B |
|
|
top |
Backlog,
Cyril Peter
Son (with one brother) of Frederick George Backlog (1870-1930), and Eleanor
Adelaide Blackton (1880-1937).
Brother of Lt. Frederick James Backlog,
RNVR (later Lt.Cdr. RNR).
Married ((09?).1931, Edmonton district, Essex) Clara Ada Barnes (02.06.1909 -
05.2006), daughter (with three brothers and two sisters) of Frederick Barnes
(1882-1949), and Eliza Amelia Cheese (1885-1973); one son. |
28.08.1908
Islington, London
-
23.08.1942
[KIA] (age 33]
(formerly of Finsbury Park, London N4)
[Emmen (Nieuw Dordrecht) General Cemetery,
the Netherlands, plot 9, row B, grave 3] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1395558] |
P/O (prob) |
29.03.1943 [141331] |
|
29.03.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
07.1943? |
- |
23.08.1943 |
navigator,
207 Squadron RAF (RAF Station Langar) |
29.07.1943 |
- |
30.07.1943 |
Lancaster III ED627 (N) 22:08 to 03:21 hrs bombing attack Hamburg (sortie
completed) |
09.08.1943 |
- |
10.08.1943 |
Lancaster III W5006 (G) 23:35 to 02:58 hrs bombing attack Mannheim (abortive
sortie - early return) |
12.08.1943 |
- |
13.08.1943 |
Lancaster III EE126 (A) 21:50 to 06:20 hrs bombing attack Milan (sortie
completed) |
14.08.1943 |
- |
15.08.1943 |
Lancaster III EE126 (A) 21:27 to 06:10 hrs bombing attack Milan (sortie
completed) |
22.08.1943 |
- |
23.08.1943 |
Lancaster I W4815 (G) 21:22 to 02.16 hrs bombing attack Leverkusen (sortie
completed) |
23.08.1943 |
- |
24.08.1943 |
Lancaster III ED550 (EM-K) 20:33 hrs bombing attack Berlin; crashed 23:59 hrs at
Nieuw Dordrecht (Drenthe) 8 km SE of Emmen Holland; complete crew of six were
killed |
|
Bagshaw,
Reginald Norman
Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Ernest
John Bagshaw, and Prudence Cowley (1867-1932), of Droitwich, Worcestershire.
Married ((09?).1931, Droitwich, Worcestershire) Marjorie Fisher. |
(06?).1905
Droitwich, Worcestershire
-
15.10.1941
(KIA) [age 36]
Gosport, Hampshire
[Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, plot 118, grave 47] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 02.07.1941 [46374] |
(A?)
F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
At the time of his death he was
commanding a High Speed Launch No 112. This was an air sea rescue launch. The
boat had been ordered to search for any aircrew from aircraft in difficulties.
The position was 50 miles southeast of the Nab Tower, During the search two
German fighters were sighted, and the launch was soon under attack. The first
aircraft dived down; cannon shells raked the hull. It was during this attack
that F/O Bagshaw and another crewmember were killed. The second aircraft’s
attack killed the wireless operator who was desperately trying to report the
vessel was under attack. With no radio, engine damage and the boat badly holed
and taking on water, the launch made for the first point of refuge, managing to
limp back to St Helen's on the Isle of Wight. The bodies of the dead crew were
brought back to the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport. F/O Bagshaw, had been
based at Gosport, and came under command of RAF Gosport. He was buried on the
18.10.1941. |
|
Bailey,
Peter
|
?
-
? |
Sgt. |
?
[1578780] |
P/O (prob) |
12.06.1944 [178884] |
(WS) F/O |
21.12.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
12.06.1946 (reld 31.10.1947) |
F/O |
31.10.1947 (reld 17.02.1949) |
F/O |
17.02.1949, seniority 29.10.1948 |
F/Lt. |
29.01.1952 |
|
DFC |
13.04.1945 |
? |
|
12.06.1944 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) |
(1945) |
|
|
102 Squadron RAF (DFC) |
31.10.1947 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch) |
17.02.1949 |
|
|
commissioned, RAuxAF (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch) |
29.01.1952 |
|
|
transferred, RAuxAF (Reconstituted Section) (Secretarial Branch) |
30.11.1957 |
- |
17.02.1959 |
transferred, RAuxAF Reserve of Officers |
|
Baillie,
David Cameron
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Robert
Baillie (1866-1931), and Marion Cameron (1871-1938).
Married (06.02.1926, Hammersmith, London) Dorothy Eleanora Rose (14.05.1905 -
07.06.2004), daughter (with three brothers) of John Thomas Rose (1867-), and
Sara Elizabeth (1880-); six daughters, two sons.
Residence: (1939) Heston, Middlesex.
|
22.08.1902
Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
-
10.10.1964
Salisbury, Rhodesia |
F/O |
01.09.1939 [72778] |
(T) F/Lt. |
? |
(WS) F/Lt.
|
20.09.1944 |
F/Lt. |
23.05.1946, seniority 01.03.1945 |
(T) Sq.Ldr. |
01.01.1945 |
Sq.Ldr. |
01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 (reld 05.08.1948; on account of medical
unfitness for Air Force service; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
|
Worked at a firm in Holborn, Marks & Clarks, as a
patent agent.
01.09.1939 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative
and Special Duties Branch) (for special duties) [emergency commission] |
31.01.1942 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) |
23.05.1946 |
- |
05.08.1948 |
extended service commission, RAF (Technical Branch) |
|
Bain,
Victor Albert
Son of George W. Bain, and Eleanora E. Appleton.
Married (29.05.1939, Brighton district, Sussex) Bessie Lawrence; three
children.
|
11.11.1918
West Ham district, London
-
30.01.1946
[age 27]
[Le Grand-Luce War Cemetery, France, C.11] |
Sgt. |
24.05.1938 [741596] |
Wt.Offr. |
? |
P/O (prob) |
12.12.1944 [196750] |
(WS) F/O |
12.06.1945 |
|
23.05.1938 |
|
|
enlisted (mobilisation station Hove) |
10.01.1939 |
|
|
awarded flying badge |
(1940) |
|
|
pilot, 17
Operational Training Unit RAF [see
details] |
22.09.1942 |
- |
01.05.1943 |
pilot, 143
Squadron RAF (captured;
see details) |
01.05.1943 |
- |
05.1944 |
POW (No. 1167) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 6;
repatriated) |
12.12.1944 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
30.01.1946 |
|
|
killed as passenger aboard Dakota DC-3 KN500 (WF-) of 525 Squadron RAF that
crashed in a storm 7 miles South of Le Mans, France, returning to England from
North Africa [see
details] |
|
Bainbridge,
William
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
12.04.1941 [63510] |
... |
... |
|
12.04.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
|
Bairstow,
Edward Akeroyd
Son of Harold and Rebecca Bairstow, of Sefton Lodge,
Baildon, Yorkshire, later of Bridlington, Yokshire. |
09.1921
Wharfedale district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
25.02.1942
(KIA)
[Kiel War cemetery, Germany, Coll. grave 1. F. 6-8] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1056930 ] |
P/O (prob) |
24.04.1941 [64907] |
|
Education: Uppingham School (01.1935-12.1937; The
Lodge).
24.04.1941 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
25.02.1942 |
12 Squadron
RAF
[Pilot Officer E A Bairstow, Sergeant G E
Fox, Pilot Officer E Tunnington, Sergeant R V P Ennor, Sergeant F J Wakefield,
Sergeant G S Long-Innes (RAAF): killed; Wellington W5440; aircraft failed to
return from an operational flight over Kiel, Germany, 25 February 1942. Took off
from Binbrook. Shot down in the target area near Surendorf.] |
|
Baker,
Ernest Frank
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?). |
?
-
05.12.2017 |
AC2 |
15.04.1941 |
F/Sgt. |
? [1337174] |
P/O (prob) |
25.08.1944
[184525] |
P/O |
25.02.1945 |
(WS) F/O |
25.02.1945 |
F/O |
11.06.1946
(reld 06.08.1946) |
|
DFM |
08.12.1944 |
air
gunner, 52 sorties, 245 flying hours * |
|
39|45
St |
- |
- |
|
AirCr
Eur |
- |
&
clasp France and Germany |
|
Def M |
- |
- |
|
WM
39|45 |
- |
- |
Pathfinder Badge (07.05.1944).
* As a rear gunner, Flight
Sergeant Baker has demonstrated outstanding competence and coolness in action.
He has the confidence of his captain and crew and contributes to the
high morale of a very successful Blind Marker Crew.
This NCO has made many operational trips over some of the most heavily
defended areas in Germany. His skill in
directing evasive actions and the efficient operating of his guns makes him
very worthy of the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. |
15.04.1941 |
|
|
enlisted (AC2,
Aircraft handler Wireless Operator Air Gunner) |
01.04.1944 |
- |
23.10.1944 |
rear
gunner, 582 (PFF) Squadron RAF (Little Staughton) (flew 45 missions) |
25.08.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Baker,
Sidney
|
?
-
? |
P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101614] |
(WS) F/O |
? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining
rank of F/O) |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Baldwin,
John Robert
"Johnny"
Only son of Chambré Baldwin (1884-1969), and Grace Baldwin, of Bath.
Married ((12?).1945, Deben district, Suffolk) Sylvia Faith Symon (13.05.1922 -
03.2003), elder daughter of Canon Dudley James Symon (1887-1961), and Elsie
Ellen H. Maisey (1895-), of Woodbridge School, Suffolk, later of The Old Yard
House, Ham Common, Richmond; ... children (three sons?). She re-married (1954)
Stephen Robert Hunter-Jones & (1967) Terence L. Kermode.
|
16.07.1918
Bath, Somerset
-
15.03.1952
Korea |
(T) F/Sgt. |
?
[908634] |
P/O (prob) |
14.03.1942
[122337] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
06.03.1944 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
18.09.1944 |
Sq.Ldr. |
15.10.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 |
(A) W/Cdr. |
1944? |
(WS) W/Cdr. |
20.08.1945 |
(A) Gp.Capt. |
1945 |
|
DSO |
10.03.1944 |
* |
|
DSO |
29.12.1944 |
** |
|
DFC |
26.02.1943 |
*** |
|
DFC |
14.01.1944 |
***** |
|
AFC |
01.01.1948 |
? |
|
CdeG |
24.01.1947 |
***** |
|
OON |
31.10.1947 |
****** |
|
DFC(US) |
30.10.1953 |
Korea |
|
1940 |
|
|
joined RAFVR, serving as ground crew-man in France |
|
|
|
bomb disposal duties (UK) |
|
|
|
pilot training in the USA (under the Arnold Scheme) |
14.03.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
[emergency commission] |
1942 |
- |
1944 |
Typhoon
pilot with 16.5 victories |
|
|
|
advanced & operational training, 59 Operational Training Unit RAF |
18.09.1942 |
- |
11.1943 |
609 Squadron RAF (Manston) (rising to Flight Commander; wounded 03.1943) |
11.1943 |
- |
03.1944 |
Commanding Officer, 198 Squadron RAF (02.1944 attended No. 1 Course of the
newly-formed Fighter Leader School at Milfield) (DSO, Bar to DFC) |
04.1944 |
- |
06.1944 |
Squadron Leader (Tactics), 2 Group RAF, 2nd TAF |
19.06.1944 |
- |
1945 |
Wing Commander Flying, 146 Wing RAF |
20.02.1945 |
- |
1945? |
Wing Leader, 123 Wing RAF |
15.10.1946 |
|
|
permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) |
|
|
|
led a team of four pilots from the RAF Central Fighter Establishment on attachment to the USAF in Korea
(flew with the 16th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing) |
|
* Since
being awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross, Squadron Leader Baldwin
has led his squadron on very many sorties, during which 30 enemy aircraft have
been shot down. Much of the great success achieved can be attributed to Squadron
Leader Baldwin's superb leadership, fine tactical ability and iron
determination. His sterling qualities were amply demonstrated on one occasion in
January 1944, when he led a small formation of aircraft in an attack on a force
of some 30 Focke Wulf 190s, nine of which were shot down, Squadron Leader
Baldwin being responsible for two of the successes. His example was inspiring.
** Wing Commander Baldwin was appointed Wing Commander (Flying) of a wing in
June 1944. He has, in addition to planning the major portion of the operations
undertaken by the wing, led over 100 successful wing and squadron missions,
directed against a wide variety of targets. These have included enemy tanks,
railway communications and shipping and enemy gun positions menacing our troops.
Under his brilliant leadership the wing has destroyed or severely damaged over
800 fighting vehicles, thus contributing in no small measure to the rout of the
enemy in the Falaise Gap. Wing Commander Baldwin has destroyed three enemy
aircraft in combat since the invasion, bringing his total victories to at least
16 destroyed. Immediately prior to the invasion, he planned and completed the
operations against enemy radar installations, which paved the way for the
landing of our forces by enabling them to achieve complete surprise. Throughout
this period Wing Commander Baldwin has planned in a masterly manner and led
brilliantly a vast number of missions, many of which have been in direct support
of the Army and have decisively affected the course of the battle.
*** This officer has participated in numerous sorties, invariably displaying
great courage and operational efficiency. This was amply demonstrated during a
sortie one day in January, 1943, when he attacked a formation of three enemy
aircraft. In his first attack, Flying Officer Baldwin shot down the leading
aircraft of the hostile formation. Following this success he destroyed. another
of the formation before his own aircraft was hit in one of the wings. When the
third enemy fighter attempted to attack from the rear. Flying Officer Baldwin
out manoeuvred the attacker and shot it down. On another occasion, during a
sortie over Belgium, he damaged four locomotives.
**** Squadron Leader Baldwin is a keen, skilful and determined fighter. He has
participated in much operational flying during which he has destroyed at least
nine enemy aircraft. In addition he has attacked some 14 locomotives, six
barges, a tug and a tanker with damaging effect. He is a highly efficient
squadron commander, whose example and determination has inspired all.
***** The 'Typhoons' unequalled record as a ground attack a/c overshadowed its
air to air successes such as those credited to F/Lt. J.R. Baldwin. (later Wg
Cdr. DSO. DFC* AFC.) A pilot considered by many to be "The supreme Typhoon pilot
of WWII" Flying 'Typhoon' DN360 PR-A , on 20th Jan. 1943 he shot down three
Bf109's out of his total score of 15 e/a plus many damaged and several on the
ground.
****** Group Captain Baldwin commanded No.123 Wing from 20th February 1945 to
present time. During the winter of 1944-45 it was stationed at Gilze Rijen.
Group Captain Baldwin had previously taken part in the initial battles for the
liberation of the Netherlands as a Wing Commander (Operations). He organized the
ground side of the Wing so effectively that he found time to fly on numerous
missions. The Wing continued to specialize in direct close support work on the
front of the First Canadian Army and the standard of attacks remained high.
Under the leadership and guidance of Group Captain Baldwin, the Wing began to
perfect a method for briefing pilots, whilst airborne, for attacks against
fleeting targets and, within a short space of time, the Army was being provided
with close support from the air within a few minutes of their demanding the
support. |
Bale,
Leslie Arthur
Son of alderman William Henry Bale, JP, and Mabel Ada Bale (née Lawrance), of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
|
(12?).1913
Reading district, Berkshire
-
14.11.1942
(KIA) [age 29]
[Malta Memorial, panel 2, column 1]
|
Sgt.
|
?
[741495]
|
P/O (prob)
|
25.05.1940,
seniority 25.04.1940 [82166]
|
P/O
|
25.05.1941,
seniority 25.04.1941
|
(WS) F/O
|
25.05.1941,
seniority 25.04.1941
|
F/Lt.
|
25.05.1942,
seniority 25.04.1942
|
|
25.05.1940
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
04.01.1941
|
|
|
force-landed
a Gloucester Gauntlet aircraft near Cheswardine, Shropshire
|
?
|
-
|
14.11.1942
|
pilot, 272 Squadron
RAF (flying Beaufighters)
[he was taking part in a raid on El Aouina in Tunisia when his aircraft was shot down and he was killed]
|
|
Ball,
Dennis
Married Evelyn ...; two sons. |
23.03.1920
-
29.02.2012
hospital (formerly of Southwold) |
F/Sgt. |
?
[778048] |
P/O (prob)
|
21.02.1944 [160151] |
(WS) F/O |
?
(reld 02.09.1945) |
... |
... |
W/Cdr. |
01.01.1966 (retd 30.12.1972) |
|
21.02.1944 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
29.10.1947 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Training Branch) |
15.02.1949 |
|
|
commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] |
23.02.1949 |
|
|
transferred, RAF (Technical Branch) |
01.10.1951 |
|
|
permanent commission |
A former chairman of what is now the Southwold
Harbour and River Blyth Users’ Association. He flew Sunderland flying boats for
the RAF during the second world war and after the war he flew Vulcan bombers. Mr
Ball left the RAF in the 1970s as a wing commander and joined Adnams Brewery as
chief engineer. |
Ballard,
Cyril James
Son (with one brother and two sisters) of James
Ballard (1888-1949), and Leah Kate Campbell (1887-1961).
Married (10.06.1943, St Morgan's Church, St Austell,
Cornwall) Alice Baxter.
Residence: (1944) Dalton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. |
(09?).1920
Witney district, Oxfordshire
-
14.02.1944
Wigton district, Cumberland
[age 23]
[Kirkburton (Kirkheaton) Cemetery, Yorkshire, grave 2569] |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1266082] |
P/O (prob) |
06.07.1943 [149960] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
06.01.1944 |
|
06.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
14.02.1944 |
flying
instructor |
|
Balls,
Ronald Gordon
|
?
- |
Cpl. |
?
[921133] |
P/O (prob) |
18.12.1942 [136437] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
18.06.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
18.12.1944 |
|
18.12.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Bamberger,
Cyril Stanley
"Bam"
Son of Francis L. Bamberger, and Annie Reynolds.
Married ((09?).1954, Surrey Mid Eastern district)
Heather M. Naughten; three sons, one daughter.
|
04.05.1919
Hyde, Ashton under Lyne district, Cheshire
-
03.02.2008
Hampshire |
F/Sgt. |
?
[810024] |
P/O (prob)
|
09.02.1942
[116515] |
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
09.02.1944 |
... |
... |
Sq.Ldr. RAF |
01.01.1957 (retd 29.01.1959) |
|
DFC |
28.09.1943 |
93 Squadron RAF |
|
DFC |
14.11.1944 |
243 Squadron RAF |
|
09.02.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
From:
Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain / by Martin Sugarman
Bamberger
was a Sergeant Pilot of Jewish origin (telephone conversation with author),
later Squadron Leader, of 610 and 41 Squadrons. Born in Port Sunlight on 4/5/19,
he joined the RAFVR in 1938 . He shot down two Me109’s in his Spitfire (at
Hawarden and Hornchurch). Later (in 1941) he volunteered for Malta and shot down
two Ju 87’s. He was commissioned in 1942 and then volunteered for North Africa
and shot down another Ju 87 (Sicily) and damaged another ( Italy - 1943) and was
awarded the DFC
on 28/9/43. In Italy he shot down
another 109 and damaged another. On 3/7/45 he was awarded a
Bar to his DFC
at Buckingham Palace from the King. He served in RAF Intelligence during the
Korean War. His AJEX Jewish Chaplain card mentions an article on him in “The
Jewish Chronicle” (noted as JC henceforth) of 24/9/43. Cyril featured on a
Channel 4 TV programme in Jan 2004, “Spitfire Ace” and in 2002 on a another
Channel 4 Programme on the Spitfire as weapon of WW2. |
|
Bancroft,
John Stockton
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?). |
29.01.1903
London
-
09.11.1974
Maughold, Isle of Man |
(A) P/O (prob) |
28.03.1941 [69719] |
P/O |
28.03.1942 |
F/O |
01.04.1947 (reld 29.04.1954; retaining rank
of F/Lt.) |
|
28.03.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Training Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bannister,
Charles Frederick
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
09.08.1941 [103634] |
P/O (prob) |
09.10.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954;
retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
(A) F/Lt. |
? |
|
09.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Barber,
Albert Henry
|
?
- |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
? [1285721] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
30.05.1941, seniority 28.04.1941 [67277] |
|
30.05.1941 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Barclay,
Richard George Arthur
Son of the Rev. Gilbert Arthur Barclay, MA, and
Dorothy Catherine Topsy Studd, of Langley Rectory, Maidstone, Kent.
|
07.12.1919
Lambeth district, London
-
17.07.1942
(KIA) [age 22]
[El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, XI.H.7] |
Sgt. |
? [754320] |
P/O |
03.10.1939
[74661] |
F/O |
03.10.1940 |
(WS) F/Lt.
|
03.10.1941 |
(A)
Sq.Ldr. |
04.04.1942 |
|
DFC |
26.11.1940 |
* |
|
MID |
01.01.1943 |
[posthumously] |
* This officer has shown admirable coolness
and courage in combat against the enemy. His keenness and determination have
enabled him to destroy at least four of their aircraft. |
Education: Stowe School; Trinity College, Cambridge
(University Air Squadron, 10.1938).
06.1939 |
|
|
joined RAFVR |
03.10.1939 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
08.11.1939 |
- |
31.12.1939 |
3 Initial
Training Wing RAF (Hastings) |
01.01.1940 |
- |
01.06.1940 |
flying
training, RAF Cranwell |
02.06.1940 |
- |
09.06.1940 |
No. 1
School of Army Co-Operation RAF |
10.06.1940 |
- |
22.06.1940 |
5
Operational Training Unit RAF (Aston Down) |
23.06.1940 |
- |
06.05.1941 |
pilot, 249 Squadron RAF
(Leconfield) (29.11.1940 shot down & wounded; returned to unit 03.1941) |
07.05.1941 |
- |
08.1941 |
instructor,
52 Operational Training Unit RAF (Debden) |
08.1941 |
- |
20.09.1941 |
Flight
Commander, 611 Squadron RAF (Hornchurch) (force-landed on enemy territory;
evaded) |
12.1941? |
- |
1942 |
HQ Fighter
Command RAF |
1942 |
- |
1942 |
Tactics
Officer, HQ 9 Group RAF |
04.04.1942 |
- |
17.07.1942 |
Commanding
Officer, 238 Squadron RAF |
Published:
Angels 22 : a self-portrait of a fighter pilot (1976; republished as
Fighter pilot) |
Barker,
Roy
Married ...; ... children (one son?). |
11.03.1921
- |
F/Sgt. |
? [1288527] |
P/O (prob) |
03.11.1942 [134501] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
03.05.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
03.11.1944 |
|
11.1940 |
|
|
5 Initial Training Wing RAF |
03.1941 |
|
|
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School RAF |
05.1941 |
|
|
No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF |
08.1941 |
|
|
No. 2 Air Navigation School RAF |
10.1941 |
|
|
No. 14 Service Flying Training School RAF |
03.11.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
11.1942 |
|
|
14 (Pilot's) Advanced Flying
Unit RAF |
08.1944 |
|
|
8 Operational Training Unit RAF |
11.1944 |
|
|
140 Squadron RAF (34 Wing) |
09.1945 |
|
|
680 Squadron RAF |
|
Barnes,
Arthur Morley
|
?
- |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
? [1307232] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 10.06.1941 [101765] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Barnes,
Benjamin Alexander
"Ben"
Son (with one sister) of Benjamin Charles Barnes, and Annie Barnes, née Macauley.
Married (12.01.1944) Gwendoline Heney; three sons.
|
23.06.1913
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
-
28.02.2001
Antrim Area hospital
|
Sgt.
|
? [1034190]
|
P/O (prob)
|
10.04.1942
[128425]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
19.10.1942
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
10.04.1944
|
|
10.04.1942
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
served at Mombasa (East Africa)
& Killadeas (Northern Ireland)
|
|
|
|
served with 209
Squadron RAF (flew Catalinas in the Indian Ocean)
|
|
|
|
instructor on the GR Compass at
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
|
Principal of Somerdale Secondary School, Belfast.
|
Barnham,
Denis Alfred
Son of ... Barnham, and ... Smith.
Married ((03?).1942, Scunthorpe district,
Lincolnshire) Diana M. Frith.
|
03.01.920
Feltham, Staines district, Middlesex
-
04.06.1981
Salisbury district, Dorset
|
Sgt.
|
?
[903456]
|
P/O (prob)
|
25.12.1940
[60760]
|
(WS) F/O
|
25.12.1941
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
25.12.1942
(reld 19.04.1945; medical unfitness for air force service)
|
F/O
|
23.01.1952
(reld 20.03.1961)
|
|
Obtained his aviator's licence (No. 14690) while
being a student, taken on an Autogiro C30 A - Genet Major 140 at the Autogiro
Flying School, 24.01.1937.
25.12.1940
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
pilot, 601 Squadron RAF
(Malta) [obtained 5,5 victories]
|
23.01.1952
|
-
|
20.03.1961
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Training Branch)
|
Published: One man's window : an
illustrated account of ten weeks of war, Malta, April 13th, to June 21st, 1942
(1956)
|
Barr,
Gavin Hamilton
|
1925
Kilbride district, Argyll,
Scotland
-
?
|
Sgt.
|
?
[1550787]
|
P/O (prob)
|
04.09.1943
[157957]
|
(WS) F/O
|
04.03.1944
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
?
|
|
DFC
|
15.09.1944
|
?
|
|
DFC
|
21.09.1945
|
?
|
|
04.09.1943
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
(1944)
|
-
|
(1945)
|
navigator,
105 (Pathfinder) Squadron RAF
|
|
Barr,
Keith Alec
Son of Archibald Joseph Rigby Barr
(1878-1954), and Lydia Maud Goose (1885-1968), of High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire. |
(06?).1922
Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire
-
16.07.1943
(KIA) [age 21]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 130] |
Sgt. |
?
[1321654] |
P/O (prob) |
10.07.1943 [149985] |
|
10.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
16.07.1943 |
50 Squadron RAF
[Lancaster DV167 (VN-M) was airborne 22:25
hrs 15.07.1943 from Skellingthorpe, tasked to attack a transformer station at
Reggio Emiia in Northern Italy, similar to the 9 Squadron crew. Crashed near
Traversetolo, 20 km SSE of Parma. Four have no known graves, but both Gunners
and Sgt Trowbridge are buried in Milano War cemetery. at 18, Sgt Goff was
amongst the youngest airmen killed on Bomber command Operations during 1943. In
contrast, Sgt Hood was twice his age. F/L C.H.J. Hunt KIA Sgt W.G. Trowbridge
KIA F/O A.D.S. Snell KIA F/S K.A. Barr KIA Sgt W.J. Hood KIA Sgt R.G.W. Goff KIA
Sgt R.A.W. Wilkinson KIA ] |
|
Barralet,
Anthony Frank
Son of Frank Owen Barralet (1884-1969), and Annie
Maud Rollston (1886-1960).
Married ((06?).1949, Essex South Western district) Sheila M.F. Barralet
((06?).1925 - ); three children. |
30.08.1916
Barnet, London
-
04.2003
Glamorgan, Wales |
Sgt. |
?
[742409] |
P/O (prob) |
24.08.1940, seniority 18.08.1940 [85233] |
(WS) F/O |
24.08.1941, seniority 18.08.1941 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
24.08.1942, seniority 18.08.1942 |
|
Civil servant. Obtained civil aviator's certificate
(No. 16080) 26.07.1938, taken on D.H. 60 (Moth) Gipsy 1 - 85 h.p. at Civil
Service Flying Association.
24.08.1940 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
14.11.1940 |
pilot, 58
Squadron RAF |
14.11.1940 |
- |
04?.1945 |
POW (No.
318) in German captivity |
His daughter writes: "He was shot down over
Berlin on November 14th 1940 and spent 5 years in prison camps, the final 3 in
Stalag Luft 3, where he took part in the Great Escape. He was prepared to make
the escape on the night of March 24th 1944. He had drawn the number 106 to go
out through the tunnel, but the tunnel was discovered after 70 men had escaped
(of whom 50 were shot; I think 3 made it to safety and the rest were
recaptured)." |
Barrett,
Harry
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 25.06.1941 [104170] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Barrett,
Kenneth Alan
Youngest son (with two brothers that died in accidents pre-war)
of Henry John Barrett, wardmaster in the Royal Navy, and Emma Harrod, of
Gillingham, Kent. |
(09?).1922
Medway district, Kent
-
16.04.1943
(KIA) [age 20]
[Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, 9.E.4] |
Sgt. |
?
[1331977] |
P/O (prob)
|
29.06.1942 [123848] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
29.12.1942 |
|
29.06.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
16.04.1943 |
bomb aimer,
158 Squadron RAF
[Halifax HR758 NP-Y took off 20:32 hrs from
Lissett for an operation against Pilsen. Cause of loss not established. Crashed
near Saarbrücken. The two airmen killed are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery;
the other five crew members were captured.] |
|
Barrett,
Robert William
|
?
- |
F/Sgt. |
?
[816240] |
P/O (prob)
|
12.06.1944 [178849] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
07.12.1944 |
(WS) F/O |
12.12.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 29.03.1958; retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
|
DFM |
14.04.1944 |
? |
|
|
|
|
served in
the ranks, Auxiliary Air Force |
1939 |
|
|
502
Squadron RAuxAF |
(1944) |
|
|
120
Squadron RAF (DFM) |
12.06.1944 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Barrett,
Stanley
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104737] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Barrett,
Thomas
|
?
-
01.08.1942
[Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, 1.G.4]
|
Sgt.
|
?
[1069916]
|
P/O (prob)
|
22.12.1941
[117443]
|
|
22.12.1941
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
?
|
-
|
01.08.1942
|
pilot, 12
Squadron RAF
[taken off in Wellington II [Z8499 PH-]
from Binbrook at 00:28 hrs for an operation against Düsseldorf; aircraft
crashed at Heuthe, Germany, killing all five crew members]
|
|
Barrow,
Sydney
Son of Joseph Barrow (1889-1954), and Gertrude Henry, of Coventry.
Married (11.11.1939, St Michaels Church, Stoke, Coventry district, Warwickshire) Maud Alice White
(20.08.1914 - 18.09.1995); two daughters. |
13.03.1915
-
24.08.1943
(MPK) [age 28]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 123] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[852166] |
P/O (prob)
|
29.01.1943 [138469] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
29.07.1943 |
|
Big band singer before and during the war and had a
hit with a song called “Sweet Leilani” with the “Hawaiian Islanders”.
29.01.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
24.08.1943 |
radio
operator, 100
Squadron RAF
[Completed 10 operations on Lancaster ED583.
Then on Lancaster III EE171 (HW-Z) which had taken off
from Grimsby at 20:36 hrs 23.08.1943 for an operation against Berlin. Believed
to have crashed on the western fringes of Berlin. Six of the crew were killed,
one was taken POW. Burials are reported at Döberitz, some 24 km W of the city
centre. Sgt. Fox now lies in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, but the rest who
died have no known graves.] |
|
Barrowcliffe,
Albert Norman
Married ((09?).1939, Barnet district, Greater London
/ Hertfordshire / Middlesex) Ethel H. Brittain. |
(06?).1913
Burton upon Trent district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire
- |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[748930] |
(A) P/O (prob)
|
21.03.1941, seniority 20.02.1941 [62452] |
P/O (prob) |
11.04.1941 |
(WS) F/O |
11.04.1942, seniority 10.03.1942 |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.07.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
06.05.1945 (reld 31.08.1948; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
|
21.03.1941 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
Wing Adjutant of No. 326 Light Bomber Wing which
went from England for the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy; later
he became personnel staff officer for the Tactical Bomber Force and
personnel officer at Advanced Headquarters Mediterranean and Middle East
Forces
|
Emigrated to New Zealand, 1948. |
Barry,
Joseph
Son of Joseph and Mary Barry, of Riddrie, Glasgow.
LL.B.(Glasgow).
|
1907 ?
-
26.07.1944
[age 37]
[Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt, 4.F.10]
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
?
[873080]
|
P/O (prob)
|
02.08.1940,
seniority 16.07.1940 [83489]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
15.04.1941
|
F/O
|
02.08.1941
|
F/Lt.
|
14.02.1942
|
(A) Sq.Ldr.
|
?
|
|
MID
|
02.06.1943
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
served in
the ranks
|
07.03.1942
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
14.02.1942
|
|
|
transferred
to Legal Branch
|
|
Bartlett,
Alan
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.08.1941, seniority 03.07.1941 [104152] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bartlett,
Ronald William
"Ron"
Son of William Bartlett, and Winifred A. Deverill.
Married (1941?, Calgary, Alb.) Muriel Lynne Fisher; ... children (one son?).
|
08.09.1921
West Ham district, Greater London
-
08.02.1945
(KIA) [age 33]
[Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany, 2.C.16]
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
? [1258798]
|
P/O (prob)
|
25.05.1941
[67656]
|
P/O
|
25.05.1942
|
(WS) F/O
|
25.05.1942
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
2505.1943
|
|
|
|
|
served in
the ranks, RAFVR (started his training in the UK on Tiger Moths
in 1940; other training aircraft included Miles Master, Avro Tudor, Oxford & then the
Harvard)
|
25.05.1941
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
Harvard
instructor at a
flying training school in Alberta, Canada
|
|
|
|
flew Stirlings, Wellingtons and
Lancasters (from the UK)
|
1944
|
-
|
08.02.1945
|
pilot, 61
Squadron RAF
[took off at 1652 hrs in Lancaster I, PB737
QR-E from RAF Skelligthorpe in Lincoln for an operation against Politz, the
crew's 15th mission;
he died (as only one of the crew) holding the plane steady for his crew to
escape; he bailed out, but his parachute failed to open in time]
|
|
Barton,
George Frederick Herbert
|
(06?).1883
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101641] |
(WS) F/O |
? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining
rank of F/O) |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Barton-Smith,
Reginald Lionel
Son of Lionel John Barton-Smith, and Minnie Jane Daborn, of Charlton.
Married (09?).1943, Greenwich district, London) Irene Miriam Taylor, of
Charlton. |
(03?).1921
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
11.11.1943
[age 22]
[Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich, sec. Q, 2nd cons., grave 888] |
Sgt. |
?
[1385554] |
P/O (prob) |
14.10.1943 [161601] |
|
14.10.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
11.11.1943 |
pilot, 1654
Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
[Lancaster I (W4902 UG-Q) had taken off at
17:30 hrs from Wigsley for a night training exercise. While flying in limited
visibility, was obliged to take quick evasive action in order to avoid a midair
collision with a Wellington and in doing so went out of control and crashed into
some trees at 22:45 hrs at Hackthorn, 7 miles NNW of Lincoln. Three crew members
were killed, four others sustained injuries.] |
|
Barwell,
Eric Gordon
|
06.08.1913
Clare, Suffolk
-
12.12.2007
|
Sgt.
|
? [741745]
|
P/O (prob)
|
10.12.1939
[77454]
|
P/O
|
10.12.1940
|
(WS) F/O
|
10.12.1940
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
10.12.1941
|
(A) Sq.Ldr.
|
?
|
(WS) Sq.Ldr.
|
20.12.1944
(retd 06.08.1958; retaining rank of W/Cdr.)
|
|
DFC
|
11.02.1941
|
?
|
|
DFC
|
15.08.1944
|
*
|
|
MID
|
01.01.1943
|
?
|
* This officer has completed a very large
number of sorties and his example of keenness, determination and devotion to
duty has been worthy of the highest praise. He is a most able flight
commander whose untiring efforts have been reflected in the operational
efficiency of the formation he commands. Squadron Leader Barwell has destroyed
6 enemy aircraft, 2 of them at night.
|
10.12.1939
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR [emergency commission]
|
(1941)
|
|
|
264
Squadron RAF
|
(1944)
|
|
|
125
Squadron RAF
|
|
Barwood,
Edgar Ernest Vincent
"Marc"
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Evelyn Vincent Barwood (1892-), and Ellen Kathleen Baxter
(1903-), of Sutton, Surrey. |
1924
India
-
18.08.1944
Runcorn, Cheshire
(flying accident) [age 19]
[Shaw (St Mary) Churchyard, Berkshire, North of Church] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1805404] |
P/O (prob) |
06.02.1944 [150873] |
(WS) F/O |
06.08.1944 |
|
06.02.1944 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
18.08.1944 |
11
(Pilots') Advanced Flying Unit RAF (Calveley, Nantwich, Cheshire)
[Pilot of Oxford aircraft MP346 which came
down in Starkeys Farm, Kingsley, Cheshire at 01.30 hrs during a night circuit
practice; it flew into the ground at high speed whilst apparently in a turn. An
investigation was held but lack of evidence precluded the cause of the accident
from being established.] |
|
Baser,
William John
Son (with one sister and one brother) of George Brunswick Bell Baser
(1890-1930), and Gertrude Emily Hales (1898-1930).
Married ((06?).1945, Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire) Joan Isobel Brown
(1924? - 1949); one son. |
(12?).1920
Swansea district, Glamorgan
-
30.07.1949
Singapore
(killed
in a motor car accident at Bukit Timah Road)
[British Military Cemetery, Pasir Panjang] |
Sgt. |
?
[986628] |
P/O (prob) |
28.07.1943 [161047] |
(WS) F/O |
28.07.1944 |
(A) F/Lt. |
(1945) |
(WS) F/Lt. |
28.07.1945 |
F/O |
18.12.1945, seniority 28.07.1944 |
F/Lt. |
01.04.1949 |
|
DFC |
16.01.1945 |
? |
|
28.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1945) |
|
|
7 Squadron
RAF |
18.12.1945 |
|
|
extended service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) |
19.10.1948 |
|
|
permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) |
01.04.1949 |
|
|
transferred, RAF (Equipment Branch) |
? |
- |
30.07.1949 |
RAF
Station Tengah (Singapore) |
|
Baser,
Wylie
Son of William Bell Baser and Agnes Smith Baser, of South Shields, Co. Durham. |
23.02.1921
Glasgow, Scotland
-
04.06.1941
(MPK) [age 20]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 31]
[commemorated at Giffnock War Memorial] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[936366] |
P/O (prob) |
16.11.1940 [87459] |
|
16.11.1940 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
04.06.1941 |
139
Squadron RAF
[Blenheim R3903 (DX-?) was airborne 19:00 hrs
from Horsham St. Faith for an operation against the Dutch airfield De Kooy. Shot
down by Unteroffizier Heinrich Nöcker, 3. Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 1, W of
Bergen-aan-Zee, Holland.] |
|
Bass,
Kenneth Burdett
"Ken"
Son of Charles B. Bass, and Eleanor
Clarissa M. Dedman.
Married (23.09.1942, St Marys in Harlow) Margaret Eileen French; ... children.
|
17.01.1916
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire /
Middlesex
-
01.1976
Bournemouth district, Dorset
|
Aircraftman 2nd class
|
19.11.1939
[907385]
|
Leading Aircraftman
|
05.08.1940
|
Sgt.
|
14.12.1940
|
(T) F/Sgt.
|
01.09.1941
|
(T) Wt.Offr.
|
01.08.1942
|
P/O (prob)
|
03.09.1942
[133020]
|
(WS) F/O
|
03.03.1943
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
03.09.1944
(reld 02.10.1946; medical unfitness, retaining rank of F/Lt.)
|
|
39|45
St
|
-
|
-
|
|
Atl
St
|
-
|
-
|
|
BWM
39|45
|
-
|
-
|
|
19.11.1939
|
|
|
enlisted
& served in
the ranks, RAFVR
|
05.06.1940
|
|
|
accepted
for Air Force service
|
07.1940
|
-
|
07.1940
|
physical
training (Torquay)
|
04.08.1940
|
-
|
13.09.1940
|
pilot
training (Derby)
|
14.09.1940
|
-
|
14.12.1940
|
night
flying training (South Cerney)
|
25.01.1941
|
-
|
19.04.1941
|
general
reconnaissance training (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
|
17.06.1941
|
-
|
09.08.1941
|
operational
training (Silloth)
|
10.08.1941 |
-
|
08.1943
|
206
Squadron RAF (Aldergrove, from 07.1942 Benbecula)
|
10.09.1941
|
-
|
19.09.1941
|
detached
to Stornoway
|
05.12.1941
|
-
|
11.12.1941
|
detached
to St Eval
|
12.12.1941
|
-
|
20.12.1941
|
detached
to Chivenor
|
18.02.1942
|
-
|
01.03.1942
|
detached
to Stornoway
|
23.05.1942
|
-
|
25.05.1942
|
detached
to Stornoway
|
24.06.1942
|
-
|
26.06.1942
|
detached
to Donna Nook
|
03.09.1942
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
04.08.1943
|
-
|
07.12.1943
|
HQ 15 Group
RAF (Liverpool)
|
19.09.1943
|
-
|
04.12.1943
|
detached
Central Navigation School (Cranage)
|
08.12.1943
|
-
|
29.02.1944
|
Station
Headquarters, RAF Beaulieu
|
01.03.1944
|
-
|
31.12.1944
|
School of
General Reconnaissance RAF (Squires Gate)
|
07.03.1945
|
-
|
19.05.1945
|
111
Operational Training Unit RAF (Nassau)
|
|
Bass,
Reginald Frederick
Son of Frederick Thomas and Sarah Jane Bass, of
Coldstream, Berwickshire.
|
1923 ?
-
29.06.1944
[age 21]
[Le Mesnil- Durand Communal Cemetery, France]
|
Sgt.
|
?
[1086420]
|
P/O (prob)
|
07.03.1942
[122338]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
01.10.1942
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
07.03.1944
|
|
|
|
|
served in
the ranks
|
07.03.1942
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR [emergency commission]
|
05.04.1944
|
-
|
30.03.1944
|
33
Maintenance Unit
|
30.03.1944
|
-
|
29.06.1944
|
pilot, 222
Squadron RAF
[shot down at 08.48 hrs on a beachhead
patrol in his Spitfire Mk LFIX, MK 797, by the Fw190 of Leutnant Wilhelm
Hofmann, Officer Commanding 8th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 26 south west of
Lisieux]
|
|
Bastable,
John Daniel Langford
|
see: |
Army
officers' section
|
|
Bates,
Sidney Spencer
Married (1953) Cunera Cornelia Van Gelder; one
daughter, one son.
|
12.08.1911
Guildford, Surrey South-Western
-
08.1996
Guildford, Surrey South-Western
|
(A) P/O (prob)
|
07.01.1942
[115092]
|
P/O (prob)
|
07.03.1942
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
01.10.1942
(Emgcy List 1940s?) (reld 12.08.1956; retaining rank of F/Lt.)
|
(A) F/Lt. ?
|
?
|
|
MBE
|
15.12.1942
|
*
|
* Whilst on duty as Master of launch 123 on the
19th August, 1942, in company with launch 122, Pilot Officer Bates observed
that launch 122 was being attacked by some six enemy aircraft and had been set
on fire. In spite of the great risk incurred, Pilot Officer Bates at once went
to the assistance of launch 122, and was himself attacked by enemy aircraft,
but although under attack, proceeded calmly with the rescue of the survivors
of launch 122. Unfortunately launch 123 was also set on fire and suffered
casualties and had to be abandoned, the crew jumping into the sea. Pilot
Officer Bates' devotion to duty and persistence in the face of danger were
undoubtedly the cause of the saving of the lives of the surviving personnel of
the other launch. Pilot Officer Bates has served at his present base for some
six months and his keenness throughout has been an inspiration to officers and
men alike and the example he set to his crew on this particular occasion
merits the highest praise.
|
07.01.1942
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
24.02.1944
|
|
|
with his
High Speed Rescue Launch 185 Bates picked up a group 5 Dutch
"Engelandvaarders" (persons that attempted to flee occupied Dutch
territory to reach England) [see
also Dutch story of one of them, Flip Winckel & coverage
in UK press]
|
|
Baugh,
Harry Jeffrey
|
1918 / 1922 ?
-
07.05.1946
[Old Catton (St Margaret) Churchyard Norfolk, grave 65] |
Wt.Offr. |
?
[1237983] |
P/O (prob)
|
05.06.1945 [198658] |
(WS) F/O |
05.12.1945 |
|
01.1942 |
|
|
No. 22 Service Flying Training School RAF
(Thornhill) |
08.1943 |
- |
27.05.1944 |
pilot, 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF (flying
Spitfires) |
05.06.1945 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
07.05.1946 |
pilot, 64 Squadron RAF |
|
Baxter,
George
Married Joan ...; one daughter. |
06.05.1918
-
25.01.2005
Boston, Lincolnshire |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[658748] |
P/O (prob) |
09.10.1942
[133453] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
09.04.1943 |
(A) F/Lt. |
? |
(WS) F/Lt. |
09.10.1944 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
P/O |
13.05.1947
(reld 01.06.1948) |
F/O |
19.06.1951,
seniority 13.05.1947 (reld 19.06.1956) |
|
DSO |
27.04.1945 |
* |
|
DFC |
06.06.1944 |
? |
* This officer, has participated in numerous
sorties since being awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross. He has shown
the highest standard. of navigational
ability, coupled with great courage and
resolution. His faultless work, often in the face
of fierce opposition, has played an important part
in the successes obtained. Squadron Leader Baxter
has rendered much loyal and devoted service. |
Education: BA.
09.10.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1944) |
- |
(1945) |
navigator,
83 Squadron RAF (Pathfinder Force) |
13.05.1947 |
- |
01.06.1948 |
Training
Branch RAFVR |
19.06.1951 |
- |
19.06.1956 |
Training
Branch RAFVR (Commanding Officer, 2266 (Spilsby) ATC Squadron) |
Taught in grammar, modern and intermediate schools. First headmaster of Hastings High School,
Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1956, retiring after twenty three years.
|
Baxter,
James Tait
|
?
- |
P/O (prob) |
28.04.1941 [65037] |
... |
... |
|
28.04.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
|
Baxter,
Montague Frank
"Monty"
Son of Frederick George Baxter, and of Elizabeth
Elsie Botley, of Hayes, Middlesex. |
(06?).1915
Wandsworth district, London
-
22.11.1943
(MPK) [age 27]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 123] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[700748] |
P/O (prob)
|
27.06.1942 [124108] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
27.12.1942 |
|
27.06.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
22.11.1943 |
10 Squadron RAF
[Missing, presumed killed in Halifax II
serial JD146 Code ZA-V which crashed without trace on a bombing raid to Berlin.
The aircraft took off at 16:46 22.11.43 from Melbourne, UK] |
|
Baxter,
Raymond Frederic
Son of Frederick Garfield Baxter and Rosina
Baxter (née Rivers); married 1945, Sylvia Kathryn (née Johnson) (died 1996),
Boston, Mass; one son, one daughter.
|
25.01.1922
Ilford, Essex
-
15.09.2006
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
|
Sgt.
|
?
[1393158]
|
P/O (prob)
|
20.06.1943
[156134]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
20.12.1943
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
20.06.1945
|
|
MID
|
01.01.1946
|
?
|
|
Education: Ilford County High School
1940
|
-
|
1945
|
served RAFVR (flew
Spitfires in UK, Med. and Europe)
|
20.06.1943
|
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
|
|
|
|
65 Squadron RAF
|
(1943)
|
-
|
1944
|
93 Squadron RAF
|
1944
|
-
|
09.1944
|
61 Operational Training Unit
|
09.1944
|
|
|
602 Squadron RAF
|
Broadcaster and writer. Entered Forces
Broadcasting in Cairo, still as serving officer, 1945; civilian deputy Dir BFN
BBC, 1947-1949; subseq. short attachment West Region and finally joined Outside
Broadcast Dept, London; with BBC until 1966; Dir, Motoring Publicity, BMC,
1967-1968. Member Cttee of Management: RNLI, 1979- (Vice Pres., 1987-); Air
League, 1980-1985. Hon. Freeman, City of London, 1978; Liveryman, GAPAN, 1983
(Award of Merit, 1994-1995). Hon. Admiral, Assoc. of Dunkirk Little Ships,
1982-. CRAeS 1991.
Published: (with James Burke and Michael Latham) Tomorrow's World, Vol.
1, 1970, Vol. 2, 1971; Farnborough Commentary, 1980; film commentaries, articles
and reports on motoring and aviation subjects, etc.
|
Bayliss,
Albert Henry
Son (with one brother and one sister) of William Bayliss,
grocer, and Clarice Pinfold, of Middleton
Cheney.
Married ((03?).1941, Huntingdon district, Huntingdonshire) Eira May Richardson
(28.07.1918 - 05.2001), of Hemel Hempstead; one daughter. |
1919 ?
-
16.04.1943
St
Hugh’s Hospital Oxford, Oxfordshire
[age 23]
[Middleton Cheney Cemetery, Northamptonshire, Class A, Grave 139] |
Sgt. |
?
[656253] |
P/O (prob)
|
22.10.1942 [135001] |
|
02.1940 |
|
|
joined the Army |
05.1941 |
|
|
transferred to RAFVR |
22.10.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
16.04.1943 |
|
|
instructor, No. 20 (Pilot's) Advanced Flying Unit
RAF (Kidlington)
[Died following severe injuries in a flying accident.
In the cockpit of a Bolton-Paul Defiant, P/O Bayliss was waiting for the
all-clear signal to take off when another plane approached the runway with the
apparent intention of landing. Disastrously the propeller of the in-coming
plane, sliced through the cockpit and P/O Bayliss's death was instantaneous.
Information received from the Air Historical Branch
gives other details, however. He was not killed at 20 AFU on the 16th April but
he was stationed at No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School RAF at the time and
was killed in a Miles Magister # T9807 in a taxing accident involving another
aircraft. He was with a Cpl Ramsey at the time, who survived the crash. The date
of the accident is 10 April 1943 and P O Bayliss died later on the 16th in
hospital of his injuries.] |
|
Bazzard,
Charles Evan Brynmor
|
1905
Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales
-
(06?).1955
Bridgend district, Glamorgan, Wlaes |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [106833] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Beake,
Percival Harold
"Percy"
Married Evelyn Viner (? - 05.2016); two daughters.
|
17.03.1917
Quebec, Canada
-
25.06.2016
Combe Down, Somerset |
Sgt. |
?
[845864] |
P/O (prob) |
31.08.1940
[84923] |
(WS) F/O |
31.08.1941 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
31.08.1942 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
30.05.1944-10.09.1944 |
|
DFC |
05.09.1944 |
* |
|
MID |
08.06.1944 |
? |
|
LegH |
2015 |
? |
* This officer has commanded the squadron for
several months and during the period has led his formation on many sorties
against heavily defended targets with good results. He is a first class
leader whose great skill, thoroughness and untiring efforts have contributed
materially to the successes obtained. Squadron Leader Beake has destroyed 2
enemy aircraft. |
31.08.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
30.05.1944 |
- |
10.09.1944 |
Commanding Officer, 164 Squadron RAF (DFC) |
Went on to work for Unilever in the milling
business where he was based in Avonmouth and London before moving to Exeter. |
Beales,
Harry Watson
|
?
-
? |
Ldg.Acm. |
? [1056088] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 04.06.1941 [101778] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Beardon,
Graham Derek Herbert
Son of Claud Charles Beardon, and Ethel Challis,
of Ramsgate, Kent. |
(12?).1919
Thanet district, Kent
-
19.06.1940
(KIA) [age 20]
[Massicault Cemetery, Tunisia, III.F.4] |
Sgt.
|
?
[754805]
|
P/O (prob)
|
03.10.1939
[74663]
|
|
03.10.1939
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
?
|
-
|
19.06.1940
|
pilot,
213 Squadron RAF (lost in Hawker Hurricane Mk I [AK-] on patrol)
[other source indicates 11 Flying Training
School as unit on time of death]
|
|
Beattie,
William
Son of William Beattie (1861-1914), and Beatrice
Laura Coles (1863-1935).
Brother of Sq.Ldr. Hedley Beattie, RAF,
and Lt.Col. QM Thomas Leonard
Beattie, RA.
Married (28.03.1914, Alverstoke, Hampshire) Josephine Amelia Moyse-Beck; two
sons, two daughters. |
?
- |
F/O |
22.05.1940 [79432] |
(WS) F/Lt. |
09.03.1941 (reld 06.06.1945; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
|
22.05.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
17.06.1940 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) |
|
Beaumont,
Albert George
|
24.07.1894 ?
-
06.1982 ? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [102665] |
(WS) F/O |
? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining
rank of F/Lt.) |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Beaumont,
Wentworth Hubert Charles
"Wenty";
3rd Viscount Allendale, cr. 1911; Baron, 1906
Eldest son (with four brothers and one sister) of
2nd Viscount Allendale (Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont),
KG, CB, CBE, MC (1890-1956), and Violet Lucy Emily Seely(1897-1979), daughter of Sir
Charles Seely, 2nd Bt.
Succeeded father, 16.12.1956.
Married (10.02.1948, Westminster district, London; marriage dissolved 1984) Hon. Sarah
Field Ismay (16.05.1928 - ), 2nd daughter of 1st Baron
Ismay, KG, PC, GCB, CH, DSO; three sons.
|
12.09.1922
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
27.12.2002
Northumberland West district, Northumberland |
Sgt. |
?
[1379471] |
P/O (prob) |
16.07.1941 [104420] |
(WS) F/O |
16.07.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
16.07.1943 |
F/Lt. |
01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 |
|
Education: Eton.
1940 |
|
|
enlisted RAFVR |
16.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
1940 |
- |
31.05.1942 |
flew 71 Spitfire missions
[Spitfire Mk. VB, AD121 of 222 Squadron RAF,
on a Roadstead mission (attacking of enemy shipping), was hit by naval Flak and
made an emergency landing at 15:51 hrs in the area of Domburg-Westkapelle at
Walcheren, the Netherlands; captured; see
detailed story (partly in Dutch, English & German)] |
1942 |
- |
1945 |
POW in German captivity (Stalag Luft III, Sagan) |
1946 |
- |
1947 |
ADC to Viceroy of
India (Lord Mountbatten) |
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Northumberland, 1961. |
Beazley,
Hugh John Sherard
|
18.07.1916
-
13.06.2011
Wormley |
P/O (prob) |
25.09.1939
[73023] |
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
13.06.1944 |
... |
... |
|
DFC |
? |
? |
|
25.09.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Bedford,
Philip Derek
Married ...; ... children (one son?). |
09.05.1914
-
01.07.1962
Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire |
F/O |
07.01.1941 [60269] |
(WS) F/Lt. |
07.01.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 09.05.1959; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
|
Education: Leeds University; MB, ChB (Hons) 1939; MD
1947; MRCP Lond. 1950.
House surgeon, house physician and resident medical officer at Halifax General
Hospital.
07.01.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Medical Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
served in India,
Burma, France & the UK |
Medical registrar at the General Infirmary,
Leeds, for three years. Cowley Road Hospital, Oxford. |
Beevor,
Miles
|
08.03.1900 ?
-
09.1994 ? |
P/O (prob) |
18.04.1941 [63921] |
(WS) F/O |
? (reld 05.03.1943; retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
|
18.04.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(07.1941) |
|
|
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
|
Bell,
Alexander Beaty
Son (with one sister) of Harrison Bell (1880-1956), and Constance Alice Beaty
(1876-1940).
Married ((12?).1933, Paddington district, London) Gladys Gwendoline "Gwen"
Crees (25.01.1904 - 08.1999); one daughter, one son. |
10.05.1907
Southampton, South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
26.11.1980
Everton, Lymington, Southampton district, Hampshire |
(A) P/O (prob) |
12.12.1941 [113914] |
P/O (prob) |
12.02.1942 |
(WS) F/O |
01.10.1942 |
|
12.12.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
25.03.1942 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) |
His son writes: "I vaguely recall mention of
various UK postings including Grangeover Sands? He was posted to India (Bombay?)
in I think 1944 or 1945 and probably did not return until late 1945 or maybe
1946. He travelled out and back by Sea via Suez. He was not a flyer and I think
he was involved with supply and equipment. I recall mention of involvement in
(suppressing?) riots in India - presumably in the separatist problems in advance
of Partition." |
Bell,
James Steven
"Jim"
Son of Lachlan Steven Bell and Mary (née Bertram).
|
30.09.1914
Whitehaven district, Cumberland
-
20.11.2000
Whitehaven district, Cumberland
|
T/Sgt.
|
19.02.1943 [1390484]
|
F/Sgt.
|
?
|
P/O (prob)
|
12.10.1944
[186997]
|
P/O
|
12.04.1945
|
(WS) F/O
|
12.04.1945
(reld 1946)
|
Nigerian Police Medal, 1963. Order of Bahrain
1st class, 1983. Bahrain Public Security Medal for Distinguished Service,
1988.
|
Education: Whitehaven School
1933
|
-
|
1935
|
Corporal,
Grenadier
Guards A Cadet
|
Served
Kent County Constabulary, 1935-1941
|
1941
|
-
|
1944
|
served
in the ranks, RAFVR
|
12.10.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
(1944?)
|
|
|
69
Squadron RAF
|
(1945)
|
|
|
166
Squadron RAF
|
Distinguished career in the Nigerian Colonial Police,
1946-1964 (from 1962 Commissioner of Police, Western Region), and then Bahrain
Public Security, Ministry of the Interior (lastly as Lt.Gen. & Director General), Bahrain until he
retired (1966-1993).
|
Bell,
Joseph Clifford
Son (with two brothers) of Andrew Bell (1872-1948),
and Florence Maud Biddle (1873-1932).
Married 1st (31.08.1935, Croydon district, London) Alice Rosetta Owen
(09.09.1911-), daughter of Edward Owen (1865-), and Rosetta Clarke (1875-1945);
one daughter.
Married 2nd (21.10.1946, Croydon district, London) Irene Winifred Osborne
(25.11.1922 - 28.04.2005), daughter (with one brother) of Thomas Jephta Osborne
(1891-1957), and Lilian McEwan (1891-); one daughter. |
01.09.1907
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
-
16.01.1981
Galmpton, Torbay district, Devon |
(A) P/O (prob) |
01.08.1941 [103097] |
P/O (prob) |
01.10.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
|
39|45 St |
- |
- |
|
Bur St |
- |
- |
|
DefM |
- |
- |
|
WM 39|45 |
- |
- |
|
Bank clerk.
|
|
|
No. 74 Officers' Course RAF |
01.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
01.02.1942 |
|
|
transferred, RAF Regiment |
29.03.1944 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special
Duties Branch) |
|
Bellerby,
Peter Alfred
|
27.12.1920
Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire
-
06.11.2007
York ?
|
Wt.Offr.
|
?
[1217383]
|
P/O (prob)
|
04.06.1945
[199333]
|
...
|
...
|
Gp.Capt.
|
01.07.1971
(retd 30.04.1974)
|
|
04.06.1945
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
pilot,
Coastal Command
|
|
|
|
permanent
commission, RAF
|
...
|
-
|
...
|
...
|
|
Belton,
Jack Stewart
Son of ... Belton, and ... Parker.
Married ((03?).1944, Evesham district, Worcestershire) Margot L. Wenyon. |
13.09.1919
Ware district, Hertfordshire / Oxfordshire /
Buckinghamshire / Middlesex
-
12.1996
Kensington and chelsea district, London |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[908823] |
P/O (prob) |
21.12.1940, seniority 06.12.1940 [61018] |
(WS) F/O |
21.12.1941, seniority 06.12.1941 |
(A) F/Lt. |
(1942) |
(WS) F/Lt. |
01.09.1942 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
(1944) |
|
DFC |
26.05.1942 |
* |
|
DFC |
12.11.1943 |
** |
|
MID |
08.06.1944 |
? |
* This officer maintained a high standard of
keenness and devotion to duty. His cheerful disposition and outlook have
always been an asset to squadron morale.
** As flight commander during a period of ten months, this officer has made
a very important contribution to his squadron's success. During a recent
raid, while flying in very bad weather, one engine in his aircraft became
unserviceable. By the exercise of determination and skill, however, Sqn.
Ldr. Belton was successful in extricating his aircraft and crew from a
perilous situation and in making safe landing at base. |
21.12.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1942) |
|
|
77 Squadron RAF (DFC) |
(1943) |
|
|
466 (RAAF) Squadron (Bar to DFC) |
14.07.1947 |
- |
14.07.1954 |
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (Reconstituted Section) |
|
Bennett,
Peter
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104738] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bennett,
Thomas
"Tom"
|
27.01.1919
Poplar, London
-
09.01.2013 |
Sgt. |
?
[917444] |
P/O (prob) |
14.10.1942 [135020] |
(WS) F/O |
14.04.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
14.10.1944 |
F/O |
12.09.1946, seniority 14.10.1943 |
F/Lt. |
13.09.1946, seniority 14.04.1946 |
|
DFM |
09.02.1943 |
? |
|
14.10.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
12.09.1946 |
|
|
extended service commission |
26.03.1955 |
|
|
RAF
Reserve of Officers (retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
|
Bennie,
Malcolm
|
(09?).1894
Litherland, West Derby district, Lancashire
-
(09?).1960
Preston district, Lancashire |
P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101642] |
(WS) F/O |
18.09.1942 |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Benson,
James Gillies
"Ben"
Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Alfred Barker Benson (1873-1947), and Isabella Gillies
(1875-1938), of Chipstead, Surrey.
Married (07.05.1943, All Saints, Kenley, Surrey) Jean Muriel Waugh (19.07.1920
- 01.11.2008), elder daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Percival
J. Roy Waugh (1887-1952), and Margaret Dougall McEwan (1896-1978), of Kenley, Surrey; three daughters, one son.
|
17.07.1914
Tufnell Park, Islington district, London
-
12.07.1987
Lower Froyle, Hampshire |
Acm. ? |
06.1939 [754580] |
Sgt. |
1939 |
P/O (prob) |
06.07.1940 [81365] |
(WS) F/O |
06.07.1941 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
06.07.1942 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
07.1944 |
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
20.04.1945 (demobilized 10.1945) (reld 05.03.1947; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) |
(A) W/Cdr. |
21.01.1945 |
F/O |
05.03.1947, seniority 21.01.1947 [91287] (reld 05.03.1957) |
|
DSO |
13.03.1945 |
* |
|
DFC |
02.10.1942 |
** |
|
DFC |
20.10.1944 |
*** |
* These officers [(A) W/Cdr. J.G. Benson &
(A) Sq.Ldr. L. Brandon] have displayed the
highest standard of skill and determination. As pilot and observer
respectively they have completed a very large number of sorties and have
inflicted much loss on the enemy. Among their successes is the destruction
of 10 enemy aircraft, the last of which they shot down one night in January,
1945. Their devotion to duty has been unfailing.
** Flying Officer Benson and Pilot Officer [L.] Brandon have flown together in
night operations as pilot and observer respectively. One night in February,
1942, they destroyed a Dornier 217. In a previous sortie, Flying Officer
Benson destroyed a Heinkel III. Both these officers have always displayed a
high standard of efficiency and devotion to duty.
*** Squadron Leader Benson has completed a large number of sorties. He has
been responsible for the destruction of at least five enemy aircraft and six
flying bombs; he has also effectively attacked several locomotives and
supply trucks. This officer has shown a fine fighting spirit and his
gallantry and determination have been exceptional. |
Education: Westminster School.
Worked for Esso Petroleum Ltd.
06.1939 |
|
|
joined RAFVR; flying training at No. 15 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training
School RAF (Redhill) |
01.09.1939 |
|
|
called up
for service |
18.09.1939 |
- |
20.10.1939 |
No. 1
Initial Training Wing RAF (Cambridge) |
21.10.1939 |
- |
06.03.1940 |
No. 6
Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Sywell) |
07.03.1940 |
- |
06.07.1940 |
No. 8
Flying Training School RAF (Montrose) |
06.07.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
07.07.1940 |
- |
23.07.1940 |
5
Operational Training Unit RAF (Aston Down) |
24.07.1940 |
- |
early 1941 |
pilot, 141 Squadron RAF
(Prestwick) |
early 1941 |
- |
1941 |
Operational
Conversion Unit RAF (Scotland) |
1941 |
- |
10.1941 |
instructor,
62 Operational Training Unit RAF |
10.1941 |
- |
16.07.1942 |
pilot, 141 Squadron RAF
(Prestwick) |
17.07.1942 |
- |
26.10.1942 |
instructor, 62 Operational Training Unit RAF (Usworth) |
27.10.1942 |
- |
15.02.1943 |
instructor,
54 Operational Training Unit RAF (Charter Hall) |
16.02.1943 |
- |
20.01.1945 |
pilot (from
07.1944 Flight Commander), 157 Squadron RAF (Castle Camps) |
21.01.1945 |
- |
10.1945 |
Commanding
Officer,
1692 Bomber Support Training Unit RAF (Great Massingham) |
05.03.1947 |
- |
19.08.1949 |
613 Squadron RAuxAF (Ringway, Manchester) |
19.08.1949 |
- |
05.03.1957 |
RAuxAF Reserve of Officers |
Gained civil aviator's licence (No. 21569)
13.08.1946, having service qualified. Returned to Esso as aviation manager, from
1956 marketing manager, retiring in 1974.
Literature: Lewis Brandon, Night flyer : the success story of RAF 100
Group Mosquitoes over the German night fighters (1999). |
Bent,
Thomas Alfred
Son of ... Bent, and ... Panphilon.
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?). |
07.07.1915
Hackney district, London
-
10.1998
Penzance district, Cornwall |
Cpl. |
? [1262814] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
09.09.1943 [155659] |
P/O (prob) |
04.11.1943 |
(WS) F/O |
04.05.1944 |
|
09.09.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and
miscellaneous duties) [emergency
commission] |
|
Beresford,
Frank
Son of William Beresford (1877-1950), and Sarah Ann
Hickman (1872-1951), of Walsall, Staffordshire.
Married ((09?).1938, Walsall, Staffordshire) Muriel Foxall (06.05.1918 -
03.1999), of Bloxwich, Walsall; one daughter. Muriel Beresford remarried
((12?).1946) Frederick J. Sunderland. |
1917 ?
-
11.04.1945
(KIA) [age 28]
[Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany, 8.J.37] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1436983] |
P/O (prob) |
07.11.1942 [131763] |
(WS) F/O |
07.05.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
07.11.1944 |
|
07.11.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
11.04.1945 |
navigator, 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF |
|
Berger,
Herbert Otto
"Bert"
Son of Frederick Berger, and Fanny H.A. Berger ? |
(03?).1914
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
16.01.1945
[age 30/31?]
[Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany, coll. grave 14.Z.2-7] |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1455027] |
Sgt. |
? |
P/O (prob) |
23.12.1943 [169506] |
(WS) F/O |
23.06.1944 |
|
DFM |
21.04.144 |
? |
|
23.12.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
101
Squadron RAF (DFM) |
? |
- |
16.01.1945 |
flight
engineer, 100
Squadron RAF
[Lancaster bomber PA189 (HW-P) was airborne
17:31 hrs from Grimsby to bomb the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil complex at
Zeitz. Crashed at Questenberg, some 4 km NE of Rossla on the Nordhausen to
Sangeerhausen road. Complete crew of seven was killed.] |
|
Bergl,
Maurice Balfour Wright
|
?
-
Australia |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 25.06.1941 [104150] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Berman,
Monty Morris
|
?
- |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
? [1204122] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 12.06.1941 [101767] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bertaut,
Harold George
|
26.11.1902
Ecclesall Bierlow district, West Riding of
Yorkshire
-
07.1985
Winchester district, Hampshire |
(A)P/O (prob) |
14.02.1941 [61193] |
P/O (prob) |
19.04.1941 |
P/O |
14.02.1942 |
(WS) F/O |
19.04.1942 |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.01.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
(1945) |
|
14.02.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1945) |
|
|
in charge
of Accountant Officers' Course |
|
Best,
Charles Brian
Son of Thomas Henry Lark Best and Elsie Brown.
|
1916 ?
Willoughby, Sydney, NSW, Australia
-
16.09.1944
[Reichswald Forest Cemetery, Germany, joint grave 26, C, 10-11]
|
(A) P/O (prob)
|
14.12.1938
[41366]
|
P/O (prob)
|
03.09.1939
|
P/O
|
06.10.1939
|
F/O
|
03.09.1940
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
?
|
(A) Sq.Ldr.
|
?
|
|
DFC
|
22.10.1940
|
for
carrying out 26 operational flights *
|
* During night operations late in 1940 against
enemy invasion bases, Best showed great ingenuity and foresight in planning
his missions. His courage and initiative had been of the highest order, and
the results achieved were highly successful.
|
Airline pilot in Canada.
14.12.1938
|
|
|
joined
RAF - General Duties Branch [short service commission]
|
(1940)
|
|
|
40 Squadron
RAF
|
?
|
-
|
16.09.1944
|
Squadron Leader (Pilot), 515 Squadron
RAF
[crashed with his Mosquito VI PZ184 3P- at
02.54 hrs some 5 km N of Achmer, a village 5 km WSW from Bransche on a bomber
support mission to Germany]
|
|
Beuttell,
Robert Gerard
Son of Alfred William Beuttell (1880-1965), lighting engineer and inventor,
and Ida Augusta Locke (1891-), of Malmesbury, Wiltshire. |
(03?).1918
Wandsworth district, London
-
21.01.1945
[age 26]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 265] |
F/O |
06.03.1943
[139631] |
(T) F/Lt. |
20.01.1944 |
|
|
|
|
invented
the integrating nephelometer during World War II |
06.03.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
21.01.1945 |
518
Squadron RAF |
|
Bickers,
Kenneth George
"Ken"
Son of James Bickers, and Emily Gertrude A.
Ashford, of Bitterne Park, Hampshire.
|
(09?).1922
Southampton district, Hampshire
-
24.03.1944
(MPK) [age 21]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 200]
|
(T) F/Sgt.
|
?
[657559]
|
P/O (prob)
|
14.03.1942
[122345]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
01.10.1942
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
?
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
29.02.1944
|
(A) Sq.Ldr.
|
?
|
|
DFC
|
30.04.1943
|
*
|
* This officer has completed 20 operational
missions, invariably displaying skill and determination in pressing home his
attacks. One night in April, 1943, Flight Lieutenant Bickers captained an
aircraft detailed to attack Duisburg. During the homeward flight, whilst over
enemy territory, the aircraft was attacked by an enemy fighter. The first
burst of fire from the attacker killed the rear gunner, severely wounded the
mid-upper gunner and set the rear turret on fire. For twenty minutes the enemy
aircraft continued its attacks and only the skilful evading tactics employed
by Flight Lieutenant Bickers prevented the bomber from being shot down. The
elevator trimming gear was put out of action, the engine controls were
damaged, the wireless apparatus and the hydraulic system were rendered
unserviceable; many instruments were destroyed while one of the port petrol
tanks was pierced, causing its contents to leak away. In spite of the
tremendous odds, Flight Lieutenant Bickers, displaying superb airmanship, flew
the badly damaged aircraft to an airfield in this country where he effected a
successful crash landing. In the face of a most perilous situation this officer
displayed courage, skill and fortitude of a high order.
|
14.03.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
(1943)
|
-
|
03.1944
|
103
Squadron RAF (DFC)
[Airborne 1839 24.03.1944 from Elsham Wolds for an
operation against Berlin in Lancaster ME665 PM-C. Homebound, came down 2 km E
of Luckenwalde and exploded with great force; three crew members were found
and are buried at Berlin, four others were not found. Sq.Ldr. Bickers was on
the third sortie of his second tour, and at 21, he was one of the youngest
flight commanders to be killed on Bomber Command operations.]
|
|
Bickley-Roe,
William Andrew
Married ((09?).1939, Brentford district, Middlesex) Sarah J.I. Greensitt; ...
children (one daughter?). |
29.01.1912
-
02.1990
Burnley & Pendle district, Lancashire |
Sgt. |
?
[1293118] |
P/O (prob) |
30.08.1941 [104328] |
(WS) F/O |
30.08.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
30.05.1944 |
|
30.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
with Bomber
Command (Europe), then Africa flying Blenheim bombers, then Transport Command
flying Dakotas over Burma |
|
Bicknell,
John Conway
Son of John Lloyd Bicknell (1892-), and of Maude
Elizabeth Sturgess, of Clifton, Bristol.
Married (24.06.1944, Ware district, Hertfordshire) Dorothy Blanche Moram
(23.03.1921 - 13.11.1986), daughter (with one sister) of Edward Bignall Moram
(1889-1930), and Charlotte Elizabeth Whitaker (1881-1971). Dorothy Bicknell
remarried (1949) Robert S. Surridge. |
(12?).1921
St Pancras district, London
-
10.07.1944
[Standon (St Mary) Churchyard, Hertfordshire,
east of church] |
F/Sgt. |
?
[925011] |
P/O (prob) |
10.09.1942 [135156] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
10.03.1943 |
|
DFC |
20.04.1943 |
* |
* Pilot Officer Bicknell is a cool,
calculating navigator. He has taken part in a large number of sorties,
including five sea searches, and has participated in several other
operations. His work has been worthy of high praise. |
Education: King Edward School, Whitley, Godalming,
Surrey.
09.1939 |
|
|
joined
RAFVR (Uxbridge) |
12.02.1942 |
|
|
first
operation |
10.09.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
12.05.1943 |
226
Squadron RAF (DFC) |
13.05.1943 |
- |
? |
13
Operational Training Unit RAF (Bicester) |
? |
- |
10.07.1944 |
21 Squadron
RAF
[Mosquito VI NS 959 piloted by F/Lt. W.B.
Adams crash landed at Thorney Island after a night sortie over France, killing
both crew members] |
|
Bielby,
Robert James
Son of ... Bielby, and ... Lovett. |
06.01.1921
Stow district, Suffolk
-
(12?).1983
Beverley district, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Wt.Offr. |
?
[1078254] |
P/O (prob) |
04.03.1945 [197806] |
(WS) F/O |
04.09.1945 |
|
39|45 St |
- |
- |
|
Atl St |
- |
- |
|
Def M |
- |
- |
|
WM 39|45 |
- |
- |
|
04.03.1945 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
wireless
operator/air gunner |
|
Biggerstaff,
Sydney Albert
|
?
-
? |
Sgt. |
? [504825] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 08.05.1941 [101738] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bignal,
James Seward Withers
Married 1st ((09?).1936, Romsey district, Hampshire)
Marjorie H. Coleman.
Married 2nd ((03?).1946, Reading district, Berkshire) Margaret A. Cunliffe
(earlier Mrs Philip A. Alexander). |
04.08.1909
Tisbury district, Wiltshire
-
03.1980
Knowlsey district, Merseyside |
Sgt. |
?
[365655] |
P/O (prob) |
01.04.1940 [78716] |
(WS) F/O |
01.04.1941 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
01.04.1942 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
(1944) |
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
10.11.1944 |
(A) W/Cdr. |
(1944) |
Sq.Ldr. |
20.03.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 |
W/Cdr. |
01.07.1950 |
Gp.Capt. (Suppl. List) |
01.07.1962 (retd 08.02.1965) |
|
DFC |
30.06.1944 |
? |
|
DFC |
14.11.1944 |
? |
|
AFC |
01.09.1942 |
? |
|
01.04.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
07.1943 |
- |
(1944) |
105
Squadron RAF (DFC and Bar) |
20.03.1947 |
|
|
permanent commission, RAF (Aircraft Control Branch Branch) |
|
Bignell,
Alfred Henry
Son of Alfred Henry Bignell (1897-), and Iris
Victoria Couch (1900-). |
01.04.1921
Plymouth district, Devon
-
28.01.2000 |
Cpl. |
?
[1321901] |
P/O (prob) |
30.12.1942 [138073] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
30.06.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
30.12.1944 |
|
DFC |
27.06.1944 |
? |
|
|
|
|
trained in
Canada |
30.12.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
50 Squadron
RAF |
|
Billings,
D R
|
?
-
?
|
P/O (prob)
|
? |
... |
... |
Sq.Ldr. |
(03.1945) |
|
? |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch?) [emergency commission] |
(03.1945) |
|
|
Officer
Commanding of a RAF unit in Iceland |
|
Binham,
Ronald James
Son of Harry Binham, and Florence May Collings, of
Brynmill, Swansea. |
(09?).1921
Brynmill, Swansea district, Glamorgan
-
11.01.1943
(killed on active service) [age 21]
[Wrexham Cemetery, Denbighshire, D.9510] |
Sgt. |
?
[929619] |
P/O (prob) |
17.08.1942 [134044] |
|
17.08.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
11.01.1943 |
navigator,
81 Operational Training Unit RAF
[Whitley Mk. V LA766 took off 16:07 hrs from
Whitchurch Heath for an evening cross-country training with a screened pilot,
navigator, wireless operator and five pupils. Crashed at 20:50 hrs, having
acknowledged four QDMs [= international Q-code signal for magnetic course to
steer], some 23 miles from base at Gwernto Bach between Bwlchgwyn and Rhydtalog
near Wrexham in the county of Denbigh. All were killed; four of them being
interred at Wrexham, the rest taken home for burial.] |
|
Binns,
Norman
|
21.06.1905
Rastrick, Yorkshire
-
(03?).1979
Bradford district, West Yorkshire |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104739] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Birbeck,
Clive Robert
"Joe"
|
?
- |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1277445] |
P/O (prob) |
18.10.1941
[108990] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
18.10.1943 |
|
18.10.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1943) |
|
|
pilot, 41
Squadron RAF
[was on a Ramrod operation (escorting
bombers) in the afternoon when his Spitfire XII [EN608] got engine trouble after
combat with a Focke-Wulf Fw190; Birbeck baled out safely south of Selsey & was
rescued] |
(1945) |
|
|
pilot, 127
Squadron RAF
[while on an armed reconnaissance over
Maassluis on 17.01.1945 with Spitfire XVI [RK896] the aircraft was hit by flak
and crashed at Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, the Netherlands; Birbeck baled
out safely & was captured] |
|
Birch,
George William
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [102224] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Birkbeck,
Joseph Frank Thomas Englefield
Changed name to Joseph Englefield in 1948.
Married Katharine Coleman; four children. |
28.12.1913
Rome, Italy
-
25.03.1975
Oxford, Oxfordshire |
P/O (prob) |
19.09.1939
[74055] |
P/O |
19.09.1940 |
(WS) F/O |
19.09.1940 |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.03.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt.
|
08.01.1944 |
F/Lt. |
01.11.1947,
seniority 01.09.1945 (reld 23.05.1948; medical unfitness for air force
service; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(T) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
|
19.09.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Bishop,
Donald Leslie Claude
Son of William Leslie Bishop (1897-), and Vivianne M. Lovegrove. |
(12?).1923
Croydon district, London
- |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1339349] |
P/O (prob) |
09.07.1943 [152736] |
(WS) F/O |
09.01.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
09.07.1945 (reld 30.03.1948) |
|
09.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bizzell,
Dennis Eli
Son (with two sisters) of Montague Alexander Bizzell
(1881-1964), and Gladys Mary Webbe (1897-1989).
Married (04.08.1941, Pontypridd district, Glamorgan)
Doreen May Lester (03.01.1924 - 05.07.2013), daughter of Edwin Lester, and Annie
Ruck; two sons. |
14.10.1922
Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey
-
15.09.2005
Witney, Oxford district, Oxfordshire |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1338057] |
P/O (prob) |
01.08.1944 [182597] |
(WS) F/O |
01.02.1945 |
|
01.08.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
His son writes: "Entered service 20/10/41, Flight
Sgt at 4 A.S. Benoni, S. Africa 27/11/42-20/2/43. Then 24 A.S. Nigel
20/2/43-20/7/43; IFTC Cape Town 22/7/43-25/7/43. Came back to UK 12/8/43 then
many UK postings. First record of P/O 3/10/44 at 17 S.F.T.S think that was at
Cranwell. Last entry 10/9/45." |
Black,
Edward Loring
Son of William Kelsie Black (1876-1937), a park keeper, and Charlotte
Daniels (1884-1982).
Married (28.12.1938) Edith Olivia Stradling Davies; one son.
|
03.05.1915
Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth
district, Warwickshire
-
06.2005
Cheshire East district, Cheshire
|
Acm.
|
1940 [1360331]
|
Sgt.
|
?
|
P/O (prob)
|
03.04.1943
[141382]
|
P/O
|
03.04.1944
(reld 01.12.1945)
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
?
|
|
Education: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton
Coldfield; St. Catharine's College, Cambridge
University (BA, 1936; MA, 1944); University of Manchester (M.Ed., 1953)
1940
|
|
|
called up in summer 1940, trained at Blackpool and was stationed at
RAF Silloth, where he trained radio operators for aircrews; he later was stationed
at RAF Thornaby before RAF Yatesbury
|
03.04.1943
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
in June 1944
he also taught meteorology
|
11.1945
|
|
|
returned to
the UK after service in India
|
Grammar school teacher, Leeds, England, 1936-46;
Loughborough Teachers Training College, Loughborough, England, lecturer in
English, 1946-50; University of Manchester, Manchester, England, lecturer in
education, 1950-61; Mercer House (teachers' training college), Melbourne,
Australia, vice-principal, 1962; Northicote School, Wolverhampton, England,
senior English master, 1963; Poulton-le-Fylde Teachers' Training College,
Lancashire, England, principal English lecturer, 1963-67; Middleton St. George
College of Education, principal, 1967-...
Published: (with Alec Henry Lawley) Precis
and Comprehension Practice (1953); (with Edward Rudolf Wood) First Year
English (1961); (with Wood) Second Year English (1961); (with Wood) Third
Year English (1962); (with Wood) Fourth Year English (1962); Manual
of Instructions for Comprehension Test for Training College Students (1962);
(with Wood) Fifth Year English (1963, revised edition, 1969)
Edited: (with Alec Henry Lawley) Sporting Scenes, (1956); (with
John Pearce Parry) Youth on the Prow: A Prose Anthology (1956); (with
Parry) Aspects of the Short Story (1956); (with Parry) Starting Work:
A Prose Anthology (1957); (with A.E.G. Roberts) Animal Stories of Today
(1957); Recent Short Stories (1960); Schooldays: A Prose Anthology
(1964); Nine Modern Poets: An Anthology (1966); (and author of
commentary) Cecil Scott Forester, Death to the French (1967); Passport
to Poetry (1968); 1914-18 in Poetry (1971)
|
Black,
Sidney Charles
Married ...; two sons, one daughter. |
04.10.1892
South Africa
-
14.08.1977
Brighton, East Sussex |
T/2nd Lt. |
18.09.1918 [03144] |
F/Lt. |
? (retd 18.11.1928) |
F/Lt. |
01.09.1939, seniority 07.09.1936 (reld
11.10.1944; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(T) Sq.Ldr. |
01.12.1941 |
|
MM |
? |
? |
|
18.09.1918 |
- |
18.11.1928 |
commissioned, RAF |
18.11.1928 |
- |
07.05.1938 |
Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class C) |
07.05.1938 |
- |
01.09.1939 |
Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class CC) |
01.09.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
24.04.1940 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) |
|
Black,
Thomas John
|
17.05.1914
-
? |
F/Sgt. |
? [1092119] |
P/O (prob) |
28.05.1944 [178082] |
(WS) F/O |
28.11.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
28.05.1946 |
|
28.05.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Blackburn,
Basil John
Married Gwendoline Beryl Rowbotham
(1918-2008); one son. |
13.06.1915
Hackney district, London
-
18.07.1970
Hendon district, Middlesex |
Sgt. |
?
[1256301] |
P/O (prob) |
06.01.1942
[115106] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
06.01.1944 |
|
DFC |
07.07.1944 |
four victories |
|
06.01.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
1943 |
- |
04.1944 |
145
Squadron RAF (Italy) |
02.04.1944 |
- |
14.05.1944 |
Flight
Commander, 72 Squadron RAF (Italy) (DFC) |
|
Blair,
Fred William
|
?
-
?
|
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1365925] |
P/O (prob)
|
13.03.1942 [118823] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
26.10.1942, seniority 01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 20.01.1957;
retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
(A) F/Lt. |
(03.1945) |
|
13.03.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
26.10.1942 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for
administrative and miscellaneous duties) |
(03.1945) |
|
|
officer in
a RAF unit in Iceland |
|
Blignaut,
Aegidius Jean
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101644] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Blundell,
Geoffrey Norman
"Geoff"
Son on of Bt. Col. Charles Wilson Blundell, OBE, TD (1864-1939), and Annie
Kate Sydenham (1872-?), of Plymouth, Devon.
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Charles Sydenham
Blundell, RNVR.
Married ((12?).1939, Kingsbridge district, Devonshire) Janet H. Lowein
((06?).1918 - ), daughter of Arthur E. Lowein, and Kathleen M.Yates; two sons, two daughters. |
19.09.1916
Plymouth, Devonshire
-
10.10.1985
Hobart, Tasmania |
P/O (prob) |
10.10.1939
* [75039] |
P/O |
10.10.1940 |
(WS) F/O |
10.10.1940 |
(A) F/Lt. |
(11.1943) |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.01.1945, seniority 01.01.1944 |
* Oct 1940 Air Force List gives seniority
02.12.1939 |
Education: Sherbourne College (1930.2-1934; Vb;
Trebles; L/Cpl. in Officer Training Corps);
Aero-Engineering College, Chelsea.
Obtained civil aviator's certificate (No. 14606) taken on D.H. Moth Gipsy I 85
h.p. at Brooklands Flying Club on 18.11.1936.
10.10.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for special duties)
[emergency commission] |
24.04.1940 |
|
|
transferred,
Technical Branch |
|
|
|
served as an aeronautical
engineer in North Africa and Malta |
Managing director, Messrs. C.W. Blundell and Company
(Thurlestone, South Devon). Emigrated to Australia 1951. Fishing boat owner and
operator in Hobart, Tasmania. |
Blunsom,
Philip
|
28.08.1908
Wellingborough district, Bedfordshire /
Northamptonshire
-
02.1992
Scunthorpe district, Lincolnshire
|
(A) P/O (prob)
|
19.12.1941
[114209]
|
P/O (prob)
|
19.02.1942
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
01.10.1942
(Emgcy List) (reld ; retaining rank
of F/Lt.)
|
|
19.12.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
signals
officer (codes & cyphers); arrived 1942 at Heliopolis (Egypt), served
probably in Africa and was captured by ELAS/EAM in Kifissia, Athens at AHQ at
19.12.1944
|
|
Boast,
Herbert Sidney
|
06.09.1902
Brighton, Sussex
-
(03?).1979
Penzance district, Cornwall |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104740] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Boath,
Douglas William Kiddie
Son (with one sister) of William Kiddie Boath (1880-1958), and Elizabeth
Robertson Brown (1876-1954).
Married (31.01.1942, Glenmuick, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) Jean Helen
Anderson (22.09.1922 - ), daughter of Charles Johnstone Anderson (1892-1948),
and Williamina Pringle (1889-1980); three
sons, one daughter. |
17.04.1919
Ferry Port on Craig, Tayport, Fife, Scotland
-
12.12.1959
Maybury Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
11.03.1939
[744992] |
Ldg.Acm. |
12.03.1939 |
(A) Sgt. |
24.03.1940 |
(T) Sgt. |
14.09.1940 |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
06.12.1940 |
Acm. 1st cl. |
23.05.1941 |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 16.06.1941 [104148] |
P/O (prob) |
15.10.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (reld 15.05.1946) (last day of service 06.08.1946) (Emgcy
List) (reld 01.07.1959; retaining rank of F/O) |
|
Education: Tayport HG Public School (1931-1932); Harris Academy, Dundee
(1932-1934).
Bank clerk, Royal Bank of Scotland, Hilltoun, Dundee, 1939.
11.03.1939 |
|
|
enlisted
with RAFVR at Perth Training Centre RAF (under training Air Observer) |
02.09.1939 |
|
|
mobilized,
Perth Training Centre RAF |
09.10.1939 |
|
|
reserve
commission |
20.01.1940 |
|
|
No. 4
Bombing & Gunnery School RAF (West Freugh) |
23.03.1940 |
|
|
254
Squadron RAF (Acting Air Observer, 14.09.1940 Air Observer)) |
07.12.1940 |
|
|
RAF Station
Dyce (Aircraft Hand Clerk Special Duties, 23.05.1941 Clerk Special Duties) |
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
course,
Observer School RAF, Uxbridge |
05.09.1941 |
|
|
HQ 14 Group
RAF (supplementary; operations room duties) |
06.09.1941 |
|
|
Flying
School HQ Dyce (for operations room duties) |
04.02.19421 |
|
|
RAF Station
Dyce (supplementary; pending posting overseas) |
15.02.1942 |
|
|
HQ 224
Group RAF (Far East) (for operations room duties) |
06.06.1942 |
|
|
RAF Station
Alipore (India) (for operations room duties) |
|
|
|
221 Group
RAF |
15.12.1942 |
|
|
293 Wing
RAF (India) (M. Liaison) |
01.03.1943 |
|
|
RAF Station
Vizagatapam (India) (M.L.C.?) |
30.11.1943 |
|
|
173 Wing
RAF (Air Command South East Asia) (N./E.S. supplementary) |
28.03.1944 |
|
|
BHQ Bombay
(N./E.S. supplementary) |
19.04.1944 |
|
|
Personnel
Holding Unit RAF Morecambe (28 Group RAF) (supplementary; for disembarkation &
sick leave) |
24.06.1944 |
|
|
Personnel
Holding Unit RAF Morcombe (28 Group RAF) (supplementary; embarkation leave
pending posting) |
16.07.1944 |
|
|
HQ Air
Defence Great Britain (filter room supplementary) |
20.07.1944 |
|
|
RAF Station
Turnhouse (controller supplementary) |
27.11.1944 |
|
|
RAF Station
North Stead |
06.06.1945 |
- |
25.07.1945 |
No. 65
Accountant Officers' Course, School of Administration & Accounting, Hereford |
25.07.1945 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Accountant Branch) |
25.07.1945 |
|
|
RAF Station
[Predarnock ??] |
24.12.1945 |
|
|
RAF Station
Keevil (accounts supplementary) |
01.03.1946 |
|
|
RAF Station
Turnhouse (accounts) |
15.05.1946 |
|
|
No. 100
Personnel Dispatch Centre (accounts) |
|
Boileau,
Ferdinand Percy
|
02.12.1907
Lewisham district, Kent
-
(03?).1982
Hove district, East Sussex |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 04.07.1941 [104161] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Boiston,
John Rochester
Son (with two sisters) of
Lt.Cdr. William Rochester Boiston, RN
(1887-1945), and
Edith Bradfrod (1884-1969), of Gillingham, Kent, England. |
22.03.1920
Gillingham, Kent
-
29.07.1942
[age 22]
[Estevan Cemetery, Sask., Canada, sec. 8, plot 1, lot 12] |
Flt.Sgt. |
?
[741832] |
P/O (prob) |
06.10.1942,
seniority 01.06.1942
[129507] |
|
Education: Mathematical School, Rochester.
Was engaged with the Chatham Water Co. before joining up.
01.06.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
06.1942? |
- |
29.07.1942 |
instructor, No. 38 Service Flying Training School (RAF) in Estevan,
Saskatchewan, Canada
[killed in a Menasco Moth accident at 11
a.m., 29 July] |
|
Bold,
Philip Everard
|
03.1903
Islington district, London
-
09.1987
Basford district, Derbyshire /
Nottinghamshire |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104741] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bompas,
Richard Mason
Son (with one brother) of George Cuthbert Bompas
(1870-1929), and Katherine Baylay (1884-1976).
Married ((06?).1935, Chelsea district, Middlesex) Marion Grahame Willoughby Gee
(14.09.1906 - 05.01.1994). |
30.03.1908
Bradford, North Bierley district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
17.04.1993
Tabors Sound, Low Moresby, Whitehaven district, Cumberland |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104742] |
P/O (prob) |
15.10.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
01.08.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954;
retaining rank of Sqn.Ldr.) |
(A) Sqn.Ldr. |
(1945) |
|
MBE |
06.1965 |
HM's birthday 1965 |
|
LM |
30.01.1945 |
? |
|
Hospital Appeals Organiser.
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
Administrator and Founder of the West Cumberland
Hospital 1949-1976.
|
Bond
*,
Hedleigh St George
"Tim" / "Bobby"
Son of Capt. Hedleigh St. George Bond,
Royal Canadian Engineers (died 1917), and Janet Clarisse Crowley (1894-1983)
(from 1921 Mrs Clement Arthur West, from 1949 Mrs Henry Cordy).
Married 1st ((12?).1939, Chelsea district, London) Rosemary E. Watson; one
son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1941) ... Stojisilejevic.
* Also known as: St George Bond, Hedleigh |
(03?).1918
Fulham district, London
-
23.03.1984
Geneva, Switzerland |
Sgt. |
?
[741817] |
P/O (prob) |
01.12.1939, seniority 06.11.1939 [76569] |
(WS) F/O |
01.12.1940, seniority 06.11.1940 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
01.12.1941, seniority 06.11.1941 (reld 23.04.1951; retaining rank of
Sq.Ldr.) |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
1943? |
F/O |
23.04.1951 |
F/Lt. |
23.04.1951 (reld 23.04.1961) |
|
Education: Wellington College (Hopetoun House,
Summer 1932-Summer 1936; School Prefect; Head of Dormitory; XV; Hockey XI).
Joined Shell Aviation Department, London, 1937.
01.12.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(06.1940) |
|
|
98 Squadron RAF
(Battle of France, flying Battles) |
|
|
|
Battle of Britain
(flying Hurricanes) |
|
|
|
151 Squadron RAF
(flying Defiants) |
|
|
|
46 Squadron RAF
(Middle East, flying Beaufighters) (destroyed two German seaplanes in night
intruder operations over the Dodecanese Islands) |
1944 |
|
|
Officer
Commanding of an anti-aircraft co-operation unit (UK) |
23.04.1951 |
|
|
commissioned, Royal Auxiliary Air Force (Reconstituted) (General Duties Branch)
[flew Meteors from Biggin Hill with 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF] |
09.11.1953 |
- |
23.04.1961 |
transferred to reserve |
Rejoined Shell, being posted to the Middle East.
Returned to London, 1950. Overseas sales representative (03.1954), then manager
(1954) to Field Aircraft Services, Ltd., of Croydon. Director, St George Bond & Dufour,
Switzerland (trade & distribution of automobile products) from 1962. |
Bone,
Leonard Hugh
Son of ... Bone, and ... Searth.
Married 1st ... (marriage dissolved); two children.
Married 2nd Gunvor (née ...).
|
02.09.1922
Odiham, Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
|
Acm.
|
02.09.1941 [1324602]
|
F/Sgt.
|
22.06.1944
|
Wt.Offr.
|
22.06.1945
|
P/O (prob)
|
22.08.1945 [201207]
|
P/O
|
22.02.1946
|
(WS) F/O
|
22.02.1946
|
F/O
|
31.12.1948
(reld 31.12.1958)
|
|
Worked for Royal London Insurance Co., 1939-1942.
02.09.1941
|
|
|
enlisted
(put on deferred service until 02.03.1942)
|
|
|
|
trained
in Southern Rhodesia (Initial Training Wing RAF, Hillside Bulawayo, 27
Elementary Flying Training School RAF, Induna, 21 Service Flying Training
School RAF, Kumalo)
|
|
|
|
61 Air School of General Reconnaissance
RAF, George South Africa
|
|
|
|
holding
in Harrogate
|
|
|
|
Advanced
Flying Unit RAF, Frazerburgh
|
|
|
|
9
Operational Training Unit RAF, Crosby on Eden (on Beaufighters)
|
|
|
|
13
Operational Training Unit RAF, Bicester (on Mosquitos)
|
?
|
-
|
1945
|
pilot, 487
(RNZAF) Squadron (on Mosquitos) (attack on Shell Building, Copenhagen, 21.03.1945)
|
22.08.1945
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
|
31.12.1948
|
-
|
31.12.1958
|
Reconstituted
RAFVR
|
Entered his father's retail footwear business and
then bought his own in 1949 in Upminster. Expanded to a second business in 1960
until 1970/71. Moved to Sweden.
|
Boodrie,
James Clinton
Son of Joseph Charles Boodrie, and Nellie Boodrie
(née ...).
Married ((03?).1941, St Albans district, Hertfordshire) Dora Doughty, of St Albans;
one son (died in infancy). Dora Boodrie remarried. |
1918 ?
-
15.01.1943
Brackley district, Buckinghamshire / Northamptonshire /
Oxfordshire
[age 25]
[St Albans Cemetery, L.D.31] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1160663] |
Sgt. |
? |
P/O (prob)
|
14.08.1942
[128460] |
|
|
|
|
served in
the ranks, RAFVR |
13.04.1942 |
- |
14.08.1942 |
53rd
course, 36 Service Flying Training School, Penhold, Alberta, Canada |
14.08.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Booker,
Noel David
|
1920 ?
-
16.02.2007
[age 87]
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
? [785099]
|
P/O (prob)
|
16.01.1943
[136195]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
16.07.1943
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
16.01.1945
(reld 08.10.1946)
|
|
1942
|
|
|
served in
the ranks, RAFVR
|
16.01.1943
|
-
|
08.10.1946
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
289
Squadron RAF
|
|
|
|
134
Squadron RAF
|
|
|
|
5 Squadron
RAF (Burma)
|
|
Booth,
Thomas
Husband of Jean Booth, of Fulham, London.
|
1914 ?
-
12.05.1943
(MPK) [age 29]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 123]
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
?
[1392437]
|
P/O (prob)
|
23.10.1942
[132706]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
23.04.1943
|
|
23.10.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
?
|
-
|
12.05.1943
|
B Flight,
20 Operational Training Unit
[Taken off from Lossiemouth in a Wellington
IC bomber [R1153 -D] for a low-level bombing detail training flight. The
aircraft caught fire in the air and crashed at 18:47 hrs into the sea. An
Air-Sea Rescue search found some wreckage in position 5751N 0240W,
approximately eight miles from Portsoy on the Banff coast.]
|
|
Boothby,
John Oswald
|
see: |
RN
officers' section
|
|
Boreham,
Herbert George
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101646] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Borrow,
Stanley Philip Joseph
Son (with two brothers) of Philip Borrow (1889-1963), and Gertrude Catherine
Boyles (1883-1957).
Married (03.09.1939, Islington district, London) Gladys Rose Bessell (30.07.1914
- 12.10.2003), daughter (with one sister) of Benjamin William Bessell
(1891-1959), and Rose Matilda Poulter (1887-1958); two sons, one daughter. |
04.01.1915
Islington district, London
-
20.12.1972
Ipswich district, Suffolk |
Sgt. |
?
[1330028] |
P/O (prob) |
14.03.1942 [124918] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
|
14.03.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
25.09.1943 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for
administrative and miscellaneous duties) |
|
Borthwick,
George Wilson Syme
Son of John and Jean Martin Borthwick.
Married Robina Rennie; one daughter.
Lived in Edinburgh.
|
1910
West Calder district, West Lothian, Scotland
-
29.01.1944
[age 33]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 201]
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
?
[1346194]
|
P/O (prob)
|
23.10.1942
[132740]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
23.04.1943
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
01.1944
|
|
DFC
|
11.02.1944
|
?
[posthumously]
|
|
Mathematics teacher, Edinburgh.
23.10.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
navigator
training, Canada
|
?
|
-
|
04.08.1943
|
664
Conversion Unit (Winthorpe)
|
04.08.1943
|
-
|
29.01.1944
|
97 Squadron
RAF (Bourn)
[completed 25 operations between 03/04.09.1943 and 27/28.01.1944 and on his 26th operation on 28/29.01.1944, to Berlin, he and his
crew, in a Lancaster BIII serial number JB353, Squadron markings OF – L, were listed as “Missing” then subsequently “Lost without trace”]
|
|
Boswell,
Charles
Husband of Doris Boswell, of Blackheath, Staffordshire. |
1907 ?
-
30.03.1944
[age 37]
[Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel, D.F.10] |
Cpl. |
?
[1199310] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
10.10.1941, seniority 12.09.1941 [108594] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
01.10.1943? |
|
10.10.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
01.02.1942 |
|
|
transferred, RAF Regiment |
? |
- |
30.03.1944 |
2933
Squadron RAF Regiment |
|
Botell,
Henry Slade
Son of Thomas Alfred Botell, and Rose Avery, of
Cambridge. |
(12?).1914
Holborn district, London / Middlesex
-
02.01.1944
[age 29]
[Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh, 2.D.14] |
Sgt. |
?
[1272601] |
P/O (prob) |
09.05.1942 [120786] |
(WS) F/O |
09.11.1942 |
|
09.05.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(06.1943) |
- |
02.01.1944 |
pilot, 177
Squadron RAF (Burma)
[killed on non-operational flight in an
accident flying from Feni to Comilla] |
|
Boulton,
Kenneth Frank
Son of ... Boulton, and ... Meeks.
Married ((03?).1942, Surrey North Western district, Surrey) Doreen M. Smallbone;
one daughter, one son. |
16.07.1919
North Witchford district
-
12.1991
Newton Abbot district, Devon |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1181734] |
P/O (prob) |
15.07.1943 [169716] |
(WS) F/O |
15.01.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
15.07.1945 |
|
DFC |
07.04.1944 |
? |
|
1942 |
- |
03.1943 |
..
Operational Training Unit RAF |
17.03.1943 |
- |
1945? |
153 Squadron RAF (DFC) |
15.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
2
victories, 2 damaged |
|
Bovill,
George Edward Jaffar
"Bobby"
Married ((06?).1972, Chelsea district, London) Carol Anne Hughes-Reckitt (née Paulson)
((06?).1943 - ), earlier (26.01.1963) married to Capt. Patrick James
Hughes-Reckitt (1934-), and only daughter (with one brother) of Lt.Col. Godfrey
Martin Ellis Paulson, CB, CMG, OBE (1908-1990), and Patricia Emma Murray, of
London. |
12.09.1923
-
22.09.2017
France |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1396971] |
P/O (prob) |
26.04.1943 [150359] |
(WS) F/O |
26.10.1943 (reld 10.05.1944) |
|
Education: St Catharine's College, Cambridge
(University Air Squadron, 1941).
26.04.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bowen,
Geoffrey Hugh
"Geoff"
Son of Percival Bowen, and Mary A. Smith, of West Cross, Swansea. |
(12?).1921
Gower district, Glamorgan
-
13.05.1944
[age 22]
[Swansea
(Oystermouth) Cemetery, Glamorgan, B.10] |
Wt.Offr. |
?
[1252093] |
P/O (prob) |
27.10.1943 [161261] |
(WS) F/O |
27.04.1944 |
|
27.10.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
13.05.1944 |
|
|
died on Active Service, in a flying accident at
Melton Mowbray |
|
Bowen,
Maurice Fearn |
see: |
RNVR
officers' section |
|
Bowles,
William Alfred Royston
Son of ... Bowles, and ... Brain ?
Married ...; ... children. |
(03?).1924 ?
Cardiff district, Monmouthshire ?
-
(06?).1950
?
East Glamorgan, Glamorganshire ? |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1316002] |
P/O (prob) |
04.05.1945 [198314] |
(WS) F/O |
04.11.1945 |
|
04.05.1945 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Bowman,
Sydney
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101647] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bowman-Burns,
Victor [Lindeman Allan]
Son of William Allan Burns (1866-1907), and Margaret Emma Bowman (1872-1953).
Married (14.08.1924, Watch Hill, Washington, USA; divorced 1929) Anne Griggs
(27.05.1901 - 04.01.1977), daughter of John Bagg Griggs (1870-1948), and Mary
Ellen Bolter (1873-1906); one son, one daughter. |
17.07.1897
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
-
16.06.1980
Ibiza, Baleares, Spain |
P/O (prob) |
19.10.1939 [75531] |
P/O |
19.10.1940 |
(WS) F/O |
14.01.1941, seniority 01.09.1940 |
(T) F/Lt. |
? |
(WS) F/Lt. |
12.04.1944 |
(T) Sq.Ldr. |
01.01.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954) |
|
Education: Downing College, Cambridge (BA, 1922; MA,
1927).
|
|
|
served WW I with 3/I Lowland Brigade Royal Field Artillery & 20th Squadron Royal
Flying Corps (captured; POW from 29.04.1917-19.12.1918) |
19.10.1939 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
24.04.1940 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) |
|
Bowmer,
John Luther
Son (with one sister) of John Simpson Bowmer (1886-1953), and Frances Mary
Luther (1892-1982).
Married (18.02.1950, North Cotswold district, Gloucestershire) Aileen S.
O'Sullivan; one daughter, two sons. |
10.05.1923
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tynemouth district,
Cumberland
-
27.03.2010
Witney, Oxfordshire |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1561263] |
P/O (prob) |
14.06.1944 [177917] |
(A) F/O |
? |
(WS) F/O |
14.12.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
14.06.1946 |
F/Lt. |
14.12.1947 (reld 01.12.1948) |
(T) F/Lt. RAF |
01.12.1948, seniority 14.12.1947 |
F/Lt. RAF |
13.05.1949, seniority 14.12.1947 (retd 01.09.1973; own request;
retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
|
DFC |
20.02.1945 |
? |
|
DFM |
14.07.1944 |
* |
*
In June, 1944 [= 12.06.1944], these airmen [F/Sgt. J.L. Bowmer & Sgt. D.M.S.
Campbell] were captain and rear gunner respectively of an aircraft engaged
in an attack on a target at Amiens. Shortly after leaving the target which
had been successfully bombed, they were attacked five times from astern by a
Focke Wulf 190. Acting on the skilful and concise directions given by
Sergeant Campbell, the captain took successful evasive action which
enabled the rear gunner to deliver a very accurate burst of fire. The enemy
fighter burst into flames and was seen to crash to the ground. Shortly
afterwards, when crossing the French coast, a Junkers 88 attacked from the
port quarter. Once again Sergeant Campbell passed accurate information to
Flight Sergeant Bowmer who again handled the aircraft with exceptional skill
and coolness and enabled the rear gunner to destroy the second enemy
fighter. During the entire flight both airmen displayed a high degree of
courage, skill and initiative which resulted in the destruction of two enemy
fighters and the safe return of the aircraft. |
14.06.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1945) |
|
|
10 Squadron
RAF (DFC) |
01.12.1948 |
|
|
temporary commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) |
13.05.1949 |
|
|
permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) |
|
Bowmer,
William Reginald
|
01.05.1890
Greenwich district, London
-
09.01.1954
Devon Central district, Devon |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101648] |
(WS) F/O |
? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining
rank of F/O) |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bowring,
William
|
?
-
? |
Acm 2nd cl. |
? [1073451] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 16.06.1941 [101769] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bowtell,
Albert Charles
Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of James
Daniel Bowtell (1844-1899), and Martha Wheeler (1843?-1898).
Married ((09?).1912, Risbridge district, Essex) Mary Golding Suckling
((12?).1889- (06?).1963); ... children. |
22.12.1896
Saffron Walden district, Essex
-
(03?).1977
Dover district, Kent |
Cpl. Clerk (A/Sgt. Clerk) |
[19757] |
Sgt. |
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
05.12.1941, seniority 10.10.1941 [113208] |
P/O |
20.02.1942 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
|
Worked as a servant (aged 14).
WW I |
|
|
served in the ranks, Royal Flying Corps |
05.12.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Boyanton,
Robert Ernest Victor
Only son of Ernest Boyanton, MBE, and Agnes Toms, of South Kenton, Middlesex.
Married 1st (10.09.1932, Christ Church, West Croydon, Surrey; marriage dissolved)
Alma May Schulze (09.05.1906 - 11.1987), daughter of Henry William Schulze. She
remarried (1948) Reginald S. Baker.
Married 2nd (03.04.1948, St Marylebone district, London) Linda "Lynne" Welford
(28.02.1916 - 05.1995), eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Thomas Welford, of Ferry
Hill, Co. Durham; one son. |
12.02.1906
Fulham, London SW
-
05.1995
Harlow district, Essex / Middlesex |
(A) P/O (prob) |
09.08.1941 [103662] |
P/O (prob) |
09.10.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
|
39|45 St |
- |
- |
|
Afr St |
- |
- |
|
It St |
- |
- |
|
Def M |
- |
- |
|
WM 39|45 |
- |
- |
|
City of London Police, 27.09.1935.
09.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
Bank officer. |
Boyce,
John
|
?
-
|
Acm. 1st cl. |
?
[1366622] |
P/O (prob) |
25.03.1943
[147467] |
P/O |
25.03.1944
(reld 01.01.1946; on ceasing to be employed) |
|
25.03.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Boyd,
Richard Edwin
Son of Roert Boyd, and Florence Irving. |
(12?).1921
Greenwich district, London
-
11.2015 still alive |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1443828] |
P/O (prob) |
10.11.1942 [133418] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
10.05.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
10.11.1944 |
|
DFC |
04.12.1945 |
? |
|
39|45 St |
- |
- |
|
Fr&G St |
- |
- |
|
Def M |
- |
- |
|
WM 39|45 |
- |
- |
|
10.11.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1945) |
|
|
195
Squadron RAF (DFC) |
Mr Tim Trimble writes: "Richard
E. Boyd was born in London and trained for the Royal Air Force. Assigned to the
United States, he received his U.S. Army Air Forces wings in 1942 and became an
instructor the next year. In 1944-45, he was stationed in England with No. 195
Squadron, No. 3 Group Bomber Command. The RAF flight lieutenant flew 33 missions
over Germany and France in a Lancaster heavy bomber and was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry.
While assigned to
a transport command operating between Europe and India in 1946, Boyd was aboard
a York aircraft that crashed." |
Boyd,
Robert Thomas
"Bob"
|
03.03.1908
Bromley, London
-
? |
P/O (prob) |
18.09.1939 [74714] |
(WS) F/O |
18.09.1940 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
18.09.1941 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
|
AFC |
30.09.1941 |
? |
|
Merchant. Gained aviator's certificate (1046) taken on a DH60
Hermes II 106 hp at Rollason Muir & Rickard, 07.05.1932.
18.09.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Boyers,
James Carey
Son of Thomas Boyers, and Elizabeth Carey, of
Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
|
(03?).1919
Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire
-
20.03.1942
(MPK) [age 23]
[Alamein Memorial, Egypt, column 248]
|
Sgt.
|
? [986620]
|
P/O (prob)
|
17.05.1941
[68751]
|
|
17.05.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
?
|
-
|
20.03.1942
|
navigator,
104 Squadron RAF
[Wellington Z8510 - crashed into sea S of
Evia Island, Greece, on a raid to Eleusis, Greece.]
|
|
Boyle,
Charles Vesey
Married (1954) Christine Mary Macdonald (17.11.1922 - 12.2000); one daughter.
|
07.02.1915
Dublin
-
03.03.2007
Exmouth, Devon |
P/O (prob) |
22.10.1941
[109538] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
22.10.1943 |
(A) Sq.Ldr.
|
? |
|
DFC |
21.08.1945 |
? |
|
22.10.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1945) |
|
|
13 Squadron RAF |
International Irish and British Lions rugby
player and colonial judge.
|
Brace,
Adrian Colebrooke
Son of Arthur Brace, and Lilian Colebrooke, of Newbridge, Newport,
Monmouthshire. |
(06?).1922
Newport district, Monmouthshire, Wales
-
23.09.1943
(KIA) [age 21]
[Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 21.B.2] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1339168] |
P/O (prob) |
05.09.1942 [128869] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
05.03.1943 |
|
05.09.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
? |
- |
23.09.1943 |
218 (Gold
Coast) Squadron RAF
[Pilot of Short Stirling EJ104 (HA-G) took
off at 19:25 hrs from Downham Market for a bombing operation against Mannheim.
Exploded and crashed in the Bauwaldthal at Kirchheimbolanden. Believed to be
shot down by Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer at 23:00 hrs, Nachtjäger Me 110,
12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.] |
|
Bradshaw,
Stanley William
Son of William J. Bradshaw, and Ellen G. Croydon.
Married (09.12.1944, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Aircraftwoman 1st class
Helen Simpson Joyce Woodroof (18.08.1921 - 02.05.1977); one son. |
14.09.1922
Hackney district, London
-
15.03.1966
Enfield, Middlesex |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
19.03.1942 [1804040] |
Ldg.Acm. |
05.03.1943 |
P/O (prob) |
14.07.1944 [165770] |
P/O |
14.01.1945 |
(WS) F/O |
14.01.1945 (demobilized 10?.1946) (reld 01.07.1959; retaining rank of
F/O) |
|
Solicitor's clerk.
19.03.1942 |
|
|
enlisted,
Euston, London |
09.11.1942 |
|
|
No. 1 Air
Crew Reception Centre RAF (Regents Park, London) |
12.12.1942 |
|
|
10 Initial
Training Wing RAF (Scarborough) |
21.05.1943 |
|
|
Air Crew
Despatch Centre RAF |
03.08.1943 |
|
|
Draft 7997
(for training in Canada) |
18.08.1943 |
|
|
No. 31
Personnel Department RAF (Moncton, Canada) |
03.09.1943 |
|
|
No. 32
Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Bowden, Alberta) |
21.10.1943 |
|
|
No. 3
Manning Depot RAF (Edmonton, Alberta) |
10.11.1943 |
|
|
No. 2 Air
Observer School RAF (Edmonton, Alberta) |
11.03.1944 |
|
|
No. 8
Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (Lethbridge, Alberta) |
02.06.1944 |
|
|
No. 5 Air
Observer School (Winnipeg, Manitoba) |
14.07.1944 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
03.08.1944 |
|
|
No. 7
Personnel Reception Centre RAF (Harrogate) |
06.09.1944 |
- |
05.10.1944 |
No. 1 Air
Crew Officers' School RAF (Hereford) |
28.12.1944 |
|
|
3
(Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (Halfpenny Green) |
27.02.1945 |
|
|
20
Operational Training Unit RAF (Lossiemouth) |
08.06.1945 |
|
|
RAF Station
Acaster Malbis |
21.06.1945 |
|
|
73 Base RAF
(North Luffingham) |
26.07.1945 |
|
|
No. 17 Air
Crew Holding Unit RAF (Snaith) |
22.10.1945 |
|
|
1529 Radio
Aided Training Flight RAF |
04.01.1946 |
|
|
1556 Radio
Aided Training Flight RAF (Stradishall) |
19.10.1946 |
|
|
No. 100
Personnel Despatch Centre (Uxbridge) (for release) |
|
Bradshaw-Jones,
Malcolm Henry |
see: |
Jones,
Malcolm Henry Bradshaw |
|
Brady,
Richard James
Married ...; ... children (one son?). |
?
-
? |
Sgt. |
?
[978492] |
P/O (prob) |
20.01.1945 [191126] |
(WS) F/O |
20.07.1945 |
|
20.01.1945 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
may have
served with 617 & 680 Squadron RAF |
|
Brady,
Thomas Scullion
Son of Francis and Janet Brady, of Annbank, Ayrshire. |
1918
Tarbolton district, Ayrshire, Scotland
-
30.08.1944
(MPK) [age 25]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 201] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1575825] |
P/O (prob) |
04.12.1942 [135684] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
04.06.1943 |
(A) F/Lt. |
? |
|
Education: St Aloysius' College, Glasgow (1934-...).
04.12.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
26.09.1943 |
- |
01.1944 |
76 Squadron
RAF |
01.1944 |
- |
03.1944 |
35 Squadron
RAF |
20.03.1944 |
- |
30.08.1944 |
635
Squadron RAF
[Lancaster NE131 (F2-D) was airborne 21:28
hrs 29.08.1944 from Downham Market for an operation against Stettin. Lost
without trace.] |
|
Braid,
James
|
01.04.1912
-
26.05.1999 |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1366492] |
P/O (prob) |
24.03.1944 [175890] |
(WS) F/O |
24.09.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
24.03.1946
30.09.1946, seniority 30.09.1946 (forfeiture of seniority) |
F/Lt. |
01.11.1947, seniority 24.09.1947 (reld 01.03.1949; on appointment to
RAF) |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.03.1949, seniority 24.09.1947 (reld 10.03.1952) |
|
24.03.1944 |
- |
01.03.1949 |
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
01.03.1949 |
- |
10.03.1952 |
commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [temporary commission] |
A grandchild writes: "RAF
Lancasters (Wireless Operator). Possibly flew with Australian Squadrons. Posted
to Malta after the war." |
Braithwaite,
Donald
Son (with one sister and one brother) of Lorrie Braithwaite, and Elsie Hakes.
Married ((06?).1944, Bradford district, Yorkshire) Sheila Marie Bergin
((09?).1925 - ), of Bradford; one daughter. |
(06?).1920
North Bierley district, West Riding of
Yorkshire
-
24.12.1944
[age 24]
[Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery, Yorkshire, sec. A, uncons., grave 297] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[994954] |
P/O (prob) |
26.03.1943 [151661] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
26.09.1943 |
(WS) F/O |
23.12.1943 |
|
26.03.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
24.12.1944 |
172
Squadron RAF (died in an accident at the RAF base) |
|
Bramble,
Stanley Thomas
Married Eleanor May Jackson; ... children (three sons, one daughter?). |
23.08.1909
Aylsham district, Norfolk
-
07.11.1987
Hastings, East Sussex |
(A) P/O (prob) |
28.11.1941 [113072] |
P/O |
28.01.1942 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 23.08.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
(A) F/Lt. |
(1945) |
|
MID |
01.01.1945 |
? |
|
Town planner. Associate member (1937-1948, 1949) &
member (1959), Town Planning Institute.
28.11.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
His son writes: "Spent
time at Lossiemouth and then considerable time in North Africa (Algeria)." |
Brampton,
Noel Arthur
Son of Neville Brampton, and Elsie Maud Longworth.
Married (28.10.1946, Bromley district, Kent) Effie Isabel Denis (21.06.1922 -
09.2001); one daughter, one son. |
15.12.1918
Bolton district, Lancashire
-
29.11.2009
Bampton, Oxfordshire |
(A) P/O (prob) |
04.04.1941 [63122] |
P/O (prob) |
29.12.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.07.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
14.04.1945 (reld 02.12.1948; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
F/O |
02.12.1948 |
F/Lt |
01.03.1951, seniority 02.12.1948 (reld 02.12.1958) |
|
Education: Stamford School.
04.04.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency
commission] |
02.12.1948 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Technical Branch) |
Manager, Micro Methods Ltd. — Director,
Educational Production Ltd. |
Branch,
William James Vivian
|
11.04.1909
St Lucia, West Indies
- |
Midsh. |
01.09.1927 |
A/S.Lt. RNR |
06.10.1930 |
S.Lt. RNR |
29.08.1932 |
Lt. RNR |
18.09.1934 (retd 19.06.1939) |
F/Lt. |
13.01.1940 [77295] |
(T) Sq.Ldr. |
01.03.1942 |
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
20.10.1942 |
(A) W/Cdr. |
(1944) |
(WS) W/Cdr. |
?
(reld 22.07.1948; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) |
|
OBE |
01.01.1945 |
New Year 45 |
|
|
|
|
served Royal Naval Reserve pre-war |
13.01.1940 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
22.04.1940 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) |
(1948?) |
|
|
Head
of the Senior Department of the School of Navigation, Warsash |
FInstNav. 1948 seconded to International Civil
Aviation Organization HQ in Montreal, Canada as Chief, Personnel Licensing and
Training, Air Navigation Bureau.
Published:
(all with E. Brook-William) The air navigator's self-examining handbook:
containing questions and answers on the subjects required for the Air ministry
first and second class civil air navigators' licenses (1940);
A short history of navigation (1942); Air navigation : theory and
practice (1952). |
Brandon,
Lewis
"Brandy"
Maried; four children. |
11.08.1911
-
22.04.2002
Brighton, Sussex |
Sgt. |
?
[1383506] |
P/O (prob) |
13.02.1942 [116886] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
13.02.1944 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
1945? |
F/Lt. |
25.02.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 |
Sq.Ldr. |
01.08.1947 (reld 12.06.1959) |
|
DSO |
13.03.1945 |
* |
|
DFC |
02.10.1942 |
** |
|
DFC |
10.11.1944 |
*** |
* These officers have displayed the highest
standard of skill and determination. As pilot and observer respectively they
have completed a very large number of sorties and have inflicted much loss
on the enemy. Among their successes is the destruction of 10 enemy aircraft,
the last of which they shot down one night in January, 1945. Their devotion
to duty has been unfailing.
** Flying Officer Benson and Pilot Officer Brandon have flown together in
night operations as pilot and observer respectively. One night in February,
1942, they destroyed a Dornier 217. In a previous sortie, Flying Officer
Benson destroyed a Heinkel III. Both these officers have always displayed a
high standard of efficiency and devotion to duty.
*** This officer has set a fine
example of gallantry and devotion to duty. He-is a highly skilled and
resolute member of aircraft crew and has assisted in the destruction of 6
enemy aircraft and 6 flying bombs. |
Pre-war a film extra & star double.
01.1941 |
|
|
enlisted
RAFVR |
|
|
|
took a
3-week navigator's course at Prestwick |
13.02.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1942) |
|
|
observer, 141 Squadron RAF |
(1943) |
- |
(1945) |
observer, 157 Squadron RAF |
(1945?) |
|
|
observer,
488 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF |
12.12.1946 |
|
|
extended service commission, RAF (General Duties
Branch) |
12.12.1950 |
|
|
transferred to reserve (and called up for air force
service) |
12.06.1951 |
|
|
short service commission, RAF (General Duties
Branch) |
Published:
Night flyer (1961). |
Brayshaw,
Thomas Lester
|
10.12.1902
Leeds, Yorkshire
-
(03?).1982
Poole district, Dorset |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104743] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brian,
Walter George
|
11.09.1907
Plymouth district, Devon
-
(12?).1971
Plymouth district, Devon |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [103307] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bridges,
Norman George
Son of Robert Bridges, and Bessie Maud Middleton. |
11.01.1922
Alverstoke, Hampshire
-
25.08.1945
car accident in Italy *
[age 23]
[Udine War Cemetery, II.A.11]
|
Wt.Offr. |
?
[1324880] |
P/O (prob) |
08.06.1945 [198797] |
* thrown against a tree when the vehicle in which he was travelling swerved
to avoid other traffic near Pordenone, Northern Italy; died shortly
afterwards in No. 70 British General Hospital
|
|
|
|
flying training at No. 1
British Flying Training School in Texas |
08.06.1945 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
25.08.1945 |
pilot, 114 Squadron RAF (Italy,
where he undertook 62 operational sorties) |
|
Briggs,
Frank
|
10.10.1894 ?
-
20.04.1957 ? |
P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101615] |
(WS) F/Lt. |
? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining
rank of F/Lt.) |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Briggs,
Gerald Robarts
|
30.01.1905
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
01.1994
St Albans district, Hertfordshire |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [103308] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Briggs,
Michael Featherstone
Only son of Gp.Capt. Edward Featherstone Briggs
(1882-1963),
formerly of the RAF, and Violet Long (1896-1987), of Cookham, Berkshire.
|
(12?).1920
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
02.04.1941
(flying accident) [age 20]
[Cookham Parish Cemetery, F.F.6]
[commemorated on a stone seat in Cookham, Berkshire]
|
Sgt.
|
?
[758115]
|
P/O (prob)
|
22.09.1940,
seniority 21.09.1940 [86346]
|
|
22.09.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
pilot, 234
Squadron RAF (Battle of Britain)
|
04.11.1940
|
-
|
02.04.1941
|
pilot, 41
Squadron RAF
[Spitfire IIA P8049 crashed near Whashton,
Richmond, North Yorkshire. The aircraft appeared diving vertically through
cloud until striking ground at 11:30hrs, suspected of oxygen starvation.]
|
|
Bristow,
Henry William
|
?
-
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
?
[1284965]
|
P/O (prob)
|
06.11.1942
[132734]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
06.05.1943
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
(1944)
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
06.10.1944
|
|
DFC
|
15.02.1944
|
*
|
* This officer has participated in many
sorties, including several attacks on Berlin. He is a first class gunner,
whose coolness and resolution in the face of the enemy have set a fine
example. On one occasion, whilst over Berlin, his aircraft was attacked by 4
fighters. In the ensuing engagement, Flight Lieutenant Bristow displayed great
efficiency. Although his turret became unserviceable, he gave skilful evading
directions to his pilot who thus was enabled to out-manoeuvre the attackers.
His cool work contributed materially to the successful completion of the
sortie. In addition to his work in the air, this officer has rendered yeoman
service in the training of other members of the squadron.
|
06.11.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
(1944)
|
|
|
158
Squadron RAF
|
|
Brittain,
Harold George
Son of ... Brittain, and ... Quinby. |
31.05.1918
Croydon district, London
-
06.2000
Fulham district, London |
F/Sgt. |
?
[742017] |
P/O (prob) |
23.10.1941
[111488] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
23.10.1943 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
(1944) |
F/Lt. RAF |
01.07.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 |
Sq.Ldr. RAF |
01.04.1955
(retd 01.04.1958) |
|
DFC |
25.07.1944 |
* |
|
AFC |
01.01.1944 |
? |
* This officer has displayed skill,
determination and devotion to duty of a high order. He has completed a large
number of sorties, including a number of harassing attacks on mechanical
transport in the area of the fighting in Normandy. Squadron Leader Brittain
also took part in a recent successful attack on a number of trucks at the
railway sidings at Chattelerault. Although one engine of his aircraft became
useless early on the homeward flight, Squadron Leader Brittain flew safely
to base. His fine record is worthy of high praise. |
23.10.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1943) |
|
|
13
Operational Training Unit RAF (AFC) |
(1944) |
|
|
107 Squadron RAF (DFC) |
01.07.1946 |
|
|
commissioned, RAF (General Duties
Branch) [permanent commission] |
|
Broad,
Cecil Lionel
|
?
-
? |
Cpl. |
? [961588] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 04.06.1941 [101774] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brook,
Robert
Son of Henry and Bayla Jeszurin, of Valenciennes,
France.
|
1921 ?
-
16.09.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 201]
|
F/Sgt.
|
?
[1395885]
|
P/O (prob)
|
27.03.1944
[174668]
|
(A) F/Lt.
|
?
|
|
DFC
|
12.02.1946
|
with
effect from 15.09.44 *
|
* Acting Flight Lieutenant Brook, as navigator
has completed numerous operations against the enemy, in the course of which he
has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty.
|
27.03.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
?
|
-
|
16.09.1944
|
navigator,
405 Squadron RAF
[his Lancaster III [PB 527 LQ-K] had taken off from Gransden Lodge for an
operation against Kiel; the plane crashed into the North Sea off the west
coast of Denmark]
|
|
Brooke,
John North Hewlett
Son of Joseph Hewlett Brooke, and Mary Beatrice
Brooke, of Barn Elms, Newham, Winchfield.
Married ((09?).1919, St Giles district, London) Cecilia "Brownie"
Lorraine, of Fareham,
Hampshire.
Residence: Haresfield Court, Haresfield, nr Gloucester.
|
20.08.1896
Elham district, Kent
-
06.06.1942
Plough
Inn, Quedgeley
(died after
taking part in a cricket match) [age
45]
[Haresfield (St Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire, SW of church]
|
2nd Lt.
|
12.10.1914
|
T/Lt.
|
12.07.1915
|
Lt.
|
12.06.1915
|
Capt.
|
07.06.1917,
seniority 01.06.1916 (reld 30.09.1921)
|
P/O (prob)
|
04.12.1939
[76421]
|
(WS) F/Lt. (prob)
|
21.08.1940
|
F/Lt.
|
04.12.1940
|
(A) Sq.Ldr.
|
?
|
|
Education: Haileybury College (1910-1914; won life
saving medaillon 1912).
1911
|
-
|
1914
|
late
Cadet Corporal, Haileybury College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer
Training Corps
|
26.10.1914
|
|
|
commissioned,
8th (Irish) Battalion The King's (Liverpool) Regiment - Territorial Force
|
?
|
-
|
06.02.1917
|
seconded,
Machine Gun Corps
|
06.02.1917
|
-
|
09.01.1918
|
seconded,
Assistant Instructor in Gunnery, School of Aerial Gunnery (graded as Equipment
Officer, 2nd class)
|
09.01.1918
|
|
|
appointed
F/O, Royal Flying Corps
|
Worked for the Electrical Services Works Company.
|
03.11.1923
|
-
|
31.03.1927
|
Temporary
Commission as P/O (from 16.06.1924 F/O) for duty with the Electrical Services
Works Company under the Directorate of Works and Buildings
|
By
1935 working for the Mechanical Department, Egyptian Public Works, Cairo.
|
04.12.1939
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for Special Duties) [emergency
commission]
|
24.04.1940
|
|
|
transferred
to Technical Branch
|
|
Brooker,
Philip Francis
Son of Thomas Brooker, and Edith Charlotte Ivory (1878-1955).
Married ((12?).1940, Hithcin district, Hertfordshire) Sylvia Daphne D. Pope
(24.05.1920 - 12.1996); ... children (one son?). |
03.07.1919
Hitchin district, Hertfordshire
-
02.1999
Hitchin and Stevenage district,
Hertfordshire |
Sgt. |
?
[748699] |
P/O (prob) |
24.11.1941
[112531] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
24.11.1943 |
F/O |
18.07.1947 |
F/Lt. |
01.03.1951, seniority 18.12.1947 (reld 18.07.1952) |
|
AFC |
03.04.1945 |
? |
|
MID |
01.01.1945 |
? |
|
24.11.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1945?) |
|
|
3 Ferry
Unit RAF |
18.07.1947 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) |
|
Brooking,
John Hugh Philip
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101649] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brooks,
Arthur Neville
Son of William Arthur Brooks, and Marie Elizabeth Welman.
Married (01.03.1946, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia) Joan Molly Sole (27.12.1923 -
19.02.2011); three daughters, one son. |
11.10.1920
Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia
-
13.12.2000
Johannesburg, South Africa |
F/Sgt. |
?
[778406] |
P/O (prob) |
17.01.1943 [142145] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
17.07.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
17.01.1945 |
|
17.01.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
|
|
17 Squadron
(Burma) [bailed out over Burma, 12.03.1942; Caterpillar pin] |
|
Brooks,
George Henry
Son of Cecil Henry Brooks (1898-1981), and
Edith Maud Relf (1900-1982), of Horsham, Sussex.
Married ((09?).1940, Kensington district, London) Sylvia Stagg. |
02?.1920
Shrewsbury, Atcham district, Shropshire
-
07.12.1940
(KIA) [age 20]
[Hopital-Camfrout Communal Cemetery, Finistere, France, collective grave] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[747799] |
P/O (prob) |
07.04.1940 [78459] |
|
07.04.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
07.12.1940 |
observer,
217 Squadron RAF
[Beaufort I N1154 (NW-B) took off for an
operation to Brest from RAF St.Eval at 20:25 hrs.
Aircraft was lost without trace. All four crew members are buried locally in
France.] |
|
Brooks,
Thomas Richard
Son of ... Brooks, and ... Hirst.
Married ...; ... children (one son?). |
07.08.1916
Wandsworth district, London
-
? |
(T) F/Sgt. |
?
[746882] |
P/O (prob) |
30.01.1942 [115855] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
30.01.1944 |
|
30.01.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
|
|
99 Squadron RAF |
|
Brooks,
William Booth
"Willie"
Son of John and Josephine Margaret Brooks,
of Templeogue, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland. |
29.10.1919
-
07.02.1945
[age 25]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 265] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1133123] |
P/O (prob) |
10.11.1942 [134120] |
(WS) F/O |
10.05.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
10.11.1944 |
|
10.11.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
07.02.1945 |
64 Squadron
RAF
[Mustang III (KH488) was lost on a Ramrod
operation at 14:54 hrs due to oxygen problem near Wanne-Eickel.] |
|
Broom,
[Sir] Ivor
Gordon
Only son of Alfred Godfrey
Broom, the Superintendent District Manager for the Prudential Assurance
Company, and Janet Broom.
Married (07.1942) Jess Irene Cooepr; two sons, one daughter.
|
02.06.1920
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
24.01.2003
Watford, Hertfordshire
|
...
|
...
|
(WS) Sq.Ldr.
|
25.04.1945
|
...
|
...
|
Air Marshal
|
01.07.1974
(retd 06.07.1977)
|
for details, see: www.rafweb.org
|
Education: West Monmouth Grammar School; Pontypridd
County School, Glamamorgan
Literature: Tony Spooner, Clean sweep :
the life of Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC and two Bars, AFC
(2004)
|
Brown,
Donald James
Son of William Gordon Brown and Hilda Mary Perry, of Gloucester. |
(12?).1914
Gloucester district, Gloucestershire
-
12.09.1942
[age 27]
[Alamein Memorial, column 247] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1182672] |
P/O (prob) |
17.06.1941 [68804] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
13.01.1942 |
(WS) F/O |
17.06.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt.
|
14.08.1942, seniority 01.04.1942 |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
|
17.06.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
12.09.1942 |
104
Squadron RAF (died travelling home aboard the s.s. Laconia) |
|
Brown,
George Harold
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [102321] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brown,
Gilbert William
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101650] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brown,
John Fergusson
|
15.07.1913
-
02.2000
Cirencester district, Gloucestershire |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 26.05.1941 [104146] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brown,
Joseph Godfrey
Son of Joseph Brown, and of Laura Brown, of
Bradford, Yorkshire.
|
1910 ?
-
24.02.1945
[age 35]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 265]
|
Sgt.
|
?
[1115845]
|
P/O (prob)
|
25.01.1943
[139397]
|
(A?)
F/Lt.
|
?
|
|
25.01.1943
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
?
|
-
|
24.02.1945
|
GTR
Operational Training Unit
|
|
Brown,
Leslie Charles Montague
|
21.05.1902
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
(03?).1981
Poole district, Dorset |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [104744] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brown,
Norman Gough
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
10.10.1941[108349] |
... |
... |
|
10.10.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
Adjutant,
145 Squadron RAF |
|
Brown,
Reginald Lewis
Son of ... Brown, and ... Slade. |
31.08.1914
Croydon district, London
-
31.12.1977
Sutton district, Greater London |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1208557] |
P/O (prob) |
29.05.1943 [146692] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
29.11.1943 |
(A) F/Lt.
|
(1944) |
(WS)F/Lt. |
29.05.1945 |
|
DFC |
22.05.1945 |
* |
|
39|45 St |
- |
- |
|
AirCr Eur |
- |
& clasp France and Germany |
|
DefM |
- |
- |
|
WM 39|45 |
- |
- |
* Now on his second tour of operations,
Flying Officer Brown has shown himself to be a very able Bomb Aimer. His
steadiness in action and his determination to press home his attacks have
been a source of inspiration to all. He is strongly recommended for the
Non-immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. (OC 582 Sqn) This
officer's skill as a Bomb Aimer and his unfailing determination to carry out
the task in hand makes him very worthy of the award of the Distinguished
Flying Cross. (Stn Cdr - RAF Station Little Staughton). |
29.05.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
582
(Pathfinder) Squadron RAF (DFC) |
|
|
|
total hours flown - 204.05, number of
sorties - 40 |
Freeman, City of London. |
Browne,
John Henry
"Jack"
Married Angela...; .one daughter, two sons. |
23.08.1910
Galway, Ireland
-
1993
?
Dublin, Ireland |
F/O |
08.10.1940 [86291] |
(WS) F/Lt.
|
08.10.1941 (Emgcy List) (reld 23.08.1955; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(A) Sq.Ldr. |
? |
|
Education: MB, BCh.
08.10.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Medical Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Brundle,
Hubert Frederick
Son of ... Brundle, and ... Brown.
Married ...; ... children (one son?). |
(09?).1919
Thanet district, Surrey / Kent
- |
Sgt. |
?
[959740] |
P/O (prob) |
29.07.1943 [155804] |
(WS) F/O |
29.01.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
29.07.1945 (reld 09.12.1949) |
F/O |
09.12.1949 |
F/Lt. |
08.12.1954 (reld 19.11.1968) |
|
DFC |
08.12.1944 |
? |
|
29.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
air gunner,
7 Squadron
RAF (DFC) |
09.12.1949 |
- |
18.01.1962 |
commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Secretarial Branch) |
18.01.1962 |
- |
19.11.1968 |
commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch) |
|
Bryant,
James
"Bim"
Son of James Edward Bryant (1890-1950), and Emily
May Bottle (1895-1984).
Married (20.10.1945, Manchester, Lancashire) Hilda Cook (04.09.1925 -
14.09.2010); two sons, one daughter. |
15.06.1924
Fulham district, London
-
11.10.1988
Fulham district, London |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1605836] |
P/O (prob) |
11.08.1944 [166097] |
(WS) F/O |
11.02.1945 |
F/O |
01.11.1947, seniority 11.08.1945 |
|
11.08.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
|
|
B Flight, No. 4 Squadron, No. 5 Initial Training Wing |
|
Bryant,
William
Richard
"Bill"
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Ernest
Bryant (1893-?) and Rose H. Stephens (1899-1991).
Married (14.10.1943, Saltash, Cornwall) Joan Catherine Mary Ashton (1924 -); two
sons. |
21.03.1922
Forder, Saltash, Cornwall
-
16.08.1993
Poole, Dorset |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
07.08.1941 [1339649] |
Ldg.Acm. |
13.03.1942 |
Sgt. |
27.02.1943 |
(T) F/Sgt. |
27.02.1944 |
(T) Wt.Offr. |
27.02.1945 |
P/O (prob) |
31.07.1945, seniority 12.02.1945 [198925] |
(WS) F/O |
23.11.1945, seniority 12.08.1945 (demobilized 08.10.1946) (Emgcy List)
(reld 01.07.1959) |
|
Education: Saltash Secondary School, 1934-1938.
Tax Officer,
HM Inspector of Taxes, Barnstaple, N.Devon 1939-1941.
07.08.1941 |
|
|
WsM Reserve |
03.11.1941 |
|
|
1 Air Crew
Reception Centre RAF |
13.12.1941 |
|
|
Air Crew
Disposal Wing RAF |
03.01.1942 |
|
|
6 Initial
Training Wing RAF |
21.04.1942 |
|
|
50 Group
Pool RAF |
27.05.1942 |
|
|
Air Crew
Dispatch Centre RAF |
02.06.1942 |
|
|
31 Personnel
Despatch Centre RAF (Moncton) (Arnold U844) |
21.09.1942 |
|
|
7
Personnel Reception Centre RAF |
14.04.1943 |
|
|
‘A’ Whitley Bay |
12.05.1943 |
|
|
7
Personnel
Reception Centre RAF |
18.05.1943 |
|
|
6 (Pilots) Advanced
Flying Unit RAF |
08.06.1943 |
|
|
1517 Beam Approach
Training Flight RAF |
18.06.1943 |
|
|
6 (Pilots) Advanced
Flying Unit RAF |
|
|
|
Chedworth |
07.07.1943 |
|
|
6 (Pilots) Advanced
Flying Unit RAF |
13.07.1943 |
|
|
104 (Transport)
Operational Training Unit RAF |
24.10.1943 |
|
|
Ferry Crew Pool
RAF, Lyneham |
24.11.1943 |
|
|
303 Ferry Training
Unit RAF |
28.12.1943 |
|
|
RAF Station Lyneham |
28.12.1943 |
|
|
3CO7 ADV(?) |
01.01.1944 |
|
|
RAF Station Lyneham |
16.01.1944 |
|
|
1 Overseas Aircraft
Delivery Unit RAF |
22.01.1944 |
|
|
1 Ferry Crew Pool
RAF |
02.02.1944 |
|
|
303 Ferry Training
Unit RAF |
24.02.1944 |
|
|
1 Ferry Crew Pool
RAF |
24.02.1944 |
|
|
30 Aircraft
Delivery Unit RAF |
01.03.1944 |
|
|
1 Ferry Crew Pool
RAF |
|
|
|
303 Ferry Training
Unit RAF |
04.04.1944 |
|
|
RAF Station
Pershore |
06.04.1944 |
|
|
229 Group RAF |
|
|
|
Ex UK. 21 Ferry
Control RAF |
17.06.1944 |
|
|
Transport Support
Training Unit |
19.07.1944 |
|
|
117 Squadron RAF
(21 Ferry Control RAF, from 12.02.1945
229 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia) |
31.07.1945 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [with effect from 12.02.1945] |
01.04.1946 |
|
|
229 Bonum Flight
(?) (Air Command South East Asia) |
15.06.1946 |
|
|
1 DU Personnel
Dispatch Centre RAF (Area 28) |
07.07.1946 |
|
|
104 Personnel
Dispatch Centre RAF (for release) |
Returned to
civilian career as Inspector of Taxes until retirement in 1987. |
Bryce,
John Magarey
Married Jane Anne ... (died 07.05.1969).
|
?
-
|
Sgt.
|
? [1315621]
|
P/O (prob)
|
05.12.1941
[121271]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
01.10.1942
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
05.12.1943
|
F/O
|
28.02.1947
(reld 19.07.1947)
|
|
05.12.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
?
|
-
|
14.10.1942
|
pilot, 227
Squadron RAF (flew Beaufighters)
[Whilst attacking enemy
shipping off the North African coast his aircraft received direct hits in the
engines from enemy fire, causing it to crash into the sea. He survived and was
rescued by the Italian torpedo boat Medici, and became a Prisoner-of-War,
together with his Navigator Flight Sergeant Cole]
|
14.10.1942
|
-
|
1945?
|
POW in
Italian & German captivity [see questionnaire]
|
28.02.1947
|
-
|
19.07.1947
|
commissioned,
Reconstituted RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
|
|
Buchan,
John May
|
1919
Inverallochy
-
Newcastle, nr Toronto, Ont., Canada
|
F/Sgt.
|
?
[1349963]
|
P/O (prob)
|
16.06.1944
[177622]
|
P/O
|
16.12.1944
|
(A) F/O
|
1944?
|
(WS) F/O
|
16.12.1944
|
|
DFC
|
20.02.1945
|
?
|
|
16.06.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
(1945)
|
|
|
12 Squadron
RAF
|
|
|
|
served
in Europe, Egypt & Middle East; one of his most interesting experiences was
probably flying 16 imprisoned members of the Stern Gang, including leader Yitzak Shamir, from Cairo to Wahdi
|
|
Buchanan,
Stuart
Son of John and Janet Buchanan, of Dumbarton.
|
1922 ?
-
08.04.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[Kirkee War Cemetery, India, 4.B.10]
|
F/Sgt.
|
? [1342414]
|
P/O (prob)
|
08.04.1945
[199905]
|
|
08.04.1945 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
navigator
|
|
Buchanan-Wollaston,
Nigel Richard
Son (with two brothers) of Hugo John Buchanan Wollaston (1884-1970), and Beryl
Maud Wrightson (1894-1984).
Brother of Lt.Cdr. John
Alexander Buchanan-Wollaston, RN.
Married ((06?).1951, Hampstead district, Middlesex)
Brighid Mary Twistington Higgins (12.07.1928 - 20.11.2012), daughter (with teo
brothers and three sisters) of Thomas Twistington Higgins (1887-1966), and
Jessie Ingram (1888-1975); three daughters. |
10.12.1921
Lowestoft, Mutford district, Suffolk
-
23.02.1983
Oxford, Oxfordshire |
Sgt. |
?
[1508116] |
P/O (prob) |
27.01.1944 [170157] |
(WS) F/O |
27.07.1944 |
|
27.01.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and
miscellaneous duties) [emergency
commission] |
Actor, known for Quartet (1948), The Woman
in the Hall (1947) and Fools Rush In (1949).
Published: Farms and schools : a handbook for teachers
(with T.W.B. Illsley; 1975). |
Buck,
Jack Dalton
|
(03?).1909 ??
South Stoneham district, Hampshire ??
-
|
Cpl.
|
?
[861794]
|
P/O (prob)
|
10.07.1940,
seniority 24.06.1940 [81711]
|
P/O
|
10.07.1941,
seniortiy 25.04.1941
|
(WS) F/O
|
10.07.1941,
seniortiy 25.04.1941
|
(T) F/Lt.
|
01.09.1942
|
|
10.07.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Balloon Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
Buck,
Ronald William
|
(03?).1921 ??
Darlington district, Durham, Yorkshire -
North Riding ??
-
|
Cpl.
|
?
[861769]
|
P/O (prob)
|
06.06.1940,
seniority 25.04.1940 [80566]
|
P/O
|
06.01.1941,
seniority 25.04.1941
|
(WS) F/O
|
06.01.1941,
seniority 25.04.1941
|
(T) F/Lt.
|
01.06.1942
(reld 03.05.1946) (Emgcy List ...) (reld 10.02.1954)
|
|
06.06.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Balloon Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
served in various overseas stations including Iraq
|
06.06.1945
|
|
|
transferred,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
|
|
Buckler,
Henry Wilkinson Valentine
|
14.02.1904
Newport, Wales
-
28.03.1951
|
Ldg.Acm.
|
?
[1585100]
|
P/O (prob)
|
20.04.1943
[141340]
|
(WS) F/O (prob)
|
20.10.1943
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
20.04.1945
(reld 30.09.1945; medical unfitness for Air Force service; retaining
rank of F/Lt.)
|
|
20.04.1943
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
|
|
|
108 Squadron RAF
(Malta)
[severely burned when his Beaufighter crashed at Luqa,
Malta 13/12/43; Pilot Flt.Sgt. C.H.M. Daniell was killed]
|
|
Buckley,
John
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Buckley, of Oldham,
Lancashire. |
1921 ?
-
07.04.1944
(MIA) [age 23]
[Alamein Memorial, Egypt, column 279] |
F/Sgt. |
?
[1005988] |
P/O (prob) |
17.10.1942 [134357] |
(WS) F/O |
17.10.1943? |
|
17.10.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Buckley,
John William
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [102225] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Budd,
Harold George
|
?
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
25.07.1941 [102682] |
... |
... |
|
25.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
|
Budge,
Reginald Koostra
Son of Reginald Charles Koostra Budge (1876-1930),
and Adah Beatrice Benning (1884-1972).
His brother Leading Writer Richard Budge, RN, was killed in action 08.06.1940
when aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was sunk.
Married ((06?).1945, Edmonton district, Middlessex) Sgt. Dorcas Annie Strudwick,
WRAF (25.04.1921 - 11.2001) (his secretary prior to his departure to India in
1945); one son. |
05.12.1907
Stoke, Devonport district, Devon
-
10?.1980
Tavistock district, Devon |
Sgt. |
? |
P/O (prob) |
25.04.1939 [73111] |
F/O |
06.08.1939 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
01.07.1941 |
(T) Sq.Ldr. |
01.01.1943, seniority 01.12.1941 |
(WS) Sq.Ldr. |
01.04.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) |
(A) W/Cdr. |
(1944) |
|
OBE |
08.06.1944 |
HM's birthday 44 |
|
LM |
09.10.1945 |
? |
|
25.04.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) |
24.04.1940 |
|
|
transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) |
|
|
|
Commanding
Officer, RAF West Kingsdown (Kent) (HQ of RAF 'Y' Service) |
|
Bullman,
Bertie Allan
|
?
-
? |
Cpl. |
? [750950] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 05.05.1941 [101773] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Bullock,
Douglas James
Son of Charlie and Florence Bullock, of Scunthorpe,
Humberside. |
1921 ?
-
24.10.1943
[age 22]
[Port of Spain (St James) Military Cemetery, Trinidad and Tobago, Eastern
Portion, grave 16] |
Sgt. |
?
[1544877] |
P/O (prob) |
03.07.1943 [149121] |
|
03.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
|
|
navigator |
|
Bulpitt,
Arthur Norman
Son of Charles Frederick Bulpitt (1888-1984), and
Celia Ruth Neudego (1888-1957), of Orpington, Kent. |
1916 ?
-
03.03.1943
(KIA) [age 27]
[Egersund Churchyard, Norway, A.6.1] |
(T) F/Sgt. |
?
[741828] |
P/O (prob) |
03.12.1941 [116940] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 |
|
03.12.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
03.03.1943 |
pilot, 139
(Jamaica) Squadron RAF
[Mosquito DZ463 [XD-O] airborne 12:00 hrs from
Marham to bomb a molybdenum mine naar Knaben. Homebound, intercepted by Fw190s
and shot down off the Norwegian coast. Both occupants killed.] |
|
Burgess,
Donald Eric
"Don"
Son of James Burgess, and Lucy Holmes.
Married (12.1940, Edinburgh, Scotland) Eileen Winifred Roughan (18.11.1914 -
11.1963), daughter (with four brothers and four sisters) of Martin Roughan
(1876-1948), and Mary Christina Maher (1885-1971); two daughters. |
27.03.1906
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
11.1978
Bildeston, Sudbury district, Suffolk |
Acm. 2nd cl. |
? [1266212] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
08.08.1941, seniority 19.06.1941 [102785] |
P/O (prob) |
08.10.1941 |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954;
retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
(A) F/Lt. |
1944? |
|
08.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
His daughter writes: "He
was in the Western Desert and then was posted sometime in 1945 to Horsham."
Another relative writes: "Don served in the Middle East and North Africa in the
RAF. He was already thirty-three at the outbreak of the war, colour blind, and
as a result not deemed fit for aircrew, Later in the war he was station adjutant
on a bomber base in Norfolk. He worked in radio and radar - intercepting German
transmissions in the Western Desert and relaying them on to Cairo. He was in
part of the RAF attached to the Eighth Army and certainly already knew about
Enigma when the Official Secrets Act was lifted." |
Burgess,
William Graham
|
?
-
? |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941 [101651] |
(WS) F/O |
? |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Burke,
Reginald Gordon
Son of Francis Montague Burke, and Nellie May Tyler.
Twin brother of F/Lt. Russell Charles Burke, RAFVR.
Married 1st ((12?).1938, Surrey North Eastern district) Aubyn F. Hayes
(31.05.1922 - 02.01.2008); two sons. Aubyn Burke remarried (1946) Knut A.
Barstrom.
Married 2nd ((06?).1946, Surrey North Eastern district) Margaret D. Smith; ...
children. |
26.02.1914
Croydon district, London
-
(06?).1983
Banbury district, Oxfordshire |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1281200] |
P/O (prob) |
29.01.1943 [151224] |
(WS) F/O (prob) |
29.07.1943 (dismissal by sentence of a General Court Martial 29.04.1944) |
|
29.01.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Burke,
Russell Charles
Son of Francis Montague Burke, and Nellie May Tyler.
Twin brother of F/O Reginald Gordon Burke, RAFVR.
Married 1st ((03?).1938, Surrey North Eastern district) Eileen W.M. Hilliard
((12?).1921- ); one daughter. Eileen Burke remarried (1944) Maurice A. Baxter.
Married 2nd (14.08.1945, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire) Diana Mary Tysoe
(08.02.1920 - 09.2000), daughter of Leonard F. Tysoe, and Annie C. Craddock; one
son, one daughter. |
26.02.1914
Croydon district, London
-
04.2002
Bedford district, Bedfordshire |
Acm. 1st cl. |
?
[1281223] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
30.05.1941, seniority 04.03.1941 [67269] |
P/O (prob) |
30.07.1941 |
P/O |
30.05.1942 |
(WS) F/O |
30.07.1942, seniority 04.05.1942 (reld 09.02.1950; retaining rank of
F/Lt.) |
(T) F/Lt. |
? |
F/O |
09.02.1950 |
F/Lt. |
28.12.1951 (reld
09.02.1960) |
|
30.05.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
09.02.1950 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Secretarial Branch) |
|
Burnage,
Leonard Henry
|
25.04.1907
Ilsington district, London
-
(12?).1977
St Austell district, Cornwall |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941 [103309] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Burnell,
Aubrey William Alexander
Son of William and Gertrude A. Burnell, of
Streatham, London.
|
(06?).1920
Wandsworth district, Greater London
-
21.07.1944
[age 24]
[Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]
|
F/Sgt.
|
?
[1376402]
|
P/O (prob)
|
29.05.1944
[177502]
|
|
29.05.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission]
|
?
|
-
|
21.07.1944
|
97 Squadron RAF
[his Lancaster
R for Robert- PA979 had taken off 2319 hrs from Coningsby with orders to bomb
railways in the area of Courtrai and was lost without trace]
|
|
Burrell,
Arthur Charles
Son of Thomas Sampson Burrell, and Mabel Bunting.
Married ((12?).1939, Wirral district, Cheshire) Pamela Mary Bielski ((12?).1914
- ), of Marylebone, London |
06.06.1913
Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
17.09.1943
[Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, II.C.1]] |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1151369] |
P/O (prob) |
12.07.1941 [101577] |
(WS) F/O |
12.07.1942 |
(A) F/Lt. |
? |
|
12.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
? |
- |
17.09.1943 |
navigator,
114 Squadron RAF |
|
Burrows,
Geoffrey David
|
(06?).1919
Tendring district, Essex / Suffolk
- |
(A) P/O (prob) |
15.08.1941, seniority 07.07.1941 [104160] |
... |
... |
|
? |
- |
08.1941 |
No. 76
Course, Officers' School RAF |
15.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Burt,
Edward Russell
Son (with three brothers) of Ernest E. Burt, and Mabel Bloomfield.
Brother of Capt. Spencer Ernest Burt,
Army Dental Corps & Lt. Herbert
George Burt, RNVR.
|
18.11.1917
Woodbridge district, Suffolk
-
10.2003
Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk
|
F/O
|
28.01.1941 [60494]
|
(WS) F/Lt.
|
28.01.1942
|
|
28.01.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Dental Branch) [emergency commission]
|
|
Burton,
Roger William
Son of William Burton, and Cathrine Alice Rogers, of
Cockfosters, Hertfordshire. |
28.10.1913
Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London
-
20.05.1940
(KIA) [age 26]
[Querrieu British Cemetery, France, row E, grave 15] |
Aircraftman 2nd class |
27.06.1937
[740377] |
Sgt. |
28.06.1937 |
P/O (prob) |
01.04.1940 [78440] |
|
Bank clerk. Gained civil aviator's certificate (No.
17971) on 08.12.1938, taken on a D.H. 82A Tiger, 130 Gipsy, Hawker Andax, 470,
Kestrel, at De Havilland Flying School.
01.04.1939 |
- |
26.08.1939 |
11
(Fighter) Group Pool RAF (from Reserve) |
26.08.1939 |
- |
08.10.1939 |
pilot, 43
Squadron RAF (Tangmere) |
08.10.1939 |
- |
10.04.1940 |
pilot, 605
Squadron RAF (Tangmere, 02.1940 Leuchars, from 02.1940 Wick) |
01.04.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
10.04.1940 |
- |
14.05.1940 |
pilot, 145
Squadron RAF (Croydon, from 05.1940 Filton) |
14.05.1940 |
- |
20.05.1940 |
pilot, 85
Squadron RAF (Lille/Seclin)
[Arrived 14.05.1940 at Lille/Seclin to
operate in France. His Hurricane Mk. I P2437 was shot down 20.05.1940 by
Messerschmitts Me 109 of II./Jagdgeschwader 3 during a ground attack, crashing
six miles north-east of Amiens.] |
|
Butcher,
Arthur Lepine
Son of ... Butcher, and ... Blackburn. |
17.06.1912
Lewisham district, London
-
(09?).1971
Stoke-on-Trent district, Staffordshire |
Sgt. |
?
[1206690] |
P/O (prob) |
12.07.1941 [109987] |
(WS) F/O |
12.07.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
12.07.1943 |
F/Lt. |
12.08.1951 (reld 01.06.1954) |
|
DFC |
17.07.1945 |
? |
|
Education: BA.
12.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1945) |
|
|
12 Squadron
RAF |
01.06.1951 |
|
|
commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (Reconstituted Section) |
Mathematics teacher, Ermysted's Grammar School at
Skipton.
Published: Cave survey (1951); A key plan of Gaping Gill :
skeleton surveys of the underground system related to a surface plane-table
survey of the entrances and intervening shake-holes (1953). |
Butcher,
George William
Married ...; ... children.
|
16.09.1891
-
02.1981
Surrey Northern district, Surrey |
T/2nd Lt. |
08.08.1918 (Unemployed List 17.09.1919) |
P/O (prob) |
17.07.1940 [82073] |
(WS) F/O |
17.07.1941 |
(T) F/Lt. |
01.09.1942 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
12.03.1943 (reld 18.05.1945; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) |
(A?)
Sq.Ldr. |
1945? |
|
17.07.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Butcher,
Leonard Arthur
Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Arthur
George Butcher, and Amy Frances Fowler, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
(09?).1922
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland
-
28.01.1945
(KIA) [age 22]
[Newcastle-upon-Tyne
(Byker and Heaton) Cemetery, section 20, grave 372] |
Sgt. |
?
[1504553] |
P/O (prob) |
31.10.1942 [132607] |
(WS) F/O |
30.04.1943 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
31.10.1944 |
|
DFC |
15.08.1944 |
? |
|
|
|
|
"C"
Company, 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers - Home Guard |
31.10.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
(1944) |
|
|
navigator, 10 Squadron RAF |
? |
- |
28.01.1945 |
navigator, 16 Operational Training Unit RAF
[de Havilland Mosquito B Mk. XX [KB153] departed from
Barford St John for a training. Spun
into the ground near airfield following a port engine failure. Both Butcher and
pilot F/Lt. J.McP. Richardson RAAF were killed.] |
|
Butler,
William Leslie
|
1908
- |
Acm. 1st cl. |
?
[1456561] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
22.10.1942 [131720] |
P/O |
22.12.1942 (reld 1946?) |
|
22.10.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
|
|
stationed variously at
Andrewsfield, Essex, Middle Wallop, Wiltshire and briefly at Kenley, Surrey
during the war, possibly ending up at Cranwell as an Instructor |
|
Butson,
Ivan John
Son of ... Butson, and ... Budden.
Married ((06?).1937, Exeter district, Devon) Dorothy Anne C. Wyatt. |
24.03.1917
Long Ashton district, Somerset
-
13.02.2017
Victoria, Australia |
Ldg.Acm. |
?
[1626871] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
07.04.1944 [164750] |
(WS) F/O |
07.10.1944 |
(WS) F/Lt. |
07.04.1946 |
|
07.04.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
Buxton,
Charles Jesse
Elder son (with one brother and one sister)
of Jesse Buxton, and Florence Dora Lowe.
Married (04.1943, Southam district, Warwickshire) Mary Jeffery; three daughters, one son. |
28.04.1912
Newcastle under Lyme district, Staffordshire
-
07.08.1988
Sefton North district, Merseyside |
Cpl. |
? [1187525] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 16.06.1941 [101747] |
P/O (prob) |
18.09.1941 |
P/O |
18.07.1942 |
(WS) F/O |
18.09.1942 (demobilized 1946) (Emgcy List) (reld 28.04.1957;
retaining rank of F/Lt.) |
(A) F/Lt. |
? |
|
1940 |
|
|
joined RAFVR |
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
His daughter summarizes his career as follows: "PE
Instructor. Employed in Remedial Gymnastics for 14 months, with Bomber Command
for a year. 1942, Ringway, parachuting. (Mentioned in dispatches for his work
there) Late 1943 seconded to the Poles in Scotland for 6 months. RAF Parachuting
Instructor, training both British and Allied paratroops. Took part in 8 special
missions at night over enemy-occupied territory. Made over 150 drops while
training others. Attached for periods to 6th British Airborne Division and
Polish Parachute brigade, assisting them to prepare for operations. 1944 awarded
Croix de Guerre with palms, by the French Government. 1944 seconded to the Free
French as adviser on parachuting for a propaganda film (awarded Croix de
Guerre). Went back to Physical Education Teaching after
the War, first in Stoke-on-Trent, until 1947, then appointed to Widnes, (then
Lancashire) as PE Advisor for parts of Lancashire, then 1966 to Southport.
Retired in 1977." |
Bynon,
Herbert Stanley
|
07.12.1898
Macclesfield, Cheshire
-
03.1982
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Tyne and Wear |
Cpl. |
? [321775] |
(A) P/O (prob) |
18.07.1941, seniority 11.06.1941 [101746] |
(WS) F/O |
? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining
rank of F/Lt.) |
|
? |
- |
07.1941 |
No. 72
Course, Officers' School RAF |
18.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency
commission] |
|
|
|
|
|