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Sergeant Alan Croxton Close

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Sergeant Alan Croxton Close

Birth
Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Death
18 Jun 1940 (aged 23)
Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Sale, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
Plot
Sec. Y. Grave 7538.
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BIRTH-1917 March Quarter birth registration-

Name: Close, Alan C.---Mother's Maiden Name: Kettlewell

District: W.Derby (Volume & Page: 8b & 528)


DEATH-1940 June Quarter death registration-

Name: Close, Alan C.---Age: 23

District: Kings L (Volume & Page: 4b & 804)


Sergeant Close lost his life during air operations when one of 23 Squadron's Bristol Blenheim I aircraft was shot down and crashed.

Military Service-

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 566591

Age: 23

Service: Royal Air Force

Division: 23 RAF Squadron


Son of Henry and Agnes Ann (née Kettlewell) Close [the couple married in 1904]; husband of Daphne Edith (née Warren) Close of Sale, Cheshire, England [the couple had only just married during the March Quarter of 1940] .


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

BIRTH-1917 March Quarter birth registration-

Name: Close, Alan C.---Mother's Maiden Name: Kettlewell

District: W.Derby (Volume & Page: 8b & 528)


DEATH-1940 June Quarter death registration-

Name: Close, Alan C.---Age: 23

District: Kings L (Volume & Page: 4b & 804)


Sergeant Close lost his life during air operations when one of 23 Squadron's Bristol Blenheim I aircraft was shot down and crashed.

Military Service-

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 566591

Age: 23

Service: Royal Air Force

Division: 23 RAF Squadron


Son of Henry and Agnes Ann (née Kettlewell) Close [the couple married in 1904]; husband of Daphne Edith (née Warren) Close of Sale, Cheshire, England [the couple had only just married during the March Quarter of 1940] .


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151366155/alan_croxton-close: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant Alan Croxton Close (10 Feb 1917–18 Jun 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151366155, citing Sale Brooklands Cemetery, Sale, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).