John Francis Errington
Person details
Forename(s) | John Francis |
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Surname | Errington |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Regiment | Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm |
Age | 46 |
Death | Died in hospital |
Place of Death | UK > Hampshire, |
Date of Death | 16/05/1945 |
Year of Entry | 1913 |
House Letter | G |
School Notes | - |
Comments |
Not listed in WW2 photo album During WW2, HMS Godwit was the training centre for the Fleet Air Arm Account of HMS Godwit made for the BBC Archive by a member of the crew http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a2258309.shtml |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
Unit | HMS Godwit |
Prefect | - |
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Burial or Cemetery | UK > Cookham |
Citations | |
Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
Post School | Served in WW1 in France; Western Telegraph in Chile |
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Prisoner of War | |
Radlein Obituary | June 17 1945. On May 16th in Haslar, RN. Hospital John Francis Errington, Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R (Bryans's G, 1913-17). He left Radley to join the Army during the last war, and served in France as a Sec. Lt. in the Berkshire Regt. On demobilisation, he obtained a post with the Western Telegraph Co., and was for many years in Chile. He returned to England early in the present war and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the R.A.F.V.R. A year later he transferred to the Fleet Air Arm and was serving as a Lieutenant when he died. |
Service Number | 0 |
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