Wilfred Westcott - RIP

Antipodean Andy · Jul 20, 2008

World War 2 veteran dies at 88 - Thorne Today

BURMA Star Association veteran Wilfred Henry Westcott died recently in Thorne.
The well-known Thorne resident spent his later years in Lockermarsh home in Ellison Street where he died aged 88.

Mr Westcott gained his military medals while serving in Burma with the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry during World War Two.

Civilian life saw him return to his home town of Plymouth where he worked in the dockyards.

He moved up to Yorkshire where he was a chauffeur for the bomber commander in Bawtry in the 60s and 70s.

But it was as a driver with Cadman's Coaches and Blueline where he gained his local popularity and nickname Uncle Wilf with many youngsters while working the school runs.

Mr Westcott, who moved to Thorne in 1951, leaves a wife Marjorie (84), who is a resident at Lockermarsh, a son Michael John Westcott and five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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