It is with sadness that we record
the passing of the following Veterans:
2023
G.R. ‘Russ’ GODDEN Légion d’Honneur (France) – 196 Squadron
Gordon Hill WRIGHT Légion d’Honneur (France) – 196 Squadron
2022
Douglas COXELL MiD, Légion d’Honneur (France), Norwegian Medal of Honour – 297 Squadron
Bert TURNER – 196 Squadron
2020
Roger TOPP AFC** – RAF Pilot attached to the Glider Pilot Regiment,107, 98 & CXI(F) Squadrons, “Black Arrows” aerobatic display team
Bill EAMES MiD, Légion d’Honneur (France) – 570 Squadron
2018
Robert HULL – 570 Squadron
Rae Edward CHURCHILL Vliegerkruis (VK, Netherlands) – 295 Squadron
2017
William Edward BURNESS – 295, 298 & 644 Squadrons
Gordon FROST – 570 Squadron
Peter LAKE – 298 Squadron, ORTU, 1665 HCU & 81 OTU
2015
Sandy BARR – 644 Squadron
Roy HOWE – 38 Group
Robert SEYMOUR AFC – 295 & 298 Squadrons
2014
Geoffrey Frank BULLEN – 196 & 570 Squadrons
Jack WALKER – 295 Squadron
Jack HOLMES DFC*, MiD – 88, 190, 210 & 240 Squadrons
Edwin James George ‘Ted’ FLAVELL – 9, 49 & 297 Squadrons
2013
Sir Reginald HARLAND CB., K.B.E. – 241 & 295 Squadrons
Ralph PROCTOR – 295 Squadron
Dennis ‘Vandere’ ROYSTON – 196 Squadron
2012
Fred WESTON DFC – 101 & 620 Squadrons
2011
Ronald F. SPAFFORD – 570 Squadron
2010
Henry Ellis ‘Pluto’ ANGELL DFC – 196, 295 & 296 Squadrons
John ‘Jack’ POVEY – 190 Squadron
John W HILL – 196, 299 & 570 Squadrons, 1665 HCU
2009
Williams BLEDDYN – ‘A’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment,
Veteran of Operation ‘Varsity’
Eric Douglas KEEN – 196 Squadron, 1665 HCU
Len McDONALD – RAF Pilot seconded to
‘G’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment,
Veteran of Operation ‘Varsity’
Henry PAYNE – 299 Squadron
2008
Sir Maurice LAING – President of the RAF Glider Pilot Association,
‘F’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
William Hector McDONALD (Canada) – 570 Squadron
Jim MILLS – 299 Squadron
Thomas E.G. PARSONS – ‘G’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
Gordon PROCTER – ‘A’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
2007
John LOVE DFC – RAF Pilot attached to the Glider Pilot Regiment
(one of only 5 DFCs awarded to RAF Glider Pilots on Operation ‘Varsity’)
Cyril Laurence SIEGERT – 24, 42, 190 & 299 Squadrons
2006
Arthur BARRINGTON – 295 Squadron
Bernard EVENDEN – Glider Pilot Regiment
Walter Quinton McGEACHIN (Australia) – 644 Squadron
Ivan LANCASTER MBE – Glider Pilot Regiment
Kenneth William Ambrose NOLAN (Australia) – 295 Squadron
2005
James H COLE – 53 & 644 Squadrons
Bert TURNER – 90 & 196 Squadrons
Charles George BISH, 298 & 644 Squadrons – 1665 HCU
Geoffrey ‘Buster’ BRIGGS DFC – 190, 298, 570 & 620 Squadrons
Alex T. MERRICK – 297 Squadron, 38 Group
C.P. RANDALL (Canada) – 190 Squadron
2004
William ANGUS (Canada) – 190 Squadron
Gordon CUNNINGHAM – 297 Squadron
R.C. SEED – 299 Squadron
Eric WADMAN – 190 Squadron
2003
Jim CLARKE – 295 Squadron
Peter A. FINDLAY – 161, 190 & 196 Squadrons
2002
William Norman Bartlett COOPER – 196 Squadron, 1 PTS & 1665 HCU
2001
Dereck John BOYER DFC – 296 Squadron
2000
W.M. STEWART – 295 Squadron
1997
Frank Ernest ‘Bunny’ RYMILLS DFC*, DFM – 644 Squadron
Leonard TEMPLE – 296 Squadron
1994
James BLACKBURN DSO*, DFC* – 104, 148, 159, 196 & 570 Squadrons
Denys Sydney Clifford BRIERLY – 295 & 570 Squadrons
1993
Norman CROWE – 296, 297 & 298 Squadrons
1992
Ernest HILL – 295 Squadron
1981
Fred R. MORROW – 295 Squadron
1980
Albert Edward (Sonny) DOYLE – 297 Squadron