In Memory Of

RICKLAND, TORE

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1920-11-13
Service No:
 160020
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-05-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire LFIX MH788, fighter sweep over Florence area
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 13, Column 2.
Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
 Malta
Additional Information
Son of the Revd. V. R. and Ingrid T. E. Rickland (nee Kjellander), of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Entered Lloyd House in January, 1933. He left Plumtree School in December, 1939, and almost immediately attested for the R.A.F. School Record: Matriculated 1939, House Prefect 1939, Sgt. in Cadet Corps, Shooting VIII; Rugger 1st XV, 1938-39; School Athletic Team, 1934-35-38-39 (Colours 1939). On Plumtree School Roll of Honour