Trafford

Born during the December quarter 1921 in the Llanfyllin R.D. - ref:
11b/284, the son of Joseph & Alice Mary Roberts (nee Durnall).

1939 National Registration - Coldstream Cottages, Wood Lane, Mobberley.  
Joseph Roberts - Married - born on the 25th August 1884 - occ: Teamsman on
Farm.  Alice Mary Roberts - Married - born on the 5th September 1888 - occ:
Unpaid Domestic Duties.  John Edward Roberts - Single - born on the 4th
January 1914 - occ: Teamsman on Farm.   Joseph Roberts - Single - born on
the 12th September 1921 - occ: Cowman on Farm.   There were three other
adult members of the Roberts family residing here, plus 4 redacted
records.

On the night of the 23rd September 1944, Joseph was serving as the
mid-upper gunner aboard a Lancaster Mk.I -  No.ME829 AS-G.   Flying with
166 Sqn, they took off From RAF Kirmington at 18.40 hrs bound for a bombing
raid on Neuss.  The a/c crashed at 23.05 hrs at the corner of Ulandstrasse
and Schumanstrasse at Dusseldorf.   Three of the crew were taken prisoner -
two were buried in the Reischwald Forest Cemetery and the two Gunners are
commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.  Nine Lancaster's were lost
in this raid.

CWGC - Son of Joseph & Alice Mary Roberts of Ashley, Cheshire.

Commemorated in The Mobberley Parish Council's Booklet - "1914-2014,
Remembering the Men from Mobberley who went to War for their Country" - per
Alistair MacLeod.