Remembering Today 17/1/43 Sergeant E.E.J.Sillitoe 656217 Royal Air Force 235 Sqdn.

SILLITOE, EWEN EDWARD JOHN

Rank:

Sergeant

Trade:

Navigator/Observer

Service No:

656217

Date of Death:

17/01/1943

Age:

22

Regiment/Service:

Royal Air Force



235 Sqdn.

Grave Reference:

Sec. 3. Grave 55.

Cemetery:

LEEDS (LAWNSWOOD) CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of Ewen Joseph and Elizabeth Roberts Sillitoe, of Hyde Park, Leeds.http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408719/SILLITOE,%20EWEN%20EDWARD%20JOHN

 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=59977233&PIpi=99550902

 

good day cl1,today.12:03am.re: remembering today.12:03 am.17/1/43.sergeant e.e.sillitoe.656217.royal air force 235 sqdn.age22.may he rest in peace.regards bernard85

 

Details of the above loss...

17 January 1943

235 Squadron
Beaufighter VIc T5322

Crashed at Stow Farm, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, 3 miles west of Kilkhampton police station.

Crew.

Sgt. J C. Warburton +
Sgt. E E J. Sillitoe +

 

Aiming to commemorate the 75th anniversary of this crash next month

 

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
36 Cliff Road , Leeds C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding)
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Ewen J Sillitoe 13 Sep 1889 Works Manager (Engineering)
Elizabeth R Sillitoe 04 Jan 1888 Unpaid Domestic Duties
George W B Coles 20 Jul 1914 Motor Car Salesman
Rose E Coles 02 Nov 1915 Shorthand Typist

Ewen Edward John "Teddy" Sillitoe:

 

Yesterday, 17 January 2018, was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of Sgt 'Teddy' SILLITOE, and his pilot, Sergeant John Charles WARBURTON. WARBURTON is buried at St. Augustine's Church at Heanton Punchardon, and I am visiting to place a memorial cross on his grave (the weather and work prevented this yesterday). I have written a booklet titled: 'The Last Flight of Beaufighter T.5322' as part of a larger project about No. 235 Squadron while it was based at R.A.F. Chivenor. If you are interested, you are welcome to contact me through my website at: www.BritishMilitaryHistory.co.uk

 

He was a twin:

Births Dec 1921
Warburton, Harry | Collier | Chorlton(Manchester) | 8c 1233
Warburton, John C | Collier | Chorlton (Manchester) | 8c 1233

 

We have investigated the WARBURTON twins, but we believe that John C is a John Collier WARBURTON, and not John Charles.
There is no next of kin on the CWGC website, and we can find no record of birth, or probate record for him. I feel it is possible that he either was an orphan, a Barnardo's boy, or was a British subject who lived overseas and came to the U.K. in early 1940. His service number shows that he enlisted at Euston sometime after April 1940. If you can help identify Sgt J. C. WARBURTON, I would be grateful.

 

have you checked his service records for information

 

as John is not a relative, we wont be able to get his service record.
Confirmed twin is John Collier Warburton who died in 1998 so not our man

 

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regards
Clive

 

Have we still got to pay £30? Only know approximate year of birth but have service number

 

yes its £30
have you double checked with CWGC re his details dob

also his death cert is available and would give more info at £6 for the pdf

WARBURTON, JOHN CHARLES age 21
GRO Reference: 1943 M Quarter in STRATTON Volume 05C Page 1

Sergeant (Pilot)WARBURTON, JOHN CHARLES
Service Number 1380668

Died 17/01/1943

235 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
regards
Clive

 

Casualty

Death record says he was 21, approx. year of birth 1922, but as he died in January, 11/12 chance born 1921

 

yes death registered Jan/Feb/Mar 1943

 

Only two John C Warburtons born in England/Wales during the relevant period:

Births Jun 1921
WARBURTON John C Shaw Salford 8d 146

Births Dec 1921
Warburton John C Collier Chorlton 8c 1233

No 2 has been eliminated, so....

 

ancestry.com says John O Warburton, for the first one, are you using a different site? But its not very clear

 

I have ordered his death cert should be ready next week circa 25th January and I will post on here


if you can let us know more about the crash it would be good

regards
Clive

 

With your info, re mothers maiden name Shaw, I have now found a John Charles Warburton wih next to no info on ancestry, and am following up. That's very kind to order a death certificate. We are going on Monday next week to try and locate the crash site with local information we have, and will upload our file when finished