Lucian Arthur William Joseph ECCLES

ECCLES, Lucien Arthur William Joseph. Warrant Officer, Pilot 1931095, Royal Air Force (VR) station with 290 Squadron, at Long Kesh, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was killed while part of crew of an Oxford LX598 which collided with a Martinet during a Civil Defence Demonstration 1 mile off Warrenpoint pier, County Down, killing three pilots 15/07/1944 aged 21. (Some of the previous information was from http://www.oldwarrenpointforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=185&start=30 He was the son of William and Anne Eccles, and he was the husband of Mary Ellen Eccles, of Hindley Green, Wigan. He is at rest in Leigh Cemetery, Lancashire.