Lieutenant Robert William JAKEMAN (1938)

1st Airlanding Recce Squadron, Reconnaissance Corps
Born 18 May 1919 in Aston, Birmingham
Killed in action 10 September 1943, aged 24
Buried at Bari War Cemetery, Italy.

Robert Jakeman was the son of Dr Robert Gordon Jakeman and Kate Lilian, née Hird, of Otterhampton, Somerset.

He was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and came to Merton with a Postmastership in 1938.

He served with 1st Airlanding Recce Squadron, Reconnaissance Corps and took part in the invasion of Italy, during autumn 1943. He was killed near Martina Franca and Locorotondo, in Taranto, on 10 September 1943.