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Sergeant Donald Trevor Bicknell

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Sergeant Donald Trevor Bicknell Veteran

Birth
St Columb Minor, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
Death
19 Sep 1941 (aged 18)
Oxfordshire, England
Burial
St Columb Minor, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England GPS-Latitude: 50.4172278, Longitude: -5.0379695
Plot
Nonconformist plot. Uncons. Grave 2169
Memorial ID
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Service Number: 1167450

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died aged 18 during a night flying exercise when his plane crashed into trees on a ridge at Boars Hill soon after take off from Abingdon, Berkshire.

Sergeant George Francis Barker-Benfield (1186621) Pilot Whitley V T4132  IBCC.

Sergeant Donald Trevor Bicknell (1167450) Wireless Op/Air Gunner Whitley V T4132  IBCC.

Sergeant Harold George Lintott (1359517) Wireless Op Whitley V T4132  IBCC.

Pilot Officer Ian Prentice (104499) Pilot Whitley V T4132  IBCC.


Son of William Andrew Gill Bicknell and Ada Ellen Bicknell, of Newquay.

Service Number: 1167450

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died aged 18 during a night flying exercise when his plane crashed into trees on a ridge at Boars Hill soon after take off from Abingdon, Berkshire.

Sergeant George Francis Barker-Benfield (1186621) Pilot Whitley V T4132  IBCC.

Sergeant Donald Trevor Bicknell (1167450) Wireless Op/Air Gunner Whitley V T4132  IBCC.

Sergeant Harold George Lintott (1359517) Wireless Op Whitley V T4132  IBCC.

Pilot Officer Ian Prentice (104499) Pilot Whitley V T4132  IBCC.


Son of William Andrew Gill Bicknell and Ada Ellen Bicknell, of Newquay.


Inscription

HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF



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  • Maintained by: SMW
  • Originally Created by: Sheilia W.
  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56878709/donald_trevor-bicknell: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant Donald Trevor Bicknell (Oct 1922–19 Sep 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56878709, citing Fairpark Cemetery, St Columb Minor, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England; Maintained by SMW (contributor 50068686).