Dear All,

I am looking for the exact date of birth (day and month) of a ‘Douglas Reseigh’ I believe he was born in 1924 near or in Mohawk, Michigan.

Douglas died in August 1944 during WWII when the plane he was on crashed in Burghill England. I live in Burghill and together with a friend we have been doing research about the crash. We have been campaigning for a plaque to remember the 10 airmen who died that day (hence the research) we have gained very good support for the plaque a are also organising a memorial service (hopefully this August)

The reason why we are trying to find the date of birth for each of the airmen is because we would like to put their age on the plaque, to emphasize how young those men were and how much of a sacrifice they made so we could live in a free world. So far we have 9 out of the 10 date of birth; Douglas is the only one we are missing!

I believe his parents were John and Florrie (Pender) Reseigh. They were born in Cornwall England and immigrated to Michigan were there was a strong Cornish community linked to Copper mining. They had three sons, Douglas, William and George while living in the Mohawk area. They later moved to Detroit after the Copper mine closed.

I was wondering if you could help or perhaps point us to someone that could help to find Douglas Reseigh’s date of birth.

Many thanks in advance

Kind regards

Dr Jerome Corre

PS: We have found an article newspaper about Douglas following his death. We have also found his grave stone in Oakview Cemetery Oak Hill Michigan (Unfortunately the stone only give 1924-1944 not the exact date of birth)