Royston, Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gordon |
Surname | Royston |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wilfred and Ida Royston, of Saltaire, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF443 |
Markings | XY-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 237. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 236 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1452441 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 90 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of XC Sqn Stirling Bomber EF443 who left RAF Tuddenham on the evening of 28th January 1944 to lay mines in Kiel Bay and failed to return |
Location | Roadside location, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of XC Sqn, No 3 Bomb Group flying operations from here with the Mk 1 Stirling Bomber December 1943 until May 1943 |
Location | St. Mary & All the Saints Church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of Henry Philip Lee Warner AFC DFC. Only Son of Philip Henry & Mary King Lee Warner. Actg S/L RAFVR killed in action over Germany Aug 26th 1944 in his 32nd year |
Location | Village Green, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial atopped with Inscribed Silver Sun-Dial |
Memorial Text | For all those who served their country as part of XC Sqn RAF |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Sqn Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | They grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning, we will remember them |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/732/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/732/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1944 |
End Date | 29-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tuddenham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Mining over Kiel Bay |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |