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Hall, Francis Frederick Walby Married ((09?).1925, Woolwich district, Kent) ... Sandibanks.	06.04.1902 Romford district, Essex -	Fl. Cadet ? P/O 15.08.1923 [16095] F/O 15.02.1925 F/Lt. 20.03.1929 Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (retd 16.04.1947; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.) (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942	Education: RAF College, Cranwell. 15.08.1923 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) qualified at specialist photographic course; completed satisfactorily a course at the Military or Naval Staff College served at some time at Waterkloof Air Station Pretoria
Hall, Frederick Walter Hick Only son of the Frederick Walter Hick Hall (1877-1906), of Rough Side Hall, Northumberland, and of Janet Page (remarried Mrs. James Willie Heslop) (1882-), of Broadlands, Charmouth. Dorset. Engaged (1930) Joyce Whetham, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Austen Whetham, of Bridport, Dorset. Engaged (1932) Brenda Moody, youngest daughter of Dr. C.H. Moody, CBE. Married 1st (28.02.1939, St. Columba's, Knock, Belfast) Margaret Joan Rebbeck, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs F.E. Rebbeck, of Knock, Belfast; one son. Married 2nd (28.08.1945, Morpeth, Rugby district, Warwickshire) Catherine Harriet Baird Hill (née Mcfarlane) (1915- ); one daughter, two stepdaughters.	01.09.1906 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - 19.06.1973 Salisbury Hospital (resideded in Salisbury as well)	P/O (prob) 18.07.1925 [19240] P/O 18.01.1926 F/O 18.02.1927 F/Lt. 05.11.1930 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 W/Cdr. 11.1942, seniority 01.10.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.06.1942, seniority 01.03.1942 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1949 (retd 28.12.1950; own request)	18.07.1925     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]       qualified at specialist armament course 15.06.1926     2 Squadron RAF (Manston) (1931)     26 (Co-operation) Squadron RAF (Catterick) 27.01.1936     School of Army Co-operation RAF (Old Sarum) 01.06.1936     permanent commission 21.12.1937     No. 2 Armament Training Camp RAF (Aldergrove) (for armament duties) 24.04.1940     transferred, RAF (Technical Branch) 06.1941 - 12.1941 Officer Commanding, 42 Air School in Port Elizabeth Civil servant, Rhodesian Government.
Hall, Geoffrey Henry	? -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.01.1925 AFC ? ?
Halley, Robert	08.11.1895 - 13.12.1979	... ... W/Cdr. 01.07.1933 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1938 (retd 06.5.1945) DFC 03.08.1918 ? DFC 01.01.1919 ? DFC 12.07.1920 ? AFC 22.12.1919 ? MID 14.01.1944 ?	01.04.1918     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) ... - ... ...
Hamilton, Benjamin Henry Noel Hans Eldest son (with one brother and one sister) of Henry Best Hans Hamilton (1850-1935), and Margaret Gordon Bond-Cabball. Brother of Lt.Cdr. George Cecil Hans Hamilton, RNVR. Married 1st (07.07.1906) Ida Mortimer (1879-1931), 3rd daughter of Percy Mortimer, JP of Ashe Park; one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (02.03.1931) Vronwy "Vera" Edwards, daughter of John Edwards of Aberystwith; one son.	25.12.1882 London - 13.11.1969	T/Lt. RNVR 03.04.1915 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1918 (retd 05.08.1925) [01163] (recalled 25.08.1939) (reverted to retd 21.03.1945; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) DSO 03.06.1918 ? MID 01.01.1919 Flanders	WW I     served in Royal  Naval Air Service; first to plot and track submarines on radio wave length, and to broadcast from France 01.04.1918     first commission, RAF 03.10.1919     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 01.10.1919 - ? Staff Officer, 1st Class, Air Ministry (temporary) Raced "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" Peugeots at Brooklands, 1920s. WW II     served in RAF (W/Cdr) 24.04.1940     transferred, Technical Branch
Hamilton, [John *] Eric Vivian Colclough * added this towards the end of his life One of four sons and two daughters of Bernard Montague Champion Hamilton, and Hilda Katherine Fendell, daughter of Maj.Gen. Fendall Currie, Comr. of Fysabad. Married 1st (30.04.1918) Norah Fitzmaurice, daughter of Col. John Colly Burkitt, RAMC (marriage dissolved); one son (Lt.Cdr. John Colley Colclough Hamilton, RN). Married 2nd (29.06.1949, Vancouver) Marion Eunice, daughter of John Colborne Coote of Vancouver B.C.	22.11.1896 Fyzabad Up, India - 26.06.1964	Army: T/2nd Lt. 22.12.1914 T/Lt. ? Lt. 15.10.1921, seniority 02.07.1915 (reld 10.1922) RAF / RCAF: Lt. 01.04.1918 (Aeroplane & Seaplane Officer) Sq.Ldr. ? (reld 06.11.1945) World War I: Victory Medal; British War Medal; 1914-1915 Star	Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 22.12.1914 commissioned, 4th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment - Territorial Force 01.07.1915 - 1917 served in Gallipoli and France - Royal Flying Corps (No. 4 A.A.B. RAF) 1918 - 1919 test pilot, Royal Flying Corps 1920 - 1922 3rd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (served in India at Bareilly, Fyzabad, NW Frontier, Ishapore, Dum-dum, Chaubattia & Naini-tal) emigrated to Canada reactivated with Western Air Command RCAF as armament officer & staff officer operational requirements served Costal Command RAF
Hanbury, Henry Theobald Son of Charles and Ethel May Hanbury (née Cranham), of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Brother of Sq.Ldr. Reginald Lewis Hanbury, RAF.	(06?).1917 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire - 20.11.1946 [age 29] [Suez War Memorial Cemetery, 5.A.4]	Sgt. ? [527016] P/O (prob) 20.05.1943 [52166] (WS) F/O (prob) 20.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 20.05.1945 F/Lt. 31.12.1946, seniority 20.11.1946	joined RAF just before the war & served in the ranks 20.05.1943     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 09.05.1946 extended service commission ? - 20.11.1946 Flight Engineer, 511 Squadron RAF [flying accident, 50 miles southeast of Cairo on a return journey from England to India]
Hanbury, Reginald Lewis Son of Charles and Ethel May Hanbury (née Cranham), of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Married Norma Ruth Hanbury (née ...). Brother of F/Lt. Henry Theobald Hanbury, RAF.	(09?).1913 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire - 08.06.1944 [age 30] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 200]	(T) F/Sgt. ? [563974] P/O (prob) 01.04.1940 [43690] P/O 01.04.1941 (WS) F/O 11.02.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 11.02.1942 (A) or (T) Sq.Ldr. 1943?	01.04.1940     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.06.1944 254 Squadron RAF
Hancock, Charles Ronald	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 DFC ? ?	Education: psa.
Hankins, Maurice Henry	31.12.1914 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 12.1990 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 02.09.1939 [42602] P/O (prob) 18.02.1940 P/O 10.07.1940 (WS) F/O 18.02.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 18.02.1942 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 (reld 10.07.1963; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. 1943? DFC 15.10.1943 ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	02.09.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (1943)     199 Squadron RAF 10.07.1945     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) 13.10.1948 - 10.07.1963 transferred to Class "A"; granted an extension of service for three years and transferred to Class "C" with effect from 10th July 1949, followed by several other extensions of service
Hardy, Richard	10.09.1915 ? - 09.1997 Ashford district, Kent ?	(A) P/O (prob) 15.04.1939 [41921] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 06.02.1940 (WS) F/O 06.11.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1941 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1943	15.04.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 06.11.1939 - 15.08.1940 234 Squadron RAF [At around 18.30 hours on 15th August 1940, the squadron was in combat with enemy fighters off Swanage. During the melee, Hardy’s Spitfire Mk I (N3277) was severely damaged. He force landed at Cherbourg and was captured.] 15.08.1940 - 1945 POW (No. 3595) in German captivity 06.02.1943     transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) 05.05.1948     transferred from Class (C) to Class (A) 31.08.1948     transferred from Class (A) to Class (C)
Hardy, Stephen Haistwell	29.01.1905 - 08.04.1945	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 A/Cdre. ?	Education: psa.       qualified at a specialist course in engineering
Harper, Peter John Cleverly Son of Herbert Harper (1881-), and Winifred Sinclair Cleverly (1893-1977). Married ((12?).1939, Surrey North Eastern district) Mildred E. Adams (26.09.1917 - ), daughter of James  Adams (1877-1954), and Caroline Louise Norbury (1875-1944); ... children (one daughter?).	15.01.1916 Camberwell district, London - ? Zimbabwe ?	(A) P/O (prob) RAFO 26.03.1938 [70856] P/O RAFO 17.01.1939 (reld 06.02.1939) P/O (prob) 06.02.1939 P/O 06.02.1940 F/O 03.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 03.09.1941 F/Lt. 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 18.12.1950, seniority 03.09.1945 (retd 15.01.1966; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. (1942) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1946 (seniority 01.01.1944).-01.11.1947 DFC 22.09.1942 * MID 11.06.1942 ? * As a pilot this officer has a splendid operational record. He served in France from the beginning of the war until the middle of June, 1940. No record of his achievements is available, as his log book was destroyed in France. Since his return to this country, he has completed many sorties on Battles and Wellingtons. His sorties have involved bombing attacks on enemy industrial targets and dockyard installations.	Education: London University. 26.03.1938 - 06.02.1939 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Offices (General Duties Branch) (Class A) 06.02.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]  ? - 29.08.1942 101 Squadron RAF (DFC) [Wellington III X3391 SR-A took off from Stradishall for an operation against Nürnberg. The aircraft crash-landed due to technical trouble to the apx, at Wahlenau, approximately 40 km NW of Mannheim. As the crew scrambled clear, a fire broke out and the Wellington burnt out. Five of the crew were captured, only Sgt. H. Colhoun evaded. Casualty report.] 08.1942 - 05.1945 POW (No. 649) in German captivity [30.08.1942-07.09.1942 Dulag Luft,  Frankfurt; 10.09.1942-16.09.1942 Stalag Luft 3, Sagan; 19.09.1942-07.04.1943 Oflag 21B, Schubin; 10.04.1943-28.01.1945 Stalag Luft 2, Sagan; 04.02.1945-04.05.1945 Stalag 3A, Lückenwalde[ 06.02.1945     transferred to reserve (and called up for air force service) 13.05.1946 - 23.05.1950 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service commission] 23.05.1950 - 18.12.1950 transferred to reserve 18.12.1950 - 23.05.1951 commissioned, RAF (Fighter Control Branch) [short service commission] 23.05.1951 - 13.08.1951 commissioned, RAF (Fighter Control Branch) [permanent commission] 13.08.1951 - 15.01.1966 transferred, RAF (Aircraft Control Branch)
Harriman, Douglas Sidney Reeve Second son of Sidney Reeve Harriman (1873-1939), and May Harriman (née Clare), of North Ealing, London. Married ((12?).1939, Brentford district, London)  Mary Margaret Evans.	18.02.1920 Holborn, St Giles district, London - 25.05.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [St Inglevert Churchyard, France, collective grave] [commemorated at the Ealing Common War Memorial]	(A) P/O (prob) 01.04.1939 [41846] P/O (prob) 21.10.1939 P/O 23.01.1940	Education: Gate House School, Kingston Hill, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey Trained as a quantity surveyor at London Polytechnic before joining the RAF in 1938. 1938 - 01.03.1939 No. 13 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School RAF (White Waltham Aerodrome, Maidenhead, Berkshire) 01.04.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 19.06.1939 No. 13 Flying Training School RAF (Drem, East Lothian, Scotland) ? - 25.05.1940 pilot, 15 Squadron RAF [on 15.05.1940 he flew his Blenheim L8856 over the Belgian coast when his starboard propeller fell off & made a forced landing at the Grote Boom-Polder near Aardenburg, The Netherlands] [on 25.05.1940 he was airborne at 1027 hrs from Wyton in his Blenheim P6913; shot down near St-Inglevert (Pas-de-Calais), midway on the main road between Calais and Marquise, France; complete crew was killed]
Harris, Guy	1918 ? - 15.02.2007 West Sussex [aged 89]	(A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1936 F/O 27.07.1938 Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1944 W/Cdr. ?	23.03.1936 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (09.1939) 32 Squadron RAF (Biggin Hill) (05.1940) 253 Squadron RAF (battle for France) 1940 - ? Flying Instructor, 56 Officer Training Unit
Harris, Paul Ivor Son (with two brothers) of Rev. Charles Harris, DD, Vicar of South Leigh, Witney (1865-1936), and Emily Mary Fryer-Smith (1868-1946). Married (23.10.1937, St Mary Le Strand) Rosalind Kitty Bennett; one daughter, one son.	14.12.1906 Bridgenorth district, Shropshire - 29.12.1985 Surrey South-Eastern district, Surrey	2nd Lt. 21.06.1927 P/O (prob) 28.12.1931 [32124] P/O 28.12.1932 F/O 28.07.1933 F/Lt. 28.07.1936 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1939 (A) W/Cdr. (1940) (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1941 (WS) W/Cdr. 16.03.1943 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.07.1944 Sq.Ldr. 20.05.1947, dated 01.09.1945, seniority 01.02.1939 Gp.Capt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.07.1947 (retd 01.05.1955) DFC 20.02.1940 ?	Education: Lancing College (09.1920-07.1924; Heads, shooting VIII 1923-24, swimming team 1924). Solicitor.       late Cadet, Lancing College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 21.06.1927     commissioned, 8th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment - Territorial Army 28.12.1931     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 29.12.1931     RAF Depot Uxbridge 09.01.1932     No. 2 Flying Training School RAF (Digby) 13.10.1935     47 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Khartoum)       Flew Wellington bombers during the war including 'R for Robert' - N2980 - took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and on 18th December 1939 was part of a force of 22 Wellingtons tasked to make a daylight attack on German shipping at Wilhelmshaven. The force was decimated by German fighters, and only 7 aircraft survived to fight again. Records show that 'R for Robert' landed at RAF Coltishall at 1600 hrs after the battle, and its pilot, Sqn Ldr Paul Harris, was awarded the DFC. On 6th October 1940 N2980 was taken 'on charge' by No 20 OTU, and some weeks later (31st December 1940) was on an ill-fated navigational training mission. The aircraft, piloted by Sqn Ldr Marwood-Elton, flew into a snowstorm some 20 minutes from Lossiemouth when the starboard engine failed. Because of the poor weather the captain ordered the trainee navigators to bail out and then, with the copilot managed to ditch the aircraft on Loch Ness. The Wellington soon sank and settled 70 metres below the surface. Wellington 'R for Robert' was salvaged from Loch Ness 21st September 1985 and transported to the Brooklands Museum of Motor Racing and Aviation where it has been restored, and is on display. 03.08.1940 - 30.08.1940 Commanding Officer, 7 Squadron RAF 28.12.1942     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) 20.05.1947     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Harris, Sydney Herbert Verder	01.06.1905 Romford district, Essex - (03?).1983 Hove district, East Sussex	P/O 17.12.1924 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 01.07.1955) CBE ? ?	Education: psa
Harris, Vorley Only son of Uriah Harris (1864-1960), and Adeline Harris (?-1958), of Pontypridd. Married (27.07.1939, Istanbul, Turkey) Mary Tay (27.08.1906 - 1973), only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.H. Tay, of Edgbaston, Birmingham; one son, one daughter.	13.08.1899 Pontypridd, South Wales - 07.1996 Pontypridd, South Wales	Cadet ? [318369] Hon. 2nd Lt. 1920? P/O 14.01.1924, seniority 14.07.1922 [05096] F/O 14.07.1924, seniority 14.01.1924 F/Lt. 13.10.1929 (half-pay list, scale A 14-20.01.1935) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.12.1941 (retd 15.02.1945; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.)	Education: psa.       served Royal Flying Corps 14.01.1924     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) 14.01.1924     No. 2 Flying Training School RAF (Duxford) 31.12.1927     8 Squadron RAF (Middle East) 01.1935     13th Staff Course, RAF Staff College 1941 - 1943 Chief Instructor. Turkish War Academy (1944)     Chief Intelligence Officer, Air Defence of Great Britain His Majesty's Consul for the Vilayets of Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Amasya, Tokat, Giresun, Trabzon, Gumusane, Erzincan, Rize, Coruh (Artvin), Ersurum, Kars and Agri (Karafeose), to reside at Treibizond, 12.05.1949. Published: (ed. Christopher Harris) The reports of the last British consul in Trabzon, 1949-1956 : a foreigner's perspective on a region in transformation (2005). His son writes: "My father during his RAF career was in Egypt during First World War, Aden Iraq and Iran in interwar period. He was Chief Instructor at Turkish War Academy in 1941-1943. Thanks to RAF, he had gone to University in 1919-1923, and also learned Arabic, Farsi and Turkish. After retirement (this may not be relevant for you), he was British Consul in Trabzon Turkey from 1949 to 1956."
Harrison, Arnold Thomas Son of John Edward Harrison, and Dorothy Rose Harrison (née Balfour).	(09?).1912 Solihill district, Warwickshire / West Midlands / Worcestershire - 23.08.1940 (KIA) [age 28] [South Ealing Cemetery, A.C.6]	(A) P/O (prob) 02.09.1939 [42604] P/O (prob) 29.04.1940	02.09.1939 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 23.08.1940 pilot, 224 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [the Hudson I N7244 QX, after having taken off at 12.15 hrs at Leuchars, crashed into a river near Leuchars due to unknown causes; Harrison died in the crash]
Harrison, Cecil Walter	04.01.1891 - (06?).1971 Bedford district, Bedfordshire	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 04.01.1941)
Harrison, William Herbert Son of Edward H. and Mary A. Harrison. Married Lillian Amy Elizabeth Hyde; .. children (son F/Lt. Graham William Harrison, RAFVR).	04.03.1889 * North Mymms, Hatfield district, Hertfordshire - 12.05.1987 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland * Air Force List has: 21.04.1890	Pte. [?] 01.1911 Cpl. 05.1914 Sgt. 10.1914 F/Sgt. 05.1915 A/Sgt.Maj. ? 2nd Lt. 14.03.1917 P/O 01.04.1918 [10101] F/O 14.09.1918 F/Lt. 01.01.1929 (retd 21.04.1935) (reverted to retd 29.10.1943; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1941 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - MID 15.03.1920 Russia (as Flt.Offr (A/Capt.)) Russian Medal of St Stanislas III Class with Swords & Bow (02.1920)	01.1911  - 12.1911 enlisted, Corps of Royal Engineers (recruit training at Chatham)  12.1911 - 05.1912 Royal Engineers Air Battalion 05.1912 - 04.1915 transfered as ground aero engineer, Royal Flying Corps (service number 50) 04.1915 - 01.1917 observer, 13 Squadron (Gosport, from 10.1915 France, from 03.1916 Dover) [rated Warrant Officer (Technical) 1916] 01.1917 - 03.1917 equipment course (Reading) 14.03.1917     commissioned (Equipment Officer 3rd class), Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) (from 01.04.1918 Royal Air Force (Stores Branch)) 03.1917 - 07.1918 Engine Repair Depot (Chelsea, from 11.1917 Yate) 07.1918 - 03.1919 Egine Repair Depot (Henlow) 03.1919 - 04.1920 British Expeditionary Force, South Russia (mentioned in despatches) 04.1920 - 10.1920 School of Technical Training (Halton) [from 20.07.1920 permanent commission] 10.1920 - 01.1921 Rolls engine course (Henlow) 01.1921 - 03.1921 equipment coure (Ruislip) 03.1921 - 03.1922 No. 1 DE [= Directorate of Equipment?] (Biggin Hill) 03.1922 - 08.1924 No. 1 Stores Depot (Kidbrooke) 09.08.1924 - 21.09.1925 29 Squadron RAF (Duxford) 22.09.1925 - 1927 Aircraft Depot, Iraq (Hinaidi, Iraq) 18.11.1927 - 30.03.1928 RAF Depot, Uxbridge 31.03.1928 - 26.04.1931 No. 1 Stores Depot (Kidbrooke) 27.04.1931 - 04.1935 Directorate of Equipment, Air Ministry On civil duty, Air Ministry, 1935-1939. 01.11.1939 - 29.10.1943  recalled, RAF (Equipment Branch) 01.11.1939 - (10.1940) Deputy Directorate of Equpment (2), Directorate of Equipment (A), Air Ministry
Harrop, Ernest Arthur Son (with one brother and one sister) of Ernest Thomas Booth Harrop (1882-1947), and Mary Saunders (1885-). Married Trish ...; two daughters.	16.12.1907 Johannesburg, South Africa - 05.09.1976 Isle of Wight	F/Sgt. ? [364168] P/O (prob) 14.05.1941, seniority 24.02.1941 [45959] (WS) F/O 14.05.1942, seniority 24.02.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (T) F/Lt. 01.07.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 14.04.1944 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 16.11.1945 Sq.Ldr. 18.12.1945, seniority 01.09.1945 (A) W/Cdr. ? W/Cdr. 01.07.1949 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1957 (retd 16.12.1962) OBE 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 MID 11.06.1942 ? MID 14.01.1944 ?	Education: Convent boarding school, Natal Bursary (up to 1921); Morecambe Grammar School (1921-1923). 09.1923     entered RAF 09.1923 - 1926 No. 2 School of Technical Training RAF 1927 - 1940 service in the ranks as aircraft fitter (RAF post-graduate education 1926-1930; H.E.T. certificate) 14.05.1941     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [emergency commission] 1941 - 1942 Squadron Engineer Officer (responsible for maintenance of 18 fighter aircraft on active service) 1942 - 1943 Engineer Staff Officer, HQ Fighter Command (as Head of Section dealing with maintenance of all types of fighter aircraft; produced first RAF publication on ground equipment) 1944     Member of planning team working on technical requirements for Allied Air Forces for Operation Overlord (Normandy 06.06.1944) 1945     Commanding Officer, 49 Maintenance Unit RAF (Faygate) (covering South-East England & supporting RAF in Normandy) 18.12.1945     extended service commission 16.08.1948     permanent commission ... - ... ... Group Aviation Liaison Officer, Clarke & Smith Industries Group, Specto Avionics Ltd., Feltham, Middlesex from 01.11.1963.  Consultant to The Talley Corpn., U.S.A .; Director, Talley Engineering, Ltd., Jersey, and Frank H. Talley (U.K.), Ltd., 1965. Fellow, The Royal Aeronautical Society (1964; Associate Fellow, 04.1936). Published:  Air clues (1948-1949; magazine articles); Planned servicing in the Royal Air Force and the effects of aircraft design on maintenance. In: R.Ae.S. Journal (July 1949); Reliability. In: The Aeroplane (2 Jan 1964).
Hart, Raymund George	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 MC ? ?	Education: psa       qualified at specialist signals course; qualified by examination as interpreter
Harvey, [Sir] George David	18.08.1905 India - 24.02.1969 Over Worton, Oxfordshire	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 Air Vice Marshal 01.07.1951 (retd 29.10.1958) DFC ? ? KBE, CBE, CB, MID
Haslam, Kenneth Lewthwaite "Ken" Son of Clement Lewthwaite Haslam (1887-1955), and Elsie May Drinkall (1893-1949). Married ((06?).1949, Sheffield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Elizabeth "Betty" McCarthy (03.01.1924 - 06.2006); two sons, one daughter.	(03?).1920 Ecclesall Bierlow district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 07.01.2015 Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Derbyshire (formerly of Hawkinge House, Chesterfield, previously of Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and Worsborough Bridge, Barnsley)	Wt.Offr. ? [624288] P/O (prob) 19.09.1943 [54930] (WS) F/O 19.03.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 19.09.1945 DFM 15.10.1943 for returning his crew safely from one mission with a faltering engine	19.09.1943     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       34 Squadron RAF (India & Burma) (DFM) Seller of forklift trucks, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
Hatcher, Charles James Wilfred	05.12.1891 Shepton Mallet district, Somerset - 1955 ?	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 31.01.1947) AFC ? ?	qualified at specialist armament course
Hatcher, Victor George Aidan	08.03.1906 - 1983 Ashford district, Kent	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 AFC ? ?	qualified at specialist signals course
Haw, Charlton "Wag"	08.05.1920 - 11.1993 Surrey South-Western	F/Sgt. ? [745259] P/O (prob) 06.03.1942 [117992] (T) F/O 1942/43? F/O 24.06.1946 [extended service] (WS) F/Lt. 17.05.1943 F/Lt. 10.02.1946 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (retd 19.09.1951) DFC 17.10.1944 ? DFM 23.01.1942 * - Lenin 31.03.1942 Order of Lenin (USSR) * This airman has been employed on operational flying since June, 1940. He fought in the Battle of Britain and since then he has participated in numerous convoy patrols and in escorts to bomber aircraft on daylight raids. He has destroyed 3 enemy aircraft. Flight Sergeant Haw has displayed admirable qualities as a fighter pilot.	trained as a lithographer 1939 joined RAFVR 05.1940 - (09.1940) 504 Squadron (1941) 151 Wing (Murmansk, USSR) (1942) 81 Squadron RAF 06.03.1942 first commission (1944) 129 Squadron RAF (1944) commanded RAF squadron at Coolham Airfield, West Sussex, and took part in invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord) (1948) Commanding Officer, 65 Squadron RAF (Sweden) 27.09.1940     victories: 1 Bf 110
Hawkings, John Alfred	25.10.1903 - 01.1976 Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 A/Cdre. ?	qualified at specialist engineering course
Hawkins, Ronald "Ron" Son of William James Hawkins, and Flora Meachen Thurlow (1885-1940), of Ipswich, Suffolk.	(09?).1916 Harwich, Tendring district, Essex - 05.10.1943 (KIA) [age 27] [Gent City Cemetery, Belgium, 18.7.5]	(A) P/O (prob) 24.11.1937 [70802] P/O 23.09.1938 F/O 23.03.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 23.03.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1942 MC 17.03.1941 ? AFC 02.04.1943 ?	24.11.1937     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class A) ? - 05.10.1943 pilot, 3 Squadron RAF
Hay, William James Son of William James Hay and Mary E. Cruickshank. Married (26.12.1941) Monica May Blanchard, of Lyme Regis.	(12?).1917 South Shields district, Co. Durham / Tyne and Wear - 28.10.1942 [age 25] [Lyme Regis Cemetery, Dorset, sec. D, grave 47A]	Sgt. ? [531718] P/O (prob) 12.12.1941 [47798] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	12.12.1941     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Hay-Drummond-Hay, Peter	see:	Drummond-Hay, Peter
Hayes, Guy Wingfield	04.10.1904 - 10.1996 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 A/Cdre. 01.07.1951 (retd 02.04.1957) OBE, MID	qualified at a specialist course in engineering
Hayes, Thomas Norman	26.06.1912 - 17.07.2010	P/O 05.07.1936 [90095] F/O 26.03.1938 F/Lt. 03.09.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 (A) W/Cdr. (1943) Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1946 DFC 24.05.1940 * MID 14.01.1944 ? * This officer was pilot of one of six aircraft which attacked Rotterdam aerodrome in May, 1940. In company with his commanding officer he destroyed a Junkers 52 on the aerodrome by machine-gun fire. Whilst climbing, after the dive, the formation was attacked by twelve Messerschmitt 110's. Flying Officer Hayes was unable to see the enemy aircraft himself, but he skilfully manoeuvred his aircraft on instructions from the air gunner. After a short while he sighted a Junkers 52 and although hard pressed by superior numbers of other enemy aircraft and with his own aircraft damaged, Flying Officer Hayes attacked the Junkers 52 with tenacity and determination until it was seen to go down with its port engine on fire. Breaking off the engagement and skilfully evading his opponents he made for home but shortly encountered three Heinkel 111's. He courageously attacked with his remaining ammunition and succeeded in breaking up their formation before arriving safely at his base.	05.07.1936 - 1941 commissioned, AuxAF (General Duties Branch) (600 (City of London) Squadron AuxAF) mid 1941     Fighter Interception Unit       Commanding Officer of a night fighter squadron       Commander, RAF West Malling & deputy Station Commander of Biggin Hill       planning staff for the invasion of Europe 08.1944     flying duties with a night fighter wing 01.08.1946 - 01.08.1946 Commanding Officer, 600 (City of London) Squadron AuxAF 01.08.1948 - 01.08.1957 RAuxAF Reserve of Officers (Class A)
Haysom, Geoffrey David Leybourne Younger son of R.A. Haysom, headmaster of Durban Preparatory High School, of Durban, South Africa. Married (20.11.1944, Christ Church, Naples, Italy) Flight Officer Antoinette "Toni" Gabrielle Beckett, WAAF (19.12.1920 - 27.01.1999), daughter of Mr Justice Ronal Brymer Beckett (1891-1970), and Norah Ford Anderson (1891-1972), of Lahore; two sons, two daughters.	20.10.1917 Ilovo, Natal, South Africa - 17.06.1979 Durban, Natal, South Africa	(A) P/O (prob) 18.05.1937 [39736] P/O 18.03.1938 F/O 11.10.1939 F/Lt. 11.10.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 22.10.1942 (A) W/Cdr. 22.07.1942 (WS) W/Cdr. 01.01.1944 (A) Gp.Capt. (1945?) Sq.Ldr. 25.06.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 (reld 1946) DSO 16.02.1943 * DFC 29.04.1941 ** [investiture 18.07.41] MID 01.01.1946 ? * Wing Commander Haysom has been on operational flying since the commencement of the war. He has destroyed at least six enemy aircraft and has twice been shot down himself. He has led his wing on many fighter-bomber and long distance flights. He has always displayed the utmost determination. The success achieved by the wing has been largely due to this officer’s skill and courage. ** This officer has been engaged on operational flying since the war began. He has displayed great keenness in his efforts to seek and engage the enemy and has destroyed at least five of their aircraft.	Education: Durban High School; Natal University College; Edinburgh University (BSc). Went to UK in 1936 to study medicine. 18.05.1937     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 05.06.1937     Flying Training School, Brize Norton 08.01.1938     staff pilot, School of Naval Co-operation, Ford 01.11.1938 - 09.1941 79 Squadron RAF (Biggin Hill) (from 08.1940 as Flight Commander, from 06.1941 as Commanding Officer) (DSO) 09.1941 - 07.1942 instructor, 51 Operational Training Unit RAF 19.07.1942 - 21.07.1942 260 Squadron RAF 22.07.1942 - ? Wing Leader, 239 Wing RAF (Western Desert)       Desert Air Force (Italy) 1943/44?     transferred to reserve (and called up for Air Force service) 25.06.1946     permanent commission Managing director of Transvaalse Suiker.
Hayward, Cecil Hugh	12.07.1887 -	P/O 01.04.1918 [02178] Sq.Ldr. 30.06.1923 (retd 22.07.1925) (recalled 25.08.1939-09.12.1943)	Education: psa
Hazlewood, Richard "Twig" Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	29.01.1903 Greenwich district, London - 1980s ??	Wt.Offr. ? F/O (prob) 02.06.1938, seniority 06.04.1938 [35190] F/Lt. 02.06.1941, seniority 06.04.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1941) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1942 07.1943, seniority 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 03.11.1944, seniority 26.08.1943 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1946 02.1947, seniority 01.06.1945 (T) W/Cdr. 01.07.1944 W/Cdr. 01.07.1947 (retd 12.06.1950; own request) MID 24.09.1941 ?	enlisted service, RAF (1931)     84 Squadron RAF (Iraq) 02.06.1938     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) WW II     technical advisor for the British Air Commission, often visiting the USA acting as a coordinator between the US Services, aircraft manufacturers and the Ministry of Aircraft Production
Healey, Ernest Alton	29.01.1900 - 1978 Weymouth district, Dorset	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 W/Cdr. ? (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (retd 02.11.1946)	16.08.1922     first commission
Heard, Cyril Montagu	15.09.1905 - 30.09.1987	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 01.05.1956; retaining rank of A/Cdre.) CBE	Education: psa.       qualified at specialist armament course
Heath, Alick Charles Son of Eli Paul and Emily Heath, of Bellville, Cape Province, South Africa.	1915 ? - 09.05.1940 [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 4]	(A) P/O (prob) 16.04.1935 [37173] P/O 16.04.1936 F/O 16.11.1937 (A) F/Lt. 06.12.1938 F/Lt. 05.12.1939	16.04.1935 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 09.05.1940 254 Squadron RAF [took off from Hatston at 16.20 hrs in his Blenheim IV [L9482 QY-] as fighter escort for eight FAA Skua aircraft tasked with attacking shipping in Bergen Harbour, Norway, then independent light bombing; the Blenheim was hit by Flak and was last seen spinning into the harbour]
Heath, Peter Son of Col. Percy Macclesfield Heath (1877-), Indian Army. Married ((09?).1932, Tylehurst, Reading district, Berkshire) Gladys Mabel Thimbleby ((03?).1906 - ), daughter of Adjuvant Cadence Thimbleby (1868-), and Edith Mabel Hopson; two sons.	04.12.1909 - 10.1984 Somerset	P/O 14.12.1929 [26136] F/O 14.03.1931 F/Lt. 14.06.1935 Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1938 (T) W/Cdr. 01.12.1940 (WS) W/Cdr. 11.06.1945 W/Cdr. 01.10.1946 (retd 04.12.1954; own request; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.) MID 24.09.1941 ? MID 02.06.1943 ?	Education: Wellington College (Picton Dormitory; summer 1923-1928; DP; Head of Dormitory); RAF College, Cranwell (1928-1929). 14.12.1929     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) 02.10.1931     24 Squadron RAF (Northolt) 18.01.1933     RAF College, Cranwell 03.12.1934 - 09.03.1935 Flying Instructors' Course, Central Flying School (categorized A2) 12.12.1941 - 14.06.1942 Commanding Officer, 99 (Bomber) Squadron RAF 1946     Commanding Officer, Airborne Forces Establishment Canada, 1955-1960. Kompass Publishers Ltd., 1961-1972.
Hedley, Christopher Hetherington Married Pamela ...; at least one son.	30.04.1921 - 27.12.2004 Los Angeles, Cal., USA	Wt.Offr. ? [572496] P/O (prob) 01.05.1944 [56141] P/O 01.11.1944 (WS) F/O 01.11.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1946 F/O 17.07.1947, seniority 01.05.1945 F/Lt. 01.11.1947 (retd 17.07.1954) DFC 1943? ?	01.05.1944     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 17.07.1947 -  17.07.1954  extended service commission
Hellyer, Richard Owen Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Owen Stooks Hellyer (1881-1963), and Frances Mary Upham (1890-1984). Changed first names from Owen to Richard Owen by deed poll of 07.06.1937. Married ((06?).1940, Don Valley district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Betty Corry Reid (22.11.1918 - ), daughter of Robert James Corry Reid (1882-1959), and Helen Louisa Ellen Tyrer (1887-); three sons.	16.05.1916 North Ferriby, Hull, Sculcoates district, North Riding of Yorkshire - 28.10.1995 South Africa [St Andrew's Churchyard, Tangmere]	P/O 10.11.1936 F/O 15.05.1938 F/Lt. 15.05.1940 (reld 24.10.1945) (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) Cmdn 01.01.1944 for valuable service in the air	Education: Aysgarth School, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Assistant trawler owner. Started flying at the Hull (Hedon) Flying Club on 17.08.1935 in a Fox Moth. Gained civil aviator's certificate (No. 13777) taken on a D.H. 60x Moth, Cirrus III, 85/95 h.p., at Hull Aero Club on 26.04.1936. 10.11.1936     commissioned, 503 (County of Lincoln) (Bomber) Squadron - AuxAF (General Duties Branch) [awarded flying badge 03.07.1938] 01.11.1938 - 08.09.1940 transferred, 616 (South Yorkshire) (Fighter) Squadron (Doncaster, later Leconfield) 24.08.1939     mobilized AuxAF 15.05.1940     "A" Flight Commander 28.05.1940     shot down & wounded; landed at Dunkirk beach; evacuated 15.08.1940     shared in the destruction of a Ju 88 08.09.1940 - 25.06.1941 56 Operational Training Unit RAF (Sutton Bridge) (for instructional duties; from 04.1941 as "A" Flight Commander) 25.06.1941 - 28.12.1941 Merchant Ship Fighting Unit RAF (Speke) 28.12.1941 - 02.05.1942 No. 6 Flying Instructors' School RAF (for instructors' course) 02.05.1942 - 25.04.1944 No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Wolverhampton) (for instructional duties) 25.04.1944 - 24.10.1945 5 (Pilots') Advanced Flying Unit RAF (Hutton Cranswick)
Hendry, Robert	? -	Wt.Offr. ? [548540] P/O (prob) 06.04.1945 [56711] F/O ? (reld 03.03.1952) F/O 03.03.1952, seniority 30.10.1950 F/Lt. 11.11.1954 (retd 30.11.1967; own request)	06.04.1945     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 03.03.1952     commissioned, RAF (Equipment Branch) [short service commission] 01.12.1954     permanent commission
Henwood, Francis Herbert Donald	30.09.1896 Reading, Berkshire - 1974 Chichester district, West Sussex	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (A) Gp.Capt. ? (retd 27.10.1946) DFC ? ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF ... - ... ...
Herrick, Brian Henry One of six sons & two daughters *  of Edward Jasper Herrick, and Ethne Rose Herrick. Brother of: P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF Sq.Ldr. M.J. Herrick, RAF Cdr. L.E. Herrick, RN Capt. T.D. Herrick, RN * one of which married Gen. Sir Nigel Poett	1915 Hastings, New Zealand - 24.11.1940 [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 6]	(A) P/O (prob) 24.04.1939 [42003] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 06.03.1940 F/O 06.11.1940	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School 24.04.1939 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 236 Squadron RAF ? - 24.11.1940 pilot, 272 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [killed in action on a convoy escort; taken off at Aldergrove in his Blenheim IV [Z5734 XK-D] the plane found the wrong convoy and was involved in a dogfight with a Fairey Fulmar; the Blenheim stalled off a turn and dived into the North Channel, which killed Herrick and his two crew members]
Herrick, Michael James One of six sons & two daughters * of Edward Jasper Herrick, and Ethne Rose Herrick. Brother of: F/O B.H. Herrick, RAF P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF Cdr. L.E. Herrick, RN Capt. T.D. Herrick, RN biography at New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum * one of which married Gen. Sir Nigel Poett	05.05.1921 Hastings, New Zealand - 16.06.1944 [age 23] [Frederikshavn Cemetery, Allied plot, grave 66]	Flight Cadet ? P/O (prob) 07.03.1940 [33566] P/O 07.03.1941 (WS) F/O 07.03.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 07.03.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? DFC 24.09.1940 * DFC 22.02.1944 gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy in the Solomon Islands AM 14.06.1945 Pacific [posthumously] * During an interception patrol on the night of 4th September, 1940, Pilot Officer Herrick sighted two enemy aircraft and destroyed them both. In his attack against the second aircraft he succeeded in closing to within thirty yards and it fell in pieces under his fire.	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School; RAF College, Cranwell (04.1939) 07.03.1940 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission] 17.03.1940 - 1941 25 Squadron RAF 12.1941 posted back to New Zealand for attachment to RNZAF 23.12.1941 - 02.1942 instructor, Flying Training School at Woodbourne 02.1942 - 06.1942 moved to Ohakea 06.1942 - 03.1943 Flight Commander, 15 Squadron RNZAF at Whenuapai 03.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, 15 Squadron RNZAF 01.1944 - 16.06.1944 Flight Commander, 305 (Polish) Squadron RAF [shot down in his Mosquito VI [NS913 "T"] by a Fw190 of Jagdgeschwader I and baled out over the sea, while on an "Ranger" operation to Denmark; his body washed ashore 04.07.1944]
Herrick, Robert Married (1919) Ethel Davies; one son (F/Lt. Robert Herrick, RAF), one daughter.	1892 ? - (12?).1951 St Austell district, Cornwall	Wt.Offr. ? F/O (prob) 03.06.1937, seniority 18.05.1937 [35062] (half-pay 28-31.03.1938) F/O 03.06.1938 F/Lt. 03.06.1940, seniority 18.05.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1941-01.11.1947 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1942 (retd 17.12.1947; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1942-01.11.1947	03.06.1937     Commissioned Engineer Officer, RAF 03.06.1938     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) [short service commission] ? - ? ?
Herrick, Robert Son of Sq.Ldr. Robert Herrick, RAF, and Ethel Davies.	(03?).1920 Chester district, Cheshire - (06?).1953 Southwell district, Nottinghamshire	(A) P/O (prob) 09.07.1938 [70899] P/O (prob) 05.03.1939 P/O 05.03.1940 (WS) F/O 03.09.1940 14.01.1941, seniority 03.12.1939 F/Lt. 16.05.1946, seniority 01.12.1942 Queen's Commendation for Valuable Air Service, 01.06.1953 (HM's coronation).	09.07.1938     commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class A) 05.03.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - ? ? 16.05.1946     extended service commission 15.04.1948     permanent commission
Herrington, Charles [Rigby]	12.12.1901 - 09.1966	Wt.Offr. ? [349451] F/O (prob) 25.01.1941, seniority 24.12.1940 [45254] F/O 25.01.1942 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 F/Lt. 01.05.1947, seniority 01.07.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1946-01.11.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 (retd 01.06.1954) MBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 MID 29.06.1948 Palestine	25.01.1941     first commission, RAF (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission to 30.04.1947] 01.05.1947 extended service commission
Heycock, George Francis Wheaton Son of Rev. F. W. Heycock, MA, and Edith Rowlandson. Married (1938) Betty Boyd; one son.	17.09.1909 - 27.06.1983 Pytchley, Northamptonshire	P/O 14.12.1929 [26138] ... ... (T) Gp.Capt. 01.01.1944 ... ... A/Cdre. 01.07.1955 (retd 01.05.1964)
Hickling, Joseph	? - ?	Wt.Offr. ? [351670] F/O (prob) 18.07.1941, seniority 20.06.1941 [46203] (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942	? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF 18.07.1941     commissioned, RAF (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
Higham, Douglas David [Dominic] Son (with five brothers and two sisters) of James Henry Higham (1882-1958), and Florence Beatrice Wardle (1883-1957). Married ((06?).1943, Wigan, Lancashire) Kathleen Mary Edna Greenall (24.04.1922 - 04.2006); two sons, one daughter.	13.01.1920 Wigan, Lancashire - 20.04.1986 Wigan, Lancashire	F/Sgt. ? [581285] P/O (prob) 12.10.1943 [53671] (WS) F/O 12.04.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 12.10.1945 (reld 15.03.1949) F/Lt. 15.03.1949 (reld 15.03.1954) DFC 07.12.1945 for his "determination and continued devotion to duty" after completing more than 160 sorties, some of which saw the aircraft hit Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/stolen-war-medal-found-after-more-than-50-years-1-8912864 for his "determination and continued devotion to duty" after completing more than 160 sorties, some of which saw the aircraft hit Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/stolen-war-medal-found-after-more-than-50-years-1-8912864 determination and continued devotion to duty" after completing more than 160 sorties, some of which saw the aircraft hit Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/stolen-war-medal-found-after-more-than-50-years-1-8912864 determination and continued devotion to duty" after completing more than 160 sorties, some of which saw the aircraft hit Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/stolen-war-medal-found-after-more-than-50-years-1-8912864 for his "determination and continued devotion to duty" after completing more than 160 sorties, some of which saw the aircraft hit	10.06.1939 - 06.08.1939 Nav. [School?] (Perth) 16.06.1940 - 06.07.1940 NSBG (Turby, Isle of Man) 24.07.1940 - 21.04.1942 230 Squadron RAF (Alexandria, Egypt) 26.06.1942 - 21.09.1944 No. 26 Operational Training Unit Training Wing RAF 02.10.1942 - 28.11.1942 No. 1 Air Armament School (Manby) 28.12.1942 - 10.01.1944 No. 1 Air Armament School (Manby) 12.10.1943     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 22.09.1944 - 30.11.1944 1657 Conversion Unit RAF (Stradishall) 28.11.1944 - 17.12.1944 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF (Feltwell) 18.12.1944 - 1945? 514 Squadron RAF (Waterbeach) (DFC) 15.03.1949 - 15.03.1954 commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (Class A) Fruiterer and florist, Wigan.
Hight, Cecil Henry Son of Herbert Edward Hight and of Emma Hight (nee Anderson), of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.	06.09.1917 Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand - 15.08.1940 (KIA) [age 22] [Bournemouth East Cemetery, row S.1, grave 144]	(A) P/O (prob) 15.04.1939 [41924] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 06.02.1940 39|45 St - & Battle of Britain clasp	Education: Marco School; Stratford Technical High School. Car salesman. In 1937 began flying with the Western Federated Aero Club, obtaining his 'A' License in August. Later that year Hight worked his passage to England and was accepted on his second application after taking a course in mathematics. 06.01.1939     enlisted 16.01.1939 - 28.04.1939 9 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (Ansty) 29.04.1939 - 05.11.1939 6 Flying Training School RAF (Little Rissington) 06.11.1939 - 15.08.1940 pilot, 234 Squadron RAF (Leconfield) [During a German bomber raid his Spitfire, R6988, was hit over Bournemouth. He bailed out, but his parachute failed to open.]
Hill, James Cecil Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Thomas Hill (1875-1955), and Minnie Margaret Atherton (1874-1959).	07.04.1900 Latwaigh, Lancashire - 23.07.1993	P/O (prob) 10.11.1923 P/O 10.05.1924 F/O 10.05.1924, seniority 10.11.1923 (reld 23.12.1925; ill-health) F/O 27.02.1940 [18102] (WS) F/Lt. 27.02.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954)	Education: BA (Hons, modern languages); BM, BCh 1939 (Oxford University & St Mary's Hospital); DOMS Eng 1947. 10.11.1923 - 23.12.1925 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 27.02.1940     commissioned, RAF (Medical Branch) [emergency commission] Late Senior Clinical Assistant, Moorfields. House Surgeon Oxford Eye Hospital. Lecturer RAF Physiological Laboratory. Opththalmologist Oxford Regional Hospital Board. His daughter writes: "My father was a newly qualified doctor at the outbreak of WW2 and used his medical knowledge as well as his flying skills to warn pilots of the dangers of lack of oxygen at high altitudes. He also demonstrated the pressure chambers at Farnborough to the king, George VI. He was in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1, signing up underage. It was there, and later, that he learnt his flying skills."
Hill, Sir Roderic Maxwell Son of Prof. M.J.M. Hill, MA, DSc, FRS. Married (1917) Helen Morton, daughter of Lt.Col E.R. Morton, Indian Army; two daughters (and one son killed in action, 1944).	01.03.1894 - 06.10.1954	2nd Lt. 12.1914 ... ... Maj. 01.04.1918 ... ... Air Marshal 06.06.1945 Air Chief Marshal 16.01.1947 (retd 01.07.1948) KCB, 1944 (CB 1941); MC, AFC, MA (Oxon); LLD (Glas.); Fellow of University College, London; FRAeS	Education: Bradfield College; University College, London.       Private, 18th Royal Fusiliers, October 1914; Commissioned 12th Northumberland Fus., December 1914; (wounded, despatches); transferred, Royal Flying Corps, 1916; served with No. 60 Squadron, France, 1916-1917 (MC, despatches); in charge of Experimental Flying Department, Roy. Aircraft Establishment, 1917-1923 (AFC and Bar for experimental flying); Graduated Royal Air Force Staff College, Andover, 1924; Commanded No. 45 (Bomber) Squadron, Iraq, 1924-1926; Technical Staff, Middle East Headquarters, Cairo, Egypt, 1926-1927; Directing Staff, Royal Air Force, Staff College, Andover, 1927-1930; Chief Instructor, Oxford University Air Squadron, 1930-1932; Deputy Director of Repair and Maintenance, Air Ministry, 1932-1936; Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Palestine and Trans­Jordan, 1936-1938 (despatches twice) 01.08.1938     Director of Technical Development, Air Ministry & Ministry of Aircraft Production 29.11.1940     Director-General of Research and Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production 1941 - 1942 Controller of Technical Services, British Air Commission, Washington, DC (USA) 20.09.1942     Commandant, RAF Staff College 26.07.1943     Air Officer Commanding, No 12 (Fighter) Group RAF 15.11.1943     Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Defence of Great Britain 15.10.1944     Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command RAF 14.05.1945     Member of Air Council for Training, Air Ministry 1946 - 1948 Member of Air Council for Technical Services, Air Ministry 1946 - 1948 Principal Air ADC to the King Vice­Chancellor, Univ. of London, 1953-1954. Rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology since 1948. Published: The Baghdad Air Mail (1929).
Hillary, Walter Stanley Son of Henry James Hillary (1889-1978), and Margaret Henrietta Way (1892-1978). Married (11.09.1947, Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Ireland) Norah Elizabeth Wilson (1923-2010); ... children.	06.01.1917 Clapham Maternity, Stockwell, Lambeth, London - 17.12.1995	Sgt. ? [580022] P/O (prob) 02.01.1941, seniority 04.10.1940 [45122] P/O 02.01.1942 F/Lt. 15.12.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1942) (WS) Sq.Ldr. 03.08.1943 (reld 11.08.1946; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (T?) W/Cdr. ? DFC 30.01.1942 * DFM 30.07.1940 ? * Sqn. Ldr. Hillary is a captain of aircraft and a flight commander of outstanding courage and ability. He has been operating continuously since war began, and has never shown signs of tiredness or waning enthusiasm. He is always eager for any job he undertakes, and never leaves it until it is successfully completed. When returning from Hanover on one occasion, the port inner engine of Sqn. Ldr. Hillary's aircraft failed completely when over the Dutch coast. He remained unperturbed, set course for the Norfolk coast, and landed safely on three engines.	served Bomber Command, flying 38 sorties in Whitleys, 15 in Halifaxes and 28 in Dakotas: 02.01.1941     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     76 Squadron RAF (DFC) His son writes: "1943-1944 he was in North Africa with Transport. 1945 he was in Burma once again dropping supplies till the relief of Rangoon on 4 May. The Squadrons during the war were 78(B), 10, 35, 76, 216 and 267."
Hindley, Alec [Richard] Son of ... Hindley, and ... Walker. Married Ruth ...; three sons, one daughter.	19.03.1915 Mottram St Andrew, Macclesfield district, Cheshire - 30.04.2010 Bangalore, India	(A) P/O (prob) 23.10.1939 [42837] P/O (prob) 20.04.1940 P/O 24.08.1940 (WS) F/O 20.04.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 20.04.1942 F/Lt. 17.06.1947, dated 01.07.1946, seniority 01.01.1943 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1954 (retd 01.01.1958) OBE 01.01.1958 New Year 58 AFC 01.01.1945 * * This officer has been employed as Test Pilot in No. 41 Group since April 1943 and for the past six months has been in command of a Satellite Landing Ground. He has exhibited high qualities both as Junior Commander as as Test Pilot. He has been responsible for the Flight Testing of Stirling aircraft modified for special duties and without his skilled flying the preparation of these aircraft for use by the airborne forces in the invasion of Normandy could not have been achieved.	23.10.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 1939 - 1942/43 combat flying 04.1943 - (01.1945) test pilot, 41 Group RAF (Pool) (AFC, while within Technical Training Command when he had flown 2,062 hours (320 in previous six months)) 05.09.1946     extended service commission 17.06.1947     permanent commission [dated 01.07.1946] (02.1956?)     Air Ministry (for duty in the department of the Chief of the Air Staff) Worked for Grieves Cotton in India.
Hitchings, Bryan Albert Harold	05.02.1919 - 06.1989 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	(A) P/O (prob) 04.03.1939 [41701] P/O (prob) 30.09.1939 P/O 28.12.1939 F/O 30.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 30.09.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1945 F/Lt. 18.12.1950, seniority 09.10.1945 (retd 01.10.1963; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) F/O 21.04.1964 (reld 28.04.1966)	04.03.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]       3 Squadron RAF       76 Squadron RAF       106 Squadron RAF 28.12.1942     transferred, RAF Reserve of Officers (and called up for air force service) 18.12.1950     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 01.10.1953     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission] 21.04.1964 - 28.04.1966 commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch)
Hodder, Francis Samuel "Frank" Son (with one brother) of Samuel Hodder, and Maud Petrie. Married ((03?).1940, Wantage district, Berkshire) Evelyn Margaret Bowden-Smith (29.07.1914 - 05.2003), of Brockenhurst, Hampshire; two sons.	11.02.1906 Ringabella, Co. Cork, Ireland - 06.09.1943 (KIA) [age 37] [Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, coll. grave 18.A.3-7]	P/O (prob) 18.07.1925 [19243] P/O 18.01.1926 F/O 18.01.1927 F/Lt. 05.11.1930 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 MID 11.07.1940 advanced Air Striking Force	Education: psa;  qualified at a specialist course in engineering. He played for Forest Hill House School, The Midland Bank, the R.A.F. XV in 9 Inter-service matches, as well as representing the Combined Services and playing country rugby for Kent. He played for London Irish for 10 seasons, and took part in an Ireland trial. An all-round sportsman he was also an accomplished cricketer who played for the R.A.F. for over 7 years. Whilst at school he scored a century and then took all 10 wickets. 18.07.1925     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 01.09.1930     permanent commission       served in Iraq & Aden       At the outbreak of World War II he was stationed in France for five months and was mentioned in despatches for brilliant work with the advanced Air Striking Force. He was given command of a bomber station (RAF Syerston) in July 1943 after being posted for engineering duties, first to Messrs. Rootes and then with the Handley-Page Aircraft Company. During the night of the 5/6th September 1943 Group Captain Hodder was on board a Lancaster bomber DV182 from RAF Syerston near Newark in Nottinghamshire. The Lancaster was shot down by a night-fighter whose opening burst of fire killed the pilot and mortally wounded the Flight Engineer. A fire broke out, after which there was no further communication. There was only one survivor.
Hodges, [Sir] Lewis Macdonald "Bob" Son of late Arthur Macdonald Hodges and Gladys Mildred Hodges. Married (1950) Elisabeth Mary, eldest daughter of late G.H. Blackett, MC; two sons.	01.03.1918 Richmond, Surrey - 04.01.2007	P/O 17.12.1938 ... ... Air Chief Marshal 01.05.1971 (retd 02.05.1976) KCB 1968 (CB 1963); CBE 1958; DSO 1944 and Bar 1945; DFC 1942 and Bar 1943; DL.	Education: St Paul's School; RAF College, Cranwell 17.12.1938 first commission RAF Bomber Command, 1938-1944; SE Asia (India, Burma, Ceylon), 1944-1945; Palestine, 1945-1947; Air Ministry and Min. of Defence, 1948-1952; Bomber Command, 1952-1959; Asst Comdt, RAF Coll., Cranwell, 1959-1961; AO i/c Admin., Middle East Comd, Aden, 1961-1963; Imperial Def. Coll., 1963; SHAPE, 1964-1965; Ministry of Defence, Asst Chief of Air Staff (Ops), 1965-1968; AOC-in-C, RAF Air Support Comd, 1968-1970; Air Mem. for Personnel, MoD, 1970-1973; Dep. C-in-C, Allied Forces Central Europe, 1973-1976, retired. Air ADC to the Queen, 1973-1976. Dir, Pilkington Bros Ltd (Optical Div.), 1979-1983; Governor, BUPA Med. Foundn Ltd, 1987-1995; Chm. of Governors, Duke of Kent School, 1979-1986; Chm., RAF Benevolent Fund Educn Cttee, 1979-1986; Pres., RAF Escaping Soc., 1979-; Pres., Royal Air Forces Assoc., 1981-1984. DL Kent, 1992. Grand Officier, Légion d'Honneur (France), 1988 (Commandeur, 1950); Croix de Guerre (France), 1944.
Hoey, John Son of Robert Ernest Hoey, and Elisabeth Maguire. Married ((06?).1939, Wallasey district, Cheshire) Edna Taberner (18.01.1915 - 10.2004), daughter of John Taberner, and Rose Hannah Caldwell, of Moreton; two sons.	11.05.1910 Liverpool, Lancashire - 02.07.1946 [age 36] [Wallasey (Frankby) Cemetery, Cheshire, sec. G, joint grave 489]	Acm. ? 1928 [509223] (T) F/Sgt. 12.1939 (T) Wt.Offr. 07.1940 P/O (prob) 18.11.1943 [53532] F/O (prob) 18.05.1944 (A) F/Lt. 08.1944	1928     enlisted, RAF 1932 - 1937 served in the Middle East (Iraq & Egypt; Ismailia Wireless Unit) 1937 - 1939 82 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (UK) 1939 - 1943 involved in development and installation of Airborne Interception Radar in RAF Bombers (different RAF bases including Watton, Cranfield and Boscombe Down) 1943 - 1943 RAF technical training command for advanced SIGINT courses 18.11.1943     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) 1945     Radar Research and Development Establishment, Malvern ? - 02.07.1946 Empire Radio School at RAF Station Debden
Holden, Eustace "Gus" Younger son of Horace Holden, and ... Brown, of Doncaster (of Jewish descent). Brother of W/Cdr. Kenneth Holden, DFC, RAF.	28.12.1912 Doncaster, Yorkshire - West Riding - 27.01.2001 Westminster district, London	(A) P/O (prob) 04.08.1936 [37970] F/O 08.12.1938 F/Lt. 03.09.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 31.03.1943 Sq.Ldr. 20.03.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (T) W/Cdr. 01.07.1944-01.11.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1949 (retd 28.12.1964) DFC 16.08.1940 ?	04.08.1936 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] pilot, 7 Squadron RAF pilot, 56 Squadron RAF pilot, 501 Squadron RAF  [shot down a Ju 88, Do 7 & He 111 in France, later a Do 17, but became wounded himself on 22.07.1940; in 09/10.1940 he shot down two Me 109s, a Me 110, two more Me 109s and damaged a Ju 88 and two Me 109s] Commanding Officer, 501 Squadron (06.1941 West Africa) 22.06.1942     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) Staff Officer (Fighter Training) at the Air Ministry 1944     HQ Far East, Kandy 20.03.1947     permanent commission 08.09.1947 transferred, Secretarial Branch RAF
Holden, Kenneth Older son of Horace Holden, and ... Brown, of Doncaster (of Jewish descent). Brother of W/Cdr. Eustace honden, DFC, RAF. Married; one son (as of 1941).	27.09.1909 Doncaster, Yorkshire - West Riding - 08.1991 Pocklington district, Yorkshire	(A) P/O (prob) 24.08.1939 [90705] P/O 04.09.1939 F/O 04.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 04.09.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. 05.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. ? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 06.09.1942 (A) W/Cdr. (1943) Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1946 (reld 02.10.1950) OBE 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 DFC 15.07.1941 * MID 01.01.1943 ? * This officer has consistently led his flight with skill and courage in action against the enemy. He has destroyed three and damaged a further four hostile aircraft.	24.08.1939 commissioned,  616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron Auxiliary Air Force (General Duties Branch) pilot, 616 Squadron AuxAF [on 28.05/01.06.1940 over Dunkirk he shot down three Me 109s and in Sept. damaged two more and shot down another] pilot, 610 Squadron RAF  [shot down three more Me 109s, damaged two more and shared another] staff, HQ 12 Group RAF 01.08.1946     Comanding Officer, 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron AuxAF Pre-war a Yorkshire County rugby player.
Hollingworth, Frederick Valentine	14.02.1900 Ormskirk, Lancs. - 1963 Newton district, Lancashire	(A) P/O (prob) 1942? [121423] P/O (prob) 27.07.1942, seniority 30.06.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 27.01.1943 F/O 24.04.1947, seniority 27.07.1944 F/Lt. 25.04.1947, seniority 27.11.1946 (reld 24.04.1955)	1942? commissioned, RAF (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 24.04.1947 transferred to the Aircraft Control Branch 24.04.1951 transferred to RAF Reserve of Officers [General Duties Branch] (and called up for air force service) 24.04.1952 - 24.04.1955 reverted to RAF Reserve of Officers
Holmes, William Tatham	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	Education: psa qualified at specialist signals course
Hope, Eustace Jack Linton     Son of Maj. and Mrs. Linton Hope, of Kingshott, Fernhurst, Sussex. Married ((06?).1930, Ecclesall Bierlow district) Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Hope Balfour (died 26.04.1967), of Sheffield, second daughter of Sir Arthur and Lady Balfour. She re-married Lt.Col. J.C.T. Rivett-Carnac, MC, KPM.	29.03.1899 Kingston-on-Thames - 06.08.1941 (KIA) [age 42] [Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, France, 6.C.10]	(T) Prob. Flight Officer 29.04.1917 (T) Flight S.Lt. 18.10.1917, seniority 29.04.1917 Lt. 01.08.1919 T/Capt. 30.07.1918 F/O ? [04060] F/Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1935 W/Cdr. 01.07.1938 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.12.1940 AFC 01.01.1925 ? Dunning Memorial Cup (1923)	Education: Merchant Taylor's School; RAF Staff College (...-01.1935; psa) Learnt to fly, 1917. served in the RNAS and RAF 30.07.1918 - ? Captain (A & S) 01.08.1919     permanent commission 09.11.1925 Cape-Cairo Flight (Northolt) 06.07.1926     RAF Base Gosport 03.1927 - (07.)1927 Flight Commander, No. 422 Flight FAA [HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)] (China) 1927 attached to the Shanghai Defence Force 1928 - 1929 Atlantic Fleet 01.09.1929 No.17 (Fighter) Squadron (Upavon) 01.09.1930     Marine Aircraft Experimental Station, Felixstowe 1931 High Speed Flight (Felixstowe) and the Schneider Trophy team.  22.01.1934 - 01.1935 Staff College Course No. 12, RAF Staff College, Andover 23.01.1935     HQ RAF, Iraq (Hinaldi) 09.06.1937     Commanding Officer, 72 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (Church Fenton) 11.01.1938     No. 1 RAF Depot (Uxbridge) (for course at Naval Staff College, Greenwich) 1933 - 1941 served with Coastal Command.  1941 brief service in Ferry Command (Canada) ? - 06.08.1941 pilot, 87 Squadron RAF [on Hurricane Z3224 (intruder mission to France; believed shot down by a night fighter)]
Hopkins, Edward Donald MacLulich	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	qualified at specialist armament course
Hopkins, Eric Edward Son of ... Hopkins, and ... George.	13.08.1917 Chertsey district, Surrey / Kent - 09.2004 Lincolnshire	Wt.Offr. ? [580023] P/O (prob) 21.09.1943, seniority 03.05.1943 [52809] (WS) F/O 03.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.05.1945 F/O 13.11.1950, seniority 20.12.1948 F/Lt. 29.11.1951 (retd 01.01.1962; own request) AFC 01.01.1954 ?	21.09.1943 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 13.11.1950     short service commission 01.05.1951     permanent commission (transferred to Fighter Control Branch)
Horrex, Charles Edwin Married; at least one son (F/Lt. Edwin Philip Andrew Horrex, RAFVR).	10.07.1899 Wandsworth, London - 1963 Newmarket district, Cambridgeshire	P/O 01.04.1918 [07162] F/O 12.09.1919 [short service commission] F/O 24.10.1923 [permanent commission] F/Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (retd 27.07.1946) AFC < 12.1936 ? AFC 11.05.1937 ? MID 01.01.1941 ? MID 02.06.1943 ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF 24.06.1942 - 17.06.1943 Station Commander, RAF Lichfield
Horry, Thomas Stanley	21.05.1898 - 1960 Claro district, West Riding of Yorkshire	P/O 01.04.1918 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 16.11.1944) DFC ? ? AFC ? ?
Howard, Geoffrey	18.09.1897 Maidenhead, Berkshire - (03?).1979 Hillingdon district, Greater London	P/O 30.05.1940 [44017] (WS) F/O 20.06.1941, seniority 30.05.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 03.05.1943 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.03.1945 (retd 01.09.1951; and re-employed on the active list) (reverted to retd 07.10.1953; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 MID 01.01.1943 ? MID 01.01.1945 ?	served as a seaman in World War I 30.05.1940     commissioned, RAF (Technical Branch) (Signals Officers) [emergency commission] 01.09.1949     temporary commission (served in Pakistan)
Howell, Evelyn Michael Thomas "Tom" Son of Sir Evelyn Berkeley Howell, KCIE, CSI. Married 1st (1937) Helen Joan, only daughter of late Brig. W.M. Hayes, CBE, FRICS (marr. diss. 1972); one son, three daughters. Married 2nd (1972) Rosemary, eldest daughter of I.A. Cram, CEng, MICE; one son, one daughter.	11.09.1913 Bagshot, Surrey - 05.05.2008 Kendal, Cumbria	P/O 15.12.1934 [33138] F/O ? F/Lt. 15.06.1938 Sq.Ldr. ? (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1941 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1953 Air Vice Marshal 01.01.1966 (retd 17.03.1967) CBE 1961 ?	Education: Downside School; RAF College, Cranwell; CEng, FRAeS 15.12.1934 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) transferred, Technical Branch (later Engineering Branch) 1960 - 1962 Director of Air Armament Research and Development, Ministry of Aviation 1963 - 1965 Commandant, RAF Technical College 1966 - 1967 SASO, HQ Technical Training Command RAF General Manager, Van Dusen Aircraft Supplies, Oxford, Minneapolis, St Louis, Helsingborg, 1967-1979. Member Livery of Clothworkers' Co., 1938.
Howes, Arthur Milner Dickeson Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Albert Edmund Howes (1869-1949), and Ellinor Edith Eliza Bolton (1880-1955). Married (17.07.1937, St Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate, Kensington district, London) Vida Priestly Marten (23.07.1908 - 26.10.1982), eldest daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of Maj. Edward Ralph Marten (1883-1949), and Glwadas Tydfil Williams (1886-1956), of London W8; two sons, one daughter.	08.06.1903 Croydon, Surrey - 24.02.1988 Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	P/O (prob) 08.05.1926 [22194] P/O 08.11.1926 F/O 08.11.1927 F/Lt. 10.02.1932 (T) Sq.Ldr. 03.09.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 06.08.1944 (resigned 24.03.1946; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. (1945) MID 14.06.1945 ?	Second Mate's certificate, Merchant Navy, 24.05.1924. 08.05.1926     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 08.05.1931     Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class A) 08.05.1935     Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class C) 13.07.1937     Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class A) 08.05.1938     Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class C)       served with 2nd Tactical Air Force Acting Director of Civil Aviation, East Africa, 1947?-1951?. Operations Officer, East African Directorate of Civil Aviation. Regional Civil Aviation Representative in Tanganyika, 1955. Retired 1958. Published: Some details of the first twenty-five years of flying in Tanganyika, 1914-1939 In: Tanzania Notes and Records (1958).
Hoy, William Son of ... Hoy, and ... Scanlon.	23.12.1918 Manchester district, Lancashire -	F/Cadet ? P/O 08.10.1939 [33469] F/O 08.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 08.10.1941 F/Lt. 21.05.1946, seniority 08.04.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1945 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 20.07.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.06.1945 W/Cdr. 01.01.1951 (retd 05.04.1966) DFC 01.10.1943 ? AFC 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57	Education: RAF College, Cranwell.       604 Squadron RAF 04.1945 - 12.1945 Commanding Officer, 25 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (Castle Camps)
Hume, Oliver Carlisle Son of Charles Stewart Frere Hume and Susara Johanna Hume, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.	1919 ? - 23.11.1939 [age 20] [Le Quesnel Communal Cemetery Extension, France, row B, grave 8]	(A) P/O (prob) 09.01.1938 [40394] P/O 25.10.1938	09.01.1938     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 23.11.1939 pilot, 57 Squadron RAF [Bristol Blenheim I L1129 (DX-) was on a training flight when it flew into tented accommodation on Rosnières-en-Santerre aerodrome (Somme) while making a low fly past. The pilot managed to keep control and after gaining some height two of the crew were able to bale out, but P/O Hume was still at the controls when the Blenheim stalled and crashed.]
Humphreys, William Rowland Spottiswoode	09.01.1886 St Pancras district, London - 1960 Cardiff district, Glamorgan	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 04.09.1939 AFC ? ?
Hunt, Alfred William Son of Albert James Hunt, of Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.	04.06.1906 - 22.12.1952 Chichester, Sussex	P/O 17.12.1927 [26035] ... ... Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1940 (WS) W/Cdr. 25.03.1942 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.06.1942 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 15.06.1948) (A) Air Cdre. (1946) CBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	Education: RAF Staff College (psa). 28.09.1939 - (10.1940) Directorate of Ground Defence, Department of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Ministry
Hunter, Philip Algernon Son of Albert and Clare Hunter; husband of Eleanor Margaret Hunter (nee Christie), of Chesham, Buckinghamshire.	1913 ? - 24.08.1940 (KIA) [age 27] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 4]	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1938 [32081] DSO 14.06.1940 * MID 01.01.1941 ? * In May, 1940, under the leadership of Squadron Leader Hunter, his squadron shot down thirty-eight enemy aircraft during the course of two patrols. He personally destroyed three of that number. His brilliant leadership as well as his example and courage are of the highest standard.	? - 24.08.1940 Commanding Officer, 264 Squadron 9.5 victories
Hunting, Gerald Lindsay	28.03.1891 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - 04.09.1966 Surrey North Western district, Surrey	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 07.09.1939
Huntley, Raymond William Son of ... Huntley, and ... James.	23.11.1919 Newport district, Monmouthshire - 09.1987 Ipswich district, Suffolk	F/Sgt. ? [538442] P/O (prob) 24.07.1942 [49648] (WS) F/O (prob) 26.02.1943, seniority 24.01.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 24.07.1944 F/Lt. 24.05.1948, seniority 24.01.1946 Sq.Ldr. (Suppl. List) 01.01.1967 (retd 22.12.1973; at own request)	24.07.1942     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 24.05.1943 264 Squadron RAF [captured 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/Lt. L.J. Porter RAFVR was missing, presumed killed] 24.05.1943 - 1945? POW in German captivity 24.05.1948     short service commission & transferred, RAF (Technical Branch) 14.07.1952     permanent commission
Hutchinson, John Harvey	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937
Hutton, Arthur Francis	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 DFC ? ?	qualified at a specialist course in engineering; additionally qualified at university course in engineering
Hynes, Francis Desmond [R] Son of Francis Edward Hynes, and Catherine “Kathleen” Mary Conmey Hynes, of Dublin. Brother of Sq.Ldr. Terence Gerard Hynes?	30.01.1918 - 18.01.1964 [North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar] [commemorated at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin]	(A) P/O (prob) 17.08.1939 [31446] P/O (prob) 23.10.1939 F/O 23.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 01.10.1945 F/Lt. 25.02.1947, seniority 01.03.1945 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1945-01.11.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1948 07.04.1952, seniority 07.04.1952 (forfeiture of seniority) (retd 24.09.1959; medical unfitness)	17.08.1939     commissioned, RAF (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission] 17.08.1943     transferred to reserve (and called up for air force service) 28.11.1946     extended service commission 15.04.1948     permanent commission
Hynes, Terence Gerard "Turlough" Son of Francis Edward Hynes, and Catherine “Kathleen” Mary Conmey Hynes, of Dublin. Brother of Sq.Ldr. Francis Desmond Hynes?	10.09.1920 - 13.02.1974 [commemorated at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin]	(A) P/O (prob) 04.03.1939 [41707] P/O (prob) 02.10.1939 P/O 28.11.1939 (WS) F/O 02.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 02.10.1941 F/Lt. 01.05.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1946, seniority 01.07.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 (reld 23.08.1953) DFC 22.11.1940 ?	04.03.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (1940) - 29.08.1940 44 Squadron RAF (DFC) [Hampden P4372 lost on operation against Gelsenkirchen; captured] 08.1940 - 05.1945? POW in Germapn captivity 28.12.1942     transferred to reserve (and called up for air force service) 01.05.1947     extended service commission 09.03.1949     permanent commission