Bevan, Herbert Cyril Claude
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Herbert Cyril Claude |
Surname | Bevan |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Eustace and Charlotte Bevan. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | P2162 |
Markings | PH-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Valery-en-Caux Franco-British Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave A, 24-26. |
Epitaph | BELOVED SON OF THE LATE CHARLOTTE AND ALBERT BEVAN AND BROTHER OF JOHN. AT REST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 130 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 563098 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-06-1940 |
End Date | 07-06-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Echemines |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bomb tanks near Poix |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by ground fire, crashing in flames near St Valery-en-Caux |