Greaves, Walter
Personal Information
Rank | Cpl |
Forename(s) | Walter |
Surname | Greaves |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-04-1938 |
Next of Kin | From Kings Arms Hotel, St. John's Chapel, Leardale, County Durham |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Harrow II |
Serial Number | K6995 |
Markings | 75-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. John the Baptist Churchyard, St. John's Chapel, County Durham |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | Pre-War |
Panel Number | PRE (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 507414 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1938 |
End Date | 05-04-1938 |
Takeoff Station | Driffield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft flew into high ground at night and in bad weather at Tibthorpe, East Yorkshire |