Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Reginald Neville Walford
| Surname: | Walford |
| Forename: | Reginald Neville |
| Age: | 30 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 07 Jul 1942 |
| Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Regiment / Service: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Battalion / Unit: | 29 Sqdn. |
| Service Number: | 81543 |
| Cemetery: | Maidstone Cemetery, Kent |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | Plot C.C.1. Grave 134. |
| Additional Information: | Son of Howard and Helen Walford, of Cobham, Surrey. Son of the artist Howard Neville Walford, foreign exchange dealer before the war. Gazetted Acting P/O with effect from 1st July, 1940. Posted to 29 Squadron, based at R.A.F. West Malling, Kent from an Operational Training Unit in 1942. Killed soon afterwards flying Beaufighter I R2257 during air-firing practice at Leysdown ranges, Kent. The aircraft failed to pull up from a dive and crashed into the sea. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | Beaufighter If R2257 Bristol Beaufighter |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2654658/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 13 |
