Douglas Daniel Thomas Luton
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury - School
Regiment: Gloucestershire (Home Guard)
Rank and number: Volunteer
Parents: Thomas Henry and Rosina Kate Luton
Marital status: Single
Home address: Coalpit Heath
Pre-war occupation: Apprentice drawing office aircraft engineer
Date of birth: 18/01/1919
Date of death: 27/02/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried St Saviour’s churchyard Coalpit Heath and commemorated on St Saviour’s Churchyard memorial and Parnall Memorial St Mary’s churchyard Yate
Age: 22
Further information:
Douglas attended Chipping Sodbury Grammar School between 1930 and 1936 and was killed when Parnall’s factory in Yate was bombed.
Douglas was a Private in the 6th Gloucestershire (South Glos.) Bn. Home Guard of Coalpit Heath, Glos.
He is also commemorated on the Chipping Sodbury School Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information is based by kind permission on the following source: John Penny.
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/