Biography of Sergeant Air Gunner Alexander Arthur Jolly (1851711)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 12th August 1944
Birth
Name:
Alexander Arthur Jolly
Date of birth:
1922
Place of Birth:
Hungerford, Hampshire, England
Date of Birth Registration:
Apr – Jun 1922
Place of Birth Registration:
Hungerford, Hampshire, England
Marriage
No marriage for Alexander has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Family
Father’s Name:
Alexander Jolly
Father’s Date of Birth:
1891
Father’s Place of Birth:
Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Father’s Occupation:
Farm Manager
Mother’s Name:
Clarice Leach
Mother’s DOB:
1898
Mothers Place of Birth:
St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, England
Their Marriage:
1916, Brackley, Northamptonshire
Children: (Name), (Date of Birth), (Place of Birth),
James Jolly, 1916, Rochdale
John A Jolly, 1917, Leominster
Mary M Jolly, 1919, Daventry
Alexander Arthur Jolly, 1922, Hungerford
Geoffrey P Jolly, 1923, Warwick
Relatives in the services:
Military Records
Unknown
Medals
Unknown
Memorials
UK:
None
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
In memory of Sergeant Air Gunner Alexander Arthur Jolly, 1851711, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 12th August 1944 Age 22
Son of Alexander and Clarice Jolly of Culverthorpe.
Remembered with honour, Dowsby (St Andrew) Churchyard.
More information:
Military Service Timeline
The following information is taken from Chorley’s Bomber Command Losses volume for Operational Training Units;
12 OTU. Wellington X LN446 Training.
Took off at 21:34 from Chipping Warden for a Bullseye detail.
About an hour into the flight, the starboard engine failed and while trying to reach Worksop Airfield the Wellington crashed at 22:49, heavily, just short of the runway.
Sgt. Jolly (Alexander Arthur) is the sole service burial in Dowsby (St. Andrew) Churchyard.
Crew:
F/S J D Forbes RNZAF – Injured.
P/O L S R Smith RCAF – Injured.
Sgt. W R Malvern – Injured.
Sgt. R Fuller – Injured.
Sgt. R Johnson – Injured.
Sgt. A A Jolly – Killed.