Service Number Allocation Experts your Forum Needs you #2

[paulmcmillan]

John WHITE 566029 any idea when this number was allocated ? thanks Paul

[Resmoroh]

Paul,
566029 is in Block 566010-566241, Highest 566241, 232, RAF Apprentices aircraft, Entry 26 Halton, Started 01-Sep-32.
HTH
Peter Davies

[paulmcmillan]

Ok thanks so possibly how old in 1936 ?

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Paul,

For entry #26 there was a bit of a spread of about 4 years

Look at the deaths in the Old Haltonian RoH entry #26 and work backwards.

http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/

Daniells is a typo "21" for "25"

Ross

[paulmcmillan]

CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY

Non World War Dead


WHITE, Leading Aircraftman, John, Royal Air Force. 7th July 1936. Plot J Grave 107. Aged 20 Possibly 566029 ?


I think it may be him.....

[Resmoroh]

Few more names (if they help) for the early Service Numbers in Halton Entry 26. Lots of Commissions and gongs. Looks like they were a bright lot!!:-

566010
566011
566012
566013
566014 Hall, George William
566015
566016
566017 Gilmore, Roy Gibson
566018 Moffatt, William Michael Florance
566019
566020
566021
566022 Graddon, Leonard Geoffry Roy
566023 Appleton, W A
566024
566025 Gordon, Alexander
566026 Cruikshank, Alfred
566027
566028
566029 White, John
566030 Orland, Eric George
566031
566032 Law, Alan Laurence
566033 Pascoe, Hugh Trounce
566034
566035 Knowles, Alfred Stanley
566036 Lambert, John Robert
566037 Warner, Kenneth John
566038
566039
566040 Trebble, Arthur John
566041 Thomson, John

HTH
Peter Davies

[paulmcmillan]

Thanks All

I have no doubt that John White who died 7th July 1936 in

CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY



WHITE, Leading Aircraftman, John, Royal Air Force. 7th July 1936. Plot J Grave 107.

Is 566029

Based on the tip from Ross -
#26 Entries were the following ages in 1940


1940 -- 22
1940 -- 23
1940 -- 24
1940 -- 25
1940 -- 26

So range 1914 to 1918 - So 1916 is fine for John White

He is the only pre war J / John White that fits based on age and service number allocation

Thanks all Again

[Resmoroh]

And as a post-script:-
Christopher Day Beales.
I tried a small experiment to see how much of a Halton Entry Nominal Roll I could reconstruct from various sources. Spent an interesting few hours!
Flt Lt Christopher Day Beales (49973) b. Q1 1919 Reg Henley 3a 1237, d. 30 May 1944, caused me some problems.
FWR has him as Christopher Day Beales 867010
We have his OR number as 566010
FREEBMD has him as Beales, Christopher D Jay b. Q1 1919 Henley 3a 1237 (I presume ‘Jay’ is MMS, it being after 1911?).
The LG has him Commissioned as 567010 Sgt Christopher Day BEALES (49973) 1 Nov 42.

I have come across the occasional typo in official docs over the years, but this one seems to take the lead!!!
HTH
Peter Davies