Birth Date: 1904 (age 39)
Arthur W. Courtney & Ethel Louisa Courtney
Home: Dagenham, Essex, England (parents)
Marshal | |
Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
Air Marshal | A/M |
Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
Air Commodore | A/C |
Group Captain | G/C |
Wing Commander | W/C |
Squadron Leader | S/L |
Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
Flying Officer | F/O |
Pilot Officer | P/O |
Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
Flight Sergeant | FS |
Sergeant | SGT |
Corporal | CPL |
Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Twenty-one airmen were killed at the Metropole Hotel, Bournemouth, England during an enemy air raid. Ten of the men were RCAF airmen.
Killed includes Courtney: Flight Sergeant William Geoffrey Abbott RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England grave Row C4. Grave 94. Flight Sergeant George Assaf RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row A. 4. Grave 99. Sergeant David Rainnie RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row D. 4. Grave 99. LAC Earl Oscar Milton Gilbert RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row J. 4. Grave 99. Sergeant Alexander Colin Matheson RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row B. 4. Grave 99. Sergeant Raymond Francis Pelrine RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row H. 4. Grave 99. Flight Sergeant Julian Louis Soos RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row A. 4. Grave 95. Cpl. William Godfrey Wood RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row B. 4. Grave 95. Sergeant Ross Clifton Woods RCAF KIA Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Hampshire grave Row E. 4. Grave 99.
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)