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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Harrison family
« on: Saturday 14 December 19 09:06 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry, I was hoping to send Wayne some photos and other things and I am not too good at doing it on rootschat!  Bit of a IT duffer.......

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Harrison family
« on: Friday 13 December 19 23:12 GMT (UK)  »
Wayne, I have sent you a pm

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Harrison family
« on: Sunday 24 March 19 08:46 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for that, yes we know his grave in Bayeux, as you say, a very peaceful place.  The villagers heard the crash and came and took the bodies to the church so the germans couldn’t lump them in a pit somewhere, they were buried locally then after the war were interred in Bayeux cemetery.  It is quite a story, I heard it from an elderly man who was a little boy at the time and was there.  We live very nearby.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Harrison family
« on: Friday 22 March 19 16:59 GMT (UK)  »
normandythenandnow.com/not-forgotten-the-seven-airmen-of-cerisy-la-salle

Is the link to the memorial - not that it helps much, but just for interest

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Harrison family
« on: Friday 22 March 19 16:55 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for all this - I would so like to trace a living relative so they know he was not forgotten. 

We, and the relatives of the others we know about, are preparing a synopsis of each of their lives for the ceremony.  Sadly the person who, with the commune has organised the event for many, many years has recently died leaving no records that can be found so we are trying to pick up the pieces.
My husband is masterminding it and we might, just might even have a flypast, it would be wonderful to trace the last 3 families of which Farewell is one.

Thank you so much for your help

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Harrison family
« on: Friday 22 March 19 16:12 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, I have done that and found 2 brothers and a sister but drawn blanks with them all! 
I have 2 brothers for Farewell the elder, Edgar and Thomas Beighton Harrison, and 1 sister, Rebekah, but as yet I have drawn blanks on them.  It is such an unusual name you would think it would be easy!
Thank you so much for your help.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Harrison family
« on: Friday 22 March 19 15:52 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to trace the family of Farewell Harrison who was born in the Rotherham area about 1922 and died in the crash of a Lancaster bomber on D-Day, 1944 in France.
He was one of the 7 young crew, the memorial is near where we live and for many years there is a ceremony to mark the event, we are in touch with some of the families but not that of Farewell, this being the 75th anniversary it is a somewhat special event and we are trying to get in touch with as many relatives as possible.
I do know he was the only son of another Farewell Harrison so my only links would be through his aunts and uncles.  I have found one family tree but the instigator of the tree was doing it for a friend of a friend and says they cannot help.
Dear Rootschat members have you any ideas please?

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Australia / Re: Frederick James Knight 1922 - 1949
« on: Tuesday 19 March 19 21:48 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, this is so helpful.

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Australia / Frederick James Knight 1922 - 1949
« on: Tuesday 19 March 19 16:02 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find the family of Frederick James Knight, born 1923 in Sydney. I live in Normandy, France close to where a Lancaster bomber crashed on the night of June 6 1944 killing all 7 crew.  There is a monument in their memory, and every year a ceremony in their honour and this is a special year it being the 75th anniversary of D-Day.  Sadly the lady who helped to organise it has recently died and her records cannot be found. 
My husband is trying to pick up the pieces, 3 of the families have been found and we are trying to contact the others, Pilot Officer Frederick Wright being one.
His parents are Frederick Ralph Knight and Margaret Knight but after that I am stuck - does it ring any bells with anyone please?

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