Beckhouse, Gordon Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Gordon Edwin |
Surname | Beckhouse |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 19-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Cooper Beckhouse and Isobel Elizabeth Beckhouse, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM117 |
Markings | LE-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Togny-Aux-Boeufs Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row 5. Grave 3. |
Epitaph | THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 7 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 424354 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 630 |
Squadron Motto | Nocturna mors (Death by night) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Guardroom, LAHC, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone, Memorial Plaques & Metal Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 Sqn & 630 Sqns 1939 - 1945 |
Location | The Chapel, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden RoH |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No 630 Sqn who lost their lives operating from RAF East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 19-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Revigny |
Reason for Loss | Homebound, hit by flak, all crew baled out |