Kingsland, Edwin Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Edwin Herbert |
Surname | Kingsland |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Date of Death | 09-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Kingsland and Ethel Alda Kingsland (née Ogilvie), of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT539 |
Markings | DY-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot K. Row 6. Grave 128. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 194 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/74447 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Squadron Motto | Tenate et perficite (Attempt and achieve) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Edwin was born on 17 July 1914 at Ottawa. His father was an electrician for Canadian National Railway and was born in Montreal and his mother was also born in Montreal, Quebec. He attended Ottawa Tech School 1930-1933, and Glebe Collegiate Institute , Ottawa 1933-1935. He then took a Correspondence Course at the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute in Chicago between 1938- 1940. The sports he played at school were tennis, swimming and he was in the school hockey team. He worked as a Laboratory Assistant for 2 years, a sales campaigner for Coca Cola between 1937 and 1938, and for Howard Heating and Air Conditioning 1938 -1940. |
He enlisted on 7 November 1940 and after training was posted to the U.K. After embarking from Canada he arrived in England at 3 PRC on 8 May 1942 followed by 10 AFU 26 May 1942, 22 OTU 23 June 1942 and 102 Squadron on 24 August 1942. Edwin very sadly lost his life on 9 November 1942. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/40 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/39 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-11-1942 |
End Date | 10-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 213 aircraft, 15 losses (7.0%). Many weather problems, including cloud, wind and icing, and absence of a successful PFF marker conspired to make this raid relatively unsuccessful |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Oosterend on the Dutch island of Texel |