Poulter, Cecil Wardman
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Cecil Wardman |
Surname | Poulter |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 23-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Henry and Edith Poulter. Husband of Amy Freda Poulter, of Bedford Park, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH942 |
Markings | HA-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Vivieres Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 228 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 39755 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
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
The five surviving crew members all successfully evaded capture |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Woolfox Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Laon- to bomb railway yards. 181 aircraft, 9 losses (5.0%). A two-wave attack that caused much damage to the railway yards. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SW of Soissons, France |