Colin Fritchley
Educated at St John's C of E School and was also a member of St John's Church Choir and Boy Scout Troop.
After school he was apprenticed to Messrs H Millott & Sons (painter & decorator).
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Son of Albert and Agnes Fritchley, of 17 Burns Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Siblings: William (1911), Kenneth (1914), Roma (1917), Moyna (1920) Albert (1923) and Melville (1925).
Enlisted in June 1941. He was posted overseas in 1942 and was the personal driver to the Air Commander.
Based at Cawnpore, India. Died at N0 64 Mobile Field Hospital of acute appendicitis and smallpox.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 26/4/1945: Cpl C Fritchley.
After losing their eldest son in a colliery accident a short time ago, Mr & Mrs A Fritchley 17 Lorne Villas, Burns Street, Mansfield have suffered a second bereavement by the death which occured in an Indian hospital on Friday of a second son, Cpl Colin Fritchley who was 23 years of age. He passed away 10 days after admission to the hospital.
A native of Mansfield, Cpl Fritchley was educated at St John's school and was a popular member of St John's Choir and Scout Troop. He was an apprentice painter and decorator employed by Messr H Millott & Sons before joining the RAF in June 1941. He went abroad 3 years ago and his cheerful disposition made him a popular member of his M.T unit in which he served as a personal driver to an Air Commander.
Cpl Fritchley's three brothers are all serving abroad. Cpl Kenneth Fritchley being with the RAF in India, Cpl Albert Fritchley Army Dental Corp in Burma and A/Seaman Melville Fritchley R.N last known to be in Holland. One of his two sisters is a member of the WAAF.
Colin's oldest brother, William, was killed at Silverhill Colliery, Teversal in 1944 aged 33 when a roof fall buried him for 30 mins. He was pronounced dead once he had been dug out.
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