Prouter R.A.F.

[David Layne]

Thanks, you are obviously very knowledable.  Now lets get this name figured out!

[David Layne]

Still off topic but of interest.  The "Next Of Kin" leaflet makes no sense as in letters to my mother my father instructed her "to canvass all my friends for cigarettes they have so many uses" or words to that effect.

Below is a listing my father kept for 5 months while at Heydekrug and Fallingbostel.

[SandyMcJ]

How about G or P Roulier?

Sandy

[David Layne]

That name looks to me like ProuteN - a good old IoW name. Any help?

Alan

Well done Alan it is indeed Prouten.  And from the Isle of Wight.

From CWGC.......

PROUTEN, KENNETH
Rank:Flight SergeantTrade:Air BomberService No:1322305Date of Death:29/12/1943Age:20Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Sqdn. Grave Reference9. B. 5.CemeteryBERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:

Son of Reginald Alfred and Kathleen Ellen Prouten, of Lake, Isle of Wight.

[alanmack]

Hi David,
              The name is not a new one to me though only recently come across. I grew up in Lake and Ken, I've discovered, went to all the schools I eventually did. I'll PM you if I may.

Alan

[David Layne]

ok

[diplodicus]

If he was a flight sergeant when he was killed, how can he be the one in an officer's uniform?

[David Layne]

If he was a flight sergeant when he was killed, how can he be the one in an officer's uniform?

Trying to sort that one out!

[David Layne]

An internet friend sent me this picture of Kenneth Prouten.