WW2 100 – 10 July 1942 – ‘His Last Flight into the Sunshine’: Pilot Officer John Alastair Seabrook (1920-42), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 250 Squadron
Continued from 14 March 1942 – ‘A born leader of men’: MAJOR GENERAL LANCELOT ERNEST DENNYS MC and Bar (1890-1942) 1st Punjab Regiment, Indian Army https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/11/ww2-7514-born-leader-of-men-major.html El Alamein War Cemetery Image credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission John’s name does not appear on Budleigh Salterton’s War Memorial, but the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records tell us that he was the son of Henry Herbert Parks Seabrook, and of Dorothy Seabrook, of Budleigh Salterton, and that he is commemorated in the El Alamein War Cemetery. St Mary the Virgin parish church, Broomfield, Essex, seen from the west. Image credit: John Salmon/Wikipedia I searched hard for local mentions of John’s family without success. Finally, via Google, I found myself reading about various Seabrooks in an online history of the villag...