Airmen buried at Cambridge Cemetery

[Steve Darlow]

I am doing some research into some of the airmen buried at Cambridge Cemetery. Could anyone help please to source some photographs of any of the following men.

Flying Officer M.F. Smith DFC RAAF (17 June 1944)
Flight Lieutenant V. Allport DFC RNZAF (26 March 1944)
Wing Commander D.W. Holford DSO, DFC (16/17 December 1943)
Flight Lieutenant H.C. Wilkie DFC RNZAF (18 April 1944)
Flying Officer S.F. Parlato DFC RNZAF (11 March 1945)

With thanks

Steve Darlow

[Icare9]

To save anyone the inconvenience, these are the CWGC details:-

Name: ALLPORT, VALENTINE; Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Age: 28; Date of Death 26/03/1944
Service No: 402839
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Alfred Valentine and Amy Allport, of Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14759. Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Name: HOLFORD, DAVID WILLIAM; Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Wing Commander (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 100 Sqdn.
Age: 22; Date of Death: between 16/12/1943 and 17/12/1943
Service No: 41704
Awards: D S O, D F C
Additional information: Son of William and Henrietta Louisa Watson Holford; husband of Joan Audrey Holford (nee Munro), of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14750. Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Name: PARLATO, SIDNEY FREDERICK; Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Age: 34; Date of Death: 11/03/1945
Service No: 415778
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Ernest and Alma Parlato; husband of Phyllis May Parlato, of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 15368. Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Name: SMITH, MILTON FREDERICK; Nationality: Australian
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 23
Date of Death: 17/06/1944
Service No: 414734
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of William Laver Smith and Ellen Wilhelmina Smith, of Helidon, Queensland, Australia.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 13965. Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Name: WILKIE, HUGH CHARLES; Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Age: 21; Date of Death: 18/04/1944
Service No: 415397
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Robert Hitton Wilkie and of Marion Edith Wilkie (nee Pemberton), of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 14709. Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Other than they have gallantry awards, is there any specific reason you have selected just these?

[Steve Darlow]

Hi
Thanks for posting the full details.
There is no particular reason other than that I already have photographs of the headstones with respect to these men. I have visited the cemetery a number of times and I would very much like to put something together concerning an airmen who is buried there. If anyone has any other pictures of airmen who rest there then I would also be interested in those.

Thanks again

Steve

[alain charpentier]

Hi,

I have the photograph of G/C John Raymond Jeudwine OBE DSO DFC who died on 19 october 1945 in a flying accident at Little Staughton.
Can add lot of details if you need .
Alain

[Amrit1]

ALLPORT
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...iginalID=20354

PARLATO
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...iginalID=25838

WILKIE
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...iginalID=21875

[Steve Darlow]

Originally Posted by alain charpentier

Hi,

I have the photograph of G/C John Raymond Jeudwine OBE DSO DFC who died on 19 october 1945 in a flying accident at Little Staughton.
Can add lot of details if you need .
Alain

Thanks for this Alain. Can I hold on this one for the time being as I have had some people come back to me with regard the other airmen I mentioned.
Thanks again.
Steve

[Steve Darlow]

Originally Posted by Amrit1

ALLPORT
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...iginalID=20354

PARLATO
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...iginalID=25838

WILKIE
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...iginalID=21875

Thanks very much indeed for these links - very much appreciated and very useful. I will be getting in touch with the museum.
Steve

[alain charpentier]

Ok Steve, do you know if there is a possibility to know about the date of the funeral ? Is there a place in Cambridge where we can trace some informations about this ??

Alain

[Icare9]

Further info available by internet search provides:-
100 Squadron Lancaster JB560 (HW-N)
Operation Berlin 16/17th December 1943
Date 2 17th December 1943
JB560 was delivered to 100 Sqdn ex 460 Sqdn 27 Nov 43. When lost this aircraft was on its second operation and had a total of 19 hours. JB560 was one of four 100 Sqdn Lancasters lost during this operation. See JB596; JB674; JB678 Airborne 1613 16 Dec 43 from Grimsby. Crashed on return in bad weather near Kelstern airfield, Lincolnshire. W/C Holford and WO2 Wareham are buried in Cambridge City Cemetery; the others were taken back to their home towns. W/C Holford was 100 Sqdn Commanding Officer.
W/C D.W.Holford DSO DFC KIA
Sgt J.Wunderley KIA WO2
H.B.Wareham RCAF KIA
Sgt R.E.Mason KIA
Sgt R.Mackay Inj
F/S H.Whybrow KIA
F/S D.Bolinbroke Inj
Of the other losses suffered that night (apart from their C. O.) JB674 collided in midair with another 100 Sqdn Lancaster (JB678), both Lancasters falling at 0040 17 Dec 43 near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Three are buried in Cambridge City Cemetery.

A terrible night for this specialist Squadron.

[Steve Darlow]

Originally Posted by alain charpentier

Ok Steve, do you know if there is a possibility to know about the date of the funeral ? Is there a place in Cambridge where we can trace some informations about this ??

Alain

All I can suggest here Alain is to contact the Commonwealth War Graves Commission direct or you could try Cambridge City Council via this link http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/cont...ials.en?page=2
Hope this helps.
Steve