BOX Alfred Joseph

  • First Name(s):
    Alfred 
    Joseph 
  • Surname:
    BOX
  • Service Number:
    580568
  • Rank:

    Flight Sergeant/Observer

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Air Force Unit:
    144 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st September 1941
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, Grave 1. B. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr and Mrs Frederick George Henry Box; husband of Christina Manson Box, of Aberdeen

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BOX Alfred Joseph Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch County High School now Trinity High School WW2 Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About BOX Alfred Joseph

Awarded Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM).

The birth of Alfred J. Box is registered in the June Quarter 1919 under the Alcester Registration District, mother’s maiden name: Gopsill

The following information is courtesy and copyright of Trinity High School, Redditch and was taken from the Commemorative Memorial Book donated to the school by the RCHS Old Students Association:
Alfred Box attended Redditch County High School from 1930 to 1934. He was killed on active service in 1940.

Extract from a report in Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 21st September 1940:
Worcestershire R.A.F. Heroes
“For gallantry and devotion to duty” three Worcestershire R.A.F. heroes have been honoured by His Majesty the King. The honours announced on Saturday last are:-
Distinguished Flying Medal
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Box, of Redditch
Sergt. Box of Redditch was born in 1919 and was a clerk prior to enlisting in 1938.

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