William Saxby
Service number
2002239
Military unit
Royal Engineers
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
11 Jul 1940 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Born in Hull, son of Harry and Amy Saxby who died 1933 and 1926, his 2 brothers and his only sister all died as infants. Foster-son of Charles Edward and Hannah Mary Saxby, of Farndon Ferry, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Military history
9th Royal Engineers training on the railway in Melbourne were killed and 15 injured by a German H.E bomb dropped on their billet at The Blue Bell Inn, Church Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire at 810am. 8 of them are buried in Melbourne Cemetery.
Extra information
German H.E bomb dropped on R.E billet at The Blue Bell Inn, Church Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire at 810am. A single Heinkel He111 of II/KG53 tasked to bomb a target near Burton on Trent that morning the most probable cause.
Photographs
Photo of William Saxby
Photo of William Saxby
Photo of William Saxby