Morice, Peter James
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Peter James |
Surname | Morice |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of The Revd. Harry Chalmers Gray Morice, M.A., and of Elsee Louisa Morice, of Hastings, Sussex. M.A. (Oxon.). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT571 |
Markings | MP-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Italy |
Burial/Memorial Place | Milan War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll grave V. D. 6-11. |
Epitaph | HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 214 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 120569 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born in his father's Parish in the East End of London 1 August 1911. Peter was educated at the Choir School of Westminster Abbey, King's College, Taunton and Pembroke College Oxford, where he took his degree in History. From January 1934 to March 1941 he was an assistant master at St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, County Dublin where he had made his home and wrote his published poetry. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-11-1942 |
End Date | 21-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (97% moon) |
Operation | Turin- second attack in the space of 4 days. 232 aircraft, 3 losses. Another successful attack |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Bardonecchia, close to the French-Italian border |