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On the other hand, 'W Stot' could well be different from 'H H Stott': it's a short surname, and not particularly rare: http://www.192.com/atoz/people/surnames/
by takluyver 14y ago
On the other hand, 'W Stot' could well be different from 'H H Stott': it's a short surname, and not particularly rare:
http://www.192.com/atoz/people/surnames/stott/50/ http://www.192.com/atoz/people/surnames/stott/50/
Also, the article mentions that spelling 'sergeant' with a j, as in the abbreviation 'Sjt' was more common practice in the army, whereas the RAF would probably have used a g.
- andyjohnson0 14y ago@SuperChihuahua posted a link to http://www.ciphermysteries.com/2012/11/02/dead-pigeon-sparks-ww2-cipher-mystery http://www.ciphermysteries.com/2012/11/02/dead-pigeon-sparks.... According to the author of that document it may have been Sergeant William Leslie Stott (508080 in the RAF, died in 1945 aged 35, buried in Chester’s Overleigh Cemetery) [1]. The spelling of "Sergeant" matches. [1] http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2928300/STOTT,%20WILLIAM%20LESLIE http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2928300/STOTT,%20...