Hewson, Charles Dale
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Charles Dale |
Surname | Hewson |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Warren Dale Hewson and Lillian Jane Dale Hewson (née Hodges), of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Jeanne Ann Hewson (née Tedford), whom he married on 1 November 1940 in Hamilton, Ontario. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AD784 |
Markings | PL- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 59. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 48 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/4698 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 144 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Miscellaneous Information
Charles was born on 12 April, 1915 in Staffordshire, England. His mother was born in Canada and his father in England. He was a doctor in the British Colonial Service and sadly died in Jamaica, British West Indies in 1938. Charles attended school in Salisbury, Wiltshire 1923-1925, followed by Colet Court in London, 1925-1928 and St. Paul’s, London 1928-1931. Charles also took night classes between 1931-1932 at Pitman’s Business college (Shaw School). His sport interests were tennis, British rugger and swimming and he enjoyed amateur photography. Charles worked at Leslie & Anderson Ltd, London as an assistant in the Import Department between 1931-1934 before moving to Canada. There he worked at Magic Mask in Hamilton, Ontario 1936-1939 as production and cost manager and for Atlas Steele Ltd. in Welland, Ontario as an Assistant Cost Accountant between 1939-1940. |
He enlisted on 2 July 1940. He embarked for the U.K. on 1 April 1941and arrived at 3PRC on 3 May 1941. He was posted 16 OTU the following day and finally 144 Squadron on 19 July 1941. Charles sadly died very shortly after arriving at 144 Squadron, on 31 July, 1941. |
His father was a Psychiatrist who had gone out to Jamaica in 1927. He was head of the Colony’s only Insane Asylum and had been shocked to see how insanitary the conditions were. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7998 (P360996/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/981/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/981/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-07-1941 |
End Date | 31-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | North Luffenham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (46% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Crashed off the coast of Holland |