Page, Harry Charles Shaw
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Harry Charles Shaw |
Surname | Page |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 31-01-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Alexander Shaw Page and Beatrice Ellen Page. Husband of Nancy Mary Heather Page, of Retford, Nottinghamshire. Also Served In The Middlesex Regt. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | L7396 |
Markings | QR-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Old Church Cemetery, Isles of Scilly |
Grave Reference | North square plot. |
Epitaph | LOVING AND BELOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 81 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 41315 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, West Wickham, Greater London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | For the proud remembrance of their only Son Harry Charles Shaw PageDFC Flt Lieut RAF and 77th Middlesex Reg killed in action 31.1.1942 Per Ardua et mare ad astra |
Miscellaneous Information
also served with Middlx. Reg. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/577/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/577/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-01-1942 |
End Date | 01-02-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Woolfox Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Brest |
Reason for Loss | Last heard transmitting distress signals, plotted some 50 miles S of Plymouth. Two RN destroyers despatched to search area but found noting. One crew member's body washed up on the Isles of Scilly. |