Serjeant 986282 Thomas Bernard Keegan
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 47 Sqdn.
Theatre of War: Malta
Age at death: 28
Date of death: 14th of April 1942
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Malta Memorial
Family details:
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Keegan, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
Census details:
1939 Register. 25 years old Thomas B Keegan born 11/01/1914 a Weight Clerk at Glassworks, Father Thomas Keegan born 03/06/1888 a Motor Driver - Haulage, mother Elizabeth Keegan born 31/10/1890 an Unpaid Domestic, sisters Elizabeth Marsh (Keegan) born 01/11/1915 a Glass Bottle Packer and Eileen M Murphy (Keegan) born 15/08/1918 a Plate Glass Examiner are living at 8 Wood Street, Parr, St Helens. One member of the household is redacted.
Notes:
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[url=lmem.php?lmem=26]Remembered on the West Park Old Boys Memorial[/url]
Bristol Beaufort I N1186
PAYNE, NORMAN AUSTIN (R/56073) RCAF - age 21 - N1169
BEVERIDGE, ROBERT GRAHAM WEBSTER (86337) RAFVR - age 25 - N1169
SEDDON, ROBERT BARON (89833) RAFVR - age 21 - N1186
KEEGAN, THOMAS BERNARD (986282) RAFVR - age 28 - N1186
The Beaufort would serve as Coastal Command's standard torpedo bomber for three years and would be in constant action during the early years of World War 2.
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[pic]imgs/WW2_headstones/Keegan_986282_1.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Serjeant Thomas Bernard Keegan at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo Courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
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[pic]imgs/WW2_memorials/Malta_Memorial.jpg[/pic][caption]Malta Memoria[/caption]
