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RUISLIP
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2025
researched Martin Edwards
The
memorial is situated at the crossroads of Eastcote Road and Ruislip
High Street, Eastcote Road, Hillingdon, Greater London, relocated in
1976 from St Martin's Churchyard (High Street Extension). It takes the
form of a three-tiered, octagonal, base surmounted by a square plinth
with a supporting stone crucifix; the inscription is on metal plaques
attached to the sides of the plinth and top step with an incised depiction
of a chalice and host beneath the feet of Christ figure and a frieze
of roses carved around the top of the base and a bronze and enamel shield
depicting the St George cross at the foot of the cross. There are 34
names listed for those from the village who died in World War 1, 37
names for World War 1 RFC/RAF airmen who died, and 132 names for those
who died in World War 2. The memorial was dedicated 2 April 1920 by
the Bishop of London and commemorates those from the Ruislip, Northwood
and Pinner area. The period of time between wars saw a large expansion
of the Ruislip district caused by the extension of the Metropolitan
Railway which brought with it an increase in suburban house building,
hence the large number of World War 2 deaths in comparison to World
War 1. The list of RAF/RFC names is probably down to the close proximity
of Northolt Aerodrome which opened in 1915 as Royal Flying Corps' Military
School, Ruislip.
Extract
from Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette - Friday 15 July 1921,
page 6:
RUISLIP
CHURCH MEMORIAL TABLET.
Unveiling by Col. Peel. M.P.
On March 30th, 1920, the Bishop of Kensington unveiled and dedicated
in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Martin, Ruislip, a magnificent
memorial cross to the men of the parish and of the Royal Air Force who
fell in the war. Seen from the village High-street, it presents a tall
and imposing picture, and no effort was spared in making it a strong
and permanent monument to the glory of the dead. Nevertheless, a surplus
remained over from the fund started for the purpose, and it is a tribute
to the faith and sincerity of the Vicar (Rev. A. G. Gray), that an oaken
memorial tablet was also purchased and affixed to the west wall on the
left of the entrance to the church, bearing at the top the crucifix,
and beneath, in letters of gold, the names of the members of the parish
only who made the supreme sacrifice. This handsome little reminder that
will for years to come be seen by all congregations leaving the church,
was unveiled and dedicated at a service on Sunday afternoon by Col.
the Hon. Sidney Peel, DS.O., M.P. for the Division, in the presence
of a congregation of disappointing size. It included a contingent of
members of the R.A.F. at Ruislip, under the charge of Flying-Officer
H. J. Paine. A conspicuous figure in the front pew was Col. Warrender,
J.P., and Col. Peel stood in the chancel. As the vicar, churchwardens,
and choir entered the church, the organist, Mr. J. H. Chester, A.R.C.O.,
played "O rest in the Lord," the first verse of the National
Anthem being afterwards sung, Following the hymn, "Through the
night of doubt, and sorrow," the Vicar read the sentences, beginning,
"I am the Resurrection and the Life," and the 23rd Psalm was
chanted. The Vicar gave the lesson, and a procession was formed down
the aisle to the entrance door, Col. Peel bringing up the rear, and,
standing at the side of the tablet, performed the unveiling ceremony.
He then read the inscription: "To the glory of God and in honoured
memory of the men of this parish who laid down their lives in the great
war, this tablet war erected,” and the following names:—Henry
Abercrombie, Thomas Lavender, Reginald Hill, Henry Skey, John Fountain,
Alfred Woodman, Albert Thompson, Frederick Nightingale, George Liddiard,
John Doe, Roland Butler, Frederick Small, Geoffrey Gray, R. B. Gibson,
William Vines, Gerald Bonny, Frank Borns, Herbert Heywood, Albert Turner,
George Barrett, Hubert Cram, Charles Thompson, Arthur Stent, Clement
Joscelyn, Henry Blackford, Thomas Strong, Robert Harris, William Bray,
William Lavender, John Lacey, Thomas Clough, Halroyd Crittall, Sidney
King, Toné Bayetto.
Col.
Peel said he wished he had the eloquence necessary to deal properly
with such a subject. Fortunately, he knew that the glory of those whose
names were on that tablet rested upon a surer foundation than that of
any words he might make. It was interesting to think that during the
centuries that church built, how many scenes those ancient walls had
looked down upon, how many ends and beginnings they had witnessed—and
plans, hopes prayers and aspirations Yet he did not think they had looked
upon the dedication of a memorial which meant so much in their hearts.
Even in ordinary times, if they looked back upon their lives, they would
see, he thought, some crisis when they had to make a choice when the
way was divided, when they had to rely upon their training and character
to decide whether they would take the right or wrong road. They could
all of them recall occasions of that kind. Happy was the man who could
look back upon these times and say in the secrecy of his own heart and
conscience that he did the right thing. Those were times of great national
crisis and danger, and it was a feature of that time that not only the
country as a whole had to make a great decision, but everyone who was
able to do anything also had to make a decision as he might in ordinary
life. But in ordinary times it meant that on the private decisions of
their men and women depended the success and existence of the country
as a whole. It was an occasion to recall those times, as they thought
of those who saw them no more, to ask, could they in their hearts and
conscience look back and say to themselves that they did what they ought
to have done, that they had no feeling that they could have done more
than they had done? As people and as individuals he thought they might
have done more than they did; that they might perhaps have used their
full force; that they did sometimes give way to laziness or sloth, and
that they did not always take risks when they might have done. They
all knew the imperfection of human nature, and a test like the war brought
out the bad as well as the good side. The good was very much greater
than most of them expected. However tender their consciences might be
as individuals, they ought, as members of a vast community, to be proud
of what they did in the war. Yet they could not tell as yet what was
to be the sterling effect of that great convulsion, the tremors of which
were still with them. It would be experienced by their people in time
to come. They could look forward with some confidence and hope to the
future when they considered what they did in the war. Several things
connected with that memorial might comfort them in the future. They
were the endurance, patience, and courage shown by those who had to
bear the brunt of the war at home. Every soldier knew what a tremendous
help it was to him to know that his people at home were not giving way
to despair. They of the Navy, Army, and Air Force knew that those at
home had kept their courage up and helped them to go through successfully
to the end. Therefore that tablet was both a memorial to those who died
and to those who served and to those who suffered. They at Ruislip could
be proud of the men who went from it. It was not only that first impulse
which showed their character, but the stubborn endurance and the determination
to carry things through from beginning to end. It was not a matter of
bands playing, route-marching; there was the dull monotony, day after
day, with danger thrown in. Their soldiers, especially those from the
home counties, went through it all without advertisement and without
being noticed in the Press to any great extent. They kept up their hearts,
wishing for no reward, and they came through triumphantly in the end.
Some did not come through, and those they were there to commemorate
that afternoon. It was fitting that their names should be inscribed
in that ancient church, and that they should go down to posterity as
having lost their lives in the great war. After all, what could they
say better than that they died for their country? It must he of comfort
to the deceased's relatives that those men who gave their lives were
in some way singled out by the hand of God—chosen for that great
purpose of dying for their country. Those who died had beyond all doubt
done the righteous thing.
The
hymn, "On the resurrection morning," was sung, and after prayer
the contingent of R.A.F. members marched to the tablet, where two buglers
sounded the Last Post. The congregation stood in silence during this
and the playing subsequently of Chopin's Funeral March, which concluded
the service. Mr. Chester's manipulation of the organ was greatly admired.
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THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR GOD THEIR KING AND THEIR COUNTRY
ROLL OF HONOUR
GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
RUISLIP PARISH.
| ABERCROMBIE |
Robert
Henry Chester |
 Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion (Territorial), Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action Monday 3 May 1915. Age
24. Son of Chester and Ada Maria Abercrombie, of The Mount, Pleshey,
Chelmsford. Attended Elstow County school 1907-1908, Russell House,
address while at school Sunnyside, Eastcote, Pinner. In the 1901
census he was aged 10, born Willesden, Middlesex, son of hester
and Ada maria Abercrombie, resident Sunnyside, Eastcote Road,
Eastcote, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he
was aged 20, born Willesden, Middlesex, a Bank Clerk, resident
with his parents at Ashberrie, Ickenham Road, Ruislip Uxbridge,
Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row P. Grave 16.
See
also Elstow,
Bedford, County High School.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 2, page 1-2:
2nd
LIEUTENANT ROBERT HENRY CHESTER ABERCROMBIE, 1/8th BATTN. (TERRIT.)
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN (MIDDLESEX REGIMENT), was
the only son of Chester and Ada Abercrombie, Ashberrie, Ruislip,
Middlesex, and a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Abercrombie,
Fitzroy Street, N.W., and of the late Robert Large Baker, M.D.,
and Mrs. Baker, of Leamington and Birmingham.
He was born at Stanley Lodge, Walm Lane, Willesden Green, on
the 3rd June, 1890, and was educated at Miss Haes Woodriding's
School, Pinner, and at Elstow School, Bedford, under the Rev.
C. F. Farrar, for four years. He then got an appointment in
the London County and Westminster Bank, and was afterwards employed
at the branches at St. John's Wood, Hanover Square, Uxbridge,
and Hastings.
He took a keen interest in the Ruislip Miniature Rifle Club, of
which he was for some time Secretary, and shot in various competitions
as a member of that club, and also for the London County and Westminster
Bank. His favourite pastime was hockey.
He joined the 9th Battalion Middlesex as a Private in October,
1914, became Lance-Corporal in November, Sergeant in December,
and was given his commission in the 8th Battalion in March,
1915, proceeding to France the following month.
He
was mortally wounded in the head by shell fire on the 3rd May,
1915, while giving a wounded man a drink of water in a village
about a mile north of Frezenberg. He died without recovering
consciousness, and was buried at Poperinghe the next day.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1,
page :
ABERCROMBIE,
ROBERT HENRY CHESTER, 2nd Lieut., 1/8th Battn. Middlesex
Regt., only s. of Chester Abercrombie, of Ashberrie,
Ruislip, Middlesex, by his wife Ada, dau. of Robert Large Baker,
of Leamington, M.D.; b. Willesden, N.W.; educ. at Wood-riding
School, Pinner, and Elstow School, where he was a member of the
O.T.C. On leaving school he entered the London County & Westminster
Bank, and was successively in the St. John's Wood, Hanover Square,
Uxbridge and Hastings branches, and after the outbreak of war
joined the 2/9th Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Oct. 1914; was
promoted Corpl. in Nov. and Sergt. in Dec.; obtained his commission
as 2nd Lieut. with the 3/8th Battn. of the same regt. in March,
1915, and the following month was transferred to the 1/8th Battn.,
then in Flanders. In the fighting at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 3
May, 1915, the company were detached as escort to the artillery,
and he was killed while in command (the other company officers
having been all killed or disabled) in the act of helping a wounded
comrade. Buried in Poperinghe Cemetery ; unm.
Extract
from Leamington Spa Courier, 7 May 1915, page 7:
KILLED
IN ACTION.
ABERCROMBIE.—Killed
in action. near Ypres, on May 3rd, 2nd Lieutenant Robert Henry
Chester (Harry) Abercrombie (O.E.), in his 25th year. Only son
of Chester and Ada Abercrombie, of Ruislip. and grandson of
the late Dr. R. L. and Mrs. Baker, of Barham House, Leamington
Spa.
Extract
from Hanwell Gazette And Brentford Observer, 15 May 1915,
page 5:
DEATHS
ABERCROMBIE.-On
May 3rd, killed in action near Ypres, 2nd Lieut. Robert Henry
Chester (Harry) Abercrombie (O.E.), in his 25th year, only son
of Chester and Ada Abercrombie, of Ruislip.
Extract
from Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette (The Advertiser),
Friday 14 May 1915, page 4:
SECOND-LIEUT.
R. H. C. ABERCROMBIE
KILLED.
As stated briefly in our Northwood, Pinner, and Harrow Edition
last week, official intimation from Hounslow had been received
on the Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. C. Abercrombie that
their only son, Second Lieut. Robert Henry Chester Abercrombie,
of Ruislip, was killed in action at Ypres on May 1st. The news
came as a very sad blow to his parents and wide circle of friends
at Ruislip, for he was highly esteemed and respected on all
sides. A letter dated May 1st, written by him two days before
his death, stated that he had charge of two platoons, of (which
the First Lieutenant was killed, and the Captain wounded, and
that he had been in action ten days.
Second Lieut. Abercrombie, who was in his twenty-fifth year,
was educated at Elstow School, near Bedford, and later entered
the employment of the London County and Westminster Bank, first
working at the St. John's Wood branch, then at Uxbridge, and
finally at Hastings. He joined the 9th Middlesex Regiment in
October, and soon rose to the rank of sergeant. On receiving
his commission he was transferred to the 8th Middlesex Regiment.
He went to the front on March 25th. He had been the secretary
of the Ruislip Rifle Club, and at the last meeting he was unanimously
made a vice-president.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
ABERCROMBIE
Robert Henry Chester of Ashberrie Ruislip Middlesex
2nd lieutenant 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment died 3 May 1915
at Poperinghe in France on active service Administration London.
19 August to Chester Abercrombie estate agent. Effects £246
6s. 10d.
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| BARRETT |
George
William |
Private
G/61595, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
formerly 21196, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 3 January
1918. Aged 19. Born at Ruislip on CWGC or Harefild, Middlesex on
SDGW, resident Northholt, Middlesex, enlisted Harrow. Son of George
James and Ellen Barrett, of 3, Bourne Farm Cottages, Long Mile,
Harrow. Buried in HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 30. |
| BAYETTO |
Tone
[Paul] Hippolyte |
Captain,
29 Training Depot Station (Exhibition Flight), Royal Air Force and
General List. Killed in a mechanical aero accident in United Kingdom
whilst flying in Sopwith Dolphin Biplane Fighter Aircraft, serial
number E4449, 28 July 1918, when the aircraft was about 2,000 feet
performing an acrobatic one wing folded back and the machine dived
straight into the ground. Aged 26. Born 28 May 1892. Reisdent Ye
Olde Roses, Lime grove, Eastcote. Middlesex. Son of H. and Rosalie
Lemair Bayetto, of The Stag, Eastcote, Middlesex. Native of Native
of Eastcote, Middlesex. Wounded in France 30 September 1917. Buried
in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area
I. Grave 72. |
| BLACKFORD |
Henry
[James] |
Pioneer
280046, Road Troops Depot (Aldershot), Royal Engineers. Died 3 January
1919. Aged 29. Son of Mr. S. and Mrs. E. Blackford, of Raysons Hill,
Eastcote, Pinner; widower originally married to Agnes May Franks
29 April 1913 in St Martin's Chuirch, Ruislip. In the 1901 census
he was aged 11, born Ruislip, Middlesex, son of Simeon and Emily
Blackford, resident Northolt Road, Eastcote, Ruislip, Uxbridge,
Middlesex. Resident at enlistment Raysons Hill, Eastcote, Pinner,
enlisted 12 December 1915 at Pinner, a widower with 2 children but
married when he enlisted, aged 26 years 5 months, Farm Carter by
trade. Served with the British Expeditionary Force 12 June 1917
to 9 August 1917. Discharged at Chatham 20 December 1917 as no longer
fit for War Service under King's
Regulations 392 XVI, aged 28 years 5 months, height 5 feet 8
inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, trade Farm
Carter, intended place of residence Raysons Hill, Eastcote, Pinner,
Middlesex. Awarded Silver War Badge 139380 on 9 January 1918. Buried
in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area
2. Grave 38. |
| BONNY |
Gerald
Charles |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class (Engineer) 49214, 58th Training Squadron, Royal
Flying Corps. Accidentally killed when struck by the propeller of
an Avro 504A, serial number A2667, 25 June 1917 (Court of Inquiry
26 July 1917). Aged 18. Native of London. Son of Edwin and Julia
Bonny, of "St. Catherins," Parkfield Avenue, Amersham,
Bucks his fathr is listed as being resident at "Ramsworth,"
St Catherine's Lane, Eastcote, Middlesex on his attestation papers.
Attested 29 April 1916, at Wood Green, aged 17 years 10 months,
height 5 feet 11 inches, chest 31½-34½ inches. In
the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Hornsey, Middlesex, at school,
son of Edwin Charles and Julia Augusta Bonny, resident 22 Ossian
Road, Stroud Green N., Hornsey, Middlesex. Buried in ALEXANDRIA
(HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot D. Grave 147. See also
Pinner War Memorial |
| BORNS |
Frank
Fairfield |
Lance
Corporal 40533, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers. Died 9 October 1917. Aged 29. Son of Marion Ewer Borns,
of Primrose Hill, Ruislip, Middx., and the late George Max Borns,
M.I.M.E. Also served in the 2nd King Edward's Horse from 1914. No
known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 54 to 60. |
| BRAY |
William
[Ewer] |
Lance
Corporal G/57694, "E" Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment) formerly 28171, 14th Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died in the United Kingdom
2 November 1918. Born and resident Middlesex, enlisted Northwood.
Husband of Evelyn May Bray, of 3, Coteford Close, Fore St., Eastcote,
Middlesex. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area 3. Grave 37. |
| BUTLER |
Roland |
Private
T.F.265488, 1st/9th (T.F.) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Died in the Persian Gulf 29 August 1916. Born Ruislip,
Middlesex, resident Eastcote, Middlesex, enlisted Willesden, Middlesex.In
the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Ruislip, Middlesex, son of Hannah
M Butler, resident Eastcote Road, Eastcote, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Ruislip, Middlesex,an Assistant
Domestic Gardener, boarding at Greenford Place Lodge near Harrow,
Middlesex, Greenford, Middlesex. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE)
WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row R. Grave 31. |
| CLOUGH |
Thomas |
Lieutenant,
Indian Army Reserve of Officers attahced to 1st Battalion, 72nd
Punjabis, Indian Army. Died 2 February 1919. Aged 32. Born 16
October 1887. Admiited to Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, London,
10 January 1899, son of Thomas Clough, a Designer, resident Talland,
Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Clough, of "Talland,"
Ruislip, Middlesex. Left in July 1906. He came first in the intermediate
L.C.C. scholarship examinations in July 1901, 180 marks above
the next student. In 1906 he obtained B.Sc honours class 1 in
maths, and class 2 in physics, in the London University intermediate
examinations. Admitted to Cambridge University, September 1906.
He went on to win a maths scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge
in 1908, and was the twelfth wrangler there in 1909. He was also
awarded a 1st class natural sciences tripos from Cambridge in
1910. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Panel 55.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:
CLOUGH Thomas of Rajshahai Bengal India
lieutenant Indian Army died on or since 2 February 1919 at Cairo
Egypt Administration London 11 October to Thomas
Clough artist. Effects £600.
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| CRAM |
Hubert
Arthur |
Second
Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of
wounds 16 April 1918. Aged 28. Native of Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex.
Son of Joseph Oliver Cram and Margaret Cram, of 56, Hindes Road,
Harrow, Middlesex. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born uislip,
Middlesex, son of Joseph Oliver and Margaret Cram, resident The
Laurels, Eastcote Road, Eastcote, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
Buried in KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 22. See also Pinner
War Memorial
Extract
from Hanwell Gazette And Brentford Observer, 27 April
1918, page 4:
CRAM.—Died
of wounds on April 16th, after service since 1914, Hubert Arthiur
Cram. Second-Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifles, younger beloved
son of Joseph Oliver and Margaret Cram, Eastcote, Middlesex, aged
28 years
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| CRITTALL |
Holroyd
Berrington |
[Also
recorded as Berrington Holroyd CRITTAL on SDGW] Private 38812, 2nd/7th
Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers formerly 186226, Royal Army Service
Corps. Killed in action 11 October 1917. Aged 27. Born Oswestrty,
Shropshire, resident Ruislip, Middlesex, enlisted Park Royal, Middlesex.
Son of the late D. P. Crittall, of 149, Victoria St., London, and
Mrs. Crittall, of "Seaways," Langdale Rd., Hove, Sussex;
husband of Ethel Lily Crittall, of "Bryn Hafod," Ruislip,
Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 54 to 60. |
| DOE |
John |
Private
3/3011, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
6 August 1915. Aged 40. Born Great Dunmow, Essex, resident Ruislip,
Middlesex, enlisted Harrow, Middlesex. Husband of Mrs. A. Doe, of
3, Home Cottages, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Middx. Of Dunmow, Essex. Served
in the South African War. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special memorial. Row
B. Grave 85. |
| FOUNTAIN |
John
Alfred Arnott |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Died 1 July 1916. Aged 23. Native of Chiswick, London. Son of Edward
Osborne Fountain and Isabella Maria Fountain, of Crossley House,
King Edward's Road, Ruislip, Uxbridge, Middlesex. Buried in GORDON
DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France. Grave lost.
Special memorial. Row B. Grave 5. |
| GIBSON |
Robert
Bowness |
Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action 11 July 1916. Aged 21. Son of Thomas William and Frances
Georgina Gibson, of 29, Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London. In
the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Hamstead, Middlesex, boarding
at Winchester College, The College, Winchester, Hampshire. Buried
in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
C. Grave 31.
He
was the eighth of nine children of the Rev. Thomas Gibson who
was Rector of Cranham from 1909 to 1923. In 1911 he was at school
at Winchester, and went from there to New College, Oxford, volunteering
in 1914. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant with the South Staffordshire
Regiment in November, then joined the Bedfordshire Regiment on
the Western Front in May 1915. He was noted for conspicuous gallantry
soon after, and mentioned in despatches in January 1916. On 11
July 1916, during fierce fighting in Troones Wood, he was killed
in action, aged 21, along with many of his platoon.He is buried
at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, close to where he died.Robert
left a Will, and Probate was granted to his father a month later;
he left £1383.Three of Robert's brothers also served, and
all survived.
Extract
from The Essex Times, Saturday 29 July 1916, page 4:
CRANHAM.
RECTOR'S SON KILLED IN ACTION.
Lieutenant Robert Bowness Gibson. fifth son of the Rev. T. W.
Gibson, rector of Cranham, was killed in action on July 11th.
He was educated at the Oxford Preparatory School, Winchester,
and New College, Oxford. He was gazetted a Second-Lieutenant
in the South Staffordshire Regiment in November, 1914, and was
attached to, and later transferred to, the Bedfordshire Regiment,
with which he served at the front since May, 1915. His name
was noted for his conspicuous gallantry in the field on July
16th, 1915, and he was mentioned in Sir John French's despatch
of January 1st, 1916. His colonel has written of him: "I
cannot tell you how much he was loved by his brother officers
and men. He was a most splendid officer—quite the best
subaltern I had. He died as he would like to died—in the
action, and having done his duty to the fullest, and with nearly
all his platoon round him, two sergeants and two men surviving,
the remainder killed or wounded."
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
GIBSON
Robert Bowness of Cranham Rectory Upminster Essex
lieutenant South Staffordshire regiment died 11 July 1916 in France
Probate London 11 August to the reverend Thomas
William Gibson clerk. Effects £1383 18s. 8d.
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| GRAY |
Geoffrey
[Thomas] |
Second
Lieutenant (Observer), 8 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly
Royal Engineers. Killed in action between Roulers and Menin flying
in a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e, serial number 7248, 24 March
1917. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried n WARLINCOURT HALTE
BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row
E. Grave 4.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
GRAY
Geoffrey Thomas of the Red House Ruislip and 18 Clerkenwell-road
both in Middlesex second-lieutenant R.E.
attached R.F.C. died 24 March 1917 in France Probate London
16 May to William Dobson Ridley manager. Effects £2463
1s. 3d.
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| HARRIS |
Robert
Charles |
Air
Mechanic 3rd Class 75588, Recruits Depot, Royal Flying Corps. Died
from a Gastric Ulcer at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire,
26 May 1917. Husband of Eleanor Mary (nee Marsh) Harris, married
29 September 1902 in the Parish Church Smeeth; one daughter, Enid
Eleanor. At enlistment he was a Butcher's Manager. Attested 12 December
1915 at Northwood, resident High Street, Ruislip, Middlesex, aged
39 years 28 days, a Butcher's Manager, married, height 5 feet 6
inches, chest 33½-35½ inches. His wife had died prior
to enlistment and his sister, E. Harris, was the guardian of his
daughter. Mobilized and posted 14 April 1917, joined Royal Flying
Corps 15 April 1917. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Middlesex. Grave reference 2. 56. |
| HEYWOOD |
Herbert |
[Lieutenant
on CWGC] Captain, 8th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment), attached Machine Gun Corps, attached to "C"
Battalion, Tank Corps. Died of wounds 22 August 1917. Aged 27.
Son of John and Charlotte Jane Heywood, of 42 Queen Anne Street,
Cavendish Square, London W. In the 1911 census he was agd 21,
born Marylebone, London, an Articled Clerk to a Solicitor, son
of John and Charlotte Jane Heywood, resident Pinner Place, Pinner,
Middlesex. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 23.
Extract
from Marylebone Mercury, 1 September 1917, page 3:
DIED
OF WOUNDS.
On August 22nd. 1917, Captain Herbert Heywood. 5th Middlesex
Regiment. attached Machine Gun Corps, the dearly loved youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Heywood, 42 Queen Anne Street, Cavendish
Square. W. (Aged 27.)
Extract
from Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer, 1 September
1917, page 4, and Harrow Observer, 31 August 1917, page
3:
HEYWOOD.—Died
of wounds on August 22nd, Captain Herbert Heywood, Middlesex
Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps, the dearly-loved youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Heywood, Devonshire Lodge, Eastcote,
Middlesex, aged 27 years.
|
| HILL |
Reginald |
Private
11293, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action at Givenchy
22 December 1914. Born Ruislip, Middlesex, resident Ruislip Common,
enlisted Whitehall, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on LE
TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 2 and 3. |
| JOSCELYNE |
Charles
Percy |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died 10 October 1917. Aged 32. Son of Fanny and the late Clement
Joscelyne, of Bishop's Stortford, Herts; husband of Rosamond Joscelyne,
of "The Old House," Ruislip, Middlesex. Volunteer from
Buenos Ayres. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XII. Row J. Grave 18. |
| KING |
Sidney |
Private
41363, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23
March 1918. Born and resident Ruislip, Middlesex, enlisted Mill
Hill, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 28 and 29. |
| LACEY |
[Albert]
John |
Private
G/12347, 26th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died on service in Salonika 28 September 1918. Resident Eastcote,
Middlesex, enlisted Mill Hill, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he
was aged 20, born Ruislip, Middlesex, a Farm Labourer, son of Albert
and Elizabeth Mary Lacey, resident Frog Lane, Fore Street, Eastcote
near Pinner, Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD)
MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 1541. |
| LAVENDER |
Thomas |
Private
5502, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 26 April 1915. Aged 19. Born and resident Ruislip,
enlisted Uxbridge. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. E. M. Lavender, of 16,
Resenoir Road, Ruislip Common, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
6. |
| LAVENDER |
[Arthur]
William |
Private
201429, 42nd Area Employment Company, Labour Corps formerly 52569,
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died on service 25 January
1918. Aged 37. Born Ruislip, Middlesex, resident Eastcote, Middlesex,
enlisted Harrow, Middlesex. Son of Mrs. Lacey, of Cotsford Close,
Eastcote, Middlesex. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot XXXI. Row F. Grave 13. |
| LIDDIARD |
George |
Private
30766, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 5 December
1916. Aged 37. Born henley, Surrey, enlistedm Mill Hill, Middlesex.
Son of George and Charlotte Liddiard, of Dedworth, Windsor; husband
of Ellen Liddiard, of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in LONGUENESSE
(ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
B. Grave 2. |
| NIGHTINGALE |
Frederick |
Private
3788, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 7 July 1916. Aged 32. Born Eastcote, Middlesex,
resident Pinner, enlisted Harrow. Son of James and Jane Nightingale,
of Field End, Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex. Served at Gallipoli with
7th Battalion. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
| SKEY |
Henry
aka Harry |
Bombardier
98489, "A" Battery, 54th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died on service in Egypt 23 September 1915. Born Aylesbury, Buckinghmahsire,
enlisted London. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Amersham
Common, Buckinhamshire, a Builder's Clerk, son of Arthur and Eliza
Ann Skey, resident 16 Kingsley Road, Pinner, Middlesex. No known
grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Panel 7. |
| SMALL |
[John]
Frederick or Frederick [John] |
Private
G/23326, "D" Company, 11th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 3 March 1917. Aged 32.
Born Reading, Berkshire, resident Ruislip, Middlesex, enlisted Harrow,
Middlesex. Son of Francis James Small and Elizabeth Small, of Orchard
House, Galmington, Taunton, Somerset. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS
CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 21. |
| STENT |
Arthur |
Private
265269, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 21
March 1918. Aged 35. Born and resident Ruislip, Middlesex, enlisted
Northwood, Middlesex. Husband of Elsie Maud Stent, of "Hejmo,"
Duckshill Rd., Ruislip Common, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4. |
| STRONG |
Thomas |
Cannot
locate any details fro this man - No further information currently |
| THOMPSON |
Albert |
No
further information currently |
| THOMPSON |
Charles |
No
further information currently |
| TURNER |
Albert |
No
further information currently |
| VINES |
William
[Samuel Thomas] |
Private
F/3232, 23rd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died 19 June 1917. Aged 26.Son of Henry T. and Jane Vines, of 19,
Council Houses, Wiltshire Lane, Eastcote, Middlesex. Buried in RUISLIP
(ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area
3. Grave 17. |
| WOODMAN |
Alfred
[William] |
Private
11795 [listed as R/795 on CWGC], 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
Killed in action 16 September 1916. Born and resident Ruislip, Middlesex,
enlisted London. Son of Alfred and Matilda Woodman, of Hope Cottages,
Ruislip Common, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D. |
| RYL.
FLYING CORPS & RYL. AIR FORCE |
| ADDIS |
Henry
Dansey |
Second
Leiutenant (Pilot), 43 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly 8th
Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed whilst flying in a Sopwith
1-1/2 Strutter, serial number A2392, 24 January 1917. Aged 23. Native
of Oxford. Son of the late Dr. Philip Dansey Addis, and of Mrs.
W. Mansell Merry, of 9, Linton Rd., Oxford. Born at Bristol. Buried
in WOLVERCOTE CEMETERY, Oxfordshire. Grave reference F1. 78. |
| AIMER |
George
[Edmond] Vernon |
Second
Leiutenant (Pilot), Royal Flying Corps. Killed whilst flying in
Martinsyde S1, serial number 696, 20 June 1916. Aged 30. Native
of Auckland and Hokianga, New Zealand. Son of Edmond Baxter Aimer
and Annie Elizabeth Aimer (nee Feek), of Fairburn Rd., Otahuhu,
Auckland, New Zealand. Born at Hokianga. Buried in RUISLIP (ST.
MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area 2.
Grave 52. |
| BAILEY |
John
Winckworth |
Second
Leiutenant (Pilot), 19 (Reserve) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed
in action 31 March 1916 in a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, serial
number 7326, on Zeppelin patrol. Aged 23 [Air Force Recors] or 33
[CWGC]. Native of Rochester, Kent. Son of the Rev. John Bailey and
Penelope Ada Bailey, of New Road House, Rochester. Old Harrovian
and M.A. Exeter College, Oxford. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN)
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area I. Grave
64. |
| BELL |
Laurie |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 54 Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force.
Killed whilst flying in a Sopwith F.1 Camel, serial number F2104,
29 July 1918. Aged 20. Native of Bournemouth, Hampshire. Buried
in BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY, Hampshire. Grave reference F. 2. 124. |
| BERKELEY |
Christopher |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 30 Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force
formerly 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died on the way to
hospital as the result of a crash 30 January 1919. Aged 22. Born
3 June 1896 in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, baptised 21 June
1896 in Abbots Bromley, St Nicholas, Staffordshire. . Son of the
late Rev. Stuart Berkeley, of Abbots Bromley Vicarage, Stafford,
and of Mrs. Edith Mary Berkeley. Educated St Edmunds School, Canterbury,
Kent. Height 5 feet 10 inche, single. Served in France 6 April
1916 to 28 December 1916 and was wounded there. Buried near east
end of church in HENDON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Middlesex.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
BERKELEY
Christopher of the Croft 4 Rowsley-avenue Hendon Middlesex
second-lieutenant R.A.F. died 30 January 1919 at Hampstead Middlesex
Administration London 26 September to Edith Mary
Berkeley widow. Effects £233 0s. 9d.
|
| BOAG |
Alfred |
Lieutenant
(Pilot), Royal Flying Corps formerly 7th Battalion, London Regiment.
Accidentally killed in a aero incident whilst flying 29 April 1916.
Aged 31. Born 3 June 1884 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland,
baptised 2 September 1884 in New Road (Wesleyan), Newcastle, Northumberland,
son of Alfred and Jessie Boag, resident 14, Clayton Park Square,
Newcastle. Son of Alfred and Jessie Boag, of 255, Victoria Rd.,
Salt River, Cape Town. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, Middlesex. Grave reference 2. 51. |
| BUTLER |
Desmond
George |
Captain
(Pilot), 86 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly 1st Battalion,
Leinster Regiment. Killed while flying in an Avro 504A, serial
number B4308. 21 March 1918 when the aircraft stalled and nosedived.
Aged 23. Son of Mrs G. Butler, of Connaught Avenue, Plymouth,
Devon. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex.
Grave reference I. 70.
Court
of Inquiry No. 20591/1918. Capt. Butler.
The Court having viewed the scene of the accident and having
considered the evidence, is of the opinion that the Pilot, 17458
Capt. Butler. 1st. Lienster Regt. att. R.F.C. stalled his machine
too close to the ground and therefore did not have height enough
to pull the machine out of the resultant nose-dive, it struck
the ground.
The Court consider no blame can be attached to the Pilot's Instructor,
the accident being due entirely to misjudgment on the part of
the Pilot.
The Court states that the Accidents Committee were not called
in as the cause of the accident was not obscure.
|
| CAMPBELL |
Kenneth
Preston |
Lieutenant
910785, Royal Air Force formerly "B" Company, 196th (Western
Universities Overseas) Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, Canadian
Expeditionary Force. Died in Aero Hospital, Northolt, Rusilip, due
to natural causes, Pneumonia, 28 November 1918. Aged 21. Born 27
October 1897 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Kenneth and Annie
Margaret Preston Campbell, of 709, Lorne Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba,
Canada. Enlisted 6 March 1916 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, a Student,
single, aged 18 years 6 months, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 125
lbs, chest 33-36 inches, mdeium complexion, blue eyes, light brown
hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Embarked Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada 1 November 1916, Arrived Liverpool, England. 11 November
1916. Admitted to Ravenscroft Military Hospital, Seaford, Sussex,
9 December 1916 suffering from measles, discharged 24 December 1916.
Seconded to R.F.C. 12 December 1917. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN)
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area I. Grave
73. Canadian Archives Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF),
RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1447 - 14 |
| CORFIELD |
Thomas |
Sergeant
(Pilot), 30 Training Depot Station, 85th Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Killed whilst flying in a Biplane Trainer Aircraft Avro 504J, serial
number C5840, when he was invlved in a collision in the air while
flying in formation at 150 feet and came down out of control 27
September 1918. Trade Aerial Gunner. Son of Mr. T. Corfield, of
13 Inkerman Terrace, Newland, Northamptonshire. Buried in NORTHAMPTON
(BILLING ROAD) CEMETERY, Northamptonshire, Commemorated on Screen
Wall. 48. A2/2401. |
| DRAPER |
Mark
Denman |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 2 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly
28th Battalion (Artists Rifles), London Regiment. Killed whilst
flying in Farman (Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number A4102,
7 February 1917. Aged 32. Native of Alfreton, Derbyshire. Buried
in ALFRETON (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire. |
| FARROW |
Eric
Tom |
[Listed
as Eric Tony FARROW on GWGC] Captain, 2 Reserve Squadron, Royal
Flying Corps and Middlesex Regiment. Killed in a flying accident
in a Farman (Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number A4102, 7 February
1917. Aged 19. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area I. Grave 68. |
| FEATHERSTONE |
Walter |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot) 35 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and
General List. Died in hospital from wounds incurred whilst flying
in Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e, serial number B746, when the aircraft
stalled and nose dived, 3 October 1917. Native of Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
Buried in BEACONSFIELD CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire. Grave 807. |
| FOOTT |
Frederick |
[Listed
as FOOT on memorial] Air Mechanic 1st Class 29686, 43 Squadron,
Royal Flying Corps. Killed in a flying accident in a Sopwith 1½
Strutter, serial number A2392, 24 January 1917, when the aircraft
stalled on take off and nose dived. Aged 32. Native of Dalston,
London. Husband of Rosina, of 14 Brownlow Road, Queens Road, Dalston,
London. Buried in ABNEY PARK CEMETERY, London. Grave reference F.0.
4. 127611. |
| FOWLER |
Cecil
James |
Lieutenant
(Pilot), 30 Training Depot Station (Northolt), Royal Air Force
and General List. Killed whilst flying in a Spad S7, serial number
A9151, 25 July 1918, when the aircraft crashed. Aged 20. Born
at Dudley. Son of James Adolphus Fowler and Elizabeth Wilkinson
Fowler, of 11, Hart Grove, Ealing. Native of Ealing, Middlesex.
A student resident Imperial College Union, South Kensington, London;
member of the London University O.T.C. Single, enlisted in Royal
Flying Corps 14 December 1916 at Central London Recruiting Depot,
Whitehall, London S.W., aged 18 years 9 months. Height 6 feet
1 inch, chest 33-38 inches. At the time he enlisted his father,
James Adolphus Fowler, was resident in the Duchy Romms, Somerset
House, London. Joined the Royal Flying Corps 28 December 1916
at Farnborough. Buried 30 July 1918 in HANWELL (CITY OF WESTMINSTER)
CEMETERY, London, Grave reference E. 6574.
Extract
from Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer (The Gazette),
Saturday 3 August 1918, page 3:
FLYING
OFFICER KILLED.
Lieutenant Cecil J. Fowler. R.A.F., whilst testing a machine
in the locality on Thursday, last week, crashed to the ground
from a height of 200 feet, and was killed instantaneously. The
late officer was an experienced pilot, and had only recently
returned from the Front, where be had been for six months. He
was a native of Ealing.—Mr. Reginald Kemp conducted the
inquest on Saturday, and a verdict of accidental death was returned.
|
| HAMBER |
Harold
Balleney |
Captain
(Pilot), 35 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Canadian Army
Pay Corps. Killed while flying in a Biplane Trainer Aircraft Avro
504A, serial number A5903, 22 June 1917. Aged 32. Native of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. Son of Eric and Ada Hamber. Buried in BROOKWOOD
MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey. Plot III. Row I. Grave 14. |
| HANCOCK |
John
Mervyn |
Lieutenant,
Training Squadron (Northolt), Royal Air Force. Died 1 March 1919.
Aged 25. Son of Horace Albert and Clara Maggie Hancock, of Prince
of Wales Hotel, 25, Fitzroy St., St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Late Australian Imperial Force. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area I. Grave 74. |
| HART-DAVIES |
Ivan
Beauclerk |
Lieutenant
(Pilot), 35 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed while
flying in Bristol F2B Fighter, serial number A7103, 27 July 1917.
Aged 41. Native of Rugby, Warwickshire. Son of John and Florence
Hart-Davies. Born at Huntingdon. A renowned veteran motorcyclist
and holder of the final Lands End to John O'Groats U.K. record for
solo motorcycles. In June 1911 riding his 3.5hp single-speed Triumph
he covered the 886 miles in 29 hours 12 mins. As his speed exceeded
the then maximum of 20mph further official record attempts were
banned by the Auto Cycle Union. Buried against South wall of Chancel
of SOUTHAM (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD, Warwickshire. |
| JEWELL |
John
Belmont |
Lieutenant
(Pilot), 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force and General List. Killed as
a result of an aero accident while flying in Sopwith Camel, serial
number C1684, 3 April 1918. Born 27 May 1899. Resident 167 Maida
Vale, London W. Son of J E Jewell of 164, Piccadilly, London W.
Certified fit as a Pilot 30 August 1917. Buried in RUISLIP (ST.
MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area I.
Grave 71. |
| KEEVIL |
Cecil
Horace Case |
Captain
(Observer) 35 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly 18th
Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Killed
in action in a Bristol F2B Fighter, serial number A7135, 13 June
1917 with Capt C W E Cole-Hamilton who was unhurt when they attacked
a formation of Gothas over Southend. Aged 36. Native of Cricklewood,
Middlesex. Son of Richard and Georgina Keevil, of Clitter House
Farm, Cricklewood, London. Buried in HAMPSTEAD CEMETERY, London.
Grave reference O. 6. 75. |
| LILICO |
Percy |
Lieutenant
(Pilot), 2 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed while flying
in Farman (Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number B4741, when the
aircraft went into a side slip nose dive, machine burst into flames,
16 February 1918. Aged 23. Native of Wooler, Northumberland. Son
of Emily Lilico, of West Terrace, Wooler, and the late Charles Gordon
Lilico. Buried in WOOLER (ST. MARY) CHURCH BURIAL GROUND, Northumberland.
Grave reference C. 14. 230. |
| LUKYN |
Stanley
Edward |
Captain
(Pilot), 2 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly 1st Battalion,
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed while flying in Farman
(Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number A6815, 10 April 1917. Native
of Sunbury, Middlesex. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried
in SUNBURY NEW CEMETERY, Middlesex. Grave reference A. 23. 226. |
| McLARTY |
John |
Flight
Sub Lieutenant (Pilot), Calshot Naval Air Station, Royal Naval Air
Service. Killed while flying in Sopwith Schneider, serial number
3726, 24 August 1915. Aged 23. Native of Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| MAIN |
Percy
Rowland |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 4 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly
15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed while flying in Farman
(Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number A929, 23 September 1916.
Aged 24. Native of Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| MARSHALL |
I |
No
further information currently |
| MOLYNEAUX |
George |
[Spelt
MOLYNEUX on memorial] Second Lieutenant (Pilot), 4 Training Squadron,
Royal Air Force. Killed while flying in a Farman (Maurice) S.11
Shorthorn, serial number A6900, Saturday 11 May 1918. Aged 21.
Son of George Molyneaux, of 10 Ulsterville Gardens, Belfast. He
received his commission through the Queen's University O.T.C.
in August 1917, and was sent to England, where he had been undergoing
a course of instruction. Buried in BELFAST CITY CEMETERY, Belfast,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Grave reference H. 14.
COURT
OF ENQUIRY 23722/1918. 2/Lt. G. Molyneaux
The
Court having considered the foregoing evidence, are of opinion
that:- The late 2/Lieut Molyneaux met his death throught flying
away from the vicinity of the Aerodrome into a dense fog.
Nnot
being able to see the ground when trying to land he struck a
tree with his port wing-tip, and machine lost flying speed then
crashed nose first to the ground. The engine telescoping into
his back.
That his Flight Commander, Assistant Instructor, engine mechanic
and riggers in charge of M.I.S.H. a 6900, are in no way to blame.
|
| MOLYNEUX |
S |
No
further information currently |
| MURPHY |
Vincent
Patrick |
[Listed
as PV MURPHY on memorial] Captain (Pilot), 2 Training Squadron,
Royal Flying Corps formerly 25th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed
whilst flying in Farman (Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number
A6850, 12 March 1918. Aged 24. Native of New Ross, Nova Scotia,
Canada. |
| NOVIKOV |
Andrei
[Matianovich] |
 Colonel,
Russian Flying Corps, Russian Army attahced to 35 Squadron, Royal
Flying Corps. Died 25 September 1917. Born 8 July 1893. Buried
in SOUTHALL (HAVELOCK) CEMETERY, Middlesex. Plot H. 100.
|
| PENN-GASKELL |
Leslie
Da Costa |
Squadron
Commander (Major - Pilot), 11 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
and Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds received in an aeroplane accident
whilst flying in Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c, serial number 2091,
4 February 1916. Aged 34. Native of London. Mentioned in Despatches
(MiD). Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex.
Plot/Row/Section/Area I. Grave 53. |
| POWELL |
Thomas
Henry Norman |
[Listed
as T N H POWELL on memorial] Second Lieutenant (Pilot), 2 Reserve
Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed whilst flying in Farman (Maurice)
S.11 Shorthorn, serial number 7363, 24 April 1917. Native of Warmambool,
Victoria, Australia. |
| PRICE |
A
P |
probably
Andrew Benjamin PRICE, Sergeant (Pilot) 2267, 4 Reserve Squadron,
Royal Flying Corps. Killed whilst flying (Crashed) in Farman (Maurice)
S.11 Shorthorn, serial number A2526, 25 January 1917 when his
aircraft was ingliding when control was apparently lost and the
plane stalled and nose dived into the ground. Aged 26. Native
of Failsworth, Lancashire. Born at Wolverhampton. Son of George
Price, of 40, Mather St., Failsworth. Buried in FAILSWORTH CEMETERY,
Lancashire. Grave reference L. B. 48.
Casualty
Card (above) © Copyright Royal Air Force Museum
|
| RODGMAN |
Arthur
George [Banfield] |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 9940, 35 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed whilst
flying near Oxford in a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, serial number
A4655, 20 August 1917 when the aircraft went into a flat spin and
nose dived, caught fire on the ground. Aged 22. Native of Exeter,
Devon. Son of George and Elizabeth Rodgman, of 33, Baker St., Port
View, Heavitree, Exeter. Buried in EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY, Devon.
Grave 125. |
| SANKEY |
Cecil
Martin |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force formerly 9th Battalion,
London Regiment and 3rd Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
Killed whilst flying in Camel B7396 15 May 1918. Aged 21. Native
of Ealing, Middlesex. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried
in HANWELL (CITY OF WESTMINSTER) CEMETERY, Middlesex. Grave reference
A. 7069. |
| SMIRNOV |
George
V |
[Listed
as SMIRNOFF on RAF records] Cadet Corporal (Pilot), Russian Air
Service attached to 2 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed
while flying with Captain M L Waine, RFC, who was also killed (see
below), in Farman (Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial number 6883,
4 May 1917. Born 1898. Buried in SOUTHALL (HAVELOCK) CEMETERY, Middlesex.
Plot H. Grave 99. |
| STANESAU |
A
M |
No
further information currently |
| WAINE |
Malcolm
Lyle |
Captain
(Pilot), Canadian Army Service Corps attached to 2 Reserve Squadron,
Royal Flying Corps. Killed in a flying accident when the machine
collapsed whilst flying in Farman (Maurice) S.11 Shorthorn, serial
number , serial number A6883, 4 May 1917 with Cadet Cpl G V Smirnoff
of the Russian Army (see above) who was also killed. Aged 24. Native
of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of the late George A. and Fidilia
E. Waine, of Ottawa; husband of Anna E. Waine, of 83, Cartier St.,
Ottawa, Canada. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Middlesex. Plot/Row/Section/Area 2. Grave 55. |
| WHITAKER |
F
W |
No
further information currently |
| THIS
TABLET COMMEMORATES
THE RESIDENTS WHO LOST THEIR
THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945
AND WHOSE NAMES ARE
RECORDED IN THE DISTRICT BOOK
OF REMEMBRANCE |
| ADAMS |
Ronald
Frederick |
Driver
T/156807, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in North Africa
2 January 1943. Aged 25. Born 22 November 1917, and resident, Middlesex.
Son of Frederick and Alice Adams, of Northwood, Middlesex; husband
of Gladys Evelyn Rose (nee Prince) Adams, of Northwood, married
July to September 1940 in Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex.
In the 1921 census he was aged 3, born Northwood, Middlesex, son
of Frederick and Alice Florence Adams, resident 88, Church Road,
Northwood, Uxbridge & Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register
he wa a Butchers Roundsman (Driver), son of Frederick and Alice
F Adams, resident 79 Hilliard Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Buried in DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY, Algeria. Plot
3. Row E. Grave 19. |
| ALDRED |
Eric
Alfred |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1335207, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed in action flying out of Brindisi, Italy, in a
Handley Page Halifax II, serial number BB438, when the aircraft
was shot down by flak and a night fighter at Sadkowa Top, Borowa,
during a Special Operations air drop sortie to Poland 5 May 1944.
Born 5 November 1921. In the 1939 Register he was a Junior Clerk
(Health Ce?, Local Government Service), son of Joseph A and Irene
Florence Aldred, resident 44 Rodney Gardens, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Married Alice E Owen July-September 1943, in
Willesden Registration District, Middlesex. Buried in KRAKOW RAKOWICKI
CEMETERY, Poland. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 9.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:
ALDRED
Eric Alfred of 116 Victoria-road London N.W.6
died on or since 5 May 1944 on war service Administration Llandudno
3 May to Alice Elizabeth Aldred widow.
Effects £251 3s. 10d.
|
| ALEXANDER |
Bernard
[Percy Josph] |
Private
6214326, 2nd Battalion,. Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment,
Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action in North West Europe 18 June
1944. Aged 24. Born 17 December 1919 in London N.W., resident Middlesex.
Son of Robert George and Irene Winifred Alexander, of Eastcote,
Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born London, resident
with his parents, Robert George and Irene Winifed Alexander, and
his grandparents, Joseph and Lucy Charlotte Vanson, resident 41,
Ainger Road, Hampstead, London & Middlesex. In the 1939 Register
he was a Bank Clerk Lloyds, single, resident with his aprents at
5 Maple Close, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried
in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XIV. Row K. Grave
18.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
ALEXANDER
Bernard Percy Joseph of 5 Maple-close Eastcote Ruislip
Middlesex died 18 June 1944 on war service
Administration Llandudno 28 October to Robert
George Alexander bank cashier. Effects £203 10s. 6d.
|
| ANDREWS |
John
James |
Petty
Officer Telegraphist P/J 107123, H.M. Transport Reina Del Pacifico,
Royal Navy. Died of Carcinoma of Bronchus in 1st British General
Hospital, Port Said, Egypt, 31 March 1945. Aged 38. Born 16 November
1907 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Andrews;
husband of Eslie F. Andrews, of Northwood, Middlesex. Buried in
MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 12.
|
| ARNOLD |
Bernard |
Guardsman
2721989, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Killed in action in North
West Europe 22 September 1944. Aged 24. Born 31 May 1920. Son of
Robert Herbert Arnold and of Alix Marie Arnold, of Northwood, Middlesex;
nephew of Mrs. E. V. Jones, of Northwood. In the 1939 Register he
was an Ironmongers Salesman, single, son of Robert H and Alice M
Arnold, resident 28 Reginald Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Buried in ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland,
Netherlands. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 11. |
| BALKWILL |
William
Russell Arthur |
[Listed
as BALKWELL on memorial] Captain 162739 [formerly 1446671], 165
Heavy A.A. Regiment. Royal Artillery. Killed in action in Holland
22 September 1944. Aged 27. Born 9 June 1918 in London, resident
Middlesex. Son of Arthur William and Dorothy Balkwill; husband of
Mary Christine Balkwill. In the 1921 census he was aged 4, born
Southgate, London, son of Arthur William and Dorothy Silver Balkwill,
resident 23, Natal Road, Southgate, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register
he was a Bread Baker, boarding at 14 Torrington Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Discharged from Royal Artillery 27 December 1940
under Para 390 (XVII) King's Regulation 40 to alllow him to accept
Commission. Buried in MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY, Limburg, Netherlands.
Plot II. Row C. Grave 7.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
BALKWILL
William Russell Arthur of 75 Eastbury-road Northwood
Middlesex died 22 September 1944 on war service
Probate Birmingham 14 December to Mary Christine
Balkwill widow.Effects £2375 11s. 5d.
|
| BARNES |
W |
Either
William James BARNES, Sapper 2138598, 557 Assault Squadron, Royal
Engineers. Died 22 December 1944. Aged 38. Son of Stephen and
Bertha Eliza Ann Barnes; husband of Violet Mary Barnes, of Ruislip
Manor, Middlesex. Buried in EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY,
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot KK. Grave 242.
Or
William BARNES, Sergeant 1266491, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 25 July 1943. Aged 34. Son of Rufus and
Sarah Barnes; husband of Marjorie Eileen Barnes, of Ruislip Manor,
Middlesex. Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Plot 20. Row A. Grave 13.
|
| BARSS |
Monty |
Sergeant
(Special Operations) 1864380, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve,
Bomber Command . Killed in action flying out of Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire,
in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number LM598, when his aircraft
was lost during an ABC sortie to Brunswick 13 August 1944. Aged
20. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Daniel and Lily Barss,
of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen,
Germany. Plot 12. Row E. Collective grave 8-10. |
| BATEMAN |
Norman
Francis |
[Listed
as Francis BATEMAN on CWGC] Sergeant (Pilot) 1805148, 75 Operational
Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed while flying
out of R.A.F. Gianaclis, Egyptin a Martin Baltimore, srial number
FW755, when the aircraft stalled and spun into the ground at Gianaclis
when overshooting during a training flight 3 January 1945. Born
16 June 1923. In the 1939 Register he was a Junior Clerk Assistant,
resident with is mother, Alice M Bateman, at 133 Torcross Road,
Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in ALEXANDRIA
(CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot O. Grave
110. |
| BAYLISS |
K
A |
No
further information currently |
| BEAL |
R
N |
probably
Donald Newbegin BEAL, Sergeant 745653, 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 12 February 1941. Aged 20. Son of Bertram
Newbegin Beal and Lucy Elizabeth Beal. of Northwood. Buried in NORTHWOOD
CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section C. Grave 10. |
| BEC |
Francisque
Eugene |
Second
Lieutenant 32201, General List attached to Special Operations Executive
(S.O.E.). Killed in action 16 June 1944. Aged 38. Resident Middlesex.
Son of A. F. Bec and Katie Bec, of Ruislip, Middlesex; husband of
Karin Bec, of Ruislip. Awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
(France). Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in LE MANS WEST
CEMETERY, Sarthe, France. Plot 38. 1939-45 Row C. Grave 50. |
| BISHOP |
Charles
Edwin Baverstock |
Gunner
14336013, 27 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 20 August 1946.
Aged 33. Born 9 November 1913 in Wealdstone, Middlesex, resident
Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Charles and Ethel Bishop, of Ruislip.
The 1921 census shows him aged 8, born Harrow, Middlesex, aged 8,
son of Charles and Ethel Bishop, resident 20, Windmill Way, Ruislip,
Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Carpenter, resident with
his parents, Charles and Ethel Bishop, at 20 Windmill Way, Ruislip,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN)
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex. |
| BRABNER |
Martin
John |
Captain
109536, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died of wounds 19 June 1944. Aged 23. Born Essex,
resident Middlesex. Son of John Wesley Brabner and of Phylis Mary
Brabner (nee De St. Paer), of Northwood. In the 1921 census he was
born Ilford, Essex, son of John Wesley and Phyliis Mary Brabner,
resident 59, Kensington Gardens, Ilford, Essex. Buried in NORTHWOOD
CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section G. Grave 115. |
| BRADBURY |
Alfred
George |
Sapper
2003314, 1010 Docks Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Missing
at sea believed drowned aboard SS Yoma due to enemy action 17
June 1943. Aged 26. Born 12 February 1917 in London, Middlesex,
enlisted 22 February 1940, resident Middlesex. Son of Edward George
and Ethel Bradbury, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register
he was a Sawyers Mate, single, resident with his parents at 15
Council Houses, Reservoir Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D.,
Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 5. Column 2.
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser, 9 June 1944, page 1:
BRADBURY.
- In proud and treasured memory of our dear son and brother.
Alfred George Bradbury, killed in action June 17. 1943, aged
26 years.
Happy and smiling, always content,
Loved and respected. wherever he went;
Always thoughtful, willing and kind,
What a beautiful memory he left behind.
----Fondly remembered by Dad, Eileen and May
|
| BRAYBROOKE |
Fulke
Henry Arthur |
Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1585560, 297 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action while flying out of
Brize Norton, Oxon, in an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, serial
number P1400, when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter
near Muneville-sur-Mer during SOE Special Operation 'Harry 41',
three of the crew survived and evaded capture 28 July 1944. Aged
25. Native of Eastcote, Middlesex. Son of Charles and Kathleen
Eleanor Braybrooke, of Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex; husband of
Iris Gwendoline Braybrooke, of Eastcote, Pinner. Buried in MUNEVILLE-SUR-MER
CHURCHYARD, Manche, France.
|
| BROOKS |
R
K |
possibly
Rosina Kathleen BROOKE, Civilian, of 47 Addison Way, Northwood.
Wife of Pte. H. William Brooke, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died at
47 Addison Way 28 June 1944. Aged 33. Recorded by RUISLIP AND NORTHWOOD,
URBAN DISTRICT, Middlesex. |
| BROWN |
F
M |
No
further information currently |
| BUCKMAN |
Gerald
Ivor |
Leading
Aircraftman 1471890, 9 (Obs) Advanced Flying Unit, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve, Flying Training Command. Killed while flying
out of Penrhos, Caernarvon, in an Avro Anson I, serial number AX407.
when he was presumed to have crashed into the Irish Sea during a
night navigational exercise 1 May 1943. Aged 21. Native of Northwood,
Middlesex. Son of Charles Richard and Edith Mary Buckman, of Northwood,
Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 171. |
| BUCKTHOUGHT |
George
Bernard |
Corporal
5957761, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Missing
presumed killed in action between 23 and 24 October 1943. Aged 29.
Son of George William Buckthought and of Louisa Elizabeth Buckthought,
of Northwood Hills, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on ATHENS
MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 4.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
BUCKTHOUGHT
George Bernard of 117 Hilliard-road Northwood Middlesex
died 23 October 1943 on war service Administration
Llandudno 21 January to Louisa Elizabeth Buckthought
widow. Effects £289 14s.
|
| BUNKER |
Donald
Francis |
Trooper
420584, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured
Corps. Missing presumed killed in action in the Western Desert 12
June 1942. Aged 27. Born Cornwall, resident at the time of enlistment
in Surrey. Son of Alfred Francis Bunker, and of Ethel Bunker (nee
Trudgian); husband of Joyce Ellen Dale Bunker, of Ealing, Middlesex,
married October-December 1940 in the Brentford Registration District,
Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 6, born St. Stephens,
Cornwall, son of Alfred F and Ethel Bunker, resident 43, Woodfield
Crescent, Ealing, Middlesex. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY,
ACROMA, Libya. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 22.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
BUNKER
Donald Francis of 14a Amherst-road Ealing Middlesex
died 12 June 1942 on war service Probate Llandudno
29 December to Joyce Ellen Dale Bunker widow. Effects
£265 2s. 7d.
|
| CARPENTER
|
Anthony
Thorpe |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1334417, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Oakington, Cambridgeshire,
in a Short Stirling I, on a night operation to Munich, when the
aircraft was shot down by a Bf110 night fighter at Seraincourt 10
miles northeast of Rethel during a raid on Munich, four crew survived,
three of whom evaded capture, 21 December 1942. Aged 19. Native
of Eastcote, Middlesex. Son of Frank Charles and Monica Russell
Carpenter, of Eastcote, Middlesex. Buried in SERAINCOURT CHURCHYARD,
Ardennes, France. Grave 1. |
| CARR |
Michael
Gordon |
Major
113794, 6th (10th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Killed in action 10 December 1944.
Aged 26. Son of Walter Louis and Maggie Carr, of Northwood, Middlesex;
husband of Elaine Norah Carr. of Pinner, Middlesex. Buried in
PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece. Plot 17. Row B. Grave 11.
Extract
from Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, 29 December 1944,
page 4:
The
death is reported of Major Michael Gordon Carr. the (Royal Welch)
Parachute Regiment, killed in action in near East on Dec. 10.
Major Carr, who was 26. and educated at Merchant Taylors School,
was the youngest son Mr. W. Louis Carr, late Surveyor and Councillor
of the Ruislip-Northwood Council, and Mrs. Carr, of Roy-road,
Northwood, and husband of Elaine. daughter of Mr. Stanley Bishop,
the well known Fleet-street journalist and now War Correspondent
of the "Daily Herald," and of Mrs. Bishop, of Borderfield.
Moor Park-road, Northwood.
|
| CLARK |
E |
No
further information currently |
| CLARKE |
E
F |
No
further information currently |
| CLUSKEY |
Patrick |
Guardsman
2719556, 3rd Battalin, Irish Guards. Died 21 August 1945. Aged 26.
Born 27 July 1919, and resident, Lancashire. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Cluskey; husband of Margaret Elizabeth (nee Rolph) Cluskey,
of Northwood, Middlesex, married July to September 1942 in Uxbridge
Registration District, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was born
27 July 1919, living with his widowed father, Patrick Cluskey, resident
42 Wareing Street, Widnes, Widnes M.B., Lancashire. Buried in COLOGNE
SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 7. Row F.
Grave 21. |
| COCKBURN |
Thomas
Oswald Bell |
Civilian.
Constable, Metropolitan Police War Reserve. Husband of Mary Valentine
Cockburn, of 24 Ferncroft Avenue, Eastcote. Died at Victoria Road,
Ruislip 25 October 1940. Aged 44. Born 7 October 1896. In the 1939
Register he was an Asbestos Moulder, married to Mary J Cockburn,
resident 24 Ferncroft Avenue, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
Commemorated by RUISLIP AND NORTHWOOD, URBAN DISTRICT, Middlesex.
Extract
from Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, 8 November
1940, page 10:
KILLED
WHILE
ON DUTY
Funeral Of Constable
Victims
The funeral took place on Thursday last of P.C. Alexander
Bruce and P.C. Thomas Oswald Bell Cockburn, who, as reported,
were killed by a bomb which fell in a London suburb. Although
on duty at the time, they lived, respectively, at 20, The
Fairway, South Ruislip, and 24, Ferncroft-avenue, Eastcote.
The service, conducted by the Rev. T. Walker, was held in
St. Andrew's (Presbyterian) Church, which had, itself, in
the past, suffered from enemy action.
A very large contingent of police officers from Ruislip,
Pinner, and Northwood stations attended in uniform, and
a number acted as coffin-bearers. They were headed by Chief
Inspector W. Batson, X Division, and Supt. Martin. A.F.S.
personnel were also present.
The Rev. Walker said. "When I heard of this disaster
which has befallen these two friends through the senseless
visitation of a bomb of the enemy, the words of an old saying
came to my mind from 'David's Lament' in 'Saul and Jonathan':
'They were lovely in their lives and in their death they
were not divided.'"
He paid a tribute to their memory, and in conclusion said
to the widows: "The storm for you has yet to come,
in the quietness of your own minds, although you may think
the worst is over. I pray God for you that when the' time
comes you will find The Skipper aboard to pilot your ships
through those troubled waters."
The funeral cortege then moved to Northwood Cemetery, where
interment took place.
Messrs. H. C. Grinstead Ltd., of Ruislip, were the undertakers.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1950:
COCKBURN
Thomas Oswald Bell of 24 Ferncroft-avenue Eastcote
Middlesex died 25 October 1940 at Victoria-road
Ruislip Middlesex Administration London 25
May to Mary Tallentire Cockburn widow. Effects £193 10s.
7d.
|
| CONNORS |
Henry
aka Harry |
Sapper
6193758, Postal Section, Royal Engineers. Died as a result of an
accident in the Middle East when he was knocked down by an unknown
W.D. truck that was speeding 26 March 1942. Aged 43. Born 22 September
1898 in London S.E., resident Middlesex. Enlisted 24 february 1926
in London. Son of Henry and Mabel Connors; husband of Catherine
Connors, of 10, Braintree Road, South Ruislip, Middlesex. Details
appeared in the London Gazette 4 August 1914, page 6081, listing
his appointment as a Temporary Assistant Postman. In the 1939 Register
he was a Postman General Post Office, married to Catherine Connors,
resident 10 Braintree Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
Buried in HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 22.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
CONNORS
Harry of 10 Braintree-road Ruislip Middlesex
died 26 March 1942 on war service Administration (with
Will) Llandudno 24 August to Catherine Connors
widow.
Effects £718.
|
| COOPER |
Robert
Tysack |
Chief
Stoker D/312204, H.M.S. Courageous, Royal Navy. Died at sea 17 September
1939. Aged 48. Born 23 November 1888 in Norwich, Norfolk. Son of
Thomas Joseph and Sarah Ann Cooper; husband of Gwendoline Elizabeth
Cooper, of Eastcote, Middlesex. Served in World War 1. Height 5
feet 6 inches, darkm brown hair, bue eyes, fresh complexion, before
enlisted 24 September 1907 he was a Gardener. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 34, Column 1. |
| COUTTS |
R
T |
No
further information currently |
| COWLEY |
J
D |
No
further information currently |
| CUBEY |
John
Kenneth |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 931396, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire,
in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ED417, when his aircraft
collided with Halifax JN966 of 428 Squadron near Middleton St George,
Durham, when returning from a raid on Berlin, one of the crew survived,
27 November 1943. Aged 31. Born 8 April 1912. Native of Rusilip,
Middlesex. Son of Thomas Henry and Ethel Cubey; husband of May Elizabeth
(nee Nield) Cubey, of Ruislip, Middlesex, married 18 July 1936,
in Park Lane Methodist Church, Wembley, Middlesex. F.S.M.C. In the
1939 Register he was an Ophthalmic Optician, married, resident 23
St Margarets Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried
in HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY, Yorkshire. Section C. Row E.
Grave 18. |
| DAVIS |
Francis
William |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 745882, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Bomver Command. Killed in action flying out of Marham, Norfolk,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number L7809, when the aircraft
was shot down by a night fighter at Kohlen 11 miles east of Wesermunde
during a raid to Hamburg 24 October 1940. Aged 20. Native of Northwood,
Middlesex. Son of William and Ivy Frances Stanford Davis, of Northwood,
Middlesex. Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Plot 23. Row B. Grave 5. |
| DAWE |
M
V P |
No
further information currently |
| DAW |
Leslie
Francis |
Sergeant
420560, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured
Corps. Died 30 November 1941. Aged 21. Son of William Howard Daw
and Hilda Daw, of Northwood, Middlesex. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE
WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Plot 2. Row H. Grave 8.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
DAW
Leslie Francis of 35 St. Marys-avenue Northwood Middlesex
died 30 November 1941 on war service Probate Oxford
4 December to William Howard Daw retired bank manager.
Effects £2377 14s. 10d.
|
| DAYBELL |
George
Tyrrell |
Captain
74137, 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's).
Accidentally killed 10 December 1944. Aged 30. Born 26 December
1913 in Leeds, resident Middlesex. Son of Samuel Maltby Daybell
and Agnes Daybell; husband of Elizabeth Dorothy Faith Daybell, of
Northwood, Middlesex. B.A. (Oxon.). In the 1939 Register he was
a School Master, married to Elizabeth D F Daybell, resident No 20
St Mary's Avenue, Northwood, Rickmansworth U.D., Hertfordshire.
Buried in BEACHLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, Gloucestershire. Grave 8.
Extract
from The Cornishman, 28 December 1944, page 4:
Killed
on Active Service.
Capt. George Tyrell Daybell (nephew of Mr•. and Mrs.
John Park, of St. Ives) has been killed on active service.
He was serving in the Wilts Rtgt., and before joining the
Services was a classics master at Merchant Taylors' School.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
DAYBELL
George Tyrrell of 20 St. Marys-avenue Northwood
Middlesex died 10 December 1944 on war service Probate
Llandudno 23 May to Elizabeth Dorothy Faith Daybell
widow.
Effects £3155 9s.
|
| DICKINSON |
Joseph
Kenneth |
Bombardier
2100376, 426 Battery, 58 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died as a result of an accident at Stamford 27 February 1942. Aged
29. Born Stourbridge, Staffordshire, resident Northwood, Middlesex.
Son of Henry and Edith Mary Dickinson; husband of Florence Muriel
(nee Phillips) Dickinson, of Northwood, married 5 December 1939
at Holy Trinity, Northwood. F.I.B. Buried in NORTHWOOD (HOLY TRINITY)
CHURCHYARD, Middlesex.
Extract
from The Yorkshire Post, 3 March 1942 page 2:
DICKINSON.—February
27, 1942 (suddenly as result of accident), at Stamford,
JOSEPH KENNETH, beloved husband of Muriel and younger son
of Mr. and mrs. H. DICKINSON, of Brynmead, Northwood.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
DICKINSON
Joseph Kenneth of Trewyth Kewferry Hill Northwood
Middlesex died 27 February 1942 on war
service Administration Llandudno 8 August
to Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited and
Florence Muriel Dickinson widow.
Effects £3582 14s. 8d.
|
| DOBB |
Kenneth
Herbert |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 745629, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Outlon, Norflk, in
a Britsol Blenheim IV, serial number R3892, when the aircraft was
shot down by a Bf109 into the sea near Zuiderweg, Neth during a
day raid on an oil refinery at Bremen, the observer survived and
was captured, 19 August 1940. Aged 19. Born 1 January 1921. Native
of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Herbert Samuel Dobb, and of Gladys
Victoria Dobb, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was
new born, born Palmers Green. Middlesex. resident with his parents
and grandmother at 13, Bagshot Road, Edmonton, Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was a Local Government Office for Middlesex County
Councl, resident with his parents at 38 Orchard Close, Ruislip,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 13. |
| DOONER |
Edward |
Corporal
T/7813190, HQMC, Royal Army Service Corps. Taken prisoner at the
surender of Singapore 15 February 1942, died of Diarrhoea as a Japanese
Prisoner of War 28 July 1943. Aged 42. Son of E. J. Dooner and of
Bridget Dooner (nee Kerrigan); husband of Doris Irene Dooner (nee
Perkins), of Ruislip, Middlesex. Born and resident Eire. Buried
in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot B6. Row D. Grave
20. |
| DUDLEY |
Leonard
Charles |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 138406, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Oakington,
Cambridgeshire in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ND588, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Duisburg 22
May 1944. Aged 26. Born 7 August 1917. Native of Northwood, Middlesex.
Son of Charles and Rose Dudley, of Northwood, Middlesex. In the
1921 census he was aged 3, son of Charles and Rose Dudley, resident
111, Packington Street, Islington, London & Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was unmarried, resident with his parents, Charles
and Rose Dudley, at 55 Victoria Gardens Victoria Gardens, Wembley,
Wembley M.B., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 205. |
| DUGDALE |
Leonard |
Warrant
Officer Class III 6907885, 151 Provost Company, Corps of Military
Police. Killed in action in France 21 May 1940. Aged 36. Son of
James and Ellen Dugdale; husband of Doris Edith (nee Harwood) Dugdale,
of Ruislip, Middlesex, married July-September 1923 in Hastings Registration
District, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 7, at school, born
Eastbourne, Sussex, son of James and Ellen Dugdale, resident 1 Linden
Terrace Green Street, Eastbourne, Sussex. In the 1921 census he
was aged 19, born Eastbourne, Sussex, a Rifleman, 3rd Battalion,
Rifle Brigade, resident in the barracks of 3rd Battalion, Rifle
Brigade. Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Buried in VAUDRINGHEM CHURCHYARD,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave 2. |
| EDIS |
Kenneth
George |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1253211, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Alconbury, Huntingdonshire,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z8782, when the aircraft
was shot down near Karlsruhe during a raid on Nuremberg 15 October
1941. Aged 27. Born 10 November 1914. Native of North Harrow,
Middlesex. Son of Alfred Robert and Florence Maud Edis; husband
of Irene Elizabeth Mary Edis, of North Harrow, Middlesex. In the
1921 census he was aged 7 years 3 months, born Paddington, London,
son of Alfred Robert and Florence Maudm Edis, resident 37, Risingholme
Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Surveyor
& Valuer, married to Irene E M Edis, resident 1 Crest Bowestell
Avenue, Harrow, Harrow U.D., Middlesex. Buried in DURNBACH WAR
CEMETERY, Bayern, Germany. Plot 1. Row G, Joint grave 8-9.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
EDIS
Kenneth George of 3 Hillside-rose Northwood Middlesex
died on or since 15 October 1941 on war service Probate Nottingham
3 September to Alfred Robert Edis aircraft engineer. Effects £2742
3s. 5d.
|
| EVANS |
John
Henry Philip |
Private
6350598, 44th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps. Died as the result
of an accident in Allandale, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 4 October
1941. Aged 27. Born 18 April 1914 in Hampshire, resident Middlesex.
Son of Walter John and Alberta Evans; husband of Margaret Armstrong
Evans, of Northwood Hills. In the 1921 census he was aged 7, born
hertfordshire, son of Walter John and Alberta Evans, resident
Astons Lodge, Batchworth Heath, Rickmansworth Rural, Hertfordshire.
In the 1939 Register he was a Chaufeer Gardener, married to Margaret
(nee Jennery) Evans, resident 40 Roy Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Buried in NORTHWOOD CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section
C. Grave 263.
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser 10 October 1941, page
1:
EVANS.
— On October 4, 1941. John Henry Phillip Evans (Peter),
aged 27, beloved and loving husband of Margaret Armstrong Evans,
of 159, Alandale-drive, also dearly loved and only son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Evans, of Roy-road. Northwood, as a result of accident
while serving with H.M. Forces.
I hope to see my Pilot face to face,
When I have passed the bar.
|
| EVERSON |
J |
No
further information currently |
| FARROW |
William
[James] |
Corporal
6147594, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in
North Africa 24 April 1943. Born 14 August 1913 in London E., resident
Middlesex. Son of William and Margaret Farrow; husband of Ethel
(nee Newell) Farrow, of South Ruislip, Middlesex, married July-September
1937 in Stepney Registration District, London. In the 1939 Register
he was a Leather Dresser, married to Ethel Farrow, resident 180
Victoria Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried
in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 10. Row A. Grave 7. |
| FAULKS |
Edward
Amos |
Sergeant
6595849, Royal Engineers. Died 20 May 1940. Aged 38. Born London
S.E., resident London. Son of Amos and Fanny Faulks; husband of
Dorothy Mary (nee Newton) Faulks, of Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire,
married 19 April 1930 In St Mark's, Hanwell, Middlesex. In the
1921 census he was aged 20. born Camberwell, London, a sorter
for the G.P.O., son of Francis Fauljks, nephew of Daniel Dixey.
resident 11, Westminster Road, Hanwell, Middlesex. Buried in BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de calais, France. Plot 10. Row B. Collective
Grave 7-13.
Extract
from West Middlesex Gazette, 26 April 1930, page 10:
FAULKS—NEWTON.—At
St. Mark's Church, Hanwell, on Saturday, the 19th inst., Dorothy
Mary Newton to Edward Amos Faulks.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1940:
FAULKS
Edward Amos of Yarborough West End-road South Ruislip Middlesex
died 20 May 1940 on war service Administration Llandudno
13 November to Dorothy Mary Faulks widow.
Effects £1107 1s. 1d.
|
| GEORGE |
Idris |
Stoker
LT/KX 533093, H.M.S. Marshal Soult, Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Died of Cardiac failure and cerebal Haemorrhage in Royal Naval Hospital,
Haslar. Portsmouth, Hampshire, 18 January 1945. Aged 40. Born 8
April 1905 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire. Son of Thomas and Mary George;
husband of Margery Mercy George, of Ruislip Manor, Middlesex. In
the 1939 Register he was a Builder's Labourer, married to Margery
M (nee Turner-Thompson) George, resident 9 Fulham Avenue, Margate,
Margate M.B., Kent. Buried in HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Hampshire.
Plot F. Row &. Grave 3. |
| GILLESPIE |
Jack |
Gunner
1809939, Royal Artillery attached to 22 Battery, 8 (Rajput) Heavy
A.A. Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery. Died of Carcinomitosis in
Jhansi, India, 8 August 1945. Aged 33. Born Eskey, Republic of Ireland,
resident Pinner, Middlesex. Resident Middlesex. Son of Michael and
Marie Gillespie; husband of Nora Gillespie, of Northwood, Middlesex.
Buried in MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI, India. Plot 4. Row D. Grave
15. |
| GOODING |
Norman
Frederick Walter |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1337662, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Elvington,
Yorkshire, in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number LK726, when
the aircraft crashed at Buskow 4 miles south of Neuruppin during
a raid on Berlin 15 February 1944. Aged 22. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Son of Frederick Percy and Lily Gooding, of Ruislip, Middlesex;
husband of Mary Gooding. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY,
Berlin, Germany. Plot 9. Row H. Collective grave 3-7.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
GOODING
Norman Frederick Walter of 26 Crescent-gardens Eastcote
Ruislip Middlesex died on or since 15 February
1944 on war service Probate Llandudno 11 April
to Frederick Percy Gooding audit clerk. Effects £401 14s.
10d.
|
| GOOM |
Douglas
Geoffrey |
Lieutenant
1240170, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Killed in action in North-West
Europe 6 August 1944. Aged 24. Born Leeds, resident Middlesex. Son
of Cyril Douglas Goom and Helen Goom; husband of Greta Mary Goom,
of Paddington, London, married October-December 1943 in Leeds Registration
District, Yorkshire. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1921
census he was aged 1, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Cyril Douglas
and Nellie Goom, resident 30, St Ann's Mount, Leeds, Yorkshire (West
Riding). Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XXVI.
Row B. Grave 17.
Extract
from Yorkshire Evening Post, 11 December 1943, page
5:
MOORTOWN
WEDDING
At St. John's, Moortown, Leeds, this afternoon, the marriage
took place 0f Lieut. Douglas Geoffrey Goom, eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Douglas Goom, of Northwood, Middlesex,
and Miss Greta Mary Dawson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
P. W. Dawson, of Sandhill Crescent, Alwoodley.
The Rev. E. N. Giles officiated.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore brocaded
satin, and carried crimson carnations. She was attended by
Mrs. Douglas Lock as matron of honour, and Mr. Anthony Goom
was best man to his brother. A reception was held at the Mansion,
Roundhay.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
GOON
Douglas Geoffrey of Burley 73 Eastbury-road Northwood
Middlesex died 6 August 1944 on war service
Probate Llandudno 17 November to Cyril Douglas
Goom sales manager.
Effects £224 13s. 4d.
|
| GOULDING |
Anthony
Edward |
Flight
Sergeant 1604189, 111 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died, based at Nassau, Bahamas, 10 February 1945.
Native of South Ruislip, Middlesex Son of Edward John and Chrystabelle
Beatrice Goulding, of South Ruislip, London. Buried in NASSAU WAR
CEMETERY, Bahamas. West. Row C. Grave 6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
GOULDING
Anthony Edward of 48 Jubilee-drive South Ruislip Middlesex
died 10 February 1945 on war service Administration
Llandudno 27 October to Chrystabelle Beatrice Goulding
(wife of Edward John Goulding). Effects £226 17s. 9d.
|
| GREENALL |
Edward
Adrian |
[Listed
as GREENWALL on memorial] Second Lieutenant 315254, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Missing believed killed in action 6 October 1944. Aged
20. Born 24 May 1924 in Wolverhamtpon, resident Middlesex. Son of
Gilbert Edward and Ethel Jane Greenall of Northwood, Middlesex.
In the 1939 Register he was at school, resident with his parents,
Gilbert E and Ethel J Greenall, at 55 Northwood Way, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Plot 19. Row A. Grave 2. |
| HAGGERTY |
A |
possibly
Alexander Haggerty, Driver 14310034, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
on service in Western Europe 21 April 1945. Aged 35. Born 27 April
1909. In the 1939 Register he was a Paint, Lead & Brass Work
Manufacturers Clerk, married to Henrietta F (nee Starie) Haggerty,
resident 8 West End Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
Buried in CELLE WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 1. Row
A. Grave 9. |
| HAMMOND |
Dennis
Clive |
Lance
Corporal 14295516, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Reported
wounded and missing 6 August 1944, died of wounds in Western Europe
7 August 1944. Aged 20. Born London S.E., resident Middlesex. Son
of Frederick William and Louisa Russell Hammond, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot III. Row B.
Grave 26. |
| HANDSCOMB |
Oliver
Ernest |
Trooper
14495466, Royal Armoured Corps. Accidentally killed in a bomb
accident in United Kingdom 26 June 1945. Aged 18. Born London
S.W., resident Middlesex. Son of Herbert and Gertrude Handscomb,
of 15, Broadwood Avenue, Ruislip. Creamated and commemorated at
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM, Middlesex, Panel 2.
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser, 6 July 1945, page 1:
ON
ACTIVE SERVICE
HANDSCOMB, Oliver Ernest, R.A.C., killed in bomb
accident on Tuesday, June 26, aged 18, only son of H. and G. Handscomb,
15, Broadwood-avenue, Ruislip
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
HANDSCOMB
Oliver Ernest of 16 Broadwood-avenue Ruislip Middlesex
died 26 June 1945 on war service Administration
Llandudno 8 February to Herbert Handscomb commercial
traveller. Effects £241 13s. 8d.
|
| HARDACRE |
John
Regnald |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 41405, 504 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Fighter Command.
Killed in action flying out of Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire,
in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number P3414. when the aircraft
was shot down into the sea off Weymouth, Dorset during a patrol
30 September 1940; body washed ashore 10 October 1940. Aged 24.
Native of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of James William and Marion Eleanor
Hardacre, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged
5, born Hall Green, Warwickshire, son of James William and Marion
Eleanor Hardacre, resident Osborne, Station Road, Smethwick, Worcestershire.
Buried in FAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire. Old Portion.
Row 2. Grave 8.
Extract
from Hull Daily Mail, 16 October 1940, page 3:
ON
ACTIVE SERVICE
HARDACRE.—Flying Officer John R. Hardacre,
killed in action Sept. 30th, 1940, son of Mr and Mrs J. W. Hardacre.
Ruislip Manor, Middlesex. and nephew of Mr and Mrs O. M. Shipstone,
Withernsea. P16
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser, 15 November 1940, page
1:
ON
ACTIVE SERVICE
HARDACRE.
- Killed in action, September, 1940, F.O. John Reginald Hardacre,
R.A.F., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hardacre, The Uplands,
Ruislip.-
|
| HARRIES |
J
G R |
No
further information currently |
| HAWKES |
Richard
Albert |
Fusilier
6465825, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action in Tunisia 10 May 1943. Aged 24. Born 7 August
1919 in London N.W., resident Middlesex. Son of Richard Walter and
Alice Violet Hawkes, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he
was aged 1, born Willoesden, Middlesex, son of Richard Walker and
Alice Violet Hawkes, resident 89, Mayo Road, Willesden, Middlesex.
In the 1939 Register he was a Grocery Shop Assistant, living with
his parents, Richard W and Alice V Hawkes, at 31 Dartmouth Road,
Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in ENFIDAVILLE
WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot III. Row D. Grave 3. |
| HAWKINS |
Ronald
Booth |
Private
5833586, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Missing on board
transport ship, died at sea, Japanese Prisoner of War held in
Thailand - Camp 4, 21 September 1944. Aged 31. Born 3 January
1913, and resident, in Middlesex. Painter and Decorator by trade.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hawkins, of 34, Hilliard Road, Norwood,
Middlesex; husband of Doris Hilda Hawkins, of 5, Middleton Drive,
Northwood Hilss, Pinner, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was
aged 8, born Northwood, Middlesex, at school, son of Arthur Thomas
and Emily Hennrietta Hawkins, resident 22, Church Road, Northwood,
Uxbridge & Ruislip, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranhi War Cemetery, Singapore. Column
59.
Extract
from Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, 18 June 1937,
page 6:
MR.
R. B. HAWKINS MARRIED-At Emmanuel Church on Saturday,
Mr. Ronald B. Hawkins. son of Mr. A. T. Hawkins, the well-known
hairdresser and newsagent. of High-street, was married to
Miss Doris H. Bunker, daughter of Mrs. Bunker, of Manors House,
Pinner Green. The Vicar, the Rev. G. W. Cooper. officiated,
and Mr. L. Pettit was best man. The bride, who was given away
by her grandfather, Mr. W. Hall, wore a dress of white cloque,
with wreath and veil. White carnations and heather formed
her bouquet. A sister, Miss Mabel Bunker, was her bridesmaid,
in mauve floral georgette. Her bouquet was of pink sweet peas.
Mr. Hoffman was at the organ. A reception was afterwards held
at Manora House. Rickmansworth-road, where 50 guests were
entertained. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins afterwards left on their
honeymoon, the bride wearing a blue tweed costume.
Extract
from Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, 7 September 1945,
page 3:
Died
in Jap Hands.—A
long delayed tragedy dating back to last autumn came to light
last week when Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, of 34, Hilliard-road, and
who have a hairdressing and newsagents' business in High-street,
received the sad news that their third son, Ronald Booth Hawkins,
had died, presumed drowned, whilst in Japanese hands. Ronald.
who was 32, and married, lived at 3, Middleton-drive, Eastcote.
As a lance-corporal in the 2nd Cambridgeshire Regt. he went to
Singapore, and soon after landing was taken prisoner—four
years ago. He will be remembered as a member of Emmanuel Church
choir from boyhood until he married and left the district. On
leaving school he began work with Mr. Davis, builder and decorator,
and remained with him until joining the Forces. At the commencement
of the war he served in the Civil Defence Ambulance Section. He
had a great passion for good music and passed examinations of
the London College of Music whilst a member of the Harrow Philharmonic
Society, at that time under Capt. Idle. He also did much work
in his early days with Emmanuel Gymnasium Club. This news came
as a sad blow not only to his parents, but to his many friends
in the district.
|
| HAYNE |
Edwin
Aubrey |
Corporal
(Glider Pilot) 2089096, 3rd Glider Training School attached from
2nd Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C., Flying Training Command.
Kiled while flying out of Stoke Orchard, Gloucesterhire, in a Miles
Magister I, serial number V1067, when the aircraft crashed at Eynsham,
Oxford after a stalling off a steep turn during a navigational exercise
7 February 1944. Aged 23. Born and resident Middlesex. Native of
Northwood Hills, Middlesex. Son of Horace William and Rosa Watson
Hayne, of Northwood Hills. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born
Highgate, London, son of Horace William anmd Rosa Watson Hayne,
resident 22, Kiver Road, Upper Holloway, Islington, London &
Middlesex. Buried in NORTHWOOD CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section G. Grave
133. |
| HEDGER |
Andre
Robert |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1283698, 602 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Fightr Command. Killed in action flying out of Keney, Surrey, in
a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number W3725, when the aircraft
was shot down by a Bf109 when escorting Blenheims on a raid on Gosnay
Power Station during Circus 101 21 September 1941. Aged 21. Born
29 January 1920. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Andre and
Ethel Hedger, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged
1, born Bethnal Green, London, son of Andre and Ethel Hedger, reside
t5, Approach Road, Bethnal Green, London & Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was a Junior Sales Clerk, working at Vacuum Oil
Company, Ottershaw College, Attershaw, Ottershaw, Surrey, West Byfleet,
Chertsey U.D., Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 45.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
HEDGER
Andre Robert of 16 Park-way Ruislip Middlesex
died on or since 21 September 1941 on war service Administration
(with Will) Llandudno 11 January to Andrew
Hedger cost clerk and Ethel Hedger (wife of the said Andrew
Hedger).
Effects £90 17s.
|
| HERRATT |
James |
Captain
124422, 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), Royal
Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Died from illness in the Central Mediterranean
(Italy) 26 September 1944. Aged 29. Born London, resident Middlesex.
Son of William Samuel and Ida Margaret Herratt, of Eastcote, Middlesex.
In the 1921 census he was aged 6, born London, son of William Samuel
and Ida Heyeret Herratt, resident 106, Mora Road, Willesden, Middlesex.
Buried in BARI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XI. Row B. Grave 29. |
| HILL |
Eric
Gordon |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 148436, 610 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, 2 Tactical Air Force. Killed in action flying out of B
56/Evere, Belgium, in a Supermarine Spitfire XIV, serial number
RB149, when the aircraft was shot down by flak when attacking a
train near Dulmen southeast of Coesfeld during an armed reconnaissance
to the Munster area 15 December 1944. Born 12 May 1915. Native of
Northwood, Middlesex. Son of James Thomas Hill and Caroline Helen
Hill, of Northwood, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 6,
born Middlesex, son of James Thomas and Caroline Helen Hill, residet
152, Hilliard Road, Northwood, Uxbridge & Ruislip, Middlesex.
In the 1939 Register he was a Builder's Clerk, resident with his
aprents, James T and Caroline H Hill, at 134 Green Lane, Northwood,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR
CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 12. Row E. Grave 12. |
| HOBSON
|
Cecil
Graham George |
[Listed
as C C G HOBSON on memorial] Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1331487, 295
Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Coastal Command. Killed
in action flying out of Netheravon, Wiltshire in an Armstrong Whitley
V, serial number BD437, when the aircraft was shot down near Abbeville
during a Nickel leaflet raid on Roubaix near Lille 12 December 1942.
Aged 20. Born 9 JUly 1922. Native of Northwood, Middlesex. Son of
Geoffrey Hobson and of Eileen Natalie Hobson (nee Houghting), of
Northwood, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was an Office Equipment
Salesman and Shop Assistant, resident 35 Northwood Way, Ruislip,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 6. Row A. Joint grave 19-20. |
| HOLMES |
Stanley
Stephen |
Trooper
7906258, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured
Corps. Killed in action in the Western Desert, Middle East, 31 August
1942. Aged 24. Born 27 November 1918, and resident, in Middlesex.
Son of Stephen Stanley Holmes and Lucy Daisy Holmes, of Northwood,
Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Northwood, Middlesex,
son of Stephen and Lucy Holmes, resident 44, Roy Road, Northwood,
Uxbridge & Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a
Milk Roundsman, son of Stephen S and Lucy D Holmes, resident 44
Roy Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot XXXI. Row G. Grave 20. |
| HORNE |
Dennis
William |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Charybdis, Royal Navy. Died 23 October 1943. Aged 28. Son
of Alfred and Ada Horne. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 78. Column 1.
Extract
from Portsmouth Evening News, 29 December 1938, page
13:
Acting
Sub-Lieutenants—Dennis William Horne, Jack Arthur
Tricker, and John Malcolm Hay, entered as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant,
and appointed to the Excellent for courses. Jan. 2.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
HORNE
Dennis William of Highview Wieland-road Northwood
Middlesex died 23 October 1943 on war service Administration
Llandudno 16 October to Alfred Home solicitor.
Effects £123 18s. 9d.
|
| HUGHES-CHAMBERLAIN |
Robert
Edward Michael |
Flying
Officer (Observer) 42838, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Coastal
Command. Killed in action flying out of Bircham Newton, Norfolk,
in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number V5684, when the aircraft
crashed off the Dutch coast after becoming separated in cloud from
the rest of the formation during an anti-shipping patrol 23 September
1941. Aged 22. Native of Northwood, Middlesex. Son of Major Robert
Edward Aylmer Werge Hughes Chamberlain and Muriel Hughes-Chamberlain,
of Northwood, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 30. |
| HYMAS |
Harold
John Phillip |
[Listed
as HYAMS on memorial] Warrant Officer (Pilot) 1330502, 151 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Fighter Command. Killed whie
flying out of Predannack, Cornwall, in a de Havilland Mosquito
NF30, serial number MM796, when the aircraft ditched in the River
Bradwell on the approach to Bradwell Bay due to an engine failure
caused by debris damage during bombing practice 18 October 1945.
Born 28 February 1922. In the 1939 Register he was at school,
son of Harold and Clara L Hymas, resident Ash Tree Cottage Hills
Lane, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Married Kathleen
B Chapman in July-September Quarter 1945 in Cleveland Registration
District, Yorkshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 269.
Extract
from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury , Friday 3 November
1944, page 2:
The
engagement is announced between HAROLD JOHN PHILIP HYMAS. R.A.F..
eldest son of Mr. H. Hymas and the late Mrs. Hymas, of Northwood,
Middlesex. and KATHLEEN BETTINA CHAPMAN. only daughter of Mrs.
Chapman and the late Mr J. Chapman, of 86, Westfield Way, Dormanstown,
Yorks.
|
| KEYS |
John
Sydney Milton |
Sub
Lieutenant (A) (Pilot), 821 Squadron, H.M.S. Blackcap, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Killed in a flying accident off the Isle of
Arran flying out of Machrihanish, Argyll, in a Fairey Barracuda
II, serial number DR219, when the aircraft dived into the sea
3 miles south of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde during an Aerial
Light Torpedo exercise 20 June 1944. Aged 19. Born 22 August 1924.
Native of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Dr. Sydney Hudson Keys and
Jessie Keys, of Ruislip; brother of Alexander Cavanacor Keys (1942).
In the 1939 Register he was a student living at Epsom College,
Epsom, Epsom and Ewell M.B., Surrey. Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN)
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex.
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser, 23 June 1944, page 1:
KEYS.—Killed
in an aircraft accident on June 20, Sub-Lieut. (A.) John S. M.
Keys, R.N.V.R., aged 19, eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Keys, of Ruislip.
|
| KILLICK |
Harry
William |
Lieutenant
324389, Royal Corps of Signals. Reported as dangerously ill on 1
November 1944, died 4 November 1944. Aged 36. Born 17 July 1908
in Essex. Son of Harry and Bessie Killick; husband of Elsie M. Killick,
of Harrow, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 2, born Ilford,
Essex, son of Harry and Bessie Elizabeth Killick, resident 21, Camden
Terrace, Ilford, Essex. In the 1921 census he was aged 12, born
Ilford, Essex, son of Harry and Bessie Elizabeth Killick, resident
1, Natal Par, Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex. In the 1939 Register he
was a Local Government Officer (Accounts Department), married to
Elsie May Killick, resident High Elms, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Buried service 5 November 1944 in Bangalore, Holy
Trinity, Madras, buried in MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI, India.
Plot 1. Row K. Grave 6.
Extract
from Chelmsford Chronicle, 22 April 1932, page 6:
THE
WEDDING of Miss Elsie May Evans, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Evans, of London Road, Clacton, with Mr. Harry
William Killick, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Killick, of Ilford,
took place at St. John's Church, Great Clacton, on Saturday.
On leaving the church, the newly-married couple passed under
an archway of saws, trowels, etc., held aloft by the employees
of Messrs. Evans and Nunn, builders, the bride's father being
the principal of the firm.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
KILLICK
Harry William of 253 Eastcote-road Ruislip Middlesex
died 4 November 1944 on war service Probate Llandudno
19 January to Elsie May Killick widow.
Effects £496 15s. 9d.
|
| LANGDELL |
Stanley |
Private
6213525, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner
of War lost in S.S. Lisbon Maru at sea between 1 and 2 October 1942.
Aged 22. Born 26 December 1919. Son of Percival and Florence Clara
Jane Langdell, of Northwood, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was
aged 1, born Fulham, London, son of Percival and Florence Clara
Jane Langdell, resident 63, St Olaf's Road, Munster Road, Fulham,
London & Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Butcher's
Assistant, son of Percival and Florence C J Langdell, resident 159
Pinner Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. No known
grave. Commemorated on SAI WAN MEMORIAL, China, (including Hong
Kong). Column 15. |
| LARTER |
Eric
Anthony Ponting |
Second
Lieutenant EC/3740, 6th Rajputana Rifles, Indian Army. Killed in
action during the Japanese invasion of Singapore at Maur 16 January
1942; body not recovered. Aged 20. Son of Archibald Ingram Larter
and Constance Amy Larter, of Northwood, Middlesex. No known grave.
Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Column 193. |
| LETCHFORD |
Alfred
John |
Gunner
948897, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Killed in action in Malaya 26 January 1942. Aged 23. Born 20 September
1918 in Swanscombe, Kent, resident Rickmansworth, Hertfordshi4re.
Son of Alfred Thomas Letchford and Alice Letchford, of Croxley Green,
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Retail
Shop Assistant (General Grocery), son of Alfred T and Alice Letchford,
resident 3, Kewferry Hill House, Harefield Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 36. |
| MACORMAC |
Ronald
[Alfred] |
Private
4692323, 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action between 23 and 26 April 1940. Aged 22. Born 14 December
1918 in Chichester, Sussex, resident Middlesex. Son of Robert Charles
and Elizabeth May Macormac, of Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was a Motor Mechanic, resident with his parents,
Robert C and Elizabeth Maccormac, at 4 Gate End High Road, Ruislip,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in KVAM CHURCHYARD, Norway.
Screen Wall. Collective grave. |
| McDUELL |
Alfred |
Able
Seaman P/J 190516, H.M.S.
Hood, Royal Navy. Died at sea 24 May 1941. Aged 24. Born 6 October
1919 in Stepney, London. Son of John Charles and Sarah Ann McDuell,
of Ruislip, Middlesex; brother of Robert McDuell (below). In the
1939 Register he was a Port of London Authority Railway Clerk, resident
with his parents, John C and Sarah Ann McDuell, at 8 Maroon Street,
Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 48, Column 3. |
| McDUELL |
Robert |
Fusilier
6473281, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action in Italy 28 November 1943. Aged 29. Born 6 March
1915, and resident, London E. Son of John Charles and Sarah Ann
McDuell, of Ruislip, Middlesex; brother of Alfred McDuell (above).
In the 1939 Register he was a Dispatch Clerk Tea Industry, resident
with his parents, John C and Sarah Ann McDuell, at 8 Maroon Street,
Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London. Buried in SANGRO RIVER
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XI. Row E. Grave 39. |
| MALLETT |
Robert
Edward |
Corporal
7892906, "B" Squadron, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters),
Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action in North West Europe 10 June
1944. Aged 22. Born London N.W., resident Middlesex. Son of Edward
Charles and Edith Alice Mallett, of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, Frabnce. Plot XV. Row C. Grave 10. |
| MAYDON |
Jack |
Stoker
2nd Class D/KX 105861, H.M.S. Barham, Royal Navy. Died at sea when
his ship was sunk by the German submarine U-331 in the Mediterranean
Sea, near the coast of Egypt, 25 November 1941. Aged 27. Born 30
January 1914 in Northwood, Middlesex. Son of Arthur and Helen Maydon,
of Northwood, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 7, born
Norwood, Middlesex, son of Arthur and Helen Maydon, resident Rickmansworth
Road, Northwood, Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was
a bricklayer, son of Arthur and Helen Maydon, resident 1 New Farm
Cottages, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood U.D.,
Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 54, Column 1. |
| MIERNIEYEH |
S |
Can
find no entry that remotely matches this name - No further information
currently |
| MOON |
David
William |
Lieutenant
292644, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. attached to Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry. Killed in action in Italy 26 October 1944. Aged
21. Born 13 August 1923, and resident, in Middlesex. Son of William
Thomas Moon and Ethel Mary Moon, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was at school, son of William T and Ethel M Moon,
resident 14 Park Way, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
Buried in MELDOLA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row E. Grave 27.
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser, 10 November 1944, page
1:
MOON.—In
October, 1944. killed in action in Italy, David William Moon,
Lieut.. R.A.C.. elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moon, Ruislip.
No letters please.
|
| MORRIS |
Ernest
William |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 575984, 1651 Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force,
Bomber Command. Killed while flying out of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire,
in a Short Stirling I, serial number N6088, when the aircraft crashed
at Barnby Moor near Retford, Notts due to an engine fire and loss
of control during a cross country exercise 16 June 1942. Aged 19.
Native of South Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Clifford Gwynne and Ivy
May Morris, of South Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in FINNINGLEY (HOLY
TRINITY AND ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Nottinghamshire. Row
C. Grave 6. |
| MURPHY |
Thomas
Jeremiah |
Aircraftman
1st Class 975691, 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Based at Kemajoran, Java, he died as a Japanese Prisoner of War
at sea 18 September 1944, captured on 8 March 1942 when Java fell
and lost on board the SS Junyo Maru which was torpedoed by HMS Tradewind
off Muko-Muko, Sumatra. Aged 28. Born 9 June 1916. Native of Ruislip,
Middlesex. Son of Ambrose Patrick and Hannah Murphy, of Ruislip,
Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was as Stulf Tone Etcher Procees
Engraving Full Time AFS, son of Ambrose Patrick and Hannah M Murphy,
resident 2 Keswick Gardens, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery,
Singapore. Column 440.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
MURPHY
Thomas Jeremiah of 2 Keswick-gardens Bury-street Ruislip Middlesex
died 18 September 1944 at Mockomocko Sumatra Administration
London 15 May to Ambrose Patrick Murphy letterpress
printer. Effects £546 0s. 1d.
|
| MURRAY |
Patrick
Michael |
Private
886001, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Killed in
action between 18 and 19 September 1944. Aged 21. Enlisted 16 December
1943 in the Army Air Corps. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Murray, of
Pinner, Middlesex. Buried in ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland,
Netherlands. Plot 30. Row B. Grave 2. |
| NICHOLS |
Lawrence
William |
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1377941, 617 Squadron. Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying
out of Scampton, Lincolnshire, in a Avro Lancaster III, serial number
ED887, when the aircraft was shot down by flak at Castricum-aan-Zee
near Alkmaar when returning from the Mohne and Eder dams during
Operation Chastise 17 May 1943. Aged 33. Born 17 May 1910. Native
of Westgate, Kent. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nichols; husband of
Georgina (nee West) Nichols, of Westgate, Kent, married July-September
1933 in Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex. In the 1911 census
he was newborn, born Northwood, Middlesex, son of Edward and Florence
Annie Nicholds, resident Fern Cottage, Ruislip, Middlesex. In the
1921 census he was listed as William Lawrence, aged 11, born Northwood,
Middlesex, son of Edward and Florence Annie Nichols, resident 7,
Roy Road, Northwood, Uxbridge & Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939
Register he was a Radio & Cycle Dealer (Manager), married to
Georgina G Nichols, resident 30 Holwell Place, Pinner, Harrow U.D.,
Middlesex. Buried in BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Plot 2. Row E. Grave 28. |
| O’BRIEN |
Donald
Leonard |
Private
14626157, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action
in Burma 3 March 1945. Aged 20. Born 7 July 1924 in London N., resident
Middlesex. Son of Samuel and Susannah O'Brien; nephew of Mrs. L.
L. Dore, of Highgate, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Fish
Fryer & Shop Assistant, son of Samuel and Susannah E O'Brien,
resident 80 Seaton Gardens, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma).
Face 8. |
| OSMOND |
Charles
Jack |
Flying
Officer (Observer) 47685, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Bomber
Command. Killed in action flying out of Syerston, Nottinghamshire,
in an Avro lancaster I, serial number W4768, when the aircraft was
shot down by flak at Bochum during a raid on Krefeld, four of the
crew survived and were captured, 2 October 1942. Buried in REICHSWALD
FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 2. Row G.
Grave 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
OSMOND
Charles Jack of 42a Victoria-road Ruislip Middlesex
died on or since 2 October 1942 on war service Administration
Llandudno 21 August to Muriel Elizabeth Buchanan
Osmond widow. Effects £276 8s.
|
| OTTON |
Edwin
Frederick |
Bombardier
1562798, 26 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 30 October
1944. Aged 31. Born 21 September 1913. Son of Edwin Charles and
Louisa Otton; husband of Elizabeth Myfanwy Otton, of Burnley,
Lancashire, married October to December 1941 in Burnley Registration
District, Lancashire. In the 1939 Register he was a Solicitor's
Clerk, son of Edwin C and Louisa C Otton, resident 82, Shenley
Avenue, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in
CESENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 2.
Extract
from Burnley Express, 31 December 1941 Page 2:
|
| PALMER |
Kenneth
George |
Private
5779627, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese
Prisoner of War 12 June 1943. Aged 30. Born 12 July 1912, and
resident, in Middlesex. Native of Northwood, Middlesex. Son of
Frederick George and Emily Louisa Palmer, of Northwood, Middlesex;
husband of Janet Topping Palmer, of Northwood. In the 1921 census
he was aged 8, born Northwood, Middlesex, son of Frederick G and
Emily L Palmer, resident 27, Reginald Road, Northwood, Uxbridge
& Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Fish Salesman,
married to Janet W (nee Hughes) Palmer, resident 60, Acre Way,
Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 6. Row B. Collective grave 67-69.
Extract
from Evening News London, 27 October 1943, page 4:
IN
JAP HANDS
Kenneth G Palmer, Royal Norfolk Regiment. of Northwood, Middlesex,
is now prisoner in Japanese hands. The parents of Alfred Sandell.
Middlesex Regiment, have now learned that their son, also a prisoner,
has died.
|
| PARKINS |
Dennis
Arthur |
Flight
Lieutenant 102961, 1651 Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Watebeach,
Cambruidgshire, in a Short Stirling I, serial number N6102, when
his aicraft was shot down by a night fighter into the North Sea
18 miles northwest of Terschelling during a raid on Hamburg 29
July 1942. Aged 22. Native of Hardwick, Buckinghamshire. Son of
Thomas and Rose Parkins; husband of Barbara Parkins, of Hardwick,
Buckinghamshire. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
66.
Extract
from South Western Star, 26 June 1942, page 3:
OVER
ESSEN
Acting Flight Lieutenant Dennis Arthur Parkins, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve, No. 15 Squadron, has been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross. He was born at Balham in 1920. One night in June,
1942, he was the captain of an aircraft which participated in
a bombing attack on Essen. Despite favourable weather, industrial
haze and smoke, and in face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, Flight
Lieutenant Parkins made repeated runs over his target to ensure
accurate bombing. His aircraft was extensively damaged, but, displaying
fine airmanship, he flew it safely back to base. He showed great
determination and devotion to duty throughout. He has completed
numerous Sorties and, on all occasions, he has shown courage and
reliability. His home is at Pinner. He was a flight sergeant in
the R.A.F.V.R. when he was commissioned in 1941.
|
| PERRY |
Maurice
Joseph Victor |
Major
94029, "F" Battery, 12 (Honourable Artillery Company)
Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Killed in action in North Africa
21 January 1943. Born London N.W., resident Middlesex. Son of Louis
Ignatius and Virginia Anne Perry; husband of Mavis Esmee Perry,
of Ruislip, Middlesex. In 1936 he was listed in the reserve resident
14 Greencroft Avenue, Eastcote, Middlesex, employed at W. Greig
Ltd., 1 Royal Exchange Avenue, London E.C.3., he was a 2nd Lieutenant
in 'D' Battery, H.A.C. Called up 2 August 1939. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB
WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 11. Row C. Grave 18. |
| PETERKEN |
Allan |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1399873, Advanced Flying Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Mediterranean Command. Died based at Setif, Algeria, 16
March 1944. Native of Eastcote, Middlesex. Son of George Henry and
Maude Peterken, of Eastcote, Ruislip, Middlesex. A King's Scout.
Buried in LA REUNION WAR CEMETERY, Algeria. Plot 1. Row C. Grave
3. |
| PHILLIPS |
Aubrey
[George] |
Driver
1902847, 751 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed when the car
he was driving overturned into a railway cutting crushing his skull
in Italy 20 January 1944; report states he was not to blame as he
was not negligent. Aged 26. Born 12 August 1917, and resident, in
Middlesex. Son of Francis George and Ava Jane Phillips; husband
of Thomasina (nee Estell) Phillips, of Stanley, Co. Durham, married
October to December Quarter 1940 in Uxbridge Registration District,
Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 3, born Northwood, Middlesex,
son of Francis George and Ava Phillips, resident 135, Church Road,
Northwood, Uxbridge & Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register
he was a Motor Driver, son of Francis G and Ava J Phillips. resident
135 High Street, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Enlisted
15 January 1940 in St. Albans. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY,
Italy. Plot XV. Row A. Grave 23. |
| PIPER |
Paul
Wilfred |
Private
14441766, 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action in Western Europe 22 November 1944. Aged 19. Born London
N.W., resident Middlesex. Buried in RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 13. Row D. Grave 14. |
| POSENER |
Edward
Adrian |
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX 279227, H.M.S. Anking, Royal Navy. Died at sea when
the ship HMS Anking, a British Royal Navy depot ship, was sunk by
Japanese forces in the Indian Ocean south of Java, Netherlands East
Indies, 4 March 1942. Aged 19. Born 5 May 1922 in Ealing, London.
Son of Marcus J. and E. Gladys Posener, of Northwood, Middlesex.
Exhibitioner of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 58, Column 1.
See also St.
Catherine's College, Cambridge |
| PRICE |
Edward
Noel |
Sergeant
823039, 64 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a result of
a battle accident in Italy 13 July 1944. Aged 32. Born Fulham, London
W., resident Hammersmith, London W. Son of George and Edith Mary
Price; husband of Doris Winifred Faith Price, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
In the 1921 census he was aged 9, born Fulham, London, son of George
and Edith M E Price, resident 55, Delorme Street, Fulham, London
& Middlesex. Buried in ROME WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row
B. Grave 33.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
PRICE
Edward Noel of 86 Whitby-road Ruislip Middlesex
died 13 July 1944 on war service Administration Llandudno
2 November to Doris Winifred Faith Price widow.
Effects £306 11s. 10d.
|
| PRIDDEY |
Peter
Basil |
Sergeant
7591313, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died of wounds in France 17
June 1940. Aged 21. Born London N., resident Middlesex. Son of William
Ernest and Frances Mary Priddey, of Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1921
census he was aged 2, born Islington, London, son of William Ernest
anmd Frances Mary Priddey, resident 25, Trinder Road, Islington,
London & Middlesex. Buried in STE. MARIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Loire-Atlantique, France. Collective grave 5. |
| PURSELL |
Leonard
Horace |
Sergeant
4119772, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 22 May
1940. Aged 36. Born London N.W., resident London. Son of George
and Beatrice Pursell; husband of Florence Louise (nee Woolford)
Pursell, of Ruislip Manor, Middlesex, married January to March Quarter
1929 in Willesden Registration District, Middlesex. In the 1921
census he was aged 17, born Halresden, Middlesex, a Dining Saloon
Page for L & N W Railway, son of George and Beatrice Lydia Pursell,
resident 3, Shrewsbury Road, Harlesden, Willesden, Middlesex. Buried
in PECQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Row F. Grave 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1941:
PURSELL
Leonard Horace of 84 Whitby-road Ruislip Middlesex
died 22 May 1940 on war service Administration
Llandudno 14 March to Florence Louise Pursell
widow.
Effects £450.
|
| QUILTER |
[Robert]
Terrington |
Sergeant
(Observer) 920174, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
North Africa Command. Killed in action flying out of LG 17/Fuka
Main, Egypt, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z5908, when
his aircraft was shot down by a Bf110 into the sea 15 miles north
of Appollonia when attacking a convoy during an anti-shipping
sortie 12 December 1941. Aged 27. Born 20 November 1914. Native
of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of Robert and Jean H. Quilter, of Ruislip,
Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Book Keeping Clerk for
a Wood Work Firm, son of Robert and Jean H Quilter, resident 239
Victoria Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. No
known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 243.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
QUILTER
Robert Terrington of 239 Victoria-road Ruislip Manor Middlesex
died 12 December 1941 on war service Administration Llandudno
17 February to Robert Quilter builders clerk.
Effects £358 18s.
|
| RAE |
John |
Leading
Stoker C/KX93931, H.M.S. Saltash, Royal Navy. Died fromj Lung
Abcesses and Septicemia at Hillingdon County Hospital, Uxbridge.
Middlesex, 15 July 1942. Aged 22. Born 17 January 1920 in Blyth,
Nothumberland. Son of William and Jane Rae, of Blyth, Northumberland.
Buried in RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex.
Extract
from Blyth News, 16 July 1942, page 2:
Deaths
RAE.—In Stillingdon [sic] County
Hospital, on July 15. aged 22 years, Assistant Leading Stoker
John Rae (R.N.). dearly loved son of Jane and the late William
Rae, 59 Disraeli Street, Blyth. Interment at Ruislip Cemetery,
Middlesex, on Saturday. R.I.P
|
| RAWLINGS |
Frederick
Peter |
 Gunner
963403, 31 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action in
the Middle East 16 February 1941. Aged 21. Born 10 November 1919,
and resident, Ruislip, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged
1, born Ruislip, Middlesex, son of Frederick george and Kate Elizabeth
Rawlings, resident 8, The Parade, High Street, Ruislip, Middlesex.
In the 1939 Register he was an Auctioneer's Clerk lodging at 68
Seaton Gardens, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried
in KEREN WAR CEMETERY, Eritrea. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 4.
Extract
from Evening Despatch, Friday, 7 March 1941, page 4:
KILLED
IN
MIDDLE EAST
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Rawlings, of 19,
Rose-avenue, Droitwich, have been notified by the War Office that
their only son, Peter Frederick Rawlings, of the Royal Artillery,
has been killed in action in the Middle East.
He was 21 years old, and before joining the Army a year ago, he
was on the staff of an
auctioneer and estate agent at Ruislip, Middlesex. He was engaged
to be married.
|
| REID |
John
Edward |
Lieutenant
269233, Welsh Guards. Killed in action in North West Europe 11 August
1944. Aged 20. Born 26 August 1923 in Surrey, resident Middlesex.
Son of Edward Stanley and Adeline Marie Reid, of Northwood, Middlesex.
In the 1939 Register he was an Apprentice in the Building Trade,
resident with his parents, Edward S and Adeline M G Reid, at Eastbury
Farm House, Batchworth Lane, Northwood, Rickmansworth U.D., Hertfordshire.
Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XVI. Row E.
Grave 9.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1949:
REID
John Edward of Eastbury Farm House Batchworth-lane
Northwood Middlesex died 11 August 1944 on
war service Administration London 8 February
to Edward Stanley Reid builder. Effects £193 4s. 9d.
|
| ROBERTSON |
Hugh
John [Trafford David] |
Lieutenant
293255, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action in
North-West Europe 11 July 1944. Aged 24. Born 28 June 1920 in Swansea,
baptised 22 August 1920 in Swansea, St Jude, Glamorganshire, son
of Hugh Campbell Robertson and Minnie Robertson, resident Middlesex.
Son of Hugh Campbell Robertson, O.B.E., M.C., and Minnie Robertson,
of Northwood, Middlesex. Buried in RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE,
Calvados, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 2. |
| RYAN |
J |
Currently
cannot identify - In the 1939 Register there was a John T RYAN,
born 1 July 1916, an Engineers Fitter Senior Skilled Turner, single,
resident 73 Exmouth Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex.
|
| SADLER |
Charles
William |
Stoker
1st Class C/SKX 1534, H.M.S. Curacoa, Royal Navy. Died at sea
2 October 1942 when his ship was sunk when in collison with the
Queen Mary. Born 24 January 1923 in Mile End, Old Town,
London. In the 1939 Register he was a Plumber's Mate, son of Charles
W and Maude G Sadler, resident 66, Acre Way, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 62, Column 3.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1950:
SADLER
Charles William of 66 Acre Way Northwood Middlesex
died 2 October 1942 at sea on war service Administration
London 14 January to Charles William Sadler stoker.
Effects £269. Resworn £544 10s. 6d.
|
| SCOTT |
Arnold
Charles |
Sub-Lieutenant
(A) (Pilot), H.M.S. Heron, 759 Squadron, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Killed while flying out of Yeovilton, Somerset, in a Hawker Sea
Hurricane IB, serial number V7675, when the aircraft spun into the
ground on the appraoch to RNAS Yeovilton 16 October 1941. Aged 20.
Born 3 May 1921. Native of Northwood, Middlesex. Son of Leslie Caie
Scott and Beatrice Alice Scott, of Northwood, Middlesex. In the
1939 Register he was a Student seeking work, son of Leslie C and
Beatrice A Scott, resident No 29 Murray Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood
U.D., Middlesex. Buried in YEOVILTON (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD,
Somerset. Plot M. Grave 9.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
SCOTT
Arnold Charles of 69 Eastbury-road Northwood Middlesex
died 16 October 1941 on war service Administration Llandudno
2 February to Leslie Caie Scott civil servant.
Effects £130 1s. 5d.
|
| SENNETT |
Victor
Percy Crawford |
Sergeant
(Observer) 929434, 8 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Southern Arabia Command. Killed in action flying out of Khormaksar,
Aden, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7920. when the aircraft
was shot down by flak near Djibouti airfield when en route from
Khormaksar to Hargeisha on detachment 15 July 1942. Native of Ayr.
Son of Percy Crawford and Lillian Sennett; husband of Margaret W.
Sennett, of Ayr. Mention in the The Advertiser and Gazette, Friday
1 June 1934, page 6, in the Northwood news, Middlesex, as performing
in a play with the St Martin's (2nd Ruislip) Scouts in the Ruislip
Parish Hall. Buried in DJIBOUTI NEW EUROPEAN CEMETERY, Djibouti,
Africa. Grave 168. *** Link to Rusilip not firmly established *** |
| SHAW |
Alfred |
Battery
Quartermaster Sergeant 1021736, 88 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Killed in action at the surrender of Singapore 15 February 1942.
Aged 39. Born Brentford, Middlesex, and resident Hounslow, Middlesex.
Son of Jack and Mary Shaw; husband of Alice Elizabeth Shaw, of South
Ruislip, Middlesex. Resident Brentford, Middlesex at enlistment
14 July 1919, civil employment Furnace Man. Buried in KRANJI WAR
CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 15. Row B. Grave 11. |
| SHAW |
Donald
John Edward |
Lieutenant
335604, 17th/21st Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 9 April 1947.
Aged 22. Only son of Maud Vivian Shaw and the late Donald Patrick
Shaw (D.S.O.), of Northwood, Middlesex. Assigned G.S. Corps 6 April
1943. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Plot 9. Row F. Grave 17. Also commemorated on the Family
Grave in WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, Middlesex.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1947:
SHAW
Donald John Edward of 6 Sandy Lodge Way Northwood Middlesex
died 9 April 1947 on war service Administration
London 27 August to Maud Vivian Shaw widow.
Effects £3316 4s. 10d.
Further Grant 11 February 1965.
|
| SHEPPARD |
D |
possibly
Douglas SHEPPARD, Guardsman 2735230, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards.
Died 4 August 1944. Aged 26. Born Glamorgan, resident Surrey. Son
of Thomas and Sarah Ann Sheppard; husband of Renee Ellis Sheppard,
of Fulham, London. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.
Plot XX. Row B. Grave 2. |
| SIMS |
D
J |
possibly
Charles James SIMS, Private 4746127, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster
Regiment. Died 25 May 1941. Aged 25. Son of Charles James Sims and
Minnie Elizabeth Sims, of Northwood, Middlesex. No known grave.
Commemorated on ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 7. |
| SMITH |
Derek
Christopher Horace |
Sub-Lieutenant,
H.M.M.T.B. 223, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died at sea 13 February
1944. Aged 20. Born 21 February 1923. Son of Frederick and Ida Kathleen
Smith, of Northwood, Middlesex. His brother Peter Francis also died
on service (see below). In the 1939 Register he was at school, son
of Frederick and Ida K Smith, resident 25 Green Lane, Northwood,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in FELIXSTOWE NEW CEMETERY,
Suffolk. Block B. Sec. K. Grave 37. |
| SMITH |
Peter
Francis |
 Flying
Officer 123022, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25 October
1942. Born 16 July 1921. Son of Frederick and Ida Kathleen Smith,
of Northwood, Middlesex. His brother, Derek Christopher Horace,
also died on service (see above). In the 1939 Register he was at
school, son of Frederick and Ida K Smith, resident 25 Green Lane,
Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 41. See also Kempston
Cemetery, Bedfordshire |
| SMYTH |
Thomas
Laidlaw Scott |
[Listed
as SMYTHE in some records] Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 43143, 44 Squadron,
Royal Air Force, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of
Waddington, Lincolnshire, in a Handley Page Hampden I, serial number
P1338, when the aircraft was lost during a raid during a raid on
the troop ships Bremen and Europa in Bremerhaven Docks 11 September
1940. Aged 26. Native of Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. Son of Robert
William and Mary Jane Smyth, of Chorley Wood, Hertfordshire. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR
CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 21. Row A. Grave 12.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1941:
SMYTH
Thomas Laidlaw Scott of St. Marys Edwards-avenue South
Ruislip Middlesex died 11 September 1940 on
war service Administration Llandudno 23 June
to Robert William Smyth retired lieutenant-colonel H.M. army.
Effects £657 3s. 7d.
|
| SMYTHE |
Alan
Mason |
Guardsman
2665241, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action in Italy
26 August 1944. Aged 23. Born 11 June 1922 in Northwood, Middlesex,
, resident Middlesex. Son of Frank and Alice Amelia Smythe, of Northwood,
Middlesex; husband of Victoria Lily (nee Chatfield) Smythe, of Northwood
Hills, married October to December Quarter 1942 in Uxbridge Registration
District, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Grocer's Apprentice,
resident with his widowed mother, Alice A Smythe, at 132a Pinner
Road, Northwood, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Groundsman prior
to enlistment. Enlisted 1 July 1942 in Acton. Heght 5 feet 9½
inches, weight 129 lbs, chest 36-40¼ inches, fresh complexion,
blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England.
Buried in FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 15. |
| SMYTHE |
Harold
Arthur |
Leading
Telegraphist C/JX 136392, H.M.S. Phoenix (British Submarine), Royal
Navy. Died at sea when his ship was was sunk by the Italian torpedo
boat Albatros on 16 July 1940, declared lost with all hands 21 July
1940. Born 4 November 1915 in Norhwood, Middlesex. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 37, Column 1. |
| STANNARD |
Eric
Raymond |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 122246, 36 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington
XIV, serial number HF296, when the aicraft flew into a HT cable
at Joinville near Blida when attempting to land back at base from
a convoy patrol in bad weather 4 March 1944. Aged 21. Born 25 November
1922. Native of Eastcote, Middlesex. Son of Herbert Douglas Stannard
and Violet Stannard, of Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex; husband of
Christine Imogen Stannard, of Holsworthy, Devon. In 1939 he was
at school, a boarder at Ardingly College, Cuckfield, Cuckfield R.D.,
Sussex,. Buried in DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY, Algeria. Plot 4. Row
C. Grave 6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
STANNARD
Eric Raymond of 122 North View Eastcote Pinner Middlesex
died 4 March 1944 on war service Administration
Llandaff 19 October to Christine Imogen Stannard
widow. Effects £273 9s. 2d.
Extract
from The Western Times, 17 March 1944, page 2:
STANNARD.—Eric
R., F./Lt., R.A.F., aged 21 years, mostly dearly beloved husband
of Peggy, (nee Carthew) and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Stannard
(Pinner, Middlesex), killed in action March, 1944. "Six
perfect months. darling."—Peggy, Stanhope Square,
Holsworthy.
|
| STEANE |
Sydney
Thomas |
Guardsman
2699133, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Died of wounds in Italy 22
June 1944. Aged 32. Born 11 June 1912 in Coventry, resident Middlesex.
Son of Frank Edmund and Florence Steane; husband of Ascinath Ellen
(nee Winchester) Steane, of Ruislip, Middlesex, married 12 June
1928 in Eastbourne; two sons. In the 1939 Register he was a Wine
Cellar Man, married to Ascinath E Steane, resident 136 West End
Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Enlisted 15 July
1940, agd 28, aged 28, a Wine Cellar Man, English, religious denomination
Church of England. Served in North Africa 15 July 1943 to his death
22 June 1944. Buried in BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row
G. Grave 1. |
| TALBOT |
James
Melville |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 163513, 32 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve, Canada Command. Killed in a flying accident
flying out of Patricia Bay, British Columbia, Canada, in a Douglas
C47 Dakota III, serial number FZ576, when the ircraft flew into
a hill on the approach to Port Hardy airfield on the northern
tip of Vancouver Island during a 12-hour navex, the Wireless Operator
survived, 20 April 1944. Aged 22. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Son of James Oliver Talbot and of Margaret Lucy Talbot (nee Harris),
of Ruislip, Middlesex. Buried in VICTORIA (ROYAL OAK) BURIAL PARK,
British Columbia, Canada. Section D. Plot 21. Grave 6.
Extract
from Buckinghamshire Advertiser, 12 May 1944, page 1:
ON
ACTIVE SERVICE
TALBOT.—On April 20, 1944, killed in a
flying accident in British Columbia, Pilot Officer James Melville
Talbot, R.A.F.V.R., only son of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Talbot,
144, Evelyn-avenue, Ruislip.
|
| THOMSON |
Dudley
de Vere |
[Listed
as THOMPSON on memorial] Lieutenant 207275, H.Q. 23 Light A.A. Brigade,
Royal Artillery. Died in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 23 July 1943. Aged 39.
Born 11 May 1904 in Reading, Berkshire. Son of Walter and Emma Thomson;
husband of Lenore N. R. Thomson, of Eastcote, Middlesex. In the
1921 census he was aged 17, born Reading, berkshire, a Clerk working
for Royal Mail & Co., son of Walter and Emma Thomson, resident
18, Lorne Street, Reading, Berkshire. In the 1939 Register he was
a House Salesman, married to Leonore N R Thomson, son of Emma Thomson,
resident 272 E Cott Pine Gardens, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D.,
Middlesex. Buried in COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY, Sri Lanka.
Plot 1. Row R. Grave 5. |
| TILLEY |
Roland
Kenneth |
Corporal
575335, Royal Air Force, Far East Command. Died as a Japanese
Prisoner of War 6 March 1942, captured during the Japanese invasion
of Malaya and Singapore February 1942. Based at Seletar, Singapore.
Native of Northwood, Middlesex. Son of Kenneth H. and Jessie Tilley,
of Northwood, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE
MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 416.
Extract
from Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, 7 February 1947,
page 6:
L.A.C.
Roland Kenneth Tilley. R.A.F., 11. Murray-road. Northwood, who
died on war service in March, 1942, left £169. He left all
his property to his Mother stating,"I also wish to express
my lasting appreciation and gratitude for her loving care and
thoughtfulness during my lifetime."
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1947:
TILLEY
Roland Kenneth of 11 Murray-road Northwood Middlesex
died 6 March 1942 on war service Probate London
16 January to Jessie Louisa Margaret Tilley married woman.
Effects £169 0s. 6d.
|
| TUFFEY |
Henry |
Corporal
14222205, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Died of wounds in
Italy 24 June 1944. Aged 33. Born and resident London. Son of James
and Jane Tuffey; husband of Ethel Frances Tuffey, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Buried in ORVIETO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row F. Grave 3. |
| TURNER |
Ronald
William |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 120671, 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Bourn, Cambridgeshire,
in a Short Stirling I, serial number EF333, when it was assumed
to have been shot down by a night fighter in the North Sea west
of Heligoland during a raid on Hamburg 3 March 1943. Aged 20. Native
of Ruislip, Middlesex. Son of William John and Elsie Turner, of
Ruislip, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 130.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
TURNER
Ronald William of Winchmorton Batchworth Hill near
Ricksmansworth Hertfordshire died 3 March
1943 on war service Administration Llandudno 13
March to William John Turner company director. Effects £150
10s. 5d.
|
| WADE-SMITH |
Alan
Kenneth |
[H
K WADE-SMITH on memorial] Captain EC/904, 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha
Rifles, Indian Army. Diedof injuries in Iran (Persia) 4 August 1944.
Aged 26. Son of Arthur and Winifred Wade-Smith, of Northwood, London.
Sailed from Liverpool to Madras, India, 25 September 1937 aboard
the ship "City of Marseilles," of the Ellerman's City
Line, aged 19, a Clerk by trade. In the London Gazette 21 February
1941, issue 35083, page 1090, he was an Emergency Commission as
Second Lieutenant 9 November 1940. Buried in TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY,
Iran. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 6.
Extract
from The Civil & Military Gazette Lahore, 22 August
1944, page 2:
WADE-SMITH:
On the 5th August, 1944, died of injuries on active service,
Captain Alan Kenneth Wade-Smith, 6th Gurkha Rifles. Deeply regretted
by all ranks of the Regiment.
|
| WATERMAN |
Charles
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal 5334938, Royal Berkshire Regiment attached to 10th Indian
Divisional Provost Unit. Missing at at sea 17 August 1942. Aged
26. Born and resident London S.W. Son of Mrs E. M. Waterman of Ruislip,
Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 5, born Kensal Rise, London,
son of Elizabeth Martha Waterman, resident 36, Greyhound Road, Willesden,
Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt.
Column 66. |
| WATSON |
Reginald
Ernest |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1336115, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of
Binbrook, Lincolnshire, in a Avro Lancaster III, serial number LM324,
when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter two miles southwest
of Meeuwen northeast of Hasselt during a raid on Oberhausen 15 June
1943. Aged 21. Born 2 August 1921. Native of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Son of Frank Reginald and Alice May Watson, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
In the 1939 Register he was a Shop Assistant (Fruiterer), son of
Frank R and Alice M Watson, resident 23 Cornwall Road, Ruislip,
Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried in HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY,
Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Plot 4. Row E. Grave 2. |
| WATSON |
Ronald
Frederick |
Aircraftman
1st Class (Passenger) 1175044, 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, Coastal Command. Killed while flying out of Dyce, Aberdeen,
in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number L9313, when the aircraft
stalled and crashed at Pitmedden, Aberdeen after an engine failed
on take off from Dyce when setting off on a transit flight to Wick
24 December 1941. Aged 27. Born 28 October 1914. Native of Shepherd's
Bush, London. Son of Thomas Frederick and Maud Elizabeth Watson,
husband of Gladys Pamela Watson, of Shepherds Bush, London. In the
19439 Register he was single, a Mechanical Rim- Pencil Repairer
& Assembler, son of Thomas F and Maud E Watson, resident 4 Collins
Drive, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Member of the
MET (Metropolitan Police) Special Constabulary. Buried in NORTHWOOD
CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section H. Grave 201.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
WATSON
Ronald Frederick of 2 Collins-drive Eastcote Middlesex
died 24 December 1941 on war service Administration
Llandudno 26 February to Gladys Pamela Watson
widow.
Effects £427 10s. 9d.
|
| WICKS |
Frederick
John |
Lance
Corporal 4457688, 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of
wounds 11 June 1942. Aged 23. Son of Frederic and Nellie Victoria
Wicks, of Eastcote, Middlesex. In the 1921 census he was aged 2,
born Surrey, son of Frederick and Nellie Victoria Wicks, resident
The Lodge, Little Padderck, Sunninghill, Berkshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 67.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
WICKS
Frederick John of 2 Balfour-mews Aldford-street Park-lane
London W.1 died 11 June 1942 on war service Administration
Llandudno 13 September to Frederic Wicks private
chauffeur.
Effects £192 6s. 8d.
|
| WILD |
Dennis
[Paul Reginald] |
Flying
Officer 122767, 81 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed while flying out of Whitchurch Heath, Shropshire,
in an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V, serial number LA769, when the
aircraft crashed during an emergency landing at Whitchurch Heath
due to an engine failure during a night cross country, the rest
of the crew survived, 10 February 1943. Aged 21. Born 12 June 1921.
Native of Northwood, Middxlesex. Son of Paul Arthur Eric and Ida
Mildred Kathleen Wild, of Northwood. B.A (Oxon.). In the 1939 Register
he was a Student (Classics Oxford University), son of Paul A E and
Ida M K Wild, resident No 79 Eastbury Road, Northwood, Rickmansworth
U.D., Hertfordshire. His parents are buried in the same grave as
him. Buried in NORTHWOOD CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section C. Grave 114.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
WILD
Dennis Paul Reginald of 79 Eastbury-road Northwood
Middlesex died 10 February 1943 on war service
Administration Llandudno 9 July to Paul Arthur
Eric Wild assurance official.
Effects £383 7s. 9d.
|
| WISE |
L
A |
Not
able to locate this man's details - No further information currently |
| WLODARSKI |
Alfred
[Krzysztof] |
Kapral
(Pilot) P/781304, 1 Aircraft Delivery Flight, 83 G.S.U., Polish
Air Force. Killed while flying in a Hawker Typhoon IB, serial number
JR127, when the aircraft stalled and spun into the ground near Aston
Down, Glos when recovering from a dive 14 July 1944. Aged 27. Native
of Poland. Buried in HARROW (EASTCOTE LANE) CEMETERY, Middlesex.
Section N. Grave 117 PR. |
| WOODMAN |
John
Edwin |
Lance
Corporal 6465861, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment
(West Surrey). Killed in action in Italy 8 September 1944. Aged
25. Born 14 August 1919, and resident, Middlesex. In the 1921 census
he was aged 1, born Ruislip, Middlesex, son of Edwin Thomas and
Ada Woodman, resident Harefield Place, Harefield, Middlesex. In
the 1939 Register he was the son of Ada Woodman, resident "Mainter?,"
Ducks Hill Road, Ruislip, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex. Buried
in CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY,
Italy. Plot XVIII. Row J. Grave 2. |
| YOUNG |
John
Oliver |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1381610, 243 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of
Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
ER849, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 over the battle
area near Cape Bon, Tunis, 8 May 1943. Aged 22. Native of Eastcote,
Middlesex. Son of Sydney and Violet Pansy Young, of Eastcote, Pinner,
Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta.
Panel 9, Column 2. See also Malta
Memorial
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
YOUNG
John Oliver of 61 Abbotsbury-gardens Eastcote Middlesex
died on or since 8 May 1943 on war service Administration
Llandudno 9 March to Sydney Young gas companys
representative. Effects £148 17s. 2d.
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