and is buried in St. Mary Magdalene churchyard extension, Tanworth, Warwickshire.
