Lumley Churchyard
Undying love and remembrance. Mum, Dad, Terry and Leslie
Son of Edward and Ann K. Duffy, of Great Lumley, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.
In Christ Churchyard is a family headstone for Wynne, which reads:
In
loving memory of
Robert
beloved husband of Catherine Wynne
who died 31st Jan. 1925
aged 56 years
Also Edward Colin Duffy
grandson of the above
died on active service
23rd April 1944
aged 20 years
Also the above
Catherine Elizabeth
Died 30th Aug. 1961 aged 84 years
Thy will be done
Sgt. Duffy was serving with 640 Squadron. He was a crew member of Halifax III LW640 C8-J which took off from Leconfield on a mission to Dusseldorf. The aircraft crashed in Holland killing all but one crew member who was taken PoW.This was an evening when 45 aircraft were lost, most of the crews being killed.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
Edward Colin Duffy is remembered at Woodstone Village on W134.02 and at Great Lumley on G50.01
