England, Reginald Charles Died

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Personal Information

Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Reginald Charles
Surname England
Gender M
Age 29
Date of Death 29-10-1941
Next of Kin Son of Herbert Percy and Florence Dorothy England, of Wallasey.
ENGLAND RC

Aircraft Information

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Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Birkenhead (Landican) Crematorium

IBCC Memorial Information

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Directions to panel 161
ENGLAND RC

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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

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Panel Number 161

Enlistment Information

Service Number 980443
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 218 (Gold Coast)
Squadron Motto In time
Trade Air Gunner
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Other Memorials

Location St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Tablet
Memorial Text In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war
Location All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type RoH and Sqn Crest
Memorial Text Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946

Miscellaneous Information

Newcastle Journal- 8th December 1941: Army Driver Fined. On October 29th Sergeant Reginald Charles England, R.A.F., of Wallasey was motor-cycling on his way to Carlisle to see his fiancée when near Clifton, about four miles south of Penrith, he came into collision with an Army vehicle travelling in the opposite direction, and received injuries from which he died The sequel was heard at Hackthorp (near Penrith) Police Court, when Corporal William Parker, of the Royal Tank Corps, was charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public. For the prosecution, it was stated that Parker took over the driving of the vehicle from the regular driver, and that he overtook a private car about the time when Sergeant England was approaching, and that Parker ought to have seen the motor-cyclist if he had been keeping a reasonable look-out. The defence was that Parker did not know there had been accident. Parker was fined £10. plus 7s. 10d. costs, and an offer to pay 10s. a week was accepted. 
Liverpool Daily Post 8th December 1941: SEQUEL TO WALLASEY AIRMAN’S DEATH On October 29 Sergeant Reginald Charles England, of the R.A.F., of Wallasey, was motor-cycling to Carlisle, when he came into collision with an Army vehicles and received injuries from which he died. The sequel was heard at Hackthorpe (near Penrith) Police Court, when Corporal William Parker, of the Royal Tank Corps, was charged with driving the Army truck in a manner dangerous to the public. For the prosecution it was stated that Parker took over the driving of the vehicle from the regular driver, and that overtook a private car about the time when Sergeant England was approaching and that Parker ought to have seen the motor-cyclist if he had been keeping reasonable look-out. The defence was that Parker did not know there had been an accident, though he and two others who were in the truck at the time admitted that the question of having “had a bump” was discussed when the truck was stopped at a neighbouring village. , Parker was fined £10. plus £4 7s 10d costs. A charge of failing to stop after an accident was withdrawn. 

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IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

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Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

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There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

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