Name
George William James Dodge
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
19/01/1942
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Leading Aircraftman
1331421
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HITCHIN CEMETERY
West Extn. Grave CIXB.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was educated at St. Michael's College, Hitchin and excelled at games winning a number of trophies. He was also an altar server at St. Andrew's Church.
He enlisted into the Merchant Navy and went four times round the world before working at Lloyds Ltd in Letchworth.
He joined the RAF. on the 31st May 1941 and was given Service Number 1331421. Not long after he had obtained his wings, he was badly injured in an aircraft accident, and he died within a very short time at a hospital in Oxford. His parents were able to visit and talk to him shortly after he had been operated upon.
He was buried in Hitchin Cemetery in Grave 109, West Section. His memorial stone is in granite with the R.A.F. emblem and the inscription "They shall grow not old as .. . We will remember them".
His parents were William James and Matilda Dodge of 52, Brampton Park Rd, Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson - local historian, Herts Pictorial dated 27th January 1942
