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Sergeant Ronald James Dickson

Air Gunner 1896920 180 Squadron R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve

Sgt DicksonSon of Mr George & Mrs Margaret Dickson

Aged 19 years

Died 13th March 1945

Commemorated at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Grave 21. C.12.
Rushden Echo and Argus, 23rd March 1945, transcribed by Peter Brown

Missing Air Gunner - Former Rushden N.F.S. Rider

Sergt. Air Gunner Ronald James Dickson, R.A.F. youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Dickson, of 115, Cromwell Road, Rushden, has been reported "missing from air operations."

The news reached his parents on March 14th. Aged 19 years, Sergt. Dickson has been in the R.A.F. since January. 1944, and went to France three weeks ago. He came to Rushden with his parents from Croydon in 1941, and just before service was a dispatch rider for the N.F.S. His mother is a postwoman at Rushden, and his elder brother is discharged from the Army after four years' service.
Evening Telegraph, Monday 4th June 1945, transcribed by John Collins.

Rushden Airman Killed

Further news from the Air Council to Mr and Mrs. G. Dickson, of 115, Cromwell-road, Rushden, confirms that their youngest son, Sergt. Air Gunner Ronald James Dickson, R.A.F., lost his life as the result of air operations on May 13th. The wreckage of the aircraft in which Sergt. Dickson was flying was traced near Rhede, Germany, and it has been ascertained that the airman’s body was buried in the cemetery at Rhede.

Sergt. Dickson, who was 19, and had been in the R.A.F. since January, 1944, went to France three weeks prior to being reported missing. With his parents he came to Rushden from Croydon in 1941, and just before joining the Air Force was a dispatch rider for the N.F.S. His mother is a postwoman at Rushden, and his elder brother has been discharged from the Army after four years’ service.

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