GGS Boys WW2

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Name:

Peter Ronald Adams

Died:

10th March 1943 age 17

Rank:

Able Seaman - Merchant Navy

Name:

Gerald John James Ashpole

Died:

6th June 1944 age 18

Rank:

Sergeant Engineer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 97 Squadron - Service No. 1866432

Name:

Harold Devening Ayliffe DFM

Died:

4th August 1944 age 24

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 151 Squadron - Service No. 145489

Name:

John Edward Bassant MC

Died:

14th June 1945 age 23

Rank:

Lieutenant - Royal Artillery Indian Army - Service No. 324444

Name:

Harry Alfred Bliss

Died:

5th June 1941 age 20

Rank:

Sergeant Observer - Royal Air Force - 148 Squadron - Service No. 581200

Name:

Varley Bousfield

Died:

27th May 1940 age 19

Rank:

2nd Lieutenant - Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment - Service No. 112814

Name:

Bryan Victor Bowen

Died:

12th September 1944 age 22

Rank:

Flight Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 207 Squadron - Service No. 1330289

Name:

Frank Arthur Henry Cash

Died:

29th November 1941 age 24

Rank:

2nd Lieutenant - Royal Tank Regiment - Service No. 176697

Name:

Albert John Cassingham

Died:

7th December 1942 age 24

Rank:

Engineer Officer - Merchant Navy - SS Ceramic

Name:

Arthur Albert Clemence

Died:

8th December 1939 age 31

Rank:

Chief Officer - Merchant Navy - SS Merel

Name:

Dennis John Clifford

Died:

13th March 1943 age 20

Rank:

Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 199 Squadron - Service No. 1332298

Name:

Douglas Gordon Comyn

Died:

17th January 1941 age 20

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 15 Service Flying Training School - Service No. 1152529

Name:

Edward James Conchie

Died:

28th September 1944 age 20

Rank:

Sergeant Gunner - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - Service No. 2235489

Name:

Leslie Ernest Percy Cory MM

Died:

2nd June 1941 age 26

Rank:

Gunner - Royal Artillery - 27 Searchlight Regiment - Service No. 2037960

Name:

Roy Littlewood Couves

Died:

3rd December 1944 age 26

Rank:

Chief Officer - Merchant Navy - SS Cornwallis

Name:

Richard Alfred Coward

Died:

13th May 1942 age 30

Rank:

Sergeant Observer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 104 Squadron - Service No. 1058535

Name:

Stewart Palmer Davis

Died:

16th January 1943 age 21

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 73 Squadron - Service No. 101478

Name:

Eric Booth Dawson

Died:

9th April 1944 age 25

Rank:

Private - The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) - 5th Battalion - Service No. 6289689.

Name:

Elton Patrick Douglas Ede

Died:

20th February 1941 age 20

Rank:

Sub Lieutenant - Royal Navy Reserves - HM Trawler Ouse

Name:

Frank Noel Ellis

Died:

14th April 1944 age 22

Rank:

Warrant Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - Service No. 1425498

Name:

Clifford John Ennis DFC

Died:

8th June 1944 age 20

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 138 Squadron - Service No. 155207

Name:

David Malcolm Ferguson

Died:

15th March 1941 age 20

Rank:

Sub-Lieutenant - Royal Naval Reserves - HMS Ark Royal

Name:

Leonard William Walter Firmin

Died:

13th July 1942 age 22

Rank:

Sergeant Gunner - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 148 Squadron - Service No. 755840

Name:

William George Fissenden

Died:

7th July 1941 age 21

Rank:

Sergeant Observer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - Squadron 38 - Service No. 1250543

Name:

John Rufus Foster

Died:

16th July 1940 age 20

Rank:

Supply Assistant - Royal Navy - HMS Imogen - Service No. C/MX 63733

Name:

Arthur James Freeman

Died:

12th September 1944 age 23

Rank:

Warrant Officer & Navigator - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 159 Squadron - Service No. 1333314

Name:

Francis John Fry

Died:

9th October 1943 age 23

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 156 Squadron - Service No. 156081

Name:

Edward Roy Gould

Died:

2nd May 1945 age 19

Rank:

Private - Royal Scots Guards - 8th Battalion - Service No. 14710191

Name:

James Douglas Griffin

Died:

1st August 1945 age 19

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Navy Air Squadron - HMS Landrail - 805 Squadron - Service No. FX 58258.

Name:

Gilbert Townsend Hall

Died:

27th April 1941 age 20

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 83 Squadron - Service No. 903968

Name:

Eric Roland Harding

Died:

4th June 1942 age 18

Rank:

Sergeant Gunner - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 115 Squadron - Service No. 1286585

Name:

Leslie John Harding

Died:

19th August 1942 age 20

Rank:

Corporal - Royal Air Force, No. 12 Balloon - Service No. 644368

Name:

Norman William Hawkey

Died:

9th March 1943 age 33

Rank:

Signalman - Royal Navy - HMS Asphodel - Service No. C/JX 232016

Name:

Kenneth Charles Morris Hayman

Died:

13th June 1944 age 22

Rank:

Flying Officer Navigator - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 78 Squadron - Service No. 153006

Name:

John Alan Henderson

Died:

2nd May 1943 age 21

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 146 Squadron - Service No. 101478

Name:

Henry Outred Hillier

Died:

30th July 1943 age 21

Rank:

Flight Sergeant - Royal Australian Air Force Service - 467 Squadron - No. 420566

Name:

Stanley Cecil Holland

Died:

8th December 1939 age 32

Rank:

2nd Officer - Merchant Navy - SS Merel

Name:

William Holland

Died:

22nd January 1942 age 19

Rank:

Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 106 Squadron - Service No. 1257890

Name:

Leslie Frank Humphrey

Died:

8th March 1942 age 28

Rank:

Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 217 Squadron - Service No. 1189555

Name:

Cecil Ironmonger

Died:

12th August 1941 age 43

Rank:

Chief Engine Room Officer - Royal Navy - HMS Picotee - Service No. C/M 7074,

Name:

Roy William James

Died:

29th November 1943 age 30

Rank:

Lance Bombadier - Royal Artillery - 241 Battalion, 77 Regiment - Service No. 1587861

Name:

Barry Wentworth Jarvis

Died:

8th June 1944 age 24

Rank:

Flying Engineer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 622 Squadron - Service No. 804377

Name:

Walter James Jewiss

Died:

19th March 1945 age 22

Rank:

Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 103 Squadron - Service No. 1337264

Name:

Roy Thomas Keeble

Died:

26th June 1944 age 30

Rank:

Lieutenant - Highland Light Infantry, City of Glasgow Regiment - Service No. 245335

Name:

Bertie Frederick Ernest Kemp

Died:

31st May 1944 age 24

Rank:

Signalman - Royal Corps of Signals - Service No. 7663087

Name:

Edgar Reginald Harrison Kemp

Died:

11th December 1940 age 49

Rank:

Master - Merchant Navy - SS Rotorua

Name:

Frederick William King

Died:

25th November 1940 age 33

Rank:

Able Seaman - Merchant Navy - M V Thomas M

Name:

Herbert Charles King

Died:

21st December 1940 age 26

Rank:

Mate - Thames Watermen and Lightermen - Merchant Navy - SS River Thames

Name:

Roy Harry Knight

Died:

26th March 1944 age 20

Rank:

Flight Sergeant (Navigator) - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 460 Squadron - Service No. 1395508

Name:

Robert Henry Knox

Died:

18th August 1944 age 25

Rank:

Fourth Engineer Officer - Merchant Navy - SS Nairung

Name:

Edward William Landers

Died:

10th September 1939 age 23

Rank:

Royal Navy - Leading Telegraphist - HM Submarine Oxley - Service No. C/JX 138235

Name:

Stanley Lester

Died:

3rd August 1944 age 19

Rank:

Able Seaman - Royal Navy - HMS Quorn

Name:

David John Lincoln

Died:

4th November 1944 age 21

Rank:

Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 625 Squadron - Service No. 1399207

Name:

Donald Landells Locke

Died:

8th October 1941 age 28

Rank:

Signalman/2nd Lieutenant - Royal Corps of Signals - Service No. 2597000

Name:

Thomas Charles Long

Died:

29th July 1944 age 35

Rank:

Corporal - Royal Corps of Signals - Service No. 2373820

Name:

Roger Lovell

Died:

5th January 1945 age 21

Rank:

Private - 13th (South Lancashire) Parachute Regiment, the Prince of Wales Volunteers - Service No. 7948097

Name:

William John Lunn

Died:

11th September 1940 age 22

Rank:

Lieutenant - Royal Navy Reserves - HMS Lynx

Name:

William Arthur Lynch

Died:

28th January 1944 age 21

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 236 Squadron - Service No. 170407

Name:

Peter Frederick McCarthy

Died:

5th February 1943 age 21

Rank:

Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 54 Squadron - Service No. 1271615

Name:

Horace Henry Mercer

Died:

28th July 1944 age 24

Rank:

Gunner - Royal Artillery - 53rd Heavy Field Regiment - Service No. 980723

Name:

Philip Percy Mortimore

Died:

6th December 1942 age 21

Rank:

Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - Service No. 1334708

Name:

Edward Michael Myer

Died:

22nd January 1944 age 24

Rank:

Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 432 Squadron - Service No. 1382834

Name:

Reginald John Newens

Died:

28th May 1944 age 21

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 101 Squadron - Service No. 152717

Name:

Douglas Frank Owen

Died:

17th June 1940 age 24

Rank:

Lance Corporal - Royal Engineers - 579 Army Field Company - Service No. 2075951

Name:

Harold James Cedric Page

Died:

28th July 1943 age 29

Rank:

Lance Corporal - Royal Air Ordinance Corps - Service No. 7648416

Name:

Geoffrey Arthur Painting

Died:

30th September 1941 age 17

Rank:

Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 118 Squadron - Service No. 1264156

Name:

Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer VC, DFC & Bar

Died:

23rd December 1944 age 24

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 109 Squadron - Service No.115772

Name:

Geoffrey Charles Parritt

Died:

29th June 1943 age 22

Rank:

Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 76 Squadron - Service No. 1313333

Name:

Douglas Alfred Pascoe

Died:

13th July 1942 age 24

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Vulunteer Reserves - 108 Squadron - Service Number 108051

Name:

Reginald Gunn Pascoe

Died:

11th June 1941 age 20

Rank:

Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 263 Squadron - Service No. 927360

Name:

Victor Eric George Phillips

Died:

7th June 1941 age 22

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force - 105 Squadron - Service Number 62301

Name:

William Alfred Piesley

Died:

30th January 1946 age 19

Rank:

Lance Corporal - Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment - Service No. 14872478

Name:

Gordon Archibald Port

Died:

12th August 1944 age 23

Rank:

Warrant Officer - Royal Air Force - 108 Squadron - Service No. 1333315

Name:

John James Raine

Died:

4th December 1943 age 28

Rank:

Wing Commander - Royal Air Force - Service No. 37022

Name:

Richard Norman Reed

Died:

2nd January 1943 age 20

Rank:

3rd Officer - Merchant Navy - Tanker SS Empire Metal

Name:

Roy Longden Robinson

Died:

16th October 1941 age 22

Rank:

Sergeant Air Gunner - Royal Air Force - 42 Squadron - Service No. 650686

Name:

Stanley Thomas Rouse

Died:

15th March 1945 age 28

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 227 Squadron - Service No. 134762

Name:

Leslie Norman Row

Died:

3rd December 1943 age 25

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 454 Squadron - Service No. 117013

Name:

Stuart Norman Saunders

Died:

21st August 1939 age 22

Rank:

Sergeant Pilot - Royal Air Force - 224 Squadron

Name:

Eric John Seager

Died:

12th December 1944 age 20

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 195 Squadron - Service No. 163586

Name:

Terence Allingham Shepherd

Died:

8th August 1940 age 22

Rank:

Sailor - Merchant Navy - MV Upwey Grange

Name:

Harold George Simmons

Died:

8th November 1940 age 24

Rank:

Radio Officer - Merchant Navy - SS Muria

Name:

Maurice Thompson Simpson

Died:

21st January 1945 age 23

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 99 Squadron - Service No. 130500

Name:

David Alastair Sparrow

Died:

20th April 1943 age 21

Rank:

Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 151 Squadron - Service No. 126770

Name:

Leslie Eric Sheldon Stokes OBE

Died:

11th March 1941 age 47

Rank:

Major - Royal Artillery - 53rd Heavy Regiment - Service No. 49039.

Name:

Peter John Thomas

Died:

30th September 1944 age 24

Rank:

Corporal - 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Service No. 7917955

Name:

Reginald Toulson

Died:

26th July 1943 age 22

Rank:

Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 50 Squadron - Service No. 1337153

Name:

Leslie Arthur Tulk

Died:

18th February 1944 age 24

Rank:

Lieutenant - Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves - HMS Penelope

Name:

Terence Lancelot Tynan

Died:

16th April 1945 age 30

Rank:

Captain - 1st Parachute Regiment - Service No. 129586

Name:

Norman Frank Ventham

Died:

9th December 1942 age 18

Rank:

Sergeant Observer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - Squadron 214 - Service No. 1263877

Name:

Ernest Wakefield

Died:

15th August 1941 age 22

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 218 Squadron - Service No. 67083

Name:

William Edward Webb

Died:

14th August 1942 age 17

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - Service No. 1331223

Name:

William Beresford Weir

Died:

9th April 1945 age 23

Rank:

Pilot Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 274 Squadron - Service No. 191523

Name:

Harry Westacott

Died:

6th July 1944 age 34

Rank:

Lieutenant Commander - Royal Navy - HMS Trollope

Name:

Basil Geoffrey Wills-Sinclair

Died:

27th April 1943 age 23

Rank:

Rifleman - 7th Rifle Brigade - 1st Battalion London Rifle Brigade - Service No. 6968400

Name:

Leonard Charles Wilson

Died:

4th October 1945 age 27

Rank:

Sergeant - Royal Army Service Corps - Service No. T/146868

Name:

Thomas Norman Wilson

Died:

20th December 1940 age 20

Rank:

Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 600 Squadron - Service No. 754004

Name:

Victor George Wright

Died:

2nd November 1941 age 26

Rank:

Sergeant/Air Gunner - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves - 78 Squadron - Service No. 902905