12995 Maj Allen Algernon BATHURST, DSO, MC, TD, 1 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, RAC: 17/12/1942

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    CWGC :: Casualty Details
    Major Lord APSLEY 12995, ALIAS who died on 17 December 1942
    See BATHURST, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
     
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    dbf, bit more info on this one for you:

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    Mission: Ferry flight
    Date: 17th December 1942

    Unit: No. 138 Squadron

    Type: Halifax II

    Serial: DT542

    Coded: NF-Q

    Location: Zetun, Malta

    Pilot: F/O. Krzysztof Leon Dobromirski P-0100 P.A.F. Age: 27, Killed (Gliniany, Poland.)

    Pilot(2): F/O. Stanislaw Pankiewicz P-0858 P.A.F. Age; 26, Killed (Augustow, Poland.)

    Nav: F/O. Zbigniew Augustyn Idzikowski P-0742 P.A.F. Age; 32, Killed (Krakow, Poland.)

    W/Op: Fl/Sgt. Alfred Edmund Kleniewski 780771 P.A.F. Age; 24, Killed (Mlawa, Poland.)

    W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Roman Wysocki 780214 P.A.F. Age; 26, Killed (Lubelskie, Poland.)

    Fl/Eng: Sgt Alexander Clubb Watt 571759 R.A.F. Age; 21, Killed

    Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Oskar Franciszek ZieliƄski 781151 P.A.F. Age; 32, Killed (Prostken, Poland.)

    Passengers:

    Major, (Lord Apsley) Bathurst D.S.O. M.C. T.D. 12995 R.A.C. Age; 47, Killed

    L.A.C. Cyril Dennis Brown 1069726 R.A.F.V.R. Killed

    L.A.C. Richard Clegg 1233498 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 21, Killed

    Fl/Lt. Peter Earle 44315 R.A.F. Age; 28, Killed

    Cpl. Douglas Sidney Hounslow 1165159 R.A.F.V.R. Killed

    AC1. Stanley Edward Kelly 1493201 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 40, Killed

    Maj. Arthur David Curtis Millar Indian Army. Age; 38, Killed

    Sgt. Dennis Spibey 535526 R.A.F. Killed

    Sdn/Ldr. Jefferson Heywood Wedgwood D.F.C. 37645 R.A.F. Killed

    F/Lt. Leonard Arthur Vaughan D.S.O. D.F.C. 78666 R.A.F.V.R. Age; 42, Killed

    REASON FOR LOSS:
    Took off from Luqa, Malta to the United Kingdom but then turned back due to engine problems and crashed East of Zetun, Malta at 04.05 hrs whilst attempting to land.






     

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    Casualty Details | CWGC

    Name and Rank: MAJOR ALLEN ALGERNON BATHURST
    Service Number: 12995
    Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Armoured Corps
    1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
    Date of Death: Died 17 December 1942
    Age 47 years old
    Buried or commemorated at MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Prot. Sec. (Officers''). Plot E. Coll Grave 4.
    Location: Malta
    Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Territorial Decoration
    Additional Info Lord Apsley. Son of Colonel Seymour Henry Bathurst, C.M.G., T.D., J.P., D.L., 7th Earl Bathurst, and of the Countess Bathurst (nee Borthwick), of Cirencester, Gloucestershire; husband of Lady Apsley, C.B.E (nee Meeking), of Cirencester. Colonel, The Arab Legion. M.A (Oxon); J.P.; Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Gloucestershire; Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1922-1929, and Bristol, 1931-1942; President, United Kingdom Pilots' Association. He also served in the First World War 1915-1919.
     
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