PHANTOM Woolcock, Albert Henry (Bertie)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Woolcock ​

• FORENAME

Albert Henry (Bertie) ​

• UNIT

No 3 Air Mission (Phantom) ​

• RANK

Flying Officer (Cipher Officer) ​

• NUMBER

73491 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

28th May 1940 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England Panel 6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve​

son of Henry and Florence Sarah Woolcock, Burgess Hill, Sussex​

B.A.(Cantab)​

Cambridge University Soccer Blue​

drowned on "Aboukir"(Belgium) sunk by E Boat 8 miles off Ostend​

note this vessel left Ostend late 27th probably sunk about midnight​

army deaths shown as 27th ​