Dewar, Alexander Shaw
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander Shaw |
Surname | Dewar |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John S. M. Dewar and Bessie Dewar, of Dingwall. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF330 |
Markings | BU-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Fodderty Old Churchyard, Ross & Cromarty |
Grave Reference | Plot 7. Grave 1033. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 155 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 931485 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Three of the bodies washed up on the Lincolnshire shoreline and were laid to rest in Manby Churchyard, another was laid to rest in in Streatham (presumably the body having been claimed by family, although this cemetery is some way from Highams Park) and a fifth was buried in the Highlands of Scotland. The bodies of the other two were never found and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-08-1942 |
End Date | 18-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Osnabruck |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 30km north of Terschelling |