Alan Huckle

Bank: Westminster Bank

Place of work: Head Office, London

Died: 19 March 1945

Alan William Huckle was born on 12 December 1920, the son of William Bernard and May Helena Huckle. He was educated at Tottenham Grammar School, where he was school captain. He joined the staff of Westminster Bank in March 1938 at the bank’s head office on Lothbury, London. 

In April 1939 Huckle joined the territorial army as part of the Royal Army Service Corps. He was mobilised for full time military service when war broke out in September, and by December was fighting in France. He was evacuated from Dunkirk in May 1940, having spent 16 hours on the beaches.

He volunteered for the RAF in July 1941 and trained in America before receiving his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in September 1942. He returned to England in 1943, where he received further training and joined Bomber Command as a pilot in June 1944. He took part in 33 operations and was awarded the DFC, with the citation 'This officer’s work, both in the air and on the ground, has been characterised by the most commendable tenacity of purpose and unfailing devotion to duty.' 

Flight Lieutenant Huckle died during a raid over the Ruhr on 19 March 1945. He was 24 years old and left a widow, Millicent, whom he had married in 1944.