Small, Cyril
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Cyril |
Surname | Small |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Alice Elizabeth Small, of Winterton, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM243 |
Markings | PM-T Tantalising Tommie |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension |
Grave Reference | Plot 7. Row B. Grave 4. |
Epitaph | SADLY MISSED. MOTHER, DAD, KATH. AND LES, 13 EARLSGATE, WINTERTON, LINCS. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 98 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 997506 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Miscellaneous Information
Injured in crash of 31/8/44. Dies of his injuries on DoD |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/816/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/816/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-08-1944 |
End Date | 31-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Agenville |
Reason for Loss | He was the mid-upper gunner shot down in an attack on a V2 storage site at the end of August and later died from his injuries |