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Philip Reginald

GROUP CAPTAIN
BARWELL DEAD
End of a Gallant
Career

ON the day after his 36th birthday, Group Captain Philip Reginajd has been killed during an operational flight over the South Coast.

A Swavesey man, Group Captain Barwell was, at the time of his appointment, the youngest of his rank in the R.A.F.

Educated at Wellingborough, where be captained the Bisley eight, he obtained a short service commission in 1925. It was seven years later that his permanent commission was granted.

As a fighter-pilot commanding his squadron, he was awarded his D.F.C., and it is interesting to recall that the operational section which be commanded at the time of his death had more enemy machines to its credit than any other in Fighter Command.

On June 22nd of this year he stood godfather to the daughter of his youngest-brother, Squadron Leader E. G. Barwell, at Boxworth Church.
In July of last year he was injured in a crash and spent ten days in hospital. However, after a fortnights’ sick leave he returned to duty and for several months flew on local patrol in plaster of paris.

He leaves a wife and two sons, John Douglas, who is just 11½, and Richard aged four.

George Frederick

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press:

Killed in Action.—News has been received by his parents of the death of their only son, Guardsman Geo. Frederick Brickwood, of the Coldstream Guards Armoured Division. He was killed in action while serving in France on July 30th, 1944. Prior to joining up, he was employed at Messrs. Chivers and Sons, Histon.

Alec

Leading Aircraftman 634480, 232 Squadron, Royal Air Foirce. Died 29th November 1943 as a prisoner of war. Aged 22. Believed that he died in the Far East after being put in a ship's hold, along with other servicemen. Born Swavesey and moved to Birmingham as a child. Son of David and Elsie Brookes, of Walsall, Staffordshire; husband of Evelyn Brookes, of Walsall. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 427.

Lewis Richard Frank

Drv. Royal Army Service Corps, d 14/11/1942, age 22, commemorated: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Son of Percy Herbert and Lilian Elenor May Jenner, of Cambridge.

Harold C

Probably: Harold Cecil Pender, Drv. Royal Army Service Corps, d 11/3/1941, age 22, buried: BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY, Libya.

Kenneth J

possibly in the Royal Air Force as air crew. No other information currently available

Charlie

Possibly: A/cm 1st Class, R.A.F.V.R., d 25/2/1941, age 23, buried: ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Wright; husband of Olive Constance Wright, of St. Ives.

Paul T

He was on H.M.S. Coventry as a PO marine engineering mechanician. He was in the engine room when it was hit by a thousand pound bomb. He mentioned later that he got a 'knock on the head'. Unfortunately this knock had caused a fracture of his skull that remained sadly undiagnosed for several months. Later that year he fell unconscious a couple of times, the ensuing medical investigation revealed a brain tumour. The rate of growth indicated that the cause was the fracture. He was operated on, but only to buy him a few more months. He died on the 29 March 1983.