Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves

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1 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves World War Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Colin Robert Morley Circa /02/1942 Version 1.1

2 Name: Colin Robert Morley Military Unit: RAF Volunteer Reserves (220Squadron) Rank and number: Flight Sergeant Pilot Theatre of War: War & Duty Location: World War 2 / RAF Nutts Corner Enlisted: Volunteered Campaign Medals: War Medal ; Star Commemorated: Britain Date of Death: 01/02/1942 Age on Death: 23 Place of Death: Northern Ireland Cause of Death: Killed in action Place Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. (Plot 24, Row A. Grave 3.) Memorial Dedication: 10/09/1950 at St Mary s Date of Birth: Circa 1919 Birth Place: Kempley, Gloucestershire Baptism: Civil Parish: Kempley Home Address: The Hollies, Kempley. Postcode/Tardis No: GL18 2BP / 078 Marital Status: Occupation: BSc Hons. (Reading University) Father s Name: Alfred William Moses (Morley) Father s DoB/DoD: Father s Occupation: Farmer Groom s Status: Date of Marriage: Brides Status: Mother s Maiden Name: Mable E (Morley) Mother s DoB/DoD: Mother s Occupation: 2 Siblings/D.o.B: Lloyd Morley (c1916) Bernice Morley BSc Hons (c1919)

3 COLIN ROBERT MORLEY Colin Robert Morley was born in Kempley at the end of WW1, to Alfred and Mable Morley who resided at The Hollies. Of Jewish descent, the family s original name was Moses but due to post war anti-german sentiment and, like the Royal family, they were forced to adopt the more English sounding - Morley. After graduating from Reading University Colin joined the Royal Air Force to become Flight Sergeant Morley of the 220 Squadron Volunteer Reserves. He served at RAF Nutts Corner and was killed in an accident when the Hudson AM615 he was flying in crashed in Northern Ireland in 1942, aged 23. He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetry in Surrey. A commemorative stained glass window in St Mary s church, Kempley was installed in 1950 as a memorial to those lost in World War II.

4 RAF Fatalities in Second World War Sergeant Colin Robert Morley RAF Volunteer Reserves Aircraft Type Serial Number Unit Hudson AM615 ATTD 220 Squadron RAF Crew: Service Name Number RAF Sgt. George Ireland st Pilot Captain RAF Sgt. Colin Robert Morley nd Pilot RAAF Sgt. Fawkner Cotton Young Pilot RAF Sgt. Ronald Charles Walker Wireless Air Gunner RAF Sgt. W H M Watts Wireless Air Gunner RAF Sgt. Kenneth Horton Wireless Air Gunner Summary: Sgt. Young was the pilot of a Hudson AM615. He took off from RAF Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland, on 1st February 1942, on an exercise to simulate carrying out low level attacks on troops. The aircraft crashed at a.m. in poor weather with low cloud and rain. All the crew onboard were killed.

5 Campaign Stars, Clasps and Medals Instituted in recognition of service In the war of NUMBER OF STARS, MEDALS, CLASPS or EMBLEMS ENCLOSED 2 Colin Robert Morley Order of Wearing Star 2. Atlantic Star 3. Air Crew Europe Star 4. Africa Star 5. Pacific Star Description of Ribbon Dark Blue, red and light blue in three equal vertical Stripes. This ribbon is worn with the dark blue stripe furthest from the left shoulder. Blue, white and sea green shaded and watered. This ribbon is worn with the blue edge furthest from the left shoulder. Light blue with black edges and in addition a narrow yellow stripe on either side. Pale buff, with a central vertical red stripe and two narrower stripes, one dark blue and the other light blue. This ribbon is worn with the dark blue stripe furthest from the left shoulder. Dark green with red edges, a central yellow stripe, and two narrow stripes, one dark blue and the other light blue. This ribbon is worn with the dark blue stripe furthest from the left shoulder. Dark blue with a central red stripe and in addition 6. Burma Star two orange stripes. 7. Italy Star Five vertical stripes of equal width, one in red at either edge and one in green at the centre, the two intervening stripes being in white. 8. France and Germany star 9. Defence medal 10. War Medal Five vertical stripes of equal width, one in blue at either edge and one in red at the centre, the two intervening stripes being white. Flame coloured with green edges, upon each of which is a narrow black stripe. A narrow central red stripe with a narrow white stripe on either side. A broad red stripe at either edge, and two intervening stripes in blue. Clasp or Emblem (if awarded) Battle of Britain Air Crew Europe or France and Germany Atlantic or France and Germany 8 th Army or 1 st Army or North Africa Burma Pacific Atlantic Silver laurel leaves (Kings Commendation for brave conduct. Civil) Oak leaf

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