Passing Of A V.C. Hero 1943

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Full title reads: "PASSING OF A V.C. HERO".

England.

Various shots of funeral procession of first Australian Air Force V.C. (Victoria Cross) Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton. It makes its way through his station somewhere in England (probably RAF Mildenhall). Various shots of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
37923
Sort Number:
43/013
Time in/Out:
01:51:03:00 / 01:52:04:00
Canister:
43/13
Film ID:
1075.29
Issue Date:
15/02/1943

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • The funeral seen here is for Flight Sergeant (later posthumously promoted to Pilot Officer) Rawdon Middleton VC.

    The "unknown churchyard" is St John's Churchyard, Beck Row, Suffolk (confirmation of that fact at the bottom of this page here.....
    www.ww2australia.gov.au/raaf/

    The peaked structure seen at 00:15 is the Lych Gate there. It's still there today, I've checked it on Google maps!

    The RAF station at the start is likely to be RAF Mildenhall, where Middleton was stationed.

    jamied 4th May 2012
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  • Thanks very much indeed!

    British Pathé 24th May 2012
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