In Memory Of

AYLWARD, HAROLD EDGAR CECIL

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1924-11-04
Service No:
 160124
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1945-03-29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire LF IX PT 960, shot down by flak
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. E. 12.
Cemetery:
 MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of John Augustus Samuel and Hilda Janet Aylward, of Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Native of Southern Rhodesia. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour. Entered Gaul House in January, 1937. In December, 1940, he passed his Cambridge School Certificate, obtaining eight credits. After sitting his Beit Bursary examination in 1941, he went to Rhodes University College to take up law. He attested in January, 1943, received preliminary training in Rhodesia, and proceeded to the Middle East in November of the same year.