Name: |
Thomas Neison. DFC |
Rank: | Flight Lieutenant (Air Gunner) |
Service Number: | 138890 |
Regiment/Service: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Born: | 23 February 1913 261 King Street Rutherglen |
Died: | 22 June 1944. Aged 31 |
Theatre of Death | R.A.F. V.R. B.C. |
Buried-Remembered | Heverlee War Cemetery. Belgium |
Memorial | Elie War Memorial |
Family | Son of Thomas Neison and of Annie Neison (nee Stannage) Husband of Christina Neison (nee McGregor) of Edinburgh. Living at 53 High Street, Elie |
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Additional: | April 1944. 630 Sqdn. Mid-upper gunner. "Flight Lieutenant Neison defended his aircraft with much skill and finally struck the enemy aircraft with a well placed burst of fire causing it to explode in the air". Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. See London Gazette 23/5/1944 |