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Page, Denis Alan Son (with one borther and one sister) of Harold James Page, CMG, OBE, BSc, FRIC (1890-1972), and Gladys Isabel Shepperd (1892-1969), of Woking, Surrey.	20.04.1923 St Albans district, Hertfordshire - 21.01.1944 [age 20] [Maidstone Cemetery, Kent, plot CC1, grave 131]	Sgt. ? [1334157] P/O (prob) 07.08.1942 [127990] (WS) F/O (prob) 07.02.1943	07.08.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 21.01.1944 pilot, 19 Squadron RAF [died as a result of plane’s mechanical failure]
Page, James Houghton	14.01.1900 Lambeth district, London - (12?).1977 Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey	P/O (prob) 30.05.1941 [67775] ... ...	30.05.1941     commissioned, RAF (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (08.1941)     staff, Officers' School RAF
Palliser, George Charles Calder "Tich"	11.01.1919 West Hartlepool - 24.09.2011 Black Rock, Victoria, Australia	Sgt. ? [751910] P/O (prob) 24.04.1941 [64891] (WS) F/O 24.04.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 24.04.1943 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 DFC 30.01.1942 ?	24.04.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     249 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Palmer, John Newman "Jack" Son of Gray Palmer (1860-1914), and Clara Elizabeth Newman (1862-1938). Married (25.06.1928, St Mark's Church, Edmonton) Dorothy Violet Moor (18.12.1905 - 1973?), daughter of Bowman Moor and Eliza Mason; two sons, one daughter.	10.06.1903 Saffron Walden, Essex - (09?).1969 King Edward VI Hospital, Midhurst died from cancer)	P/O (prob) 29.11.1940 [88563] P/O 29.11.1941 (WS) F/O 29.11.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 10.10.1944 (reld 25.11.1945) (reld from Emergency List 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MID 01.01.1945 for sorting out a Crisis with the local Sultan at Aden	Draper & accountant. 29.11.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (12.1940)     RAF Loughborough (1944)     Base Commander at Socotra, Aden (1944/45?) invalided out (found to be allergic to penicillin and became bed-ridden for a few years) Director of Durrants in East Street, Chichester, Sussex. He was a Chichester Town Councilor and also The England Team Manager of the Amateur Boxing Association in the mid-1950's.
Palmer, Sidney Joseph	21.11.1922 - 17.10.2022	Ldg.Acm. ? [1602453] P/O (prob) 03.09.1943 [153277] (WS) F/O 03.03.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1945 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 03.03.1947 F/O 27.07.1948, seniority 03.09.1945 F/Lt. 15.12.1949 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1956 W/Cdr. 01.07.1966 (retd 21.11.1977) OBE 03.06.1978 HM's birthday 1978 DFC 16.02.1945 ?	03.09.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     12 Squadron RAF (DFC) 27.07.1948     commissioned, RAF (Secretarial  Branch) [short service commission] 23.11.1948     commissioned, RAF (Secretarial  Branch) [permanent commission]
Palmer, William Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	? -	P/O (prob) 29.11.1940 [88564] (WS) F/O 29.11.1941 (reld 17.02.1945; medical unfitness for air force service; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1943	29.11.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Pannifer, John Edward Son of Robert Pannifer, and Jane Seeley.	(03?).1921 Mildenhall district, Suffolk -	Sgt. ? [1375211] P/O (prob) 29.01.1942 [117400] (WS) F/O 29.01.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 29.01.1944 F/Lt. RAF 21.04.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 DFC 07.01.1944 ?	29.01.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943) 681 Squadron RAF 21.04.1947 permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Park, Roland	28.11.1896 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 17.05.1968 Northumberland	P/O (prob) 15.07.1940 [82060] P/O 15.07.1941, seniority 15.07.1940 (WS) F/O 15.07.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 (emgcy list) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	15.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Parker, Philip Ramsey	17.06.1912 - 05.06.1971	Ldg.Acm. ? [1804810] P/O (prob) 25.06.1943 [152604] ... ... Sq.Ldr. ...	early 1930s     officer RN 25.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ... - ... ...
Parkes, Peter Denys Son (with two brothers) of Maj. Denys Vine Parkes (1891-1973), and Dorothy Nichols (1895-1987), of Lingfield, Surrey.	22.09.1924 - 06.05.1944 MPK [age 20] [Malta Memorial, panel 13. column 2]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1585913] P/O (prob) 24.01.1944 [172073]	Education: The Pirory, Banstead; Sutton County Grammar School (1936-1940). 1942 - 1943 flying training in Canada  1943 - 1943? 20 Operational Training Unit RAF (Lossiemouth) 24.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1943? - 06.05.1944 37 Squadron RAF (Tortorella, Italy) [Lost in a Wellington bomber during a raid on the Ploesti oilfields. It is believed that they had engine problems with at least one catching fire, and after ditching their bomb load they attempted to make it back to base. They never returned.]
Parmenter, Kenneth Frederick Son of Frederick James Parmenter, and Violet Esther Boggis. Husband of Christine Parmenter, of Abercynon, Glamorgan.	(06?).1924 Reigate district, Surrey - 07.11.1945 (MPK) [age 21] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 267]	F/Sgt. ? [1321603] P/O (prob) 27.04.1945 [198205] (WS) F/O 27.10.1945 DFM 26.10.1945 ?	served in the ranks, RAFVR (1945?)     115 Squadron RAF 27.04.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 07.11.1945 279 Squadron RAF [Flight Engineer on a Lancaster that was reported missing on a night navigational exercise flight]
Parrott, Douglas Allan Son of Ernest and Florence Parrott.	(06?).1899 Hackney district, London - 1964 Middlesex	Cadet ? T/2nd Lt. (prob) 12.07.1917 F/O 18.09.1923 (reld 18.09.1927) P/O (prob) 17.08.1940 [83929] (WS) F/O 17.08.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) MID 14.06.1945 ? BWM 14|20 - - VM - -	12.07.1917     commissioned, General List, Royal Flying Corps [temporary commission] 18.09.1923     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class B) 06.04.1924     transferred from Class B to Class C 17.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative duties) [emergency commission]
Parry, Douglas Alfred George Son of ... Parry, and ... Smith.	10.04.1915 West Ham district, Essex / Greater London - 08.1999 Norwich district, Norfolk	Sgt. ? [745406] P/O (prob) 12.05.1940 [79162] P/O 12.05.1941 (WS) F/O 12.05.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 12.05.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (09.1942) (T) W/Cdr. ? F/O 05.04.1949 (retd 01.10.1955; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) DSO 20.10.1942 Oslo 25.09.42 * MBE 01.01.1976 New Year 76: for his work as Group Controller, Norwich Group, United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation DFC 06.06.1941 ? DFC 22.09.1942 daylight attack Germany 08.42 ** * On 25th September, 1942, this officer led a formation of bombers detailed to attack the Gestapo Headquarters on the occasion of the Quisling Rally at Oslo. On reaching the city, Squadron Leader Parry vigorously attacked his objective from rooftop height and obtained hits on the centre of the buildings despite interference by enemy fighters. Throughout the flight, which demanded a high degree of skill, Squadron Leader Parry displayed great leadership. ** In August, 1942, Flight Lieutenant Parry and Pilot Officer Robson were pilot and navigator respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack a target in Germany in daylight, in spite of difficulties, and in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire, the target, which was comparatively small, was vigorously attacked from a low level and hits were made. Throughout, Flight Lieutenant Parry and Pilot Officer Robson, whose skilful navigation was of the greatest assistance, displayed great courage and determination to achieve success. Both these officers have completed numerous sorties.	training, 10 Flying Training School RAF training, 13 Operational Training Unit 12.05.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.1940 110 Squadron RAF (Wattisham) 04.1941 - 10.1941 13 Operational Training Unit (Bicester) 10.1941 - 1943 105 Squadron RAF (Swanton Morley) 1943 HQ Bomber Command RAF .. Operational Training Unit RAF (Silverstone) 2nd Tactical Air Force Commanding Officer, [13?] Operational Training Unit RAF (Bicester) HQ 12 Group RAF RAF Church Fenton 05.04.1949 - 01.10.1955 commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch): commander Norfolk Air Training Corps 01.06.1955 - 01.02.1961 Sq.Ldr., RAuxAF (General Duties Branch) 09.04.1956 - 01.02.1961 Commanding Officer, No. 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF 01.02.1961 - 01.06.1965 RAuxAF Reserve of Officers Structural engineer, retiring in 1979.
Parsons, Peter John Son of John Restorick Parsons (1895-1980), and Laura Mabel Wakley (1896-1980), of Barnes, Surrey (later of Sidmouth, Devon).	(09?).1921 Hampstead district, London - 17.03.1945 (KIA) [age 23] [Dürnbach War Cemetery, Germany, coll. grave 8.G.26-29] [memorial at Barnes Methodist Church, Barnes, London]	Wt.Offr. ? [1313844] P/O (prob) 26.11.1944 [188557]	Worked for the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. 26.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 17.03.1945 pilot,153 Squadron RAF [Lancaster III PB642 P4-W had taken off 17:20 hrs 16.03.1945 from Scampton for a bombing raid over Nuremburg. Aircraft was lost with crew of seven.]
Patrick, Ernest Harold Son of Juan Patrick, and Mabel Olive Moore, of Southgate, Middlesex.	(06?).1918 Hackney district, London - 02.12.1943 (KIA) [age 25] [Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany, 8.F.8]	Sgt. ? [1436078] P/O (prob) 03.10.1943 [162550] 39|45 St - - AirCrEur - - WM 39|45 - -	03.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.12.1943 air bomber, 57 Squadron RAF [Lancaster JB529 (DX-P) was airborne 16:19 hrs from East Kirkby for an operation against Berlin. Believed to have crashed near Trebbin. All eight crew members are buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.]
Patterson, John Bridges Son of Charles William Patterson, and Margaret Elizabeth Bridges. Married (10.03.1941, Blean district, Kent) Raymonde Edith Piggott (12.10.1913 - 23.07.1980), of Herne Bay, Kent. She remarried (26.03.1945, Bridge district, Kent) Derek George G. Brace (07.10.1913 - 15.01.1995).	(12?).1915 Wandsworth district, London - 17.09.1941 (MPK) [age 27?] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 34]	Ldg.Acm. ? [956737] P/O (prob) 09.03.1941 [65514]	09.03.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 17.09.1941 82 Squadron RAF [Blenheim IV V6086 (UX-X) took off 13:04 hrs from Bodney to attack a power station and chemical complex at Mazingarbe. The aircraft was lost, and the crew P/O Patterson, P/O C.J. Harper & Sgt. D.A. Bartrip were missing, presumed killed.]
Patton-Bethune, Michael Lisle Son of Maj. Charlie Lionel Patton-Bethune (1882-1957), and Mary Lester.	(12?).1918 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 16.05.1940 [age 21] [Golders Green Crematorium, panel 3]	Sgt. ? [754290] P/O 26.09.1939 [74340]	26.09.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 16.05.1940 killed in plane crash near Moretonhampstead
Payne, Arthur George	1921 ? - 06.2013 still alive	F/Sgt. ? [1314691] P/O (prob) 02.09.1944 [184746] (WS) F/O 02.03.1945 F/O RAF 09.01.1947, seniority 02.09.1945 F/Lt. RAF 02.03.1948 F/O RAF 28.03.1950, seniority 02.09.1946 F/Lt. RAF 04.06.1953 MID 14.06.1945 ?	02.09.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 22.01.1945     transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 09.01.1947     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service commission] 28.03.1950     transferred, RAF (Secretarial Branch) [reverting to lower rank]
Payne, Stanley John Married ...; ... children (one son?).	07.07.1913 -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1593606] P/O (prob) 02.01.1943 [135742] (WS) F/O (prob) 02.07.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 02.01.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 07.07.1958)	02.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served at RAF Leicester Forest East & RAF Fairford
Peachey, George Arthur	? -	Sgt. ? [1182463] (A) P/O (prob) 17.06.1942, seniority 18.05.1942 [122585] P/O (prob) 17.08.1942, seniority 18.07.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 17.02.1943 (reld from Emergency List 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	17.06.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Peake, Raymond Son of Joseph Peake, and Ann Marie Barnsley, of Higher Poynton.	(12?).1920 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 30.11.1942 [age 22] [Poynton (St George) Churchyard, new part, grave 61]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1030318] P/O (prob) 14.02.1942 [116101]	14.02.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 30.11.1942 pilot, 25 Squadron RAF [combat report of 23.09.1942 in which a Do 217 was destroyed E Flamborough Head]
Pearse, Hugh Francis	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [102322]	18.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Pearse, Richard John Bennett "Jack"	08.09.1909 Launceston, Cornwall, Devon - 10.1998 Exeter, Devon	P/O 08.04.1940 [78521] ... ... W/Cdr. ? OBE, AFC	08.04.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
Pearson, George Sholto Manning Son of ... Pearson, and ... Wecke.	04.07.1920 Kensington, Greater London - 11.08.1943 (KIA) [age 23] [Aarsele Communal Cemetery, Belgium, NW Corner]	F/Sgt. ? [952127] P/O (prob) 16.07.1942 [127030] (WS) F/O (prob) 16.01.1943	16.07.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 05.1943 - 11.08.1943 pilot, 197 Squadron RAF [on a 'Rhubarb' mission [freelance fighter sortie against ground targets of opportunity] in a Typhoon Ib [JP533 'V'], shot down by Flak in the Gent area]
Pearson, Kenneth Raymond	13.04.1918 ? - (06?).1978 ? Northampton district, Northamptonshire ?	Sgt. ? [952101] P/O (prob) 23.08.1943 [169199] (WS) F/O 23.02.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 23.08.1945 F/O 25.10.1948 F/Lt. ? (reld 12.06.1952) F/O 12.06.1952 F/Lt. 28.06.1956 (reld 12.06.1970) F/O 12.06.1970 (reld 25.10.1976; retaining rank of F/Lt.) MBE 01.01.1974 New Year 74 39|45 St - - AirCrEur - & clasp France & Germany Afr St - -	23.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) 25.10.1948     commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch) 12.06.1952     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Secretarial Branch) 12.06.1970     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Training Branch)
Pease, Arthur Peter Son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease, JP, DL, MA, 2nd Bart., and of Lady Jeannette Thorn Pease (née Kissel), of Richmond.	(03?).1918 St Marylebone district, Greater London / London - 15.09.1940 (KIA) [age 22] [Middleton Tyas (St. Michael) Churchyard]	P/O 06.09.1938 [72447] F/O 30.03.1940	Education: Eton and Cambridge Universities [Cambridge University Air Squadron] 09.1938? - ? No 1 School of Army Co-operation (Old Sarum) ? - 07.1940 5 Officer Training Unit (OTU) RAF (Aston Down) 06.07.1940 - 15.09.1940 603 Squadron RAF (Dyce, Aberdeen, since 10.08.1940 Hornchurch): 30.07.1940 half share (He 111) 03.09.1940 full victory (Bf 109) 07.09.1940 aircraft damaged; forced landing at Hornchurch 15.09.1940 killed in action at 15:05 hrs as his Spitfire I (X4324) was shot down on a patrol by Bf 109s over Kingswood, Kent, and crashed near Maidstone
Pease, Guy Edward Chaloner Son of Maj. Herbert Ernest Pease, DSO (1889-1959), and the Hon. Cynthia Charlotte Frances Chaloner (1895-1937). Married 1st (1947; divorced 1970) Eileen Joan Cosgrove (16.07.1926 - 29.12.2019); four sons. Married 2nd (1971) Robin Root (27.10.1935 - 2020).	02.09.1922 Guisborough Hall, Yorkshire - 28.12.2022 Sydney, NSW, Australia	Sgt. ? [1312089] P/O (prob) 07.01.1942 [120579] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 07.01.1944 (reld 14.03.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.) MBE 02.01.1956 New Year 1956: lately Lands Inspector, Khartoum Province, Sudan	Education: Eton (1940). 1941?     enlisted RAFVR 06.1941 - ? pilot training in Georgia, USA (Arnold scheme) ? - 11.1942 flying instructor in the USA 04.1943 - 26.09.1943 pilot, 268 Squadron RAF [shot down near Rouen; wounded; escape attempt from hospital; captured] 1943 - 1945 POW in German captivity (from 01.1944 at Stalag Luft III, Sagan) Joined Sudan Political Service, 1946-1955. Returned to UK 1957. Personnel manager. Left for Australia 1970 to run a personnel consulting business in Sydney.
Peerless, Norman Jeram Son (with three sisters) of George Thomas Peerless (1872-1942), and Ethel Louisa Chapple (1880-1963). Married 1st ((09?).1929, Wandsworth district, London; divorced 1936) Doris Bertha Hurse (28.12.1904 - ((09?).1969). Married 2nd ((09?).1937, Lincoln district, Lincolnshire) Mabel Raworth (23.10.1911 - 03.01.1978).	18.08.1908 Plumstead, Woolwich district, London - 09.07.1974 Lincoln, Lincolnshire	Sgt. ? [365621] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941, seniority 21.10.1941 [114937] P/O (prob) 30.06.1942, seniority 01.04.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 10.12.1942 (reld 08.01.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. ? Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: Church Manorwy School, London (01.11.1915-19.04.1916 & 31.10.1917-21.03.1920); Vicarage Road School, Plumstead (1916-1917); Bl. [Bellenden?] Road School (1920-...). 1924 - 1936? joined RAF as an apprentice at RAF Station Halton (entry No. 10); probably left on completion of his 12 year service 31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Pemberton, Arnold Peter Son of Peter Pemberton, and Bertha Moore. Married ((03?).1944, Bolton district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire) Doris Gregg.	30.08.1914 Bolton district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire - 1994 Bolton district, Lancashire	F/Sgt. ? [1021979] P/O (prob) 21.02.1943 [142221] (WS) F/O (prob) 21.08.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 21.02.1945	21.02.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ?     7 Squadron RAF (Full Sutton) ?     83 Squadron RAF
Penketh, Harold Edwin Son of James Penketh, and Ann Bellingham, of Hove.	(06?).1920 Lewes district, Hampshire - 22.11.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Brighton (Woodvale) Borough Crematorium, Sussex, panel 3]	Sgt. ? [745117] P/O (prob) 06.10.1940, seniority 29.09.1940 [86399]	Worked in insurance for the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation. 06.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 22.11.1940 266 Squadron RAF [Spitfire MK 1A N/o X4593 crashed at Peterborough. Story on wreckage recovery.]
Penlerick, Sydney Morris	24.04.1903 - 23.02.1969 Worthing district, Sussex	(A) P/O (prob) 19.12.1941 [114465] Sq.Ldr. (07.1945) MID ? ?	Education: Haileybury College (1917.2-1918.2). 19.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (07.1945)     Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force/Air (Rear)
Pepper, Robert Forsythe William Married ...; ... children (one son, one daughter?).	15.08.1921 Northern Ireland - 29.05.2000 Victoria, Australia	F/Sgt. ? [1079218] P/O (prob) 06.08.1943 [156037] (WS) F/O 06.02.1944 (WS)F/Lt. 06.08.1945 F/O 25.05.1948, seniority 24.03.1948 (reld 25.05.1958)	06.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       502 Squadron RAF 25.05.1948 - 11.08.1950 Royal Auxiliary Air Force (Reconstituted Section) 11.08.1950 - 25.05.1958 Royal Auxiliary Air Force Reserve of Officers
Péquignot, Clifford Alfred "Cliff" Son of Albert Alfred Péquignot (died 1919), and Melinda Maud Radford. Married ((06?).1941, Bromley district, Kent) Kathleen M. Bellingham.	10.09.1914 Burton upon Trent, Derbyshire / Staffordshire - (09?).1981 Bromley district, Kent	Cpl. ? [933206] (A) P/O (prob) 13.05.1942, seniority 26.03.1942 [120881] (WS) F/O (prob) 21.04.1943 (A) F/Lt. 1944? MID 01.01.1945 ?	13.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]       served RAF Locking, Halton & Freetown Published: Tunnels and tunnelling (ed.; 1963); Chunnel : everyman's guide to the technicalities of building a channel tunnel (1965).
Percival, Kenneth Edward Son of ... Percival, and ... Kearney. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	18.10.1918 West Ham district, Essex - 21.09.2000 Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey	Ldg.Acm. ? [1385180] (A) P/O (prob) 06.06.1942 [123222] (WS) F/O (prob) 06.12.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 06.06.1944	06.06.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served Coastal Command
Percival, Thomas Sturdy Son (with one brother and one sister) of Lodge Hird Percival (1876-1945), and Hannah Elizabeth Sturdy (1879-1953). Married ((09?).1942, York, East Riding of Yorkshire) Joyce May Bedford (15.05.1916 - 14.02.2013), daughter of Joseph Bedford (1889-), and Nellie (Hellen) Johnson (1886-); three sons, one daughter.	21.12.1911 York, East Riding of Yorkshire - 06.01.1993 Steppinhill Hospital, Cheshire (formerly of Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire)	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [1134141] (A) P/O (prob) 25.07.1941, seniority 18.06.1941 [102218] P/O (prob) 25.09.1941 P/O 25.07.1942 (WS) F/O 25.09.1942, seniority 18.08.1942	Education: University of Leeds (BA Hons. French I, 1933; Dip. Ed. 1934). Teacher at Nelson Secondary School. 25.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission]
Peters, Donald	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [114939]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Petrook, Woolf "Bill" Son of Abraham Petrook, and Lottie Taube. Married ((03?).1942, Hackney district, London) Ena Levy.	(03?).1920 Hackney district, London - 2006/08?	Cpl. ? [1253379] (A) P/O (prob) 18.05.1944 [174167] P/O (prob) 12.10.1944	18.05.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] Locomotive engineer, British Railways.
Phillips, Ernest Beynon	? -	Acm. 2nd cl. ? [1049363] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941, seniority 21.10.1941 [115000]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Pickering, Tony Garforth	25.08.1940 Foxton, Leicestershire - 23.03.2016	Sgt. ? [754357] (A) P/O (prob) 13.12.1941 [114471] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 13.12.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? 39|45 St - & clasp Battle of Britain AirCrEur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 14.06.1945 ? AEA - -	13.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Pickup, Robert Leslie Son of John Pickup, and Hilda Pickup (née Hetherington), of Mold, Flintshire.	(09?).1922 Holywell district, Flintshire - 02.04.1943 [age 20] [Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery, France, plot L, row B, collective grave 16-18]	Sgt. ? [1239591] P/O (prob) 25.03.1943 [144185]	25.03.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.04.1943 pilot, 57 Squadron RAF [taken off in his Lancaster I [W4257 DX-] from Scampton at 20.07 hrs for an operation against St Nazaire; the plane crashed in the area, with all crew members killed]
Picton, Roy Geoffrey Son of Capt. Thomas Picton, and Emily Stanford.	22.07.1921 Wrexham district, Cheshire / Denbighshire / Flintshire - 13.06.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Bathmen General Cemetery, Overijssel, the Netherlands, collective grave 173-176] [Commemorated Rhyl Town Cemetery]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1511958] P/O (prob) 22.01.1943 [151087] (WS) F/O (prob) 22.07.1943	22.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 13.06.1944 navigator, 514 Squadron RAF [Lancaster LL678 (J1-L2) was airborne 23:12 hrs 12.06.1944 from Waterbeach for an operation against Gelsenkirchen. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt, 11. Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 1). Crashed 0124 13Jun44 at Zuid Loo (Overijssel), a small hamlet 3 km SE of Bathmen. Three of the crew evaded, the other five were killed.]
Pilkington, Ernest	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [115001]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Pinder, Joseph Kenneth Son (with two sisters) of Walter Herbert Pinder (1881-1950), and Ethel Gudger (1884-1967). Married ((06?).1940, Middleton district, Lancashire) Alma Parker (23.03.1919 - 12.1994); one son, two daughters.	07.08.1917 Oldham district, Lancashire - 01.11.1993 Blackpool and Fylde district, Lancashire	Sgt. ? [2203007] P/O (prob) 13.04.1945 [196737] (WS) F/O 13.10.1945	13.04.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       Flight Engineer in Lancaster bombers:       170 Squadron RAF (Hemswell)       12 Squadron RAF (Wickenby) Post-war he continued to work with aircraft (from flying pleasure flights around Blackpool Tower to being a test co-pilot on Lightning jet aircraft). He eventually became an aircraft inspector for British Aerospace.
Pitcher, Henry Robert Son of Joseph H. Pitcher, and Lilian F. Hewer. Married ((03?).1946, Edmonton district) Euphemia Hill Drever ((03?).1928 - 19.04.2009); six daughters, two sons.	06.04.1923 Shoreditch, London - 29.07.1984 Harringey, London	Sgt. ? [934430] F/Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 20.10.1944 [186789] P/O 24.04.1945, seniority 20.10.1944 (WS) F/O 24.04.1945 DFM 19.05.1944 ?	served in the ranks, RAFVR (served as rear gunner in Lancasters) (1944)     44 Squadron RAF 20.10.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Planterose, Cyril George Son of George Maurice Planterose (1867-1957), and Louise Annie Russell (1868?-1957). Married ((03?).1938, Croydon district, Surrey) Helen Constance Gillies Penney (31.10.1910 - 11.11.1982), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Herbert Gillies Penney (1886-1966), and Charlotte Sarah Affleck (1884-1967);  two sons, one daughter.	14.12.1907 Croydon district, Surrey - 02.1993 Henley district, Oxfordshire	(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [115003] P/O (prob) 28.02.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. 28.08.1944?	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative and miscellaneous duties) [emergency commission] 28.08.1944 - (07.1945) an Assistant Director, Directorate of Signals, Department of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Ministry
Plaskett, Stanley Son of Clive Plaskett, and Margaret Jane Williams, of Bangor, Caernarvonshire.	(09?).1920 Bangor, Caernarvonshire - 01.05.1943 (KIA) [age 22] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 17.B.11]	Sgt. ? [1146224] P/O (prob) 18.04.1943 [145328]	18.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 01.05.1943 bomb aimer, 106 Squadron RAF [his Lancaster [ED451 ZN-O] took off 2355 hrs 30.04.1943 from Syerston for an operation against Essen; crashed at Wulfen, a town on the E bank of the River Wient, 7 km NE of Dorsten; complete crew was killed]
Plaut-Carcasson, George Vincent Changed his last name by deed poll of 17.06.1943 to Carcasson.	11.11.1913 St George Hanover Square district, London - 01.08.2000 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	Sgt. ? [1330969] P/O (prob) 24.12.1941 [115004] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 24.12.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 11.11.1958)	24.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       navigator, 157 Squadron RAF & 488 (NZ) Squadron RAF
Plumley, Donald Charles "Don" Son of Reginald Charles Plumley (1896-1967), and Eleanor Jane "Ellie" Phillips (1894-1980). Married (22.03.1952, Surrey SW district) Patricia Mary Fitzgerald (13.01.1929 - 12.06.1995); two sons, one daughter.	01.10.1924 Ringwood, Hampshire - 31.05.2003 Guildford, West Surrey	Acm. 09.11.1942 [1606935] Acm. 2nd cl. 09.11.1943 Acm. 1st cl. 17.02.1944 Ldg.Acm. 27.05.1944 P/O (prob) 03.11.1944 [167130] (WS) F/O 03.05.1945 (A) F/Lt. 1946? (reld 09.03.1947) (Emgcy List) (reld 01.07.1959, retaining rank of F/Lt.)	Education: Bournemouth High School. Apprentice, drawing office of Dennis Brothers Limited, Guildford, Surrey, 01.1941, later apprentice motor fitter. 09.11.1942 - 25.04.1943 signed up for RAF service & placed on reserve 26.04.1943 - 02.11.1944 enlisted service, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (flying training in UK & Canada) 03.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 03.11.1944 - 21.12.1944 Initial Central Navigation School (ICNS) RAF (Hereford, UK) 22.12.1944 - 19.04.1945 No. 54 Personnel Reception Centre (PRC) RAF 20.04.1945 - 07.05.1945 Training Command Radio School (TCRS) RAF 08.05.1945 - 29.05.1946 229 Squadron RAF 30.05.1946 - 27.01.1947 RAF Station Saigon (Air Command South East Asia, from 31.12.1946 Air Command Far East) 28.01.1947 - 12.02.1947 No. 60 Personnel Transit Centre (PTC) RAF 13.02.1947 - 09.03.1947 No. 101 Personnel Transit Centre (PTC) RAF Returned to work at Dennis Brothers in the drawing office and experimental department and continued as an instructor with the 261 Squadron, the local Air Training Corp’s in Guildford. He climbed up to Director of Engineering, before retiring in 1987.
Ponting, Reginald William "Reg" Son (with two sisters) of Reginald Lawrence Ponting (1900-1979), and Charlotte Cecelia Ellen Haysome (1901-1997), of Wembley, Middlesex. Married (01.10.1943, St Mary's Church, Nassau, The Bahamas) Cynthia Alice Johnson (12.04.1925 - 26.05.2009), daughter of Errol E.S. Johnson (1888-), and Eunice Anita Johnson (1900-).	29.06.1921 Kensington district, London - 26.02.1945 (MPK) [age 24] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 267]	F/Sgt. ? [1271139] P/O (prob) 12.03.1943 [144782] (WS) F/O (prob) 12.09.1943	Postman, Wembley, London. 05.11.1940     enlisted, RAFVR (under training as a pilot) 12.03.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 26.02.1945 224 Squadron RAF [Lost flying Liberator V1, KG964 'D' on an anti-submarine patrol over the Skagerrak. Took off 22:07 hrs Milltown on the 25th, with a load of ten 250lb depth charges, detailed to carry out an anti-submarine patrol in the vicinity of the Swedish coast. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off, and it did not return to base. Presumed shot down in flames by enemy vessel.]
Pooley, Alfred Henry Son of William H. Pooley, and Florence E. Beeson. Married ...; ... children.	23.05.1915 Llandebie, South Wales - 12.09.1980 Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Torbay district, Devon	P/O (prob) 31.03.1940 [78209] (WS) F/O 31.03.1941 (T) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 03.06.1944	Engineer. Obtained civil aviator's licence (No. 16513) taken on a De Havilland Gipsy Moth 1 - 85 h.p. at London Air Park Flying Club, 08.11.1938. 31.03.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 25.07.1940     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch)
Pope, Jack Frederick Son of ... Pope, and ... Humphrey.	07.12.1920 Tonbridge district, Kent - 03.03.1981 Chichester district, West Sussex	F/Sgt. ? [1254321] P/O (prob) 20.09.1942 [148403] (WS) F/O (prob) 20.03.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 20.09.1944	20.09.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Porteous, William Ford Watson "Bill" Son of James Sargent Porteous and Mildred Porteous, of Portree, Isle of Skye.	1920 Glasgow, Scotland - 20.05.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Le Mans West Cemetery, France, plot 38, 1939-1945 Row C, grave 23]	F/Sgt. ? [984913] Wt.Offr. ? P/O (prob) 17.01.1944 [171282] (A) F/Lt. ? DSO 02.06.1944 * DFM 05.11.1943 ** DFM 12.11.1943 ? * This officer has completed a very large number of sorties, many of them demanding a high degree of skill and resolution. On 3 occasions recently, Flight Lieutenant Porteous has participated in attacks on railway junctions and the success achieved is a fine tribute to the accuracy of his bombing. He is a devoted member of aircraft crew and his achievements have won the greatest praise. ** This officer [F/O G. Wilson] and airmen [F/Sgt. B.N. Mulholland & F/Sgt. W.F.W. Porteous] were pilot, mid-upper gunner and air bomber respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack Hanover one night in September, 1943. On the run up to the target the bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire. Four members of the crew were wounded and much essential equipment was rendered unserviceable. In spite of this, Flying Officer Wilson resolutely held to his course, enabling Flight Sergeant Porteous to execute a successful bombing attack. On leaving the target, the bomber was intercepted by a fighter which attacked with great persistence. Nevertheless, Flying Officer Wilson succeeded in evading the fighter, being greatly assisted by Flight Sergeant Mulholland who kept his captain fully informed of the attackers movements. On the return flight. Flight Sergeant Porteous assumed the duties of navigator and executed his task with skill. These members of aircraft' crew displayed great courage, skill and tenacity in the most trying circumstances.	17.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943) - 20.05.1944 bomb aimer, 7 Squadron RAF (Oakington) [Lancaster III JB653 (MG-R) took off from Oakington 22:23 hrs 19.05.1944 to bomb the railway yards at Le Mans with Sq.Ldr. J.M. Dennis as Deputy Bomb Master. Hit by light flak and crashed 1 km NEof the local airfield. Complete crew of seven were killed.]
Porter, Leonard John "Jack" Son of George Edward Porter, and Eva Webb, of Moulton, Lincolnshire.	24.06.1920 Moulton, Spalding district, Lincolnshire - 24.05.1943 (MPK) [age 22] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 120]	Ldg.Acm. ? [912762] P/O (prob) 18.01.1941, seniority 22.12.1940 [60133] (WS) F/O 28.12.1941, seniority 22.12.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 28.12.1942, seniority 22.12.1942	Education: BA. 18.01.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 24.05.1943 264 Squadron RAF [missing, presumed killed when Mosquito II [HJ915] was lost on a day ranger mission (with the aim of wearing down the enemy fighter force) in the Dax area of Brittany, France in the afternoon; fellow crew member F/O R.W. Huntley RAF survived and was captured]
Portugal, Harry	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [115006]	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Potts, John Married ...; ... children (one son, one daughter?).	22.04.1912 Bellshill, Scotland -	Wt.Offr. ? [743007] P/O (prob) 28.04.1943 [146352] (WS) F/O (prob) 28.10.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 28.04.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 22.04.1957) 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - WM 39|45 - - AEA - -	School teacher. 1938     joined RAFVR 1940 - 1941 trained as an instructor in air navigation 1942     instructor in navigation 12.1942     operational service as navigator with Bomber Command (initially with 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (Marston Moor)) 28.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 03.1944 424 Squadron RAF (Skipton) 04.1944     pilot training, RAF West Freugh, Scotland
Powell, Henry Leslie Son of Albert and Lucy Anne Powell. Married ((12?).1938, Wandsworth district, London) Margaret Elizabeth Newton, of Norwood, Surrey; one daughter.	30.01.1915 - 05.11.1941 (KIA) [age 26] [St Trojan-les-Bains Communal Cemetery, Ile d'Oleron, Charente-Maritime, France, row 6, grave 11]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1257617] P/O (prob) 30.06.1941 [100633]	30.06.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.11.1941 observer/air gunner, 22 Squadron RAF [Beaufort Mk. I AW202 (OA-T) took off 03:39 hrs from St Eval for a shipping patrol and crashed at St Trojan-les-Bains, France. P/O Powell and Sgt. J.E. Davis were killed and are buried locally. P/O P.I. Hall & Sgt. A. Howard became prisoners of war.]
Powell, John Frederick	12.06.1915 Limpley Stoke-cum-Freshford, Somerset - 24.11.2008	P/O (prob) 18.04.1939 [73348] P/O 07.09.1939 (WS) F/O 07.09.1939 (WS) F/Lt. ? (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1944 ... ... Air Vice Marshal 01.07.1968 (retd 04.05.1972) OBE 1956 ? MID 14.06.1945 ?	Education: Lancing; King's College, Cambridge (MA) 18.04.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] operations room duties, Coastal Command 01.10.1946     permanent commission, RAF (Education Branch) ... - ... ...
Powell, John Leonard Son of David Albert and Elizabeth Powell, of Rhos, Glamorgan.	1916 ? - 16.04.1945 [age 29] [Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland, collective grave 5.B.1-5]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1375518] P/O (prob) 06.08.1941 [103039] P/O 06.08.1942 (WS) F/O 06.08.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 06.08.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? DFC 29.03.1946, w.e.f. 15.04.1945 ? [posthumously] MID 08.06.1944 ?	06.08.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 16.04.1945 pilot, 617 ('Dambusters') Squadron RAF [lost in his Lancaster NG228 on an operation against Swinemünde]
Powell, William John	? - 07.05.1944 (died on active service) [Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt, 6.Q.5]	(A) P/O (prob) 12.09.1941 [106604] P/O (prob) 12.11.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.10.1943? (A) Sq.Ldr. 1944?	12.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 07.05.1944 [No. 1?] Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit RAF
Poynter, Reginald Son (with one brother and one sister) of Victor Orlando Poynter (1887-1926), and Florence Allbone (1891-1970). Married ((09?).1939, Woolwich district, Kent) Isabella Alice Fisher (10.12.1913 - 01.2001); two sons, one daughter.	17.12.1914 Greenwich district, London - 31.12.1987 Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire	Cpl. ? [1152376] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1942 [135984] P/O (prob) 03.03.1943 (WS) F/O (prob) 25.08.1943	31.12.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Preston, Stuart Frederick Son (with three sisters, one brother and seven half siblings) of Rev. John Evans Preston (1848-1927), and Florence Winniat Smith (1872-), of Julianstown, Drogheda. Married (11.12.1948, Mombasa, Kenya) Eve Sinclair-Thomson, younger daughter of Lt.Col. & Mrs Angus Sinclair-Thomson, of Windyfield, Gt. Baddow, Essex; two sons.	28.02.1909 Drogheda, Ireland - 1985	P/O (prob) 01.10.1939 [74969] F/O 01.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 01.10.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 28.02.1954)	Electrical engineer. Obtained civil aviator's licence (No. 11232), taken at a Moth Cirrus III 85 h.p. at Southend Flying Club, 09.07.1933. 01.10.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served in North Africa
Price, Clifford Harold Bowen Son of William Davis Price (1871-), and Alice Jane Price (1879-). Married ((12?).1927, Knighton district, Radnorshire) Marjorie Amy Jones (1904-); one son.	04.03.1900 Wrockwardine, Wellington district, Salop, Shropshire - 27.03.1962 Westminster district, London W1 (formerly of Windlesham, Surrey)	Pte. ? [38982] F/Cadet ? 2nd Lt. (Observer Officer) 05.10.1918 P/O (prob) 19.09.1939 [74210] F/O 19.09.1940 (T) F/Lt. 01.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 13.11.1943 (T) Sq.Ldr. ? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 31.05.1945 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. (1945?) BSM 07.03.1947 ?	served in the ranks, The Border Regiment 05.10.1918     commissioned, RAF (Flying Branch) [temporary commission] 19.09.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Price, George Son (with one sister) of William Price (1878-1938), and Ann Walsh (1877-1943). Married ((09?).1948, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Violet Margaret Campbell (1920 - 29.08.2013), daughter (with one brother) of James Campbell (1892-1969), and Jane Fenerty (1893-); two sons, three daughters.	14.02.1912 Liverpool district, Lancashire - 03.12.1973 Liverpool district, Lancashire	F/O 01.04.1943 [132298] (T) F/Lt. 01.11.1943, seniority 02.07.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 14.02.1957; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	01.04.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (Meteorological Branch) [emergency commission] His son writes: "Was stationed at Elsham in 1942, I think for training, and then went to Cairo and eventually stationed in Cyprus."
Price, Kenneth Charles Son of ... Price, and ... Page. Married "Poppy" ...	21.05.1922 Wolverhampton district - 08.2006 Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire	(A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [115009] P/O 11.09.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 11.03.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 01.07.1946 F/Lt. 27.06.1946, seniority 01.09.1945	31.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] 27.06.1946     extended service commission 27.06.1950     transferred to reserve (Class B)
Prime, John Charles "Jack" Married; ... children (one son?).	? -	Sgt. ? [740787] P/O (prob) 21.09.1940, seniority 15.09.1940 [85624] P/O 21.09.1941, seniority 15.09.1940 (WS) F/O 21.09.1941, seniority 15.09.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 21.09.1942, seniority 15.09.1942 F/Lt. (Emergency List; retd 24.09.1957, retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	21.09.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] flew Hudsons and Liberators with 224 squadron RAF instructor in Nassau, Bahamas
Pring, John Arthur Son (with four sisters and two brothers) of William B..Pring (1853-), and Catherine Pring (1857-). Married (21.12.1912, Rawalpindi, Bengal, India) Gladys Hill (26.04.1886 - 12.11.1955); three sons [Maj. Arthur William Ralph Pring (1913-1993), The Manchester Regiment, Maj. Geoffrey Lawrence Victor Pring (1916-1985), Indian Army, Lt. David Andrew Michael Pring, MC (1922-1991), Royal Engineers], one daughter [Barbara Winifred Pring (1920-1996), who married Sq.Ldr. Nicholas John Crawford Pollock, RAF (1918-2007)].	22.12.1883 North Back, Canongate district, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 24.02.1957 The Kent County Opthalmic Hospital, Maidstone, Kent (formerly of Rochester, Kent)	Army:   QMS ? 2nd Lt. 02.09.1918 Lt. 02.03.1920 (reld 30.01.1928) Indian Army:   Lt. 30.01.1928, seniority 02.09.1919 Capt. 30.01.1928, seniority 02.09.1924 (Special Unemployed List 01.11.1935) (retd 30.12.1938) RAFO:   F/O 09.01.1939 (reld 01.09.1939) RAFVR:   F/Lt. 01.09.1939 [75220] (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) OBE 01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [investiture 23.03.43] MBE 03.06.1931 HM's birthday 1931 MID 11.06.1942 ? MID 14.06.1945 ?	served in the ranks, 21st Lancers 02.09.1918     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps 30.01.1928     transferred, Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army 09.01.1939 - 01.09.1939 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class CC) 01.09.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Pringle, Ian Gordon St Clair Son of Maj. I.T.St.C.Pringle (Indian Army), and Marion Pringle (née Rossetto), of Jaipur India. Married (1949) Jill James; three sons.	24.02.1919 Jaipur, India - 02.02.1991 Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [912089] P/O (prob) 29.01.1941 [62276] P/O 29.01.1942, seniority 29.01.1941 (WS) F/O 29.01.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 29.01.1943 F/O 08.02.1949   His son writes: "This cartoon was drawn by a fellow POW Tom Slack who was a Spitfire pilot with 41 Sqd who joined Dad in the bag in 1944. After the war he went on to become a cartoonist and wrote a book about his Wartime experiences 'Happy is the Day.' The picture shows Dad while on the forced march after Stalag Luft III was evacuated by the Germans in February 1945 and is captioned 'The Sagan Safari' with the typical wry humour of the day.. but as I understand it the march was no picnic!"	Education: Jesus College, Cambridge. 08.1940     volunteered for RAFVR service 08.1940 - 09.1940 training, No. 8 War Course, No. 4 Group RAF (Hatfield) 09.1940     training, No. 26 Course (Fern Hill) 1940? - 1941 pilot training, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (became honorary member of the Elk Tribe) 29.01.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] c. 06.1941 - 26.08.1941 pilot, 144 Squadron RAF [flying out of North Luffenham [20.15 hrs] on way back from an operation to Mannheim on the night of 25/26 August 1941 his Hampden Mk.1 bomber [AE265 PL-M] was force-landed at 05.55 hrs at Ypenburg Airfield, the Netherlands, with the four crew members being captured] 26.08.1941 - 20.05.1945 POW in German captivity (# 3755, at Oflag VIB (Dössel), Oflag XC (Lübeck), Oflag XXIB (Schubin), Stalag Luft III (Sagan & Belaria), 1943-1945) & Stalag IIIA (Luckenwalde, 02-05.1945) [liberated by the Red Army] 08.02.1949 -  (04.1956)  commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch) Returned to Cambridge to finish M.A. degree 1946. Schoolmaster Merchant Taylor's School, Liverpool 1947-9. Schoolmaster Uppingham School, Rutland 1949-1980 (Officer-in-Charge of the Air Section of CCF Uppingham School 1949-1963; Housemaster Farleigh Uppingham School 1959-1971).
Prior, William John Hadden Son of William Edward Mead Prior, and Esther Lily Fyfe, of Southgate, Middlesex.	18.10.1923 Edmonton district, Buckinghamshire - 03.09.1946 Friesdorf, Germany [Munster Heath Cemetery, Germany, 2.D.5]	Sgt. ? [1801484] P/O (prob) 23.05.1945 [199063] (WS) F/O 23.11.1945	23.05.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 03.09.1946 navigator, 21 Squadron RAF [de Havilland DH98 Mosquito FB Mk. VI (TA494) collided with SZ995 and lost tail at RAF Station Wahn. Both occupants of the aircraft were killed.]
Pritchett, Frederick Hardie Son of ... Pritchett, and ... Howes. Married ((03?).1947, Woolwich district, Kent) Winifred J. Hamnett; ... children (two daughters, one son?).	16.10.1921 Greenwich district, London -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1336363] P/O (prob) 11.07.1942 [124229] (WS) F/O (prob) 11.01.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 11.07.1944	11.07.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] His daughter writes: "He spent most of the war flying in and around Africa and was a navigator."
Proud, Stanley Son of Herbert H. Proud, and Barbara Sanderson.	(12?).1913 Hartlepool district, Co. Durham - 01.07.1941 (MPK) [age 27] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 29]	P/O 30.09.1940 [85435] (WS) F/O 30.12.1940 (A) F/Lt. 1941?	30.09.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Meteorological Branch) [emergency commission] 01.07.1941     missing, presumed killed when SS Toronto City was lost (torpedoed and sunk by U-108 in the Atlantic with all hands while serving as a weather reporting ship [some documents here])
Provan, William Wright	1918 Ayr district, Ayrshire, Scotland -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1433915] P/O (prob) 03.07.1942 [124875] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.10.1944 DFC 09.02.1945 * * This officer has proved himself to be a most resolute and skilful fighter and has destroyed four enemy aircraft at night; he has also effectively attacked enemy locomotives and mechanical transport.Flight Lieutenant Provan has displayed outstanding keenness for operations and has completed very many sorties.	03.07.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944/45)     29 Squadron RAF (ace with 5 victories)
Pudsey, Allan Fawcett Son of Fawcett Pudsey, civil engineer, and Dorothy Ethel Watson. Brother of F/Lt. Edward Estill Pudsey, RAFVR.	29.01.1913 Bridlington district, East Yorkshire - 1999 Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1673340] P/O (prob) 05.12.1943 [150722] (WS) F/O 05.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 05.12.1945 F/Lt. 04.02.1947, seniority 11.01.1946 F/O 03.03.1952 (reld 03.03.1954)	05.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 03.03.1952 - 03.03.1954 commissioned, Reconstituted RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
Pudsey, Edward Estill Son of Fawcett Pudsey, civil engineer, and Dorothy Ethel Watson. Brother of F/Lt. Allan Fawcett Pudsley, RAFVR.	(06?).1920 Bridlington district, East Yorkshire - 15.11.1943 (KIA) [age 23] [Clichy Northern Cemetery, Hauts de Seine, France, plot 16, row 13, grave 17]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1383905] P/O (prob) 02.10.1941 [108843] (WS) F/O (prob) 02.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 02.10.1943	02.10.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (06.1943) - 15.11.1943 pilot, 264 Squadron RAF [de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. II (DZ286) took off from Coleby Grange for an intruder operation over Châteaudun in the evening; aircraft was lost due to unknown reason]
Pusey, Harold Kenneth Son (with three sisters and three brothers) of Henry Pusey (1861-), and Harman Le Neve Peake (1874-1960). Married ((03?).1938, Tynemouth district, Northumberland) Edith Joan Sparks (1910 - 21.01.2007); two sons, one daughter.	18.11.1910 Oxford, Oxfordshire - 26.12.1987 Oxford, Oxfordshire	(A) P/O (prob) 25.08.1941 [104896] P/O (prob) 25.10.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	25.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

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