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Gagg, John [Heppenstall] "Jack" Son of John C. Gagg, and Lily Heppenstall.	(03?).1923 Sheffield, Yorkshire - 10.08.2011 Sheffield, Yorkshire	F/Sgt. ? [1453327] P/O (prob) 04.04.1944 [174314] (WS) F/O 04.10.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 04.04.1946 DFC 17.10.1944 ?	04.04.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       166 Squadron RAF (Kirmington) Publican in Sheffield.
Garrett, Albert Edward Son of Albert Edward Garrett, and Ellen Elizabeth Dedman. Married Winifred Grace Brooman, of Sutton Coldfield; two sons.	01.04.1897 - 12.10.1941 [age 44] [Sutton Coldfield Cemetery, section C, nonconformist, grave 590]	(A) P/O (prob) 05.04.1941 [64488] (WS) F/O ? (A) F/Lt. ?	05.04.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 12.10.1941 pilot, 495 Squadron RAF [killed during training flight - crashed into a Barrage Balloon wire]
Gatward, Alfred Kitchener "Ken" personal narrative	28.08.1914 - 11.1998 Colchester, Essex	F/Sgt. ? ? [740730] P/O (prob) 27.07.1940 [83251] P/O 27.07.1941, seniority 21.07.1941 (WS) F/O 27.07.1941, seniority 21.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 27.07.1942, seniority 21.07.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (01.1944) (WS) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1944 Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 W/Cdr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.07.1947 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1957 (retd 03.09.1964) DSO 02.06.1944 ? DFC > 07.1942 < 01.1944 ? DFC 03.10.1944 * MID 14.01.1944 ? * This officer has led the squadron with great skill and gallantry in many sorties. In July 1944, he particpated in an operation which resulted in the destruction of an enemy convoy, comprising 3 medium sized merchant vessels and 6 escorting ships. In August, 1944, Wing Commander Gatward led his squadron in an attack on a target in the Gironde area. During the operation his aircraft was repeatedly hit by anti-aircraft fire and sustained serious damage. Nevertheless, he flew safely to base in the face of great difficulty. This officer has displayed leadership of the highest order.	27.07.1940 commissioned RAFVR (General Duties Branch) flying Beaufighters with Coastal Command [on 12.06.1942, crewed by Flight Lieutenant A.K. Gatward (Pilot) & Sergeant G. Fern (Observer), a Beaufighter dropped a French Tricolore on the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, and then strafed the nearby Headquarters of the Kriegsmarine] 03.1944 - 24.08.1944 CO 404 (RCAF) Squadron went on to command a whole Beaufighter Coastal Strike Wing later in the war with the Mk.X 01.07.1946 - 03.09.1964 permanent commision RAF (General Duties Branch) 03.09.1964 - 07.01.1971 Flying Officer, RAFVR (Training Branch)
Gibb, Matthew Changed name from Matiozas Waytkeviczia to Matthew Gibb by deed poll of 05.06.1946.	09.10.1920 - 03.05.2008	Ldg.Acm. ? [1335435] P/O (prob) 31.10.1942 [131773] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.05.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 06.11.1944	31.10.1942 first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) ? - 13.05.1943 navigator, 51 Squadron RAF (shot down) 13.05.1943 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity
Gibb, Walter Frame	26.03.1919 near Port Talbot - 04.10.2006	Ldg.Acm. ? [913424] P/O (prob) 24.11.1940 [88881] P/O 24.11.1941 (WS) F/O 24.11.1941, seniority 19.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 24.11.1942, seniority 19.11.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. 1943? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 20.12.1944 (A) W/Cdr. 09.1944 DSO 01.05.1945 * DFC 06.07.1943 ** * Wing Commander Gibb has completed very many sorties since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Highly efficient, brave and resolute, this officer has set a splendid example to all. Among his successes is the destruction of five enemy aircraft, three of which he shot down in the early days of March, 1945. ** Squadron Leader Gibb has displayed great skill as a pilot during operations both by day and night. During one day he severely damaged 7 locomotives in France. On another occasion, he led a section of 3 aircraft which engaged 2 Junkers 88's over the Bay of Biscay. Owing to his skilful leadership both of the enemy aircraft were destroyed. This officer has displayed great courage and tenacity.	Education: Clifton College 05.1940 joined RAFVR 24.11.1940 first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (1943) 264 Squadron RAF (1943) 611 Squadron RAF 07.1943 Flight Commander, 605 Squadron RAF test squadron of the Central Flying School 09.1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 239 Squadron RAF
Gibbons, Arthur Son of Robert Edward Gibbons, and Mary Ann Halliday, of Parkstone Dorsetshire.	(09?).1916 Hackney district, London - 18.06.1941 (killed on active service) [age 24] [Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire, row D, grave 3]	Ldg.Acm. ? [903324] P/O (prob) 19.10.1940 [87040]	19.10.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 18.06.1941 pilot
Giddings, [Sir] Kenneth Charles [Michael] * * officially known as K.C. Giddings; third middle name seems to have been added in the mid-1940s Son of Charles Giddings, and Grace Gregory. Married (1946) Elizabeth McConnell; two sons,  two daughters.	27.08.1920 Walthamstow, West Ham district, Essex - 05.04.2009 [Reading, Berkshire?]	Sgt. ? [1331014] P/O (prob) 01.11.1941 [113414] F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.11.1943 F/Lt. 02.04.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 ... ... Air Marshal 01.01.1974 (retd 19.06.1976) KCB 01.01.1975 New Year 75 OBE 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 DFC 09.02.1945 * AFC 08.06.1950 ? AFC 02.01.1956 ? * Flight Lieutenant Giddings has completed a very large number of varied sorties. He has led his flight and, on occasions, the squadron with great skill and determination, factors which have contributed in good measure to the successes obtained. In air fighting Flight Lieutenant Giddings has destroyed four and damaged several more enemy aircraft.	see: RAFWeb.org MRAeS
Gigger, Derrick John Son of John Henry Gigger (1891-1975), and Elsie Winifred Hussey (1893-1981), of Eynsford, Kent.	(12?).1922 Eynsford, Dartford district, Kent - 16.03.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Dannes Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, B.2] [commemorated at Eynsford War Memorial, Kent]	F/Sgt. ? [1394238] P/O (prob) 13.03.1944 [173328]	13.03.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 16.03.1944 pilot, 625 Squadron RAF [His Lancaster W4833 [CF-J] was airborne 18:55 hrs 15.03.1944 from Kelstern for an operation against Stuttgart. Presumed to have crashed in the sea off the coast of France. The other five crew members are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.]
Giles, David Son of Frederick William Giles and Margaret Mary Maud Palin Giles (née Evans), of Gordons, Almondsbury, near Bristol. Brother of Capt. John F. Giles, and Capt. Bruce T. Giles, both of The Gloucestershire Regiment	27.05.1922 Abbots Leigh, Long Ashton district, Somerset - 10.2003 South Somerset district, Somerset	Sgt. ? [1316255] P/O (prob) 30.01.1942 [121291] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 30.01.1944 F/Lt. RAF 28.01.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1951 (retd 03.10.1964; own request) DFC 07.04.1944 ?	flying training in Canada 30.01.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     255 Squadron RAF 28.01.1947     commissoined, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission]
Gill, Alexander George Married; one son.	1914 Lhanbryde, Morayshire - 07.08.1941 [Elgin New Cemetery, section H, south division, grave 36]	Sgt. ? [759345] P/O (prob) 17.12.1940, seniority 11.12.1940 [89587]	17.12.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 07.08.1941 observer, 20 Operational Training Unit RAF [his Anson I [R9584 ZT-J] took off from RAF Lossiemouth for a training sortie; it is believed that the Anson's starboard engine failed, shortly before the trainer crashed at 1200 hrs onto high ground in Glen Avon, 6 miles SW of Tomintoul, a village roughly 20 miles NW of Ballater, Aberdeen]
Gill, Arthur Murland	24.02.1916 -	Sgt. ? [740104] P/O (prob) 06.09.1940 [84709] (WS) F/O 06.09.1941, seniority 15.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 06.09.1942, seniority 15.08.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1942?) F/Lt. 01.07.1946, seniority 01.01.1943 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1955 (retd 03.03.1971) OBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64 DFC 21.11.1944 ? AE ? ? MID 01.01.1945 ?	06.09.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 30.10.1942 - 20.09.1944 Commanding Officer, 84 Squadron RAF (Burma) (DFC) 01.07.1946     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) AE, MRAeS (AFRAeS), MIPD, MIMgt (AMIPM, AMBIM). Literature: Peter C. Smith, Diving Deadly Accuracy : Arthur Murland Gill Interview. In: Military History (June, 1998).
Goldsack, John William	? -	F/Sgt. ? [509536] (A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1944 [172701] P/O (prob) 18.05.1944 P/O 18.11.1944 (WS) F/O 18.11.1944 F/O (Emergency List) ? (reld 17.12.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	(1943?) stationed at RAF Compton Bassett (later posted abroad) ? 23.03.1944 first commission, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
Goodhew, [Sir] Victor Henry Son of late Rudolph Goodhew, Mannings Heath, Sussex. Married 1st (1940) Sylvia Johnson (marriage dissolved); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1951) Suzanne Gordon­Burge (marriage dissolved 1972). Married 3rd (1972) Eva Rittinghausen (marriage dissolved 1981).	30.11.1919 - 11.10.2006	Cpl. ? [753303] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1942 [135945] P/O (prob) 03.03.1943 (WS) F/O (prob) 25.08.1943 [ (A) Sq.Ldr. ?? 1945 ?? [unconfirmed]]	Education: King's College School 31.12.1942 first commission, RAFVR (Special and Administrative Duties Branch) commanded Airborne Radar Unit, attached 6th Airborne Division Member: Westminster City Council, 1953-1959; LCC, 1958-1961. Contested (C) Paddington North, 1955; MP (C) St Albans Div., Herts, Oct. 1959-1983. PPS to Mr C. I. Orr-Ewing, OBE, MP (when Civil Lord of the Admiralty), May 1962-1963; PPS to Hon. Thomas Galbraith, MP (Jt Parly Sec., Min. of Transport), 1963-1964; Asst Govt Whip, June­Oct. 1970; a Lord Comr, HM Treasury, 1970-1973. Member: Speaker's Panel of Chairmen, 1975-1983; Select Cttee, House of Commons Services, 1978-1983; House of Commons Commn, 1979-1983; Jt Sec. 1922 Cttee, 1979-1983; Vice-Chm., Cons. Defence Cttee, 1974-1983. Chm., Bd of Management, Inst. of Sports Medicine, 1982- (Mem., 1967-1970, 1973-1982).
Goodman, Maurice Venning Son of Reginald V. Goodman, and Gertrude M. Mears. Married ((06?).1942, Hendon district, Middlesex) Joan G. Neville.	13.04.1920 Hendon district, Oxfordshire - 01.1988 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	F/Sgt. ? [804376] P/O (prob) 23.10.1942 [135476] (WS) F/Lt. 23.10.1944 DFC 12.11.1943 ?	23.10.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     192 Squadron RAF (DFC) From: Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain / by Martin Sugarman Was a Sgt. Air Gunner with 604 Squadron, later Flt. Lt., and born in Hendon on 13/4/20. Educated at King’s School Colindale, he joined the AAF and was called up at outbreak of war. He served on air operations throughout the Battle of Britain and then in 1942 on special operations over Germany, severely damaging a 110. He then served on special operations in North Africa and Italy and was awarded the DFC on 12.11.43. He died in 1988. His Jewish Chaplain card mentions an article on him in “The Jewish Chronicle” on 12/11/43.
Goth, Vilem	22.04.1915 - 25.10.1940 (KIA) [age 25] [Sittingbourne Cemetery, Kent, old ground, section W, grave 141]	P/O (prob) ? [81945]	?     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] From: Jewish Pilots and Aircrews in the Battle of Britain / by Martin Sugarman Born 22/4/1915 and joined 310 Sqdn. at Duxford 10/7/1940. On Sept 7th he shot down two 110’s over Southend but his Hurricane V6643 was damaged, forcing him to land at Whitmans Farm, Purleigh. Joined 501 Sqdn. at Kenley in Oct 1940 and sadly was killed Oct 25th when he collided with P. O. K W Mackenzie during combat over Tenterden, crashing in Hurricane 2903 in Bridgehurst Wood, Marden. He is buried at Sittingbourne and Milton Cemetery, Kent. Information on Jewish background from same web site as Fechtner.
Gould, Douglas Richard Son of Richard George Gould, and of Maud Stewart, of Kettering.	(09?).1923 Romford district, Essex - 20.02.1945 [age 21] [Kettering (London Road) Cemetery, Northamptonshire, N.N.4]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1624974] P/O (prob) 19.05.1944 [165295] (WS) F/O 19.11.1944	19.05.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.02.1945 air bomber, 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF [Lancaster III NE179 had taken off 11:20 hrs from Langar for a cross-country training, the flight to be conducted at high-level. Thus, while in the process of changing tanks, at 21,000 feet, the Lancaster dived out of control, performing a series of involuntary acrobatics as it fell. With what must have been great difficulty at least six, and possibly the entire crew, managed to bale out, two leaving the doomed bomber from less than 500 feet, just seconds before it went into a field at 13:15 hrs south of Fenton Tower, Kingston, East Lothian. Sadly, in addition to Sgt Waters, two died from their injuries.]
Gould, Gordon Derek Married ((09?).1941, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Vera Aggio. Residences: (c. 1941-1947) Portsmouth, Ireland & Malaga, Spain.	1919 ? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1602709] P/O (prob) 10.12.1943 [154739] (WS) F/O 10.06.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 10.06.1945? (reld 03.10.1946; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	10.12.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) Flew for KLM post-war.
Graeme, Dudley Brian Married Nita Beddoe (died 2006); ... children.	02.10.1914 Vancouver, BC, Canada - 07.2008 still alive aged 93 at Chichester	Acm. 13.08.1940 [1284523] Ldg.Acm. ? P/O (prob) 18.05.1941 [66598] P/O 18.05.1942 (WS) F/O 18.05.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 18.05.1943 (reld 30.01.1945) (demobilized 05.1945) AFC 08.06.1944 ?	Worked for the Staines, Middlesex Fire Brigade, 1939. 13.08.1940 - 24.08.1940 No. 1 Recruiting Centre RAF (Uxbridge) 24.08.1940 - 30.08.1940 No. 1 Recruiting Wing RAF (Babbacombe) 30.08.1940 - 16.11.1940 No. 4 Initial Training Wing RAF (Paignton) 16.11.1940 - 11.01.1941 No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Weston Super Mare) 14.01.1941 - 18.05.1941 No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF (Kidlington) 18.05.1941 first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) 31.05.1941 - 11.06.1941 No. 11 Group Flight Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF (Heston, from 05.06.1941 Croydon) 11.06.1941 - 18.07.1944 287 Squadron RAF (Tangemere, from 10.05.1942 Ford, from 15.05.1943 Weston Super Mare) 19.07.1944 - 29.09.1944 60 Operational Training Unit RAF (High Erkell) 15.10.1944 - 14.05.1945 107 Squadron RAF (Hartford Bridge, from 01.11.1944 Cambrai/Epinoy) (flying Mosquitoes) 30.01.1945 - 14.05.1945 appointed to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), continuing service with 107 Sqn RAF
Graham, Derek Ian Son of Capt. Nigel Graham, and Lilian Mary Croft, of Chelsea, London.	(03?).1918 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 24.10.1941 Penzance district, Cornwall [age 24] [Logie Old Churchyard, Stirling, Graham Private Ground] [Memorial stone at Logie Old Kirk, Bridge of Allan, Stirling]	P/O 16.11.1937 [72023] F/O 15.12.1939 (WS) F/Lt. 20.04.1941	Education: Eton; Trinity College, Oxford. 16.11.1937     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) ? - 24.10.1941 pilot, 247 Squadron RAF [At 16: 27 hrs Hawker Hurricane IIc BD934 (ZY-V) from Predannack entered a flat spin at 8,000 feet and crashed at Gwallon Marsh, Marazion, 1 mile north of Marazion Police house. The aircraft was smashed and the pilot F/L Graham was killed.]
Graham-Matheson, John Married; ... children.	1902 ? - (09?).1957 Stafford district, Staffordshire [age 55]	(A) P/O (prob) 27.05.1942 [121124] P/O (prob) 16.09.1942 (WS) F/O 16.03.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 13.05.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 (emgcy list) (retd 10.02.1954)	27.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]       served some time at RAF Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire and possibly also in Italy
Grant, Thomas Donald "Tom" Married 1st  (15.08.1944, Aylesbury; divorced) Marie Beattie (died c. 1995), daughter of Sq.Ldr. Hedley Beattie, RAF, and Florence E. Brigg; one son. Married 2nd (1955) Eileen Moffett (died 1999); two sons, one daughter.	27.01.1921 Ulster, Northern Ireland - 12.12.2006 Ashford, Kent	F/Sgt. ? [816117] P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [126524] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.11.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1944 12.09.1944, seniority 14.06.1944 (forfeiture of seniority) Sq.Ldr. 12.08.1945 (reld 1946) Army:   Capt. 01.09.1970, seniority 30.06.1955 [490312] Maj. 01.02.1972 (reld 07.01.1974) DFM 26.06.1942 * * [Sorties 105, flying hours 476.05, air gunner] Flight Sergeant Grant has completed 23 sorties totalling 154.45 hours with this squadron and 5 of these were of 8 hours duration. On every occasion he has shown great ability and keenness. Previously, he took part in 80 sorties with Coastal Command, his operational flying hours being 321.20. Both in the air and on the ground, he has done excellent work with the squadron and it is considered he has fully earned the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. Recommended 18.04.1942. Remarks by Station Commander: A fine type of operational Air Gunner with an exceptional record. His keenness and efficiency have done much to raise the squadron to its present high operational standard. Recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.	Education: Belfast Boys Model School; Belfast High School. 09.1938     joined 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAuxAF (Aldergrove) 09.1939 - 06.1941 mobilized & flew 80 anti-submarine and convoy patrols 06.1941 - 06.1942? rear gunner, 51 Squadron RAF (Kinloss, Scotland) (more than 20 operations over occupied France & Holland and Germany) (DFM) 01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 06.1942? - ? gunnery instructor ? - 04.1944 rear gunner, 150 Squadron RAF (Lincolnshire, then Algeria) (illness; overall completed 128 operations, flying 550 hours) ? - 11.1944 trained as air traffic controller 11.1944 - ? posted to Nutts Corner 01.09.1970     commissioned, Ulster Defence Regiment Post-war briefly part of the radar team at Heathrow, returning to the control tower at Nutts Corner where he remained until 1963, being transferred to Aldergrove, retiring in 1979.
Grantham, Kenneth Percy Bellew Son of ... Grantham. and ... Nicholson.	05.06.1923 Hastings, Sussex - 06.01.2007	Ldg.Acm. 1942 [1399806] F/Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 11.11.1944 [187707] (WS) F/O 11.05.1945 (reld 22.04.1948) DFM 16.02.1945 ?	1942     joined RAFVR as Aircew under training (1944)     640 Squadron RAF (1944)     35 Squadron RAF (Pathfinder Force) (DFM) 11.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Graves, Richard Courtney Married; at least one son.	? - 1976	Sgt. ? [748763] (A) P/O (prob) 17.08.1940 [83289] P/O (prob) ? P/O 17.08.1941 (WS) F/O 17.08.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 17.08.1942 (reld 1946)	17.08.1940 first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) 09.09.1940 - 13.09.1940 253 Squadron RAF 14.09.1940 - 27.09.1940 85 Squadron RAF 28.09.1940 - 29.09.1940 253 Squadron RAF [flying from Kenley with a Hurricane I fighter [V6621] he was shot down on a patrol after combat with a Messerschmitt 109 at 16.40 hrs near Haywards Heath [slightly wounded in shoulder]] after recovering was sent to Egypt and then onto Ceylon ± 1945 sent to British Embassy in Paris (spoke French fluently)
Greaves, Clifford Son of ... Greaves, and ... Marrison. Married; seven children.	19.10.1922 Rotherham district, Yorkshire - 2003 ? North Yorkshire ?	Sgt. ? [1217631] P/O (prob) 23.05.1945 [197166] (WS) F/O 23.11.1945 (Emgcy List; reld 12.12.1955) P/O RAF 12.12.1955, seniority 29.03.1954 F/O RAF ? F/Lt. RAF 16.08.1961 (retd 25.08.1968)	(1942?)     88 Squadron RAF (Swanton Morley) 23.05.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 12.12.1955     short service commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) ?     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Green, Howard Morley Saville "Pat" Married Elizabeth-Anne Seabrook.	22.09.1920 - c. 2002 New Zealand	Ldg.Acm. ? [1281117] P/O (prob) 01.04.1941 [63448] P/O 01.04.1942 (WS) F/O 01.04.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.04.1943 F/Lt. RAF 01.07.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1950 W/Cdr. RAF 01.01.1956 (retd 22.09.1967) MID 02.06.1943 ?	01.04.1941 first commission RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 18.12.1945 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [extended service] 01.07.1946 permanent commission (1955) - (1957) stationed at Malta
Green, Neil Carne	14.01.1919 - 03.2005 East Surrey district, Surrey	Sgt. ? [742406] P/O (prob) 16.08.1941 [104438] (WS) F/O 16.08.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 16.08.1943 DSO 09.07.1943 ? DFC 20.11.1942 * * This officer has completed many sorties. Throughout, he has displayed great efficiency, combined with exceptional determination to complete his task successfully. In the raids on Le Creusot, Genoa and Milan he accomplished much good work. He is a skilful and determined pilot.	16.08.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942) - (1943) 49 Squadron RAF
Greenslade, Clifford Son of Tom Greenslade, and Gwladys Robins, of Newbridge, Monmouthshire.	(06?).1922 Bedwellty district, Monmouthshire - 02.07.1945 (MPK) [age 23] [Singapore Memorial, column 448] [commemorated at Newbridge War Memorial]	(T) F/Sgt. ? [1419936] P/O (prob) 11.01.1945 [199508]	11.01.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.07.1945 267 Squadron RAF
Grenville, Trevor Courtney Basil	see:	Van Hoegaerden, Jacques Philippe Marie Louis Ferdinand "Jack"
Grinsted, Norman Angus Son of Peter Angus Grinsted (1868-1948), and Ada Mary Weakford (1869-1950). Married ((03?).1935, Uckfield district, Sussex) Mary Cecilia Starr (23.10.1905 - 12.2002); two daughters, one son.	18.03.1899 St George Hanover Square district, London - 07.04.1969 Southwark district, London	Indian Army:   2nd Lt. 11.01.1919 Lt. 21.08.1919 (retd 06.10.1922) RAFVR:   F/Lt. 18.09.1939 [75506] (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1942 (reld 07.09.1950) F/Lt. 07.09.1950 (reld 07.09.1955)	11.01.1919     commissioned, Indian Army (from the Unattached List) [served 5th Royal Gurkhas] 18.09.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 07.09.1950 - 07.09.1955 commissioned RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (Secretarial Branch)
Guinness, Sir Algernon Arthur St Lawrence Lee; 3rd Bt, 1867 Son of late Benjamin Lee Guinness and Lady Henrietta St Lawrence (died 1935), daughter of 3rd Earl of Howth. Succeeded uncle, 1st Baron Ardilaun in Baronetcy, 1915. Married (10.07.1928) Winifred Mounteney, daughter of Mrs George Hall, Hamilton, Ontario; one daughter.	11.05.1883 - 26.10.1954 Cookham, Berkshire	P/O (prob) 29.07.1940 [82856] P/O 29.07.1941 (WS) F/O 29.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 29.07.1942? MID 01.01.1946 ?	Education: Eton served European War, 1914-1918 (acting Lt.Cdr. RNVR) 29.07.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 28 Air Sea Rescue Unit, Newhaven Steward of the Royal Automobile Club.
Gunter, Edward Maurice Son of William Hector Gunter, Rector, and Margery Gunter (née Bourne), of Aldeby, Norfolk.	(03?).1920 Winchester district, Hampshire - 27.09.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [Aldeby (St Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk, old portion]	Sgt. ? [748287] P/O (prob) 17.08.1940, seniority 11.08.1940 [83988]	17.08.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 10.09.1940 - 21.09.1940 pilot, 43 Squadron RAF (Tangmere) 22.09.1940 - 27.09.1940 pilot, 501 Squadron RAF (Kenly, Kent) [killed in combat over Sittingbourne, Kent during the Battle of Britain; his Mk 1 Hurricane fighter [V6645] was shot down by Bf 109's at 12.25 hrs., he managed to bale out, but his parachute failed to open and he fell to his death]
Gurden, Frederick Ernest Rex Son of Benjamin Gurden (1888-1978), and Emily Hillyard (1889-1951). Married ((09?).1943, Coventry district, Warwickshire) Joy Denise Wiles * (26.05.1923 -), daughter of Edward Theodore Wiles (1896-1965), and Vera Eliza Lane (1897-1985). * Remarried (1949) Kempster.	(09?).1921 Southam district, Warwickshire - 22.12.1944 (MPK) [age 23] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 206]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1578326] P/O (prob) 28.05.1943 [152296] (WS) F/O 28.11.1943	28.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 22.12.1944 626 Squadron RAF [Lancaster NG244 'UM-E2'. Airborne 16:23 hrs from Wickenby for an operation against Koblenz, but was obliged to turn back after the failure of the port inner engine. Approaching base, the crew were told to divert to Leeming, Yorkshire, but in the circumstances the pilot continued his approach, only to stall and crash. On impact, the Lancaster exploded.]
Gurr, Frederick Charles	? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1395803] P/O (prob) 11.06.1943 [152416] (WS) F/O 11.06.1944? (WS) F/Lt. 11.06.1945 (reld 19.06.1953; on enlistment in the RNZAF)	11.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       flying training in Canada, and served possibly with 83 & 582 Squadrons RAF

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