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- Biography -
- Charles Lawrence Barbezat -

Unknown person Name : Charles Lawrence (Teddy) Barbezat

Son of : Charles Alfred Barbezat and Florence Adelaide Barbezat (née Butts); husband of Violet May Barbezat, of Latimer, Buckinghamshire.

Born : 1909 Streatham, London (registered Wandsworth, Mar 1909).

Married : 1936/7 Violet May Marshall.
  Census information :

1911 : Charles and Florence Barbezat, with their children including [Charles] Lawrence aged 2, are at 46 Conyers Road, Streatham, London. Charles Barbezat, a Swiss citizen, is a Merchant in Dental Sundries.

  Service Details :

Flying Officer (Pilot) 113908 Charles Lawrence Barbezat, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died : 18th August 1943, aged 34.

Commemorated at : Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Bembridge School War Memorials
  Circumstances of death :

Aircraft :Handley Page Halifax Mk II
JD200 ZA-S
10 Sqn.
Crew :
Pilot Officer A J E LongCWGC record ...
Flying Officer C L BarbezatCWGC record ...
Sgt D A GallowayCWGC record ...
Sgt J J V HealCWGC record ...
Sgt J CooperCWGC record ...
Sgt L H SeftonCWGC record ...
Sgt D GouldenCWGC record ...
Sgt F WilletsCWGC record ...


The aircraft took off at 21.03 hrs from RAF Melbourne, for Ops on the V1 rocket site at Peenemunde, but was lost without trace.

Charles Barbezat had been a pupil at Bembridge School.
  Acknowledgments :

RAF Information provided by John Bloodworth
  Links :

See Barbezat genealogy at Root & Branch Genealogy
  Page status :
Page last updated : 5 May 2012



 
 

 
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