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APSLEY, Allen

Personal Information
Rank Maj
Forename(s) Allen Algernon
Surname Apsley
Gender M
Age 47
Decorations Lord, Seventh Earl Bathurst, DSO, MC, TD
Date of death 17-12-1942
Next of kin Lord Apsley. Son of Colonel Seymour Henry Bathurst, C.M.G., T.D., J.P., D.L., 7th Earl Bathurst, and of the Countess Bathurst (nee Borthwick), of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. husband of Lady Apsley, C.B.E (nee Meeking), of Cirencester. Colonel, The Arab Legion. M.A (Oxon). J.P.. Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Gloucestershire. Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1922-1929, and Bristol, 1931-1942. President, United Kingdom Pilots' Association. He also served in the First World War 1915-1919.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number DT542
Markings NF-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Malta
Burial/Memorial Place Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery
Grave Reference Prot. Sec. (Officers). Plot E. Coll Grave 4..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 123
Enlistment information
Service Number 12995
Service Royal Armoured Corps
Group 38
Squadron 138 (Special Duties)
Trade Passenger
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Browne C D (LAC)
Clegg R (LAC)
Dobromirski K L (F/O)
Earle P (F/Lt.)
Hounslow D S (Cpl)
Idzikowski Z (F/O)
Kleniewski A E (Sgt)
Millar A D C (Maj)
Pankiewicz S (F/O)
Spibey D (Sgt)
Vaughan L A (F/Lt.)
Watt A C (Sgt)
Wedgwood J H (S/Ldr)
Wysocki R (Sgt)
Zielinski O F (F/Sgt)
Bathurst A A (Maj.)
Kelly S E (AC1)
Millar A D C (Maj.)
Last Operation information
Start Date 17-12-1942
End Date 17-12-1942
Takeoff Station Luqa
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Transit from Cairo, via Malta
Reason for Loss Crashed just beyond the runway at Zeitun claiming the lives of all 17 crew and passengers on board