Hotton War Cemetery

 

 

 

Hotton Cemetery ligt aan de "Rue de la Libération" met de coördinaten 50°15'44.87"N - 5°26'49.84"O.

Er bevinden zich 666 graven, waarvan 506(UK), 88(Can),

10(NZ), 41(Aus) en 21(Unk) op dit cemetery.

 

 

 

 

Het dorp Hotton werd de westelijke grens van de grote Duitse tegen offensief in de Ardennen in januari 1945 met het "Ardennenoffensief". Een groot deel van de graven in Hotton War Cemetery komen uit die tijd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flight Lieutenant "Pilot" Neil Duncan Mara

Service No: J/16120

Date of Death: 4 februari 1945 (age 24)

Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force

433 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

Additional Information:

Son of Sydney and Mary Mara; husband of Ena Mary Mara, of Bath, Somerset, England.

 

 

 

Flight Lieutenant "pilot" N.D.Mara

DFC

Royal Canadian Air Force

4th February 1945

 

 

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Flying Officer "Air Gnr" Kenneth Gibbs

Service No: 175484

Date of Death: 28 december 1944 (age 19)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

101 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

Additional Information:

Son of Archibald Stanley and Elizabeth Mary Gibbs, of Sholing, Southampton.

 

 

 

Flying Officer "Air Gunner" K.Gibbs

DFC

Royal Air Force

28th December 1944

 

 

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Squadron Leader George Johnstone Laird

Service No: J/4896

Date of Death: 31 maart 1944 (age 29)

Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force

427 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

Additional Information:

Son of George J. and Isabella M. Laird, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; husband of Elma Laird.

 

 

 

Squadron Leader G.J.Laird

DFC

Royal Canadian Air Force

31st March 1944

 

 

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Pilot Officer "Pilot" James Desmond Aspin

Service No: 171216

Date of Death: 20 februari 1944 (age 21)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

625 Sqdn.

Awards: D F M

 

Additional Information:

Son of Thomas Beardwood Aspin and Sarah Aspin, of Bury, Lancashire.

 

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Sergeant "W.Op./Air Gnr." George Harry Eastwood

Service No: 1535672

Date of Death: 20 februari 1944 (age 21)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

625 Sqdn.

 

Additional Information:

Son of Wilfred and Mary Eastwood, of Stockport, Cheshire.

 

 

 

Pilot Officer "Pilot" J.D.Aspin

DFM

Royal Air Force

20th February 1944

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Sergeant "W.O./A.G" G.H.Eastwood

Royal Air Force

20th February 1944

 

 

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Flying Officer "Air Gnr." Gordon Leonard Hills

Service No: 142020

Date of Death: 20 december 1943 (age 20)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

77 Sqdn.

Awards: D F M

 

Additional Information:

Son of William Henry and Elsie Hills; husband of Doreen Hills.

 

 

 

Flying Officer "Air Gunner" G.L.Hills

DFM

Royal Air Force

Decemeber 1943

 

 

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Squadron Leader "Pilot" Herbert Frank Bickerdike

Service No: 64287

Date of Death: 20 december 1943 (age 21)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

77 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

Additional Information:

Son of Clifford and Hilda Bickerdike, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

 

 

 

Squadron Leader "Pilot" H.F. Bickerdike

DFC

Royal Air Force

20th December 1943

 

 

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Flight Lieutenant "Navigator" Eric Wilfred Sargent

Service No: 114047

Date of Death: 27 januari 1944

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

83 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

 

Flight Lieutenant "Navigator" E.W.Sargent

DFC

Royal Air Force

27th January 1944

 

 

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Flight Lieutenant "Pilot" Selwyn Henry Alcock

Service No: 88402

Date of Death: 27 januari 1944 (age 24)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

83 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

Additional Information:

Son of William George Henry and Eva May Alcock; husband of Dorothy May Alcock, of Ellacombe, Torquay, Devon.

 

 

 

Flight Lieutenant "Pilot" S.H.Alcock

DFC

Royal Air Force

27th January 1944

 

 

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Serjeant Thomas Kenneth Roberts

Service No: 7907199

Date of Death: 5 januari 1945 (age 27)

Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps

"A" Sqdn. 23rd Hussars

Awards: M M

 

Additional Information:

Son of John and Catherine Ann Roberts; husband of Gwyneth Mair Roberts, of Ffynnongroew, Flintshire.

 

 

 

Serjeant T.K.Roberts

MM

23rd Hussars

Royal Armoured Corps

5th January 1945

 

 

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Major Peter Henry Lawless

Date of Death: 9 maart 1945 (age 53)

Regiment/Service: War Correspondent Daily Telegraph.

Awards: M C

 

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur Lawless and of Florence Deborah Lawless (nee Piercy); husband of Pamela Lawless, of South Norwood, Surrey. International Rugby Footballer.

 

 

 

Major P.H.Lawless

MC

War Correspondent

the Daily Telegraph

9th March 1945

 

 

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Flight Lieutenant "Pilot" Arthur Walter Hirons

Service No: 74678

Date of Death: 19 maart 1945 (age 24)

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

515 Sqdn.

Awards: D F C

 

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur Frank and Elizabeth Hirons; husband of Ellen Catherine Hirons, of Streatham Hill, London.

 

 

 

Flight Lieutenant "Pilot" A.W.Hirons

DFC

Royal Air Force

19th March 1945

 

 

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Lance Corporal William Henry Short

Service No: 14209889

Date of Death: 6 januari 1945 (age 22)

Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

2nd (Airborne) Bn.

Awards: M M

 

Additional Information:

Son of Henry Frank Short, and of Rosa Short, of Langport, Somerset.

 

 

 

L.Cpl.W.H.Short

MM

the Oxfordshire and

Buckinghamshire Light Inf

Airborne

6th January 1945

 

 

 

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