Location
In Ashey Cemetery, Ashey, Isle of Wight Description Additional inscription on family tombstone. |
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Headstone
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Inscription
[...] WIFE DOROTHY KATHLEEN STARES PASSED TO REST MAY 31ST 1936 AGED 39 YEARS "ABIDE WITH ME" ALSO OF OUR ONLY SON HYLTON ARCHIE STARES FLIGHT SERGT R.A.F.V.R. AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF RENE, PRESUMED KILLED ON AIR OPERATIONS OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN JULY 8TH 1944 AGED 20 AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN Further Information
Flt Sgt Stares was with 209 Sqn which at the time of his death was operating PBY Catalina aircraft on patrol over the Indian Ocean, from bases in East Africa. RSHG record ... |