In Memoriam

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

Kenneth FRERE – 296 Squadron

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

Norman FENDALL – 295 Squadron

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