Cecil Woollett

Bank: National Provincial Bank

Place of work: Staines branch

Died: 29 June 1943

Cecil Alfred Woollett was born on 22 July 1900, the son of Alfred Richard Woollett and Frances Louise Sabina Woollett. He was educated at Roan School for Boys, East Greenwich.

During the First World War, in August 1916, Woollett joined Union of London & Smiths Bank as temporary staff at its London Princes Street branch. Between April 1918 and June 1919 he was away from the bank on military service. When he was discharged from the armed forces he was appointed to the permanent staff of the bank, which was now known as National Provincial Bank of England. He was promoted to clerk and moved to Ipswich branch in 1921. In 1924 he married his fiancée, Rena, in Clacton. Over the next decades he worked at branches and departments in the South of England and London and was promoted to accountant in 1929. In April 1941 he moved to Staines branch. 

In December 1941, at the age of 41, Woollett left his job at the bank to go on war service, initially serving as an Acting Pilot Officer in the RAF’s Accountant branch. He later joined the RAF Regiment. Flight Lieutenant Woollett was accidentally shot and killed on 29 June 1943 during a training exercise. He was 42 years old and left his widow, Rena.