Basic Details
Surname
Ormerod
Forenames
F
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frank
Served or died
Died
Service number
1057349
Notes
All additional information and this short biography are supplied thanks to the research of the Blackpool Grammar School Old Boys: 'He was at Thames Junior School, and came to the Grammar School from 1931 until 1939, to go up to St Catherine’s College, Cambridge. He was the son of one H Ormerod of Dean Street. He too joined the RAF, becoming a Sergeant (No 1057349), flying with No 76 Squadron in Halifax II bombers from a variety of UK bases. He died on 4th June 1942, aged 23 (although the War Graves Commission show him as being aged 30), and he lies in Vieland General Cemetery in the Netherlands.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Holland
Country of burial
Holland
Town of burial
Vieland
Cemetery
General Cemetery
Year of death
1942
Month of death
June
Day of death
4
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Missing Believed Killed
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action