| Admitted to: Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells. |
Date of Injury: 11/09/1940 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| D.O.B/Age when admitted: 22 |
Cause of Incident: Enemy Action. Shot down in Hurricane. |
||
| Transferred to QVH: 04/11/1940 |
Injuries: Burns to face, hands and legs. |
||
| No. of Operations at East Grinstead: 10 |
IDENTITY CARD
This is to certify that the patient mentioned below and whose description is stated hereon is the authorised holder of this Identity card.
| Forename: William |
Surname: Towers-Perkins |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service No: 75869 |
Nationality: British |
||
| Awards/Honours: --- |
Patient Unit: 238 Sqn |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Profession: Pilot |
Patient Rank: Sqn Ldr |
||
| Death: 19/03/2001 |
Age at Death: 82yrs |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Rank: |
Dr Unit: |
||
Notes:
Towers-Perkins flew with 238 Sqn and was shot down in his Hurricane over Kent, causing severe burns. He was the founding treasurer of the Guinea Pig Club, and remained at QVH at eighteen months.
Glossary:
We've been looking through our collections, and discovered this 1972 photograph from the East Grinstead Observer, o…