Memorial Plaque - St Anne - Epwell, Oxfordshire - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

WWII memorial plaque inside the tower porch of St Anne's church, Epwell. It is a white marble tablet with concave corners, with a black inscription enclosed by a black border.

The plaque reads -
LEST WE FORGET
1939 - 1945
(NAMES)

Names on memorial -
L/Cpl A. B. Kaye
Sgt L Freeman

About these brave men -

"ARCHIE BERTRAM KAYE was serving as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment when he was killed in action some time between 10th May and 30th June 1940. He was 26 and is buried in Malo-Les- Bains Communal Cemetery, east of Dunkirk. The Gloucester Regiment had been invoved in The Battle of France and taken part in the defensive screen covering the Dunkirk evacuation. In the chaos and destruction many of the Allied dead were left on the field to be buried later, often by local people and this accounts for the uncertainty of the date of his death.

Archie Kaye was born in Sibford Ferris in 1914 to parents the son of William and Jane Kaye. In 1938 he married Dorothy Hepworth and they lived in Epwell, in 1939 he was working for the GPO in Banbury. They had a daughter, born in early 1940. He is also remembered on Sibford village war memorial.

ROBERT LESLIE FREEMAN was serving as a Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) with The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 460 (Royal Australian Air Force) Squadron, when he was killed in action on 3rd September 1943. He was aged 22 and is buried in Amersfoort (Oud Leuseden) General Cemetry.

He was the son of Harry and Gertrude Freeman of Epwell.

He was aboard Avro Lancaster Mk 111 EE132 AR-G2 which took off from RAF Binbrook at 1940 on 3rd September on a raid on Berlin. The aircraft carried 1 x 4,000lb bomb, 48 x 30lb bombs and 690 4lb incendaries. Nothing was heard from the crew after take off and it failed to return to base. Post-war it was established that it had crashed and exploded at 2340 near the village of Benschop, 24 miles south of Amsterdam, probably a victim of a Heinkel 219 night fighter. The two Air Gunners managed to bale out and became prisoners of war, the other five crewmen perished in the crash. Robert Freeman had flown 11 missions previously with this crew."

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Property Permission: Public Website for Waymark: [Web Link] Location of waymark: St Anne Epwell, Oxfordshire England OX16 6LD Commemoration: Fallen of Epwell village in WWII Date of Dedication: Not listed Access instructions: Not listed Access times: Not listed

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