Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC and other Headstones -
- Northwood Cemetery (Cowes) : Peter John Edward Maddox -

Location

In Northwood Cemetery, Cowes, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW II pattern.
Grave Location : 9504

Headstone


 
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Inscription


 
Further Information

Peter John Edward Maddox
 
Son of : Herbert W Maddox and Mary Maddox (née Morgan), of Cowes, Isle of Wight.
 
Born : 1921, Forden, Montgomeryshire.
 
CWGC record ...
 

Squadron :	115 Sqn
Aircraft :	Avro Lancaster Mk.I : LL867 : A4-J
Crew :
Pilot :	Flt/Lt C Eddy MBE, RNZAF	CWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :	Flg/Off A Smith	CWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :	Sgt W L Murphy	CWGC record ...
Air Bomber :	Flt/Sgt H E Pugh	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt A F Langbridge	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	WO2 H Bennis, RCAF	CWGC record ...

 
The aircraft took off at 22:43 hrs from RAF Witchford to bomb Rouen, and were shot down on their return over their own aerodrome by an Me410 night fighter at 03.48 hrs. All the crew members died and most were buried in their home towns. C Eddy (who was Australian) and Canadian H Bennis were buried in Cambridge City Cemetery.

Information from John Bloodworth
 
Commemorated at :

Cowes Town War Memorial
Newport Grammar School Book of Remembrance