Service Details
Name:
 WARREN-SMITH
Given Name:
 LYSTER
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 1104095
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-24
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Date of Birth:
 1914-01-19
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I R5493, took off from Waddington at 19:50 on a Gardening sortie in the Lorient area. A sea plot was heard from the aircraft around 23:00 hours and it is believed that the aircraft was shot down by flak from the Ile de Croix.
Additional
Information:
Entered Gaul House in January 1928. He was appointed a House Prefect in 1932; School Athletic Team, 1932; School 1st Tennis VI, 1931; he took an interest in Rugger and Boxing, and was a lance-corporal in the Cadet Corps. After Matriculating he left Plumtree in December, 1932. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 76.

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