4272932 Fusilier H.G. Watson, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 28th October 1940 age 26.
O valiant heart who to your glory came, your name is hallowed in the home you loved.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission states:
Harold George Watson, son of Charles George and Annie Mary Watson, of Newburn.
O valiant heart who to your glory came, your name is hallowed in the home you loved.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission states:
Harold George Watson, son of Charles George and Annie Mary Watson, of Newburn.
Pilot Officer J. A. Trotter, Royal Australian Air Force 24th August 1942 age 31.
Greater love hath no man.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission states: James Arthur Trotter, 402454, Pilot Officer with RAAF, died 20/08/1942. Son of Arthur & Lillian Trotter of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Jean Bainbridge Fullarton Trotter, of Carruthers, Saskatchewan, Canada.
North East War memorials Project quotes RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War:
P/O J.A. Trotter was a member of the crew of Stirling bomber N6083 OJ-N which took off from Lakenheath (Suffolk) on a mission to Frankfurt. An engine caught fire almost immediately, causing the aircraft to crash just a mile away from the end of the runway. All the crew were killed.
There is a blog article about Pilot Officer James Arthur Trotter here.
Greater love hath no man.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission states: James Arthur Trotter, 402454, Pilot Officer with RAAF, died 20/08/1942. Son of Arthur & Lillian Trotter of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Jean Bainbridge Fullarton Trotter, of Carruthers, Saskatchewan, Canada.
North East War memorials Project quotes RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War:
P/O J.A. Trotter was a member of the crew of Stirling bomber N6083 OJ-N which took off from Lakenheath (Suffolk) on a mission to Frankfurt. An engine caught fire almost immediately, causing the aircraft to crash just a mile away from the end of the runway. All the crew were killed.
There is a blog article about Pilot Officer James Arthur Trotter here.
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