Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Peter Warren Sykes Smallwood
| Surname: | Smallwood |
| Forename: | Peter Warren Sykes |
| Age: | 30 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 05 Nov 1943 |
| Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Regiment / Service: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Battalion / Unit: | 254 Sqdn. |
| Service Number: | 130841 |
| Cemetery: | Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | 31. B. 2. |
| Additional Information: | Son of John Russell Smallwood and Margaret Hilda Smallwood; husband of Norah Evelyn Smallwood, of Westminster, London, later Chairman of Chatto & Windus. Joined the R.A.F. in 1941 and served with 25 Squadron, Coastal Command, carrying out patrols and torpedo attacks against enemy shipping. Killed flying as navigator in Beaufighter X LZ414, hit by flak whilst attacking four German E-boats in the North Sea which had previously attacked convoy FN.1170. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | Aviation Safety Network: Beaufighter X LZ414/E Bristol Beaufighter Norah Smallwood |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2034318/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 39 |
