Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Arthur Brian "Brian" Wheeler
1916 - 1944 (28 years)-
Name Arthur Brian "Brian" Wheeler Birth 11 Feb 1916 Gender Male Death 15 Nov 1944 Cherbourg, France Burial Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, Cherbourg, France Person ID I85424 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 8 Mar 2014
Father Arthur Leslie Wheeler, b. 28 Dec 1890 d. 1972 (Age 81 years) Mother Dorothy Maud "Maudie" Götz, b. 25 Mar 1894, Tauranga, New Zealand d. 19 Sep 1984 (Age 90 years) Family ID F36541 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Evelyn Margaret "Peggie" Children 1. Private Family ID F36542 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Death - 15 Nov 1944 - Cherbourg, France Burial - - Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, Cherbourg, France = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: J. Gardner Bartlett, Simon Stone Genealogy (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926), p. 485. Gives name Brian Whipple, born 1916.
!SOURCE: Email from Kate Aitken (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 4 Mar 2014. "Arthur Brian Wheeler (Brian ) was a wing commander with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was shot down and killed over Cherbourg, France. 88(RAF) Sqdn. Grave/ memorial reference : plot 6 , row G, Grave 3. Cemetery : Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery. He was awarded the DFC"
- !SOURCE: J. Gardner Bartlett, Simon Stone Genealogy (Boston: Stone Family Association, 1926), p. 485. Gives name Brian Whipple, born 1916.