RONALD CHARLES DALE

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Picture taken from the Evening Star – 22nd February 1943

RONNIE

Born: June 1922, Hintlesham, Suffolk.

Died: 9th July 1944; age 22; shot down by enemy aircraft south of St. Lo, Normandy.

Residence: 48, Vernon Street, Ipswich.

Occupation: Shop Assistant – Grocer.

Rank: Flight Sergeant/Pilot; Service Number: 1335762.

Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 175 Squadron.

The body was originally buried in a field opposite an orchard on the lane from the main St. Lo – Caumont Road, 2 ½ miles from St. Lo. On the 30th January 1945, the body was exhumed, identified and reburied at Bayeux War Cemetery.

Grave Reference:

V.D.18.

Bayeux War Cemetery,

Calvados,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Only son of Charles & Ivy Dale, of George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk; husband of Hazel Jean Dale of Ipswich.

Father – Joseph Charles Dale, born 1892, Hintlesham, Suffolk – died 1935, Hintlesham.

Mother – Ivy Mary Dale (nee Finch), born 1901, Hintlesham, Suffolk.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939

Ronald was a Grocer’s Shop Assistant. He lived with his widow mother at their family home – George Street, Hintlesham.

Ivy, unpaid Domestic Duties.

3 others.

R.A.F. CADETS WIN THEIR WINGS IN CANADA.

 Trained in Canada under the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan, these R.A.F. pilots won their wings at a Service Flying Training School at Medicine Hat (Alberta), on the Canadian prairies. In the centre is L.-A.-C. R.C. Dale, whose home is at 48, Vernon Street, Ipswich.

On the 26th December 1943, at St. Thomas’s Church, Ipswich, Ronald married Hazel Jean Talbot, of Ipswich, formerly of 151, Heathfields Avenue, Dover, Kent, born December 1921, Werribee, Victoria, Australia – daughter of William Alan Talbot & Agnes Ethel Talbot (nee Gibbens).

Hazel and Ronald had one daughter.

Ronald is also remembered on the Hintlesham War Memorial, Suffolk.

9th July 1944

Aircraft: Hawker Typhoon MK 1B; Serial number: JR 502, took off from the base at Le Fresne-Camilly, Normandy, France, on an armed reconnaissance mission. The single-seated fighter was shot down by enemy aircraft south of St. Lo, Normandy, France.