| Surname: |
Macmorland |
| Initials/Name: |
William Goodall |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Sergeant |
| Regiment: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Unit: |
77 Squadron |
| Service No: |
751459 |
| Age: |
23 |
| Date of Death |
09/10/1940 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Topcliffe Church Cemetery |
| Country: |
UK |
| Grave Reference: |
Grave 2 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock and Family Grave Memorial All Saints Stock and King Edward VI School War Memorial Chelmsford |
| Address: |
Son of James and Sarah Macmorland |
| CWGC Page: |
William Macmorland
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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The inscription reads
SARAH PHILIP BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES
MACMORLAND WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 22ND 1934 AGED 49 YEARS. Also of SERGT WILLIAM C.
MACMORELAND R.A.F.V.R. KILLED ON ACTION 9TH OCT 1940, AGED 23 INTERED AT
TOPCLIFFE YORKS. AND OF JAMES MACMORLAND DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARY ARMOUR.
DIED 21ST JUNE 1941.
AGED 55. |
click here to enlarge |
The
Whitley Bomber
2 pilots, 2 wireless/air gunners, 1 observer |
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| Information
from Harry Shinkfield 77 Squadron archivist ... |
| Whitley V,
P5091 KN 'Y', took off from RAF Topcliffe in the late evening of 8 October
1940, to attack a target at Hanau. The crew were - Sergeant George William
Brown, Pilot. Midshipman David Arthur Charles Hadingham RN, Second Pilot.
Sergeant William Goodall MacMorland, Observer. Sergeant Joseph Reginald
Wardman, Wireless Operator-Air Gunner. Sergeant Cleveland Cottam, Wireless
Operator - Air Gunner. Mission completed they were returning to base and as
they made their descent, in poor weather, the aircraft hit some trees on high
ground and crashed 1 mile West of SNAPE, Yorkshire. The aircraft crashed at
0335 hours. 9.10.40. All were killed. |
| Brown lies in
Grave S.17.51 in the Seaton Hirst (St John) Churchyard at Ashington.
Northumberland. Wardman in Grave 1224 in the Hull Western Cemetery, Kingston
upon Hull, Yorkshire. Cottam and MacMorland lie in Graves 1 and 2 respectively
in the Topcliffe Church Cemetery. Hadingham lies in Grave 4289 in the
Sanderstead (All Saints) Churchyard extension, Coulston and Purley, Surrey.
Hadingham was seconded to the Squadron for operational experience from HMS
Daedalus, as were two other who were also killed on operations. Brown was 23
years of age. Wardman 27. Cottam, 19. MacMorland, 23 and Hadingham, 19. KN were
the Sqn code and the Y the aircraft code. |
| William was
the son of Janes and Sarah Macmorland. |
| Updated 23.08.2024 |
