Soldier Profile
Royal Air Force Sergeant Thomas Roland Hutchings
City: St. Andrews, New Brunswick
Sergeant Thomas Hutchings, a native of Peterborough, England, was an armourer by trade and one of the skilled RAF personal sent to the RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge to train Commonwealth airmen. He was charged with murdering 19 year old Bernice Connors of Black’s Harbour following a dance in the local community centre. The 21 year old sergeant was found guilty and hanged in the yard of St. Andrews’ jail on 16 December, 1942. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Plot #157 (B) to the right of the entrance of the Rural Cemetery in St Andrews.