FRANCIS EGERTON BRYANT Born at Launceston Tasmania to Edward Edgerton and Madge Bryant and was a Pilot Officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Australian) serving with 218 Squadron when he died 29th June 1941 on active service over Germany. His brother Reginald Charles Bryant contracted malaria whilst serving on H.M.A.S. Canberra and died the same day. Casualty Details Name: Bryant, Francis Egerton Nationality: United Kingdom Initials: F E Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot) Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 218 Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 29/06/1941 Service No: 87049 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 12. D. 4. Cemetery: Becklingen War Cemetery Additional information: Son of Edward Egerton Bryant and Madge Bryant, of Evandale , Tasmania , Australia . Evandale is a little town just outside Launceston. In Memory of Able Seaman REGINALD CHARLES BRYANT PM.2227, H.M.A.S. Canberra., Royal Australian Naval Reserve who died age 24 on 29 June 1941 Son of Edward Edgerton Bryant and Madge Bryant, of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Remembered with honour COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
I don't think you could deal with it in any way. What an amazing but sobering coincidence. 128 Sqn must be the RCAF unit as 128 RAF re-formed with Hurris in Sierra Leone in October 1941. No, that doesn't work either as they were a fighter unit based in Canada. Ah, just saw this He would have been flying a Wellington from Marham Downham. He was posted to 218 from No. 19 OTU. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association
I've lost 2 sons ... not on the same day ... but still devastating nonetheless ! I figured I had 2 options ... one was to take to the bottle or I could help somebody else .... I threw myself into researching other people ( mostly soldiers ) ... hoping that I could help somebody find a man they were looking for ! I'm still rather obsessive compulsive about it ... but I get a big kick out of finding somebody that somebody has been looking for for a long time !
I am really sorry to hear that Annie. If I had known I would not have posted it. You are a very strong woman. I lost my wife to cancer over seven years ago and that was hard enough to bear. I could not even think about losing a child. My girls are my life and are now 24 & 16.
Don't worry about the post Geoff ( I didn't mean to make you feel bad ! ) .... life still goes on and we can't walk on eggshells .... but I thank you for the thought ! Just keep loving your girls !! .... and telling them every day how wonderful they are !!
