Name Ian Willoughby Bazalgette No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1284 Awards VC DFC
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 635 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Acting Squadron Leader
Rank End Of Career Acting Squadron Leader
Place Of Birth Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, Canada
Place Of Death Senantes, Oise, France
Buried/Location Ashes Senantes Churchyard, 13 miles north-west of Beauvais, Oise, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 8 October 1944
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Military Grave No. 1
Gazetted 17 August 1945
VC Presented 18 December 1945, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Senantes Churchyard, 13 miles north-west of Beauvais, Oise, France
P Named on War Memorial, New Malden, Surrey
P Memorial Plaque, St Marys Church, Wimbeldon, South London
P Named on RAF VC Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Memorial at St Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk
P Named on Memorial Plaque, by War Memorial, Downham Market, Norfolk
P Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Marker Stone at crash site, D167 to Bois Aubert, Senantes, Oise, France
P Per Adua Ad Astra Memorial, University Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Victoria Cross Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Painting at Library, New Malden, Surrey
P Bazalgette Road, New Malden, Surrey
P Bazalgette Close, New Malden, Surrey
Bazalgette Drive, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Named on Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Barrie Military Heritage Park, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London
By The Way…
He was originally buried by local resistance near the crash site, but after liberation he was buried in the Churchyard he fought to avoid in his crippled plane
VC Held By
Royal Air Force Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England
