Guest, Jack
Personal Information
Rank | AC2 |
Forename(s) | Jack |
Surname | Guest |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
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Date of Death | 09-12-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Lemuel and Janet Guest, of Rawmarsh. Husband of Gertrude Ethel Guest. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rawmarsh (Haugh Road) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. G. Grave 431. |
Epitaph | FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 43 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 541646 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
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Reason for Loss | Died as a result of a road traffic accident. Knocked down by a car at Swinderby while posting letters to his wife and mother (source Rotherham Advertiser 20th December 1941 & 27th December 1941 |