Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Roy Irish
In memory of:
Pilot Officer John Roy Irish
August 1, 1944
Military Service
J/87468
24
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
429 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Roy Charles and Agnes Loretta Irish, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ST. MARTIN-AU-BOSC COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime, France
Grave 2.
St. Martin-au-Bosc is a village and commune 42 kilometres east-south-east of Dieppe, and 11 kilometres south of Blangy, where the Le Treport-Aumale-Paris road (N.15 bis) crosses the Rouen to Abbeville road (N.28). The cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, down a rough track, 600 yards from the church. Near, and south-east of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of 1 officer of the Royal Air Force and 6 officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Grave Marker – Grave marker photo courtesy of Kelvin Youngs, Aircrew Remembered -
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Cemetery – Photo of St. Martin au Bosc cemetery CWGC burial plot for aircrew courtesy of Regis Biaux, France, and Pierre Vandervelden, Belgium, www.inmemories.com On 31 July 1944, the crew were airborne at 2151 from their base at RAF Leeming on a mission to attack the V-1 Site at St-Martin-au-Bosc with pilot Irish at the controls. The other Canadian crew members were P/O (N) John A. Santo; F/O (BA) John E. Gloeckler; P/O (AG) Hugh B. Gilmore; F/O (WAG) William J. Wright; and RAF P/O (FE) Reg. T. Walsham, from Hampshire. They joined a force of 202 aircraft – 104 Lancasters, 76 Halifaxes and 22 Mosquitos – sent on an operation to attack two V-1 launching and two storage sites. One Halifax and one Lancaster were lost. (RAF record) -
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Letter – Letter from Air Commission to 429 Squadron announcing the commission for pilot Banks was written on July 31, 1944, and received at 429 Squadron on August 2, 1944, two days after his death. The Squadron had not yet received word from the Germans that his body had been found at the crash site. -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer John Roy Irish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer John Roy Irish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of John and his mother Agnes – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of JOHN ROY IRISH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of JOHN ROY IRISH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of JOHN ROY IRISH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo – Found in service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of John Roy Irish – Pilot Officer John Roy Irish
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