Kirknewton Churchyard Section A Row 1 – 6 – Humphrey

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C.I. HUMPHREY. Pilot Royal  N.Z. Air Force. 14lth July 1943  Age 21 

Military record

Flight Sergeant ( Pilot ) Charles Ivan Humphrey, Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was with 59 Operational Training Unit when he was killed in a flying accident on 14th July 1943, aged 21 and is buried in Kirknewton ( St. Gregory ) Churchyard, Wooler, Northumberland. He was flying a Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 when it crashed at Church Farm cottage near Belford. The cause of the crash was unknown but as the aircraft was probably a Battle of Britan veteran old age had likely taken its toll.