Service Details
Name:
 JONES
Given Name:
 BASIL EVERARD FRANCIS
Initials:
 B E F
Service No:
 778684
Trade:
 Air Bomber
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 25 O.T.U.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-11
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Date of Birth:
 1923-03-10
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington Ic R1073, dived into the ground close to the neighbouring airfield at Lindholme
Additional
Information:
Entered Grey House in January, 1936. He passed his Cambridge Certificate in 1939, and on leaving school in August 1940, went mining at West Nicholson for a few months before joining the R.A.F. School Record: House Prefect, 1940; Rugger 1st XV, 1940; C.S.M. in Cadet Corps. Took an active part in dramatics and represented his House in tennis, hockey and water polo. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Nottinghamshire
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Cemetery:
 FINNINGLEY (HOLY TRINITY AND ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 Row F. Grave. 2.

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