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Thomas Robert Terence Gooding

Date of Birth

14 September, 1920

College

Borough Road College

Service number

1416452

WW2 rank

Flight Sergeant Navigator

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Theatre of war

Europe

Date of death

12 October, 1944

Buried/memorial

Mountain Ash (Maesyrarian) Cemetery

Awards/Honours


Biography

Flight Sergeant Navigator Thomas Robert Terence Gooding studied at Borough Road College from 1939 to 1941. Very little is known about the death of Flight Sergeant Navigator Gooding. There is a letter from his parents stating that he died in a flying accident. His body was recovered and he is buried at Mountain Ash (Maesyrarian) Cemetery.

Sources

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Letter from Mr and Mrs Gooding, BRC Archives

Borough Road College 1939 Registry