In Memory Of

JONES, BASIL EVERARD FRANCIS

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1923-03-10
Service No:
 778684
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 25 O.T.U.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-06-11
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington Ic R1073, dived into the ground close to the neighbouring airfield at Lindholme
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Row F. Grave. 2.
Cemetery:
 FINNINGLEY (HOLY TRINITY AND ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Nottinghamshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
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