ELCOX, Anthony Graham

Hamburg Cemetery, GermanyCredit: Gary Newman

Sergeant
57 Squadron RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Anthony was born 1919 in Newport to Reginald Donald & Irene Hilda (nee CAWS) ELCOX. He married Louise BLUNDY in 1943 at St Albans in Hertfordshire.

Anthony, aged 23, was the Flight Engineer of a Lancaster aircraft which took off from RAF Scampton at 2326 for operations over Germany. They were shot down by a night fighter & crashed at Tostedt on the 30th of July 1943.

Some of the crew, are buried in Germany; others with no known grave are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial. All 6 crew were killed.

Originally buried at Lueneburg Central Cemetery, Anthony’s body was exhumed & reburied 23rd of April 1947 in Hamburg Cemetery in Germany, beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “LEST WE FORGET”. He rests alongside 1,465 of his Second World War comrades.

Anthony is also remembered on the Seaview War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.