
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PETERHOUSE WORLD WAR 2 WAR MEMORIAL
World War 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2007
The
details here are taken from the Order of Service used for the remembrance
service 8th December 1945 in Peterhouse Chapel. There are 54 names listed.

In
Memory of
THE
MEMBERS & SERVANTS OF THE
COLLEGE WHO FELL IN THE WAR
1939 - 1945
Great
love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends
1940 |
ARUP |
Peter
Dahl |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 74658, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5th
August 1940. Aged 20. Son of Arne Seidelin Arup and Anna-Marie Arup,
of Virginia Water. No known grave. Commemorated on the wall of ST.
JOHN'S CREMATORIUM, WOKING, Surrey. Panel 1. |
CLARK |
Henry
Alan |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 72590, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 14th July 1940. Aged 28. Son of Henry and Gladys Clark; husband
of Rosemary Clark, of Boughton Monchelsea. Buried in ST. PETER CHURCHYARD,
BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, Kent. |
FRY |
Peter
de Galleani |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 41770, Royal Air Force. Died 15th April 1940. Aged
25. Son of John and Maria Francesca Fry, of Chichester. Buried near
the centre of ST. STEPHEN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, NORTH MUNDHAM, Sussex. |
MacDONALD |
Donald
Kennedy |
Pilot
Officer 74679, 603 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 28th August 1940. Aged 22. Son of James Harold and Isa May
Macdonald, of Murrayfield, Edinburgh; brother of Harold Kennedy
MacDonald (below). B.A.(Cantab.) No known grave. Commemorated on
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 9. |
MacDONALD |
Harold
Kennedy |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 90193, 603 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary
Air Force). Died 28th September 1940. Aged 28. Son of James Harold
and Isa May Kennedy Macdonald, of Murrayfield, Edinburgh; brother
of Donald Kennedy MacDonald (above). B.A. (Cantab.). Waiter to the
Signet. Commemorated on the wall of WARRISTON CREMATORIUM, EDINBURGH,
Scotland. Panel 3. |
1941 |
ALLAN |
Bruce
Cartwright de Gardanne |
Pilot
Officer 84982, 45 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
28th April 1941. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL,
Egypt. Panel 241. |
BROWNE |
Anthony
Doughty |
Pilot
officer 61026, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
25th May 1941. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL,
Egypt. Panel 241. |
BRADY |
Patrick
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 921388, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
19th August 1941. Buried in TONDER CEMETERY, Denmark. Section A.
Plot M. Row 37. Collective grave 7. |
CHARLES |
Frederick
William Rodney |
Sergeant
(Wirless Operator/Air Gunner) 949785, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 4th July 1941. Aged 24. Son of Frederick
and Edith Charles, of Dore, Yorkshire. B.A. (Cantab): Peterhouse.
Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany.
plot 26. Row E. Collective grave 6-8. |
HAMILTON |
John
Jackson |
Flight
Lieutenant 101631, 24 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 10th Decmeber 1941. Aged 28. Son of Capt George Hamilton, R.N.R.
and of Lilian E. Hamilton (nee Jackson), of Satwell; husband of
Alice Joan Hamilton (nee Matthews). B.A. (Cantab.). A.I.C.E. Buried
in ST. PAUL CHURCHYARD, HIGHMORE, Oxfordshire. |
LEE |
Mark |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 89826, 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 9th December 1941. Aged 21. Son of Frederic William and Constance
Mary Lee, of Kibworth, Harcourt, Leicestershire. B.A. (Cantab.).
Buried in AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY, Friesland, Netherlands.
Plot D. Row 15. Grave 4. |
McCABE |
Lawrence
Hugh |
Gunner
DR/182, 1 Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. Died 25th
December 1941. Aged 25. Son of Edward John McCabe, and of Hilda
McCabe, of Finchley, Middlesex, England. B.A. (Cantab.), F.R.G.S.
No known grave. Commemorated on SAI WAN MEMORIAL, Hong Kong (China).
Column 33. |
RYAN |
Allen
William |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 62282, 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 10th July 1941. Aged 19. Son of Arthur Allen Ryan and Gladys
Eleanor Seaton Ryan, of Hampstead, London. Buried in ALEPPO WAR
CEMETERY, Syria. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 2. |
TRAILL |
Richard
Cambell Shakespear |
Second
Lieutenant 124700, 1 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 13th
March 1941. Aged 26. Son of Robert William and Evelyn Frances Traill,
of Bedford. Buried in KEREN WAR CEMETERY, Eritrea. Plot 3. Row D.
Grave 13. |
1942 |
BURNEY |
Roger
John Gilbert |
Sub-Lieutenant,
French Submarine "Surcouf", Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Died 19th February 1942. Aged 22. Son of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Edward
Cave Burney, D.S.O., M.C., R.A., and of Dorothy Burney, of Hay,
Herefordshire. B.A. (Cantab.). No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 71, Column 1.
Note:
The Surcouf (N N 3) was a French submarine ordered to be built in
December 1927, launched 18 October 1929, and commissioned May 1934.
At the beginning of World War II, Surcouf was the largest submarine
in the world. Her short wartime career was marked with controversy
and conspiracy theories. |
CONSTANT |
Ion
Brancovan |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 410 (R.D.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 16th March 1942. Aged 21. Son of Marin B. Constant
and Cicely Brancovan Constant, of Cobham. B.A. (Cantab). Buried
in COBHAM CEMETERY, ESHER, Surrey. Class C. Grave 1729. |
CROSS |
Michael
John Carlton |
Sergeant
(Observer) 913609, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 9th March 1942. Aged 22. Son of Maj. John Kynaston Carlton
Cross and Constance May Cross, of Wantage, Berkshire. Buried in
SMILDE (HOOGERSMILDE) GENERAL CEMETERY, Drenthe, Netherlands. Plot
3. Row 4. Grave 18. |
DEWING |
Richard
Anthony |
Second
Lieutenant 164937, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 29th May 1942.
Aged 21. Son of Major General Richard H. Dewing, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.,
and Helen Dewing, of Binfield, Berkshire. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE
WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Plot 10. Row H. Grave 14. |
FRIES |
Fexlix
Theodore |
Officer
Cadet 1098392, Royal Artillery. Died 4th April 1942. Aged 29. Buried
in CHISWICK NEW CEMETERY, Middlesex. Block G. Grave 60. |
HARVEY-KELLY |
Hume
Diarmid |
Captain
EC/276, 2nd Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian Army. Killed
during the Japenese invasion of Singapore 11th February 1942. Aged
25. Son of Harvey St. George Harvey-Kelly and Ellen Harvey-Kelly,
of Bedford. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Kranji, Singapore. Plot
12. Row E. Grave 16. |
JENKINS,
DSO, DFC |
John
Fraser Grant |
Wing
Commander 72517, 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 27th March 1942. Aged 24. Son of John and Patricia Mabel Jenkins,
of Noctorum, Cheshire. B.A. (Cantab.). Wrangler. Awarded the Distinguished
Service Order (DSO) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Buried
in AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Plot 13. Row 2. Grave 22. |
LAVERS |
William
Allan |
Stoker
1st Class D/KX 112464, HMS Cromer, Royal Navy. Died 9th November
1942. Aged 30. Son of Albert Edward and Edith Mary Lavers, of Kingston,
Kingsbridge, Devon; husband of Irene Lavers, of Kingston. No known
grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 70,
Column 2.
Note:
HMS Cromer was a Bangor Class Minesweeper (J128) built by Lobnitz
& Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland). Laid down 16th May 1940, launched
7th October 1940 and commissioned 4th April 1941. On 9th November
1942 HMS Cromer (Cdr. Robert Hearfield Stephenson, DSO, RN) was
mined
and sunk off Mersa Matruh, Egypt. |
LEGG |
Douglas
Cecil |
No
further information currently. |
PHELPS |
Anthony
Irving |
Flying
Officer 103007, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th October
1942. Son of Dr. J. H. Phelps and Mrs. Phelps, of Great Malvern,
Worcestershire. Buried in CALGARY (BURNSLAND) CEMETERY, Alberta,
Canada. Lot 46. Block 8. Sec G. |
1943 |
BLAND |
John
Maltby |
Lieutenant
233360, 238 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 19th September
1943. Aged 25. Son of Edward Maltby Bland, C.M.G., and of Frances
Mary Middleton Bland, of Matfield, Kent. B.A. Hons. (Cantab.). Buried
in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 7. Row F. Grave 3. |
CAMPBELL |
G
L |
No
further information currently available |
CHADBURN |
Alan
William |
[Note
the Order of Service has him listed as 1943] Captain 85442, 426
Battery, 107 (The South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal
Horse Artilley. Died 6th June 1942. Aged 25. Son of Claude William
and Ethel Chadburn of Papplewick, Nottinghamshire. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE
WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 18. |
CREW |
William
Denys |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 127527, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 20th October 1943. Aged 23. Son of Frederick Denys Crew, and
of Mary Lilian Crew, of Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire. B.A.
(Cantab.). Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XVII. Row
A. Grave 10. |
CYRLAS-WILLIAMS |
William
Richard |
Captain
199791, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1st Regiment, Reconnaissance
Corps, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 5th May 1943. Aged 27. Son of
William and Gwladys Cyrlas-Williams; husband of Dr. Ruth Cyrlas-Williams,
of Porthcawl, Glamorgan. B.A. Hons., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Buried in
MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 2. |
HANAFY |
John
Theodore |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 60812, 180 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 25th May 1943. Aged 25. Son of John L. Hanafy and A. M. Hanafy
of Jarrow, Co. Durham. B.A. Hons. (Cantab.). Buried in ABBEVILLE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot 6. Row B. Grave
3. |
HARSTON |
Michael
George Sirdefield |
Lieutenant,
HMS Beverley, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th April 1943.
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 80, Column 1.
Note:
HMS Beverley was a Town Class Destroyer (H64) built by Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.),
laid down 25th October 1918, launched 19th April 1919 and finally
commissioned 11th April 1943. On 9 April 1943 HMS Beverley had been
seriously damaged in a collision with the British steam merchant
Cairnvalona (4929 tons) and took station in the rear of the convoy.
At 05.49 hours on 11th April 1943 the German submarine U-188 fired
a torpedo at the convoy ON-176 southwest of Iceland and observed
a hit on a tanker after 1 minute 34 seconds, which finally sank
after 45 minutes with a broken back. At 05.50 hours, two torpedoes
were fired and after 1 minute 58 seconds and 2 minutes 11 seconds
hits on two ships were heard. At 05.52 hours again two torpedoes
were fired, which hit a fourth ship after 1 minute 58 seconds and
began to settle by the bow. However, Allied records indicate that
only HMS Beverley (Lt.Cdr. Rodney Athelstan Price, RN) was hit and
sunk at that time in position. There were only 4 survivors out of
a crew of 155.
|
LAMB |
Osmer
Ogilvy |
Lieutenant
267184, Intelligence Corps. Died 16th November 1943. Aged 21. Son
of Colonel D. O. W. Lamb, C.B.E., formerly of Hodson's Horse (4th
D.C.O. Lancers), and of Thelma C. Lamb, of St. Andrews, Fife. Scholar
of Peterhouse College, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on
ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 9. |
NASH |
Thomas
Wilfred |
Captain
56620, Royal Engineers attached 42 Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers
and Miners. Died 1st August 1943. Aged 30. Son of Comdr. John Wilfred
Nash and Edith May Elizabeth Nash, of Sherborne, Dorsetshire. B.A.
(2nd Class Mechanical Science Tripos); Peterhouse, Cambridge. Buried
in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 9. Row H. Grave 15. |
STRUTT,
DFC |
Ivan
Cornwallis |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 72438, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of
Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number W5401, when
it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a Ju88 night
fighter about 4 miles southwest Sousse during a raid on Tunis Harbour
6 January 1943. Aged 27. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.). Native of Bath, Somerset. Son of Geoffrey St. John Strutt,
C.B.E., J.P., and Sybil Eyre Strutt, of Bath, Somerset. No known
grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 6, Column 1.
Seealso Malta
Memorial |
WALTER |
John
Charles William |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 112394, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 7th April 1943. Son of Maj. William Frederick Walter, and Kate
Agnes Walter; husband of Ruby Irene Walter, of Alresford, Hampshire.
B.A.; District Officer, Northern Rhodesia. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross (DFC). Buried in BEJA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 2.
Row R. Grave 8. |
ASPLIN |
Charles
Harry |
Private
5832911, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died
at Kinsaiyok, Thailand 23rd May 1943 as a prisoner of war of the
Japanese. Aged 30. Son of Elizabeth Asplin, of Cambridge. Buried
in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 8. Row F. Grave 42. |
FITZPATRICK |
T
J |
probably
Thomas James FITZPATRICK, Private 5933430, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Died at Changi, Singapore 13th June 1944 as a prisoner
of war of the Japanese. Aged 22. Resident of Chesterton, Cambridge.
See Chesterton
War memorial. |
POULTER |
Cyril
George |
Driver
2077086, Royal Engineers attached HQ 18th Division. Died 5tth November
1943 as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. Aged 31. Son of Fredrick
John and Annie Eliza Poulter; husband of Gertrude Edith Poulter.
Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row J. grave
72. |
1944 |
COTTON |
P
T |
probably
Paul Temple COTTON, Wing Commander 89762, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 3rd June 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(DFC). No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 118. |
CULVER |
Ronald
Alfred |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1809720, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 7th August
1944. Aged 20. Son of Lancey William Alfred and Gladys Louisa Culver,
of North Harrow, Middlesex. Buried in MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY, Egypt.
Plot 2. Row D. Grave 2. |
HINES |
Anthony
Charles Derek |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 49779, 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 6th
December 1944. Aged 25. Son of the Revd. Fred Leonard Hines and
Ethel Marianne Hines, of Higher Crumpsall, Manchester. Scholar of
Peterhouse, Cambridge. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Plot 13. Row A. Grave 1. |
HOOPER |
Arthur
Brian Wilfred |
Captain
117152, King's Shropshire Light Infantry attached 2nd Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Died 26th October 1944. Aged 29. Son of Edgar Wilfred
Hooper, and of Lilian Wells Hooper, of Lifton, Devon. B.A., LL.B.
(Cantab.). Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Plot 6. Row C. Grave 11. |
JONES |
Geoffrey
John Thirsk |
Lieutenant
262105, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 30th June 1944. Aged
21. Son of Thomas James Jones, O.B.E., and Dorothy Jones, of Orpington,
Kent. Buried in BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row F. Grave
20. |
SHIPPAM |
Frank
Norman |
Captain
180207, Royal Sussex Regiment attached 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex
Regiment. Died 10th July 1944. Aged 30. Son of Frank and Emily Shippam;
husband of Elizabeth Mary Shippam, of Bighton, Hampshire. Buried
in LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados, France. Plot VII.
Row A. Grave 2. |
STOCK |
Roger
Neville Graham |
Major
78616, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 23rd April 1944.
Aged 25. Son of Cyril Joseph Heath Stock and Constance Stock, of
Darlington, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commmeorate don RANGOON
MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 17. |
STRUTHERS |
A
F |
possibly
(although the year differs) Alastair Fulton STRUTHERS, Pilot officer
(Observer) 87651, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 28th June
1941. Aged 30. Son of Thomas and Lilian Struthers; husband of Daphne
Jean Struthers, of Shenley Hill, Hertfordshire. Buried in HAMBURG
CEMETERY, Hamburg, Germany. Plot 5A. Row M. Grave 6. |
WILMOT |
Peter
Birley |
Lieutenant
EC/6503, 4th Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army. Died 27th
April 1944. Aged 23. Son of Stanley B. and Eveline Wilmot, of Steventon,
Ludlow, Shropshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL,
Myanmar (Burma). Face 55. |
WOOD |
J
R |
possibly
John Robert WOOD, Private 5628786, 1st Battaion, Devonshire Regiment.
Died 7th July 1944. Aged 29. Son of George Edward and Ada Wood,
of Plymouth. Buried in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 4. Row D.
Grave 12. |
CARTER |
R
J |
probably
Ronald John CARTER, Private 4864367, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese 17th July 1944.
Aged 31. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot
6. Row F. Grave 3. |
1945 |
COLLINS,
OBE |
Edward
Towl |
Major
50844, Royal Engineers. Died 28th March 1945. Awarded the order
of the British Empire (OBE). Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY,
Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 48. Row A. Grave 18. |
PORTER |
Kenneth
Stanley |
Flying
officer (Air Bomber) 153892, 189 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 2nd February 1945. Aged 23. Son of Percy George and
Muriel Gladys Porter, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Exhibitioner of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Scholar for the year 1941-42.
Wrangler 1942. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bad Tolz, Bayern,
Germany. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 6. |
RAE |
Colin
Stuart |
Lieutenant
EC/11528, 4th Battalion, 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The
Malaun Regiment), Indian Army. Died 17th May 1945. Aged 23. Son
of Stuart Naysmith Rae and Kathleen Cecilia Rae. No known grave.
Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 56. |
ROWTON |
Geoffrey
Allen |
Major
88494, 168 (8th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders) Battery, 122
Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 4th February 1945. Aged
32. Son of Harold S. Rowton and Ethel M. Rowton; husband of Nancy
Rowton, of Aberdeen. B.A. (Cantab.), LL.B. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR
CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot 27. Row D. Grave 23. |
USHER |
Kenneth
Frederick Leslie |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator) 166731, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
4th April 1945. Aged 20. Son of Alfred Leslie and Katherine Usher,
of West Bromwich. Buried in ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS, WEST
BROMWICH, Staffordshire. Jubilee Extension. Grave 647. |
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