In Memory Of

WARREN-SMITH, LYSTER

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1914-01-19
Service No:
 1104095
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-03-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I R5493, took off from Waddington at 19:50 on a Gardening sortie in the Lorient area. A sea plot was heard from the aircraft around 23:00 hours and it is believed that the aircraft was shot down by flak from the Ile de Croix.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 76.
Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Entered Gaul House in January 1928. He was appointed a House Prefect in 1932; School Athletic Team, 1932; School 1st Tennis VI, 1931; he took an interest in Rugger and Boxing, and was a lance-corporal in the Cadet Corps. After Matriculating he left Plumtree in December, 1932. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour