Service Details
Name:
 AYLWARD
Given Name:
 HAROLD EDGAR CECIL
Initials:
 H E C
Service No:
 160124
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-29
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Date of Birth:
 1924-11-04
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire LF IX PT 960, shot down by flak
Additional
Information:
Son of John Augustus Samuel and Hilda Janet Aylward, of Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Native of Southern Rhodesia. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour. Entered Gaul House in January, 1937. In December, 1940, he passed his Cambridge School Certificate, obtaining eight credits. After sitting his Beit Bursary examination in 1941, he went to Rhodes University College to take up law. He attested in January, 1943, received preliminary training in Rhodesia, and proceeded to the Middle East in November of the same year.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 MILAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. E. 12.

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