CORPORAL THOMAS ROOSE BUXTON
Thomas was born to Walter & Rosa Marianne Buxton on 15/9/1915
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service No: 1050785
Died: 23 December 1941 Age 25
Buried: The Singapore Memorial (Air Forces) Column 410
Wife: Mrs Joyce Buxton (formerly Thacker)
KILLED IN ACTION – CORPORAL THOMAS BUXTON
Cpl T Buxton Mosbro – Official notification has been received that Corporal Thomas Buxton (25) fourth son of Mrs R M Buxton, and the late Pc W Buxton, 6 Ferncroft Avenue Mosbro serving with the RAF Military Police in the Far East was killed in action of December 23rd. 1941.
The news was received by his wife, formerly Miss Joyce Thacker, Chesterfield Road, Shuttlewood, whom he married in June 1941, at Mosbro before sailing for the Far East. He volunteered for the RAF 19 months ago, when employed as a full-time fireman at Eckington AFS Station.
He was formerly manager of Eckington Picture House Billiards Club. Actively associated with Mosbro Church, he was a former choir master and bell ringer. A brother Pte James Buxton (23) is serving with the North Staffordshire Regiment overseas.
The information below is from the RAF Commands Forum on Thomas Roose Buxton: BVAF
Corporal Thomas Roose BUXTON (1050785) 1941-12-23 Singapore Singapore Memorial Ref : Column 410.
From the ORB of 221 Group
23/12/41. MINGALADON and RANGOON raided at 1000 hrs L.T. by about 50-60 Japanese bombers escorted by fighters. MINGALADON operations room, two petrol dumps, MT Shed, one hangar destroyed. all communications to aerodrome broken. EA losses 9 bombers and 1 fighter – Allied (British and American) 2 Tomahawks, 2 pilots. RAF Casualties at MINGALADON 7 killed 15 wounded.The 7 killed would match the 7 RAF men unaccounted for in SEAC on this day. (Not counting the sole BVAF Casualty who also probably succumbed to the enemy raid) Credit to W Mac Rotherham for the above information.
www.ancestry/cwgc Collated by Linda Taylor MHMG (all info is correct to the best of my knowledge)
