ALLAN GREGORY
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.
Image from the Evening Star – 2nd July 1942.
Born: 1914, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
Died: 12th March 1943; Age: 29; Killed on air operations – off South Palermo, Italy.
Residence: 30, Sidegate Avenue, Ipswich.
Rank: Lieutenant/Pilot.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘St. Angelo’ Fleet Air Arm, 828 Squadron – shore establishment.
The three bodies were originally buried side by side in unknown/unnamed graves. On the 24th August 1944, the bodies were exhumed, identified and reburied side by side at Catania War Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
I.K.30.
Sicily,
Italy.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Alfred Charles & Katherine Ellen Gregory; husband of Margaret Isobel Kerr Gregory, of Ipswich.
Father: Alfred Charles Gregory, born 1886, Hastings, East Sussex.
Mother: Kate Ellen Gregory (nee Tubbs), born 1892, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
On Friday, 26th June 1942, in Ipswich, Allan married Margaret Isobel Kerr-Taylor, born August 1922, Leicester, Leicestershire, of 6, Framlingham Court, Ipswich – daughter of Alec Gerald Taylor, an Army officer, of Canada, and Helen Isobel Winifred Taylor (nee Kerr), a Doctor, of Ipswich.
Probate to Alfred Charles Gregory – father, Departmental Manager.
Aircraft: Fairey Albacore – a torpedo bomber, which took off from Hal Far, Malta for an anti-shipping patrol. The aircraft failed to return and the three crew members were listed as Missing – later confirmed as killed about 25 miles off South Palermo, Italy.
Crew:
Karl Hermann Appleton; Lieutenant (A); age 31; R.N.
Benjamin Knight Forrest; Acting/Leading Airman/ Ty; age 20; R.N.
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