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| GAFF |
Robert
Osmond |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1598329, 31 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator
BVI, serial number EW166, when he baled out over the Adriatic
Sea when the aircraft became uncontrolable, the pilot eventually
gained control and the aircraft landed safely, 21 October 1944.
Aged 25. Native of Morpeth, Northumberland. Son of Edward and
Margaret Ann Gaff, of Morpeth, Northumberland. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| GALLOWAY |
Edward
Hawkes Hepburn |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 159395, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN808, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on an oil refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 22 July 1944.
Native of Dundee, Angus. Son of Edward and Eileen Galloway, of
Dundee. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| GALT |
Matthew
Henderson |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1073260, 142 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE7860, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Palermo, Sicily, 7 July 1943. Aged 33. Native
of Buxton, Derbyshire. Son of Matthew Joseph and Sarah Galt; husband
of Marjory Galt, of Buxton, Derbyshire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| GAMBLE |
Kenneth |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1202449, 39 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA,
serial number DD875, when the aircrfat was lost without trace
during a mine laying sortie to Bizerte Harbour, Tunisia, 30 November
1942. Aged 22. Native of Wigston, Leicestershire. Son of Edwin
and Lily Elizebeth Gamble, of Wigston, Leicestershire. Panel 3,
Column 2. |
| GARBUTT |
Stanley
William |
Flight
Sergeant 1388893, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Brindisi, Italy,
25 October 1943. Aged 23. Native of of Faversham, Kent. Son of
William and Jessie Garbutt; husband of Ellen Edith Garbutt, of
Faversham, Kent, married October-December Quarter 1941 in Sitingbourne
Registration District, Kent. In 1921 he was newborn, born Peckham,
London, son of William and Jessie Agnes Garbutt, resident 16,
Clifton Crescent, Camberwell, London & Surrey,. Panel 7, Column
1. |
| GARBUTT |
William
Harrison |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/108830, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number He524,
when his aircrfat was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 15 August 1943. Aged 23. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of William John and Annie Garbutt, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 11, Column 2. |
| GARLAND |
John
Patrick McMillan
|
Sergeant
1074974, 424 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pavillier,
Tunisia, in a Vicker Wellington X, serial number HE963, when his
aicraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina, Sicily,
13 July 1943. Native of Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland. Son of
Grace B. E. Garland, of Stevenston, Ayrshire. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| GARLAND |
Thomas
Benjamin |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 79565, 261 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number
V7493, when his aircraft was shot down, probably by a Bf109, when
intercepting Ju88s and Bf109s during an enemy air raid on Grand
Harbour, Malta, 22 March 1941. Aged 26. Native of Nakuru, Kenya.
Son of Ben and Sarah Garland, of Nakuru, Kenya. Panel 1, Column
1. |
| GARNER |
Arthur |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1206828, 104 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE610, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on Capodichino airfield near Naples 29 July 1943.
Aged 35. Native of Hampstead, London. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Garner;
husband of Evelyn F. Garner, of Hampstead, London. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| GARNER |
William |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1503921, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE657, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Cape Palmi, Italy, about 20 miles northeast of Messina, Sicily,
8 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of Stockport, Cheshire. Son of
William and E. Adelaide Garner, of Stockport, Cheshire. Panel
8, Column 2. |
| GARNETT |
Jack
Frankland |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1486588, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial
number NE371, when the aircraft crashed into the sea during an
attack on a merchant ship near Cape l'Espigette in the Gulf of
Lyons 19 April 1944. Aged 33. Native of Maltby, Yorkshire. Son
of Joseph and Martha Garnett; husband of Margaret Garnett, of
Maltby, Rotherham, Yorkshire. B.A. (Leeds). Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GARRAD |
Gordon
Keith Fison |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 39658, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number He952,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on beaches
between Messina and Cape Pellaro, Sicily, 5 August 1943. Aged
25. Native of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Son of Arthur and Audrey
Garrad; husband of Margaret Garrad, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Panel 6, Column 1. |
| GARRICK |
Donald
Robert Arthur |
Sergeant
927275, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Mount Farm, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number
W5559, when the aircraft was shot down by Italian AF Fiat CR42s
8 miles south of Lampedusa during a delivery flight from the United
Kingdom to Malta on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit
(O.A.D.U.) 30 August 1941. Born 23 May 1920. In 1939 he was a
Newspaper Clerk, unmarried, son of Kate C Garrick (a widow), resident
41 Avon Road, Walthamstow, Walthamstow M.B., Essex. Panel 1, Column
2. |
| GARVEY |
Connor
Phelan |
Sergeant
(Pilot) R/93796, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country
of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali, Malta,
in a Bristol beaufighter VIC, serial number X8093, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a night intruder sortie over Sicily
22 February 1943. Native of Veteran, Alberta, Canada. Unmarried.
Born 23 December 1919. Attested 18 April 1941, aged 20, height
5 feet 11 inches, weight 142 lbs. Son of Mr. C. P. Garvey of Fort
McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. Canadian
Service Files |
| GASS |
Murray
Irving |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1190047, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
EP700, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 off Filfla island
when intercepting an enemy fighter sweep on Malta 4 October 1942.
Aged 20. Native of Butleigh Wootton, Somerset. Born 27 June 1922.
Baptised 4 August 1922 in Butleigh, Somerset. Son of George Irving
Gass (a School Master) and Norah Elizabeth Gass, of Butleigh Wootton,
Somerset. In 1939 he was at school, son of George Irving and Norah
E Gass, resident 6 Woburn Terrace Plymouth Road, Tavistock, Tavistock
U.D., Devon. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GAUDET |
Joseph
Raymond |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) J/17020, 221 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number LB115,
when his aircraft was assumed to have been shot down by a night
fighter off Cap Bon during an anti-shipping search west of Sicily
19 April 1943. Native of Lewisville, New Brunswick, Canada. Panel
10, Column 2. |
| GAUTREY |
Reginald
William |
Flight
Lieutenant 37674, 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Oban, Argyllshire,
in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number AH560, when the aircraft
was lost between Gibraltar and Mount Batten during a transit flight
from the Middle East to the United Kingdom on behalf of the Overseas
Aircraft Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 23 May 1941. Aged 27. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Native of Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gautrey, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Panel 1, Column 1. |
| GAY |
Herbert
William |
Flight
Sergeant 1384516, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Hani West, Tunisia,
1 November 1943. Aged 20. Native of Edgware, Middlesex. Son of
Herbert William and Caroline Gay, of Edgware, Middlesex. Panel
7, Column 1. |
| GEBBIE |
Gordon
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 409686, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington, when the aircraft
was lost without trace after reporting engine trouble during an
ASW patrol north of Cap der Fer, Algeria, 17 October 1943. Aged
21. Native of Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. Son of Samuel
Edward and Margaret Gebbie, of Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 2. |
| GELDENHUYS |
Gysbert
Jacobus |
Warrant
Officer Class II 138275V, 15 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Cesenatico, Italy, in a Martin Baltimore V, serial number FW830,
when his aircraft was ditched off Bellaria between Rimini and
Cervia, Italy, 30 January 1945. Aged 19. Native of Uitenhage,
Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Jakobus A. and Lydia J. Geldenhuys,
of Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| GESUNDHEIT |
Bertram
Victor |
Lieutenant
(Navigator) 102429V, 31 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Celone,
Italy, in a Liberator BVI, serial number KG826, when his aircraft
crashed into the Adriatic Sea when returning from a raid on the
Romano Americana oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, between 26
July 1944 and 27 July 1944. Native of South Africa. Panel 17,
Column 1. |
| GIBBES |
Augustus
Rodney |
Wing
Commander 267505, 142 Squadron (Officer in Charge), Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number He266, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on Viterbo airfield, Italy, 16 August 1943. Aged 28. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Northbridge,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Augustus John Osborne Gibbes
and Ann Gibbes; husband of Joan Mary Gibbes, of Northbridge, New
South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| GIBBONS |
Roy
Samuel |
Flight
Sergeant 915751, 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort II, serial number AW305,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off the island
of Paxos during an attack on a convoy south of Corfu 6 September
1942. Aged 22. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.).
Native of Maidenhead, Berkshire. Son of Albert Edward and Violet
Mabel Gibbons, of Maidenhead, Berkshire. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GIBSON |
Gilbert
Cameron |
Sergeant
1369021, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half
Die, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number DW105, when
the aircraft crashed south of Cansado Point due to en engine fire
soon after taking off from Port Etienne, French West Africa, one
of the crew survived, 5 January 1944. Aged 29. Native of Crieff,
Perthshire. Son of Robert and Cissie Gibson, of Crieff, Perthshire;
husband of Alice Theresa Gibson, of Crieff. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GILBERT |
John
Carlton |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 127785, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BR227, when his aircraft was shot down by Bf109s into the sea
off Wied-iz-Zurrieq, Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid
by Ju88s on Luqa airfield 8 July 1942. Aged 20. Native of West
Kensington, London. Son of Dorine Marie Gilbert, of West Kensington,
London. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GILBODY |
James |
Pilot
Officer 54910, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella, Italy,
in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP502, when the aircraft
was lost during a raid on Udine 18 November 1944. Aged 23. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Native of Sale, Cheshire. Son of James and
Edith Gilbody, of Sale, Cheshire. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| GILCHRIST |
Thomas
Norman |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1122992, 14 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin Marauder
I, serial number FK142, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a reconnaissance to the Cape Corse area of Northern Corsica 1 February
1944. Aged 20. Native of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Son of Robert and Sarah Gilchrist, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern
Ireland. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| GILES |
Royston
Jack Charles William |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 47363, 225 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number
either HL768 or HL989, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109
during a tactical reconnaissance sortie 26 November 1942. Panel
2, Column 2. |
| GILL |
Ernest
Hector |
Corporal
1258560, 15076 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action at sea in transit in the landing ship LST 305
which was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-230 off Anzio, Italy, 20 February
1944. Aged 37. Native of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Son of
Ernest and Polly Gill, of Prees, Shropshire; husband of Gwendoline
Olive Gill, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Panel 15, Column
2. See also Leighton
Buzzard, Bedfordshire |
| GILL |
Maxwell
Harry |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 179039, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXIII, serial
number MM441, when his aircraft was lost without trace during
an intruder sortie to Toulouse, France 17 July 1944. Native of
St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Panel 15. |
| GILL |
Robert |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1028006, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HF834,
when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Bizerte docks, one
of the crew survived and was captured, 7 December 1942. Aged 22.
Native of Wibsey, Yorkshire. Son of Henry and Lucy Gill, of Wibsey,
Yorkshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| GILLETT |
Geoffrey
Gordon |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 415779, 70 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action floying out of Djedeida No 1, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number LN301, when the aircraft was lost without trace
when returning from a raid on Ciampino airfield near Rome 22 November
1943. Aged 32. Native of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Son of
William Lyall Gillett and Pauline Gillett; husband of Sylvia Mary
Gillett, of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| GILLHAM |
Robert
William |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 120520, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number
BZ508, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
into the sea by flak east of Venice during an attack on a bridge
at Latisana 31 December 1944. Aged 22. Native of Croydon, Surrey.
Son of Albert Robert W. and Mary Love Gillham, of Croydon, Surrey.
Panel 13, Column 1. |
| GIMSON |
Ernest
William |
Flight
Sergeant 541685, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR726, when the aircraft was
shot down, possibly by Italian AF MC200s, during an attack on
a convoy southeast of Malta 26 June 1941. Aged 25. Awarded the
Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.C.) and Bar. Native of Pendle
Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ernest Reynolds Gimson
and Gladys Hilda Gimson, of Pendle Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| GIRAUDEAU |
Alexander
Hugh |
Lieutenant
328979V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Takoradi, Gold Coast,
in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number HZ526, when his aircraft was
lost without trace during a patrol off Takoradi, believed to have
been shot down by flak when attacking a U-boat 18 December 1943.
Panel 12, Column 1. |
| GLANSFIELD |
James
Victor |
Sergeant
655178, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Abu Sueir, Egypt, in a Short
S30 as a apssenger, whe the aircraft crashed ff Senegal due to
an engine failure and fire during a transit flight from Bathurst,
Gambia, to the United Kingdom carrying tour-expired aircrew 14
September 1942. Aged 21. Native of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Panel 3, Column 2. |
| GLAZEBROOK |
Jack
Kenneth |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Navigator) R/87055, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IF, serial number
X7778, when the aircraft as lost without trace during a night
intruder sortie over Sicily 26 February 1943. Aged 25. Native
of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of George Frederick and
Elizabeth Martha Glazebrook, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| GOALBY |
Patrick
Neil |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 964652, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IF, serial number
V8279, when the aircraft was shot down into the sea west of Malta
after attacking a Do24 flying boat 6 January 1943. Aged 21. Native
of Harden, Staffordshire. Son of George David and Kathleen Mary
Goalby, of Harden, Staffordshire. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| GODDARD |
Clifford
James Zachariah |
Leading
Aircraftman 541273, 806 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea aboard the aircraft
carrier H.M.S. Illustrious which was damaged during an enemy air
raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January 1941. Native
of Newport, Monmouthshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Goddard;
husband of Margaret D. Goddard, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Panel
2, Column 2. |
| GODDARD |
Stanley
Bertram |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1581052, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HF476, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on the Xenia oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, presumed to have
crashed northeast of Lake Scutari 19 August 1944. Aged 23. Native
of Whittington, Staffordshire. Son of Joseph William Goddard,
and of Alice Lawton Goddard, of Whittington, Staffordshire. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| GODFREY |
Richard
Roy |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 415521, 150 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HZ811, when the aircaft was lost without trace during a raid on
Leghorn Harbour, Italy, 24 September 1943. Aged 23. Native of
Perth, Western Australia. Son of Jack Martin Godfrey and Nell
Godfrey, of Perth, Western Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| GOFF |
Wilfred
Oswell |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1257891, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number
X8080, when his aircraft was shot down by flak just off the coast
of Tunisia at Hergla near Monastir during an anti-shipping sweep
31 January 1943. Aged 32. Native of Maidenhead, Berkshire. Son
of Edward and Elsie Goff; husband of Doris Margaret Goff, of Maidenhead,
Berkshire. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| GOGGIN |
Harold
Leonard Francis |
Sergeant
NZ414279, 253 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of
service New Zealand. Killed in action flying out of Maison Blanche,
Algeria, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial number HV958, when
his aircraft was lost without trace when returning to Maison Blanche
after escorting a C-47 to Oran, Algeria, 17 November 1942. Aged
22. Native of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Son of Leonard Robert Goggin, and stepson of Helen Aloysius Goggin
(nee Doran), of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Panel 5, Column 2. |
| GOLBY |
Cecil |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 656364, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tafaraoui, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson VI, serial number
FK667, when his aircraft was lost without trace during a night
Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol off Cape Roca, Portugal, 2 September
1943. In 1921 he was newborn, born Stoneleigh, Warwickshire,
son of Harold John and Beatrice Annie Golby, resident Rolly
Lane Lodge, Ashow, Kenilworth, Ashow, Warwickshire. Panel 7,
Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
GOLBY
Cecil of 73 Arthur-street Kenilworth Warwickshire
died on orsince 2 September 1943 on war service Administration
Birmingham 31 January to Beatrice Annie Golby
widow. Effects £369 12s.
|
| GOLDING |
Terence
Thomas |
Sergeant
1586360, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP131, when
the aircraft was lost during a mine laying sortie along the River
Danube between Groksi and Pancevo 2 July 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Southville, Bristol. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Golding, of Southville,
Bristol. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GOLDSMITH |
John
Lewis |
Flight
Sergeant 910986, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action 12 April 1943. Aged 22. Awarded the George
Medal. Son of Lewis Lloyd Goldsmith, and of Magdelene Florence Goldsmith,
of St. Saviours, Jersey, Channel Islands. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| GOLDSMITH |
Sidd |
Sergeant
552202, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Thorney Island, Hampshire,
in a Lockheed Hudson III, serial number AE539 (serial unconfirmed),
when the aircraft he was in was lost without trace between Malta
and Egypt during a delivery flight to Singapore 8 January 1942.
Aged 19. Native of Colne, Lancashire. Grandson of Mrs. M. J. Cottam,
of Colne, Lancashire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| GOLDSPINK |
Leslie
Newell Whittingham |
Flying
Officer 131557, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Fontaine Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, 9 May
1943. Aged 22. Native of Manningtree, Essex. Son of Frederick
W. and Miriam E. Goldspink, of Manningtree, Essex. Panel 6, Column
2. |
| GOOD |
Nolan
Alexander |
Flight
Sergeant NZ428104, 142 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MF249, when the aircraft was shot down by flak at Libiola 9 miles
east of Mantova in the Po Valley during a raid on railway yards
at Brescia, Italy, 17 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of Trentham,
Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Clarence Edward and Alice Gwendoline
Good, of Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of B. Good,
of Llanharry, Glamorgan. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| GOODALL |
Jack |
Sergeant
1620835, 36 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Reghaia,
Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF247, when
his aircraft flew into the water during a Leigh Light run over
a suspected target during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol, three
of the crew survived 27 August 1944. Aged 23. Native of Blackpool,
Lancashire. Son of George and Florence Goodall, of Blackpool,
Lancashire. Panel 15, Column 1. See also Blackpool,
Lancashire |
| GOODWIN |
George
Nicholas |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/14450, 200 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Yundum,
Gambia, in a Consolidated Liberator GRV, serial number BZ832,
when the aircraft was shot down by return fire during a successful
attack on the U-boat U-468 about 240 miles southwest of Dakar,
Senegal, 11 August 1943. Aged 20. Native of Erickson, British
Columbia, Canada. Son of Nicholas L. Goodwin, and of Maude Goodwin,
of Erickson, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| GOODWIN |
James
Thomas William |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1802579, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
JA521, when the aircraft was lost without trace when outbound
on a raid on an oil refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 21
July 1944. Aged 19. Native of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Son of
H. H. Goodwin, and of Margaret Evelyn Goodwin, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GORDON-GLASSFORD |
Terence
Harry |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 402658, 179 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar
in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX690, when his aircraft
was lost during an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol over the Western
Mediterranean, possibly shot down by return fire from an Italian
submarine 21 January 1943. Aged 27. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD).
Native of Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Torre
Harry and Doris Gordon-Glassford, of Darling Point, New South
Wales, Australia. International Oarsman. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| GORE |
Frederick
Charles |
Sergeant
929915, 600 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Marcianese,
Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number V8672, when
the aircraft was lost 15 miles west of Anzio, Italy, during a
patrol 27 April 1944. Aged 21. Native of Camden Town, London.
Son of Charles Henry and Lily Gore, of Camden Town, London. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| GORRINGE-SMITH |
John
Edward |
Squadron
Leader 40470, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of LG 89, Egypt, in
a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8712, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during an anti-shipping patrol off Sicily
9 May 1942. Aged 26. Native of Marlow. Buckinghamshire. Son of
Herbert and Winifred Gorringe-Smith; husband of Kathleen Gorringe-Smith,
of Marlow. Buckinghamshire. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| GOTTHEIMER |
Sidney
Walter |
Leading
Aircraftman 1291116, 1 Base Area, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying in a Avro
Lancaster I, serial number PD383, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a trooping flight off Corsica in bad weather while
en route from Italy to United Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft
5 November 1945. Aged 30. Native of Hoxton, London. Son of Frederick
and Mary Ann Gottheimer, of Hoxton, London. Panel 19, Column 2. |
| GOULDER |
Kenneth |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 403693, 3 Squadron (R.A.A.F.), Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Agnone, Sicily, Italy, in a Curtiss Kittyhawk II, serial
number FS423, when he was shot down by small arms fire near Riposto
east of Mount Etna, Sicily, when strafing Motor Transport vehicles
8 August 1943. Aged 22. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Native
of Campsie, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Frederick Clayson
Goulder and Bertha May Goulder, of Campsie, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 2. |
| GOULDING |
William |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 126580, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP573, when the aircraft was shot down during a sweep near Mateur
26 November 1942. Aged 22. Native of Deganwy, Caernarvonshire.
Son of John and Flora Goulding, of Deganwy, Caernarvonshire. Panel
3, Column 1. |
| GRABHAM |
Justyn
Stuart |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 976771, 21 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV,
serial number Z9823, when his aircraft was shot down by a Bf109
near the island of Filfla near Malta when returning from a shipping
sweep to the Kerkenna Islands, Tunisia, 11 February 1942. Aged
26. Native of of Pontyclun, Glamorganshire. Son of Edward and
Margaret Grabham; husband of Mary Grabham, of Pontyclun, Glamorgan.
Panel 3, Column 2. |
| GRAHAM |
George
William |
Sergeant
808325, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst/Half Die, Gambia
in a Short Sunderland II, serial number W6063, when the aircraft
crashed into the sea about 400 miles southwest of Freetown, Sierra
Leone, three of the crew survived, 31 March 1943. Aged 31. Native
of Darlington, Co. Durham. Son of George and Emily Graham; husband
of Frances Mary Graham, of Darlington, Co. Durham. Panel 8, Column
2. |
| GRAHAM |
Robert
Merton |
Squadron
Leader 60526, 255 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bo Rizzo, Sicily,
Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, when the aircraft crashed
into the sea off Punta Licosa south of Salerno, Italy, 10 September
1943. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire. Husband of I. Graham, of Leeds,
Yorkshire. Panel 6, Column 1. |
| GRAHAM |
Ronald
Ogilvy Maurice |
Wing
Commander 72159, Commanding 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Abu Sueir, Egypt, as a passenger in a Short S30, serial
number G-AFCZ, when the aircraft crashed off Senegal due to an
engine failure and fire during a transit flight from Bathurst,
Gambia to the United Kingdom carrying tour-expired aircrew 14
September 1942. Aged 28. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.). Native of Ringwood, Hampshire. Son of Maurice Graham,
C.B.E., and Edith Graham, of Ringwood, Hampshire. Panel 2, Column
1. |
| GRASLEY |
Joseph
Robert |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/86232, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of LG 91, Egypt but detailed to to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers
Wellington VIII, serial number LB169, when the aircraft was lost
during a shipping search to the west of Sicily 29 April 1943.
Aged 21. Native of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried. Son
of Frederick Bertram and Masie Grasley, of Scoble West, Port Arthur,
Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. Canadian
Service Details |
| GREEN |
Geoffrey |
Flight
Sergeant 572280, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke Dock,
Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number AH559,
when the aircraft stalled and crashed in Gibraltar Bay when taking
off in heavy seas in the dark for a convoy escort sortie, two
of the crew survived, 4 November 1942. Aged 20. Native of Edgware,
Middlesex. Son of Samuel and Lilian Green; husband of Dorothy
L. Green, of Edgware, Middlesex. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GREEN |
John
George |
Sergeant
1056449, 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number AW355, when his
aircraft was shot down by flak during a shipping strike off Cephalonia,
Greece, 24 July 1942. Aged 21. Native of Sunderland, Co. Durham.
Son of George and Sarah R. Green, of Sunderland, Co. Durham. Panel
3, Column 2. |
| GREEN |
Norman
Ernest Nelson |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1049786, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
JA521, when the aircraft was lost without trace when outbound
on a raid on an oil refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 21
July 1944. Aged 22. Native of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
Son of William John and Gladys Emily Green, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GREEN |
Trevor
William |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1580417, 32 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Brindisi, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
JL127, when the aircraft ditched off Corinth following engine
failure 15 October 1944. Native of Birmingham. Born 18 March
1921. In 1939 he was an Electrical Cable Jointer Post Office
Engineering Department, resident with his parents William Thomas
and Ethel Mary Green at 193 Longbridge Lane, Birmingham, Birmingham
C.B., Warwickshire. Panel 15, Column 1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
GREEN
Trevor William of 193 Longbridge-lane Birmingham
31 died on or since 15 October 1944 on war service Administration
Birmingham 5 October to Ethel Mary Green (wife
of William Thomas Green). Effects £186 12s. 8d.
|
| GREEN |
William
Macmillan |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1565841, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK110, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a low-level
shipping reconnaissance sortie over the southern sector of the
Adriatic Sea 9 May 1944. Aged 20. Native of of Dumfries. Son of
John and Agnes Green, of Dumfries. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GREENE |
Sidney
Henry |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1172809, 18 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Canrobert, Algeria, in a Bristol
Blenheim V, serial number BA800, when his aircraft was shot down
by a Bf109 near the target during a raid on Robb airfield north
of Chouigui (the aircraft had been borrowed from 614 Squadron)
4 December 1942. Native of Wembley, Middlesex. Born 25 April 1920.
In 1939 he was the son of Philip Greene, resident 12 Barn Rise,
Wembley, Wembley M.B., Middlesex. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GREENHILL |
Cedric
Peter |
Sergeant
(Observer) 928436, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number X9765,
when he drowned when a dinghy overturned after ditching due to
an engine failure during a raid on Naples, three of the crew survived,
12 November 1941. Native of Lake, Isle of Wight. Son of Bertrand
G. and Lena G. Greenhill, of Lake, Isle of Wight. Panel 1, Column
2. |
| GREENHILL |
Ronald
Arthur |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 42377, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z9663, when the
aircraft was shot down by an Italian AF S81 during an attack on
a convoy in the Gulf of Sirte off Libya, 11 October 1941. Panel
1, Column 1. |
| GREENLAND |
Charles
James Donald |
Flight
Lieutenant (Navigator) J/15664, 255 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Bo Rizzo, Sicily, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial
number MM881, when his aircraft crashed into the sea due to an
engine failure after shooting down a Ju88, baled out but died,
the pilot survived and was rescued, 12 September 1943. Aged 33.
Native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Walter and
Alice Greenland; husband of Ada S. Greenland, of Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| GREENMAN |
Raymond
George |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 967527, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number L5805,
when the aircraft was lost without trace off Freetown, Sierra
Leone during a night escort sortie for convoy WS19Q 11 June 1942.
Aged 23. Native of of Maesteg, Glamorgan.shire Husband of Enid
Myrtle Greenman, of Maesteg, Glamorgan. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| GREENSHIELDS |
Edward
Falconer |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1271061, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
either ER913 or ER140, when his aircraft was shot down by a fighter
when intercepting an enemy air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria,
2 January 1943. Aged 21. Native of Tooting, London. Son of Edward
Falconer Greenshields, and of Helen Forrest Greenshields, of Tooting,
Surrey. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| GREENSLADE |
John
Harry |
Sergeant
1600086, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN717, when
his aircraft was lost during a raid on Padua, Italy, 24 March
1944. Aged 21. Native of Caterham, Surrey. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Greenslade, of Caterham, Surrey. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| GREENWOOD |
Arthur
Henry |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1270218, 150 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Kairouan West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HF593, when his aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on the marshalling yards at Bagnoli, Italy, 26 August
1943. Native of Bridgwater, Somerset. Son of Henry Greenwood,
and of Edith Greenwood, of Bridgwater, Somerset. Panel 8, Column
2. See also Bridgwater,
Somerset |
| GREENWOOD |
Edward
Joseph |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 412131, 126 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Grottaglie,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire, serial number JK756, when his
aircraft was shot down by return fire when attacking a Ju88 off
the west coast of Corfu near Korakciana during an armed reconnaissance
10 February 1944. Aged 27. Son of William Edward and Mary Theresa
Greenwood. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| GREIG |
John
Sangster |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 117367, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
by firendly fire flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson
III, serial number T9458, assumed to have been shot down in
error by U.S. Navy F4F Wildcats off Casablanca, Morocco, during
an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol 8 November 1942. Aged 27. Native
of Aberdeen. Husband of Marjorie K. Greig, of Hendon, Middlesex,
married July-September Quarter 1942 in East Elloe Registration
District, Lincolnshire. Panel 2, Column 2.
Extract
from Courier & Advertiser 12 December 1942, page
4:
GREIG.—Killed
in action during Nov., and buried at sea. Pilot Officer John
Sangster Greig, R.A.F.V.R., beloved younger son of the late
J. S. Greig and Mrs Greig, Kennoway, Fife, and husband of Section
Officer Marjorie K. Harris, W.A.A.F.
|
| GREIG |
Roy
Thomson |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 162377, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number
NV442, when his aircraft was lost during a night patrol 3 January
1945. Aged 20. Native of Kingswood, Surrey. Son of Leonard Leslie
and Hilda Elizabeth Greig, of Kingswood, Surrey. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| GREW |
Ivan
Woodcroft |
Flight
Sergeant 1376640, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. died flying out of Maison
Blanche, Algeria, 27 June 1943. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Grew. Panel 7, Column 1.
Extract
from The Cornishman, Penzance, Cornwall, 26 June 1947,
page 4:
ROLL
OF HONOUR
GREW.—On June 27, 1943, Flt.-Sgt. Pilot
Ivan Grew, beloved son of Mrs. Z. Asline, Ballyshannon, St.
Just, killed in action, aged 21 years.
|
| GREY |
John
Neville |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 125837, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Grottaglie, Italy, in a Hawker Hurricane IV, serial number
KZ381, when the aircraft was lost without trace after reporting
an engine problem following an attack on shipping in the Podgora
Channel, Croatia, 23 May 1944. Aged 22. Native of Low Fell, Gateshead,
Durham. Son of Thomas E. Grey, and of Amy Grey, of Low Fell, Co.
Durham. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| GRIDLEY |
Robert
Victor |
Pilot
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 46124, 69 Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Maryland I, serial number
AR721, when the aircraft ditched off Sliema northwest of Valletta,
Malta following battle damage from a Bf109 when returning from
an armed reconnaissance, the observer survived, 13 January 1942.
Aged 20. Son of Arthur and Lilian Gladys Gridley; husband of Doris
Gridley. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GRIERSON |
Robert |
Aircraftman
1st Class 618535, Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action at sea and lost when on board Royal Navy Sloop
H.M.S. Culver which was torpedoed southwest of Ireland by the
U-Boat U-105 when escorting a North Atlantic convoy 31 January
1942. Aged 21. Native of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Son of
Robert and Jane Grierson, of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Panel
4, Column 2. |
| GRIEVE |
James
Gavin Caldwell |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 101057, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Britsol Blenheim IV, serial number Z9822,
when the aircraft was shot down by Bf109s near the island of Filfla
when returning to Malta after an abortive shipping strike off
the Libyan coast 6 February 1942. Aged 29. Native of Derby. Son
of Dr. John C. Grieve and Jessie Grieve, of Derby. Panel 3, Column
1. |
| GRIFFITHS |
Roland
Vivian Langdon |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 74704, 43 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Calvi, Corsica, France, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial
number MH929, when the aircraft was lost without trace after flying
into cloud during a sweep over Corsica 4 August 1944. Aged 27.
Native of Brighton, Sussex. Son of David and Gwendoline Bertha
Griffiths, of Brighton, Sussex. B.Sc. (London). Panel 13, Column
1. |
| GRIFFITHS |
William
James |
Flight
Sergeant 580409, 200 Group, Royal Air Force (Coastal Command).
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying in transit
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number W5687, when the aircraft
ditched soon after taking off from Gibraltar due to an engine
failure on a delivery flight to Malta, three of the crew survived,
7 May 1941. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| GRIGGS |
Thomas
Eric |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/98819, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XI, serial number MP702, when the aircraft was lost during a sea
search between Corsica and Sicily, five of the crew survived,
15 July 1943. Aged 31. Native of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Son of Thomas William Griggs, and of Florence Griggs, of Tisdale,
Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 10. Column 2. |
| GRIMES |
Ronald
Ross |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/16373, 272 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IF, serial number V8259, when
the aircraft was lost without trace after becoming separated from
three other Beaufighters during a convoy escort sortie 23 March
1943. Born 13 July 1917. Native of Olds, Alberta, Canada. Son
of Mr. Bert Harold Grimes and Mrs. Mary Isobel Grimes, of Olds,
Alberta, Canada. Baptist. Farmer with his father prior to enlistment.
Panel 10, Column 2. |
| GRIMLEY |
Robert
Keith |
Sergeant
(Observer) 402275, 69 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Martin Maryland II, when his aircraft was shot down into
the sea by a Bf109 4 miles southwest of Filfla island, Malta,
when returning to Luqa from a reconnaissance patrol 18 March 1942.
Aged 21. Native of Hawthorne, Queensland, Australia. Son of Charles
Cecil and Lilian Olive Grimley, of Hawthorne, Queensland, Australia.
Panel 5, Column 2. |
| GRIMSHAW |
Ronald |
Sergeant
1581414, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP348, when the
aircraft was shot down during a solo Nickel leaflet raid on Arad
and Timisoara in Western Romania 3 July 1944. Aged 20. Native
of Derby. Son of Robert Adam and Annie Grimshaw, of Derby. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| GROOM |
Peter
James |
Flight
Sergeant 656659, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX576, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on a target in Sicily 4 April
1943. Native of Yiewsley, Middlesex. Son of Arthur and Anna Esther
Groom, of Yiewsley, West Drayton, Middlesex. Panel 7, Column 1. |
| GROSVENOR |
Thomas
Frederick |
Flight
Sergeant 755929, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of LG 89, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8712,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
patrol off Sicily 9 May 1942. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| GROVES |
Alan |
Aircraftman
1st Class 1484524, 2018 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.),
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action 9 September 1943. Aged 31. Native of Denton Burn,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Son of George and Louisa Groves; husband
of Violet Groves, of Denton Burn, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 9,
Column 2. |
| GROVES |
Donald
Ivor |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1255452, 21 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV,
serial number Z7431, when the aircraft was shot down by flak during
an attack on enemy ships near the Kerkenna Islands, Tunisia while
on an anti-shipping patrol 14 January 1942. Aged 19. Native of
Fulham, London. Son of William Henry and Agnes Amelia Groves,
of Fulham, London. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| GUBBINS |
John
Harold |
Flight
Sergeant 1528363, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Falconara, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ502,
when the aircraft was lost without trace either over Yugoslavia
or the Adriatic Sea during a weather reconnaissance 4 December
1944. Son of Harold Oliver Gubbins and Winifred Gubbins, of Stanton
Hill, Nottinghamshire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| GUEST |
Maurice |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 920596, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIA, serial number Z2818,
when it was assumed the aircraft had been shot down by an Italian
AF MC200 after intercepting an escorted reconnaissance flight
off Malta 17 July 1941. Aged 22. Son of Joseph and R. Guest, of
Fossbridge, Gloucestershire. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| GUILFOYLE |
William
Robert Yule |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 113405, 93 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Souk el Arba, Tunisia, in a Hawker Hurricane, when the
aircraft was lost during a sweep to Djedeida, Tebourba and Tunis,
27 November 1942. Born 16 December 1922 in the Farnham Registration
District, Surrey. In 1939 he was at school, in Saint Edward's
School, Oxford. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| GULLIVER |
Alfred
John |
Warrant
Officer 565550, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in
a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8703, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a Rooster night patrol using Air
to Surface Vessel radar in co-operation with 830 Squadron's Swordfish
23 December 1941. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| GUY |
Daniel
Geoffrey |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1208683, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hal Far, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BR295, when his aircraft was shot down 20 miles south of Malta
by return fire from a Ju88 when intercepting a raid 7 December
1942. Aged 27. Native of Weymouth, Dorset. Son of Daniel Guy,
and of Dora Guy, of Weymouth, Dorsetshire. Panel 4, Column 1.
See also Weymouth
Citizens Memorial, Dorset |
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