Charles Rosslyn Deacon
Service number
7678838
Military unit
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Address
18 St Leonards Drive, Wollaton, Nottingham, England.
Date of birth
13 Jun 1909
Date of death
11 Feb 1945 (35 years old)
Place of birth
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Correspondence Clerk.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Charles H. Deacon and Florence Deacon.
Husband of Winifred Deacon, of Carlton, Nottingham.
Military history
Died : 11th February 1945, aged 35.
Listed as : Accidentally Killed on a War Office Casualty List Dated : 16th February 1945.
Killed when his motorcycle was in collision with a car at the Red Lodge, Fosse Road, Screveton, Nottingham. The road being covered in slush from snow fall contributing to one of the vehicles skidding.
Extra information
Buried : St. Leonard's Cemetery, Parkside, Wollaton, Nottingham.
Grave Reference : 358.
CWGC Reference : 2703757.
Personal Inscription reads : "O Rest In The Lord".
Photographs
Photo of Charles Rosslyn Deacon
Photograph of Craftsman, Charles Rosslyn Deacon's headstone in St. Leonard's Cemetery, Wollaton, Nottingham by Gary Crosby on the 14th March 2022.