Basil Victor Hennesy Tweedie
Attended Queen Elizabeth School from 1930 to 1933
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The son of Dr Norman Lancelot and Lily Marion Marguerite Mclagen Tweedie of Annesley House, Alexandria Avenue, Mansfield.
Siblings: Marion (1920), Ivan (1925) and Eric (1930)
The last letter received by the Hon Secretary of the Service Fund Committee from Basil on 24th March 1942 contained the following passage
"I've been very lucky indeed during my operational flying with 250 sqdn. I was shot down in the desert once and was missing for 4 days, but after 40 mile walk in the sand storm I eventually reached some sort of civilisation and was returned to my squadron by South African Infantry.
Sometime this month I'm going up for my commission interview and medical , so by the time you receive this letter i hope to be a Pilot Officer.
He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial col 249.
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