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Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserves
World War 2
1939 – 1945
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1170683
Colin Robert Morley
Circa 1919 – 01/02/1942
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Name:
Colin Robert Morley
Military Unit: RAF Volunteer Reserves (220Squadron)
Rank and number: Flight Sergeant – Pilot - 1170683
Theatre of War:
War & Duty Location: World War 2 / RAF Nutts Corner
Enlisted: Volunteered
Campaign Medals: War Medal 1939-1945; 1939-1945 Star
Commemorated: Britain
Date of Death: 01/02/1942
Age on Death: 23
Place of Death: Northern Ireland
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
(Plot 24, Row A. Grave 3.)
Memorial Dedication: 10/09/1950 at St Mary’s
Date of Birth: Circa 1919
Birth Place: Kempley, Gloucestershire
Baptism:
Civil Parish: Kempley
Home Address: The Hollies, Kempley.
Postcode/Tardis No: GL18 2BP / 078
Marital Status:
Occupation: BSc Hons. (Reading University)
Father’s Name: Alfred William Moses (Morley)
Father’s DoB/DoD:
Father’s Occupation: Farmer
Groom’s Status:
Date of Marriage:
Brides Status:
Mother’s Maiden Name: Mable E (Morley)
Mother’s DoB/DoD:
Mother’s Occupation:
2 Siblings/D.o.B: Lloyd Morley (c1916)
Bernice Morley BSc Hons (c1919)
COLIN ROBERT MORLEY
Colin Robert Morley was born in Kempley at the end
of WW1, to Alfred and Mable Morley who resided at
The Hollies. Of Jewish descent, the family’s original
name was Moses but due to post war anti-German
sentiment and, like the Royal family, they were forced
to adopt the more English sounding - Morley. After
graduating from Reading University Colin joined the
Royal Air Force to become Flight Sergeant Morley of
the 220 Squadron Volunteer Reserves. He served at
RAF Nutts Corner and was killed in an accident when
the Hudson AM615 he was flying in crashed in
Northern Ireland in 1942, aged 23. He was buried in
Brookwood Military Cemetry in Surrey. A
commemorative stained glass window in St Mary’s
church, Kempley was installed in 1950 as a memorial
to those lost in World War II.
RAF Fatalities in Second World War
Sergeant Colin Robert Morley
Aircraft Type
Serial Number
Unit
RAF Volunteer Reserves
Hudson
AM615
ATTD 220 Squadron RAF
Crew:
Service
RAF
RAF
RAAF
RAF
RAF
RAF
Name
Sgt. George Ireland
Sgt. Colin Robert Morley
Sgt. Fawkner Cotton Young
Sgt. Ronald Charles Walker
Sgt. W H M Watts
Sgt. Kenneth Horton
Number
622635
1170683
404354
751141
1201099
1260890
1st Pilot Captain
2nd Pilot
Pilot
Wireless Air Gunner
Wireless Air Gunner
Wireless Air Gunner
Summary:
Sgt. Young was the pilot of a Hudson AM615. He took off from
RAF Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland, on 1st February 1942, on an
exercise to simulate carrying out low level attacks on troops. The
aircraft crashed at 11.20 a.m. in poor weather with low cloud and
rain. All the crew onboard were killed.
Campaign Stars, Clasps and Medals
Instituted in recognition of service
In the war of 1939-45
NUMBER OF STARS, MEDALS, CLASPS or
EMBLEMS ENCLOSED
2
Colin Robert Morley
Order of
Wearing
Description of Ribbon
Clasp or Emblem
(if awarded)
1. 1939-45
Dark Blue, red and light blue in three equal
vertical Stripes. This ribbon is worn with the dark
blue stripe furthest from the left shoulder.
Blue, white and sea green shaded and watered.
This ribbon is worn with the blue edge furthest
from the left shoulder.
Light blue with black edges and in addition a
narrow yellow stripe on either side.
Pale buff, with a central vertical red stripe and two
narrower stripes, one dark blue and the other light
blue. This ribbon is worn with the dark blue stripe
furthest from the left shoulder.
Dark green with red edges, a central yellow stripe,
and two narrow stripes, one dark blue and the
other light blue. This ribbon is worn with the dark
blue stripe furthest from the left shoulder.
Dark blue with a central red stripe and in addition
two orange stripes.
Five vertical stripes of equal width, one in red at
either edge and one in green at the centre, the two
intervening stripes being in white.
Five vertical stripes of equal width, one in blue at
either edge and one in red at the centre, the two
intervening stripes being white.
Flame coloured with green edges, upon each of
which is a narrow black stripe.
Battle of Britain
Star
√
2. Atlantic
Star
3. Air Crew
Europe Star
4. Africa
Star
5. Pacific
Star
6.
Burma
Star
7. Italy Star
8. France and
Germany star
9. Defence
medal
10. War
Medal
1939-45
√
A narrow central red stripe with a narrow white
stripe on either side. A broad red stripe at either
edge, and two intervening stripes in blue.
Air Crew Europe
or
France and Germany
Atlantic or
France and Germany
8th Army or
1st Army or
North Africa 1942-43
Burma
Pacific
Atlantic
Silver laurel leaves
(Kings Commendation
for brave conduct.
Civil)
Oak leaf