In Memory Of

LACEY, GORDON RAMSEY

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1105V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 630 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1945-02-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I LL966, took off from East Kirkby, night raid to Rositz. One of two or, possibly, three aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire, 2 km E of Rositz, at Zschernitzsch (Altenburg), approximately 40 km S of Leipzig. Aircraft exploded on impact and wreckage was burnt and scattered over a wide area.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 6. E. 7.
Cemetery:
 HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Dr. Allan Ramsey and Mrs. Harriet Agnes Lacey, of Durban, Natal. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.