Basic Details
Surname
Meikle
Forenames
I O
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Ian Ormiston
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1938) Born 15 August 1920, 24 Engayne Gardens, Upminster, Essex; son of Ormiston Meikle, Mechanical Engineer, and Phyllis Alma Adams. Subject(s): English; BA 1941. Tutor(s): J S Boys Smith. Educ: Gidea Hall; Brentwood Preparatory School; Hollingbury Court; Wycliffe College. Career: Lieutenant, First Airborne Division, RA 1939–1944. Awards: Minor Scholarship, SJC 1937. Died September 1944 (killed in action at Arnhem).'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Netherlands
Town of death
Arnhem
Year of death
1944
Month of death
September
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action