In Memoriam

It is with sadness that we record

the passing of the following Veterans:

2024

Norman SHEPHERD – 196 Squadron

2023

Neil FLANAGAN MBE – 299 Squadron

G.R. ‘Russ’ GODDEN Légion d’Honneur (France) – 196 Squadron

Gordon Hill WRIGHT Légion d’Honneur (France) – 196 Squadron

Bertram Wood ANTHISTLE – RNAS, 190 Squadron

2022

Douglas COXELL MiD Légion d’Honneur (France) Norwegian Medal of Honour – 297 Squadron

Bert TURNER – 196 Squadron

Arthur NORTHFIELD – 620 Squadron

2021

Elizabeth “Peggy” DRUMMOND-HAY – 1665 HCU, 1332 HTCU

Bill EAMES Légion d’Honneur (France) – 570 Squadron

Howard BROWN – 570 Squadron

Jim JOHNSTON – 299 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

Bill LONGHURST – 620 Squadron

2018

Kenneth FRERE – 296 Squadron

Robert HULL – 570 Squadron

Rae Edward CHURCHILL Vliegerkruis (VK, Netherlands) – 295 Squadron

Walter BENTLEY – 196 & 570 Squadrons, 1665 HCU

2017

Eileen SHARP – 190 Squadron

Dick DORMAN – 620 Squadron

William Edward BURNESS – 295, 298 & 644 Squadrons

Gordon FROST – 570 Squadron

Peter LAKE – 298 Squadron, ORTU, 1665 HCU & 81 OTU

2016

Bernard “Bunny” MASON – 90 & 196 Squadrons

Albert William BERT – 295 & 570 Squadrons

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 KBE – 241 & 295 Squadrons

Ralph PROCTOR – 295 Squadron

Dennis ‘Vandere’ ROYSTON – 196 Squadron

W.J.H. LINDSEY – 295 Squadron

2012

Fred WESTON DFC – 101 & 620 Squadrons

2011

Sir Arthur Gordon NORMAN CBE KBE DFC 295 Squadron

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

David Thomas JONES – 297 Squadron

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

R.D. WARD – 644 Squadron

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

Norman FENDALL – 295 Squadron

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

Ray GOUGH – 298 & 644 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

Gerry BROWNRIGG 42 OTU, 1665 HCU, ORTU, 297, 298 & 620 Squadrons

Ernest HILL – 295 Squadron

1981

Fred R. MORROW – 295 Squadron

1980

Albert Edward (Sonny) DOYLE – 297 Squadron

1953

R.F.W. CLEAVER – 644 Squadron