ALDERSLADE, John William Trickett

Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey UKCredit: CWGC

Sergeant (Gunner)
500 Squadron RAF Detling, Norfolk
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

John was born 1911 to William & Elizabeth of ‘Rockleigh’, Medina Avenue, Newport. He married Kathleen PERROT of Brooke Road, Newport 1934 in the New Forrest.

John was a gunner on an Avro Anson aircraft used by Coastal Command for patrols over the North Sea. On the 28th of June 1940, his aircraft crashed into the sea during a reconnaissance mission over French coastal ports. All the crew were lost, their bodies never recovered. John is commemorated by the Commission on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey together with 20,263 of his comrades.

John is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.