Basic Details
Surname
Boocock
Forenames
Kenneth
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Parish Council website (see References) is the source of the extra information and carries this biographical detail: 'Kenneth Boocock was born on the 27th October 1917. The 1911 Census shows that his parents Bartram Joe Boocock (30) was a Fish Merchant and his wife Eleanor (24) lived at Wharncliffe, Tetney. Bartram Boocock was Canadian, his birthplace recorded as Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
The family must have moved to Great Coates after 1911 because they are known to have lived in Woad Lane.
Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm Kenneth Boocock served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Saker II (the ship name used for those serving on land), Jacksonville Naval Air Station.
He died on September 4, 1943 aged 25 years in an air crash involving an SB2A Bermuda aircraft during anti submarine bombing practice into cloud, the aircraft spun into high ground five miles west of US Naval Air Station Vero Beach.
He is commemorated on his parent’s grave in St Nicholas cemetery Great Coates, but is actually interred at Grave 61, Vero Beach, Crest Lawn Cemetery, Florida, USA.'
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Navy
Unit (Primary - Stated)
R N V R
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sub Lieutenant
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
United States of America
Town of death
West of Vero Beach, Florida
Country of burial
United States of America
Town of burial
Vero Beach, Florida
Cemetery
Crest Lawn
Year of death
1943
Month of death
September
Day of death
4
Age at death
25
Manner of death as stated
Killed on a training flight
Manner of death reference
Other