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London Road
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| Further details for
some of the London Road Second World War burials: |
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| Private Leonard
Clay - 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
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| Son of Edward and Hannah Clay Born 26/03/1923
at Leicester. Resided 18 Lowther Street, Employed at Armstrong Whitworth
Aircraft Limited. Died on active service at Bletchley 10/07/1943 Aged
20. Buried London Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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| Brian Erp
Currie - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| Son of Milton Leathead Currie and Henrietta
Maud Born 1917. Resided 62 Eagle Street. Employed at Alfred Herbert
Limited. Enlisted Sep 1939. Killed on active service 13/01/1940 at
the Isle of Man when his aircraft crashed during a training flight
Aged 21. Buried London Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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| Muriel Mary
Fidoe - Auxiliary Territorial Service |
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| Daughter of William George and Amy Louisa
Fidoe Born 22/06/1911 at Leamington Spa. Resided at 35 Siddley Avenue.
Employed at Courtaulds Limited. Died on active service from Cerebral
Haemorrhage 21/04/1944 at Loughborough Hospital Aged 32. Buried London
Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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| Ronald Alfred
Hartwell - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| Son of George and Lucy Hartwell Born 17/06/1920
at Coventry. Resided 14 Monks Road. Employed Francis Flynn Limited.
Died on active service 19/05/1943 at Raigmore Emergency Hospital Inverness
Aged 22. Buried London Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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| Jack Hopson
Kedge - Gunner - Royal Artillery 59th Searchlight Regiment |
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| Son of Thomas James and Nora Eugenie Kedge
Born 30/06/1920 at Coventry. Resided at 82 Kingsland Avenue. Employed
G.R. Marson Limited. Enlisted 23/02/1939. Died on active service 11/01/1942
at Kingsland Avenue Aged 21. Buried London Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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| Richard James
Sly - Devonshire Regiment 12th (Airborne) Battalion |
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| Son of Richard and Marion Sly of Stoke
Born 25/05/1926 at Coventry. Resided at 49 North Street. Employed
as a Van Driver for C.H. Elson & sons Limited. Enlisted 12/08/1944.
Died on active service 12/07/1945 at Bulford Camp Aged 19. Buried
London Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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| Sidney Earnest
Sproson - Flight Sergeant - 21 Squadron |
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| Son of Walter Joseph and Lilian Sproson,
of Coventry. He was a Blenheim pilot and was shot up over Germany,
but he managed to return his aircraft to base. Unfortunately he and
all his crew subsequently died, Sidney passed away on the 23/03/1941
Aged 23. His brother was informed that Sid had been killed in action,
so obtaining leave from his Station Commander he CYCLED from Plymouth
to Coventry to take charge of the funeral arrangements. He went to
the Mayors Office to seek advice and support re the funeral details.
Whilst he was in the Mayor's office an urgent telephone call came
through for the Mayor..........it informed him that his son had been
killed in action whilst serving in the RAF. The Mayor asked if he
would help him sort out his son’s funeral, which he did as he
had the necessary contacts within the RAF to make things less painful.
Consequently these two brave young men were buried alongside each
other. |
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| Victor Henry
Tayton - Navigator - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| Son of John Henry and May Tayton Born
20/12/1908 at Coventry. Husband of Iris Irene Tayton of Macclesfield
Cheshire. Resided Brandon Road Binley. Employed Courtaulds Limited.
Killed returning from air operations over an enemy Country when his
plane which had been badly hit crashed near Chippenham 20/05/1944
Aged 35. Buried London Road Cemetery Coventry. |
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