In Memory Of

JAMES, RALPH WORTHINGTON

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1920-11-22
Service No:
 108839
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-11-11
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane I V7080, Hurricanes V7080 and T9521 – P/O W.R. James (Instructor) and Sgt Carter (pupil of 52 Course). Pilots of the respective machines were killed as the result of a collision in mid air at Balado Bridge
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Sec. M.M. Grave 3E.
Cemetery:
 DUNDEE (BALGAY) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Angus
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Cecil and Eleanor Stansfield James, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Born Gosforth, Newcastle. Entered Lloyd House in May 1934. He left Plumtree in December 1935, and before attesting in the Air Force in July 1940, he was employed with the Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Company, in Bulawayo. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour