Service Details
Name:
 WHITTINGHAM
Given Name:
 SIMON LLOYD
Initials:
 S L
Service No:
 P1/42377
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 3 Field Regiment (Transvaal Horse Artillery)
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Date of Death:
 1956-05-21
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Date of Birth:
 1933-01-24
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mk 6 #5410, crashed at Potchefstroom Artillery range during training
Additional
Information:
Son of Jack Alliston and Margaret Whittingham, of Leicester, England. Born Leicester, England. Educated at Stoneygate College school in Leicester. His parents divorced around 1947 and his mother took him to South Africa where she had relatives. He attended St. John's College, Johannesburg. While working in Johannesburg he joined the Transvaal Horse Artillery. Was the first recipient of the Armstrong Kelly Cup in 1956.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
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