In Memory Of

WHITTINGHAM, SIMON LLOYD

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1933-01-24
Service No:
 P1/42377
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 3 Field Regiment (Transvaal Horse Artillery)
Regiment:
 South African Artillery
Date of Death:
 1956-05-21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mk 6 #5410, crashed at Potchefstroom Artillery range during training
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Jack Alliston and Margaret Whittingham, of Leicester, England. Born Leicester, England. Educated at Stoneygate College school in Leicester. His parents divorced around 1947 and his mother took him to South Africa where she had relatives. He attended St. John's College, Johannesburg. While working in Johannesburg he joined the Transvaal Horse Artillery. Was the first recipient of the Armstrong Kelly Cup in 1956.