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Richard Alan Rollins

In memory of:

Sergeant Flight Engineer Richard Alan Rollins

December 15, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/57608

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#405 City of Vancouver Squadron

Additional Information

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.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOLDRE (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Hampshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row 1. Grave 8.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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
  • 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
  • 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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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    Newspaper clipping – Vancouver newspaper Dec. 21, 1942 report of Richard Rollins' death. His plane had engine problems and crashed while on anti-submarine duty.
  • 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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    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
  • Grave Marker– Gravestone of Sgt. Richard Alan ROLLINS at Boldre Church, Lymington, Hampshire, UK.

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    Grave Marker – Gravestone of Sgt. Richard Alan ROLLINS at Boldre Church, Lymington, Hampshire, UK.
  • Cemetery– St John's Church, Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, UK.

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    Cemetery – St John's Church, Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, UK.
  • Cemetery– St John's Church, Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – St John's Church, Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
  • Document– first page of report on the crash in which he died

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    Document – first page of report on the crash in which he died
  • Document– second part of a 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

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