Joseph Lamont Bamford

In memoriam

The official accident report , 'crash caused the fuselage to break off, went down, spinning nose dive and glided upside down. Machine finally fell on starboard wing'. This was reported in the Coleraine Chronicle in April 1917 along with his decoration by the French government of the Croix de Guerre The accident was reported in the Coleraine Chronicle in April 1917 together with his decoration by the French government of the Croix de Guerre Lieutenant Joseph Lamont Bamford had been killed behind enemy lines and had been buried in Topolcani German Cemetery, Macedonia. In 1921, his body was later exhumed and reburied in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. Joe is also remembered on the Kilrea War Memorial, the family gravestone in Kilrea First Presbyterian Churchyard and at the Balmoral Golf Club.

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