Kenneth David Williams
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sub-Lieutenant Acting
Parents: John Kenneth and Frances Alice Williams
Home address: Downend
Pre-war occupation: Enlisted RAF 1943
Date of birth: 1925
Date of death: 29/04/1946
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at sea and commemorated at Lee-on-Solent Memorial and Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
Kenneth went to Lord Wandsworth College Hook Hampshire 1936-1943 then enlisted in the RAF. After attending Durham University, he trained in Canada and gained his Pilot’s “wings”. He returned to the UK and transferred to the Fleet Air Arm as a Sub-Lieutenant and was stationed at Crimond Aerodrome in Scotland, a RN training establishment also known during WWII as HMS Merganser. Kenneth died on the return journey of a routine flight in a fighter aircraft in bad visibility when he struck the mast of a fishing vessel and crashed into the sea.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1946-01JAN.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Rattray
https://sternians.org.uk/category/roll-of-honour/