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12th May 1944On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Bougouneau M.. Pte. (d.12th May 1944)
- Eaton Harold. Sgt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Halliday Robert W.. Gnr. (d.12th May 1944)
- Heal Albert George. Pte. (d.12th May 1944)
- Hopkinson Samuel. Sgt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Morton Frank Ronald. Sgt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Neighbour Stanley William George. P/O (d.12th May 1944)
- Nelson Garnett Otis. 2nd Lt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Pillinger Leonard Charles. Flt Sgt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Rowntree Harry. Pte. (d.12th May 1944)
- Rugg George William. Sgt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Sleep Gordon Frederick. Pte (d.12th May 1944)
- Tulett Herbert Stanley Douglas. Sgt. (d.12th May 1944)
- Whitebread Roy Edward. P/O (d.12th May 1944)
- Woodall Edgar George. Cpl. (d.12th May 1944)
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Stories from 12th May 1944
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P/O Stanley William George Neighbour. Royal Air Force, 156 Sqd. (d.12th May 1944) My mother is now 87 and she was reminiscing about her wartime experiences recently. She was 23, then called Muriel (Peggy) Siddall, and in nursing training. Her father, Frank Siddall, was the station master at Beverley in Lincolnshire and the family lived at the station. Mum was engaged to Stanley Neighbour, a pilot in the Pathfinders. He flew his plane low over the station on his way to a mission and spooked the horses in the station yard causing some pretty ripe language from Granddad! Nearly took the chimney pots off, Mum said. She was out in the yard waving a duster on the end of a broom so Stanley could see her. That was the last she saw of him as he didn't return from that mission. If anyone has any knowledge of him or where he might be laid to rest I'd be grateful for the opportunity to tell her.
UPDATE: P/O Stanley William George Neighbour, was the pilot of Lancaster ND454, coded GT-L, of 156 Sqd, he took off from RAF Warboys on the 24th Feb 1944 on a mission to Schweinfurt and crashed between Schalbach and Hirschland,
north east of Sarrebourg, France. However, there is a report that this aircraft was lost 11/12th May 1944 on a mission to Bourg-Leopld, so there is some doubt as to which date is correct, Peggy's recollection would suggest it was May as it would have been dark at 18.34 on a February evening when they are listed as having taken off from Warboys.
The Crew were:
- P/O S.W.G.Neighbour
- Sgt H.Eaton
- Sgt G.W.Rugg
- F/S L.C.Pillinger
- Sgt S.Hopkinson
- R.E.Whitebeard
- Sgt F.R.Morton
Sgt Morton is buried in Hirschland Church Yard and the other six lie together in Schalbach Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Nick Devonport
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Cpl. Edgar George Woodall. Royal Air Force, 238 Squadron. (d.12th May 1944) Edgar Wodall is buried at Biguglia War Cemetery, Haute-Corse, France. He was the son of George and Alice Elizabeth Burden Woodall and husband of Molly Edith Clarice Guilford Woodall, of Brighton, Sussex.
Larry Kane
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2nd Lt. Garnett Otis Nelson. US Army Air Corps., 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Sqd.. (d.12th May 1944) Garnett Nelson was listed as Missing in Action on the 12th of May 1944.Linda Cheshire
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Pte. Harry Rowntree. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool). (d.12th May 1944) Unfortunately we do not know much about my great uncle Harry Rowntree, other than he was killed in action at Monte Cassino, Italy on 12th May 1944. We have been led to believe that his body was not found, so he is commemorated on panel no. 5. I believe my grandma (his sister) and his parents found it difficult to talk about after his death.
The sad thing is that we have no family photos of my great uncle Harry. It would be nice if someone had a group photo of the 2nd Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool) as I'm hoping he will be on it somewhere.T briggs
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Pte. M. Bougouneau. South Caribbean Force, Windward Islands Btn. . (d.12th May 1944) Private Bougouneau was the son of Raymond and Emine Bougouneau of La Plaine, Dominica.
He was 25 when he died and is buried in the Roseau Roman Catholic Cemetery in the Dominican Republic. S Flynn
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Pte. Albert George Heal. British Army, 2nd Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. (d.12th May 1944) Albert Heal is buried in Cassino War Cemetery. Alan Overment
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Gnr. Robert W. Halliday. British Army , 107th (South Notts Hussars) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. (d.12th May 1944) I am sorry that I didn't know Robert as I was born after he died, but he was my mother's brother and she told me the he was killed as a prisoner of war while kept in a factory which was bombed.
He is buried in Prague and I went to visit his grave.Alan Robinson
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