Courtney, Robert Richard

Killed in Action 1943-05-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1904

Born:

Arthur W. Courtney & Ethel Louisa Courtney

Home: Dagenham, Essex, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 PRC- Personnel Reception Centre (RAF)

Base

RAF Bournemouth

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/52252

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.