Name
John William Trickett Alderslade, son of William Marden Alderslade and Elizabeth Alice Alderslade (née Trickett);
husband of Kathleen Beatrice Alderslade (née Perrott) of Moseley, Birmingham.
Biography
Sergeant 903455 John William Trickett Alderslade, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
CWGC record ...
Further information
Name appears on the following memorials :
Newport War Memorial
Newport Oddfellows War Memorial
Newport Grammar School Book of Remembrance
Sergeant Alderslade served with 500 Squadron Royal Air Force equipped with Avro Anson aircraft used by Coastal Command for patrols over the North Sea.
At the time of his death the Squadron were based at RAF Detling in Norfolk. He is commemorated at the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.
Information provided by John Bloodworth
John Alderslade's cousin Donald Edwin Abraham died as a result of injuries received in the air raid
on Newport 7 April 1943. Donald Abraham's mother was a sister of John Alderslade's father.
