All at rest in Plot 3 . Row 3. Grave 9. Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta.
Roy HAMPSON, Leading Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force, 4092401, aged 22 years. On Saturday, 18th February 1956, a four engined Avro York aircraft, G-ANSY, belonging to Scottish Airlines crashed near Zurrieq. It had been chartered by the Royal Air Force and was being used to carry troops from Suez in Egypt, to the U.K., with a stop-over in Malta. Born. 23rd February 1933. Died aged 22. Son of Thomas and May, nee Jones. Lived at Johnstown, Denbighshire. At rest in Plot 3. Row 3. Grave 9. Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta.
Sidney Andrew HODSON, Senior Aircraftman 3142934, Royal Air Force, aged 20 years. On Saturday, 18th February 1956, a four engined Avro York aircraft, G-ANSY, belonging to Scottish Airlines crashed near Zurrieq. It had been chartered by the Royal Air Force and was being used to carry troops from Suez in Egypt, to the U.K., with a stop-over in Malta. Born 23rd December 1935 at Market Harbourgh. Wills and Admin, Ancestry, His home address was 29 Newcombe Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Died on date stated, his effects went to Violet wife of Edgar Harry Hodson. At rest in Plot 3. Row 3. Grave 9. Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta.
Gordon KENYON, Leading Aircraftman, 4099256, Royal Air Force aged 21 years. On Saturday, 18th February 1956, a four engined Avro York aircraft, G-ANSY, belonging to Scottish Airlines crashed near Zurrieq. It had been chartered by the Royal Air Force and was being used to carry troops from Suez in Egypt, to the U.K., with a stop-over in Malta. Born 12th March 1934. from Co Durham. Son of Alfred and Ivy, nee Slowther. Wills and Admin, Ancestry. His home address was Oaklands, South View, Fatfield, County Durham. Died in date stated, His effects went to Ivy wife of John Henry Hutchinson.
Extract from a news paper.
Disaster news in midst of Gaiety
The father of L.A.C. Gordon Kenyon aged 21 of Fatfield, County Durham was returning home for demobilisation said that his son had sent a letter last week saying that he was of 12 men in his unit in the Suez Canal Zone whose names had been drawn out of a hat to fly home.
At rest in Plot 3. Row 3. Grave 9. Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta.
Brian Charles PRATCHETT, Corporal 3513692, Royal Air Force Police, aged 21 years. On Saturday, 18th February 1956, a four engined Avro York aircraft, G-ANSY, belonging to Scottish Airlines crashed near Zurrieq. It had been chartered by the Royal Air Force and was being used to carry troops from Suez in Egypt, to the U.K., with a stop-over in Malta. Born on the 21st June 1934 at Parkeston Quay, Essex to Arthur Charles Edmund and Winifred Mary nee Heath.
Wills and Admin. Ancestry. His home address was Coller Road, Parkeston, Harwich, Essex, died in Malta on date stated. His effect went to his father Arthur Charles Edmund Pratchett, school caretaker. At rest in Plot 3 Row 3 Grave 9. Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta
