Jeffrey Leo PITMAN

1919 - 1941  (22 years)

• Name	Jeffrey Leo PITMAN  [1]
  	PITMAN, JEFFREY LEO MOTHER KNOTT GRO Reference: 1919 M Quarter in TENDRING Volume 04A Page 986
  Birth	19 Feb 1919	Dovercourt, Essex, England   [2, 3]
  	PITMAN, JEFFREY LEO KNOTT GRO Reference: 1919 M Quarter in TENDRING Volume 04A Page 986
  Gender	Male
  1939 Register	1939	58 Atherley Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	RAF recruit waiting to join unit.
  Commonwealth War Grave	Feb 1941	Maidstone Cemetery, Maidstone, Kent, England
  	742144, Sergeant Geoffrey Leo Pitman, 2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  OS People	War Memorial WW2
  Name	Geoffrey Leo Pitman  [3, 4]
  Death	24 Feb 1941	Sevenoaks, Kent, England   [3, 4]
  Probate	12 Dec 1941	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [4]
  Reference Number	973
  Person ID	I973	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Leopold Albert PITMAN,   b. 15 Jun 1872
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Kate PITMAN,   b. 25 Nov 1878
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peggy E BILLETT,   b. 1821, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  Marriage	Jul 1940	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F3480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Geoffrey Leo Pitman was born on 19 February 1919 in Dovercourt, Essex the son of Leopald Albert Pitman and Kate Pitman (nee Knott). He was educated at Taunton's School. Geoffrey married Peggy Billett in September 1940. The 1939 Register records Geoffrey as an RAF recruit living at 58 Atherley Road, Southampton. Geoffery was the Navigator on Blackburn Botha L6262 that left RAF Millom, Cumbria on a training flight. The aircraft crashed Enfield Bridge near Leigh, Kent all onboard were killed. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=153107 http://www.ota-southampton.org.uk/memorial/ww2casualties.html#pitman

  
  

• Sources

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