Jack Fletcher

From Luddenden History

Aircraftman 1st Class JACK FLETCHER
d. 29th Mar 1945 aged 31


Jack was born on 17th July 1914 to Charles Edward Fletcher and Sarah Jane Fletcher (née Whittaker). He grew up at 2 Lane House Grove and was Charles and Sarah’s only child.
Jack enlisted in 1939 to the RFC/RAF Volunteer Reserve. In June 1941 he moved to No 151 Maintenance Unit as an Aircraftman/Airman 1st Class.

In June 1941, his Unit was serving at The Seletar Airfield in Singapore. The unit's activities in the Far East continued until early 1942, when Singapore fell to the Japanese. He died 3 years later in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp.


Jack is remembered on the Singapore Memorial in the Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.

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