Major 75263, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Western Europe 19 June 1944. Aged 27. Born 6 November 1917 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, resident Cornwall. Son of Richard Vernon Favell and Alice Molyneux Favell, of Penberth, Cornwall. Educated at Winchester College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1936; B.A. 1939. In the 1921 census he was the nephew of Edith Winifred Favell, aged 3, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, resident Forestone, St Buryan, Cornwall. Buried in RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot IA. Row L. Grave 15. See also St Buryan, Cornwall

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Cornish Major Killed

Flying Officer (Pilot) 72382, 111 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying out of Croydon, Surrey, in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number P3944, when the aircraft was shot down in combat with Ju88s off Selsey Bill and crashed at Sidlesham, Sussex, during a patrol, although he baled out he sadly died, 15 August 1940. Born 8 October 1916 in Kensington, London. Son of Captain George Kenneth Thompson and Janet Fisher. Educated at Eton. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1935; B.A. 1938. In the 1921 census he was the son of Janet D M Fisher, aged 4, born South Kensington, London, resident 23, Launceston Place, Kensington, London & Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was born 8 October 1916, a Civil Servant, single, resident Ascot Queen Hill, Bray, Windsor R.D., Berkshire. Buried in ETON (ST. JOHN) CHURCH CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire. Grave 41.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1940:

Squadron Leader 85149, Air Ministry Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Technical Training Command. Died at The Royal Masonic Hospital, Hammersmith. London, based in London 10 July 1945. Aged 49. Native of Great Glemham, Suffolk. Born 21 April 1897 at San Remo, Liguria, Italy. Son of Michael Gloye Foster and Charlotte Shipley Foster; husband of Franklin Foster (nee Engs), of Great Glemham, Suffolk. Educated at Malvern College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 25 June 1915. In the 1939 Register he was born 21 April 1897, married, a Secretary Shipbuilding Company, resident 29, Holbein House, Belgravia, City of Westminster, Chelsea, London. Cremated and commemorated at GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM, Middlesex, London. Panel 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

Captain 177534, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) attached to M.I. 9 [the British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9, was a secret department of the War Office between 1939 and 1945.]. Killed in action in C.M.-Southern France 22 August 1944. Aged 25. Born 12 February 1919 at Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey, resident London N. Son of Henry Seymour Fowler and Ida Margaret Fowler, of St. John's Wood, London. Educated at Stowe. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1937; B.A. (Cantab.) 1940. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in MOUREZE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Hérault, France.

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