Key Information
Name: Daniel Driscoll
DoB: 05/05/1917
Regt: Sergeant
1336580, 56 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
DoD: 28/04/1943 26
Buried/Commemorated: Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery
Academic Career: CS 1928-32
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Biographical Information
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Family Background: Son of Daniel and Hannah Driscoll, of Carlisle; husband of Helena Driscoll.
Information from Stuart Westhead: “He was my uncle by marriage, my mother and his wife, Helena were sisters. He was the only surviving child of Daniel & Hannah Driscoll of 14 Cumberland St, Denton Holme, Carlisle. I believe on leaving school he first became a motor mechanic, possibly at Dias’s Garage as that’s where my father also worked and I know they were good friends. We next hear of him down in Kent were he had joined the police force as a constable driving the first police patrol cars.
Dan and Helena were married in January 1943. 56 Sqn was moved down to Norfolk, as the Germans had been using Fw 190 fighter bombers to launch hit and run raids on the S E coast. The Hawker Typhoon was the only RAF plane at that time fast enough to counter them. My Aunt was only married for 3 months, she never remarried. She continued to work at Carrs and McVities as it later became, to become manager of the wages department. She retired in 1975, She sadly died in March of this year {2011} aged 96. Her ashes were interred in her husband’s grave, together again after 68 years.”