http://yorkstories.co.uk A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/lost-crews-ww2-garrowby-aldborough/#comment-710538 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 06:42:00 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1644#comment-710538 Please pass my e-mail to Ann Hardman and Michael Davies. They are both relatives of mine, and I can tell them about Alex Forsyth’s cousin Ian Forsyth who was shot down in 1941. He was based in Suffolk, so probably not relevant here.

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/lost-crews-ww2-garrowby-aldborough/#comment-684276 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:50:49 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1644#comment-684276 Hi, I’ve just picked up this thread after researching the crash of a Halifax V, in a field I own at Belton near Doncaster. This may have been the plane your relative was training in

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/lost-crews-ww2-garrowby-aldborough/#comment-683359 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 17:28:36 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1644#comment-683359 Hello Ann,
Alex Joined the Metropolitan Police on 9/3/31. He was allocated the unique Warrantt Number 120800. After the threat of invasion passed in 1941 Met police officers were release from the reserve occupation service and thousands joined the RAF. His last posting was as a Constable on L Division which in those days covered the Lambeth Borough. Regards Kevin

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/lost-crews-ww2-garrowby-aldborough/#comment-671859 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:52:24 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1644#comment-671859 Thank you for the information regarding my uncle, Alec Forsyth. I have also been following up various leads.
It was very kind of you to post the information, Kevin.

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/lost-crews-ww2-garrowby-aldborough/#comment-671842 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:28:53 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1644#comment-671842 Thank you Kevin for adding this information. As it’s been a while since Michael added his query I will email him on the address he gave then and hope to reach him.
Thanks again, Lisa

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/lost-crews-ww2-garrowby-aldborough/#comment-671787 Sun, 24 Dec 2017 18:08:34 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1644#comment-671787 hello Michael Davis
Your uncle Joined the Met Police on 9/3/31. He was issued with the unique once only use Warrant Number 120800. This is signed for by the officer in a ledger on his day of joining. It is never reissued or reused. Your uncle last served a a constable on L Division which is the lambeth area. Incidentally the other air gunner on the aircraft Douglas Robert Hall was also a Metropolitan Policeman from north London. I have no information that the men knew one another. Regards Kevin

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