Grant, Alexander McGilvary
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander McGilvary |
Surname | Grant |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-12-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alexander and Margaret Grant, of Hove. Husband of Joan Grant (Nee Edwards). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | X3119 |
Markings | OL-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hove New Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Block 1. Grave 25. |
Epitaph | GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 41 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 742551 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
Aircraft returned safely but with Pilot wounded. Later died in hospital |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-12-1940 |
End Date | 30-12-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Köln |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 0010. Crashed at Houthulst (West- Vlaanderen), 9 km SE of Diksmuide, Belgium. |