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Vickers Wellington 1c

112 Kings Hedges Road

History of 112 King's Hedges Road

1939:

Fred Hunter, b 1890, retired turf accountant

Maggie, b 1897

Stanley Charlton, b 1920, provisions shop assistant (ARP messenger)

John Charlton, b 1922, solicitors clerk


1941: UK Roll of Honour

Stanley Charlton: Sergeant, 910759, W.Op./Air Gnr., 115 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died on Monday 24 February 1941. Age 20. Buried in PIHEN-LES GUINES WAR CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of George Charlton, and of Maggie Charlton, of Cambridge

He was a wireless operator on a Vickers Wellington 1c shot down by flak during a raid on Boulogne.

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