{"id":195,"date":"2013-12-03T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lintonmemorialhall.org\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2018-09-20T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:37:06","slug":"lintons-memorial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lintonmemorialhall.org\/?page_id=195","title":{"rendered":"Linton’s Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major J Geoffrey Appleyard, DSO, MC and Bar [aged 26 years]. Evacuated at Dunkirk. Awarded Military Cross for rescuing two French secret agents. Gained parachute wings. Regularly raided the enemy across the Channel. Awarded DSO for a particularly daring raid on the Channel Islands. Shot down and killed on a mission to prepare for landings in Sicily \u2013 13 July 1943.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lieutenant A R Cooke [aged 27 years]. Royal Artillery. Born into the family of the well-known Leeds printers. Died while on active service in West Africa \u2013 6 December 1945.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Captain Graham Hayes MC. After a Commando raid in September 1942 on the Normandy coast with nine others, all of whom were killed, Graham escaped. He swam along the coast, was aided by a French family who handed him to the resistance. He was smuggled into Spain where he was betrayed and returned to France. He was subsequently interrogated by the Gestapo and shot \u2013 13 July 1943.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flying Officer Malcolm C Hayes [aged 23 years]. Royal artillery and RAF VR. Killed in action in France \u2013 20 February 1943.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flight Sergeant R H Heydon. 179 Squadron. RAF Coastal Command. Went missing on the night of 12\/13 June 1944. Presumed killed in action.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flight Sergeant Sidney N Hilder. Pathfinders. RAF VR. Went missing and presumed killed in action \u2013 6 November 1944.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flight Sergeant William L Hilder. Pilot. RAF. Bomber Command VR. Went missing and presumed killed in action \u2013 16\/17 March 1945.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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