Roll of Honour 2023

J UST PRIOR TO W ORLD W AR II

P AGE 294

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name ALLAN FREDERICK WILLIAM MILES (Act P/Off)

Lef SES 1935

Roll Number 2685 Died 23:01:1939

Set / House B

Arrive SES 1931

Where SELSEY BILL, SUSSEX Serving with 10 SQN, BOMBER CMD, R.A.F.

Age 22

Buried No Known Grave Remembered Interior Church Wall, Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Not on any St. Edward’s School Memorial* - NEEDS CORRECTING. Born Portsmouth 1917, son of an Army Lieutenant Colonel. He was in the Science VIth For when he left. Worked for the Bristol Aero Company 1936-8. Joined the R.A.F. 1938, Pilot Officer 1939 with 10 Squadron Bomber Command R.A.F. our of R.A.F. Dishforth, North Yorkshire. Killed in an aerial accident in English Channel approximately 4 miles off Selsey Bill, Sussex. All six crew members including Miles were reported as ‘missing, believed killed’. No trace of the Armstrong Whitworth Whitney 1 Aircraft was ever found. Last seen over Spithead. The aircraft was on a night navigation training exercise. Service of Remembrance held at Ripon Cathedral on 5th Feb 1939. Miles was the co-pilot on this flight, eight months before the start of WW2.