Burial details:

P/O. John Stewart Harris. Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row 2. Grave 27. Further information (courtesy Sherborne School Archives): Born 11th May 1917, son of Frederick Stewart Harris and Evelyn Jane Harris, of Headley Down, Hampshire, England. (formerly of Madras, India). 

Attended Connaught House preparatory school, Weymouth, Dorset. Attended Sherborne School (Lyon House) April 1931-December 1935; 6th form; Prefect; Head of House; 1st XI cricket team, 1935. Chartered accountancy. Grave inscription reads: “Mourned by all who knew him”. 

Right: Grave at Dunkirk Town War Cemetery (courtesy P. Dagwell)

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to With thanks to Sherborne School Archives for additional information. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Aircrew Remembered own Archives. Grave photo courtesy P. Dagwell. Additional sources as shown below.

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