Ronald Alfred William Beaumont
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1919, Knighton, Radnorshire
Tangmerer RAF Aerodrome Constraints, Church Road , Chichester, Sussex, England
Ground Engineer
23rd October 1943
Acting Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) (Pilot Officer Probationer)
57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd June 1944
24 years
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Distinguished Flying Cross
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Josiah Samuel James Beaumont
Gladys Louisa (nee Cook)
Doris Avonwye
Frederica Esther
Hilda Gladys
Constance Mary
5, High Street, Knighton, Radnorshire
13th March 1877 - 17th January 1961
28th December 1878 - 1960
5th August 1903 - 1977
12th June 1905 - 26th November 1997
27th December 1906 - 19th April 1997
29th September 1913 - 18 November 2006
57 Squadron, Lancaster, NN696 DX-H
Operation:: Wesseling, took off at 23.00 hours from East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
Crew
Pilot - Flight Lieutenant, 162506, Ronald Alfred William Beaumont DFC RAFVR age 24
Flight Engineer - Flight Sergeant, 573413, Maurice Arthur Clark RAF age 28
Navigator - Pilot Officer, 54776, Denis Joseph McCrudden RAFVR age 34
Bomb Aimer - Pilot Officer, J/88558,Thomas Henry Mayne RCAF age 22
Wireless Operator - Warrant Officer, 1294364, Charles Henry Thomas Hurley RAFVR age 23
M/U - Flight Sergeant, 1458450, Geoffrey Ronald Ansdell RAFVR age 21
Rear Gunner - Warrant Officer Class II R/163651, Edward Henry Goehring RCAF age 20
They were attacked by a nightfighter and crashed West of Geilenkirchen. All 7 crew were killed,
Five of the crew were initially buried in Havert Cemetery, but on 14th April 1947 their bodies were exhumed and reburied in Rheinberg War Cemetery. Two of the crew have no graves, Flight Sergeant Clark and Warrant Officer Hurley, they are remembered on panels 216 and 214 at Runnymede.
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Ronald Alfred William Beaumont of 5 High-street Knighton Radnorshire died 22 June 1944 on war service.
Administration: - Llandudno 25th August 1944 to Gladys Louisa Beaumont (wife of Josiah Samuel James Beaumont)
In the London Gazette, dated Friday 25th January 1946, Ronald Alfred William BEAUMONT (162506), R.A.F.V-.R., 57 Squadron, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, with effect from 21st June, 1944
Ronald is remembered on his parents headstone in Knighton Old Cemetery.
