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Hi All

I am trying to trace any relatives of William Douglas Bickle, Flight Sergeant with 49 Sqd, he was The wireless operator on my great uncles crew (P/O C.T Anderson)
They were lost in action on a raid to Mannheim 23/24th September 1943, & are now buried in Rheinberg British War Cemetery Germany.

Williams parents were :- Percy Rowe Bickle & Alma Bickle
His Wife :- Violet May Bickle of Notty Ash Liverpool

I have been looking into the RAF service life of my relative (Anderson) and his crew, including trying to locate the crash site of the Lancaster they were lost in EA-D ED702.


Cheers
Dom

Have you looked for people with them in their trees - use "search trees" above left.

I imagine this is percy!

Births Mar 1889 (>99%)
Bickle Percy Rowe Tavistock 5b 861

1911. A few more names to search for. Re. the crash - is this a separate query entirely as you mention "Anderson"?

BICKLE, George Henry Head Married M 51 1860 Farmer Calstock Cornwall VIEW
BICKLE, Emma Wife Married
26 years F 45 1866 Assistir Tavistock Devon VIEW
BICKLE, William Son Single M 23 1888 Farmer's Son Working On Farm Tavistock Devon VIEW
BICKLE, Percy Son Single M 20 1891 Apprentice Calstock Cornwall VIEW
LACK, Amy Niece Single F 20 1891 General Domestic Servant Calstock Cornwall VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
13092 Reference:
RG14PN13092 RG78PN755 RD279 SD2 ED21 SN82

Registration District:
Tavistock Sub District:
Tavistock Enumeration District:
21 Parish:
Tavistock Hamlets

Address:
Blanchdown Farm Tavistock Hamlets Devon County:
Devonshire

Marriages Jun 1919 (>99%)
Bickle Percy E Ham Tavistock 5b 1027
Ham Alma Bickle Tavistock 5b 1027

Hi Brummiejan

Re. the crash - is this a separate query entirely as you mention "Anderson"?

No I mentioned my great uncles name as he was the pilot of the 7 man crew, when they were lost.

Cheers
Dom

I see what you mean, sorry. Have you tried a google search, I assume you have? Is he Cyril Anderson, his name comes up when searching.
Jan

There is a tree with William on Ancestry. Have you seen it?
Jan

Possible re-marriage for the widow

Name: Violet M Bickle
Spouse Surname: Smith
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1947
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county (inferred): Lancashire
Volume Number: 10d
Page Number: 757
Find Spouse: Find Spouse
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William's marriage to Violet?

Marriages Sep 1943 (>99%)
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Bickford Violet M Bickle Plympton 5b 517
Bickle William D Bickford Plympton 5b 517

Possible births................

Births Mar 1915 (99%)
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BICKFORD Violet M Brealey Totnes 5b 240

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Births Dec 1922 (>99%)
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Bickford Violet M West Tavistock 5b 509

Have you taken heed of the very good advice about looking in search trees?

The father's death

Name: Percy R Bickle
Death Registration Month/Year: 1949
Age at death (estimated): 60
Registration district: St Germans
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 7a
Page: 202

Flick, just double-checking if you are on the same track as me. I think the only purpose of finding the Bickle family is to see if they know anything about the crash. Anderson is Dom's relative. At least that's how I understand it!
Jan

Hi BrummieJan

Yes i have all the deatails on Cyril Anderson im his great nephew, Its the rest of his crew's family i am searching for i have located some of them Williams family id one of the two i am still tryign to find.

the tree.. no i will search
cheers

Flick.

William was killed 23 sept 43 .. what date do you have for the marrage?

Cheers
Dom

Is this your site??

http://www.lancasterbombers.com/ed702_6.html

Brummiejan & Flick

I have the details of the time they were with 49 Sqd and of the crash site and its possible location i am trying to locate all the familes of the crew to pass on the details of what happened to them.

Chers
Dom

edit
yes jan thats mine

Marriages Sep 1943 (>99%)
Bickford Violet M Bickle Plympton 5b 517
Bickle William D Bickford Plympton 5b 517

Name: Alma Bickle
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1891
Death Registration Month/Year: 1979
Registration district: St Germans
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 21
Page: 0539

I repeat....have you checked search trees?

Please respond..............

As for the marriage date.....the only way to find that info is to purchase the cert

Sorry flick i thought i had replied

yes i have