Originally Posted by
Ian Burgess-Barber
Thanks roving for - yr. post No.11197. I now have Gazetted Details:
Squadron Leader John Elgie Lydall (40546)
Short Service Commission as Acting Pilot Officer for 4 years (WEF 6 Dec. 1937).
Confirmed as Pilot Officer 6 March 1939.
A John E Lydall, whose mother's maiden surname was Elgie, was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the 4th quarter of 1919, which would fit with his being commissioned in December 1937 -- at the age of 18.