It is with sadness that we record
the passing of the following Veterans:
2024
Norman SHEPHERD – 196 Squadron
2023
Bertram Wood ANTHISTLE – RNAS, 190 Squadron
Neil FLANAGAN MBE – 299 Squadron
G.R. ‘Russ’ GODDEN Légion d’Honneur (France) – 196 Squadron
Anthony W. PEPPER – 298 Squadron
Gordon Hill WRIGHT Légion d’Honneur (France) – 196 Squadron
2022
Douglas COXELL MiD Légion d’Honneur (France) Norwegian Medal of Honour – 297 Squadron
Arthur NORTHFIELD – 620 Squadron
Bert TURNER – 196 Squadron
2021
Elizabeth “Peggy” DRUMMOND-HAY – 1665 HCU, 1332 HTCU
Howard BROWN – 570 Squadron
Bill EAMES Légion d’Honneur (France) – 570 Squadron
Jim JOHNSTON – 299 Squadron
2020
Bill EAMES MiD Légion d’Honneur (France) – 570 Squadron
Bill LONGHURST – 620 Squadron
Roger TOPP AFC** – RAF Pilot attached to the Glider Pilot Regiment,107, 98 & CXI(F) Squadrons, “Black Arrows” aerobatic display team
2019
G.E. JONES – 190 & 210 Squadrons
L. TAYLOR OBE FRAeS – 295 & 299 Squadrons
2018
Walter BENTLEY – 196 & 570 Squadrons, 1665 HCU
Rae Edward CHURCHILL Vliegerkruis (VK, Netherlands) – 295 Squadron
P.C. CROUCH AFM – 297, 215 & 70 Squadrons
Robert HULL – 570 Squadron
2017
Eileen SHARP – 190 Squadron
William Edward BURNESS – 295, 298 & 644 Squadrons
Dick DORMAN – 620 Squadron
Gordon FROST – 570 Squadron
Peter LAKE – 298 Squadron, ORTU, 1665 HCU & 81 OTU
G.H. PACKHAM – 297 & 550 Squadrons
2016
Albert William BERT – 295 & 570 Squadrons
Bernard A. “Bunny” MASON – 90 & 196 Squadrons
G.A. SERRELS DFC – 166 & 298 Squadrons
2015
Sandy BARR – 644 Squadron
Roy HOWE – 38 Group
J.E. KING – 296, 644 & 47 Squadrons
Robert SEYMOUR AFC – 295 & 298 Squadrons
2014
Geoffrey Frank BULLEN – 196 & 570 Squadrons
Edwin James George ‘Ted’ FLAVELL – 9, 49 & 297 Squadrons
Jack HOLMES DFC* MiD – 88, 190, 210 & 240 Squadrons
Jack WALKER – 295 Squadron
2013
G. FARRAR – 296 Squadron
F.J. FRANKLIN – 644 & 298 Squadrons
Sir Thomas KENNEDY GCB AFC* DL – 297, 24, 53, 511, 99 & 27 Squadrons
Sir Reginald HARLAND CB KBE – 241 & 295 Squadrons
W.J.H. LINDSEY – 295 Squadron
Ralph PROCTOR – 295 Squadron
Dennis ‘Vandere’ ROYSTON – 196 Squadron
2012
J.M. AYSHFORD DFC – 190, 210, 240 & 15 Squadrons
I.M.R. BROWNLIE DFC – 166, 78, 77, 35, 113 & 297 Squadrons
William Norman Bartlett COOPER – 196 Squadron
E.C. NEVILLE – 466 & 644 Squadrons
Fred WESTON DFC – 101 & 620 Squadrons
2011
R.F. CLEMENT – 620 Squadron
J.D.L. HAYWARD – 620, 214, 149, 7, 635 & 35 Squadrons
J.W. HOWES DFC – 620 Squadron
R. d’E. MINCHIN Silver Star (US) – 196 & 46 Squadrons
Sir Arthur Gordon NORMAN CBE KBE DFC – 295 Squadron
H.J. PRICE – 630, 190 & 620 Squadrons
Ronald F. SPAFFORD – 570 Squadron
J.B. STARK DFC – 35, 58, 76 & 298 Squadrons
2010
Henry Ellis ‘Pluto’ ANGELL DFC – 196, 295 & 296 Squadrons
V.V. CLEMENTS – 297, 96 & 9 Squadrons
P.G. DIXON-BURT – 196, 630 & 97 Squadrons
John W HILL – 196, 299 & 570 Squadrons, 1665 HCU
K. HOLDSWORTH – 34 SAAF, 37 & 620 Squadrons
O. JOHNSTON – 295 Squadron
David Thomas JONES – 297 Squadron
G.R. OLIVER MiD – 196 Squadron
John ‘Jack’ POVEY – 190 Squadron
O. SPROSTON – 620, 31, 97 & 57 Squadrons
A. TRIBBLE – 196, 299 & 161 Squadrons
D.R. WARD – 299 & 295 Squadrons
2009
E. ATKINSON – 190, 620 & 644 Squadrons
A.A. BATTEN – 190 & 620 Squadrons
C.J. BARRINGTON – 295 Squadron
Williams BLEDDYN – ‘A’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment,
Veteran of Operation ‘Varsity’
W. CARTER – 299 Squadron
J.L. ELLIOTT – 620 Squadron
E. FURNISS – 192, 296 & 77 Squadrons
B.O. GREEN – 297 & 299 Squadrons
J.T. HAYLEY – 10, 24, 47, 53, 297 & 216 Squadrons
J.W. HILL – 196 Squadron
H.W. JONES – 298 Squadron
D.W. KAY – 296, 295, 297 & 47 Squadrons
Eric Douglas KEEN – 196 Squadron, 1665 HCU
R. LYLE – 115 & 620 Squadrons
J.A. MARTIN DFC – 620, 115 & 51 Squadrons
Len McDONALD – RAF Pilot seconded to
‘G’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment,
Veteran of Operation ‘Varsity’
S. McQUILLAN – 196 Squadron
Henry G. PAYNE – 299 Squadron
R. SCOTT – 295 Squadron
D. SINCLAIR – 620 & 113 Squadrons
A.B. SPENCER – 36 & 298 Squadrons
W.J.C. TURNBULL – 518, 517, 298 & 644 Squadrons
R. WILLIAMSON DFM – 115, 196, 216 & 210 Squadrons
2008
S. DARBYSHIRE – 623, 199 & 190 Squadrons
D.J. DAVIS – 297, 644 & 190 Squadrons
L. EATON – 210, 190 & 521 Squadrons
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
G. NICHOLSON – 299, 295 & 113 Squadrons
A.E. NUTTALL – 295 & 299 Squadrons
Thomas E.G. PARSONS – ‘G’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
Gordon PROCTER – ‘A’ Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
K.S. RICHARDSON – 296 & 114 Squadrons
D.V. ROBERTS – 296 Squadron
H.G.S SOMMERS – 295 & 13 Squadrons
B. STALLARD – 297 Squadron
T. WALIACE – 199, 644, 602 & 47 Squadrons
R.D. WARD DFC – 420 & 644 Squadrons
E.W. WATKINS – 435, 353 & 298 Squadrons
D. WHYTE – 298 Squadron
S. WILKINSON – 36 & 295 Squadrons
2007
D.G. DAVIES – 355 & 298 Squadrons
K.F. LEE – 299 Squadron
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
W.H. TUCKER AFC – 297, 190, 620 & 47 Squadrons
F.G. WATERWORTH – 150 & 620 Squadrons
2006
Arthur BARRINGTON – 295 Squadron
A.E. BOYNTON – 620 Squadron
A.W.W. BRAINE DFC – 620, 214, 161, 149, 186 & 218 Squadrons
K. ELLIS – 296 Squadron
Bernard EVENDEN – Glider Pilot Regiment
P.C.E. GOODMAN – 296, 297 & 644 Squadrons
D.T.O. GRIFFITHS – 644 Squadron
W.H. HORNELL – 296 Squadron
Ivan LANCASTER MBE – Glider Pilot Regiment
Walter Quinton McGEACHIN (Australia) – 644 Squadron
A.W. MILROY – 297 Squadron
G.H.C. NEWMAN – 570 Squadron
K.W. NEWTON – 295 Squadron
Kenneth William Ambrose NOLAN (Australia) – 295 Squadron
D.H. SHANKS – 299 Squadron
D.W. SMITH MBE – 190 Squadron
R.B. SPENCER-FLEET – 620 Squadron
N.R. TOWN Air Medal (US) – 295, 570 & 155 Squadrons
D.J. VENNING – 620 & 113 Squadrons
E.G. WHITE – 570 Squadron
T.G. WHITE – 149, 299 & 46 Squadrons
2005
Charles George BISH, 298 & 644 Squadrons – 1665 HCU
Geoffrey ‘Buster’ BRIGGS DFC – 190, 298, 570 & 620 Squadrons
James H COLE – 53 & 644 Squadrons
Alex T. MERRICK – 297 Squadron, 38 Group
C.P. RANDALL (Canada) – 190 Squadron
Bert TURNER – 90 & 196 Squadrons
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
Rosemary (Britten) MORTON – 38 Group
W.M. STEWART – 295 Squadron
1999
D. EVE – 190, 620, 575 & 40 Squadrons
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
Arthur FROST – 190 & 620 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