Name
Brian Wilton Meadway
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/06/1918
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Air Force
56th Training Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. ALBANS (HATFIELD ROAD) CEMETERY
E. J. 24.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the St Albans memorials (*1)
Pre War
He was the only child of of George Henry and Minnie Meadway, of Heathlands, Chadwell Heath, Essex.
The Airmen Died in the Great War records him as from from Chadwell Heath, Essex
Wartime Service
Previously in 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
He was a pilot and died whilst in 56 Training Squadron and flying the Sopwith Pup B5284.
Additional Information
*1 Buried in St Albans, his grave (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF YOU
BRIAN WILTON MEADWAY LT. 7TH NORTHANTS & R.A.F.
ONLY CHILD OF MINNIE AND THE LATE G. H. MEADWAY. KILLED WHILE FLYING 4TH JUNE 1918 AGED 22 YEARS.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
