Treehouse Genealogy
Building on your Ancestral Roots
The War Graves of St Catherines,
Barmby-on-the-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire
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Project Introduction Page
It was whilst attending the 102 Squadron Association Reunion at Pocklington, Yorkshire in 2019 that this project came about.
I heard that there were quite a few Bomber Command Graves at Barmby Moor and being a Genealogist with a keen interest in WW2 Bomber Command, I just had to take a look.
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Following the AGM on the Sunday I got chatting to the Minister from Barmby Moor who said that she would like the Children from the area to know more about who these men were. After all they are a lot more than just Names & Dates etched in Stone....these men served, fought and died for their country!
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St Catherines Church, Barmby Moor
War Memorial at Barmby Moor
Section containing RAF Graves at Barmby Moor
The War Graves
There are a total of 55 War Graves within the Churchyard at St Catherines Church, Barmby Moor.
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One of these is from WW1 and the remainder served with the Air Force during WW2
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Due to the size of the project it has been broken down into several pages. These include an Individuals page (when only one person from the Aircraft is buried at Barmby Moor) & separate pages for each Aircraft & crew (when more than one person is buried at Barmby Moor)
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Please get in touch via the email link below if you have either connections, a special interest in this project or if you would like us to carry out Bomber Command Research on your behalf.
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Unveiling of the War Memorial
The 'Cross of Sacrifice' as shown in the image above was unveiled at a service on Thursday 17th June 1952 at 7pm.
Image courtesy of Alan Smyllie
Index of Names
WW1
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WW2
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Alvah Wilkie Flansburgh Washbourne
Douglas William Francis Harper
Index of Aircraft
Vickers Wellington II – W5492 – 405 Squadron - 18th September 1941
Armstrong Whitley V – Z9155– 58 Squadron - 12th-13th October 1941
​Vickers Wellington II - W5589 - 405 Squadron - 5th January 1942
Vickers Wellington II – Z8536 – 158 Squadron - 25th February 1942
Miles Magister - L8162 – 405 Squadron - 4th April 1942
Handley Page Halifax II – W7769 – 405 Squadron - 23rd-24th July 1942
Handley Page Halifax II – W1228 – 76 Squadron - 8th September 1942
Handley Page Halifax II – DT512 – 102 Squadron - 23rd-24th October 1942
Handley Page Halifax II – W7871 – 10 Squadron - 30th November 1942
Handley Page Halifax II – W7933 – 102 Squadron - 11th-12th December 1942
Handley Page Halifax II - W7879 – 102 Squadron - 11th February 1943
Handley Page Halifax II – W1039 – 10 Squadron - 10th March 1943
Handley Page Halifax II – JB848 – 102 Squadron - 29th March 1943
Handley Page Halifax V – DG419 – 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit - 5th May 1943
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Details of incidents involving the below Aircraft can be found on the Individuals page here
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Vickers Wellington - W5491 - 405 Squadron - 17th August 1941
Armstrong Whitley Z9470 - 24 Operational Training Unit - 12th August 1942
Bristol Beaufighter X7698 - 25 Squadron - 7th November 1942
Handley Page Halifax II DT631 KN-E - 77 Squadron - 29th Dec 1942
Handley Page Halifax II JB865 (KN-J) - 77 Squadron - 13th May 1943
Handley Page Halifax II – JD169 - 102 Squadron - 26th July 1943
Special Thanks
I would like to offer Special Thanks to the following people for their assistance with this Project:-
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Harry Bartlett, 102 Squadron Association
Reverand Jan Hardy & Gordon Fallowfield, St Catherines Church
Ian MacMillan, Historian, 10 Squadron Association
Gordon Scaife, Town Clerk, Pocklington Town Council
Online Cenotaph and Pou Maumahara Memorial Discovery Centre
David King, Aircrew Remembrance Society
Mary Reilly, Fife
Scott Gillies, Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum
Peter Heather, East Surrey Family History Society
Margaret Rose, Canada
Nick Peaty
Peter Toms, Brighton Grammar School, Victoria
Calista Lucy, Keeper of the Archive, Dulwich College
Chuck Tolley, Archivist, 158 Squadron Association
Jan Bryars, Oadby – Remembering the Past Group
Dave Woodcock
John Motherwell, a Friend & Canadian Bomber Boy
David Collins
Alan Smyllie
John Lauder, a 'Bomber Boy' himself he has became a Great Friend who has not only assisted me in understanding points in this project but from whom I have learned so much about Bomber Command in General.
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Street Names
The Local Town Council would go on to commemorate some of the men who are buried at Barmby Moor by naming new streets in their honour.
A video of one of the ceremonies can be seen below
Memorial at RAF Pocklington
A Memorial stands at the Wolds Gliding Club, the old home of RAF Pocklington & commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with 102 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF & 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF during World War Two
Note:- This work is subject to copyright, if you would like to reproduce any part please get in touch to discuss. We would be more than happy to chat with you regarding this.
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We are happy for anyone to share the link to this page/project via Social Media or webpages.
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If you have information or connections to anyone within this project please get in touch.
