Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- E M W Bolton -

Name

Elwood Maurice William Bolton, Son of Alfred and Margaret Bolton, of Felpham, Sussex; husband of Elisabeth Bolton, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
 
His name is commemorated on the Totland War Memorial

Service details

Flying Officer (Observer) 117444 E M W Bolton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

Date of Death :	23 November 1942 aged 34
Where buried or commemorated :	Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece
Squadron :	37 Sqn
Aircraft :	Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic ES980
Crew :
Pilot :	WO II L E Mathews, RCAF	CWGC record ...
Observer :	Sgt G R Haugh	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner :	Sgt R A Giles	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt T C Westwood	CWGC record ...
:	Flg/Off E D Fleishman, AFM, RCAF	CWGC record ...

37 Sqn was assigned to operations based at desert landing ground No 106, flying missions between Libya, Sicily and Southern Italy. This aircraft was on operations over Greece when it was shot down. The crew are buried in collective grave 16 C 9 at Suda Bay War Cemetery.

Flg/Off Bolton is named on the War Memorial at Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. His connection with the town is not known.


Information provided by : John Bloodworth