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Sergeant Geoffrey Crisp (Geoff) BOAR (1310500) Wireless Operator |
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John Steele-Nicholson was born about 1922. |
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It has been stated that his father, Robert Steele-Nicholson, was a tea planter in Assam, which is a state in north-eastern India. |
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Sergeant John Edwin Charles Averell Steele-Nicholson served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two. |
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On 14th September 1942, Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Steele-Nicholson was on board Liberator AL-624 when it took off from R.A.F. Burn at 1100 hours. It was detailed to carry out a non-operational cross-country training flight. It failed to return. The aircraft descended through cloud and struck a hill near Millfore in Kirkcudbright, near Cairnryan in Scotland. All of the crew were killed in the accident. They were: |
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Sergeant John Steele-Nicholson is buried in Kirkinner Cemetery. His inscription reads: OF BALLOW, BANGOR, N.IRELAND AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT HE HATH PROMISED US, EVEN ETERNAL LIFE |
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Sergeant John Steele-Nicholson is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial and Moy War Memorial. |
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The CWGC record Sergeant John Edwin Charles Averell Steele-Nicholson as the son of Robert Charles Henry and Lydia Mary Noel Amelia Steele-Nicholson of Ballow, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. |
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John Edwin Charles Averell Steele-Nicholson was the son of Robert Charles Henry and Lydia Mary Noel Amelia Steele-Nicholson. They were married about 1920. |
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Pilot Officer Ivan Harold BETTS (109064) Pilot |
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Sergeant James BOWREY (1174321) Air Gunner |
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Sergeant George Douglas CALDER (401366) |
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Sergeant John Churley FREESTONE (1311904) Observer |
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Sergeant John Edwin Charles Averell STEELE-NICHOLSON (1591275) Air Gunner |
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Sergeant Victor Frederick TALLEY (1320265) Air Gunner |
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Sergeant Derek Eaton WARNER (655996) Pilot |
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At this time it is not known what his connection was with Moy. |
