James William Edmonds

James William Edmonds was a Pilot Officer, service number 142522. CWGC records his death on 4 July 1943, aged 21, and his burial at Heverlee War Cemetery. The London Gazette records his Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously on 28 July 1944, naming him as RAFVR and No. 466 Squadron RAAF.

The Great Coxwell memorial page gives the clearest local account. It identifies Edmonds as a Pilot Officer DFC of No. 466 Squadron and states that his final mission was to Cologne, expected to be the thirtieth and last sortie of his tour. The page records his birth in 1922, names his parents as Annie and Robert Edmonds of Faringdon, and says he is commemorated on the Great Coxwell memorial and in St Giles Church. Those details are included because the page names his service number 142522 and matches the Gazette and CWGC identity. These records tie the same name to the same service number, award trail and casualty date, reducing the risk of confusing him with another airman of similar name.