{"id":265,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2020-11-10T08:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T08:57:57","slug":"birley-alan-fay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/birley-alan-fay\/","title":{"rendered":"Birley, Alan Fay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alan Fay Birley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Observer, 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron
Service number 118723
Died 29 August 1942
Buried Middelkerke Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Age 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headstone Inscription
‘M.A. (CANTAB) SCHOLAR C.L.S. AND PEMBROKE. HIS LAST OPERATION-NUREMBERG’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alan was born on 4 July 1915 in Willesden to Oscar and Blanche n\u00e9e Fay. The family surname was changed from Berliner in 1913 by Alan’s grandfather Louis who was born in Poland. Alan’s father Oscar served as a Sergeant Major in the Royal Flying Corps as an aviation mechanic machinist after transferring from the British Army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Alan gained his degree he worked as a school teacher. In 1939 he was living at 29 Tanza Road, Hampstead listed as single and a schoolteacher. At the same address is Kathleen Jenkins who was working as a shop assistant. They both married later that year on 4 October in Hampstead Registry office. Their son Michael was born on 13 May 1941 in Newport, Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of Alan’s service can be found on the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alan and Michael. Photo credit Joe Birley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The last time Alan, Kathleen and son Michael were together.
Photo credit Joe Birley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Summary of Alan’s service. Kindly contributed by Pete Tresadern of 35 Squadron Research<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
35 Squadron Research website link<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Fay Birley Observer, 35 (Madras Presidency) SquadronService number 118723Died 29 August 1942Buried Middelkerke Communal Cemetery, BelgiumAge 27 Headstone Inscription‘M.A. (CANTAB) SCHOLAR C.L.S. AND PEMBROKE. HIS LAST OPERATION-NUREMBERG’ Alan was born on 4 July 1915 in Willesden to Oscar and Blanche n\u00e9e Fay. 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