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St Noble, Clair	? -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.07.1927
Saker, John Harold	? -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.12.1934   MVO ? ?	Education: psa qualified at specialist signals course
Sample, John Son of Thomas Norman Sample, and Kate Isabel Sample (née Dickinson), of Morpeth.	02.1913 Longhirst near Morpeth, Northumberland - 28.10.1941 (KIA) [St. Andrew Churchyard Bothal, Ashington Northumberland]	P/O 27.04.1934 [90278] F/O 27.10.1935 F/Lt. 24.08.1939 (T) Sq.Ldr.  01.09.1940 DFC 04.06.1940 * * This officer was for most of the time in command of a Squadron which he led extremely well. He shot down two enemy aircraft during May, 1940, but was then shot down himself and forced to jump. He was a great inspiration to his squadron.	land agent in civilian life, working for his uncle as his joint agent (MLAS, FSI) 27.04.1934 - late05.1940 607 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force 10.01.1939 -   Flight Commander, B Flight, 607 Squadron 24.08.1939     mobilized 10.05.1940     baled out of his Hurrican I P2615 during an attack, while on patrol, on seven He 111s of KG1 over Albert late 05.1940 - 03.1941 CO 504 Squadron 03.1941 - 09.1941 Controller, 10 Group HQ 09.1941 - 28.10.1941 CO 137 Squadron 28.10.1941     Sample's aircraft P7053 collided on a training flight with another, crashing at Manor Farm, Englishcombe; Sample had baled out, but too low, and was fatally injured 17.10.1939 10.05.1940 10.05.1940 15.09.1940 15.09.1940 15.09.1940     victories (1 own, 3 shared) : 1/3 Do 18 (shared destroyed) 1/3 He 111 (probable shared destroyed)) 1 He 111 (damaged) 1 Do 17 (shared destroyed) 1 Do 17 (destroyed) ½ He 111 (shared destroyed)
Sanceau, Reginald James Married ((03?).1918, Reigate district, Surrey) ... Rutherford.	13.04.1892 Rio Tinto, Spain -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 07.01.1931
Sands, Desmond Ossiter   Married; ... children (one son?).	? Australia - 1998	P/O ? [102110] Sq.Ldr. ? DSO 27.04.1945 467 Sqn RAF DFC 28.04.1942 44 Sqn RAF (daylight raid against a diesel engine factory at Augsburg, Germany)	... - ... No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF       shot down on his fortieth mission, survived the war in a POW camp ARIBA.
Sansom, Alfred James	? -	Wt.Offr. ? [590165] F/O (prob) 31.12.1941, seniority 01.10.1941 [47619]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAF (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission]
Sargeaunt, James Antony Hosking "Jimmie"	(12?).1910 St Giles district, London / Middlesex - 23.03.1950 Kensington district, London (from heart failure after a game of squash racquets)	P/O (prob) 28.03.1930 F/O 28.09.1931 (WS) F/Lt. 01.01.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1942	28.03.1930 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class AA(ii)) (1942) 458 (Wellington) Squadron RAAF (Holme-on-Spalding Moor) 1942? - 1945? captured in North Africa; POW in [Italian? &] German captivity Senior technical liaison engineer to Teddington Controls, Ltd.
Satchell, James "Jim" Son (with two brothers & one sister) of Capt. William James Satchell, and Jeanne Faulkner. Brother of Sister Mary Satchell, QAIMNS, and of Maj. Stanley William Satchell, RA. Married ((09?).1941, Wigton district, Cumberland) Gwendoline M. Allison; two daughters.	(03?).1918 Spilsby district, Lincolnshire - 28.03.1959 RAF Central Flying School, Little Rissington, Gloucestershire	Sgt. ? [567292] (A) P/O (prob) 10.12.1942 [50410] P/O (prob) 11.03.1943 (WS) F/O (prob) 11.09.1943 F/O 24.04.1947, seniority 11.03.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 11.09.1946 02.03.1948, seniority 01.07.1946 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1953	Education: psa. 10.12.1942     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] 24.04.1947     extended service commission 30.03.1949     permanent commission AFRAeS.
Saundby, Sir Robert Henry Magnus Spencer "Bob"   Second son (of 3 sons and 1 daughter)  of late Robert Saundby, MD, LLD, FRCP (1849-1918), and Mary Edith Spencer (1856-1943). Married (10.01.1931) Joyce Mary Rees­Webbe (1904-1986); one son, two daughters.	26.04.1896 All Saints, Birmingham - 26.09.1971 Edgecombe Nursing Home, Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire		Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham 22.12.1938 - 04.1940 Director of Operational Requirements, Air Ministry 22.04.1940 - 11.1940 Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operational Requirements and Tactics) 21.11.1940 - 29.07.1943 Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), HQ Bomber Command 30.07.1943 - 1945 Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command Life Vice­President, RAF Association; Chairman National Council, 1945-1958; President, Metropolitan Area, British Legion, 1947-1962, Patron, 1962; Chairman, Berkshire T and AFA, 1956-1961; Vice­Chm. Council T and AF Assocs, 1947-1960; Mem., Minister of Pensions' Central Adv. Cttee, 1948-1966; Chm., Exec. Cttee, Central Council for the Care of the Disabled, 1953-1955; Member Council, Air League of British Empire, 1949-1962, Vice­Pres., 1962; President: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire Naturalists' Trust; Piscatorial Soc., 1932-1950; British Entomological and Nat. Hist. Soc., 1950.  DL County of Berkshire, 1960. Published: Flying colours (1918); edited the Book of the Piscatorial Society, 1836-1936 (1936); A fly­rod on many waters (1961); Air bombardment : the story of its development (1961); numerous articles in newspapers and journals
Savill, Norman Alfred "Norm" Son of ... Savill, and ... Durrant.	(09?).1919 Steyning district, Sussex -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.04.1939 [41956] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 06.02.1940 (WS) F/O 06.11.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 F/Lt. 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 (reld 15.09.1948; retaining the rank of Sq.Ldr.)	15.04.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 12.05.1940 235 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [His Blenheim IV [L9189 LA-O] took off in company with other aircraft of the squadron to cover troop landings at The Hague and was attacked by eight Me109s of II/JG27 at 07:55 hrs. Both the observer and the air gunner were killed in the attack and P/O Savill baled out of the burning aircraft at low altitude. On landing on farmland along the Kloosterweg between Brielle and Oostvoome, P/O Savill was captured by Dutch soldiers who were convinced that he was German and made preparations to shoot him. Despite being badly wounded and covered in bums he managed to convince them that he was an RAF officer and was taken to Vlaardingen hospital.] 12.05.1940 - 1945? POW in German captivity 06.02.1943 transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for Air Force service) 19.12.1946 extended service (for four years)
Sayce, Joseph Ernest "Joe" Son (with one sister and one brother) of Claud Nicholson Sayce (1884-1948), of Australia, and Constance Elsie Campbell (1890-1983). Brother of 3/O Hazel Constance Sayce, WRNS, and F/O Patrick Campbell Sayce, RAFVR. Married 1st ((06?).1946, Bournemouth district, Dorset / Hampshire) Doris Mary Wiltshire (18.01.1915 - (12?).1979). Married 2nd ((09?).1965, Sutton district, Greater London) Doris M. Vann.	12.07.1918 Medway district, Kent - (09?).1979 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	F/Sgt. ? [567226] P/O (prob) 10.07.1944 [55735] (WS) F/O 10.01.1945	10.07.1944     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Schofield, Herbert	? -	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 27.08.1939
Scott, Beverley Son of Charles Archibald Scott, and Beatrice Sarah Norfolk. Married ((06?).1940, Bridport district, Dorset) Jeanne E. De La Riviere; ... children (one son?).	22.08.1908 Didsbury, Chorlton district, Lancashire - 07.1986 Taunton Deane district, Somerset	Cpl. ? [539035] (A) P/O (prob) 28.01.1942, seniority 25.11.1941 [47980] P/O (prob) 28.03.1942, seniority 25.01.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? F/Lt. 23.05.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (retd 29.11.1958) MID 14.06.1945 ?	1936     served at RAF Calshot 28.01.1942     commissioned, RAF (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1942 - 1945 served in Ceylon 23.05.1946     extended service commission 01.11.1947     transferred, RAF (Secretarial Branch) 11.12.1947     transferred, RAF (Marine Branch) 22.07.1948     permanent commission 1948 - 1950 served in Marsasloxx, Malta 1950 - 1951 served in Felixstowe 1951 - 1953 served in Lyme Regis 1953 - 1957 served in List, Sylt 1957 - 1958 served in Newhaven
Scott, Eric William Stanton Son of Alexander Campbell Scott and Violet May Scott, of Canberra. Australia.	1920 ? - 04.06.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery, plot R, grave 12214]	(A) P/O (prob) 04.06.1938 [40852] P/O 07.03.1939	04.06.1938     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 04.06.1940 pilot, 616 Squadron RAF [crashed with his Spitfire I (N3130)] at Rochford in poor weather returning from a patrol]
Scott, Philip George	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1927
Scrutton, Christopher Mackinnon Younger son of James Herbert Scrutton, and Edith Mary Mackinnon, of Daglingworth Manor, Cirencester.	(06).1909 Reigate, Surrey - 23.05.1941 (MPK) [age 31/32] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 29] [commemorated at war memorials of Lloyd's (insurance company) and of Lord's (Marylebone Cricket Club)]	P/O (prob) 01.04.1930 [70613] P/O 19.08.1930, seniority 01.04.1930 F/O 04.11.1931 (WS) F/Lt. 18.05.1941	Education: Oxford University (MA). Shipowner. 01.04.1930 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (RAFO) (General Duties Branch) - Class AA (ii) 01.04.1936     transferred to Class C served Coastal Command
Sealy, Charles Forbes	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936	qualified at a specialist armament course; additionally qualified at an advanced armament course
Selley, Ronald Nicholas Son of Mr & Mrs M. Selley, of St Lucia, Zululand, South Africa.	1917 Durban, South Africa - 05.03.1941 [age 25] [Edinburgh (Warriston) Crematorium, panel 4]	(A) P/O (prob) 09.05.1937 [39689] P/O 08.03.1938 F/O 08.12.1939 (WS) F/Lt. 08.12.1940 DFC 14.06.1940 * [investiture 11.1940] MID 11.07.1940 ? * In June, 1940, this officer was captain of one of a flight of three aircraft engaged in protecting shipping evacuating the British Expeditionary Force. A formation of some forty Junkers 87's was encountered, and were immediately attacked. Flight Lieutenant Selley shot down two of the enemy aircraft with his front guns. By skilful manoeuvring he also enabled his rear gunner to shoot down a third and damage a further two enemy aircraft.	Education: Highbury School Hillcrest; Michaelhouse. 09.05.1937     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 09.05.1937     No. 10 Flying Training School (Tern Hill) ? - 05.03.1941 pilot, 224 Squadron RAF (Leuchars) [Hudson N7315 took off from RAF Leuchars at 9.10pm (21:10) heading for RAF Sumburgh, Shetland. The port engine was giving trouble whilst on a patrol to the Shetland Islands. It was decided to land at Wick in order to make repairs, as he was coming in to land on one engine, whilst on his final approach, an aircraft flew in front of him, he turned to avoid a collision, the single engine could not recover the aircraft from the manouver, and it stalled crashing in Miller Ave Wick. 4 of the bombs onboard exploded on impact and the aircraft burned fiercly. The following day the remaining two bombs were detonated by the RAF at Wick.The three crew members were killed, as well as passenger Air Vice Marshal C.D. Breese.]
Sellors, Douglas "Doug" Son of George Frederick Sellors (1876-1942), and Nellie Peel (1875?-1964), of Royal Oak, Lancashire.	(12?).1908 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 21.04.1944 (KIA) [age 35] [Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, the Netherlands, 13.9.184]	Sgt. ? [542783] P/O (prob) 21.11.1941 [47308] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 21.11.1943	21.11.1941     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 21.04.1944 navigator/radar operator, 239 Squadron RAF [His de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk.II HJ-644 had taken off at 22:00 hrs 20.04.1944 from West Raynham, Norfolk for a bomber support mission over the Ruhr area (Germany), and crashed en route at Kruishaar, 4 km SE of Nijkerk (Gelderland), the Netherlands, killing both crew members Sq.Ldr. E.W. Kinchin, RAFVR & F/Lt. D. Sellors, RAF.]
Seymour-Higgins, Alan Charles Pryce Changed surname from Higgins to Seymour-Higgins by deed poll of 18.03.1919. Son of Joseph Allen Higgins and Amelia Mary Holmes. Married (31.07.1924, St Margaret's, Westminster, London; marriage dissolved 1930) Edith Dorothea Mary Horn (died 09.10.1960, aged 70), younger daughter of W.A. Horn, of Adelaide, South Australia.	(09?).1897 Croydon, Greater London - 25.09.1966 Westminster, London	Indian Army:   T/2nd Lt. 12.05.1915 2nd Lt. IARO 10.01.1917, seniority 12.05.1915 Lt. IARO 10.01.1917, seniority 12.05.1916 Lt. 20.10.1919, seniority 12.02.1917 A/Capt. 26.12.1917-08.03.1918, 01.08.1918-.... Capt. ? 07.03.1924, seniority 03.02.1920 (retd 06.12.1923; ill-health) RAF:   P/O (prob) 26.09.1939 [74559] (reld 16.01.1940) VM ? with Iraq clasp	Education: Bloxham School (1908-1911). Partner in the Park Lane Club, London (1923; partnership dissolved). 12.05.1915     commissioned, Infantry [temporary commission] 13.12.1915     transferred from Royal Sussex Regiment to Bedfordshire Regiment 10.01.1917     commissioned, Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Infantry Branch) (1st Garrison Battalion (The Bedfordshire Regiment)) 26.12.1917 - 08.03.1918 Officer Commanding, 53rd Brigade Supply and Transport Company (Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army) 01.08.1918 - ? Officer Commanding of a Company of a Divisional Train 20.10.1919 - 06.12.1923 transferred & served, Indian Army 26.09.1939 - 16.01.1940 commissioned, RAF (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Shales, Francis Harbroe	1897 Surrey -	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936
Sharp, Alfred Charles Henry	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	Education: psa qualified at a specialist armament course
Shaw, Arthur "Artie" Son of Walter and Mary E. Shaw, of Sowerby Bridge.	1919/20 ? - 21.04.1944 (DOI) [age 24] [Southowram (St Anne-in-the-Grove) Churchyard, Yorkshire	Sgt. ? [650909] P/O/ (prob) 26.01.1944 [54437] MID 01.01.1945 posthumously	26.01.1944     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 21.04.1944 air gunner, 428 (RCAF) Squadron
Shaw, Geoffrey	? -	Sq.Ldr. AAF 28.08.1939
Sheperd, Philip Alfred	? -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.04.1918
Sherriff, Frederick George	08.03.1889 West Ham, London - 31.01.1943 Cosford, Shropshire	W/Cdr. 01.01.1934 [05070]	?     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) (08.1941)     Commanding Officer, Officers' School RAF
Shortland, Stanley	09.09.1899 - 03.07.1980 [Saint Andrew Churchyard Cranwell, Lincolnshire]	Warrant Offr. 04.10.1939 [236697] P/O 26.11.1942 [50193] ... .. F/Lt. 26.11.1946 (retd 01.09.1951; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. ?	26.11.1942 first commission, RAF 01.09.1951 - 01.03.1952 re-employed
Shuttleworth, Richard Ashton Younger son (with one brother) of Maj. Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth (1878-1956), and Dorothy Ann Leslie (1887-1967). Brother of Lt.Cdr. John Ashton Shuttleworth, RN. Married (16.08.1941) Honor Muriel Ramsay, daughter of Robert Henry Cooke Ramsay. Honor Shuttleworth remarried (1948) Jackson Desmond McConnell (which marriage produced two children).	18.05.1920 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire - 28.08.1941 (KIA) [age 21] [Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, the Netherlands, plot 85, row D, grave 1] [commemorated at Wroxham St Mary the Virgin memorial plaque]	P/O (prob) 07.03.1940 [33548] (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	Education: RAF College, Cranwell. 07.03.1940     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission] ? - 28.08.1941 pilot, 21 Squadron RAF [Blenheim Z7447 (YH-A) was airborne 14:46 hrs from Watton. Cause of loss not established. Crashed into the sea just off the Dutch coast. S/L Shuttleworth was still alive when a rescue boat reached the scene, but he died shortly after being admitted to the Wilhelmina Hospital in Amsterdam, where he is buried in the Eastern Cemetery; his crew are buried in the Hook of Holland General Cemetery.]
Simpson, John William Charles	? -	... ... [37642] F/Lt. 06.07.1940 ... ... DFC 1940 ?	... - ... ... Literature: Hector Bolitho, Combat report (1943)
Simpson, Sturley Philip	13.06.1896 Ticehurst, Kent - 28.04.1966	... ... A/Cdre. 01.12.1944 Air Vice Marshal 26.03.1947	... - ... ... 28.07.1938 Commanding Officer, RAF Thornaby 16.12.1941 Air Officer Commanding, AHQ Gibraltar 22.02.1944 Air Officer Commanding, No. 18 Group RAF ... - ... ...
Sinclair, Findlay Willard Son of Mr & Mrs F.D. Sinclair, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Married (26.09.1928, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) Dora Jewell, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Washington Jewell, of Bullard, Hadley Grove, Barnet, and Wiveliscombe, Somerset; two sons.	13.02.1898 Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada - 20.06.1946 Heckington, Lincolnshire	T/2nd Lt. 21.02.1918 [08113] 2nd Lt. 01.04.1918 F/O 21.08.1919 (half-pay 26.12.1923) (full-pay 05.02.1924) F/Lt. 01.07.1927 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 13.07.1944; ill-health; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) DFC 10.10.1919 ? CdeG ? ?	01.06.1916     served with 103rd Regiment, Calgary Militia 19.06.1916 - 21.10.1917 attached, 21st Battalion - Canadian Expeditionary Force in Great Britain 21.02.1918     commissioned, Royal Flying Corps (Administrative Branch) 26.06.1918     4 Squadron RAF (01.1919)     7 Squadron RAF 30.03.1920     short service commission 10.07.1923     permanent commission [dated 30.03.1920] 05.02.1924     4 Squadron RAF (South Farnborough) 15.09.1924     Inland Area Aircraft Depot RAF (Henlow) 13.08.1925     No. 1 School of Technical Training (Boys) RAF (Halton) 22.09.1925     Aircraft Depot RAF, Iraq 01.06.1928     No. 1 School of Technical Training (Apprentices) RAF (Halton) 15.02.1934     28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF (Ambala, India) 23.01.1936     HQ RAF Halton 27.07.1937     RAF Station Halton (for administrative duties) ? - ? ?
Sinclair, George Leslie "Lee" Home in Bagot, Manitoba, Canada.	? St. Mary, Kent -	(A) P/O (prob) 04.03.1939 [41748] P/O (prob) 30.09.1939 P/O 28.12.1939 F/O 30.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 30.09.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 (till 01.11.1947) F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 DFC 23.07.1940 France *	04.03.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] WW II destroyed 5 enemy aircraft, one probable, and damaged 2 others: 18.12.1939 - 04.05.1941 26 Squadron RAF (flying Lysanders) 29.12.1942 transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) ? - 04.10.1943 3 Squadron RAF [had taken off in the morning in his Typhoon Ib (JP755) for a low level attack on coastal shipping ("Roadstead" operation) and was shot down by Anti-Aircraft [Flak] at Overflakkee, The Netherlands; captured] 04.10.1943 - 1945? POW (# 2925) at Stalag Luft III 09.1948 - 03 / 04.1949 volunteered to fly for the Israelis [101 Squadron] (War of Independence) 26.07.1950 extension of service for five years in Class (C)
* The recommendations read: "During the course of operations between 10th and 28th May 1940, Pilot Officer Sinclair has displayed coolness, courage and devotion to duty above the average. In particular on the 19th of May, 1940, whilst on a reconnaissance sortie in the Peronne area he found and attacked enemy tanks under heavy anti-aircraft fire. In spite of the fact that his machine was badly damaged by this fire he returned to a British aerodrome bringing back useful information. On Monday, 27th May, whilst under heavy and very accurate enemy anti-aircraft fire he saw a large force of tanks in the St. Pol area. Despite the fire he came low and identified and attacked the enemy, returning again to his base with very valuable information. For his coolness under fire and his courage, Pilot Officer Sinclair is recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross." "In a reconnaissance sortie in the Peronne area on the 19th May, 1940, this Pilot Officer attacked enemy tanks under heavy anti-aircraft fire. He returned to a British aerodrome with useful information despite his machine being badly damaged. Regardless of heavy and very accurate enemy anti-aircraft fire he attacked a large force of tanks in the St.Pol area on the 27th May and secured very valuable information. In all operations between the 10th and 28th May Pilot Officer Sinclair has displayed coolness, courage and devotion to duty."
Sizer, Wilfred Max "Wilf" Son of Max Edwards Sizer (1885-1964), and Fannie Williams (1884?-1957). Married ((12?).1942, Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire / Huntingdonshire / Lincolnshire / Northamptonshire)  Juanita D. "Nita" Humphreys; three sons.	23.02.1920 Chelmsford, Essex - 22.12.2006	(A) P/O (prob) 07.05.1938 [40758] F/O ? (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1943? (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1944 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 28.03.1944 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1950 (retd 23.02.1963; retaining the rank of W/Cdr.) DFC 08.11.1940 * DFC 28.09.1943 ? * During a. period of five days in France, this officer destroyed one enemy aircraft and shared in the destruction.of four others. Since the return of the squadron to this country, Flying Officer Sizer has taken part in a large number of patrols and has personally destroyed at least a further six enemy aircraft. During one patrol he was attacked and shot down by five Messerschmitts. Landing two miles outside La Panne, he swam across a canal and was taken to a casualty station suffering from facial wounds, and thence to England. After only two days' sick leave he again participated in patrols with his squadron.	Education: King Edward VI Grammar School. 07.05.1938     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 12.1938 - 05.1939 17 Squadron RAF 05.1939 - 1940? 213 Squadron RAF 07.03.1942     transferred to reserve (and called up for air force service) 04.1942 - 01.1943 152 Squadron RAF 01.1943 - ? Commanding Officer, 93 Squadron RAF (11.1944)     Chief Instructor of the training wing RAF Station Ismailia (71 Operational Training Unit)       Commanding Officer, 680 (Photo Reconnaissance) Squadron RAF (Canal Zone) 1954     Commanding Officer, 54 Squadron RAF Worked for Marconi Radar, 1963-1985.
Skilton, John Albert Son of Albert Skilton, and Violet Eveline Wolstenholme.	24.06.1920 Dorking district, Surrey -	F/Sgt. ? [548140] P/O (prob) 03.03.1944 [54540] P/O 03.09.1944 (WS) F/O 03.09.1944 F/O 18.12.1945 (A) F/Lt. (1945) (WS) F/Lt. 03.03.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 03.03.1945 F/Lt. 03.09.1947 (retd 22.07.1958) DFC 26.10.1945 ?	03.03.1944 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 44 Squadron RAF (1945)     189 Squadron RAF 18.12.1945     extended service commission 30.04.1953     permanent commission
Slater, Joseph Clarence Cross	(06?).1902 Madeley, Shropshire -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	qualified at a specialist armament course
Slessor, Sir John Cotesworth	03.06.1897 - 12.07.1979	Marshal of the RAF ?	for details see biography at RAFWeb.org Literature: Vincent Orange, Slessor: bomber champion : the Life of Marshal of the RAF Sir John Slessor, GCB, DSO, MC (2006)
Slocombe, Philip	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936	qualified at specialist engineering course
Smart, Harry George	28.06.1891 - 28.06.1963	... ... (A) Air Vice Marshal 01.03.1940-17.05.1941	... - ... ... 26.10.1939 Air Officer Commanding, AHQ British Forces in Iraq 17.11.1941 Air Officer Commanding, No 17 (Operational Training) Group
Smiley, Joseph Beverley "Bev" Lived in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.	1915 ? - 08.08.1986 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [age 71]	(A) P/O (prob) 13.05.1939 [42156] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 13.03.1940 (WS) F/O 06.11.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1941 (reld 24.11.1944)	13.05.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) in German captivity in Stalag Luft III 24.11.1944 relinquished commission on appointment to RCAF
Smith, Harold Constantine	(06?).1908 Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 31.10.1983 [age 75] [Saint Andrew Churchyard Cranwell, Lincolnshire]	Sq.Ldr. ? [44824] W/Cdr. 01.07.1953 (retd) AFC ? ? DFM ? ?	? - ? first commission, RAF transferred to Secretarial Branch - General List
Smith, Thurston Meiggs Wetherall	18.03.1916 - 07.1984 Chichester, Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 03.05.1937 [39621] P/O 01.03.1938 F/O 01.09.1939 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1945, seniority 01.12.1941 DFC 03.11.1939 * AFM ? ? MID 01.01.1946 New Year 46 * Acting Flight Lieutenant Smith and acting Flight Lieutenant J. Barrett were, respectively, in command of the first and second of three flying boats which, having intercepted messages from a torpedoed merchant ship in September, 1939, proceeded to the scene of the sinking ship (some 70 miles from the mainland) to undertake rescue work. A lifeboat was seen in the vicinity containing about 34 men and, as no submarine could be sighted, the first aircraft alighted and took on board 20 of the survivors. A thorough search for enemy submarines was made by the second aircraft which afterwards alighted and, in spite of the heavy swell, took on board the remaining survivors from the lifeboat.	03.05.1937 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 228 Squadron RAF [his Sunderland flying boat N9025 ‘OO-Y’ was attacked on 06.08.1940 by Italian fighter planes NW of Tobruk; the plane had to ditch] 01.03.1941 transferred to reserve (and called up for air force service) [announced 04.04.1944]
Smythies, Francis Palmer	(06?).1900 Elham, Kent -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937
Somerset-Leeke, Alan Fitzroy [P H]	(03?).1891 Medway, Kent -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.01.1926 OBE ? ?
Somerville-Woodiwis, Lawrence	01.06.1886 district of Hartlepool, Durham - died between 1956 and 1996	RNVR: (T) Dental Surgeon Lt. 10.04.1918 Army: Lt. ? T/Capt. 01.10.1918, seniority 10.04.1918 Capt. 10.10.1921 Maj. 10.04.1930 RAF: Fl.Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 24.11.1930, seniority 01.07.1930 W/Cdr. 01.07.1935 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1937 (A) A/Cdre. ? (retd 01.06.1943)	10.04.1918 - 01.10.1918 commissioned, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 01.10.1918 - 01.07.1925 temporary commission RAF (Dental Branch) 01.07.1921 transferred to the Army Dental Corps (while still being attached to the RAF) 01.07.1925 - 24.11.1930 returned to the Army (Army Dental Corps) 24.10.1930 permanent commision RAF (Dental Branch) 26.09.1935 - 1943 Director of Dental Services, Directorate of RAF Medical Services, Air Ministry LDS; FDSRSC
Southall, Arthur William Son of ... Southall, and ... Cliff.	19.12.1914 Droitwich district, Hereford and Worcester / Worcestershire - 06.1983 Bromley district, Kent	F/Sgt. ? [565775] P/O (prob) 01.04.1940 [43075] (WS) F/O 01.04.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 01.04.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) F/Lt. 01.09.1945 25.02.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1947 W/Cdr. 01.01.1954 (retd 30.09.1958) DSO 26.02.1943 ? DFC 01.10.1943 ? AFC 01.01.1952 ? MID 01.01.1946 ?	01.04.1940     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 07.12.1941 - 25.02.1942 Flight 1417 of the Coastal Command Development Unit (Carew Cheriton)       Commanding Officer, 172 Squadron RAF (1943)     Commanding Officer, 179 Squadron RAF (DSO & DFC) 01.09.1945     permanent commission
Southey, Harold Frederic George	(03?).1906 Hollingbourne, Kent -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	qualified at specialist signals course
Spooner, Edwin John	? -	Sgt. ? [524979] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941, seniority 23.10.1941 [47621]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Spreckley, Herbert Dorman	(03?).1905 Bristol. Gloucestershire -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	Education: psa qualified at a specialist armament course; additionally qualified at an advanced armament course
Sprigge *, James Alexander Son of George Sprigg, and Elsie M. Barnes. Married ((03?).1944, Chatham district, Kent) Joan Chalklen; one daughter. * Birth registered under last name Sprigg.	(03?).1920 Medway district, Kent - 02.08.1945 Israel [age 25] [Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, 7.B.3]	Sgt. ? [569544] P/O (prob) 04.06.1943 [52287] (WS) F/O (prob) 04.12.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 04.06.1945 DFM 17.08.1943 ?	04.06.1943     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served at RAF Halton at some point ? - 02.08.1945 flight engineer, 5 Operational Training Unit (Turnberry) (killed on active service)
Stainforth, George Hedley	(06?).1899 Bromley, Greater London -	Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1936 AFC ? ?
Stanbury, Clive Stanley George Married Rebecca Ransome (died 1994); one daughter.	23.12.1915 Camberwell, London - 03.1996 Yeovil district, Somerset	P/O (prob) 19.01.1939 [41808] (WS) F/O 25.11.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 25.11.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. ? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 25.11.1943 Sq.Ldr. 27.08.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 W/Cdr. 01.01.1952 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1958 (retd 19.04.1966) CBE ? ? DSO 1942 * DFC 1942 ? AFC 01.01.1954 ? * Since the award of the DFC, this officer has completed a number of operational sorties. Sqn. Ldr Stanburv has no regard for his personal safety and is always first to volunteer for hazardous tasks. On one occasion an aircraft had crashlanded in the desert, too far from base to be salvaged. The whole undersurface of the fuselage was ripped away, but Sqn. Ldr. Stanbury successfully flew it to base for rebuilding.	Education: Wellington School, Somerset. Apprenticed to the GWR as electrical fitter. 19.01.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 01.1940     70 Squadron RAF (Habbaniya, Iraq, then Egypt) (DSO, DFC) 19.01.1943     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) 01.1944 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, 624 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF 27.08.1946     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Stanley, Denis Thomas	? -	Sgt. ? [565102] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941, seniority 20.10.1941 [47622]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Stanley-Turner, Guy Neil Jacobson	(06?).1904 Wandsworth, Greater London -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937
Starling, Eric Allen	? -	P/O (prob) 27.03.1934 [70643] P/O 07.03.1935 F/O 27.09.1935 F/Lt. 03.09.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. ? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 07.03.1944 Sq.Ldr. ? (A) W/Cdr. ? (emgcy 28.12.1956) MID 14.06.1945 ?	27.03.1934 commissioned into Reserve of Air Force Officers - General Duties Branch
Steedman, Edward Blakeway	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	qualified at specialist engineering course; additionally qualified at university course in engineering
Stemp, Geoffrey Charles	(09?).1897 Camberwell, London -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	qualified at specialist armament course
Stevens, Barry Osborne Cornelius Son of W/Cdr. James Cornelius Stevens, RAF, and Dorcas Mary Payne, of Minster, Sheerness, Kent.	(12?).1917 Helston district, Cornwall - 18.01.1940 (KIA) [age 22] [Harwell Cemetery, grave 631]	P/O 17.12.1938 [33415]	Education: RAF College, Cranwell (01.1937). 17.12.1938     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) ? - 18.01.1940 pilot, 148 Squadron RAF [his Anson I [N5024] crashed on a training flight, after flying into a snow storm, at Yolland Marsh, Shipley Bridge, South Brent, 7 miles W of Totnes, Devon, killing all five crew members]
Stevens, Charles Herbert Algernon	14.12.1901 - 11.1986 Torbay, Devon	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (A) Gp.Capt. ? (retd 12.01.1948)	16.08.1922 first commission
Stevens, James Cornelius "Con" Married ((12?).1913, Walsall district, Staffordshire) Dorcas Mary Payne; .. children (son P/O Barry Osborne Cornelius Stevens, RAF, born 1917, was killed 18.01.1940; son Wt.Offr. James T.S. Stevens, born 1920, earned a George Medal in bomb disposal). Of Minster, Sheerness, Kent.	25.09.1891 Birmingham district, Warwickshire - 04.07.1952 military hospital, Aldershot	P/O ? [13231] F/O ? F/Lt. 01.01.1927 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1940 W/Cdr. 14.04.1942, seniority 01.06.1940 (retd 01.08.1945; medical unfitness for Air Force service; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) OBE 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 Cmdn 01.01.1943 ? LM 22.06.1948 ?	01.01.1913 - (1918?) served Royal Naval Air Service qualified at specialist armament course 08.09.1927     RAF Base, Calshot 01.05.1928     HQ Air Defence of Great Britain 24.09.1928     Armament and Gunnery School, Eastchurch 02.07.1938     No. 2 Air Armament School, Eastchurch 24.04.1940     transferred, RAF (Technical Branch) in charge of RAF Bomb Disposal
Stevens, Leonard Walter Son of Ernest J. Stevens and Emily E. Stevens, of Hindhead.	? - 21.05.1941 (KIA) [Hindhead (St. Alban) Churchyard, Sec. N.W. Joint grave M. 2-3]	(A) P/O (prob) 04.03.1939 [41753] P/O (prob) 23.09.1939 P/O 30.01.1940 F/O 23.09.1940 F/Lt. ?	(01.07.1940) 17 Squadron (1940) flew Hurricane I N2359 from Debden 11.08.1940 full victory Bf 110 02.10.1940 half share Do 17 10.12.1940 wrecked Hurricane I V7079 in a forced landing near Butley, Suffolk, having been hit by AA fire - 21.05.1941 145 Squadron 21.05.1941 killed in action; Spitfire II P7493; collided over Tangmere  with P7737 on return from the operation [sweep])
Stevenson, Donald Fasken	07.04.1895 - 10.07.1964	... ... (T) Air Vice Marshal 01.12.1941 Air Vice Marshal 09.02.1948	... - ... ...
Stewart, Leopold Herbert	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937	qualified at specialist signals course; qualified at physical training course observer officer
Stibbard, Frank Cunniff Son of Percy William Stibbard (1882-1979), and Mabel Nelly Bailey (1883-1968). Married Sarlizabeth Watson, daughter of George Watson and Mabel Elizabeth Patterson; one daughter, one son.	08.07.1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 01.08.1997 Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada	(A) P/O (prob) 20.01.1936 [37531] P/O 18.11.1936 F/O 18.06.1938 F/Lt. 18.06.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 15.04.1943 (reld 02.09.1950; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. ?	20.01.1936     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commisison] (1938) - (1939)  144 Squadron RAF (Hemswell, Lincolnshire) [14.11.1938 slightly injured in an air accident] 18.11.1941 transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) served on armament/munitions duties (India)
Stilwell, Christopher Holt	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1932
Stirling, David	? -	Wt.Offr. ? [346105] F/O (prob) 07.05.1940, seniority 07.03.1940 [43456] F/O 07.05.1941 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1940 (retd 04.05.1948; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. ...-01.11.1947	07.05.1940     commissioned, RAF (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for photographic duties) [emergency commission] (1944)     Commandant, RAF School of Photography (Farnborough)
Stone, Ralph Ashinhurst Bird	14.11.1901 -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. ? (T) Gp.Capt. 01.09.1942 (retd 13.12.1946)	20.12.1921 first commission qualified at specialist engineering course
Stowell, John Edward Of American descent.	? -	Sgt. ? [636099] (A) P/O (prob) 01.07.1944 [55893] P/O 01.01.1945 (A) F/O 28.08.1944 (WS) F/O 01.01.1945 (reld 06.11.1946; retaining the rank of F/O) DFC 30.01.1945 for gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy	01.07.1944 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1944 - ? 9 Squadron RAF (first operation 09.08.1944)
Strickland, Claud Dobrée Son of Claud Hugh Strickland (1871-1938), and Una Clara Margaret Bell (1885-1959). Married (03.08.1934) Lady Marguerite Rose Bligh (1913-2002) (divorced 02.1941), daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley and Daphne Rachel Mulholland.	28.03.1909 Tewkesbury, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire - 27.10.1941 [Bredene Churchyard, Belgium, C.517]	(A) P/O (prob) 01.09.1939 [91220] P/O 27.06.1940 (WS) F/O 27.06.1941	Stockbroker. 01.09.1939 first commission, RAuxAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 01.09.1939 - 27.10.1941 pilot, 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron RAuxAF [shot down  in the early moning of 27.10.1941 by ground fire in his Hurricane IIb [Z3826] while on a "Rhubarb mission" (freelance fighter sortie against targets of opportunity) over Belgium]
Strong, Percy Drinkwater Son of Elijah Strong, and of Christina Elizabeth Strong (née Drinkwater), of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.	(03?).1917 Coventry district, Warwickshire / West Midlands - 19.08.1942 (KIA) [age 25] [Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France, 10.B.16]	(A) P/O (prob) 24.06.1939 [42277] P/O (prob) 20.02.1940 P/O 01.05.1940 (WS) F/O 20.02.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 20.02.1942	24.06.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 112 Squadron RAF ? - 19.08.1942 pilot, 232 Squadron RAF [taken off from Gravesend in his Spitfire Vb [EN845 "Y"] during the Dieppe raid; was shot down by a Fw 190]
Strong, Philip Dennis James	01.01.1912 Medway, Kent -	(A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1936 [37699] P/O (prob) 27.01.1937 P/O 27.07.1937 F/O 27.08.1938 (A) F/Lt. 01.07.1939-12.08.1939 F/Lt. 27.08.1940 09.09.1947, seniority 06.01.1941 F/Lt. (permanent) 01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 ?, seniority 01.01.1943 (reld 22.04.1959)	23.03.1936 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 10.01.1937 - 11.1938 41 Squadron RAF 25.11.1939 - 26.11.1939 41 Squadron RAF perhaps 602 Squadron RAF 23.05.1944 transferred to the reserve (and called up to Air Force duty) [dated 27.01.1942] 09.09.1947 transferred, Physical Fitness Branch 22.04.1950 transferred, General Duties Branch (and extension of service for 4 years) 22.04.1954 - 22.04.1959 extension of service for 5 years
Stubley, Karl   Son of George Henry Stubley, and Ellen Woodhouse. Married 1st ... (wife died young). Married 2nd ...; four daughters (of which twin daughters died in infancy). Married 3rd Erica Erna Wiktor; one daughter, one son. photos	03.06.1913 Loughborough district, Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire - 08.1997 Hitchin & Stevenage district, Hertfordshire	F/Sgt. ? [563928] (A) P/O (prob) 09.12.1943 [53693] P/O (prob) 06.04.1944 (WS) F/O 06.10.1944 (emgcy list) (reld 03.06.1958)	probably served as a rating/non-commissioned officer in the Royal Navy with 821 Squadron FAA (at Wallingford and HMS Courageous) 09.12.1943 commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Sutton, Joseph Charles Kent "Cloudy" Son of Frederick Kent Sutton (1863-), and Ruby Isabel Secretan (1880-1973), of London. Married (27.12.1941, Bude Central Methodist Church, Stratton district, Cornwall) Rita Joyce Brent ((09?).1918 - 26.02.2007), elder daughter of William George Brent (1891-1964), and Annie Banbury Medland (1890-1978), of Bude, late of Warren's Park, Launceston; two daughters.	23.06.1915 Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 28.02.2009 Wiltshire	F/Sgt. ? [565752] P/O (prob) 15.05.1941 [45732] (WS) F/Lt. 01.04.1943 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.04.1942 F/Lt. 25.02.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1944) Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1947 F/Lt. 11.03.1950, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1952 (retd 23.06.1970; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. ? MBE 31.12.1960 New Year 61 MID 01.01.1945 ?	(06.1937)     awarded special assessment "distinguished pass" at No. 4 Flying Training School (Abu Sueir, Egypt) 15.05.1941     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 23.05.1946     extended service commission 09.06.1949     permanent commission 11.03.1950     transferred, RAF (Engineer Branch) CEng, MRAeS.
Swain, Oswald Bertie Married ((12?).1925, Ipswich, Suffolk) ... Rodwell.	1899 ? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936	Education: psa qualified at a specialist armament course

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