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Gagg, John [Heppenstall] "Jack" Son of John C. Gagg, and Lily Heppenstall.	(03?).1923 Sheffield, Yorkshire - 10.08.2011 Sheffield, Yorkshire	F/Sgt. ? [1453327] P/O (prob) 04.04.1944 [174314] (WS) F/O 04.10.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 04.04.1946 DFC 17.10.1944 ?	04.04.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       166 Squadron RAF (Kirmington) Publican in Sheffield.
Gaines, Francis Eric	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101665] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Gant, Edward William James Son (with one sister) of James Arthur Tripp Gant (1897-1967), and Hannah Laura Mary Oldham (1897-1948). Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	13.09.1920 West Derby district, Lancashire - 02.03.1999 Gorleston, Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk	Sgt. ? [1485410] P/O (prob) 11.12.1944 [188728] (WS) F/O 11.06.1945	11.12.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (Air Gunners and Wireless Operators (Air)) [emergency commission] His daughter writes: "I know he was in the United States, Singapore and Japan (Nagasaki)."
Garrett, Albert Edward Son of Albert Edward Garrett, and Ellen Elizabeth Dedman. Married Winifred Grace Brooman, of Sutton Coldfield; two sons.	01.04.1897 - 12.10.1941 [age 44] [Sutton Coldfield Cemetery, section C, nonconformist, grave 590]	(A) P/O (prob) 05.04.1941 [64488] (WS) F/O ? (A) F/Lt. ?	05.04.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 12.10.1941 pilot, 495 Squadron RAF [killed during training flight - crashed into a Barrage Balloon wire]
Gatward, Alfred Kitchener "Ken" Son of ... Gatward, and ... Welts. Married (11.1998, Colchester, Essex) Pamela Doris Yeomans ((03?).1927 - 03.09.2012), daughter of Horace R. Yeomans, and Doris M. Vanstone.	28.08.1914 Edmonton, London - 19.11.1998 Colchester, Essex	F/Sgt. ? ? [740730] P/O (prob) 27.07.1940 [83251] P/O 27.07.1941, seniority 21.07.1941 (WS) F/O 27.07.1941, seniority 21.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 27.07.1942, seniority 21.07.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (01.1944) (WS) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1944 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 W/Cdr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.07.1947 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1957 (retd 03.09.1964) DSO 02.06.1944 ? DFC > 07.1942 < 01.1944 ? DFC 03.10.1944 * MID 14.01.1944 ? * This officer has led the squadron with great skill and gallantry in many sorties. In July 1944, he participated in an operation which resulted in the destruction of an enemy convoy, comprising 3 medium sized merchant vessels and 6 escorting ships. In August, 1944, Wing Commander Gatward led his squadron in an attack on a target in the Gironde area. During the operation his aircraft was repeatedly hit by anti-aircraft fire and sustained serious damage. Nevertheless, he flew safely to base in the face of great difficulty. This officer has displayed leadership of the highest order.	27.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)       flying Beaufighters with Coastal Command [on 12.06.1942, crewed by Flight Lieutenant A.K. Gatward (Pilot) & Sergeant G. Fern (Observer), a Beaufighter dropped a French Tricolore on the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, and then strafed the nearby Headquarters of the Kriegsmarine] 03.1944 - 24.08.1944 Commanding Officer, 404 (RCAF) Squadron       went on to command a whole Beaufighter Coastal Strike Wing later in the war with the Mk.X 01.07.1946 - 03.09.1964 permanent commission RAF (General Duties Branch) 03.09.1964 - 07.01.1971 Flying Officer, RAFVR (Training Branch)
Gaught, Alfred Spencer Son (with one sister and one brother) of Alfred Gaught (1866-1930), and Ruth Game (1873-1948). Married ((06?).1936, Leominster district, Herefordshire) Mabel Frances Poole ((12?).1911 - ), daughter of Abraham Napoleon Poole (1875-1936), and Sarah Ann Birch.	07.02.1907 Thetford district, Norfolk - (12?).1979 Alyn and Deeside district, Clwyd, Wales	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104756] P/O (prob) 15.10.1941 (WS) F/O 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) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission]
Geary, Stephen Tebbett Son (with one sister and one brother) of Walter Geary (1886-1952), and Emily Tebbett (1887-1938). Married (28.02.1944, St Helen's Church, Witton) Doris Elizabeth Potter (26.04.1914 - 19.02.2007), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Samuel Bailey Potter (1881-1967), and Annabel May Winstanley (1886-1960). Doris Geary remarried (1948) Geoffrey Lawrence Culey (1919-1995).	08.02.1920 Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire - 02.05.1944 [Runnymede Memorial, panel 202]	Acm. 2nd cl. 17.05.1939 [751052] Ldg.Acm. 18.05.1939 (A) Sgt. 06.04.1940 (T) Sgt. 14.09.1940 (T) F/Sgt. 01.04.1941 (T) Wt.Offr. 01.08.1942 P/O (prob) 18.10.1942 [135470] (WS) F/O (prob) 18.04.1943 (A) F/Lt. (12.1942) (T) F/Lt. 02.08.1943 DFM 15.05.1942 * [investiture 13.10.1942] 39|45 St - - Atl St - - Afr St - - WM 39|45 - - * This airman has participated in over 80 raids on targets in Libya, Syria, Albania, and Greece, over 70 of the raids being in daylight. During an attack on shipping in Benghazi harbour, his bombs scored hits on a vessel which was set on fire. In spite of being involved in a serious accident in which other members of the aircrew were seriously injured. Flight Sergeant Geary's keenness for operational flying remains unabated. He has always shown great courage and is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.	Education: Burton Grammar School (1931-1936). 17.05.1939     enlisted 01.09.1939 - 25.10.1939 Derby Training Centre RAF [under training air observer; 06.04.1940 acting air observer; 14.09.1940 air observer; 23.07.1942 navigator (bomber); 03.07.1943 air navigator 2nd class (certificate serial No. 1643))] 25.10.1939 - 25.10.1939 HQ Reserve Command RAF (ICABSA?) 27.01.1940 - 17.04.1940 No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada) 17.04.1940 - 26.04.1940 in transit to Middle East 26.04.1940 - 02.06.1941 211 Squadron RAF (from 19.10.1940 Training Unit Reserve Pool RAF, from 23.01.1941 Middle East Pool RAF & 70 Operational Training Unit RAF) 02.06.1941 - 22.11.1941 11 Squadron RAF (Middle East Pool, Palestine) (from 14.08.1941 RAF Station Amriya) 22.11.1941 - 23.02.1942 148 Squadron RAF (No. 205 Group RAF) (Western Desert) (DFM) 23.02.1942 - 09.03.1942 Middle East Pool RAF 09.03.1942 - 09.05.1942 No. 1 RAF Depot 09.05.1942 - 02.11.1942 7 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF 18.10.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 02.11.1942 - ? No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance 19.12.1943 - 02.05.1944 58 Squadron RAF (RAF Station St Davids, Pembroke) [Anti-submarine/u-boat operation's on the evening of 1st/2nd May 1944, flying as navigator in Halifax HR741 (H) as part of F/O. D.E. Taylor's crew, taken off at 20:44 hrs 01.05.1944. At 04:07 hrs (02.05.1944) in the Bay of Biscay, they sighted u-boat U-846 on the surface. They illuminated it using flares but before they could attack, the u boat opened fire with its 88mm deck gun. A direct hit was inflicted on the Halifax and it subsequently crashed into the sea, killing all of the 8-men crew. The operations record book states that - No message was received during the sortie and aircraft was presumed to have ditched. A nearby squadron aircraft on the same operation reported - sighting in patrol area number 4. Flares followed by flak and a dull red explosion at sea level. On reaching the area burning wreckage was seen with clouds of black smoke from oil or petrol. The burning wreckage was undoubtedly that of an aircraft, the framework being clearly seen.]
Geldard, Norman Son of Jarvis Geldard (1881-1937), and Nora Laing (1886-1942). Married ((03?).1935, Darlington, Durham) Hilda Mary Guthrie (09.05.1909 - 02.1997); two sons, one daughter.	03.02.1912 Darlington, Durham - 27.12.1968 Dartford, Kent (whilst visiting his daughter)	Sgt. ? [936427] (A) P/O (prob) 02.11.1944 [185601] P/O (prob) 28.12.1944 (WS) F/O 28.06.1945	02.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
George, Robert Stephen	? - 09.11.2013	Wt.Offr. ? [1316044] P/O (prob) 20.11.1944 [188014] (WS) F/O 20.05.1945	20.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       616 Squadron RAF
George, William Ewart	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941, seniority 25.06.1941 [104167] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Gibb, Matthew Changed name from Matiozas Waytkeviczia to Matthew Gibb by deed poll of 05.06.1946.	09.10.1920 - 03.05.2008	Ldg.Acm. ? [1335435] P/O (prob) 31.10.1942 [131773] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.05.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1944	31.10.1942 commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.05.1943 navigator, 51 Squadron RAF (shot down) 13.05.1943 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity
Gibb, Walter Frame	26.03.1919 near Port Talbot - 04.10.2006	Ldg.Acm. ? [913424] P/O (prob) 24.11.1940 [88881] P/O 24.11.1941 (WS) F/O 24.11.1941, seniority 19.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 24.11.1942, seniority 19.11.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. 1943? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 20.12.1944 (A) W/Cdr. 09.1944 DSO 01.05.1945 * DFC 06.07.1943 ** * Wing Commander Gibb has completed very many sorties since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Highly efficient, brave and resolute, this officer has set a splendid example to all. Among his successes is the destruction of five enemy aircraft, three of which he shot down in the early days of March, 1945. ** Squadron Leader Gibb has displayed great skill as a pilot during operations both by day and night. During one day he severely damaged 7 locomotives in France. On another occasion, he led a section of 3 aircraft which engaged 2 Junkers 88's over the Bay of Biscay. Owing to his skilful leadership both of the enemy aircraft were destroyed. This officer has displayed great courage and tenacity.	Education: Clifton College 05.1940 joined RAFVR 24.11.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943) 264 Squadron RAF (1943) 611 Squadron RAF 07.1943 Flight Commander, 605 Squadron RAF test squadron of the Central Flying School 09.1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 239 Squadron RAF
Gibbons, Arthur Son of Robert Edward Gibbons, and Mary Ann Halliday, of Parkstone Dorsetshire.	(09?).1916 Hackney district, London - 18.06.1941 (killed on active service) [age 24] [Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire, row D, grave 3]	Ldg.Acm. ? [903324] P/O (prob) 19.10.1940 [87040]	19.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 18.06.1941 pilot
Gibson, Peter Robert Scaife Son of Sidney Herbert Gibson, and Florence Rosa Breslauer. Married 1st ((09?).1937, Wandsworth district, Surrey) Lynette M.T. Attride; three sons. Married 2nd ((09?).1950, Hitchin district, Hertfordshire) Mary O. Sydenham.	30.10.1913 St Marylebone district, London - 05.1986 Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey	P/O (prob) 11.11.1939 [75896] (WS) F/O 11.11.1940 (Emgcy List) (reld 30.10.1958; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. ?	Education: London University (BSc; chemistry). 11.11.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "He spoke German and worked for RAF intelligence - after having failed his flying training due to touching the ground with a wing during a landing. I believe he also worked at Bletchley Park."
Gibsone, John Charles Hope	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101666] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Giddings, [Sir] Kenneth Charles [Michael] * * officially known as K.C. Giddings; third middle name seems to have been added in the mid-1940s Son of Charles Giddings, and Grace Gregory. Married (1946) Elizabeth McConnell; two sons,  two daughters.	27.08.1920 Walthamstow, West Ham district, Essex - 05.04.2009 [Reading, Berkshire?]	Sgt. ? [1331014] P/O (prob) 01.11.1941 [113414] F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.11.1943 F/Lt. 02.04.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 ... ... Air Marshal 01.01.1974 (retd 19.06.1976) KCB 01.01.1975 New Year 75 OBE 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 DFC 09.02.1945 * AFC 08.06.1950 ? AFC 02.01.1956 ? * Flight Lieutenant Giddings has completed a very large number of varied sorties. He has led his flight and, on occasions, the squadron with great skill and determination, factors which have contributed in good measure to the successes obtained. In air fighting Flight Lieutenant Giddings has destroyed four and damaged several more enemy aircraft.	see: RAFWeb.org MRAeS
Gigger, Derrick John Son of John Henry Gigger (1891-1975), and Elsie Winifred Hussey (1893-1981), of Eynsford, Kent.	(12?).1922 Eynsford, Dartford district, Kent - 16.03.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Dannes Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, B.2] [commemorated at Eynsford War Memorial, Kent]	F/Sgt. ? [1394238] P/O (prob) 13.03.1944 [173328]	13.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 16.03.1944 pilot, 625 Squadron RAF [His Lancaster W4833 [CF-J] was airborne 18:55 hrs 15.03.1944 from Kelstern for an operation against Stuttgart. Presumed to have crashed in the sea off the coast of France. The other five crew members are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.]
Giles, David Son of Frederick William Giles and Margaret Mary Maud Palin Giles (née Evans), of Gordons, Almondsbury, near Bristol. Brother of Capt. John F. Giles, and Capt. Bruce T. Giles, both of The Gloucestershire Regiment	27.05.1922 Abbots Leigh, Long Ashton district, Somerset - 10.2003 South Somerset district, Somerset	Sgt. ? [1316255] P/O (prob) 30.01.1942 [121291] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 30.01.1944 F/Lt. RAF 28.01.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1951 (retd 03.10.1964; own request) DFC 07.04.1944 ?	flying training in Canada 30.01.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     255 Squadron RAF 28.01.1947     commissoined, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission]
Giles, Gerald Wilfred Son (with one brother and one sister) of Edwin Giles (1868-1962), and Elizabeth Mary Seed (1871-1956). Married 1st ((06?).1933, Windsor district, Berkshire) Sylvia Grace Milner (17.01.1912 - 09.06.1963), daughter of Henry Freeland Milner (1880-1932), and Olive Maud Hester Semelia Knollys-Green (1886-1978); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd ((09?).1964, South Western Surrey) Gwynneth Agnes Ely (03.11.1906 - 08.2001), daughter of Milton Victor Ely (1872-1960), and Beatrice Louisa Ray Attwater (1878-1939).	05.10.1903 Farnborough, Kent - 02.10.1990 Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104757] P/O (prob) 15.10.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. ? MID 01.01.1946 ?	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Gilfillan, James Henry "Jim" Son (with one sister) of Rev. Trevor Vincent Gould Gilfillan (1888-1971), and Gertrude Rennoldson (1891-1952), of Newick, Sussex.	06.04.1924 Peking, China - 08.06.1946 Nigeria, Africa (flying accident; the Dakota III KG747 he was secon pilot in on a flight fron Kano and Ikeja ran into a tropical storm which ripped off one of the wings) [Yaba Cemetery, Nigeria, plot 4, row K, grave 4]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1801089] P/O (prob) 06.08.1943 [153036] P/O 06.02.1944, seniority 06.08.1943 (WS) F/O 06.02.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 06.08.1945	Education: preparatory school Chesterton, Seaford; St Peter's College, Radley (1937.3-1942.1; Exhibitioner; Dramatic Society (stage-manager); ATC); Christ's College, Oxford (matriculated 1942). 06.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Gill, Alexander George Married; one son.	1914 Lhanbryde, Morayshire - 07.08.1941 [Elgin New Cemetery, section H, south division, grave 36]	Sgt. ? [759345] P/O (prob) 17.12.1940, seniority 11.12.1940 [89587]	17.12.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 07.08.1941 observer, 20 Operational Training Unit RAF [his Anson I [R9584 ZT-J] took off from RAF Lossiemouth for a training sortie; it is believed that the Anson's starboard engine failed, shortly before the trainer crashed at 1200 hrs onto high ground in Glen Avon, 6 miles SW of Tomintoul, a village roughly 20 miles NW of Ballater, Aberdeen]
Gill, Arthur Murland	24.02.1916 - 02.2016 still alive	Sgt. ? [740104] P/O (prob) 06.09.1940 [84709] (WS) F/O 06.09.1941, seniority 15.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 06.09.1942, seniority 15.08.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1942?) F/Lt. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.01.1943 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1955 (retd 03.03.1971) OBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64 DFC 21.11.1944 ? AE ? ? MID 01.01.1945 ?	06.09.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 30.10.1942 - 20.09.1944 Commanding Officer, 84 Squadron RAF (Burma) (DFC) 01.07.1946     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) AE, MRAeS (AFRAeS), MIPD, MIMgt (AMIPM, AMBIM). Literature: Peter C. Smith, Diving Deadly Accuracy : Arthur Murland Gill Interview. In: Military History (June, 1998).
Gillespie, James John Son of James Gillespie (1894?-1963), and Isabella Gormley (1897-1981). Married (03.06.1944, London, Ontario, Canada) June Adelaide Steen (1921-2009); two sons, three daughters.	07.07.1921 Glasgow, Scotland - 12.01.2011	Ldg.Acm. ? [1553886] P/O (prob) 14.07.1944 [165743] (WS) F/O 14.01.1945	14.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His son-in-law writes: "I have been able to trace (through his qualifications log book & photos) my father-in-law's BCATP training journey through Canada (London Ontario, Jarvis Ontario, Abbotsford BC) onward to Kolar India."
Girling, James William Son (with one sister) of William James Girling (1878-1940), and Mabel Constance Pasmore (1884-1972). Married (30.07.1929, Holy Trinity Church, Hastings, Sussex) Annie Doris Reeves (02.03.1903 - 17.04.1997), daughter of Ernest Temple Reeves (1876-1918), and Annie Clarke (1876-); two daughters, two sons.	04.03.1905 Hackney, Middlesex - 09.1999 Thanet district, Kent	(A) P/O (prob) 30.08.1940 [85114] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.05.1941 (WS) F/O 30.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 22.08.1942 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 16.10.1944 (reld 22.02.1945; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. ? OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45: RAF liaison officer to 9th US Air Force	Solicitor. Articled, Mr Walter Hills and Mr S. Shea at Margate, 1924 (junior partner 1934, assumed control of practice in 1936 after death of both partners). Advocate, East Kent Courts. President, Margate Chamber of Commerce. 30.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1941     member of the staff of a small RAF Headquarters attached to Southern (Army) Command (engaged in administrative planning for close air support of ground forces) 1942     RAF Staff College (3 months' course) 1942     RAF representative to assist in the administrative planning of an exercise in combined operations in whcih an 'opposed' sea landing was made 1942     RAF administrative liaison officer attached to Ground-Air Support Command, US Army Air Force 1943     administrative planning officer, HQ 2nd Tactical Air Force 1944?     senior RAF administrative liaison officer to Ninth US Air Force at Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force Continued practice as Messrs. Girling, Wilson and Bailey at Margate.
Godsell, George Edward	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101667] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Gold, John	04.06.1913 -	Wt.Offr. ? [995979] P/O (prob) 12.09.1944 [185516] (WS) F/O 12.03.1945 (Emgcy List; reld 04.06.1958) MID 14.06.1945 ?	12.09.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served RAF Gianaclis, flying in Hudsons and Ansons
Golding, Eustace George	05.03.1902 Brentford - 12.1989 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104758] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Goldsack, John William	? -	F/Sgt. ? [509536] (A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1944 [172701] P/O (prob) 18.05.1944 P/O 18.11.1944 (WS) F/O 18.11.1944 F/O (Emergency List) ? (reld 17.12.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	(1943?)     stationed at RAF Compton Bassett (later posted abroad) ? 23.03.194     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Goodall, William	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104604] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Goodburn, Alfred	09.05.1898 Liverpool, Lancaster - (06?).1977 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104759] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Goodchild, Sidney George	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [102228] (WS) F/O ?	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Goodhew, [Sir] Victor Henry Son of late Rudolph Goodhew, Mannings Heath, Sussex. Married 1st (1940) Sylvia Johnson (marriage dissolved); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1951) Suzanne Gordon­Burge (marriage dissolved 1972). Married 3rd (1972) Eva Rittinghausen (marriage dissolved 1981).	30.11.1919 - 11.10.2006	Cpl. ? [753303] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1942 [135945] P/O (prob) 03.03.1943 (WS) F/O (prob) 25.08.1943 [ (A) Sq.Ldr. ?? 1945 ?? [unconfirmed]]	Education: King's College School 31.12.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (Special and Administrative Duties Branch) [emergency commission] commanded Airborne Radar Unit, attached 6th Airborne Division Member: Westminster City Council, 1953-1959; LCC, 1958-1961. Contested (C) Paddington North, 1955; MP (C) St Albans Div., Herts, Oct. 1959-1983. PPS to Mr C. I. Orr-Ewing, OBE, MP (when Civil Lord of the Admiralty), May 1962-1963; PPS to Hon. Thomas Galbraith, MP (Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport), 1963-1964; Assistant Government Whip, June­Oct. 1970; a Lord Commissioner, HM Treasury, 1970-1973. Member: Speaker's Panel of Chairmen, 1975-1983; Select Committee, House of Commons Services, 1978-1983; House of Commons Commission 1979-1983; Joint Secretary 1922 Committee, 1979-1983; Vice-Chairman, Conservative Defence Committee, 1974-1983. Chairman, Board of Management, Inst. of Sports Medicine, 1982- (Member, 1967-1970, 1973-1982).
Goodliffe, Herbert Spencer	27.03.1895 - 01.1993	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104760] ... ... CdeG ? ?	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Goodman, Maurice Venning Son of Reginald V. Goodman, and Gertrude M. Mears. Married ((06?).1942, Hendon district, Middlesex) Joan G. Neville.	13.04.1920 Hendon district, Oxfordshire - 08.01.1988 Hastings, East Sussex	F/Sgt. ? [804376] P/O (prob) 23.10.1942 [135476] (WS) F/Lt. 23.10.1944 DFC 12.11.1943 ?	23.10.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     192 Squadron RAF (DFC) From: Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain / by Martin Sugarman Was a Sgt. Air Gunner with 604 Squadron, later Flt. Lt., and born in Hendon on 13/4/20. Educated at King’s School Colindale, he joined the AAF and was called up at outbreak of war. He served on air operations throughout the Battle of Britain and then in 1942 on special operations over Germany, severely damaging a 110. He then served on special operations in North Africa and Italy and was awarded the DFC on 12.11.43. He died in 1988. His Jewish Chaplain card mentions an article on him in “The Jewish Chronicle” on 12/11/43.
Gordon, Charles	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 31.10.1941 [110463] P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	31.10.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Gordon, George Whittall Son of George Gordon. Married 1st (divorced); three children. Married 2nd.	30.10.1917 Alexandria, Egypt - 06.05.2005 Alicante, Spain	Ldg.Acm. ? [774014] P/O (prob) 24.08.1940 [84997] (WS) F/O 24.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 24.08.1942 (reld 28.02.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	Employed by Haseldon & Co. (Transport). Obtained civil aviator's licence (No. 17030) 24.12.1938, taken on a DH60 Gipsy 90 at Misr Airwork, Egypt. 24.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       pilot with Bomber Command, based variously in the Middle East, Egypt, Rhodesia etc. Entrepreneur.
Gordon, John	? -	P/O (prob) 30.06.1941 [100687] ... ...	30.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF
Gordon, John Reid	12.02.1907 - (03?).1983 Worthing district, West Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104339] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Goth, Vilem	22.04.1915 - 25.10.1940 (KIA) [age 25] [Sittingbourne Cemetery, Kent, old ground, section W, grave 141]	P/O (prob) ? [81945]	?     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] From: Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain / by Martin Sugarman Born 22/4/1915 and joined 310 Sqdn. at Duxford 10/7/1940. On Sept 7th he shot down two 110’s over Southend but his Hurricane V6643 was damaged, forcing him to land at Whitmans Farm, Purleigh. Joined 501 Sqdn. at Kenley in Oct 1940 and sadly was killed Oct 25th when he collided with P. O. K W Mackenzie during combat over Tenterden, crashing in Hurricane 2903 in Bridgehurst Wood, Marden. He is buried at Sittingbourne and Milton Cemetery, Kent. Information on Jewish background from same web site as Fechtner.
Gouge, Herbert William Sidney Son of ... Gouge, and ... Goddard. Married ((06?).1947, Hammersmith district, London) Gwendoline V.C. Gower.	05.05.1921 Brentford district, Oxfordshire - 05.11.2013	Sgt. ? [1397862] P/O (prob) 04.07.1944 [179163] (WS) F/O 04.01.1945	04.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (Air Gunners and Wireless Operators (Air))
Gould, Douglas Richard Son of Richard George Gould, and of Maud Stewart, of Kettering.	(09?).1923 Romford district, Essex - 20.02.1945 [age 21] [Kettering (London Road) Cemetery, Northamptonshire, N.N.4]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1624974] P/O (prob) 19.05.1944 [165295] (WS) F/O 19.11.1944	19.05.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.02.1945 air bomber, 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF [Lancaster III NE179 had taken off 11:20 hrs from Langar for a cross-country training, the flight to be conducted at high-level. Thus, while in the process of changing tanks, at 21,000 feet, the Lancaster dived out of control, performing a series of involuntary acrobatics as it fell. With what must have been great difficulty at least six, and possibly the entire crew, managed to bale out, two leaving the doomed bomber from less than 500 feet, just seconds before it went into a field at 13:15 hrs south of Fenton Tower, Kingston, East Lothian. Sadly, in addition to Sgt Waters, two died from their injuries.]
Gould, Gordon Derek Married ((09?).1941, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Vera Aggio. Residences: (c. 1941-1947) Portsmouth, Ireland & Malaga, Spain.	1919 ? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1602709] P/O (prob) 10.12.1943 [154739] (WS) F/O 10.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 10.06.1945? (reld 03.10.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	10.12.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) Flew for KLM post-war.
Gould, Ian George Melvin Son of ... Gould, and ... Melvin.	(09?).1920 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire - 01.2014 still alive	Cpl. ? [655596] P/O (prob) 14.03.1942 [117352] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 14.03.1944 DFC 23.03.1943 * * F/O Gould is a navigator of considerable skill, who has on several occasions been responsible for the safe return to base of his aircraft. As a bomb-aimer he has displayed outstanding ability and determination not to release his bombs until successful runs have been made.	14.03.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (1943)     148 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Grace, James Arthur Son of Albert Grace, and Edith L. Gull (1899-1963). Married ((12?).1947, Camberwell district, London) Annie Maude Shalders ((12?).1921 - ); two daughters, two sons.	03.01.1924 Greenwich district, London - 13.03.2012	F/Sgt. ? [1396892] P/O (prob) 29.06.1945 [200756] (WS) F//O 29.12.1945	(08.1944)     644 Squadron RAF (09.1944)     299 Squadron RAF (Arnhem) 29.06.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (09.1945)     295 Squadron RAF
Graeme, Dudley Brian Married Nita Beddoe (died 2006); ... children.	02.10.1914 Vancouver, BC, Canada - 07.2008 still alive aged 93 at Chichester	Acm. 13.08.1940 [1284523] Ldg.Acm. ? P/O (prob) 18.05.1941 [66598] P/O 18.05.1942 (WS) F/O 18.05.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 18.05.1943 (reld 30.01.1945) (demobilized 05.1945) AFC 08.06.1944 ?	Worked for the Staines, Middlesex Fire Brigade, 1939. 13.08.1940 - 24.08.1940 No. 1 Recruiting Centre RAF (Uxbridge) 24.08.1940 - 30.08.1940 No. 1 Recruiting Wing RAF (Babbacombe) 30.08.1940 - 16.11.1940 No. 4 Initial Training Wing RAF (Paignton) 16.11.1940 - 11.01.1941 No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Weston Super Mare) 14.01.1941 - 18.05.1941 No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF (Kidlington) 18.05.1941 commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 31.05.1941 - 11.06.1941 No. 11 Group Flight Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (Heston, from 05.06.1941 Croydon) 11.06.1941 - 18.07.1944 287 Squadron RAF (Tangmere, from 10.05.1942 Ford, from 15.05.1943 Weston Super Mare) 19.07.1944 - 29.09.1944 60 Operational Training Unit RAF (High Erkell) 15.10.1944 - 14.05.1945 107 Squadron RAF (Hartford Bridge, from 01.11.1944 Cambrai/Epinoy) (flying Mosquitoes) 30.01.1945 - 14.05.1945 appointed to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), continuing service with 107 Sqn RAF
Graham, Derek Ian Son of Capt. Nigel Graham, and Lilian Mary Croft, of Chelsea, London.	(03?).1918 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 24.10.1941 Penzance district, Cornwall [age 24] [Logie Old Churchyard, Stirling, Graham Private Ground] [Memorial stone at Logie Old Kirk, Bridge of Allan, Stirling]	P/O 16.11.1937 [72023] F/O 15.12.1939 (WS) F/Lt. 20.04.1941	Education: Eton; Trinity College, Oxford. 16.11.1937     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) ? - 24.10.1941 pilot, 247 Squadron RAF [At 16: 27 hrs Hawker Hurricane IIc BD934 (ZY-V) from Predannack entered a flat spin at 8,000 feet and crashed at Gwallon Marsh, Marazion, 1 mile north of Marazion Police house. The aircraft was smashed and the pilot F/L Graham was killed.]
Graham-Matheson, John Married; ... children.	1902 ? - (09?).1957 Stafford district, Staffordshire [age 55]	(A) P/O (prob) 27.05.1942 [121124] P/O (prob) 16.09.1942 (WS) F/O 16.03.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 13.05.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 (emgcy list) (retd 10.02.1954)	27.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]       served some time at RAF Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire and possibly also in Italy
Grainger, John Arthur	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104348] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Grant, Arthur Frederick	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104349] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Grant, Donald McGillivray	? -	Sgt. ? [1348098] P/O (prob) 16.12.1943 [170421] (WS) F/O 16.06.1944 DFC 14.11.1944 ?	16.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     207 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Grant, Thomas Donald "Tom" Married 1st  (15.08.1944, Aylesbury; divorced) Marie Beattie (died c. 1995), daughter of Sq.Ldr. Hedley Beattie, RAF, and Florence E. Brigg; one son. Married 2nd (1955) Eileen Moffett (died 1999); two sons, one daughter.	27.01.1921 Ulster, Northern Ireland - 12.12.2006 Ashford, Kent	F/Sgt. ? [816117] P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [126524] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.11.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1944 12.09.1944, seniority 14.06.1944 (forfeiture of seniority) Sq.Ldr. 12.08.1945 (reld 1946) Army:   Capt. 01.09.1970, seniority 30.06.1955 [490312] Maj. 01.02.1972 (reld 07.01.1974) DFM 26.06.1942 * * [Sorties 105, flying hours 476.05, air gunner] Flight Sergeant Grant has completed 23 sorties totalling 154.45 hours with this squadron and 5 of these were of 8 hours duration. On every occasion he has shown great ability and keenness. Previously, he took part in 80 sorties with Coastal Command, his operational flying hours being 321.20. Both in the air and on the ground, he has done excellent work with the squadron and it is considered he has fully earned the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. Recommended 18.04.1942. Remarks by Station Commander: A fine type of operational Air Gunner with an exceptional record. His keenness and efficiency have done much to raise the squadron to its present high operational standard. Recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.	Education: Belfast Boys Model School; Belfast High School. 09.1938     joined 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAuxAF (Aldergrove) 09.1939 - 06.1941 mobilized & flew 80 anti-submarine and convoy patrols 06.1941 - 06.1942? rear gunner, 51 Squadron RAF (Kinloss, Scotland) (more than 20 operations over occupied France & Holland and Germany) (DFM) 01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 06.1942? - ? gunnery instructor ? - 04.1944 rear gunner, 150 Squadron RAF (Lincolnshire, then Algeria) (illness; overall completed 128 operations, flying 550 hours) ? - 11.1944 trained as air traffic controller 11.1944 - ? posted to Nutts Corner 01.09.1970     commissioned, Ulster Defence Regiment Post-war briefly part of the radar team at Heathrow, returning to the control tower at Nutts Corner where he remained until 1963, being transferred to Aldergrove, retiring in 1979.
Grant-Dalton, Hugh Harold Son of Capt. Leslie Grant-Dalton (1889-1956), and Marmie Battye (1891-1976), of Ellerthwaite, The Goffs.	07.03.1921 Eastbourne, Sussex - Devon	Ldg.Acm. ? [904317] P/O (prob) 09.11.1940, seniority 07.11.1940 [88036] (WS) F/O 09.11.1941, seniority 07.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 09.11.1942, seniority 07.11.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1944) DFC 21.04.1944 ? DFC 27.06.1944 * MID 14.01.1944 ? * He has at all times pressed home his attacks, undeterred by the heaviest enemy opposition. And in his ability to make instant decisions in emergencies and superb airmanship have, on many occasions, extricated his aircraft and crew from perilous situations.	Education: St Peter's College, Radley (1934.3-1939.2). 09.1939     enlisted RAFVR 22.05.1940     No. 3 Recruitment Centre RAF (Padgate) 29.05.1940     No. 5 Initial Training Wing RAF (Hastings & Torquay) 11.07.1940     No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Meir) 24.08.1940     No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF (Little Rissington) 09.11.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 09.11.1940     No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF (Cranage) 04.01.1941     16 Operational Training Unit RAF (Upper Heyford) 19.04.1941     44 Squadron RAF (Waddington) 29.04.1941     50 Squadron RAF (Lindholme) 22.06.1941     14 Operational Training Unit RAF (Cottesmore) 19.07.1941     50 Squadron RAF (Swinderby) 14.02.1942     Central Flying School RAF (Upavon) 15.03.1942     16 Operational Training Unit RAF (Upper Heyford) 04.08.1942     30 Operational Training Unit RAF (Hixon) (despatches) 21.10.1943     1662 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (Blyton) 10.11.1943     100 Squadron RAF (Grimsby) (DFC & Bar) 21.04.1944     No. 1 Group Aircrew School RAF (Lindholme) 05.10.1944     620 Squadron RAF (Fairford/Great Dunmow) 02.02.1945     299 Squadron RAF (Shepherds Grove) 24.01.1946     1385 Heavy Transport Support Conversion Unit RAF (Wethersfield) 03.07.1946     1333 Transport Support Training Unit RAF (Syerston) 05.09.1946 - 24.09.1947 Overseas Aircraft Control RAF (Gloucester) Pilot with BSAA 30.08.1948, later with BOAC. Retired 1972 from flying, with VC10 as last aircraft flown.
Grantham, Kenneth Percy Bellew Son of ... Grantham. and ... Nicholson.	05.06.1923 Hastings, Sussex - 06.01.2007	Ldg.Acm. 1942 [1399806] F/Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 11.11.1944 [187707] (WS) F/O 11.05.1945 (reld 22.04.1948) DFM 16.02.1945 ?	1942     joined RAFVR as Aircew under training (1944)     640 Squadron RAF (1944)     35 Squadron RAF (Pathfinder Force) (DFM) 11.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Gratton, Kenneth Gordon John Son (with two brothers) of Albert John Gratton (1894-1976), and Jennie Friend (1900-), of Ealing.	(09?).1922 Brentford district, Middlesex - 06.09.1946 Long Compton, Warwickshire [age 24] [Golders Green Crematorium, panel 2]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1585449] P/O (prob) 28.05.1943 [152857] (WS) F/O 28.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 28.05.1945	28.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       POW (No. 6944) in German captivity  (Stalag Luft 3, Sagan and Belaria)  ? - 06.09.1946 navigator/wireless operator, 21 Operational Training Unit RAF (Moreton in the Marsh) [Wellington PG135 stalled when low flying and crashed at Long Compton. F/O D J Ferdinando, F/Lt K G J Gratton, F/Sgt R Dunn, Sgt W B Greatrix and Sgt D E Robinson were all killed.]
Graver, George Stanley Son of John George & Louise Emelie Graver. Married ((06?).1925, West Ham district, Essex) Ivy Kathleen Mary Bailey; ... children.	31.01.1902 Leyton, West Ham district, Essex - 10.05.1958 Westminster Bank, Gravesend, Dartford district, Kent (formerly of Hartley, Kent)	Ldg.Acm. ? [1860332] P/O (prob) 30.12.1943 [168549] (WS) F/O 30.06.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954)	30.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Graves, Peter Molyneux Son of ... Graves, and ... Jenkins. Married ((06?).1939, Kensington district, London) Margaret A. Marling; one son.	(12?).1914 Camberwell district, London - (12?).1961 Paddington district, London	Ldg.Acm. ? [915827] P/O (prob) 23.07.1943 [152858] (WS) F/O 23.01.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 23.07.1945 F/O 08.08.1946 F/Lt. 23.01.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947	23.07.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 08.08.1946     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service commission] 01.11.1947     transferred, RAF (Provost Branch) 13.09.1948     permanent commission
Graves, Richard Courtney Married; at least one son.	? - 1976	Sgt. ? [748763] (A) P/O (prob) 17.08.1940 [83289] P/O (prob) ? P/O 17.08.1941 (WS) F/O 17.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 17.08.1942 (reld 1946)	17.08.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 09.09.1940 - 13.09.1940 253 Squadron RAF 14.09.1940 - 27.09.1940 85 Squadron RAF 28.09.1940 - 29.09.1940 253 Squadron RAF [flying from Kenley with a Hurricane I fighter [V6621] he was shot down on a patrol after combat with a Messerschmitt 109 at 16.40 hrs near Haywards Heath [slightly wounded in shoulder]] after recovering was sent to Egypt and then onto Ceylon ± 1945 sent to British Embassy in Paris (spoke French fluently)
Greaves, Clifford Son of ... Greaves, and ... Marrison. Married; seven children.	19.10.1922 Rotherham district, Yorkshire - 2003 ? North Yorkshire ?	Sgt. ? [1217631] P/O (prob) 23.05.1945 [197166] (WS) F/O 23.11.1945 (Emgcy List; reld 12.12.1955) P/O RAF 12.12.1955, seniority 29.03.1954 F/O RAF ? F/Lt. RAF 16.08.1961 (retd 25.08.1968)	(1942?)     88 Squadron RAF (Swanton Morley) 23.05.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 12.12.1955     short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) ?     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Green, Howard Morley Saville "Pat" Married Elizabeth-Anne Seabrook.	22.09.1920 - c. 2002 New Zealand	Ldg.Acm. ? [1281117] P/O (prob) 01.04.1941 [63448] P/O 01.04.1942 (WS) F/O 01.04.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.04.1943 F/Lt. RAF 01.07.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1950 W/Cdr. RAF 01.01.1956 (retd 22.09.1967) MID 02.06.1943 ?	01.04.1941 first commission RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 18.12.1945 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service] 01.07.1946 permanent commission (1955) - (1957) stationed at Malta
Green, Neil Carne	14.01.1919 - 03.2005 East Surrey district, Surrey	Sgt. ? [742406] P/O (prob) 16.08.1941 [104438] (WS) F/O 16.08.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 16.08.1943 DSO 09.07.1943 ? DFC 20.11.1942 * * This officer has completed many sorties. Throughout, he has displayed great efficiency, combined with exceptional determination to complete his task successfully. In the raids on Le Creusot, Genoa and Milan he accomplished much good work. He is a skilful and determined pilot.	16.08.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942) - (1943) 49 Squadron RAF
Green, Parnell Lee Son (with one sister) of Martin Thomas Green (1895-1957), and Lucia Gladys Puiu (1897-1997).	(09?).1921 Wandsworth district, London - 13.11.1943 (KIA) [age 22] (Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France, division 67, row G, grave 5]	Sgt. ? [1295408] P/O (prob) 23.12.1942 [137286] (WS) F/O (prob) 23.06.1943	Training to be an architect with the firm of Bowes Lyon Architects.       pilot training in Florida, USA 23.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.11.1943 181 Squadron RAF [Was killed flying Typhoon Ib JP965 'S' on a Rhubarb mission (= small scale freelance fighter sortie against ground targets of opportunity) to northern France in the afternoon.]
Green, Ronald Edward	13.02.1921 -	F/Sgt. ? [928607] P/O (prob) 28.04.1942 [121075] (WS) F/O (prob) 28.10.1942 (A) F/Lt. (1943) (WS) F/Lt. 28.04.1944 (reld 31.05.1949; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A?) Sq.Ldr. 03.1945? F/O 31.05.1949 (reld 31.05.1954) DFC 31.08.1943 * * This officer, who has completed a very large number of varied sorties, has led his flight and, on many occasions, the squadron with great skill. He has invariably displayed outstanding keenness and determination and has contributed materially to the successes obtained by the squadron. Flight Lieutenant Green has destroyed 1 and damaged 3 more enemy aircraft.	28.04.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.1942 41 Squadron RAF 10.1942 - (1943) 126 Squadron RAF (DFC) 03.1945 - ? Commanding Officer, 64 Squadron RAF 31.05.1949     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted) (General Duties Branch)
Green, Walter Robert	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104383] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Greensill, George Edward Augustus Son of George Edward Greensill, secretary to the West Cannock Colliery Company Ltd., and Selina Greensill. Married ((03?).1920, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Evelyn Mary Colledge.	(12?).1895 Cannock district, Staffordshire - 23.01.1949 Brussels, Belgium (lived at Fishbourne, nr Ryde, Isle of Wight)	2nd Lt. 16.06.1917 Lt. 17.12.1918 (reld 11.11.1920) 2nd Lt. 19.12.1939 [101424] (without pay and allowances) (reld 28.10.1940) P/O (prob) 28.10.1940 [88907] (WS) F/O (prob) 28.07.1941 (WS) F/O 28.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 28.07.1942 (reld 31.10.1944) Hon. W/Cdr. 01.11.1944 OBE 01.01.1947 New Year 47: Chief Maintenance Officer, Central European District, Imperial War Graves Commission	Education: Birmingham School of Architecture. Architect.       volunteered to join the regular army and enlisted as a Private with the 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment and saw action in the 1914 -1915 campaign in France 16.06.1917     commissioned, Royal Engineers (Field) - Territorial Force (served 1st London Divisional Engineers) 19.12.1939     commissioned, General List [emergency commission] 28.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Greenslade, Clifford Son of Tom Greenslade, and Gwladys Robins, of Newbridge, Monmouthshire.	(06?).1922 Bedwellty district, Monmouthshire - 02.07.1945 (MPK) [age 23] [Singapore Memorial, column 448] [commemorated at Newbridge War Memorial]	(T) F/Sgt. ? [1419936] P/O (prob) 11.01.1945 [199508]	11.01.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.07.1945 267 Squadron RAF
Greenwood, John Archibald	07.01.1908 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire - (03?).1978 Lincoln district, Lincolnshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104391] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Greig, Brian Fairchild	21.02.1910 Bedford, London - 07.1989 Isle of Wight	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941, seniority 01.07.1941 [104151] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Grenville, Trevor Courtney Basil	see:	Van Hoegaerden, Jacques Philippe Marie Louis Ferdinand "Jack"
Griffin, Harold William Son (with ome brother and one sister) of James Thomas Griffin (1884?-), and Winifred Eves (1887?-).	15.07.1920 Dartford, Kent - 05.08.1941 Lossiemouth, Drainie district, Morayshire, Scotland [Erith (Brook Street) Cemetery, Kent, sec. C grave 871]	Sgt. ? [1258465] P/O (prob) 01.06.1941 [67698]	01.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.08.1941 pilot, 20 Operational Training Unit RAF [Wellington IC N2628 took off from Lossiemouth for air-to-air firing training at a towed drogue. On completion of the exercise, the crew returned to base in conditions of high winds and rain, which seriously reduced visibility. Thus, P/O Griffin failed, until the last moment, to see some trees as he made his approach and while taking avoiding action he stalled the Wellington and crashed, heavily, at 16:45 hrs near the airfield. Three of the crew were killed, three were injured.]
Griffin, Harry	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [106821] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Griffin, Norman James	24.12.1906 - (06?).1973 Tonbridge district, Kent	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [103324] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Griffin, Raymond Cyril	? -	Sgt. ? [700146] P/O (prob) 05.03.1941 [65494] (WS) F/O 05.03.1942 F/Lt. 20.04.1946 Cmdn 01.09.1944 ?	05.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 20.04.1946     RAF (Accountant Branch) [extended service commission?]
Griffiths, Brian Rourke	10.07.1910 Streatham - 01.1988 Westminster district, London	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941, seniority 25.06.1941 [104137] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Griffiths, H	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941? ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941?     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch?) [emergency commission]
Griffiths, M	? - ?	(A) P/O (prob) ? P/O (prob) ? (WS) F/O ?	?     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch?) [emergency commission] (03.1945)     officer in a RAF unit in Iceland
Grimes, Sydney Victor Son of George David Grimes (1889-1985), and Ethel Cox (1893-1979). Married ((09?).1944, Rochford district, Essex) Iris K. Pace (1922? - 2019); one son, two daughters.	06.05.1922 Great Wakering, near Southend-on-Sea, Rochford district, Essex - 27.05.2022 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	(T) F/Sgt. ? [1271597] P/O (prob) 24.03.1944 [173865] (WS) F/O 24.09.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 24.03.1946 MID 08.06.1944 ?	24.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served as wireless operator with 106 [Battle of the Ruhr, Hamburg, Berlin], 617 [sinking battleship Tirpitz, Urft Dam, E & R Boat pens, Bielefeld viaduct, Dortmund Ems Canal], 9 & 50 Squadrons RAF (with 5 Group RAF, Bomber Command)
Grinsted, Norman Angus Son of Peter Angus Grinsted (1868-1948), and Ada Mary Weakford (1869-1950). Married ((03?).1935, Uckfield district, Sussex) Mary Cecilia Starr (23.10.1905 - 12.2002); two daughters, one son.	18.03.1899 St George Hanover Square district, London - 07.04.1969 Southwark district, London	Indian Army:   2nd Lt. 11.01.1919 Lt. 21.08.1919 (retd 06.10.1922) RAFVR:   F/Lt. 18.09.1939 [75506] (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1942 (reld 07.09.1950) F/Lt. 07.09.1950 (reld 07.09.1955)	11.01.1919     commissioned, Indian Army (from the Unattached List) [served 5th Royal Gurkhas] 18.09.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 07.09.1950 - 07.09.1955 commissioned RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Secretarial Branch)
Grundy, Dennis Son of Samuel and Edith Evelyn Grundy, of Ulverston, Lancashire.	(03?).1920 Ulverston, Lancashire - 12.12.1944 [age 24] [Ulverston Cemetery, section H, grave 39]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1016845] P/O (prob) 09.07.1941 [101567] (WS) F/O 09.07.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 09.07.1943 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.	09.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     pilot, 88 Squadron RAF (regular crew in Douglas Boston "D for Donald"; flew from Oulton aerodrome in Norfolk and Swanton Morley at some stage)
Guest, Richard Douglas	30.12.1907 - 06.10.1982 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire	(A) P/O (prob) 15.08.1941 [104781] ... ...	? - 08.1941 No. 76 Course, Officers' School RAF 15.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Guinness, Sir Algernon Arthur St Lawrence Lee; 3rd Bt, 1867 Son of late Benjamin Lee Guinness and Lady Henrietta St Lawrence (died 1935), daughter of 3rd Earl of Howth. Succeeded uncle, 1st Baron Ardilaun in Baronetcy, 1915. Married (10.07.1928) Winifred Mounteney, daughter of Mrs George Hall, Hamilton, Ontario; one daughter.	11.05.1883 - 26.10.1954 Cookham, Berkshire	P/O (prob) 29.07.1940 [82856] P/O 29.07.1941 (WS) F/O 29.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 29.07.1942? MID 01.01.1946 ?	Education: Eton served European War, 1914-1918 (acting Lt.Cdr. RNVR) 29.07.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 28 Air Sea Rescue Unit, Newhaven Steward of the Royal Automobile Club.
Gunter, Edward Maurice Son of William Hector Gunter, Rector, and Margery Gunter (née Bourne), of Aldeby, Norfolk.	(03?).1920 Winchester district, Hampshire - 27.09.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Aldeby (St Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk, old portion]	Sgt. ? [748287] P/O (prob) 17.08.1940, seniority 11.08.1940 [83988]	17.08.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 10.09.1940 - 21.09.1940 pilot, 43 Squadron RAF (Tangmere) 22.09.1940 - 27.09.1940 pilot, 501 Squadron RAF (Kenly, Kent) [killed in combat over Sittingbourne, Kent during the Battle of Britain; his Mk 1 Hurricane fighter [V6645] was shot down by Bf 109's at 12.25 hrs., he managed to bale out, but his parachute failed to open and he fell to his death]
Gurden, Frederick Ernest Rex Son of Benjamin Gurden (1888-1978), and Emily Hillyard (1889-1951). Married ((09?).1943, Coventry district, Warwickshire) Joy Denise Wiles * (26.05.1923 -), daughter of Edward Theodore Wiles (1896-1965), and Vera Eliza Lane (1897-1985). * Remarried (1949) Kempster.	(09?).1921 Southam district, Warwickshire - 22.12.1944 (MPK) [age 23] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 206]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1578326] P/O (prob) 28.05.1943 [152296] (WS) F/O 28.11.1943	28.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 22.12.1944 626 Squadron RAF [Lancaster NG244 'UM-E2'. Airborne 16:23 hrs from Wickenby for an operation against Koblenz, but was obliged to turn back after the failure of the port inner engine. Approaching base, the crew were told to divert to Leeming, Yorkshire, but in the circumstances the pilot continued his approach, only to stall and crash. On impact, the Lancaster exploded.]
Gurr, Frederick Charles	? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1395803] P/O (prob) 11.06.1943 [152416] (WS) F/O 11.06.1944? (WS) F/Lt. 11.06.1945 (reld 19.06.1953; on enlistment in the RNZAF)	11.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       flying training in Canada, and served possibly with 83 & 582 Squadrons RAF
Guymer, Maurice Juniper Son of Frank Guymer (1876-1958), and Florence Mary Rendell, of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey.	29.08.1914 Brentford district, Middlesex - 26.01.1985 Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey	Sgt. ? [960900] (A) P/O (prob) 23.12.1943 [162733] P/O (prob) 18.02.1944 (WS) F/O 17.08.1944 (A?) F/Lt. (1945) OBE 1982 ?	Education: Northcliffe House, Bognor Regis; Westminster School (20.09.1927-04.1930; Ashburnham House). Admitted as a solicitor, 06.1936. 23.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] 21.08.1944 - (07.1944) Assistant Directorate of Organisation (Mails), Department of the Air Member for Supply and Organisation, Air Ministry 06.06.1945 - 25.07.1945 No. 65 Accountant Officers' Course, "F" Syndicate Justice of the Peace (JP), 1956. Councillor, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, 1953, mayor, 1959-1960 & 1960-1961, alderman, 1961-1965. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Surrey, 1960. A Metropolitan stipendiary magistrate from 1967. Chairman, Inner London Juvenile Courts, 1967-76. Member, Board of Visitors, Latchmere House Remand Centre, 1958- (Chairman, 1969-82). Chairman, Kingston and Malden District Scout Council, 1962-76, President, 1976-1985.

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