Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC and other Headstones -
- Carisbrooke Mount Joy Cemetery : William Ernest Elliott -

Location

In Mount Joy Cemetery, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone. On ground as at 2004.
Grave Location : F 15

Headstone


 

Inscription


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 

Squadron :	115 Sqn
Aircraft :	Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic T2613 KO-R
Crew :
Pilot :	Pilot Officer A J R Pate, D.F.C.	CWGC record ...
2nd Pilot / Observer :	Sgt W V Jaggs	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner :	Flt/Sgt William Ernest Elliott	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt E Fisher	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt K R Draper	CWGC record ...

 
The aircraft was being ferried to Malta when it crashed into barrage balloon cables at about 01.00 hrs, near Iver in Buckinghamshire. All the bodies of the crew were returned to their families for burial.
 
Information provided by : John Bloodworth

Biographical information