Neville Doy
Some of you may know that my middle name is Neville. Actually I got quite a bit of stick at school about it and at one time hated the fact that I didn`t have a "normal" middle name, however now I am proud that of it and where it comes from and so I am going to tell you.
Back in World War II my great uncle was the navigator on a Firefly, similar to the Spitfire but for boats. On 24th July 1945 he was attacking a Japanese gunship and got shot down and killed. This sortie was actually one of the last missions of World War 2, if he had made that dive he would have survived as the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima a few days later.
Anyway Neville Doy was buried in the Commonwealth War Cemetary in Hodagaya, near Yokohama and I never thought that I would get the opportunity to meet the original Neville. But I did and am very glad that I got there and also very proud of my name.
The trip was a nightmare but thats for another post.
"RIP Sub-Lieutenant N.G Doy, it was great to finally meet the original Neville"
3 Comments:
Hi Si
So now you know why you got the middle handle - your Grandad and Gran Gtan have also visited Neville's grave. He was only a couple of years younger than Grandad and very young (21 or 22 I think when he died). When you get back ask your Grandad to show you his last letter - it's very moving.
Mum (still in Cyprus)
9:02 AM
If Neville George Doy is your great uncle, which part of the Doy family are you from ?
I'm building a family tree including the Doys from Lowestoft.
2:55 PM
Hi Hodfinder,
My great-grandfather is Harry Ronald Doy, he had three offspring, Ronald Harry Doy, Neville George Doy, Faith (?) Doy.
My dad is Anthony Ronald Doy who is the only child of Ronald Harry Doy and Beryl Gladis Doy.
Please drop me a line on simon at i-think.co.uk
Be great to have a chat!
Regards
Simon
5:31 PM
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