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Inscription
Our Glorious Dead
"Ted"
In proud
And hallowed memory of
Flying Officer
T. Edward George Hanson
R.A.F. V.R.
Who fought for us through
Hours of darkness
And gave his life that we
Might live
Born July 7th 1914
Killed in action
March 24th 1943
"Greater love hath no man"
NB The adjacent grave to Mac - Archibald McMeekin Paton of the R.A.A.F. was flying with Ted when they crashed. They were buried next to each other.
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Warwick Cemetery
Warwickshire
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Thomas Edward George
Hanson
7th July 1914
Warwick, Warwickshire
23rd March 1943
Flying a Mosquito DZ257 out of 151 Squadron at RAF Wittering in Northamptonshire when returning to base but possibly hit by flak and attempted to land, crashed second time of asking. He was flying with his friend and colleague Mac 'Archibald Paton' who is buried next to him at Warwick
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Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Warwickshire
Second World War
Flying Officer (Navigator/Wireless Op.)
151 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Mac had become a close friend of Ted Hanson's family and when he was killed with Ted, it appears that Ted's wife and family arranged for him to be buried next to Ted at Warwick.
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