Roydon Walfred Burgess
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury - School
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant / Wireless Operator and Air Gunner 1700063
Parents: James and Emily Jane Burgess
Marital status: Married
Home address: Frampton Cotterell (parents). He and his wife lived in Chipping Sodbury
Date of birth: 1922
Place of birth: Nottinghamshire
Date of death: 17/04/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Belgrade War Cemetery (4. D. 7.), Serbia
Age: 21
Further information:
142 Squadron, Royal Air Force volunteer Reserve.
He attended Chipping Sodbury High School from 1933 to 1938 and died 6 months after getting married. He married Myfanwy Joan Tovey in the 3rd quarter of 1943 in Chipping Sodbury.
The Wellington Bomber in which he was flying was shot down by the Luftwaffe over Breca in former Yugoslavia. Only one crew member survived who was taken as a POW.
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.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.cwgc.org/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/142sqn_losses.htm