Herbert Edward William COLGATE

Pilot Officer 178525 Herbert Edgar William COLGATE. 16 Squadron P.R.U. Royal Air Force shot down 31st August 1944. aged 20. Son of Herbert Henry John and Mary Colgate, of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
London Gazette dated 22nd August 1944
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointment to commission as Pilot Officers on probation. (emergency) (Non commissioned number 1385632) Herbert Edgar William COLGATE (his commissioned number 178525) dated 15th May 1944 Unable to find his rank prior to his commission

This memorial plaque is at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire