Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) Officers 1939-1945 -- E

Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) (RAF(VR)) Officers
1939-1945

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Earp,
Leonard Bertram
L.B. Earp 27.06.1906
Eastbourne district, Sussex / East Sussex
-
05.2002
Lewes, East Sussex

P/O (prob)
12.07.1940 [82330]

(WS) F/O (prob)
18.02.1941

(WS) F/O
12.07.1941

F/Lt.
?

(T) Sq.Ldr.
01.07.1944 (emgcy) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)

12.07.1940

commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative duties) [emergency commission]

Ecclestone,
Colin
C. Ecclestone ?
-

Acm. 1st cl.
? [1221356]

(A) P/O (prob)
24.09.1942 [130014]

P/O (prob)
24.11.1942

(WS) F/O (prob)
24.05.1943

F/O
10.04.1951

F/Lt.
07.05.1951

24.09.1942

commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

10.04.1951

permanent commission, RAF (Aircraft Control Branch)

30.11.1953

transferred, RAF (Secretarial Branch)

Edwards,
Arthur
A. Edwards
Son of Arthur Edwards, and [Florence Spencer ?], of Dinnington, South Yorkshire. (06?).1920 ?
Rotherham district, South Yorkshire ?
-
25.09.1945
[Singapore Memorial, column 447]

Ldg.Acm. ? [986100]

P/O (prob) 10.03.1944 [176689]

(WS) F/O 10.09.1944

10.03.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Edwards,
Ieuan Trebor
J.T. Edwards
(03?).1913
Bridgend district, Glamorgan
-

(A) P/O (prob)
30.08.1941 [105756]

P/O (prob)
14.11.1941

(WS) F/O (prob)
01.10.1942

(T) F/Lt.
01.07.1944

F/Lt.
? (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F.Lt.)

30.08.1941

commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]

Edwards,
Jack Trevor
J.T. Edwards
?
-

(A) P/O (prob)
07.11.1941 [111147]

P/O (prob)
13.06.1942

(WS) F/O (prob)
13.12.1942

(WS) F/Lt.
01.07.1945

(A) Sq.Ldr.
?

MID
01.01.1945
?

07.11.1941

commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]

Edwards,
John Trevor
J.T. Edwards
?
-

Sgt.
? [997207]

P/O (prob)
11.03.1943 [142509]

(WS) F/O (prob)
11.09.1943

(WS) F/Lt.
11.03.1945
08.04.1947, seniority 28.01.1946

F/O RAF
05.01.1949

F/Lt. RAF
06.12.1956 (reld 02.07.1963)

DSO
26.10.1945
?

DFC
12.11.1943
?

11.03.1943

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

(1943)
-
(1945)
12 Squadron RAF

08.04.1947

recalled to active list, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)

05.01.1949
-
01.02.1952
transferred, RAFVR (Training Branch) [extended service commission]

02.07.1953

transferred, Reconstituted RAFVR (Secretarial Branch)

Efford,
Frederick Henry Charles
F.H.C. Efford
Son of Frederick Efford, and Harriet Louisa Wade.
Married ((03?).1943, Tonbridge district, Kent) Joan D. Firmin. 03.06.1920
Westminster, St George Hanover Square district, London
-
08.1996
Worthing district, West Sussex

(T) F/Sgt. ? [1375482]

P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [126942]

(WS) F/O (prob) 21.11.1942

(WS) F/Lt. 21.05.1944

DFC 20.04.1943 ?

29.10.1941 - 19.11.1941 pilot, 41 Squadron RAF

01.05.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

(1943) pilot, 542 Squadron RAF

Secretary, Hain Steamship Company.

Ellingham,
Toni Arthur *
T.A. Ellingham
Son of Arthur Stanley Ellingham, and Marjorie F.M. Sworder.
Married ((09?).1953, Marylebone district, Middlesex) Elizabeth A. Renyard

* birth registration under the name Toni A.S. Ellingham
(06?).1924
Steyning district, Sussex
-

Ldg.Acm.
? [1494731]

P/O (prob)
21.04.1944 [165050]

(WS) F/O
21.04.1945

(WS) F/Lt.
21.04.1946 (reld 18.05.1947; medical unfitness, retaining rank of F/Lt.)

21.04.1944

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Ellis,
Henry William
"Bill"
H.W. Ellis
Son of Henry Frederick and Laura Emily Ellis.
Husband of Joan Lillian Ellis, of Hornchurch, Essex.
1916 ?
-
07.06.1944
(KIA) [age 28]
[Bayeux War Cemetery, France, joint grave XXVI.B.15]

F/Sgt.
? [911932]

P/O (prob)
10.06.1942 [126080]

(WS) F/O (prob)
10.12.1942

Distinguished Flying Medal DFM
18.08.1942
*

* During the past 12 months, Flight Sgt. Ellis has carried out many operational sorties. He has displayed a high degree of skill and initiative. In January 1942 he assisted in the destruction of a hostile aircraft after a long pursuit. Some time later, in exremely unfavourable flying weather his skill and accurate directions enabled his pilot to overcome a difficult situation and make a safe landing. During a sortie in June 1942 he performed excellent work in an engagement with an enemy aircraft which was probably destroyed. This airman has always maintained a very high standard of efficiency, while his devotion to duty has set a very fine example.

10.06.1942

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)

?
-
07.06.1944
navigator, 29 Squadron RAF
[Mosquito NF.XIII (HK413) crashed into the Channel off Bayeux during a defensive patrol]

victories: Do 217 14.01.1942, Do 217 06/07.06.1942

Eperon,
Arthur George
A.G. Eperon
Son of ... Eperon, and ... Capon.
Married ((09?).1945, Croydon district, Surrey) Barbara Klagge ((06?).1923 - ), daughter of Oskar Carl Johann Klagge (1893-1975), and Edith Louise Menah (1896-1989); two daughters. 25.12.1919
Croydon, Surrey
-
11.10.2000
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent

Ldg.Acm. ? [759195]

P/O (prob) 11.08.1940 [84713]

(WS) F/O 11.08.1941

(WS) F/Lt. 11.08.1942

Joined the Steatham News as a trainee.

11.08.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

? - 24.07.1941 35 Squadron RAF
[Halifax I L9527 TL-M had taken off from Stanton Harcourt at 10:40 hrs for an operation against La Pallice. Shot down near Angles (Vendée), 15 km WSW of Lucon, France. Five crew members were killed. P/O Eperon and Sgt. E.O.T. Balcomb were captured.]

24.07.1941 - 1945? POW (No. 2870) in German captivity (Stalag Luft III, Sagan; one of the 'wooden horse' jumpers during the escape attempts)

Journalist & travel writer. Joined the Daily Herald post-war, transferring to The Sun in 1969. Consultant to ITV's Wish You Were Here, then published the bestseller Traveller's France and a host of follow-ups, as well as contributing columns to magazines and newspapers.

Errington,
John Francis see: RNVR officers' section

Eshelby,
John Harold
"Jack"
J.H. Eshelby
Son of George Eshelby, and Winifred I. Rogers.
Married; ... children (one daughter?). 14.01.1920
Lewisham district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
13.10.1979
Southend district
[ashes interred in the church at the side of the airfield at Finingley]

(T) Wt.Offr. ? [745728]

P/O (prob) 07.06.1942 [124746]

(WS) F/O (prob) 07.12.1942

(A) F/Lt. ?

(WS) F/Lt. 07.06.1944

F/O RAF 18.12.1945

F/Lt. RAF 01.07.1946
25.02.1947, seniority 07.12.1945

AFC 08.06.1944 ?

39|45 St - -

AC Eur - -

Def M - -

BWM 39|45 - -

Air Eff - -

07.06.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

stationed at Finningley at some point

18.12.1945 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service commission]

25.09.1947 transferred to reserve (class C)

Eshelby,
John Theodore
J.T. Eshelby
Son of Edgar Boulton Eshelby, and Alma Eshelby.
Husband of Yvonne Eshelby of Maida Vale, London.
1909 ?
-
03.01.1945
[age 36]
[Tenby (St Mary) Church Cemetery, old part]

F/Sgt.
? [1382067]

P/O (prob)
07.08.1944 [185304]

07.08.1944

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Flight Engineer

Etherington,
Arthur Frederick
A.F. Etherington (Photo courtesy of Mrs Barbara Stewart)
Son of George Ernest Etherington, and Emily Susannah Cattermole, of Barnes, Surrey.
(03?).1920
Richmond district, Surrey
-
25.09.1940
[age 20]
[Guemps Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France, joint gave 2-3]

Ldg.Acm.
? [746904]

P/O (prob)
07.04.1940 [78460]

07.04.1940

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

(03.1940)

flying training, Warmwell

?
-
26.06.1940
101 Squadron RAF

26.06.1940
-
25.09.1940
observer, 107 Squadron RAF (Wattisham)
[killed whilst flying in Blenheim IV, T1883 QM- which crashed on a raid to Calais]

Evans,
David Gwynne
D.G. Evans
Son of Sydney Charles and Evelyn Caroline Allington, of Tenby.
(03?).1921
Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire
-
23.10.1943
[age 22]
[Tenby (St Mary) Church Cemetery, row T, grave 14]

Cpl.
? [1320289]

P/O (prob)
23.10.1942 [132703]

(WS) F/O
23.10.1943?

23.10.1942

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

?
-
23.10.1943
pilot, 86 Squadron RAF

Evans,
Kenneth Maurice
"Ken"
K.M. Evans (Photo courtesy of Mrs Bronwen Fowley)
?
-
03.1993
Wiltshire

F/Sgt.
? [1652004]

P/O (prob)
10.06.1944 [178561]

P/O
10.12.1944

(WS) F/O
10.12.1944

(WS) F/Lt.
10.06.1946

DFC
03.10.1944
*

* This officer has completed a tour of operational duty during which very many strongly defended targets in Germany have been attacked. He has displayed a high standard of navigational ability throughout and has proved himself to be a most reliable member of aircraft crew. One night in July, 1944, when returning from Hamburg, bis aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and sustained extensive damage. Pilot Officer Evans was badly wounded in the leg. Although in much distress he insisted on fulfilling his duties after receiving first aid. Although much of his equipment had been destroyed, Pilot Officer Evans navigated the aircraft home with his usual skill. This officer displayed great courage, fortitude and devotion to duty.
Education: BSc.

10.06.1944

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

(1944)

429 (RCAF) Squadron (navigator on a Halifax bomber)

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