This is what the Australian War Memorial website holds on the airman in question:
Trout, Roy Cumestree
Number:
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 69th Sqdn Australian Flying Corps
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of Death: 27/07/1917
Place of Death:
Cause of Death: Killed while flying (crashed)
Memorial Panel: 188
Cemetery or Memorial Details: WARWICKSHIRE 50 Coventry (London Road) Cemetery
Next Of Kin:
Place Of Enlistment: Red Hill, QLD
Native Place:
Notes: TROUT, Roy Cumestree, Lt. 69th Sqdn. Australian Flying Corps. Killed while flying (crashed) 27th July, 1917. Age 22. Son of Walter John and Alice Trout, of Victoria St., Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. Born at Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. 174. 141.

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

If you visit the Australian National Archives website you can request to have a copy of his service record digitised and made available online (it can take 4 – 6 wks to becone available). http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html

We Will Remember Them

Cees, I am so sad that I coudn’t make it over for that. Still, I’ve instructed KK that copious pics will be required and he has agreed to provide some 🙂

RAF Bomber Command Losses by W R Chorley for 1945 lists 17 aircraft lost on that date. Do you have any further details that would assist in working out which aircraft it might have been and I can check my copy of the book for you.

Thanks for the clarification Ian, sorry I missed those snippets from your earlier postings.

Hmm, the 625 Sqdn loss on 3rd August doesn’t seem to tie in too well with the other tid bits supplied by Andrew O.

Another thought…..since Murrie/Murray jumped he should be a member of the Caterpiller Club. Do they keep records of all who were awarded the pin badge and circumstances of when their life was saved by a parachute?

Remembered, and quite rightly so. All those who were lost should be remembered, congratulations to all those involved in ensuring that Flt/Lt Pat Hughes will not be forgotten.

A couple more up close and personal with VC10’s on air to air refuelling…….

The CWGC website does have lists of each cemetery. It helps if you know the name of the cemetery, however, you can use their search facility more generally. Using the drop down box change ‘casualty’ to ‘cemetery’ and try a search by cemetery. Using the search term ‘yorks’ gives 4 results and using the search term ‘lincs’ gives 2 results. Try some variations on the theme (ie: Yorkshire or a specific town/village) and you will probably come up with more.

If you click to select a cemetery it will give you a page telling you a little info about the cemetery and how many casualties there are. Clicking on the ‘cemetery reports’ button will let you see all the casualties buried in that particular cemetery.

Hope this helps.

The crew of MacRoberts Reply Stirling W7531 are remembered in Denmark every year. http://www.macrobertsreply.com/