Parritt, Geoffrey Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey Charles |
Surname | Parritt |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter and Mary Arm Parritt, of Northfleet, Kent. Husband of Marjorie Myrtle Parritt (née Gill), of Northfleet (marriage at All Saints' Church, Gravesend on 23 June 1943). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | DK137 |
Markings | NP-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. B. 6. |
Epitaph | HOW CAN ONE DIE BETTER, AS DIE WE MUST, THAN HAPPY IN ONE'S JOB AND DUTY? |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 223 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1313333 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Pilot |
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
(Early photo taken 1932) |
Educated at Dover Road School, Gravesend (now Copperfield Academy) and then County School for Boys, Gravesend (now Gravesend Grammer School) before working for the Civil Service (General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen). He was killed less than a week after his marriage. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 608 aircraft, 25 losses (4.1%). PFF went with a 'dual plan' because it was not certain whether there might be a break in the cloud. In fact it was cloud covered so sky-marking had to be used. Only 7 of the 12 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes reached the target and only 6 of these actually dropped markers. Despite this, the main force delivered Cologne's worst attack of the war with 43 industrial, 6 military and 6368 other buildings completely destroyed. The cathedral was also seriously damaged. 4377 deaths and some 230000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Vottem, north of Liège, Belgium |