Edwards, John Lloyd
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John Lloyd |
Surname | Edwards |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Edwards and of Alice Edwards (Nee Lloyd), of Manchester. Husband of Irene Edwards, of Fallowfield, Manchester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BK646 |
Markings | AA-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | XXVIII. G. 7. |
Epitaph | WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 159 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 130636 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
He is commemorated on the town war memeorial memorial at Moulines, Brittany. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-06-1943 |
End Date | 15-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Newmarket |
Day/Night Raid | Night (86% moon) |
Operation | Mining duties over the Gironde estuary |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by both flak and night-fighters and crashed at Moulines, France. Two crew evaded capture and the remaining survivors became PoW |