Remembering Today 8/10/43 Leading Aircraftman:William Swenson,613837,Royal Air Force Leading Aircraftman SWENSON, WILLIAM Service Number 613837 Died 08/10/1943 Aged 39 Royal Air Force Son of Eric Ludwig Swenson and Jane Swenson, of Birkdale, Southport. His brother Victor Kershaw Swenson also died on service. INSCRIPTION GOD CALLED HIM HOME IT WAS HIS WILL BUT IN MY HEART HE LIVETH STILL. MOTHER Driver SWENSON, VICTOR KERSHAW Service Number T/206430 Died 16/06/1943 Aged 26 276 Corps Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps Son of Eric Ludwig Swenson and Jane Swenson, of Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire. His brother, L.A.C. William Swenson, died in the United Kingdom. INSCRIPTION TO THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY VERY DEAR SON VICTOR, ONE IN A MILLION. MOTHER
Sapper MCKEWAN, ROBERT ERNEST Service Number 2015370 Died 28/12/1945 Aged 25 Royal Engineers Son of Arthur Ernest and Alice Maud McKewan, of Walthamstow. His brother Arthur William also died on service. Signalman MCKEWAN, ARTHUR WILLIAM Service Number 2365661 Died 22/08/1943 Aged 32 Royal Corps of Signals attd. III. Indian Corps Sigs. Indian Signal Corps Son of Arthur Ernest and Alice Maud McKewan, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Mary Rosina McKewan. His brother Robert Ernest also died on service. INSCRIPTION MEMORIES ARE PRECIOUS THOUGHTS THAT DO NOT FADE OR PALL. MEMS.
Chalfont St Giles War Memorial Squadron Leader CARMICHAEL, JOHN WILLIAM Service Number 33421 Died 14/06/1944 Aged 25 53 Sqdn. Royal Air Force D F C, Mentioned in Despatches Son of Group Captain George Ivan Carmichael, D.S.O., A.F.C., and Kathleen Mary Foxon Carmichael, of Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) CARMICHAEL, GEORGE MICHAEL Service Number 33339 Died 31/12/1944 Aged 27 Royal Air Force M B E Son of Group Captain George Ivan Carmichael, D.S.O., A.F.C., R.A.F. and of Kathleen Mary Foxon Carmichael, of Brook, Hampshire.
Chalfont St Giles War Memorial Requested CWGC check spelling .Shows Beechcroft on war memorial Captain BEACHCROFT, ROBERT Service Number 129138 Died 02/09/1942 Aged 22 4th Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps Son of Maj. Maurice Beachcroft, O.B.E., and Mrs. Beachcroft, of Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. INSCRIPTION SON OF MAURICE BEACHCROFT OF SILVER BIRCHES, CHALFONT ST. GILES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Leading Airman BEACHCROFT, MICHAEL MELVILL Service Number FX90853 Died 02/02/1943 Aged 19 H.M.S. Canada Royal Navy Son of Maj. Maurice Beachcroft O.B.E. and Mrs. Beachcroft, of Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England.
Chalfont St Giles War Memorial Sergeant (Pilot) WILLOUGHBY, FRANCIS JOHN Service Number 565351 Died 21/06/1940 Aged 26 42 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Son of George and Elizabeth Willoughby; husband of Enid May Willoughby, of Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. Private WILLOUGHBY, JOHN CHARLES Service Number 13815 Died 12/09/1944 Aged 29 Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Son of George and Lizzie Willoughby, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
I had 3 great uncles in the war at the same time..sapper John Kelly 3653717 was accidently killed at home on 20 Feb 1944. age 24 years. He had 2 brothers that survived the war I haven't done any research on them up to now but remember them well.my uncle Jimmy. James Kelly and uncle Bob.Robert Kelly.
How about the same battalion? After the war, but in 1953 there were four brothers in 1st Somerset Light Infantry on active service in Malaya. Christopher, Tom, George & Leslie Docking from Camborne (in order of age seniority).
"Portsmouth Family on Active Service" Cpl. J.F. Golding, RAF S/Sgt. Victor M. Golding, Royal Artillery Pte. Sheila Golding, ATS Pte. Douglas Golding, R.A.O.C. Lt. A.L. Golding, Royal Signals Pte. Dennis Golding, Devonshire Regiment Gnr. Stanley Golding, Royal Artillery Civil Defense Miss Peggy Golding, Portsmouth Evening News 13th October 1942