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21st November 1944On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Gosnold Peter Andrew. Sgt. (d.21st Nov 1944)
- Ramey Lyman Phillip. P/O. (d.21st Nov 1944)
- Shafer Elmer. Tech5. (d.21st Nov 1944)
- Shiells John. Guardsman (d.21st November 1944)
- Swanton Eithne. (d.21st November 1944)
- Wilkins Robert R. 2nd Lt.
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Want to know more about the 21st of November 1944? There are:28 items tagged 21st of November 1944 available in our Library
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Stories from 21st November 1944
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2nd Lt. Robert R Wilkins. US Army Air Corps, 701st BS 445th BG. I am looking for any information available about my cousin, U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Robert R. Wilkins, a B-24 pilot with the 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group (Heavy), who was shot down on Nov. 21, 1944. He was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. According to the American Battle Monuments Commission, he is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.
John Maddigan
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Eithne Swanton. ATS, . (d.21st November 1944) During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
I am looking for information about the only women who is buried in Goirle. Her name is EITHNE SWANTON, Auxiliary Territorial Service, service nr. W/297570, age 28 years old, died 21 November 1944.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me in this matter. Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website.
Thank you in advance for your help Gerrit Kobes
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Sgt. Peter Andrew Gosnold. Royal Air Force, A Flight 514 Squadron. (d.21st Nov 1944) Peter Gosnold was a Flight Engineer having volunteered for the RAF in 1942. He joined the crew of Sgt (later F/O) Geoffrey France and was posted to 514 Squadron at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. The crew's first op was to Watten on 5th July 1944. On 21st November 1944 the crew were tasked to take part in an operation to Homberg, flying Lancaster I PD265, JI-G. The aircraft took off from Waterbeach at 12.28hrs. Whilst approaching the target, the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil production plant at Meerbeck outside Homberg, the aircraft was hit by flak, initially in one engine. There was a fire and the aircraft became uncontrollable, crashing in the waterway surrounding the Guildhall at Moers.
The loss of this aircraft was witnessed by a 75 Squadron Pilot Harry Yates D.F.C. and is described in his book "Luck and a Lancaster". Its crash location was provided by a German historian in Moers. Simon Hepworth
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P/O. Lyman Phillip "Lady Killer" Ramey. Royal Canadian Air Force, 433 (Porcupine) Squadron. (d.21st Nov 1944) My uncle Lyman Ramey, was killed in action on a night raid on 21st November 1944. He was a wireless operator/air gunner. He was shot down by a German Ace in a nightfighter (dual prop fighter). Lyman was 21 years old. Letters to home said he wouldn't have missed it for the world.Joel Ramey
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Guardsman John "Jock" Shiells. British Army, 3rd Btn Scots Guards. (d.21st November 1944) A recce troop of 3rd Battalion Scots Guards went on patrol on 21st November 1944 (the day before the liberation of Sevenum, Netherlands) to explore "De Vorst", a hamlet of Sevenum. On the Saardijk, Lance Sergeant Brown's tank ran over a mine and the tank driver, John Shiells, was killed. He was only 21 years old at the time.
His comrade, guardsman James Gordon (also 21 years old) sustained very serious permanent injury. He was a man with a very strong character and enjoyed life in spite of his injury. Unfortunately, he was only 52 years old when he died. Sergeant Brown and a third (as yet unknown) guardsman remained unharmed.
John was buried on the spot where he died in a grave between the houses of the Pauwels family and the Janssen family. The current house numbers are 6 and 7 on the Saardijk in Sevenum. John was buried there until 1st August 1947 when his mortal remains were taken to Mook War Cemetery. Until that day, his grave was adopted and tended by the widow Mrs. Pauwels who lived at the Saardijk in Sevenum.
???Photos - 2 photos are jpegs but 2 are Adobe pdf images which I cannot check/alter
Piet Snellen
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