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Casualties of Aviva constituent companies in the 1939-1945 war
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Adams, Brian Frank
Manchester
General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd
| Date of Death | 21 May 1942, aged 26 |
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| Rank | Sergeant Pilot |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
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| Born in May 1916. Entered company service on 11 September 1933 as a clerk. Promoted by 14 June 1937 to cashier. Called up on 6 September 1940. Killed in a flying accident. |
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Aitken, John
Newcastle
Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 21 September 1941, aged 21 |
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| Rank | Sergeant |
| Regiment | RAFVR, 214 Squadron |
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| Killed in action. |
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Alderton, William Arthur Frederick
City, London
Union Assurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 24 October 1941, aged 30 |
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| Rank | Pilot Officer |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
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| Killed in a road accident while on service. | |
Alexander, Arthur Gordon
Bury St Edmunds
Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
| Date of Death | 17 June 1940, aged 26 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Army Reserve, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1 Base Ordnance Depot |
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| Entered company service in December 1935 at Ipswich and was appointed life inspector at Bury St Edmunds in 1938. Initially reported missing he was eventually reported drowned on active service. Was being evacuated on the SS Lancastria when it was sunk by enemy action shortly after leaving Le Havre on 17 June 1940 with the loss of an estimated 7,000 lives. http://au.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1481568872/ss_lancastria.html; http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62674367.html | |
Alexander, P St J
Cape Town, South Africa
Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
| Date of Death | Between 28 August 1944 and 29 August 1944, aged 23 |
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| Rank | Lieutenant (Observer Navigator) |
| Regiment | South African Air Force, 34 Squadron |
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| Entered company service in 1935 aged 15 and was working in the Accounts Department when he volunteered for the SAAF. Initially reported missing then killed in action when his plane was shot down. Buried at Budapest. Obituary in staff magazine reads "He was a steady and ernest lad he very soon endered himself to all of us. This was not only on account of his quiet and unassuming ways, but also, to a great extent, because of his consideration for others with whom he worked, his willingness generally and his keen desire to give of his best to his employers. He was a diligent and able boy for whom the future held good prospects. The loss of so promising a young life and good companion at a time when the conclusion of the war in Europe had made us look forward to the return of our boys is keenly felt and to his parent we extend sincere and profound sympathy in a loss which only time and fond memories can ease." | |
Allan, David Henry
Bristol
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Ltd
| Date of Death | 15 August 1941, aged 25 |
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| Rank | Sergeant |
| Regiment | RAFVR, 115 Squadron |
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| Appointed to permanent staff in the Motor Department at head office in 1935. Killed in action. |
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Allardice, David Skillin
Glasgow
Scottish Union & National Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 01 Sept 1944, aged 27 |
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| Rank | Corporal |
| Regiment | Royal Army Service Corps, 529th Infantry Brigade Company |
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| Sustained fatal injuries in an accident while superintending the loading of a ship at the London docks. | |
Anderson, Frederick Lawrence
Nottingham
North British & Mercantile Insurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 20 June 1940, aged 22 |
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| Rank | Leading Aircraftman or Sergeant |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
Andrews, Denys Stanley
London
South British Insurance Company Ltd
| Date of Death | 06 June 1944, aged 24 |
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| Rank | Major |
| Regiment | Indian Army, 10th Baluch Regiment, 7th Battalion |
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| Killed in action. Also mentioned in dispatches. | |
Andrews, Lance Lorimer
Hobart, Tasmania
General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd
| Date of Death | 12 July 1941, aged 26 |
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| Rank | Leading Aircraftman |
| Regiment | Royal Australian Air Force |
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| Chief Clerk. Enlisted in March 1941. Died after being fatally injured in an air accident while flying in a mist over Mount Gambier in South Australia. Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives surname as Andrews. | |
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