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Name : Dennis Axtell Son of : Allan Axtell and Vera Ethel Cicely Axtell (née Hemphrey); husband of Agnes Axtell, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Born : 1920 (registered Epsom, Surrey, Jun qtr, 1920). Married : 13th December 1941, Agnes Smyth, at St Helen's Church, St Helens, Isle of Wight. |
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Electoral information : 1925 : Allan and Vera Axtell are listed at 'The Briars', St Helens. 1929 : Allan and Vera Axtell are listed at '2 Alena', St Michael's Close, St Helens. 1933- 38 : Allan and Vera Axtell are listed at 16 Station Road, St Helens. |
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Service Details : Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) 626794 D Axtell, DFM, Royal Air Force |
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Casualty Details : Died : 17th April 1943 aged 22 Buried at : Maucourt French National Cemetery, Somme, France CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
St Helens War Memorial Ryde Borough War Memorial WW II |
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Further information :
The aircraft left RAF Snaith at 20.42 on Ops to Plzen, and crashed at Eppeville, on the Somme. WO W R Kiernan was taken Prisoner of War. All the remaining crew were killed and are buried at the village Cemetery in Maucourt, 34 km ESE of Amiens. |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
Isle of Wight County Press, December 20, 1941
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, April 24, 1943 Page 3 ISLAND ROLL OF HONOUR MISSING Flight-Sergt. Denis Axtell, D.F.M., only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Axtell, of 16 Station-road, St. Helens. |
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Acknowledgments :
John Bloodworth for RAF research Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page last updated : 26 August 2014 |
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