World War II

Mr Jack Reade (Kerrison 1920-1930)

• Date of birth 7 December 1911
• School Information Pembroke Scholar, Head Prefect; Sub-editor of "The Framlinghamian”. Goldsmith Prize for Maths and Modern Languages, Silver. Medals 1925; Gold Medals 1926. Ransome Exhibition, Richmond Prize for Maths, Packard Prize for Science 1926. Classics Prize 1928. Mawby Prize 1929. Hockey XI 1929, captain 1930. Athletics team 1929, 1930. Sergeant O.T.C., cert. A. Magdalen College, Cambridge where he was awarded BA HONS.(CANTAB.)
• Career Information Civil Service; Board of Education, 1935. Assistant private secretary and later private secretary to the President (Lord de la Warr) Ministry of Supply, 1940. Private Secretary to the Minister (Mr. Herbert Morrison, and later Sir Andrew Duncan). He was husband to Peggy Reade of Stamford Brook, London and they had only been married 6 weeks when he died.
• Date of Death 14 June 1943
• Cause of Death His Beaufighter IF R2148 spun from low cloud into a sandpit when lost in cloud.
• Location Off Cliff Road, Cromer, Norfolk
• Cemetery Aldeburgh Churchyard
• Rank Flying Officer, acting as navigator
• Brand of Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 68 Squadron
• Story JACKREADEK20-30