Back to search results

Pilot Officer RAYMOND GORDON ECCLES

Service Number: 40759
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRONINGEN (ESSERVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot RW. Row Class 2. Joint grave 3.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Eccles and of Rebecca Eccles (nee Wilson), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (2)

Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (1)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

GRONINGEN (ESSERVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY
Groningen Netherlands
Number of casualties: 16
View cemetery details

Information Relating to the casualty

You can find out more about this casualty by following the link below.

Casualty Information