Memorial Details
Memorial
Vase Barrass 1944 St. Paul
Reference
H116.09
Place
HASWELL
Original Location
St. Paul’s Church, Church Street.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Vase 10 inches high of kind popular in churches. The dedication is incised near the bottom in sans serif lettering.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
of my dear husband
John Morgan Barrass, F/Lt.
Killed in action
24th December 1944
Names
See above
Who commissioned
His wife
Notes
1. F/Lt. Barrass was serving with 166 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Lancaster I PD397 AS-V which took off from Kirmington on a mission to Koln. IT crashed in the target area. All were killed except one who was taken prisoner.
This was a Christmas Eve when 8 aircraft failed to come home from their missions.
2. He is remembered on H116.02 and H116.07
This was a Christmas Eve when 8 aircraft failed to come home from their missions.
2. He is remembered on H116.02 and H116.07
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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