Michael Richard NORTH
Died 24 May 1940 Age 25
Buried Pihen-Les-Guines 2 F 6 France
NORTH Michael Richard
Service Record
Lieutenant (A) Royal Navy Aircraft carrier HMS Glorious (which was sunk 8 June 1940 with the loss of over 1200 lives)
Son of Lt Col OH North DSO, FSA and Mrs ME North, husband of Joan Valerie North Yealand Conyers, Lancashire Father of Felicity North
Michael was the pilot of a Fairey Swordfish Mk1 which was shot down during a bombing mission southwest of Calais, France. He was killed along with his Air Gunner Leading Airman Cyril Arthur Chichester.
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.