PARENT 12. Denis Bowes Johnstone Wallace 1894 [1434]

NORAH OLIVE JOHNSTONE-WALLACE was born in Newcastle in 1922 (2Q).

She married ANTHONY ROSCOE TOWNE BEDDOW in Middlesex in 1944 (3Q Uxbridge). Anthony was a Squadron Leader in the RAF and was killed in a flying accident at Holywells Park, Ipswich, Suffolk on the 29 June 1949, aged 27. (see below information from commemorative plaque in Holywells Park)

His youngest children were only 8 weeks old at the time of his death.

Children of ANTHONY & NORAH BEDDOW

i. NICHOLAS MARK J.W. BEDDOW b. 1947

ii. LIVING BEDDOW b. 1949

iii. LIVING BEDDOW b. 1949

Anthony Roscoe Towne Beddow

Holywells Park, Myrtle Road, Ipswich

On June 29th, 1949, an aeroplane crashed on central Ipswich. Thanks to the bravery of the pilot, who could have bailed out and saved his life, but who chose to steer the plane into the edge of a park instead, only one person on the ground was killed.

This plaque reads:

The Friends of Holywells and Landseer Parks

in memory of

Sqn Ldr Anthony Roscoe Towne Beddow DFG,

247 Squadron RAF,

who lost his life on June 29th 1949, aged 27 years,

in an air crash close to this place while leading

his squadron on 'exercise foil'.

'His gallantry saved the lives of his fellow countrymen'

Also remembering Pamela Cooke (aged 13 years)

who tragically died July 4th 1949 from injuries received.