I found details for 5 of these airmen in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. They were from 59 RAF Squadron which was based in Ballykelly from September 1943. The squadron was flying patrols over the Atlantic seeking out submarines and threats to shipping and was based there until the end of the war. I guess that these airmen were either killed on returning to base or in training flights. Cheers from NZ Brian Moriarty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulster Ancestry" <ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:49 AM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] 2nd World War Graves in Ballykelly > > I was recently in the graveyard attached to Tamlaghfinlagen{Ballykelly} > Church of Ireland Church which is just a mile outside of Limavady. > > While I was there I noted down the following nine 2nd World War > headstones. > > What struck me was that six of these young airmen were buried on the same > day 23rd June 1944 while the other three were buried together on the 27th > June 1944 just four days later. > > These are the transcriptions. Someone,somewhere may find them of interest. > > The following were buried on the same day 23rd June 1944 > > AUS 421778 > Norman Athol Cooper[Australia] > Flight Sergt.RAF > > > AUS 422370 > Kenneth John Neilson [Australia] > ARAF > > CANR 13406 > Vaughan Albert McClellan [Canada] > > 431471 > John Haines RAF > > 883398 > Rowland Paine Wade RAF > > The following were buried on 27th June 1944 > > NZ421266 > Henry Gordon Coobe [New Zealand] > NZRAF > > CANR134752 > Wilfred Clarke Wallace [Canada] > RAF > > CANR134227 > George William Geering [Canada] > RAF > > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! > http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hello Brian, Thanks for that. Its important to remember young men like these who gave up their lives. regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com >From: "Brian Moriarty" <B.Moriarty@xtra.co.nz> >To: "Ulster Ancestry" ><ulsterancestry@hotmail.com>,<NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [NIR-DERRY] 2nd World War Graves in Ballykelly >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:57:43 +1300 > >I found details for 5 of these airmen in the Commonwealth War Graves >Commission website. They were from 59 RAF Squadron which was based in >Ballykelly from September 1943. The squadron was flying patrols over the >Atlantic seeking out submarines and threats to shipping and was based there >until the end of the war. > >I guess that these airmen were either killed on returning to base or in >training flights. > >Cheers from NZ >Brian Moriarty > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulster Ancestry" ><ulsterancestry@hotmail.com> >To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:49 AM >Subject: [NIR-DERRY] 2nd World War Graves in Ballykelly > > >> >>I was recently in the graveyard attached to Tamlaghfinlagen{Ballykelly} >>Church of Ireland Church which is just a mile outside of Limavady. >> >>While I was there I noted down the following nine 2nd World War >>headstones. >> >>What struck me was that six of these young airmen were buried on the same >>day 23rd June 1944 while the other three were buried together on the 27th >>June 1944 just four days later. >> >>These are the transcriptions. Someone,somewhere may find them of interest. >> >>The following were buried on the same day 23rd June 1944 >> >>AUS 421778 >>Norman Athol Cooper[Australia] >>Flight Sergt.RAF >> >> >>AUS 422370 >>Kenneth John Neilson [Australia] >>ARAF >> >>CANR 13406 >>Vaughan Albert McClellan [Canada] >> >>431471 >>John Haines RAF >> >>883398 >>Rowland Paine Wade RAF >> >>The following were buried on 27th June 1944 >> >>NZ421266 >>Henry Gordon Coobe [New Zealand] >>NZRAF >> >>CANR134752 >>Wilfred Clarke Wallace [Canada] >>RAF >> >>CANR134227 >>George William Geering [Canada] >>RAF >> >>best regards >>Robert >>www.ulsterancestry.com >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! >>http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail is evolving check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com