Tough, Edmund Winchester
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edmund Winchester |
Surname | Tough |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Annabella Jack Tough, of Govan, Glasgow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | L9411 |
Markings | XD- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Floing Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM (From the Fallen Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 581008 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 139 (Jamaica) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-05-1940 |
End Date | 15-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Plivot |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Reconnaissance over the Ardennes |
Reason for Loss | Hit by ground fire and crashed at Floing |