Alston, Hugh Durbin
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Hugh Durbin |
Surname | Alston |
Gender | M |
Age | 39 |
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Date of Death | 17-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of John William and Blanche Jeannette Durbin Alston, of Sevenoaks, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Pornic War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Spec. Mem. 2. F. 14. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM. HIS HOME, SEVENOAKS, ENGLAND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 370706 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 98 |
Trade | Ground staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Day/Night Raid | |
Operation | Repatriation aboard SS Lancastrian |
Reason for Loss | On the 17/06/1940 the RMS Lancastria was bombed and sunk in St Nazaire while taking part in Operation Ariel the evacuation of British nationals and troops from France two weeks after the Dunkirk evacuation. The victim is one of the ninety six members from 98 squadron. |