John Philip Gilliard

John Philip Gilliard was a Squadron Leader, service number 40819. CWGC records his death on 19 September 1944, aged 24, and his burial at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. The London Gazette records his DFC with No. 38 Squadron, and an Aircrew Remembered exact row matches his service number, rank, DFC and date of death.

The live search did not expose a detailed aircraft loss page for Gilliard, but it did add corroborating cemetery and family data. Aircrew Remembered’s Allied Losses entry identifies him with No. 190 Squadron and records his family as son of Lionel Philip and May Gilliard and husband of Cecilie Gilliard of Chingford, Essex. The Dutch cemetery index for Arnhem Oosterbeek also lists John Philip Gilliard with service number 40819, death date 19 September 1944 and grave 4.B.1. No aircraft or cause of loss is asserted until a fuller exact source is found. 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.