Cyril Hugh Coakley

Cyril Hugh Coakley was a British Royal Air Force sergeant, service number 1268257, whose wartime career is traced through casualty and official award records. His decorations recorded here include the DFM, gazetted on 16 October 1942. The Gazette citation points to operational service that the Air Ministry judged notable for qualities such as skill, courage, leadership or sustained determination. He died on 11 November 1942, aged 22. He is commemorated or buried at Streatham Park Cemetery in the United Kingdom. For many RAF casualties the surviving official trail is brief, but the combination of service number, CWGC commemoration and Gazette notices preserves the essentials of his story. Those records show not only the bare fact of his death, but also that his service had been formally recognised during the war itself. His name is therefore carried here with the service details needed to distinguish him from namesakes. This profile therefore keeps to the verifiable outline: who he was, the rank and number under which he served, how his service was honoured, and where he is remembered.