Name
Alan Frederick Thomas
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
21/09/1942
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
1272068
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
70 Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Column 262.
Egypt
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Boys’ Grammar School Memorial (WW2), Welwyn Garden City Memorial
Biography
He attended the Hitchin Grammar School from 1934-1938 and after leaving school went to Holloway Polytechnic in London.
He joined the R.A.F. and was given Service Number 1272068 and was a rear gunner.
He was reported missing in the Middle East by Autumn 1942, and it was later confirmed that he had been killed. At the time he was flying with 70 Squadron in a Wellington 1 C with its base in Abu Sueir near Ismailia in Egypt.
He has no known grave and is remembered on Column 262 of the Alamein Memorial.
His home was at 22 Elmwood, Welwyn Garden City and his father was Mr J.C. Thomas.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Hitchin Grammar School Chronicle, Hitchin Grammar School Registers
