A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC and other Headstones -
- Carisbrooke Mount Joy Cemetery : William Ernest Elliott -

Location

In Mount Joy Cemetery, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone. On ground as at 2004.
Grave Location : F 15
Headstone

Mount Joy Cemetery : William Ernest Elliott
 
Inscription


IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ERNEST ELLIOTT
SERGEANT R.A.F.
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
OCTOBER 30TH 1940
AGED 21


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Squadron :115 Sqn
Aircraft :Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic T2613 KO-R
Crew :
Pilot :Pilot Officer A J R Pate, D.F.C.CWGC record ...
2nd Pilot / Observer :Sgt W V JaggsCWGC record ...
Wireless Operator /
Air Gunner :
Flt/Sgt William Ernest ElliottCWGC record ...
Air Gunner :Sgt E FisherCWGC record ...
Air Gunner :Sgt K R DraperCWGC record ...

 
The aircraft was being ferried to Malta when it crashed into barrage balloon cables at about 01.00 hrs, near Iver in Buckinghamshire. All the bodies of the crew were returned to their families for burial.
 
Information provided by : John Bloodworth

Biographical information



 
 

 
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