Private Cyril F Spenn

Cyril Frederick Spenn, son of Walter and Frances Spenn, of Mitcham, Surrey, enlisted into the General Service Corps during The Second World War.

He was posted to the North Staffordshire Regiment before volunteering for airborne forces.

Pte Spenn qualified as a military parachutist on course 115, which ran at RAF Ringway in May 1944, the course reports states: ‘Pte Spenn: A good performer, jumped very well.’

He was initially posted to No2 Airborne Forces Holding Unit (AFHU) at Clay Cross near Chesterfield, before being posted to A Company. 9th Parachute Battalion as a reinforcement.

Pte Spenn jumped into Normandy on D Day on 6 June 1944. He was Killed in Action on 19 August 1944, aged 18 years old and is buried at Ranville War Cemetery France.