Major SHIRLEY, EDWARD CHARLES Service Number 111277 Died 26/05/1942 Pioneer Corps Buried at RICKMANSWORTH (CHORLEYWOOD ROAD) CEMETERY Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 43 Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. L.L. Row 2. Grave 23. Warrant Officer (Pilot) SHIRLEY, GEORGE FREDERICK C. GRANDFIELD Service Number 1202160 Died 27/08/1944 Aged 24 635 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of Edward Charles and Priscilla Mary Shirley; husband of Kathleen Shirley, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. INSCRIPTION ALWAYS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED Buried at KIEL WAR CEMETERY Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Number of casualties: 898 Cemetery/memorial reference: Coll. grave 1. J. 10-12.
Lancaster ND693 F2-B, 635 sqn, Op Kiel. (26/27 Aug 1944) T/O 2040 Downham Market, shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 2310 at Guby, 8 km ESE of Schieswig. W/O G F C G Shirley + Sgt P J Nolan POW F/S P E Evans + Sgt E Lancaster + F/S F C Owen + Sgt J Tulloch + Sgt K V Ritchie + Those who died are buried at Kiel war cemetery. From Chorley Bomber Command Losses volume 5, 1944. Graham.
1939 REGISTER 5 Pheasants Way, Rickmansworth U.D., Hertfordshire Name - DOB - Occupation - Marital status Edward C Shirley - 26 Jul 1894 - Motor Car Sales Manager - Married Priscilla M Shirley - 27 Jul 1883 - Unpaid Domestic Duties - Married The record for this person is officially closed. The 'closed' record is George as he was their only child.
