Sergeant 745671 John Charles Hurst
Sergeant John Charles Hurst
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Pilot U/T
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 30th of September 1940
Born: Wigan, Lancs
Resided: Billinge, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Billinge (St Aiden) Churchyard
Family details:
Son of Ernest and Edith Hurst, of Wigan; grandson of Elizabeth Sharples, of Wigan.
Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately John C is redacted. Widowed mother Edith Hurst born 09/06/1899 a Hairdresser is living at 65 Delph Street, Wigan with widowed grandmother Elizabeth Sharples born 10/01/1875 an Unpaid Doemstic. Also at the address is William G Fenn born 12/09/1906 a Steeple Jack Travelling.
John was born on the 17th of March 1920 the only son of Ernest and Edith Hurst of 65 Delph Street, Wigan, and was baptised on the 18th of April 1920 at Wigan Parish Church.
Before the war he was a member of the teaching staff of St. James Road School, Orrell. John was an old boy of Wigan Grammar School and he had been studying to become an optician when he decided to join the R.A.F. in July 1939.
He had just passed out as a pilot when he was tragically killed in a flying accident on Monday the 30th of September 1040. He was 20 years old and was buried in St. Aidan's C.E. Churchyard with full military honours on Thursday the 30th of October 1940.
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[caption] The Grave of John Charles Hurst in St.Aiden's Churchyard - Image Courtesy of Jeff Keenan [/caption]
