Clifford Parker Seymour-Smith
Memorial: Hallen - Hallen Road
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Flying Officer (pilot)
Parents: Peter and Beatrice Seymour-Smith
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire Clifford and Ruth: Siston Court near Pucklechurch
Pre-war occupation: Flying officer with RAF reserve
Date of birth: 1905
Date of death: 11/02/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried in St Anne Churchyard Siston, commemorated on Hallen Memorial
Age: 34
Further information:
Son of a general manager of a paper mill, Clifford was born in Birmingham and was the eldest of 6 children. He married Ruth in 1937. At the outbreak of war, he was living at Siston Court but the house along with Dyrham house was taken over by the Anglo-American relief fund. Clifford died in an air accident near Neath Port Talbot, Wales whilst training at Number 7 Bombing and Gunnery School. An experienced pilot, Clifford was flying a trainee air gunner in a Westland Wallace training bi-plane when it stalled at low altitude, dived into the ground and burned out, killing both occupants.
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.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34478/page/671/data.pdf
http://www.pucklechurch.org/html/siston_court_history.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=K4340