King, Edward Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Edward Henry |
Surname | King |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Edward and Caroline Alice Louise King, of Shepherd's Bush, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2992 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | As-en-Campie Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 4. |
Epitaph | NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOT GONE FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO OUR FATHER'S HOME ABOVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 194 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 918289 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7491 (P360387/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-07-1941 |
End Date | 08-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Cologne |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Genk-Bodem, Belgium |