Lieutenant Roy O. Hesketh[1] (1915 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa – 19 September 1944, above Great Bitter Lake, Egypt) was a South African racing driver and South African Air Force pilot.[2]

Lieutenant Roy Hesketh died in Egypt in an aircraft collision in the Second World War. The Roy Hesketh Circuit in Pietermaritzburg was named after him.[3][4]

He was buried at the Fayid War Cemetery in Fayid, Egypt.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hesketh. "Roy Hesketh 1915 - 1944" (PDF). Roy Hesketh Circuit Heritage. Nigel Owen.
  2. ↑ Vive le Roy! – Roy Hesketh, www.djrun.co.za
  3. ↑ "Roy Hesketh the Racing Drivers Story". Roy Hesketh Circuit.
  4. ↑ Quarry Curve and Henry's Knee, Natal Witness 26 November 1997
  5. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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