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Caiger, Charles Edmund Formerly of Charlbury, Oxon.	07.11.1923 - 24.03.2005 Torridge district, Devon	F/Sgt. ? [1294170] P/O (prob) 13.12.1942 [136937] (WS) F/O (prob) 13.06.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 13.12.1944 DFC 21.09.1945 ?	13.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) flew for 149 Squadron in Stirlings early in the war, then Mosquitos out of Downham Market; also flew out of Oakley in Bucks doing fighter pilot training, and had a spell at Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire for special operations  (1945)     608 Squadron RAF
Cakebread, John Robert Gordon Son of ... Cakebread, and ... Durant. Married Clare (née ...); two daughters.	18.04.1923 Brentford district, Middlesex - 30.10.2007 Oulton Broad	F/Sgt. ? [1262905] P/O (prob) 27.10.1943 [161652] P/O 27.04.1944 (WS) F/O 27.04.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 27.10.1944 F/Lt.  27.04.1947 (retd 01.09.1961) DFC 17.07.1945 ?	27.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (1945)     115 Squadron RAF 22.08.1946     extended service commission, RAF 30.12.1948     permanent commission, RAF 07.09.1949     transferred, Technical (later: Engineer) Branch, RAF
Caldwell-Cook, Reginald Youngest son of William and Jessie Cook, of London and Buenos Aires. Unmarried.	(12?).1890 Hampstead district, London - 16.04.1942 Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey	Army:   T/2nd Lt. 01.02.1915 T/Lt. ? (reld 1922) RAFVR:   P/O (prob) 01.06.1940 [79681] (WS) F/O 01.06.1941 (reld 02.02.1942; ill-health)	01.02.1915     commissioned, The Bedfordshire Regiment 01.09.1916     transferred, Training Reserve 09.02.1917     transferred, The Bedfordshire Regiment (1917)     6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (07.08.1917 wounded) 06.10.1918     1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment 01.06.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Camden, Henry Matthews	30.03.1894 Lewisham district, London - (12?).1972 Gosport district, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104745] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Cameron, David Peacock Robertson	1887 ?? Glasgow, Scotland ?? - 20.05.1945 [Edinburgh (Morningside) Cemetery, E.856]	F/Sgt. ? [1368808] P/O (prob) 18.09.1944 [186773] P/O 18.03.1945 (WS) F/O 18.03.1945	18.09.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.05.1945 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF (killed in action while their Wellington X [NC594 A1-W]] crashed during an air test into a house on take off from RAF Lossiemouth)
Cameron, Forbes Son of John Cameron, and Cecilia Helen Ewing (1900-1926), of Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland.	1922 Rathven district, Scotland - 24.09.1944 (MIA) [age 22] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 205]	Ldg. Acm. ? [1571845] P/O (prob) 01.10.1943 [153722] (WS) F/O 01.04.1944	Education: MA. 01.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 24.09.1944 air bomber, 166 Squadron RAF [flew in Lancaster LM722 AS-D 166 Squadron on the raid to Neuss 23.09.1944, where the aircraft went missing from Kirmington]
Cameron, Frederick John Alastair Son of Alastair and Mary Addison Cameron, of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire; husband of Helen (Curits) Cameron.	05.09.1916 Mayfair, London - 19.08.1940 (flying accident) [age 23] [Chilbolton (St Mary The Less) Churchyard, near NW corner of churchyard]	P/O ? [79525]	pilot of an Avro Anson
Campbell, David Mark Son of David and Elizabeth Campbell, of Kerrykeel.	1913 ? - 17.03.1944 (killed on active service) [age 31] [Clondevaddock (Christ the Redeemer) Church of Ireland Churchyard]	Sgt. ? [1122248] P/O (prob) 07.01.1942 [120419] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 07.01.1944	Education: Queen's University, Belfast (B.Agr. 1935). 07.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 17.03.1944 107 Squadron RAF (Lasham, Hampshire) [Mosquito VI LR384 (-B) took part in the Squadron's first Mosquito operation on 15.03.1944 attacking "Noball" sites (V weapons sites) in France. On this operation aircraft B was damaged by an explosion in the target area and hydraulics became unserviceable. Pilot F/Lt. Campbell made a crash landing upon returning to base. Neither he nor his navigator were injured. Two days later he flew Mosquito VI HJ763 which aircraft lost a wing in a dive at Woodcott Range and crashed. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Both F/Lt. Campbell and his navigator F/Lt. K.S. Dodrill were killed.]
Campbell, Joseph Love Son (with one sister) of Joseph Campbell (1879-1968), and Mary Campbell (1876-1965). Married Helen May Lyons, daughter of Henry Charles Lyons (1893-1974), and Agnes Thompson Litson (1897-); two sons.	04.08.1922 Antrim, Northern Ireland - 11.12.2013	F/Sgt. ? [1489030] P/O (prob) 24.06.1944 [179299] (WS) F/O 24.12.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 24.06.1946 (A) Sq.Ldr. 1946?	24.06.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "Trained in Texas. RAF Hornchurh in 1943 in a Photo Reconnaissance Unit and then served as an Instructor in India, I think Jodpur."
Campbell, Victor Hamilton Son (with four brothers and four sisters) of David Clarke Campbell (?-1936), and Elizabeth Hamilton (?-1956). Married Gladys Irene Doak (27.08.1907 - 08.06.2003), daughter of Edwin Doak (1877-1957), and Mary Jane McIlveen (?-1965); one son.	22.03.1903 Lisburn district, Antrim, Northern Ireland - 04.02.1973 Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland	Sgt. ? [816146] (A) P/O (prob) 20.01.1944 [169808] (commission terminated 22.08.1944)	20.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "Commenced in 502 squadron. Then to mainland squadron ? ? Tail gunner in Lancasters, then to Pilot Officer. Many missions. Eventually I think to South Africa to train their pilots."
Campbell-Cooper, Edmond Saffery Son (with one sister) of Edmond Campbell Cooper (1858-1932), solicitor, and Edith May Chadbourn (1875-1971). Married (23.07.1921, Register Office, Windsor, Berkshire and Surrey) Doris Queenie Foster (1896-1980), daughter (with six sisters) of David Derby Foster (1852-1943), cemetery superintendent, and Agnes Barningham (1852-); one son, one daughter.	20.05.1901 Crowborough, Uckfield district, Sussex - 18.12.1944 RAF Station Culmhead Taunton, Somerset (due to war operations) [age 43] (formerly of Reigate, Surrey) [Chipstead (St Margaret) Churchyard, Surrey, SE of church]	Sgt. ? [1388774] (A) P/O (prob) 23.08.1942 [131250] (WS) F/O (prob) 23.02.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 23.08.1944	Motor engineer and trader. Obtained civil aviator's licence (No. 17520), taken on DH60g Gipsy 1,85 on 31.03.1939 at Malling Aero Club. 23.08.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Camps, Ernest Edgar	10.10.1901 Harringay, Middlesex - 07.1997 Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104746] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Candler, Frederick Charles Alfred Son of ... Candler, and ... Crouch.	(06?).1916 Camberwell district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 02.12.2008 [age 92] [St Michaels and All Angels Cemetery, Sunninghill]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1188198] P/O (prob) 12.07.1941 [101085] (WS) F/O 12.07.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 12.07.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? ? (T) F/Lt. 03.12.1946, seniority 12.07.1943 F/O 19.05.1949 (reld 12.11.1949)	12.07.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 23.05.1944 transferred, Administrative and Special Duties Branch 19.05.1949 - 12.11.1949 commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch)
Canfield, Harold Ernest Married ((06?).1945, Blackpool district, Lancashire) Joan Turner; ... children (one daughter?).	(03?).1923 Southwark district, London - 18.12.1964 Blackpool, Lancashire	Sgt. ? [1801491] P/O (prob) 05.07.1944 [179419] DFM 18.08.1944 ?	(1944)     138 Squadron RAF (DFM) 05.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Carcasson, George Vincent	see:	Plaut-Carcasson, George Vincent
Carey, Gordon Vero Youngest son of Francis Carey (1840–1911), and Elizabeth Harrowell (1852–1930/31), of Burgess Hill. Married 1st (01.04.1919) Eila Reynolds (died 1932), daughter of late G.W. Reynolds; two sons (Lt. Ronald Clive Adrian Carey, RNVR & Lt. Hugh Francis Gordon Carey, Rifle Brigade). Married 2nd (1934) Dorothy Armstrong, second daughter (with brother Lt. Lloyd Armstrong, RNVR) of late Ernest Armstrong; one son.	09.10.1886 Sible Hedingham, Essex - 21.11.1969 Victoria Hospital, Lewes, Sussex	P/O (prob) 22.05.1940 [79616] (WS) F/O (prob) 22.11.1940 (WS) F/O 22.05.1941 (WS) F/Lt. ? (emgcy) (retd 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. 1941? (T) Sq.Ldr. ?	Education: King's Choir School, Cambridge (chorister); Eastbourne College (scholar); Caius College, Cambridge (MA; schol.); 2nd Class (1st Div.) Classical Tripos. Pt I; two years in Univ. Rugby XV; Harlequins, 1906-1910, Barbarians, 1909. Assistant Master at Eastbourne College and Trinity College, Glenalmond, 1909-1913; Assistant Secretary, Cambridge University Press, 1913; Educational Secretary, 1922-1929; Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, 1919-1925; Headmaster of Eastbourne College, 1929-1938. Commissioned in 8th Batt. The Rifle Brigade, 1914; wounded, 1915; Captain, 1915; Major, 1917; Acting Lieut­Col; attached RFC, 1917; Staff Officer in RAF, 1918-1919 (despatches, Belgian Croix de Guerre) 22.05.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special DutiesBranch) [emergency commission] 1942 - 1945 Librarian, RAF Staff College On Governing Body of Felsted School, 1938-1947; President of Society of Indexers, 1962-1966. Published: Mind the Stop, 1939, 1958; American into English, 1953; Cambridge Authors' and Printers' Guides; Making an Index, 1951, 1963, and Punctuation, 1957; compiled Cambridge University War List, 1921; part­author of An Outline History of the Great War, 1928.
Carlson, Stanley Carl Walter Son of Charles John Carlson, and Edith Elizabeth Willson. Married ((09?).1934, Lambeth district, London) Katherine Emily Louisa Russell, of Minster in Sheppey, Kent.	(03?).1911 Hampstead district, London - 28.10.1942 (MPK) [age 31] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 66]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1270595] P/O (prob) 07.11.1941 [117445] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	Solicitor. 07.11.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 28.10.1942 489 (RNZAF) Squadron
Carlyle, Stanley Son of ... Carlyle, and ... Shoobridge ?	(12?).1922 ? Cranbrook district, Kent ? - 04.05.1944 (KIA) [age 22?] [St Desir War Cemetery, Calvados, France, coll. grave VIII.B.5-8]	F/Sgt. ? [1575851] P/O (prob) 25.11.1943 [170257] DFM 11.02.1944 ?	25.11.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943) - 04.05.1944 navigator, 97 Squadron RAF [Lancaster III ND706 [OF-A] took off from Coningsby 21:59 hrs 03.05.1944 to bomb the military camp at Mailly-le-Camp. Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, crashing at 02:00 hrs some 3 km SW of Allainville (Seine-et-Oise), 20 km SSE of Rambouilly. Complete crew of seven was killed.]
Carmichael, James From Kirkcaldy, Scotland.	01.01.1920 - 2000	Wt.Offr. ? [755101] P/O (prob) 15.06.1944 [178498] (WS) F/O 15.12.1944	15.06.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served as Air Gunner / Bomb Aimer / Radio Operator in Europe, North Africa, Burma
Carnie, Robert Son of William and Isabella Carnie, of Edinburgh; husband of Jessie S. Carnie, of Edinburgh.	1897 Leith South district, Edinburgh City / Midlothian, Scotland - 20.06.1944 [age 46] [Edinburgh (Warriston) Cemetery, A.1.191]	P/O (prob) 05.07.1940 [81517] P/O 05.07.1941 (WS) F/O 05.07.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942	05.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Carpenter, George Robert	08.02.1900 - ?	P/O (prob) 07.10.1940 [85924] (WS) F/O 07.10.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 07.10.1942 (reld 07.01.1947; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	07.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       103 Squadron RAF (Elsham Wolds)
Carter, Charles Bindon Son (with two brothers) of Charles Stafford Carter (1871-1931), and Frances Grace Stanley Price (1887-). Husband of Helena Herdman "Helen" Johnston (1902 - ), of Belfast.	03.09.1919 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 25.09.1944 Arnhem, the Netherlands (MPK) [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 201]	Sgt. ? [1151995] P/O (prob) 03.09.1942 [132348] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.03.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1944 DFC 25.01.1944 ? DFM 14.08.1942 * * In July, 1942, Sergeant Carter was the wireless operator/air gunner of an aircraft detailed to attack a target near Lille. Owing to bad visibility the primary objective could not be located but an alternative was attacked from a low level in spite of heavy fire from the ground defences. During the run up, Sergeant Carter silenced one enemy gun position but the aircraft was repeatedly hit by light anti-aircraft fire. A cannon shell .entered the gunner's cockpit, wounded Sergeant Carter in the right hand and arm, exploded a verey cartridge and set some ammunition on fire. Despite his wounds, Sergeant Carter continued to engage the enemy, delivering effective fire at the enemy's gun positions. When the aircraft flew clear of the fire zone, Sergeant Carter extinguished the fire in the well of the aircraft and continued to man his guns. By his skilful gunnery this airman contributed materially to the success of the operation. He has completed numerous sorties and has always set a high standard of efficiency.	(1942)     88 Squadron RAF (DFM) 03.09.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     107 Squadron RAF (DFC) ? - 25.09.1944 98 Squadron RAF [Mitchell FW194 was detailed on 25th September 1944 to carry out an attack on Arnhem, Holland. The aircraft was seen by other aircraft of the squadron being attacked by enemy aircraft over the target, and later seen on fire. FW194 crashed in Arnhem behind a Red Cross hospital.]
Carter, Charles Leo Son of George Herbert Carter, and Mary McGowan Lennox.	19.01.1915 Salford district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire - 10.2001 Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire	Sgt. ? [969322] P/O (prob) 01.09.1943 [157681] (WS) F/O 01.03.1944	Employed in photographic engraving. Gained aviator's licence (No. 20047) at Northern Aviation Club, 02.09.1939, taken on a Hillson Praga, Praga 40. 1940     enlisted RAFVR 01.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Carter, Leonard Charles Married ...; ... children.	02.10.1900 - (09?).1969 Colchester district, Essex	(T) Cpl. ? [844847] P/O (prob) 29.04.1940, seniority 25.04.1940 [79591] (WS) F/O 29.04.1941, seniority 25.04.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942 03.1947, seniority 11.09.1943 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (reld 22.12.1948) F/Lt. RAF 22.12.1948, seniority 12.06.1947 (reld 31.03.1951; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	29.04.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Balloon Branch) [emergency commission] 24.01.1945     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 03.1947     recalled to active list 22.12.1948     extended service commission, RAF (Catering Branch)
Carter, Rowland William Married ...; ... children (one son?).	04.07.1915 - 05.02.2009	Ldg.Acm. ? [1368519] P/O (prob) 01.01.1943 [150064] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.07.1943	01.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 08.12.1944     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
Carter, Victor Arthur Son of ... Carter, and ... Backhouse. Married (1943) Elise Hamilton Rankin (1919 - 2003).	08.10.1917 Poole district, Dorset - 08.1991 Bromley district, Kent	Sgt. ? [745884] P/O (prob) 07.09.1940 [84966] (WS) F/O 07.09.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 07.09.1942 (reld 25.10.1945; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	07.09.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Castle, Hugh Wilfred Son of Henry James W. Castle (1889-), and Alice Elizabeth Norris. Married ((06?).1939, Westminster district, London) Vera F.M. Allnutt ((12?).1915 - ), of Beddington, Surrey, daughter of Cyril Bruce Allnutt (1885-1952), and Florence Emma Moule (1887-1925); ... children (one son, one daughter?). Vera Castle remarried P. O'Gorman.	(09?).1915 Wandsworth district, London - 15.11.1944 (MPK) [age 29] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 200]	Wt.Offr. ? [740117] P/O (prob) 21.02.1942 [122360] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 21.02.1944 (A) Sq.Ldr. 1944	Education: BSc. 21.02.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 15.11.1944 115 Squadron RAF [His Lancaster HK595 [KO-A] took off at 12:40 hrs from Witchford near Ely in Cambridgeshire to attack Dortmund. 177 Lancaster's took part in this G-H attack (1) on the oil plant in Dortmund which had been classed as very accurate even though the raid took place with thick cloud. This Lancaster HK595 collided with another Lancaster NN706 in a mid air collision also from the same squadron. These were the only aircraft to be lost on this raid. Complete crew of nine were killed.]
Castle, William Arthur Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Arthur James Castle, and Mary Ann Long. Married (18.09.1937, Werrington near Peterborough) Dorothy May Hadman; one son, three daughters.	25.10.1907 Putney, Wandsworth district, London - 08.1989 Ulverston district, Lancashire	Ldg.Acm. ? [?] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [114703] P/O (prob) 28.02.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.10.1945? (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission]
Cater, Leslie Erastus Son of Erastus Cater (1887-1950), and Daisy Gwinnell (1885-1969). Married (25.09.1937, Wanstead, Essex) Myrtle Peggy Emily Garner (1917 - 1992), daughter of James Frederick Garner (1874-1962), and Emily Louise “Gig” Holland (1874-1959); four sons.	25.01.1913 Epping, Essex - 23.04.1972 (as passenger in a light private aircraft in France; crashed on a mountain slope near Lyon)	Acm. 1st cl. ? [1649248] (A) P/O (prob) 27.01.1944 [170158] P/O (prob) 23.03.1944 (WS) F/O 23.09.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 25.01.1958)	27.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] Director and then chairman of Cater food shops, a private company eventually sold to Debenhams. His son writes: "RAF station Peterhead Aberdeen 1944 then posted to RAF Park Farm Beaulieu 2nd June 1944."
Catnach, Robert Son of William Catnach, and ... Codling. Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	02.03.1919 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Cumberland - 18.11.1973 Northumberland West district, Northumberland	Ldg.Acm. ? [984480] P/O (prob) 22.02.1941 [61255] (reld > 09.1941, < 11.1941; medical unfitness)	22.02.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Catterns, John Burleigh Compton Only son of Basil Gage Catterns, and Evelyn Nancy Dodd, of Westminster, London.	(06?).1923 Croydon district, London - 16.09.1945 (flying accident) [age 22] [Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire, sect G, row K, grave 13]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1394129] P/O (prob) 27.05.1943 [144938] (WS) F/O (prob) 27.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 27.05.1945 CdeG ? ?	27.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (01.1945)     pilot, 168 Squadron RAF [combat report 23.01.1945] ? - 16.09.1945 pilot, 567 Squadron RAF [flew a Spitfire M16 in the first “At Home” display at the RAF Base at Acklington, Northumberland]
Caunce, Harry Donald	03.09.1903 Birkenhead, Cheshire - (12?).1978 Chester and Ellesmere Port district, Cheshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104747] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Causton, John Lindley Son (with one brother) of Dudley Kinght Causton (1890-1969), and Winifred Mary Loudon (1895?-). Married ((09?).1944, Camberwell district, Surrey) Pamela F. Thomas.	13.08.1923 Greenwich district, London - 05.1986 Andover district, Hampshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1385500] P/O (prob) 07.08.1942 [127905] (WS) F/O (prob) 07.02.1943 (A) F/Lt. (1943) (WS) F/Lt. 07.08.1944 F/Lt. RAF 01.07.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 07.02.1946 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1952 (A) W/Cdr. RAF 14.09.1959 W/Cdr. RAF 01.01.1960 (retd 01.07.1966; own request) OBE 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65 DFC 07.11.1943 ?	07.08.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     102 Squadron RAF (DFC) 01.07.1946     short service commission 15.12.1948     permanent commission 14.09.1959     Central Reconnaissance Establishment RAF
Cazenove, Peter Frederick Only son of Maj. Percy Cazenove (1875-1954), and Beatrice Gwendolen Olive (1882-1966), of New Hall, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex. Married 1st (08.11.1945, St Saviour's, Walton Street, Chelsea district, London) Ann Jean Martineau, only daughter of Cyril Edgar Martineau (1872-1918), and Katherine Dawson Clarke (1872-1901), of 35 Sloane Avenue, London SW3. Married 2nd ((06?).1957, Westminster district, London / Middlesex) Edna Marjorie Hollis (27.09.1908 - 03.1995).	30.03.1908 Ware district, Hertfordshire - (12?).1980 Worthing district, West Sussex	P/O AuxAF 16.05.1938 [90458] (reld 24.08.1939) P/O 24.08.1939, seniority 16.05.1938 [73727] F/O 16.11.1939 (WS) F/Lt. 05.01.1941 (reld 11.03.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	Education: Eton. Stockbroker's clerk. 16.05.1938 - 24.08.1939 commissioned, AuxAF (General Duties Branch) [615 (County of Surrey) (Army Co-operation) Squadron AuxAF] 24.08.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.1940 92 Squadron RAF (shot down over Calais in Spitfire P9374; captured) 05.1940 - 04?.1945 POW in German captivity (Stalag Luft III)
Challis, George Christopher Son of Christopher Thomas Challis, and Eliza Maria Marshall. Husband of Marie Antoinette Challis, of Blairgowrie, Perthshire.	17.03.1888 Clayton, Brighton district, Sussex - 23.11.1941 Buchanan Military Hospital, Stirlingshire, Scotland (formerly of Poges, Buckinghamshire) [age 53] [Buchanan Churchyard Extension, Stirlingshire, plot 2, section A, grave 7]	P/O (prob) 06.08.1940 [83165] (WS) F/O 06.08.1941 (A) F/Lt. 1941? CdeG ? ?	Trained as a Motor Mechanic, enlisted with British Army prior to 1914: served with 2nd Motor Ambulance Corps, Army Service Corps. Regimental Number MI/6138. Awarded 1914 Star (aka as 'Mons Star) and 'Croix de Guerre' (Attachment level unknown) assumed to be for WW1 conflict in France/Belgium. 06.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Challis, Michael Bruce Henry Son of Henry Charles Challis (Private in the Royal Sussex Regiment), and Mabel Florence Laura Boyce, of Hornsey, Middlesex.	(09?).1922 Edmonton district, Middlesex - 07.04.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Alamein Memorial, column 279]	Sgt. ? [1382528] P/O (prob) 15.07.1943 [156336] P/O 15.01.1944, seniority 15.07.1943 (WS) F/O 15.01.1944 (A) F/Lt. 1944 DFC 07.04.1944 * 39|45 St - - Afr St - & clasp North Africa 42-43 It St - - WM 39|45 - -	15.07.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 03.1943 - 1944? pilot, 37 Squadron RAF 1944? - 07.04.1944 76 Operational Training Unit (Aqir, Palestine)
* Pilot Officer Challis was posted to this unit in March 1943, and completed his tour of operations as a sergeant. He was commissioned whilst still on the Squadron, and joined for duty as an officer in October 1943. His operations were carried out over Tunisia, Pantellaria, Sicily and Italy. Pilot Officer Challis was an outstanding captain and pilot. He had high qualities of leadership, courage, and fighting spirit and skill in the air. In addition to these qualities, he had attributes of mind and personality which made him an excellent influence on his fellow aircrew. His keenness and care, both in the preparation and execution of operations, was mainly responsible for his crew achieving a model standard of co-operation with correspondingly good results. On his fist three operations, (on the nights of 20th, 23rd and 24th March 1943) he dropped a total of 18 sticks of bombs on enemy concentrations in areas between Mereth and El Hamma. His attacks resulted in the probable destruction of a Wadi bridge and Army M.T. vehicles. Bursts were also observed on a tented camp, and on gun emplacements. This is an example of his determination to achieve the maximum possible results from his operations, throughout his tour this determination never flagged. On at least six occasions, Pilot Officer Challis has been detailed to illuminate targets for bombing and he has carried out these tasks successfully. On the last occasion, on the night of 25th September 1943, he was ordered to drop flares over Forlia road junction on the west coast of Italy. In spite of considerable cloud and bad visibility on the target area he searched until identifying the target. The flares he dropped enabled four crews to bomb the target which they would not otherwise have located. On the night of 26th July 1943, when detailed to bomb Monte Corvino Cavella landing ground he found on arriving in the target area that the illuminating flares had been dropped over Battapaglia Village instead of over the target. He set course from Battapaglia and found the target, illuminating it with his own flares, and observed his bomb bursts across the aerodrome buildings and landing area. This is a typical example of the thorough manner in which Pilot Officer Challis prepared for his operations by famailiarising himself and his crew with the target identification data. Many other examples would be quoted from Pilot Officer Challis’ operational tour with this unit to illustrate the excellent standard which he consistently attained. It is submitted that, in all aspects, he is worthy of special recognition, with regard to his most successful tour of operations.
Chamberlain, Joseph Samuel Son (with two brothers and five sisters) of William Chamberlain (1872-1958), and Gertrude Ellen Hitchcock (1879-1961). Married ((03?).1936, Brentford district, Middlesex) Doreen Florence "Betty" Hitchcock (16.07.1912 - 06.1984), daughter of William Hasler Dann Hitchcock (1883-1953), and Elizabeth Hannah Bowbrick (1883-1970); one son, two daughters. Brother-in-law of F/O William Joseph John Hitchcock, RAFVR.	12.05.1917 Hammersmith, London - 12.2003 Ealing, Middlesex	F/Sgt. ? [1213270] (A) P/O (prob) 04.12.1943 [169479] (WS) F/O 04.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 04.12.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	04.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       navigator in night fighters
Champion, William James Son of Edward and Mary Champion. Husband of Edna Champion, of Woking, Surrey.	1918 ? - 04.11.1943 (KIA) [age 25] [Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark, allied plot, grave 48]	Sgt. ? [624043] P/O (prob) 23.09.1943 [53774]	Education: Woking County Grammar School for Boys, Surrey. 23.09.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.11.1943 Wireless Operator/Air gunner, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF [Stirling III BF461 was airborne 1601 4Nov43 from Mepal to lay mines in the Kattegat (Silverthorne Region). Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Kallerup, 8 km SW of Thisted, Denmark.]
Chandler, Eric Francis Son of William Hubert Chandler, and Winifred Mary Kenway.	(03?).1919 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 12.2010 still alive	(T) F/Sgt. ? [755026] P/O (prob) 30.01.1942 [115851] (WS) F/O (prob) 17.09.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 17.09.1943 DFM 13.03.1942 * * On 22nd June 1941 his aircraft was attacking an enemy convoy off the island of Lampedusa, but gunfire from the ships hit the pilot in both legs, and moments later the aircraft came under attack from an Italian fighter plane. Sergeant Chandler, the Gunner believed he shot down the fighter. From his injuries and loss of blood the pilot lapsed into unconsciousness from time to time, and the Observer Sergeant J.S. Sargent took over the controls and piloted the aircraft back to Malta. When over Malta Flight Lieutenant T.J. Watkins resumed as pilot and made a successful landing. He was subsequently awarded the DSO, and Sergeants Chandler and Sargent the DFM. Citation read: "As wireless operator/air gunner this airman has completed numerous sorties. These have in eluded several low-flying attacks in daylight on shipping and the large-scale attack on Cologne power station in August, 1941. By night he has taken part in attacks on targets in Germany and Northern France. Throughout he has shown praiseworthy determination and keenness. "	(1941)     wireless operator/air gunner, 107 Squadron RAF (flying Blenheims) (1941)     wireless operator/air gunner, 82 Squadron RAF (DFM) 30.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Chandler, Stanley Edwin Son of George Chandler, and Rose Hope, of Dartford, Kent.	(12?).1911 Dartford, Kent - 16.12.1957 (took his own life by jumping from the cliff at Beachy Head in Sussex)	Ldg.Acm. ? [1360018] P/O (prob) 14.02.1942 [116497 *] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 14.02.1944 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 F/Lt. RAF 13.07.1948, seniority 14.02.1948 * Initially shown as 115497, which is probably incorrect.	Held a personnel job in Wyton, Cambridgeshire, UK. 14.02.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       initially flew with Coastal Command; during this period he had a ‘bad crash’ and it is believed his aircraft was shot down in the sea in the Western Approaches 01.1943 - 05.1945 wireless operator/air gunner, 160 Squadron RAF (Salbani, Eastern India (near Calcutta), from 04.1943 Ceylon) 05.1945 - 1945/46? 222 Group RAF (Colombo, Ceylon) 13.07.1948     short service commission, RAF (Secretarial Branch) 23.02.1952     permanent commssion, RAF (Secretarial Branch)
Chapman, Lionel Marsh	16.06.1907 Macclesfield, Cheshire - 08.1991 Poole district, Dorset	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103310] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Chappell, Peter Anthony Son of Percy Reuben Chappell, and Jessie Brown, of Beckenham, Kent.	(09?).1920 Beckenham, Bromley district, Kent - 05.10.1943 (KIA) [age 23] [St Desir War Cemetery, Calvados, France, VII.B.5]	Sgt. ? [1174905] P/O (prob) 11.06.1942 [125753] (WS) F/O (prob) 11.12.1942	11.06.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.10.1943 pilot, 247 Squadron RAF [was shot down in the morning by a Messerschmitt Me 109 in his Typhoon Ib [JP581 'V'] while on a Rhubarb mission (freelance fighter sortie against ground targets of opportunity) in the Courtrai/Kortrijk area of Belgium]
Charalambous, Christakis Son of Charalambous and Haji Maritsa Charalambous, of Nicosia, Cyprus.	09.09.1914 - 13.07.1944 [age 30] [Padua War Cemetery, Italy, III.F.8]	P/O ? [162971]	?     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.07.1944 40 Squadron RAF [Lost in Wellington X LN270 'O' on an operation against the Milan Lambrate Marshalling Yards]
Charlwood, Kenneth Enefer Son of Charles William Charlwood (1883-1966), and Kate Enefer (1882-1930). Married ((06?).1931, Elham district, Kent) Phylliss Florence Watker (16.09.1908 - (12?).1978); one daughter.	12.11.1908 Gloucester, Gloucestershire - 06.1994 Canterbury district, Kent	P/O (prob) 23.08.1940 [85073] (dismissed the service by sentence of a General Court Martial 12.07.1942) (WS) F/O 23.08.1941 (cancelled 20.01.1942)	23.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Photographer.
Chatwin, Francis Reginald Son of Frank Chatwin, and Dorothy Ettey Riley, of Birmingham. Married ((12?).1943, Hereford, Herefordshire) Phyllis Irene Mitchell, of Bolton, Lancashire.	(09?).1917 Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire - 25.09.1944 [age 26] [Birmingham Municipal Crematorium, column 1]	F/Sgt. ? [1577484] P/O (prob) 06.07.1944 [179033]	06.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 25.09.1944 199 Squadron RAF [Stirling LJ518 (EX-K) was airborne 19:02 hrs from North Creake tasked to provide a Mandrel Screen. On completion of the sortie the pilot was descending through cloud when the Stirling ploughed into tree tops. Power was applied and the Stirling climbed steeply before diving into the ground at 21:45 hrs at Edgefield Street, 3 miles NNW of Sculthorpe, Norfolk. The complete crew was killed.]
Chave, Owen Cecil Son of Capt. Sir Benjamin Chave, KBE (1870-1954), and of Lady Rachel Agnes Chave (née Morgan), of Highfield, Southampton. Husband of Joan Chave (née Sanders); three children.	29.04.1912 Southampton district, Hampshire - 14.02.1943 (KIA) [age 30] [Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium, collective grave 10.E.2-8] [commemorated at Great Ballard School Roll of Honour 1939/45]	Acm. ? 10.01.1937 [741000] Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 05.08.1940, seniority 30.07.1940 [82955] P/O 05.08.1941 (WS) F/O 05.08.1941, seniority 30.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 05.08.1942, seniority 30.07.1942	04.08.1936 - 09.01.1937 joined RAF Reserve (Class F, Section II) 10.01.1937 - 04.08.1940 served in the ranks, RAFVR 05.08.1940     fcommissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1939 - late 1942 RAF South Cerney (near Cirencester, Gloucestershire), ending up as Flight Commander, C Flight, No. 3 Service Flying Training School late 1942 - 14.02.1943 pilot, 15 Squadron RAF (Bourn) [Stirling I BF448 LS-T shot down by a night-fighter flown by Ofw Fritz Schellwat of 5./Nachtjagd- Geschwader 1 crashing at Helchteren, Belgium] Published: (under pseudonym Ariel) Winged victory : poems of a Flight Lieutenant (1942)
Checklin, Donald Simpson Son (with one brother) of George Thomas Checklin, and Mary Jane Simpson Donald.	29.05.1920 Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 02.08.1947 (of Bridgford, Nottinghamshire)	Sgt. ? [951769] P/O (prob) 15.05.1942 [124551] (WS) F/O (prob) 15.11.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 15.05.1944 DFC 17.07.1945 ?	15.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1945)     158 Squadron RAF (DFC) Pilot's "B" Licence No. 24205 issued Jamuary 20th 1947, endorsed for York aircraft and valid until November 19th 1947. The Lancastrian endorsement is dated May 8th, 1947. Killed in an accident to Lancastrian III G-AGWH which occurred on 2nd August 1947 in the Andes Mountains South America, known as the Star Dust accident. His total flying time as a pilot in the R.A.F. and B.S.A.A.C. was 2,074 hours 14 minutes. R.A.F. Experience: Time flown as pilot Day: 1,443 hrs. Night: 356 hrs. Total: 1,799 hrs. Time flown as pilot in Lancastrian aircraft: Day: 14 hrs. Night: 8 hrs. Total: 22 hrs. Time flown as pilot in York aircraft: Day: 511 hrs. Night: 86 hrs. Total: 597 hrs. B.S.A.A.C. Experience: Total flying time: 275 hrs. 14 min. This was as follows: Flying time in Lancastrian aircraft. Day: 11 hrs. 47 min. Night: 30 min. Total: 12 hrs. 17 min. Flying time in York aircraft. Day: 180 hrs. 14 min. Night: 82 hrs. 43 min. Total: 262 hrs. 57 min. Mr. Checklin had previously crossed the Andes Mountains on four occasions.
Cheney, Jack Son of Richard Cheney, and Annie Barker, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.	(03?).1922 Spalding, Lincolnshire - 13.06.1943 [age 21] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 123]	Sgt. ? [1067433] P/O 01.05.1942 [122306] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.11.1942	01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.06.1943 25 Squadron RAF [Mosquito II DZ688 undertook a so-called Instep patrol (fighter patrol over the Bay of Biscay looking for U-boats and Ju88s of KG40) south west of Brest in the afternoon. The aircraft was lost after combat with Fw190s of Jagdgeschwader 2, with crew F/O J. Cheney and F/O J.K. Mycock.]
Chessell, Henry Married; ... children (one son?).	10.06.1902 North Manchester, Prestwich district, Lancashire - 15.12.1976 Lyme Regis, Bridport district, Dorset	P/O (prob) 29.09.1941 [107468] (A) F/O 02.05.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (reld 26.01.1946) (emgcy list) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. 06.03.1944	Education: Manchester University (BA (Commerce), 1930). 29.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 27.10.1941 Education Officer, RAF Snailwell 01.04.1942 RAF Intelligence Branch (appointed Air Ministry 30.04.1942) 20.12.1943     Inter Service Topographical Department (ISTD), Oxford 13.09.1945     ISTD Check Recce Team, Holland Published: National parks for Britain (1946); A portrait of Lyme (1969); (ed. by Antony Chessell) A small share in the conflict (2009; wartime diaries & letters)
Chiappa-Sinclair, Alfred Joseph Changed name from Alfred Joseph Chiappa by deed poll of 15.05.1922. Son of Luigi "Lewis / Louis" Chiappa (1867-1958), musical instruments manufacturer, and Emilia ... (1871-1944). Married Dora Louise Marchi (19.01.1903 - 04.1994); ... children (daughter Helen Dora Chiappa-Sinclair married Maj. Norman Martin Mischler, Indian Army).	04.1896 Holborn, London - 05.10.1944 South of France (died from injuries as the result of an accident) [Naples War Cemetery, Italy, III.S.3]	F/O 13.06.1941 [69971] (WS) F/Lt. 13.06.1942 MID 14.01.1944 ?	Education: Middlesex Hospital (LRCP 1922, MRCS 1922, LDS 1919). After holding appointments at the Dental Hospital, Great Portland Street, he entered general practice. 13.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Medical Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.10.1944 medical officer at a mobile field hospital overseas
Chichester, [Sir] Francis Charles Younger son (there were later two daughters) of Charles Chichester, vicar of Shirwell, seventh son of the eighth baronet, and his wife, Emily Annie, the daughter of Samuel Page, of Chitt's Hill, Wood Green, London. Married 1st (1923) Muriel Eileen Blakiston (died 1929); two sons (one stillborn, the other died in 1967). Married 2nd (1937) Sheila Mary Craven; one son. biography	17.09.1901 Shirwell, Devon - 26.08.1972 Plymouth	P/O (prob) 11.02.1941 [61089] F/O (prob) 11.08.1941 (WS) F/O 11.02.1942 (T) F/Lt. 01.07.1944 (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) KBE 28.01.1967 for individual achievements and sustained endeavour in the navigation and seamanship of small craft  CBE 01.01.1964 for services to yachting	Education: infants' school, Barnstaple; preparatory schools, Ellerslie & Bournemouth; Marlborough College Emigrated to NZ, 12.1919; Director, Godwin Chichester Aviation Co. Ltd, 1927-1930; second pilot to fly solo, England-Australia, 1929; NZ (Territorial) AF, 1930; first E. to W. solo flight from New Zealand to Australia across Tasman Sea, 1931 (Johnston Memorial Trophy for 1931, for navigation); first long-distance solo seaplane flight (NZ-Japan), 1931; cruising flight in Puss Moth with one passenger Sydney to London via Peking, 1936. 11.02.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1943 - 1945 Senior Navigation Instructor, Empire Central Flying School 1945 - 10.02.1954 Emergency List, RAFVR Chairman, Francis Chichester Ltd, Map and Guide Publishers since 1945; air navigator and pilot; yachtsman. Fellow, Institute of Navigation (FIN). Director, Straight Aviation Training Ltd, 1946-1949. Ex-Warden, Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators; winner of first Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race, Plymouth-New York, 1960; awarded Yachtsman of the Year Trophy, 1960; record solo East-West Crossing, Plymouth-New York, 1962; 2nd in Second Solo Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race, 1964; First solo circumnavigation of world via Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and the Horn, 1966-1967 (fastest true circumnavigation port to port by any small boat: 29,600 miles in 226 days sailing time, Plymouth-Sydney-Plymouth); world speed records for long distance solo sailing: 1966, in Gipsy Moth IV; 1971, in Gipsy Moth V (1,017.75 miles in 5 days). Trustee, National Maritime Museum, 1965-1970; Vice-President, RGS, 1970; Honorary Vice-President, Cutty Sark Society, 1967. Freeman of Barnstaple, Devon. Vice-President, Institute of Navigation, 1964; Younger Brother of Trinity House, 1968. Membre d'Honneur, Yacht Club de France, 1967 (Special Centenary Award, 1967). Hon. Master of Bench, Middle Temple, 1967. Special Gold Medal, RGS; Institute of Navigation Gold Medal, 1961; Special Award, Inst. of Navigation; Superior Achievement Award, American Inst. of Navigation; Aust. Inst. of Navigation Gold Medal, 1967. Marconi Memorial Medal of Honour, NY, 1967; Italian Polhena da Bravura, San Remo, 1967; Capitani Coraggiosi, Riposto, Sicily; Blue Water Medal (Cruising Club of America), 1960 and 1967; Special Bronze Medal, and Chichester Award, Royal Yacht Squadron, 1967. Gold Medal, Guild of Yachting Writers, 1967; Medal for Seamanship, Royal Cruising Club, 1967; Livingstone Gold Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1969. Published: Navigation Notes for Instructors and Students (Air Ministry), 1941-1943; Solo to Sydney, 1930; Seaplane Solo, 1932 (republished as Alone Over the Tasman Sea, 1946, and in Aviation Classics series, 1965); Ride on the Wind, 1937; Spotters' Hand Book, 1940; Astro­Navigation, 1940 (4 parts); Pocket Planisphere, 1941; Pinpoint the Bombers, 1941; Star Recognition, 1941; The Star Compass, 1961; The Sun Compass, 1961; Alone Across the Atlantic, 1961 (published in France, Seul en Course, 1962); Atlantic Adventure, 1962; The Lonely Sea and the Sky, 1964 (memoirs; translated in 8 languages); Along the Clipper Way, 1966; Gipsy Moth Circles the World, 1967 (trans. 13 languages); How to Keep Fit, 1969; The Romantic Challenge, 1971.
Christie, Brian Hamilton	? Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland - 25.07.1994 Sileby, Leicestershire	Wt.Offr. ? [1795055] P/O (prob) 19.05.1945 [199943] (WS) F/O 19.11.1945	Education: Coleraine Academical Institution; Queen's University, Belfast (MB, BCh, BAO Belf 20.07.1949).       pilot training in Canada (on Harvards etc.); returned to UK (flying Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires up to Griffin Engine variants, also later ferry machines to maintenance/repair facilities including Auster at Rearsby, Leicestershire, while awaiting posting to India and Burma; finally operating North American Thunderbolts, until VJ-Day 19.05.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] General practitioner, Sileby, Leicestershire.
Christopherson, Alec	(12?).1903 Bexley, Dartford district, Kent - 1973 Salisbury, Rhodesia	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101652] (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]
Christy, Leslie Joseph Son (with one sister) of Joseph William Christy (1873-1927), and Helena Barbara Dance (1878-1961).	07.06.1907 Enfield Wash, Edmonton district, Middlesex - (12?).1978 Havering district, London	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104748] P/O (prob) 15.10.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Clack, Cyril Alexander [Leonard] Son of ... Clack, and ... McIntyre. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	30.03.1922 Clutton district, Somerset - 16.02.2011 Kloof Rest Home, Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	F/Sgt. ? [1311911 ] P/O (prob) 24.09.1943 [160851] (WS) F/O 24.03.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 24.09.1945 (reld 07.10.1946)	02.11.1940     joined RAFVR 24.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Clapperton, James Denys Son of Arthur Henry Clapperton, and Mary Elizabeth Gray, of Newcastle upon Tyne.	(06?).1924 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - 26.07.1944 [age 20] [Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Algeria, E.C.27]	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [1673181] P/O (prob) 20.11.1943 [159392] (WS) F/O 20.05.1944	Education: Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne (09.1935-...). 20.11.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 26.07.1944 pilot, 27 (SAAF) Squadron RAF [Ventura V, JS933 'M' crashed on take-off from Le Senia]
Clarabut, Frank Stone	? -	P/O (prob) 25.05.1940 [79495] P/O 25.05.1941 (WS) F/O 25.01.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942 (reld 22.12.1945; medical unfitness; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	25.05.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Clarabut, Percy George	? -	P/O (prob) 22.11.1939 [76516] P/O 22.11.1940 (WS) F/O 22.11.1940 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1944 (dismissed by sentence of General Court Martial 06.12.1944)	22.11.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Clark, Bernard William Married; two sons. Lived in Cuffley, Hertfordshire.	03.05.1908 St George Hanover Square district, London - 12.1994 Enfield district, London	(A) P/O (prob) 03.10.1941 [107566] P/O (prob) 03.12.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.10.1944 (emgcy) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. ?	03.10.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Banker.
Clark, Denis Elliot Irwin	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 30.12.1939 [76597] P/O (prob) 04.02.1940 (WS) F/O (prob) 21.12.1940 (WS) F/O 30.12.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 21.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 31.08.1944 DFC 12.01.1943 ?	30.12.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     15 Squadron RAF
Clark, Henry Alan Son of Henry and Gladys Clark. Husband of Rosemary Clark, of Boughton Monchelsea.	09.1912 - 14.07.1940 (KIA) [age 28] [Boughton Monchelsea (St Peter) Churchyard, Kent]	P/O ? [72590]	? commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 14.07.1940 59 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [took off from Thorney Island at 22.50 hrs 13.07.1940 in Belnheim IV [R3665 TR-P] for an operation against Bruges; the aircraft, believed to be shot down by enemy fighters, fell into the sea 2 miles south of Saltdean at 02.22 hrs; the bodies of all three crew members were recovered from the sea]
Clark, Stanley William Son (with three sisters) of Stanley Clark (1874-1963), and Ethel Latrielle Farrow (1878-1955). Married ((06?).1927, Kingston district, Middlesex/Surrey) Kathleen Elsie Piper (07.09.1903 - 03.01.1992), of New Malden; ... children. She remarried Alexander Gallagher.	(09?).1903 Clapham, London - 21.12.1942 military hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire [age 39] [Kingston-upon-Thames Cemetery, Surrey, class C (Gen.) grave 2726]	Sgt. ? [760287] P/O (prob) 30.12.1941, seniority 01.08.1941 [118134] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	Amateur radio operator. 30.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]       spent time in both Belfast and Aden
Clarke, Charles William Son of Charles and Johan Clarke, of Southampton. Husband of Kathleen Mary Clarke, of Bitterne, Southampton.	(12?).1910 Southampton - 13.05.1943 [age 32] [Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, The Netherlands, plot 13, row 7, grave 134]	Sgt. ? [1185390] P/O (prob) 13.03.1943 [144446]	Education: King Edward VI School, Southampton (Watts House, 19.09.1922-29.07.1927) 13.03.1943 commissioned, RAFVR [emergency commission] ? - 13.05.1943 Navigator-Bomber, 50 Squadron RAF [his Lancaster I bomber (W4762 VN-) had taken off at 23.58 hrs [12.05.1943] at Skellingthorpe on an operation against Duisburg; it was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 03.32 hrs in the IJsselmeer, 6 km NW of Nijkerk]
Clarke, Ernest Sumner "Paddy" Son of Frederick Ernest and Adah Mary Clarke, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.	02.06.1921 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 30.01.1944 [age 22] [Barsingerhorn (Kolhorn) Cemetery, The Netherlands, grave 3]	Sgt. ? [758141] P/O (prob) 03.08.1941 [107142] P/O 03.08.1942 (WS) F/O 03.08.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 03.08.1943 MID 01.01.1942 ?	spring 1939 - 1941 training, No 2 Squadron, 3 Initial Training Wing RAF (Hastings), then 144 Squadron RAF (Hemswell & North Luffenham), 14 Operational Training Unit RAF (Cottesmore) & No. 7 F.S.I. RAF (Upavon) 03.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 30.01.1944 pilot, 97 Squadron RAF [Lancaster III JB535 OF-Q. believed shot down on an operation against Berlin by a night-fighter crashing at Kolhorn, Northern Holland, the Netherlands]
Clarke, Gordon Harvey Son of Arthur Clarke, and Lily Sophia Harvey. Married ((09?).1936, Tonbridge district, Kent)Phyllis Marjorie Clara Smith (21.07.1913 - 11.1996), of Southborough, Kent; ... children (one daughter?).	20.08.1910 Bramley, Surrey - 12.08.1943 (KIA) [age 32] [St Desir War Cemetery, Calvados, France, coll. grave VIII.A.1-8]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1390467] P/O (prob) 18.03.1943 [139592]	Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA). 18.03.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 12.08.1943 pilot, 620 Squadron RAF (Chedburgh, Suffolk) [Stirling III (BK713, QS-E) took off 21:36 hrs 12.08.1943 for an operation against Torino. The aircraft crashed at Mittainvilliers (Eure-et-Loir), 14 km WNW of Chartres, France. Complete crew of eight was killed.]
Clarke, Herbert Alfred Son (with one brother and one sister) of William James Clarke (1873-1942), mechanic, later draper, and Alice Emily Beamish (1873-1958). Married 1st Bertha Winifred "Masie" Beggs (03.03.1904 - 21.08.1981), daughter of Thomas Alfred Beggs, and Elizabeth Annie McMurtrey; two daughters. Married 2nd Celia ... (1904 - 2008).	20.12.1903 Leicester, Leicestershire - 08.06.1975 Crosby, Merseyside	Sgt. ? [855102] P/O (prob) 30.06.1941, seniority 10.06.1941 [100668] (WS) F/O 30.06.1942, seniority 10.06.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 10.06.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. (1945) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	Education: Alderman Newton Grammar School. Went to Australia at about 18/19 years of age, and worked in various jobs in the outback, then as a salesman for Dunlop Rubber Company, for which he returned to the UK in 1930. 1938     enlisted RAFVR 30.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Balloon Branch) [emergency commission] 14.07.1943     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) ? - 1945 Air HQ, India Command
Clarke, Robert Barclay * Son (with three brother and one sister) of William Richard Barclay Clarke, civil engineer, and Jessie Fargie Russel Jack (1886-1965), of Ealing, Middlesex. * Birth registration as Robert Baillie Clarke.	12.10.1915 Paisley, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 30.08.1944 (MPK) [age 28] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]	Sgt. ? [1607240] P/O (prob) 24.08.1944 [184151]	Education: St Mary's, Richmond, Surrey (1928-1931). Turret Lathe Setter Operator, W.Kidde Ltd, Belyve works, Northolt, Middlesex, 10.1940. 29.01.1942     enlisted, RAF 24.08.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 30.08.1944 flight engineer, 106 Squadron RAF (Metheringham) [Lancaster III JB593 (ZN-T) took off 20:30 hrs for an operation against Königsberg. The aircraft was lost without trace. Crew of seven was missing, presumed killed.]
Clarke, Samuel Archibald Reddington Married ...; ... children (one son?).	20.01.1919 Kilkeel district, Ireland - 02.1990 Southwark district, London	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [1795056] P/O (prob) 09.10.1942 [131028] (WS) F/O (prob) 09.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 09.10.1944 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 09.04.1946	Education: Queen's University, Belfast (medicine; 1938; LDS 1951). 09.10.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Dentist (registered 02.01.1952), Larne, Co. Antrim.
Clay, Edward Ralph Son of Edward Clay, and Annie Mary Astle. Married ((06?).1945, Basford district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire) Kathleen Daley; ... children (two daughters?).	16.05.1923 Belper district, Derbyshire - 1987 Norwich district, Norfolk	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [1583049] P/O (prob) 12.08.1942 [181484] (WS) F/O 12.02.1945	12.08.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       navigator / air observer
Clayton, Peter Levinge Son of Charles Levinge Clayton (1890-), and Esta Edith Stephenson (1899-1996), of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Of Stoke Row, Oxon.	(06?).1923 Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 06.06.1942 (KIA) [age 20] [Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium, XII.F.12] [commemorated at Wootton War Memorial]	Sgt. ? [1176996] P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [121334]	01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 06.06.1942 pilot, 149 Squadron RAF [Pilot of Stirling I W7508 (OJ-D) that took off 23:15 hrs 05.06.1942 from Lakenheath for an operation against Essen. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oberleutnant Walter Barte, 4./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4) and crashed at l'Ecluse (Brabant), 10 km SW of Tienen, Belgium.]
Cleary, William Peter Bruce Son (with one brother) of Peter Morris Cameron Cleary (1876-1926), coal merchant, and Frances Louisa Stubbs (1887-1956). Married 1st (07.03.1945, St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London; divorced 26.10.1951) Patricia Mary Elizabeth Beardmore (11.07.1925 - 20.10.1998), daughter of George Lissant Beardine J. Beardmore (1877-1936), and Phyllis Mary Webster (1897-1953); one son. Married 2nd (28.12.1955, Christchurch, New Zealand) Anna Joy Gallop (13.04.1931 - 02.08.2009), daughter (with two sisters) of Harry George Gallop (1904-1958), and Ethel May Turner (1907-1995); four sons.	19.01.1916 Christchurch, New Zealand - 07.01.1997 Howick, Auckland, New Zealand	Pupil Pilot 27.07.1939 (A) P/O (prob) 09.11.1939 [75768] P/O (prob) 20.01.1940 P/O 09.11.1940 (WS) F/O 20.01.1941 (reld 01.07.1945; on appointment to RNZAF) (T) F/Lt. 01.03.1942 F/Lt. RNZAF 01.07.1945 [NZ 2458] (reld 02.10.1946)	Education: Boys' high school (1930-1933); Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln (1935-1936). Instructor in agriculture, 1934. Clerk, public service, 1936-1939. 23.03.1939     left New Zealand for the UK to serve with RAF under the Cochrane Scheme; failed necessary standard and was transferred to non-flying duties 09.11.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission] 09.11.1939     attached, Equipment Training School (Officers) RAF, Halton (for instruction) 20.01.1940     posted, Air HQ Iraq (supernumerary) 30.01.1940     posted, Aircraft Depot RAF, Habaniya (for equipment duties) 19.02.1940     posted, Supplies Depot RAF, Habaniya (for equipment duties) 12.07.1940     posted, Middle East Command RAF (supernumerary) 13.07.1940     posted, HQ 254 Wing RAF (for equipment duties) 27.08.1940     posted, Station HQ RAF, Khartoum (for equipment duties) 22.04.1941     posted, Middle East Pool (non-effective sick) 27.04.1941     posted, No. 1 Depot RAF (supernumerary; H Establishment) 01.05.1941     posted, H Establishment (for disposal) 02.12.1941     RAF Station Honeybourne 19.11.1942     posted, HQ Bomber Command (supernumerary; for liaison duties with 8th Bomber Command USAAF) (UK) 18.08.1943     posted, RAF Station Scampton (for RAF Station Dunholme Lodge) 11.11.1943     attached, 51 Base (for equipment duties) 09.12.1943     posted, No. 2 RAF Beach Unit 15.02.1944     attached, Combined Operations (Troon, Scotland) (for beach ... (?)) 17.02.1944     attached, 407 AAP (Aircraft Acceptance Park / Air Ammunition Park ?) RAF 24.08.1944     attached, 34 Air Stores Park RAF 27.08.1944     posted, Base Personnel Centre RAF 06.09.1944     posted, HQ 40 Group RAF (supernumerary) 09.09.1944     225 Maintenance Unit RAF (for equipment duties) 02.11.1944     attached, from 05.03.1945 posted 7 (Wing) Maintenance Unit (RAF Station Quedgeley) (for equipment duties) 01.07.1945     transferred to RNZAF (remained attached to RAF) 25.03.1946     12 (RNZAF) Personnel Despatch Reception Centre 21.05.1946     embarked for New Zealand 30.06.1946     disembarked New Zealand (S/Nep) 02.10.1946 - 01.09.1950 RNZAF Reserve of Officers (Class "B")
Cleaver, Peter Hunt Son of Percival A. "Percy" Cleaver, a commercial traveller, and Ellen Hunt. Married (23.06.1947, Aldershot, Hampshire) Sheila D. Walters; one daughter, one son.	31.12.1921 Oxhey, Watford district, Hertfordshire - 23.06.1991 St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex	Boy Acm. 2nd cl. 11.11.1940 [1294389] Ldg.Acm. ? P/O (prob) 16.08.1941 [103590] (WS) F/O 16.08.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 16.08.1943 (demobilized 23.05.1946) F/Lt. RAF 02.10.1946 1947, seniority 25.12.1943 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.07.1952 W/Cdr. RAF 01.01.1960 (retd 31.12.1968) DFC 13.04.1945 ? AFC 01.01.1954 ?	Education: London Road Boys Elementary School, Watford; Watford Grammar School. Junior draughtsman at the Colne Valley Water Board, Statistical Department, 1939-1940. 18.11.1940 - 21.12.1940 No. 1 Receiving Centre RAF (Babbacombe) 21.12.1940 - 18.04.1941 4 Initial Training Wing RAF (Paignton) 18.04.1941 - 31.05.1941 No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Meir) 03.06.1941 - 15.08.1941 No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF (Kidlington, Oxfordshire) 16.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 31.08.1941 - 04.12.1941 54 Operational Training Unit RAF (Church Fenton) (spent one week at RAF Catterick 09.1941; parachuted to safety from a damaged Blenheim IV T2324 half a mile due east of Wetherby) 04.12.1941 - 16.09.1942 68 Squadron RAF (High Ercall, from 08.03.1942 Coltishall) [04.04.1942-12.04.1942 (1 week) attached to No 1529 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF (Wittering); 28.04.1942-22.05.1942 (3 weeks) Central Flying School RAF (Upavon); 05.07.1942-19.07.1942 (2 weeks)  No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF (Cranage)] 18.09.1942 - 09.11.1942 60 Operational Training Unit RAF (East Fortune) 09.11.1942 - 09.04.1943 51 Operational Training Unit RAF (Twinwood/Cranfield) 09.04.1943 - 06.04.1945 85 Squadron RAF (Hunsdon, from 13.05.1943 West Malling, from 01.05.1944 Swannington) (DFC) 06.04.1945 - 23.05.1946 test pilot, Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough) 02.10.1946     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 02.10.1946 - 07.10.1946 RAF Uxbridge 07.10.1946 - 13.05.1947 Central Signals Establishment RAF (Shepherds Grove) [08.01.1947-19.03.1947 attached to Officers Advanced Training School RAF (Digby)] 13.05.1947 - 06.08.1947 HQ Training Command RAF 06.08.1947 - 07.11.1949 204 Advanced Flying School RAF (Cottesmore / Driffield / Brize Norton) [from 01.07.1948-31.09.1948 No. 1 Junior Weapons Course RAF (Leconfield)] 07.11.1949 - 30.04.1951 HQ 21 Group RAF (Morton Hall) 30.04.1951 - 21.11.1951 103 Flying Refresher School RAF (Full Sutton) 21.11.1951 - 05.08.1953 207 Advanced Flying School RAF (Full Sutton) 05.08.1953 - 12.03.1955 HQ Middle East Air Force (Abu Sueir, from 24.11.1954 Nicosia) 12.03.1955 - 02.05.1955 No. 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF 02.05.1955 - 09.04.1956 RAF Staff College (Andover) (psc) 09.04.1956 - 03.03.1959 AM ACAS (OR) 03.03.1959 - 08.01.1962 in command of Administrative Wing, RAF Jever ((A) W/Cdr.) 04.02.1962 - 14.03.1962 attached RAF Manby 14.03.1962 - 21.05.1962 attached RAF Stradishall 10.08.1964 - 31.12.1968 Department of Air Mbr. (for Supply & Organization) Hotel and Catering Industries Training Board. Training the people who trained chefs to cook and prepare food. Company car and some travelling. Retired in 1983.
Clegg, Ivan Hanson Son of ... Clegg, and ... Holroyd.	15.03.1912 Burnley district, Lancashire / Yorkshire - West Riding - 29.12.1995 Newton on the Moor, Morpeth, Northumberland	Ldg.Acm. ? [1501337] P/O (prob) 28.01.1944 [163702] P/O 28.07.1944 (WS) F/O 28.07.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 28.01.1946 (Emgcy List) (retd 15.03.1957)	28.01.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] possibly flew with 159 Squadron RAF Banker.
Clement, Edward John Son of Francis George Clement, and Winifred Elizabeth Bryan, of Gorseinon, Glamorgan. Birth registered as Edward F.J. Clement.	03.11.1921 Swansea district, Glamorgan - 18.11.1943 (KIA) [age 22] [Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, collective grave 2.F.22-26]	Sgt. ? [1316111] P/O (prob) 05.07.1943 [149152] (A?) F/Lt. ? DFC 19.10.1943 ?	Education: Gowerton School (1934-1939). 05.07.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 18.11.1943 navigator, 7 Squadron RAF [Lancaster JA970 (MG-N) was airborne at 1713 hrs from Oakington for a night air raid on the  Ludwigshafen / Mannheim area. Failed to return. The seven crew members were killed.]
Clements, Ronald Cyril Saville "Ron" Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Frank Clements (1878-), and Olive Martin (1878-). Married (16.06.1938, South Manchester district, Lancashire) Gertrude Muriel Kelly (03.04.1911 - 03.02.1977), of Sale, Cheshire; two daughters.	(06?).1916 Sheppey district, Kent - 20.10.1943 (KIA) [age 27] [Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany, 9.E.11]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1066632] P/O (prob) 10.11.1942 [134106] (WS) F/O  (prob) 10.05.1943	10.11.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.10.1943 115 Squadron RAF [Lancaster II DS275 (KO-F) took off from Little Snoring at 18:17 hrs 20.10.1943 for a bombing raid on Leipzig. Believed to have come down at Engersen, 12 km ESE of Klötze. Complete crew of 8 lost their lives.]
Clifford, Peter William Son of George Clifford, Ministry of Food official, and Marie Ernestine Vizetelly, of Easton, nr Winchester, Hampshire.	(09?).1922 Winchester district, Hampshire - 30.07.1944 [age 21] [Malta Memorial, panel 13, column 1]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1324745] P/O (prob) 25.05.1943 [150370] (WS) F/O (prob) 25.11.1943	25.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 30.07.1944 148 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF [Halifax JP239 took off from Brindisi Airfield at 1750 hours on 30 July 1944 and was tasked to drop supplies in Northern Italy. The drop had been completed and during the home bound flight and while flying at medium level on of the starboard engines malfunctioned and the aircraft filled with smoke. The captain ordered the aircraft to be abandoned but only one crew member survived being rescued from the sea by a US launch. Those died were: F/O P W. Clifford, F/Sgt. A.F. Joyce RAAF, Sgt. J B. Humphrey, F/O J R. Mackney. Sgt. R W. McCormick, Sgt. R J. Pocock. Only air gunner Sgt. J.A. Humble survived.]
Clinton, John Alfred Thomas	? - ?	Acm. 1st cl. ? [869543] (A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941, seniority 16.06.1941 [101757] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Clive-Griffin, Raymond Son (with one sister and two brothers) of George Edward Clive Griffin (1883-1966), and Daisy Elizabeth Pett Walker (1884-). Married 1st (29.12.1936, St Peter's Church, Belsize Park, Hampstead, London; divorced 09.01.1957) Violet Theodora "Theo" Maling (07.12.1908 - 11.05.2006), daughter (with two brothers) of Frederick Theodore Maling (1865-1937), and Violet Ismay (1882-1971); one daughter. Married 2nd (08.08.1957, New Forest Register Office, Hampshire) Flight Officer Joan Beatrice Hart, WRAF [earlier Second Officer WRNS] (07.04.1914 - 23.09.1999), daughter of ... Hart, and ... Mitchell.	23.06.1909 Bethesda Hospital, County Bourke, Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 26.06.1993 Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall (formerly of Crocknagodna, Flushing, Cornwall)	Sgt. ? [1807686] P/O (prob) 28.08.1944 [187371] (WS) F/O 27.02.1945 F/O RAF 27.08.1946 F/Lt. RAF 29.11.1951 (retd 18.04.1964; own request) DFM 29.12.1944 ?	08.07.1942     enlisted, RAFVR (1944)     150 Squadron RAF (DFM) 28.08.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch - Air Bomber) [emergency commission] 27.08.1946     RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service commission] 24.07.1947     transferred, RAF (Secretarial Branch) 21.05.1952     permanent commission
Coad, Jack Ian Son of Benjamin and Ada Coad. Husband of Rita Dorothy Coad, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight.	1917 ? - 05.01.1945 (KIA) [age 28] [Cognac (Crouin) Communal Cemetery, Charente, France, row 2, grave 5]	F/Sgt. ? [659118] P/O (prob) 28.08.1944 [183812] (A) F/O ?	28.08.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       pilot, 44 Squadron RAF (flew 3 operations) ? - 05.01.1945 pilot, 189 Squadron RAF [Lancaster III ME300 CA-P had taken off 00.40 hrs from Fulbeck for an operation against Royan to bomb a German garrison dominating the entrance to the Gironde river. Homebound, collided with a 467 Squadron Lancaster, both machines coming down at 04:22 hrs over Allied held territory near Cognac.]
Coates, John Arthur Gordon "Jack" / "Camel" Son of George Henry Duncan Coates, and Stella Mary Beatrice Morcom. Married 1st Barbara Butler (died 1985); one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (1993) Patricia Cossart; one step-daughter.	28.09.1920 Rugby, Warwickshire - 16.07.2009 [Hungerford ?]	P/O 03.10.1939 [74699] F/O 03.10.1940 (A) F/Lt. 07.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 03.10.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. 26.01.1942 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 04.01.1944 (A) W/Cdr. 04.10.1943 (reld 08.07.1946) Sq.Ldr. RAuxAF 01.08.1950 (reld 01.08.1960) CBE 31.12.1980 New Year 81: for services to industry, as consultant, Confederation of British Industry DFC 07.07.1942 * MID 14.01.1944 reconnaissance sortie of Freya radar at Crete * During his tour of operations Sqd.Ldr. Coates has set an inspiring example to all air crews of the squadron. On one occasion he commanded a detachment detailed to intercept and shadow the enemy battle fleet which was escorting a convoy. Although worried by lack of fuel and the presence of enemy fighters he performed his task by skilful flying and extremely good judgment. Eventually a successful night landing was made.	Education: Wellington College; read Mechanical Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge (1938; joined University Air Squadron). 03.10.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 30.12.1939 - 29.07.1941  Service Flying Training School 30.07.1940 - 09.06.1941 608 Squadron RAF (flew Ansons and Blenheims) 10.06.1941 - 19.06.1942 203 Squadron RAF (Burg el Arab) (DFC) 20.06.1942 - 28.08.1943 HQ 201 Group RAF (Alexandria) 29.08.1943  - 31.03.1944 Commanding Officer, 454 (Baltimore) Squadron RAAF (Western Desert) (despatches) 01.04.1944 - 24.07.1945 Air HQ, Eastern Mediterranean 25.07.1945 - 10.09.1945 Commanding Officer, RAF Sambury 11.09.1945 - 22.04.1946 20 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF 23.04.1946 - 08.07.1946 21 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF 01.08.1950 - 05.11.1951 Commanding Officer, 2608 (North Riding) Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron RAuxAF Regiment 05.11.1951 - 01.08.1960 Royal Auxiliary Air Force Reserve of Officers (General duties Branch) Studied personnel management at the London School of Economics before joining ICI in 1948, retiring in 1980 as general manager for the co-ordination of the company's worldwide personnel. President Institute of Personnel Management. Member of Governing Body International Labour Organisation. Chairman Salmon and Trout Association.
Coates, Kenneth John Son of Frederick Josiah Coates, and Edith May Taylor, of Pellsall, Staffordshire.	(03?).1923 Pelsall, Walsall district, Staffordshire - 04.12.1943 (MPK) [age 20] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 131]	F/Sgt. ? [1433656] P/O (prob) 14.10.1943 [168679]	14.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.12.1943 pilot, 487 (RNZAF) Squadron RAF [With three other Mosquito FB.VI HX864/E took off from Sculthorpe, Norfolk at 12:10 hrs for attacks on rail and transport targets in NW Germany. Low cloud and fog were encountered off the Dutch coast, forcing abandonement of the sortie. The Mosquito was last seen in a skidding dive at position 5331N:0624E at 13:25 hrs. Presumed to have crashed into the sea, its two crew were missing, presumed killed.]
Cobley, Peter Charles Son (with two brothers and one sister) of John Cowan Cobley (1881-1959), and Minnie May Kitts (1892-1982), of St George's Hill, Weybridge.	27.03.1923 Enfield, Edmonton district, Middlesex - 11.1947 Burma	Ldg.Acm. ? [1293718] P/O (prob) 23.07.1941 [102296] (WS) F/O 23.07.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 23.07.1943 DFC 05.02.1943 ? DFC 11.08.1944 ?	Market gardener. 23.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     272 Squadron RAF (1944)     613 Squadron RAF (03.1944 wounded or injured in action)
Cogill, John Charles	17.07.1920 Tamworth district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire / Warwickshire - 01.2003 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Ldg.Acm. ? [1152530] P/O (prob) 20.06.1942 [123932] (WS) F/O (prob) 20.12.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 20.06.1944 F/O 01.07.1946, seniority 20.06.1943 F/Lt. 02.07.1946, seniority 20.12.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1952 W/Cdr. 01.01.1958 (retd 17.10.1968) DSO 21.09.1945 ? DFC 25.05.1943 ?	20.06.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     143 Squadron RAF (1945)     192 Squadron RAF 01.07.1946     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 1951 - ? Commanding Officer, 39 Squadron RAF
Cohen, Lionel [Frederick William] "Sos" Son of Andrew Meyer Cohen, and Augusta Cohen.	07.06.1875 Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 28.08.1960 Slingfold	P/O (prob) 14.02.1939 [72629] P/O 19.08.1939 F/O 19.08.1939 Sq.Ldr. ? (A) W.Cdr. ? (T) W/Cdr. 01.07.1944 W/Cdr. ? (emgcy ...) (reld 10.02.1954) DSO 27.07.1918 ? MC 01.02.1917 ? DFC 01.02.1944 ? MID 11.10.1917 ? MID 31.01.1919 ? MID 08.12.1920 ? MID 01.01.1941 ? MID 02.06.1943 ? AM 15.10.1946 ?	14.02.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) ... - ... ... Literature: Richardson, Anthony. The crowded hours : the story of 'Sos' Cohen (1952).
Cole, Norman Married Betty ...	1922 Wallasey - 1970	Cpl. ? [955973] P/O (prob) 10.02.1945 [193149] (WS) F/O 10.08.1945 (reld 23.06.1947; on appointment to the reconstituted RAFVR) F/O 23.06.1947 F/Lt. 01.03.1951, seniority 30.11.1950 (reld 23.06.1957; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	10.02.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 23.06.1947     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch)
Cole, Ralph Fielding	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101653] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Coleman, Reginald Stanley	07.12.1907 - 10.2002 New Forest district, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103311] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Collacott, Ralph Albert Son of Sidney Albert Collacott (1886-1956), and Lily Grace Salt (1890-1973). Married (09.07.1941, St Nicholas Church, Strood, Chatham district, Kent) Ruby Hilda Nash (27.11.1920 - 18.04.1995), daughter of Earnest Nathaniel Nash (1893-), and Hilda Emily Ellard (1894-1984); two sons.	19.01.1918 Medway district, Kent - 01.10.1996 Leicester district, Leicestershire	P/O (prob) 13.09.1940 [85812] P/O 13.09.1941 (WS) F/O 21.04.1942 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1944	13.09.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 21.04.1941     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch)
Collingwood, William Edward Son of ... Collingwood, and ... Nicholas.	14.01.1920 St Pancras district, London - 10.1989 Peterborough	(T) F/Sgt. ? [751206] P/O (prob) 05.01.1942 [115636] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 05.01.1944 F/Lt. RAF 03.04.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.07.1952 (retd 31.05.1973; at own request) DFM 23.09.1941 ?	served in the ranks RAFVR (1941) 150 Squadron RAF 05.01.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) 03.04.1947 extended service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 25.05.1949 permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 07.09.1949 transferred to RAF (Technical Branch - Signals) 31.05.1973 retired from the Engineer Branch AMBIM
Collins, Arthur Norman	07.07.1906 Brighton, Sussex - 01.1993 Haywards Heath district, West Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941, seniority 27.06.1941 [104171] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Collins, William Richard Son of Richard Collins, and Margaret "Maggie" Jacob, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.	(12?).1912 Pontypridd, Glamorgan - 10.09.1943 [age 30] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 123]	Sgt. ? [1270337] P/O (prob) 15.12.1942 [138822] (WS) F/O (prob) 15.06.1943	15.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.09.1943 224 Squadron RAF [Liberator FL959 (F/O G.H. Wharram) took off from Gibraltar at 10:30 hrs on 02.09.1943, to carry out anti-submarine sweep in the Bay of Biscay. At 16:15 hrs, whilst in position 44.00 N, 11.00 W, Liberator was attacked by four Ju.88s. After combat, Liberator was forced to ditch. The captain (F/O Wharram) was killed in action. The remaining members of the crew (Flight Sergeant Foss, F/O Collins, Sergeant Bareham, F/O Miller, Sergeant Dilks, F/O Wilcox and F/O Johnston) were in a dinghy for some days. F/O Miller and F/O [sic] Wilcox died on 07.09.1943 and 08.09.1943, respectively, and were both buried at sea. The remaining members of the crew were rescued at 09:45 hrs on 09.09.1943 by HMS Wildgoose, but P/O Collins and Sergeant Bareham died on board ship. For more details click here.]
Collison, Harry Married ...; ... children (one son?).	10.06.1885 - ?	P/O (prob) 19.07.1940 [82811] (WS) F/O 19.07.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 09.01.1944 (reld 12.06.1945; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. 1945?	19.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] > 05.1942, < 07.1942     transferred, RAF Regiment His son writes: "Served [pre-WW2] in India either with the Indian Army or with the British Army in India and attained Captain rank."
Colson, William Alfred "Billy" Son (with two younger brothers and one sister) of Alfred Colson (1890-1949), a car attendant on the Great Western Railway, and Gladys Dora Maude Jeffery (1897-1956). Married (04.04.1936, Paddington district, London) Florence Amelia "Millie" Burden ((07?).1913 - ), of Washford, Somerset; one daughter, one son.	08.01.1915 Paddington, London - 17.12.1943 [age 28] [Willesden New Cemetery, London, section E, grave 2342]	Sgt. ? [1475395] P/O (prob) 31.01.1943 [141402] (WS) F/O (prob) 31.07.1943 (A) F/Lt. 1943? DFM 18.05.1943 ? 39|45 St - - WM 39|45 - -	(1942)     9 Squadron RAF (DFM) 31.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 17.12.1943 air bomber, 97 Squadron RAF (Bourn, Cambridgeshire) [Lancaster JB119. Airborne 16:45 hrs 16.12.1943 from Bourn. Crashed 00:42 hrs on return to base. Details of P/O Pratt's award were published 19.10.1943, while that for F/O Colson was gazetted 18.05.1943. S/L Mackenzie is buried in Cambridge City cemetery; the others who were killed were buried in their home towns. S/L D.F.MacKenzie DFC KIA P/O J.T.Pratt DFM KIA F/S R.F.Marshall Inj F/O W.A.colson DFM KIA F/S A.Hunter Inj F/S W.A.Lang RAAF Inj F/S K.L.Kirby.] A relative writes: "On the night of 16th/17th December 1943 the Lancasters from Bourn, 6 miles from Cambridge, set out for a raid on Berlin. The fog was already very bad and the crews thought that the mission would be called off, but it went ahead. Bomber Command had not sent a raid on Berlin for 2 weeks and the orders were that they should go. Billy should not have been flying that night but the usual bomb aimer, of Lancaster F-Freddy was unable to go, therefore Billy took his place. As they began to return to base at Bourn, just after midnight on 17th December, there was a dense fog and the ‘planes could not find the airfield and those that did could not see the runways. There was a flarepath but they couldn’t see it from the air through the fog and they were running out of fuel. Some of the ‘planes with enough fuel made it to nearby airfields, many Lancasters crashed at Bourn with terrible loss of life and men burned and injured. Billy’s plane, almost safely home, missed the runway and crashed on the edge of a road, bursting into flames. The pilot, the flight engineer, and Billy Colson were killed and the other four members of the crew were badly injured but survived. This night became known as Black Thursday. A great number of aircraft crashed that night in other parts of the country due to the weather."
Colwell, Fred Edmundson Son of Fred Colwell, and Ada Edmondson. Married 1st ((03?).1944, Blackpool district, Lancashire) Katheen Cardwell; two sons. Married 2nd ((06?).1970, Haslingden district, Lancashire) Jean M. Aspden.	24.04.1920 Burnley district, Lancashire - 07.2001 Kendal district, Westmorland	Sgt. ? [1208956] P/O (prob) 07.06.1943 [149230] (WS) F/O (prob) 07.12.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 07.06.1945 Cmdn 01.01.1944 for valuable service in the air	07.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       pilot, No. 3 Aircraft Delivery Unit (No. 216 Group RAF) (Middle East)
Colwell, Leonard John	17.02.1906 Greenwich district, London - 04.1987 Eastbourne district, Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103312] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Compton, Donald Wilfred	22.06.1908 Edmonton district, Middlesex - 02.1989 Cardiganshire North district, Dyfed, Wales	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103313] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Compton, Percy Norman	? - ?	Ldg.Acm. ? [1162620] (A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941, seniority 04.06.1941 [101779] (WS) F/O ...	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Condy, Thomas Dowling	07.03.1915 Belfast, Northern Ireland - (12?).1973 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire	Sgt. ? [748192] P/O (prob) 06.10.1940 [85692] (WS) F/O 06.10.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	06.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 06.06.1941     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) Illustrated: A. Wylie Blue, Fossicker's Fare: Rakings & Recollections (1946).
Connolly, Christopher	1902 ? Dunbarton, Scotland -	Acm 2nd cl. ? [998070] (A) P/O (prob) 10.01.1941, seniority 18.11.1940 [89744] P/O (prob) 31.01.1941 P/O 10.01.1942 (WS) F/O 31.01.1942, seniority 23.11.1941 (reld 06.12.1945; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 MID 01.01.1946 ?	10.01.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] served in India & Burma (1943-1945)
Conroy, James Son of Charles Henry Conroy, and Mary Rooney. Married (15.09.1945) Joyce Mary Castledine, from Nottingham; two daughters, two sons.	08.08.1922 Accrington, Haslingden district, Lancashire - 20.06.1966 Nelson, Burnley district, Lancashire	Wt.Offr. ? [1081669] P/O (prob) 29.06.1944 [179284] P/O 29.12.1944 (WS) F/O 29.12.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 29.06.1946 F/O 01.11.1947, seniority 29.06.1945 F/Lt. 29.12.1947 F/O 22.11.1949 F/Lt. 01.03.1951, seniority 02.10.1950 (reld 25.01.1963)	29.06.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 02.1945 - 04.1945 127 Squadron RAF 611 Squadron RAF 22.11.1949 - 25.01.1953 commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch) 25.01.1953 - 11.03.1957 commissioned, reconstituted RAuxAF (General Duties Branch) 11.03.1957 - 25.01.1963 commissioned, reconstituted RAuxAF Reserve of Officers (General Duties Branch)
Cook, John Sutherland Son (with twelve siblings) of William Cook (1898-1983), and Isabella Sutherland (1896-1974). Married (20.12.1952, Twickenham, London) Gwendolene E.M. Charlish (27.04.1926 - ), daughter of Joseph Charlish, and Maggie E. Salter; three sons, one daughter..	22.06.1922 Findochty, Banffshire, Scotland - 01.12.2010 Eastbourne, East Sussex	F/Sgt. ? [1553865] P/O (prob) 17.03.1944 [174008] (WS) F/O 17.09.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 17.03.1946 DFC 08.12.1944 ?	Education: University of St Andrews (MB, ChB 02.03.1955); DTM&H Liverp 1956.       61 Squadron RAF 17.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]  (1944)     207 Squadron RAF (DFC)       617 Squadron RAF
Cook, Leonard	? -	P/O (prob) 15.02.1940 [77574] (WS) F/O 15.02.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.09.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1945) F/Lt. 17.07.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 (transferred to reserve and called up for air force service 17.07.1951) (reversed to reserve 17.01.1952) (retd 17.07.1960; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	15.02.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 22.06.1940     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) 17.07.1947     extended service commission, RAF (Technical Branch)
Cook, Terence Frank	? -	(A) Wt.Offr. ? [1395207] P/O (prob) 19.04.1944 [174619] P/O 19.10.1944, seniority 19.04.1944 (WS) F/O 19.10.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 19.04.1946 DFC 18.08.1944 ?	19.04.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     100 Squadron RAF
Cook, Victor Chandler	(12?).1885 Mile End Old Town district, London - 18.12.1945 Hillingdon, Middlesex	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [110547] (WS) F/O ? (reld 16.07.1943; ill-health) OBE WW I ?	Education: Cambridge (BA 1907). Solicitor. Admitted June 1911, practising at 11 Mansion House Chambers, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.       Joined Sept. 6, 1914, as Private, Honourable Artillery Company, promoted Lance-Corporal June 1915, Corporal July 1915. Gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Army Service Corps Sept. 21, 1915, promoted Lieut. May 1916, Capt. Dec. 1917. Once mentioned in Dispatches. Awarded O.B.E. Served in France Dec. 1914 to June 1919. ? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Cooke, Gerald Frank Russell Son of Charles Ernest Cooke, and Margaret Beatrice Wood, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.	(06?).1922 West Ham district, London - 29.07.1942 [age 20] [Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, 14.F.6]	Sgt. ? [1336150] P/O (prob) 06.12.1941 [115185]	training in Florida and then service at Grantham, Middleton St George, Bassingbourne and finally in Steeple Morden 06.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 23.07.1942 - 29.07.1942 pilot, 156 Squadron RAF [Wellington III BJ 592 had taken off at 22:42 hrs from Alconbury for an operation against Hamburg. Crashed in the vicinity of Oldenburg, where the crew were originally buried. Since the cessation of hostilities, their remains have been taken to Becklingham War Cemetery.]
Cooke, Horace Son of Bert W. Cooke, and Mabel Caunt. Married 1st ((12?).1949, Basford district, Nottinghamshire; divorced) Rosemary Edwards; two sons. Married 2nd ...; one daughter.	03.04.1919 Basford district, Nottinghamshire - 03.1990 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire	Sgt. ? [751877] P/O (prob) 19.01.1942 [115312] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 19.01.1944 (reld 26.08.1946; medical unfitness; retaining rank of F/Lt.) F/O 06.12.1965 (reld 06.12.1070) DFC 14.05.1943 ?	19.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     156 Squadron RAF (DFC) 06.12.1965 - 06.12.1970 commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch) (for four years; 06.12.1969 extended by one year) [2054 Squadron (Southwell)]
Cooke, William Pebody Son (with two brothers) of Reginald Cooke (1868-1964), and May Atkinson (1878-1966). Married ((06?).1936, Wharfedale district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Beryl Laura Bigland (20.06.1909 - 05.1990); one daughter, one son.	02.07.1909 Gomersal, Dewsbury district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 15.01.1994 Sheffield district, Yorkshire	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [1671721] (A) P/O (prob) 27.05.1943 [144824] P/O (prob) 22.07.1943 (WS) F/O 22.01.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 02.07.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	27.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] His son writes: "I have almost no information about my Father's war service, only he has the Italy Star so was in the Mediterranean for a large period. He could have been in Intelligence and attached to America Forces for some time. Family lived in the Ilkley, Yorkshire area during the war years."
Cooper, Albert Victor	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941, seniority 27.06.1941 [104164] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Cooper, Anthony George Hamilton "Tony" Married Pearl Cooper; one son, one daughter.	06.02.1916 - 26.01.2017 Ritson Lodge Care Home, Hopton-on-Sea	Sgt. ? [741792] P/O (prob) 06.07.1940 [81665] (WS) F/O 06.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 06.07.1942 MID 14.06.1945 ? LegH 2015 -	06.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       64 Squadron RAF
Cooper, Dan	(12?).1903 Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire - (09?).1951 Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103314] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Cooper, Douglas Roland Son of Henry Thomas Cooper, and Eleanor Emma Hollingsworth. Married ((06?).1943, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Brigid Pauline Brady (28.04.1919 - 01.2000), of Sutton, Surrey. She remarried (1970) Graham A. Lambert.	(03?).1916 Islington district, London - 15.11.1943 (KIA) [age 26] [Lymington Cemetery, Hampshire, RC plot, grave 18]	Sgt. ? [1260680] P/O (prob) 12.09.1942 [130853] (WS) F/O (prob) 12.03.1943	12.09.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 15.11.1943 53 Squadron RAF
Cooper, Dudley George Son of ... Cooper, and ... Shervell. Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	25.09.1917 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 15.02.1997 Basingstoke district, Hampshire	P/O (prob) 21.06.1940 [81117] (WS) F/O 21.06.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.07.1943 (reld 03.07.1949; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	Education: Portsmouth Grammar School (Officer Training Corps 1934). 21.06.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 10.02.1941     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) His daughter writes: "My father was a radar engineer, serving in Burma and India during WWII."
Cooper, Henry Myer Albert	? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [749945] (A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941, seniority 16.06.1941 [101752] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Copland, Eric	? - ?	F/Sgt. ? [1106003] P/O (prob) 20.09.1943 [159529] (WS) F/O 20.03.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 20.09.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 12.09.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) DFC 30.06.1944 ?	20.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       101st Squadron RAF (DFC)
Copping, Ivor John Son of William Frederick Copping (1892-1970), and Amy Georgina Roome (1893-1979). Married ((06?).1944, Oxford district, Oxfordshire) Doris Margaret Poulter (12.02.1925 - 23.01.2000), daughter of William Wharton Poulter (1899-1951), and Edith Marjorie Henstock (1899-1985); two sons, one daughter.	30.11.1919 Plaistow, West Ham district, Essex - 11.03.1973 Oxford district, Oxfordshire	F/Sgt. ? [922429] P/O (prob) 14.01.1944 [170755] (WS) F/O 14.07.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 14.01.1946 DFM 07.11.1943 ?	served in the ranks RAFVR (1942?)     possibly 108 Squadron RAF (1943)     12 Squadron RAF (DFM) 14.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Corbett, Reginald John Roberts Son of ... Corbett, and ... Hardy. Married ((03?).1936, Wellington district, Shropshire / Somerset) Rosetta Mary Bailey (1917 - 29.12.2010); one daughter, three sons.	01.07.1917 Shifnal district, Shropshire - (03?).1977 Wrexham district, Clwyd, Wales	Ldg.Acm. ? [656260] P/O (prob) 20.01.1942 [119681] P/O 1943?, seniority 20.01.1942 (WS) F/O 24.01.1944	No. 1 Flight, 2 Squadron, 10 Initial Training Wing (Scarborough) 20.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (navigator) [emergency commission] 24.01.1944     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties)
Corder, Charles Clayton	29.07.1917 West Thurrock, Essex - 31.05.2005 hospital, Chelmsford, Essex	F/Sgt. ? [1161447] P/O (prob) 30.01.1943 [141015] (WS) F/O (prob) 30.07.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 30.01.1945 (reld 1946) CGM 13.04.1943 71 operational missions [citation] CdeG ? ?	navigator, 248 Squadron RAF 30.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 404 Squadron RAF
Corney, Douglas "Jack" Son of Thomas Corney, and Edith Holroyd.	19.03.1924 Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 08.2003 Isle of Wight	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [412161] P/O (prob) 24.12.1944 [189374] (WS) F/O 24.06.1945	24.12.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served possibly with 614 Squadron RAF
Cosgrove, Brian Alphonsus Married (1945?, Singapore) Cornelia Christine van Sillevoldt (12.02.1915 - 12.04.1997), who, being Dutch, acted as translator at war crimes tribunals in the mid-1940s.	(12?).1908 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 11.12.1956 Batu Gajah Hospital (Ipoh, Malaysia) [buried Batu Gajah]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1353534] (A) P/O (prob) 20.12.1940 [89549] P/O (prob) 10.01.1941 P/O 20.12.1941 (WS) F/O 10.01.1942, seniority 10.12.1941 (T) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 15.07.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1944) MID 01.01.1945 ?	Lawyer at Belfast and Irish Dancing judge. 20.12.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 01.02.1942     transferred, Royal Air Force Regiment 03.04.1943     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)       acting judge at war crimes tribunal (Luneberg?) Partner Gibb & Co, Malaya.
Cotesworth, William Lethbridge	? -	Cpl. ? [1266375] (A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941, seniority 04.02.1941 [101653] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Cottle, Arthur Roy	07.03.1908 Paddington, London - 02.1995 Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey	P/O (prob) 21.10.1940 [87516] ... ... (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 16.01.1945 (A) Sq.Ldr. (07.1945)	21.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] (07.1945)     Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force/Air (Rear)
Cotton, Kenneth [Roy] Son (with one sister) of Joseph Henry Cotton (1892-1938), and Frances Fannie Henwood (1892-1985). Married (14.09.1940) Josephine Mildred Burnett Poole (16.06.1917 - 2008); two daughters, one son..	05.09.1916 Reading, Berkshire - 11.05.1974 Sudbury district, Suffolk	Ldg.Acm. ? [1239329] P/O (prob) 24.10.1942 [131615] (WS) F/O 24.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 24.10.1944 (reld 13.09.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.) Comdn 14.06.1945 for valuable service in the air	24.10.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1943 - 1945 navigational instructor in Canada
Coull, John "Jack"	? - 08.12.1944 [Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, 7.D.10]	F/Sgt. ? [1559212] P/O (prob) 25.11.1944 [188892]	25.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.12.1944 pilot, 247 Squadron RAF [shot down by flak in his Typhoon 1B [MM951 "V"] near Lette]
Cowen, Francis Bolam	see:	Army officers' section
Cowper, David Ruxton	1903 Scotland - 1972 Scotland	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103315] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Cowperthwaite, Edward Morris "Ted" Son (with two sisters and one brother [F/O Lonsdale Cowperthwaite, RCAF]) of Edward Cowperthwaite (1871-1946), and Eva Emily Morris (1874-1956), of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Married ((12?).1939, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Phyllis Elizabeth Dudrence (1917 - 15.07.2012). She remarried (1943) Vivian Percy Ughtred St George Kirke (1911-2008), then (1948) Anthony P. Irwin.	12.11.1912 Kensington district, London - 29.10.1941 [Cranwell (St Andrew) Churchyard, plot 2, row D, grave 19]	Sgt. ? [1161684] P/O (prob) 23.03.1941 [62682] (A) F/O 1941?	Education: Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario (1924-1930; Junior School, 1924; on leaving in 1930 had completed Junior Matriculation and some subjects of his Honour Matriculation); University College, Toronto (09.1930-1931). Joined his father in business. Went to England in 1936 in his own business (chemist manufacturing). 23.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 29.10.1941 pilot instructor, No. 12 Flying Training School RAF (Cranwell) [caught in a sleet storm, his controls jammed & was killed in the crash]
Cox, Arthur Cromwell Llewellyn Son of Walter George Cox, and Sarah Ann Charles. Married ((06?).1934, Fylde district, Lancashire) Emily Winstanley Jones, of South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire; ... children (one daughter?).	(03?).1912 Croydon district, London - 12.09.1944 (MPK) [age 33] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]	F/Sgt. ? [1623247] P/O (prob) 30.07.1944 [182638]	30.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 12.09.1944 626 Squadron RAF [Lancaster LM137 (UM-G2) was airborne 18:25 hrs 12.09.1944 from Wickenby for an operation against Frankfurt. Cause of loss not established. Crashed 22:40 hrs at Plittersdorf, 4 km NW of Rastatt.]
Cox, Neill Dudley	12.06.1923 Weybridge, Surrey - 16.07.2011	Sgt. ? [1385775] P/O (prob) 19.06.1942 [124417] (WS) F/O 19.12.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 19.06.1944 DFC 16.10.1942 * DFC 08.09.1944 ? * This officer has participated in many sorties and has displayed great keenness and devotion to duty. On one occasion in September, 1943, Flying Officer Cox took part in an engagement against a force of enemy aircraft, i of which he shot down. The following day, during a similiar sortie, Flying Officer Cox destroyed a Junkers 52. Shortly afterwards, he was engaged by 2 fighters. In the combat his aircraft was extensively damaged and his observer was seriously wounded. Later, when his aircraft could no longer be flown, Flying Officer Cox skilfully brought it down on to the sea. After assisting his gravely wounded comrade into the dinghy, Flying Officer Cox clambered aboard. Seeing his comrade was in dire need of assistance and that no progress could be made by paddling the dinghy, this gallant officer jumped overboard and swam to the shore a mile distant towing the dinghy as he went. His determination and forethought set a very fine example.	Education: Charterhouse; short course at Oxford. 19.06.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943/44)     39 Squadron RAF (DFC & Bar)
Cox, Percival Maynard Son of Alfred Henry Cox (1880-1952), and Charlotte Elizabeth Robinson (1880-1911). Married (17.09.1932, St Mary, Mortlake, Richmond South district, Surrey) Doris Annie Crew ((09?).1907 - ); ... children (one daughter, two sons?).	15.06.1906 Barnes, Richmond district, Surrey - 11.01.1985 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	Sgt. ? [1437799] (A) P/O (prob) 17.02.1944 [171148] P/O (prob) 13.04.1944 (WS) F/O 13.10.1944	17.02.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] His daughter writes: "Served at RAF Cardington and other stations. When commissioned was a LINK training officer."
Cox, Reginald Son (with one brother) of George Edward Cox (1885-1973), and Maud Smedley Henshaw (1887-1964) Married ((09?).1940, Belper district, Derbyshire) Una Dorothy Revel (26.05.1916 - 06.03.1983), of Riddings, Derbyshire.	09.04.1916 Belper district, Derbyshire - 02.08.1941 (MPK) [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 31]	Sgt. ? [1153357] P/O (prob) 05.03.1941 [64874]	Education: B.Sc. (Hons.). Lecturer, technical school. 05.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.08.1941 pilot, 405 Squadron RAF [Took off in Wellington II W5527 LQ-F at 22:35 hrs. from Pocklington for a bombing operation over Hamburg. It is believed that this aircraft was claimed by Ofw. Siegfried Ney of 4./ NJG 1 at 04:35 hours crashing into the North Sea.. Five of the six man crew have no known graves.]
Coxall, Frank Thomas Son of James Coxall (1883-), and Ethel Lizzie Wilson (1883-1974). Married 1st ((09?).1943, Camberwell district, Surrey) Kathleen Lillian Tait (16.07.1912 - 07.1995); no children. Kathleen Coxall remarried (1958) Thomas G. Castle. Married 2nd (21.03.1955, Westminster district, London) Moira Grace Rogers (02.06.1928 - 03.03.2010), daughter (with one sister) of Albert Henry Rogers (1895-1977), and Mary Gwendolyn Smith (1894-1979); three sons.	24.06.1919 Camberwell district, Greater London - 15.12.1998 Kelvedon Hatch, Havering district, Essex [buried St Nicholas Church, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood Borough, Essex]	Sgt. ? [921908] P/O (prob) 10.06.1941 [108044] P/O 10.06.1942 (WS) F/O 10.06.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 10.06.1943 DFC 16.10.1942 * * In September, 1942, Flying Officers Grundy and Coxall were captain and navigator respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack a target in Northern France. Owing to adverse weather, it was impossible to locate the target but, as an alternative, a large industrial plant was vigorously attacked. Whilst flying over the objective, at chimney height, bombs were released and several hits obtained. Both these officers have completed many sorties and have always displayed great determination, combined with a high degree of operational efficiency.	10.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     observer/navigator, 88 Squadron RAF (regular crew in Douglas Boston "D for Donald"; flew from Oulton aerodrome in Norfolk and Swanton Morley at some stage)
Coxell, Douglas John	12.08.1921 - 10.03.2022	Ldg.Acm. ? [1467805] P/O (prob) 25.05.1943 [150374] (WS) F/O 25.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 25.05.1945 F/O 04.10.1949 (reld 06.08.1954) F/O 06.08.1954, seniority 20.08.1951 F/Lt. 26.05.1955 (retd 08.08.1968; own request) MID 01.01.1946 ?	25.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ?     pilot, 297 Squadron RAF (despatches) 04.10.1949     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section (General Duties Branch) 06.08.1954     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission]
Coyle, Michael John Son of George and Bridget Coyle.	1915 ? Ireland - 04.10.1943 (KIA) [age 28] [Dürnbach War Cemetery, Germany, 9.G.2]	Wt.Offr. ? [1272633] P/O (prob) 30.09.1943 [159015] DFC 17.04.1945 with effect from 03.10.1943 [posthumously]	30.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.10.1943 wireless operator/air gunner, 156 Squadron RAF (DFC) [Lancaster JB242 [GT-Y] took off 18:29 hrs from Warboys for an operation against Frankfurt. Aircraft was brought down by Flak at Frankfurt West of Streckengabelung Homburger Landstraße/Berkersheimer Weg. Complete crew of 8 was killed.]
Craig, Allan John Laird Only son of Jock Laird Craig, and Alethea M. Le Flay, of Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Married ((12?).1946, St Marylebone district, London) Flight Officer Mary Stanley Smith, WAAF, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Smith, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; two sons, one daughter.	09.05.1923 Leighton Buzzard - 09.06.1971 Leicester Clinic, Leicester, Leicestershire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1194243] P/O (prob) 30.07.1941 [103561] (WS) F/O 30.07.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 30.07.1943 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 10.07.1945-01.01.1948 (A) W/Cdr. 1944? F/Lt. 02.04.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 25.02.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1951 (retd 11.04.1956; own request; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) DSO 24.10.1944 * MBE 01.06.1953 HM's coronation DFC 21.07.1944 ** AFC 01.01.1947 New Year 47 Officer of the National Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil), 13.11.1945. * In September, 1944, Squadron Leader Craig and Warrant Officer [J.E.] Davidson [who got the DFC for this action] were pilot and flight engineer respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack an enemy airfield. Whilst over the target the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The starboard fuel system was damaged, causing a serious leakage of petrol. Despite this, Squadron Leader Craig pressed home his attack. The two starboard engines were now useless. Nevertheless, this pilot set course for home. The enemy coast was safely crossed but, whilst over the sea, height was gradually being lost. All movable equipment was jettisoned to assist in maintaining height and finally a landing was made at the nearest airfield. Throughout the return flight, Warrant Officer Davidson well proved his engineering skill and his efforts were of immense value to his captain. In perilous circumstances these members of aircraft crew displayed the highest standard of coolness, courage and determination. Squadron Leader Craig has completed a very large number of sorties and has proved himself to be an inspiring leader; Warrant Officer Davidson has also participated in many bombing missions and has always displayed the greatest keenness and devotion to duty. ** This officer has completed a large number of sorties, many of them demanding a high degree of skill and resolution Throughout his tour he has displayed exceptional' keenness whilst his good judgment and outstanding ability have contributed in a large measure to the success of many important missions in which he has taken part.	26.08.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     7 Squadron RAF (DSO, DFC) 10.04.1945 - 10.09.1945 Commanding Officer, 156 Squadron RAF 11.09.1945 - 23.10.1946 Commanding Officer, 35 Squadron RAF 02.04.1946     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) "Youngest Wing Commander in the RAF at age 21."
Craig, William Nicholas "Bill" Elder son of the Rev. & Mrs William Craig, BD, of The Manse, Fortrose, Ross-shire. Married (02.03.1945, Greyfriars Church, Dumfries) Section Officer Dorothy Robson, WAAF, younger daughter of Thomas Nixon Robson (1877-1954), and Marguerite Grey Murphy, of Roker, Sunderland; one daughter.	1916 Kelty district, Fife, Scotland - 05.12.2009	P/O (prob) 26.08.1939 [72808] F/O 26.08.1939 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942, seniority 01.12.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 01.04.1943 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1943, seniority 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 26.03.1944 (A?) W/Cdr. (1945) W/Cdr. ? (reld 03.09.1951; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) Sq.Ldr. 03.09.1951 (reld 01.03.1959)	Education: BSc. 26.08.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 24.04.1940     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch) (Signals Officer) 03.09.1951     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Technical Branch)
Crail, Duncan William	19.03.1901 - (12?).1981 North East Hampshire district, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [106834] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Crawfurd, Edward Reginald Payne "Ted" Son (with one sister and a twin-brother) of Proby Edward Payne Crawfurd (1863-1949), and Ade Violet Marguerite Edith Wynne-Roberts (1880-1965). Married 1st (21.03.1945, Surrey) Alfreda A.D. Wells (1910 - ); one daughter. Married 2nd (05.06.1965, Surrey South Western district, Surrey) Pauline J. Hart. Married 3rd (1986) Frances Jelbert (née Wooding).	29.03.1917 Haywards Heath, Cuckfield district, Hampshire - 13.02.2003 West Surrey district, Surrey	Army:   2nd Lt. 28.01.1937 (reld 30.09.1938) RAFVR:   Cpl. ? [920240] (A) P/O (prob) 10.12.1942 [134641] P/O (prob) 11.03.1943 (WS) F/O (prob) 11.09.1943 F/O 08.09.1948 F/Lt. 01.03.1951, seniority 02.02.1951 (reld 08.09.1953)	Education: Bradfield College (09.1930-07.1935; 'H' House); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (30.08.1935-12.1936). Obtained civil aviators' licence (No. 16150) taken on a Miles Magister, Gipsy Major, 120, at Plymouth & District Aero Club on 12.08.1938. Aeronautical engineer, 1939. 28.01.1937     commissioned, Royal Sussex Regiment 10.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] 08.09.1948     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Technical Branch) Photographer.
Crawley, Frederick William	? -	Wt.Offr. ? [759197] P/O (prob) 03.05.1943 [146012] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.05.1945 DFC 18.01.1944 ?	03.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943/44)     158 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Crawley, Harold Charles Only son of Harry Charles Crawley and Charlotte Elizabeth Crawley of Leamington Spa, Warwicks. Grandson of Charles Chapman, Captain of the SS  Great Britain. Married; at least one son.	06.01.1901 Warwick, Warwickshire - 07.1992 Sheffield, Yorkshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1021495] (A) P/O (prob) 12.10.1943 [147739] P/O 12.04.1944 (WS) F/O 12.04.1944 (emcgy) (reld 10.02.1954, retaining rank of F/Lt.)	12.10.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Cressy, Ronald Hector Laurence Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Laurence Cressy (1871-1931), and Amelia Maria Josephine Mentasti (1880-1975), of Heavitree, Exeter.	13.03.1912 St Thomas district, Devon - 15.04.1941 over Størebø, Norway [Haugesund (Rossebo) Var Frelsers Cemetery, Norway, British Plot. H. 14.]	Ldg.Acm. ? [755425] P/O (prob) 28.07.1940 [83294]	Bank clerk. 28.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 15.04.1941 observer, 254 Squadron RAF (Sumburgh Head, Shetlands) [Blenheim IV L8840 aircraft shot down and crashed near Hufteren, Norway; F/Lt. A.E. Hill, P/O R.H.L. Cressy, Sgt. G.J.W. Webb killed]
Crisfield, Cyril Raymond Son of John Henry Crisfield (1868-1934), and Clare Annie Spearing (1882-1976). Married (06.07.1940, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) Margaret Alice Avern (16.01.1914 - 24.11.2010); two daughters, one son.	03.10.1908 Thames Ditton, Kingston district, Surrey - 10.02.1988 Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire	Sgt. ? (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [114729] P/O (prob) 28.02.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 05.03.1946 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	Insurance inspector. 31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "He served in Coastal Command, and was stationed for some time in Shetland Islands, and also in Bombay Harbour India. He was not a flier, but was an intelligence officer. At the D-day invasion in 1944 he was a liaison officer on Admiral Ramsay's staff, and was based for some while at Southwick House, Portsmouth. Along with many of his generation, he did not talk much about his war-time experiences, although I believe he played cricket with Bombay Gymkhana whilst there! He was good cricketer!"
Crompton, John Anthony Third son of Ralph Crompton, and Josephine Helen Kenyon, of Betton Hall, Market Drayton. Brother of F/O Ralph Kenyon Crompton, RAuxAF, and W/Cdr. Philipp Richardson Crompton, RAFVR.	21.08.1919 Bury district, Lancashire - 23.08.1943 (KIA) [age 24] [Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece, 5.D.14]	Sgt. ? [754276] P/O 03.10.1939 [74668] F/O 03.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 03.10.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. ?	Education: Junior Scholar, Charterhouse; Charterhouse (Verites House; oration quarter 1933-summer quarter 1938); Brasenose College, Oxford University (BA). ?     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 23.08.1943 pilot, 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAF [Pilot of Beaufighter JL 625 which took off from its base in Lybia on 23rd August 1943 for a sortie over enemy occupied territory. It was later reported that his aircraft had been shot down by anti-aircraft fire and had crashed into the sea near Ionian island of Zante killing both pilot and navigator, Sgt Henry Griffiths. Both crew members were buried on the island but were later transferred to Phaleron War Cemetery.]
Crompton, Philipp Richardson Second son of Ralph Crompton, and Josephine Helen Kenyon, of Betton Hall, Market Drayton. Brother of F/O Ralph Kenyon Crompton, RAuxAF, and Sq.Ldr. John Anthony Crompton, RAFVR. Married (18.10.1940, Christ Church, Harrow, Hendon district, Middlesex) Cecily Muriel Orton, only daughter (with two brothers) of Brig. Sidney Bernard Orton, CB (1881-1933), Indian Army, and Muriel Julia Eddis (1885?-1947), of Harrow; two daughters.	10.07.1917 Bury district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire - 06.1981 Stoke on Trent district, Staffordshire	P/O 05.04.1938 [72250] F/O 16.02.1940 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 01.06.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1942 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1943 (A) W/Cdr. (1944) DFC 11.02.1941 ? DFC 29.12.1942 * AFC 08.06.1944 ? MID 14.01.1944 ? * In September, 1942, Sq.Ldr. Crompton was detailed to take part in an attack on Düsseldorf. After crossing the Dutch coast he was attacked by a hostile aircraft, which secured many hits. Despite his badly damaged bomber, Sq.Ldr. Crompton proceeded to the target, bombed it, and flew safely back to base.	Education: Charterhouse (Verites House; summer quarter 1931-summer quarter 1936); Brasenose College, Oxford University (BA; OU Football 1938). 05.04.1938     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1941)     9 Squadron RAF (DFC)       7 Squadron RAF Executive Director of family business, James R. Crompton & Bros, paper manufacturers.
Croney, Frederick Don Married ((06?).1944, Chatham district, Kent) Peggy Doreen Jones (03.02.1924 - ?); ... children.	22.06.1922 Mile End district, London - ? South Africa	F/Sgt. ? [1477104] P/O (prob) 01.05.1944 [175728] (WS) F/O 01.11.1944 (A) F/Lt. 1945? (WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1946 DFC 12.1944 * MID 01.01.1946 ? * In November, 1944, this officer was the navigator bomb aimer in an aircraft detailed to attack Bochum. When approaching the target, accurate and concentrated anti-aircraft fire was encountered. Despite this. Pilot Officer Croney directed his captain on a steady bombing run to execute a successful attack. Shortly after the bombs had been released the aircraft was struck. Much damage was sustained and the wireless operator was wounded. Pilot Officer Croney immediately went to the assistance of his wounded comrade, to whom he rendered efficient first aid and administered morphia. Pilot Officer Croney afterwards gave valuable assistance in navigating the aircraft safely, to base. This officer set a fine example of coolness and efficiency.	01.05.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     navigator, 582 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Cronin, Harry Francis Edward	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101654] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Cross, Philip Andrew	(12?)1891 Lancashire - 04.01.1962 Hertfordshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104749] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (03.1945)     officer in a RAF unit in Iceland
Cross, Robert Walter "Bob" Son (with three sisters and one brother) of George Reginald Cross, and Florence Mary Emery. (courtesy of Mr Terry Fox)	29.06.1918 Halesworth, Blything district, Suffolk - 09.07.1963 Southampton, Hampshire	F/Sgt. ? [924906] P/O (prob) 22.09.1943 [173280] (WS) F/O 22.03.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 22.09.1945 DFM 08.02.1944 * * Flight Sergeant Cross has taken part in many sorties and has destroyed 7 and damaged several more enemy aircraft. In December, 1943, he participated in an attack against a formation of enemy bombers escorted by fighters. In the engagement Flight Sergeant Cross fought with rare determination, and shot down a fighter and afterwards hit a bomber which was seen to go down in flames. Throughout this spirited action, Flight Sergeant Cross displayed great skill and courage, setting a splendid example.	(1943)     136 Squadron RAF (Burma) (DFM) 22.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] Returned to Southampton where he joined accountants practice Alfred H Brown eventually becoming senior partner with many clients from the world of show business.
Crossley, Donald Marshall Son of Francis Marshall Crossley, and Muriel Crossley, of Hollingbourne, Kent.	(09?).1913 Hollingbourne, Kent - 24.11.1943 [age 30] [Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy, I.B.9]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1253405] P/O (prob) 10.04.1941 [63455] P/O 10.04.1942 (WS) F/O 10.04.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 08.01.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. 1943? (A) W/Cdr. 1943? DFC 02.06.1942 ? DFC 25.05.1943 ?	10.04.1941 commissioned, RAFVR [emergency commission] (06.1942?) 148 Squadron RAF (05.1943?) 70 Squadron RAF 1943 - 24.11.1943 104 Squadron RAF
Crow, Henry Charles Son (with five brothers and one sister) of John Lavender Crow (1872-1963), and Jessie Caroline Moon (1871-1964). Married Mary Elizabeth Thompson (09.08.1906 - 19.10.1981), daughter (with fourt sisters and four brothers) of Henry Joseph Thompson (1873-1925), and Catherine Wyse (1887-1967); three daughters, one son.	05.12.1903 Battersea, London - 08.11.1976 Vale Royal district, Cheshire	Cpl.. ? [1484357] P/O (prob) 26.06.1942, seniority 30.03.1942 [123742] (WS) F/O 26.12.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) MID 14.01.1944 ?	26.06.1942     commissioned, Royal Air Force Regiment - RAFVR [emergency commission]
Cruickshank, William Alexander Son of William and Margaret Cruickshank, of Aberdeen, Scotland.	1910 St Nicholas district, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 19.10.1943 [age 22] [Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Prot. Sec. (Men's), plot F, coll. grave 44]	Sgt. ? [1346154] P/O (prob) 25.08.1943 [157415]	25.08.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 19.10.1943 pilot, 185 Squadron RAF (Malta) [killed in a landing accident]
Cunningham, Wallace "Jock"	04.12.1916 Glasgow, Scotland - 04.10.2011	Sgt. ? [741899] P/O 08.06.1940 [80545] (WS) F/O 01.06.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 01.06.1942 DFC 08.10.1940 * * This officer has shot down five hostile aircraft. He has shown great personal gallantry and splendid skill in action.	1938     joined RAFVR       commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)       83 Squadron RAF (01.07.1940) - 28.08.1941 19 Squadron RAF 28.08.1941     Circus mission, shot down in his Spitfire IIa P8439 by flak and crash-landed on a Dutch beach; PoW 16.08.1940 07.09.1940 09.09.1940 15.09.1940 15.09.1940 18.09.1940     victories: 1 Bf 110 1 He 111 1 Bf 109 1 Bf 109 ½ Bf 110 ½ Ju 88
Currie, Vivian Lester Son of Samuel Currie, and Margaret Wray, of Stormont, Co. Down.	17.07.1920 Newhaven, Sussex - 23.07.1942 [age 22] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 69]	Sgt. ? [1108129] P/O (prob) 19.08.1941 [106035]	19.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 23.07.1942 pilot, 263 Squadron RAF [Lost in Whirlwind P 7035 off Morlaix.]
Curtis, Colin Hubert Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Rev. Harold Eaton Curtis (1865-1941), and Lilian Estella Veall (1882-1969), of Wyberton, Lincolnshire.	06.1919 Holbeach district, Lincolnshire - 20.01.1942 (MPK) [age 22] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 69]	Sgt. ? [1311049] P/O (prob) 05.08.1941 [107980]	Education: Moulton All Saints, Grammar School. 05.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.01.1942 101 Squadron RAF [Wellington IC Z1110 (SR-) took off from Oakington for a bombing raid on Emden. The aircraft was lost without trace. Complete crew of six was missing, presumed killed. Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker and his radar operator Oberfeldwebel Joseph Straub in a Messerschmitt Bf110 of the 6. Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschawder 2 claimed Z1110 (one of three Wellingtons claimed that night at 21:00, 21:37 & 22:07 hrs) off Terschelling.]
Curtis, Richard Osborne "Dick" Son of Maj.Gen. Henry Osborne Curtis, CB, DSO, MC, and Jean Mackenzie Low. Married (03.07.1943) Bernadette Mary Lees (born 11.04.1923), of Watcombe, Devon, daughter of Capt. Bernard Percy Turnbull Lees and Mary Radcliffe. She married again in 1956 Maj. Gordon Robert Kingston Lyon.	1921 ? - 20.01.1944 [age 22] [Le Parcq Churchyard]	Ldg.Acm. ? [926973] P/O (prob) 08.04.1941 [63456] P/O 08.04.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 08.04.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 08.04.1943	08.04.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.01.1944 pilot, 198 Squadron RAF [flew in his Typhoon 1b [JR361 "Y"] a weather reconnaissance to St Omer in the morning; encountered flak and was shot down]
Cutter, William George	10.06.1922 ? Cardiff district, Wales ? - 31.07.1983 ? Ogwr district, Mid Glamorgan ?	Ldg.Acm. ? [1651560] P/O (prob) 14.01.1944 [163567] (WS) F/O 14.07.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 14.01.1946	14.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Cutting, Harold Leslie Son (with one brother and one sister) of Joseph Sansom Cutting (1883-1961), and Selina Flew (1889-1963). Married ((12?).1937, Barnet, Middlesex) Emma Elizabeth Reader (1911 - 24.09.2011); two daughters, one son.	26.09.1911 Weymouth district, Dorset - 30.03.2009 Scunthorpe	F/Sgt. ? [1380439] P/O (prob) 03.06.1943 [147963] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.12.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.06.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 26.09.1956)	03.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1945)     309 Squadron RAF