World War II

Mr Charles Kenneth Lesbiril Bryson (1928-1933)

• Date of birth 16 September 1916
• School Information Brother of John Cowan Birrell Bryson (1924-29)
• Career Information None
• Date of Death 9 April 1945
• Cause of Death He was a Beaufighter navigator with 248 Squadron, when he was shot down in the sea on 21 August 1942. Taken as a POW, but died in captivity shortly before the end of the war. He was shot by a guard when bartering near the camp fence at Stalag Luft3. He was evacuated west with serious lung and liver wounds and eventually died in hospital of septicaemia and pneumonia.
• Location Becklingen, Germany.
• Cemetery Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
• Rank Flight Lieutenant
• Brand of Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 248 Squadron
• Story CHARLESKENNETHLESBIRELBRYSON1928-1933