Reynolds, Lawrence Royston
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Lawrence Royston |
Surname | Reynolds |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Lawrence Reynolds and Harriet Wilson Reynolds, of Onslow Village, Guildford, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | P2204 |
Markings | PH-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 6. F. 14-16. |
Epitaph | IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. MOTHER AND MARY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 231 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 550860 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Industrieweg, Veldwezelt, Limburg Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Brick pillar, inscribed marble tablet & stencilled information board |
Memorial Text |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
One of five Battles lost by 12 Squadron in this near-suicidal operation |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1940 |
End Date | 12-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Amifontaine |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Airborne 08:22 hrs from Amifontaine, France with orders to destroy a metal bridge spanning the Albert Kanaal at Maastricht (Operation Veldwezelt). |
Reason for Loss | Shot down in a hail of fire alongside the target, Garland and his observer were both awarded Victoria Crosses for this action, the RAF's first of the war, but, strangely, there was no award for their gunner |