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Frederick Harry Ray
« on: Thursday 23 March 23 15:08 GMT (UK) »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Flight Sergeant Frederick Harry Ray - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - died 29/9/1943 - service no:- 1391599 -  buried Carisbrooke Cemetery. Isle Of Wight.

The private memorial marking the grave of Flight Sergeant Ray no longer provides adequate commemoration.  The Commission are in the process of producing a new headstone to mark his grave.

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32713446/frederick-ray

https://www.foncc.org.uk/burials/grave-search/burial/2527

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2351063/frederick-harry-ray/

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Re: Frederick Harry Ray
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 23 March 23 15:10 GMT (UK) »
UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966

Pilot Frederick Harry Ray - 1917 - 29 September 1943  (26 years)
F/S Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Squadron Number:   1391599
Unit:   156
Buried Carisbrooke Cemetery, Isle of Wight
Son of Frederick George & Amelia Kate Ray
Reference Number:   1391599 Ray

https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/223287/

UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945

Frederick Harry Ray - 1917 died 29 Sep 1943 aged 26 years - Rank:   Flight Sergeant
Based at Warboys, Hunts - Service Number:   1391599
Unit:   156 Squadron - Command:   Bomber Cmnd
Killed in action when plane crashed at Wimbotsham just north of Downham Market, Norfolk when returning from a raid on Bochum, 1 of the crew survived.

Buried Carisbrooke Cemetery, Isle of Wight


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Re: Frederick Harry Ray
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 23 March 23 15:13 GMT (UK) »


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Re: Frederick Harry Ray
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 23 March 23 15:22 GMT (UK) »
Parents - marriage registered June 1915

Ray    Frederick G    Higgins    Kingston    2a   1217
Higgins    Amelia K    Ray    Kingston    2a   1217

Births Jun 1917 
Ray    Frederick H    Higgins    S.Stoneham    2c   181   



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Re: Frederick Harry Ray
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 23 March 23 16:01 GMT (UK) »

Father passed in 1946

Frederick George Ray - 1890 - July 1946  (aged 56 years)
Burial Date 31 Jul 1946 - Burial Place Lancashire, England

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Re: Frederick Harry Ray
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 23 March 23 16:04 GMT (UK) »


Mother -    Amelia Kate Ray - 6 June 1891 - 1971  (aged 80 years)
Registration District:   Kingston upon Thames Greater London
Volume 5c Page 2087

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