Service Details
Name:
 WELBY
Given Name:
 EDWARD HUGH EARLE
Initials:
 E H E
Service No:
 778255
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 266 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-13
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Date of Birth:
 1915-08-02
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Typhoon IA R7618, aircraft accident near Ely, Cambridgeshire
Additional
Information:
Son of Hugh Earle Welby and Evelyn Borradaile Welby, of Essex Vale, Southern Rhodesia. Entered Lloyd House in September 1927. On leaving school in August 1934, he went mining and was at the Bushtick Mine when he joined the R.A.F. in July 1940. School Record : House- Prefect, 1933; school Prefect, 1934; Sergeant in Cadet ,corps, 1934; Rugger 1st XV, 1932-34 (Captain and Colours, 1934); Cricket 1st XI, 1934. Took an active and prominent part in athletics, swimming, boxing and Dramatic Society: Junior Certificate, 1932. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Cambridgeshire
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Cemetery:
 WHITTLESFORD (SS. MARY AND ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 Row B. Grave 11.

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