CHEESEMAN, SYDNEY HATFIELD Rank: Flying Officer Service No: 152360 Date of Death: 22/02/1944 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 510 Sqdn. Panel Reference: Panel 205. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Sydney George and Jessie May Cheeseman, of Minster-in-Sheppey, Kent.Casualty Details
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 Name: Sydney H Cheeseman Mother's Maiden Surname: Howell Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1922 Registration district: Southwark Inferred County: Greater London Volume Number: 1d Page Number: 165 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: Sydney Hatfield Cheeseman Death Date: 22 Feb 1944 Death Place: Kent, England Probate Date: 21 Mar 1946 Registry: Llandudno All went to his father Sydney George TD
The unit recorded by GRO RAF Overseas Death Register and subsequently the CWGC is incorrect as No.510 Sqn. He was not with No.510 transports but with No.501. Baled out of Spitfire BL311 off Walcheren. Ross
