Thomas Halford Knighton
School Teacher at High Oakham Scool. Had been educated at High Oakham School and twice won the Duke of Portland's Prize for the best candidate to sit a public examination. He had a bursery to attend Henry Mellish School and went to study at Nottingham University were he obtained a BA.
Henry Mellish School was a Grammar school in Hucknall.
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Son of William and Laura Emma Knighton, of 41 Cromford Avenue, Mansfield.
Siblings: William Leonard born in 1910 and Evelyn in 1912.
Join RAFVR in 1938.
IBCC: Whitney serial number Z6556
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Took of from Dishforth at 18:56 hours on 3/4/19141 for a raid over Brest. They crashed at Trebeurden, France.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 11/4/1941: Mansfield Airman Missing Former Master at Local School.
Mr & Mrs W Knighton of Marengo, 41 Cromford Avenue, Manfield received news last Saturday that their youngest son, Sgt-Obs Thomas Halford Knighton aged 26 of the RAF was reported missing.
He became a scholar of High Oakham School in 1927, and his progress through the school was marked with high distinction.
Twice awarded the Duke of Portland's prize for the candidated to sit a public examination. In 1930 he was granted a bursary to attend Henry Mellish School in Hucknall and then became a student at Nottingham University where he gained a degree in Arts. Served at High Oakham School as post graduate student, he was appointed as Art Master.
The crisis of september 1938 caused him to join RAFVR and was called up as a pilot at the outbreak of war.
After an accident he was given a discharge, but reapplied for re-admission and accepted as an observer.
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