Edward Gerald
Married ((06?).1908, Kensington, Greater London).
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Newton Abbot district, Devon
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29.01.1964
Bovey Tracey, North Devon
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RNVR: |
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Lt. |
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RAF: |
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Maj. |
01.04.1918 |
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T/Lt.Col. |
01.04.1918
(Unemployed List 06.10.1919) |
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[Hon.?] W/Cdr. |
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RAFVR: |
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P/O (prob) |
21.03.1939 [72904] |
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P/O |
22.07.1939 |
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F/O |
22.07.1939
(reld 28.02.1946) |
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OBE |
01.01.1919 |
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MID |
06.1918 |
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Crwn |
28.04.1922 |
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| WW
I |
served
RNVR |
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| 1918? |
served
RAF (Administrative Branch, from 23.05.1918 Technical Branch) |
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| 21.03.1939 |
commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and
Special Duties Branch) |
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| 19.01.1942 |
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transferred,
Training Branch |
Michael William
Son of George William O'Brien, and Enid Mary Perry.
Hyderabad, Sind, India
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22.03.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[initially buried at Waldfriedhof Lauheide, later re-interred at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 18.E.17]
| Aircraftman 2nd class | 12.08.1940 [1375476] |
| Sgt. | 1941? |
| P/O (prob) | 26.06.1941 [69497] |
| (WS) F/O | 26.06.1942 |
| (WS) F/Lt. | 26.06.1943 |
| (A) Sq.Ldr. | 14.08.1944 |
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DFC | 13.10.1944 | ? |
| 12.08.1940 | enlisted, RAFVR (for pilot duties) | ||
| 26.06.1941 | commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) | ||
| 26.06.1941 | No. 14 Service Flying Training School RAF (Twinwood Farm, Bedfordshire) | ||
| 05.07.1941 | No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF (RAF Cranage, Cheshire) | ||
| 18.08.1941 | No. 9 Service Flying Training School RAF (Hullavington, Wiltshire) | ||
| 30.03.1942 | No. 2 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire) | ||
| 21.07.1942 | No. 3 Glider Training School RAF (Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire) | ||
| 18.11.1942 | No. 1 Glider Training School RAF (RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire) | ||
| 18.02.1943 | HQ No. 51 Group RAF (Moorfield House, Leeds) | ||
| 28.06.1943 | HQ Flight Training Centre RAF (Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire) | ||
| 02.09.1943 | 165 SCU [= 1655 Mosquito Training Unit] RAF | ||
| 21.10.1943 | pilot, 139 Squadron RAF (Wyton, Cambridgeshire) (flying Mosquitos) | ||
| 28.01.1944 | pilot, 192 Squadron RAF (Foulsham, Norfolk) (DFC) | ||
| 14.08.1944 | instructor, 1692 Bomber Support Training Unit (Great Massingham, Norfolk) | ||
| 05.02.1945 | - | 22.03.1945 | pilot, 23
Squadron RAF (Little Snoring, Norfolk) (B Flight commander) [Airborne 19:35 hrs from Little Snoring for Intruder operations (bomber support) in the Handorf and Münster area in Mosquito RS577 (YP-T). Cause of loss and crash-site not established.] |
Charles Alexander
Kelso district, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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02.1995
Chichester distirict, West Sussex
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Sgt. |
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[745745] |
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P/O (prob) |
29.09.1940
[85681] |
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P/O |
29.09.1941 |
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(WS) F/O |
29.09.1941 |
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(WS) F/Lt. |
29.09.1942 |
| 29.09.1940 |
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) |
Roger William
Elder son of William Stanley Osborn (1884-1952), and Winifred Caroline Wadman (1886-1951), of Petts Wood, Kent.
Married ((09?).1936, Chelsea district, London) Patricia J. Brierley, daughter of Mr & Mrs R.E. Brierley, of London W4.
Colmworth, Battle district, Sussex
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08.06.1983
Bedford district, Bedfordshire
| (A) P/O (prob) | 14.03.1941 [62203] |
| P/O (prob) | 30.05.1941 |
| (WS) F/O | 30.05.1942 |
| P/O | 30.12.1942 |
| (WS) F/Lt. | 30.12.1944 (emgcy) (reld 14.08.1955) |
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DFC | 23.03.1945 | ? [decoration posted] |
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39|45 St | - | - |
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AircEur | - | & clasp France & Germany |
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WM 39|45 | - | - |
| 14.03.1941 | commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) | ||
| 30.12.1942 | transferred, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [at own request] | ||
| (1945) | 141 Squadron RAF (DFC) |
Philip Norman
Son of Philip Valentine & Alice Maud Osborne (deid 1927), Chincona Planters.
Mungpoo, North Bengal, India
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10.11.1945
[Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia, 5.F.1]
| Ldg.Acm. | ? [1395070] |
| P/O (prob) | 23.04.1943 [151968] |
| (WS) F/O (prob) | 23.10.1943 |
| (WS) F/Lt. | 23.04.1945 |
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39|45 St | - | - |
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Bur St | - | - |
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Def M | - | - |
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WM 39|45 | - | - |
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GSM | - | & clasp South Asia 1945-46 |
| 1941 | enlisted, RAFVR | ||
| after training at Hatfield he was sent to Canada with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as a Flying Instructor; based at 37 Service Flying Training School in Calgary, Alberta 1942-44 | |||
| 23.04.1943 | commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] | ||
| ? | - | 10.11.1945 | 110
(Hyderabad) Squadron RAF (Seletar, Singapore) [On attachment to Batavia and detailed for a reconnaissance flight with an army Brigadier as passenger. Eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft failed to become airborne and crashed at the end of runway. Both occupants were killed instantly.] |
Charles Augustus Grey Bennet; since 1971:
9th Earl of Tankerville
Elder son of 8th Earl of Tankerville, and of Roberta, daughter of late Percy Mitchell.
Succeeded father, 1971.
Married 1st (15.05.1943) Virginia Diether (from whom he obtained a divorce, 1950), Vancouver; one daughter.
Married 2nd (22.06.1954) Georgiana Lilian Maude, daughter of late Gilbert Wilson, DD, of Vancouver,
Canada; one son, two daughters (of whom one son, one daughter are twins).
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27.04.1980
San Francisco, Cal., USA
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Sgt. |
? [1270607] |
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P/O (prob) |
30.07.1941 [103562] |
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P/O |
30.07.1942 |
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(WS) F/O |
30.07.1942 |
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(WS) F/Lt. |
30.07.1943 (reld
18.07.1946) |
| 30.07.1941 |
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18.07.1946 |
served as
an officer RAFVR - General Duties Branch |
Douglas Alfred
"Douggie"
Son of William Bramwell Oxby, and Mabel E. Johnson.
Married 1st; two sons.
Married 2nd (she died 2007).
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Cardiff, Glamorgan
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10.04.2009
Toronto, Ont., Canada
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F/Sgt. |
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[1254447] |
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P/O (prob) |
31.10.1942
[138413] |
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(WS) F/O (prob) |
30.04.1943 |
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(WS) F/Lt. |
31.10.1944 |
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F/O |
01.09.1945,
seniority 31.10.1943 |
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F/Lt. |
01.07.1946,
seniority 30.04.1946 |
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Sqn.Ldr. |
01.07.1951 |
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W/Cdr. |
01.07.1957
(retd 11.03.1969; own request) |
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DSO |
16.03.1945 |
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DFC |
15.12.1944 |
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DFM |
04.12.1942 |
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DFM |
16.02.1943 |
*** |
* As observer, this officer has displayed skill
of the highest order. He has taken part in a very large number of sorties and
has assisted dn the destruction of 21 enemy aircraft. These successes are an
outstanding tribute to his great ability, praiseworthy courage and iron
determination.
** This officer is a highly efficient, keen and resolute observer. He has
participated in a large number of sorties and has assisted in the destruction
of 17 enemy aircraft at night, 3 of them in one sortie. His devotion to duty
has been unfailing.
*** Flight Sergeant Oxby has displayed exceptional keenness and devotion to
duty. He has taken part in the destruction at night of 13 enemy aircraft.
Barrister's clerk.
| 06.1940 |
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joined RAF
as ground radar operator |
| trained as
radio operator (air) |
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| 1941 |
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1942? |
68 Squadron
RAF |
| 1942? |
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06.1943 |
89 Squadron
RAF |
| 31.10.1942 |
commissioned, RAFVR
(General Duties Branch) |
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| 06.1943 |
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spring
1944 |
instructor
at a training unit for radar operators |
| spring
1944 |
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1945 |
219
Squadron RAF |
| instructor
at a fighter training unit |
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| 01.09.1945 |
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permanent
commission RAF |
| serving
as an instructor at an air navigation school and at the Central Fighter
Establishment and at HQ Fighter Command; in June 1962 he was appointed
assistant air adviser to the British high commissioner in Ottawa |