Fernsby, Guy
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Guy |
Surname | Fernsby |
Gender | M |
Age | 35 |
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Date of Death | 14-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Richard Ellison Fernsby and Emma Ellen Fernsby, Husband of Winifred Margaret Fernsby, of Syston. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Barkby Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. W. Grave 45. |
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IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 35 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2202536 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Ground staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
He was educated at Bedford Modern School, and is commemorated on the Second World War Memorial there to its Old Boys. He played rugby football for Stoneygate from 1926, and had worked for the Leicester hosiery company Wolsey Ltd. since leaving school. He joined the National Fire Service in 1941, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in the following year. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-06-1944 |
End Date | 14-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
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Reason for Loss | Died in an accident in Lincolnshire when a RAF petrol tanker backed up and ran him over. His funeral was held at Barkby parish church, when the bearer party was provided by Leicester airmen. The service was conducted by Rev T.R.J. Avery, Rector of Lutterworth and former Vicar of Syston, assisted by Rev L.W. Watkin, Vicar of Barkby. It was attended by his widow and mother, his elder brother Lieutenant Ronald Fernsby, and his twin brother, Rev Jack Fernsby. |