John Amphlett
Person details
| Forename(s) | John |
|---|---|
| Surname | Amphlett |
| Rank | Sergeant Observer |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
| Age | 24 |
| Death | Killed on active service |
| Place of Death | Western Europe |
| Date of Death | 19/01/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1930 |
| House Letter | A |
| School Notes | School certificate, 1932. Sixth form. |
| Comments | |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 9 Squadron |
| Prefect | |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 21 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | UK > Honington, Suffolk |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Worcester College, Oxford; training for articles as a solicitor in London. |
| Prep School | Cothill |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | March 8 1942. In January 1942, killed on active service, John Amphlett (Macpherson's, A, 1930-4), Sergeant Observer, R.A.F.V.R. On leaving Radley, he went up to Worcester College, Oxford, where he rowed for the college, and took a degree in Law. He was then articled to a firm of solicitors in London and had taken all but his final exam. when he joined the R.A.F,V.R. early in the war. A contemporary writes:- "He was never prominent but was a clever and humorous boy, and he had a successful scholastic career. He always saw the amusing side of life, a gift that never left him whether it was the behaviour of a Radley Don, the acts of a Government, or the, to him, extraordinary fact of being over Hamburg in the midst of a war. He had fearless courage - I remember him breaking his thumb as full back-in the first few minutes of a Junior Social match and continuing the whole match as though nothing had happened." |
| Service Number | 910498 |
| Place of Birth |
