Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Richard Alan Rollins

In memory of:

December 15, 1942

Service Number:

R/57608

Age:

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#405 City of Vancouver Squadron

Son of William Alan and Fanny Josephine Rollins, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Cemetery:

BOLDRE (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Hampshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row 1. Grave 8.

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Memorial – Sergeant Flight Engineer Richard Alan Rollins is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorial – Sergeant Flight Engineer Richard Alan Rollins 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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Newspaper clipping – Vancouver newspaper Dec. 21, 1942 report of Richard Rollins' death. His plane had engine problems and crashed while on anti-submarine duty.
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Family Photo – Richard's mother Josie McBride Rollins (left) in 1918 beside her father Richard McBride and sister Edith McBride Munroe, with her mother Fanny Morgan McBride in front
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Grave Marker – Gravestone of Sgt. Richard Alan ROLLINS at Boldre Church, Lymington, Hampshire, UK.
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Cemetery – St John's Church, Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, UK.
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Cemetery – St John's Church, Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
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Document – first page of report on the crash in which he died
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Document – second part of a report on the crash in which he died