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Hall, Francis Frederick Walby	06.04.1902 Romford district, Essex -	Fl. Cadet ? P/O 15.08.1923 [16095] F/O 15.02.1925 F/Lt. 20.03.1929 Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (retd 16.04.1947; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.) (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942	Education: RAF College, Cranwell. 15.08.1923 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) qualified at specialist photographic course; completed satisfactorily a course at the Military or Naval Staff College served at some time at Waterkloof Air Station Pretoria
Hall, Frederick Walter Hick	01.09.1906 -	P/O 18.07.1925 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1949 (retd 28.12.1950)	qualified at specialist armament course
Hall, Geoffrey Henry	? -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.01.1925 AFC ? ?
Hamilton, Benjamin Henry Noel Hans Eldest son of Henry B.H. Hamilton & Margaret G. Bond-Cabball. Brother of Lt.Cdr. George Cecil Hans Hamilton, RNVR. Married 1st (07.07.1906) Ida, 3rd daughter of Percy Mortimer, JP of Ashe Park; ons son, two daughters. MArried 2nd (03.1931) Vronwy, daughter of John Edwards of Aberystwith; one son.	25.12.1882 London - 13.11.1969	T/Lt. RNVR 03.04.1915 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1918 (retd 05.08.1925) [01163] (recalled 25.08.1939) (reverted to retd 21.03.1945; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) DSO 03.06.1918 ? MID 01.01.1919 Flanders	WW I served in Royal  Naval Air Service; raced "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" Peugots at Brooklands, 1920s 01.04.1918     first commission, RAF 03.10.1919     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 01.10.1919 - ? Staff Officer, 1st Class, Air Ministry (temporary) Raced "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" Peugeots at Brooklands, 1920s. WW II served in RAF (W/Cdr).; first to  plot and track submarines on radio wave length, and to broadcast from France 24.04.1940     transferred, Technical Branch
Hamilton, [John *] Eric Vivian Colclough * added this towards the end of his life One of four sons and two daughters of Bernard Montague Champion Hamilton, and Hilda Katherine Fendell, daughter of Maj.Gen. Fendall Currie, Comr. of Fysabad. Married 1st (30.04.1918) Norah Fitzmaurice, daughter of Col. John Colly Burkitt, RAMC (marriage dissolved); one son (Lt.Cdr. John Colley Colclough Hamilton, RN). Married 2nd (29.06.1949, Vancouver) Marion Eunice, daughter of John Colborne Coote of Vancouver B.C.	22.11.1896 Fyzabad Up, India - 26.06.1964	Army: T/2nd Lt. 22.12.1914 T/Lt. ? Lt. 15.10.1921, seniority 02.07.1915 (reld 10.1922) RAF / RCAF: Lt. 01.04.1918 (Aeroplane & Seaplane Officer) Sq.Ldr. ? (reld 06.11.1945) World War I: Victory Medal; British War Medal; 1914-1915 Star	Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 22.12.1914 commissioned, 4th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment - Territorial Force 01.07.1915 - 1917 served in Gallipoli and France - Royal Flying Corps (No. 4 A.A.B. RAF) 1918 - 1919 test pilot, Royal Flying Corps 1920 - 1922 3rd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (served in India at Bareilly, Fyzabad, NW Frontier, Ishapore, Dum-dum, Chaubattia & Naini-tal) emigrated to Canada reactivated with Western Air Command RCAF as armament officer & staff officer operational requirements served Costal Command RAF
Hanbury, Henry Theobald Son of Charles and Ethel May Hanbury (née Cranham), of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Brother of Sq.Ldr. Reginald Lewis Hanbury, RAF.	(06?).1917 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire - 20.11.1946 [age 29] [Suez War Memorial Cemetery, 5.A.4]	Sgt. ? [527016] P/O (prob) 20.05.1943 [52166] (WS) F/O (prob) 20.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 20.05.1945 F/Lt. 31.12.1946, seniority 20.11.1946	joined RAF just before the war & served in the ranks 20.05.1943     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 09.05.1946 extended service commission ? - 20.11.1946 Flight Engineer, 511 Squadron RAF [flying accident, 50 miles southeast of Cairo on a return journey from England to India]
Hanbury, Reginald Lewis Son of Charles and Ethel May Hanbury (née Cranham), of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Married Norma Ruth Hanbury (née ...). Brother of F/Lt. Henry Theobald Hanbury, RAF.	(09?).1913 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire - 08.06.1944 [age 30] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 200]	(T) F/Sgt. ? [563974] P/O (prob) 01.04.1940 [43690] P/O 01.04.1941 (WS) F/O 11.02.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 11.02.1942 (A) or (T) Sq.Ldr. 1943?	01.04.1940     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.06.1944 254 Squadron RAF
Hancock, Charles Ronald	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 DFC ? ?	Education: psa.
Hankins, Maurice Henry	31.12.1914 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - 12.1990 Portsmouth district, Hampshire	(A) P/O (prob) 02.09.1939 [42602] P/O (prob) 18.02.1940 P/O 10.07.1940 (WS) F/O 18.02.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 18.02.1942 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 (reld 10.07.1963; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. 1943? DFC 15.10.1943 ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	02.09.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (1943) 199 Squadron RAF 10.07.1945     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) 13.10.1948 - 10.07.1963 transferred to Class "A"; granted an extension of service for three years and transferred to Class "C" with effect from 10th July 1949, followed by several other extensions of service
Hardy, Stephen Haistwell	29.01.1905 - 08.04.1945	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 A/Cdre. ?	Education: psa.       qualified at a specialist course in engineering
Harriman, Douglas Sidney Reeve Second son of Sidney Reeve Harriman (1873-1939), and May Harriman (née Clare), of North Ealing, London. Married ((12?).1939, Brentford district, London)  Mary Margaret Evans.	18.02.1920 Holborn, St Giles district, London - 25.05.1940 (KIA) [age 20] [St Inglevert Churchyard, France, collective grave] [commemorated at the Ealing Common War Memorial]	(A) P/O (prob) 01.04.1939 [41846] P/O (prob) 21.10.1939 P/O 23.01.1940	Education: Gate House School, Kingston Hill, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey Trained as a quantity surveyor at London Polytechnic before joining the RAF in 1938. 1938 - 01.03.1939 No. 13 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School RAF (White Waltham Aerodrome, Maidenhead, Berkshire) 01.04.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 19.06.1939 No. 13 Flying Training School RAF (Drem, East Lothian, Scotland) ? - 25.05.1940 pilot, 15 Squadron RAF [on 15.05.1940 he flew his Blenheim L8856 over the Belgian coast when his starboard propeller fell off & made a forced landing at the Grote Boom-Polder near Aardenburg, The Netherlands] [on 25.05.1940 he was airborne at 1027 hrs from Wyton in his Blenheim P6913; shot down near St-Inglevert (Pas-de-Calais), midway on the main road between Calais and Marquise, France; complete crew was killed]
Harris, Guy	1918 ? - 15.02.2007 West Sussex [aged 89]	(A) P/O (prob) 23.03.1936 F/O 27.07.1938 Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1944 W/Cdr. ?	23.03.1936 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] (09.1939) 32 Squadron RAF (Biggin Hill) (05.1940) 253 Squadron RAF (battle for France) 1940 - ? Flying Instructor, 56 Officer Training Unit
Harris, Sydney Herbert Verder	01.06.1905 Romford district, Essex - (03?).1983 Hove district, East Sussex	P/O 17.12.1924 Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 01.07.1955) CBE ? ?	Education: psa
Harris, Vorley Married Mary Tay (27.08.1906-).	13.08.1899 Pontypridd, South Wales - 07.1996 Pontypridd, South Wales	P/O 04.07.1922 Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.12.1941 (retd 15.02.1945; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.)	Education: psa. 04.07.1922     first commission
Harrison, Arnold Thomas Son of John Edward Harrison, and Dorothy Rose Harrison (née Balfour).	(09?).1912 Solihill district, Warwickshire / West Midlands / Worcestershire - 23.08.1940 (KIA) [age 28] [South Ealing Cemetery, A.C.6]	(A) P/O (prob) 02.09.1939 [42604] P/O (prob) 29.04.1940	02.09.1939 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 23.08.1940 pilot, 224 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [the Hudson I N7244 QX, after having taken off at 12.15 hrs at Leuchars, crashed into a river near Leuchars due to unknown causes; Harrison died in the crash]
Harrison, Cecil Walter	04.01.1891 - (06?).1971 Bedford district, Bedfordshire	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 04.01.1941)
Harrison, William Herbert Son of Edward H. and Mary A. Harrison. Married Lillian Amy Elizabeth Hyde; .. children (son F/Lt. Graham William Harrison, RAFVR).	04.03.1889 * North Mymms, Hatfield district, Hertfordshire - 12.05.1987 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland * Air Force List has: 21.04.1890	Pte. [?] 01.1911 Cpl. 05.1914 Sgt. 10.1914 F/Sgt. 05.1915 A/Sgt.Maj. ? 2nd Lt. 14.03.1917 P/O 01.04.1918 [10101] F/O 14.09.1918 F/Lt. 01.01.1929 (retd 21.04.1935) (reverted to retd 29.10.1943; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.09.1941 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - MID 15.03.1920 Russia (as Flt.Offr (A/Capt.)) Russian Medal of St Stanislas III Class with Swords & Bow (02.1920)	01.1911  - 12.1911 enlisted, Corps of Royal Engineers (recruit training at Chatham)  12.1911 - 05.1912 Royal Engineers Air Battalion 05.1912 - 04.1915 transfered as ground aero engineer, Royal Flying Corps (service number 50) 04.1915 - 01.1917 observer, 13 Squadron (Gosport, from 10.1915 France, from 03.1916 Dover) [rated Warrant Officer (Technical) 1916] 01.1917 - 03.1917 equipment course (Reading) 14.03.1917     commissioned (Equipment Officer 3rd class), Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) (from 01.04.1918 Royal Air Force (Stores Branch)) 03.1917 - 07.1918 Engine Repair Depot (Chelsea, from 11.1917 Yate) 07.1918 - 03.1919 Egine Repair Depot (Henlow) 03.1919 - 04.1920 British Expeditionary Force, South Russia (mentioned in despatches) 04.1920 - 10.1920 School of Technical Training (Halton) [from 20.07.1920 permanent commission] 10.1920 - 01.1921 Rolls engine course (Henlow) 01.1921 - 03.1921 equipment coure (Ruislip) 03.1921 - 03.1922 No. 1 DE [= Directorate of Equipment?] (Biggin Hill) 03.1922 - 08.1924 No. 1 Stores Depot (Kidbrooke) 09.08.1924 - 21.09.1925 29 Squadron RAF (Duxford) 22.09.1925 - 1927 Aircraft Depot, Iraq (Hinaidi, Iraq) 18.11.1927 - 30.03.1928 RAF Depot, Uxbridge 31.03.1928 - 26.04.1931 No. 1 Stores Depot (Kidbrooke) 27.04.1931 - 04.1935 Directorate of Equipment, Air Ministry On civil duty, Air Ministry, 1935-1939. 01.11.1939 - 29.10.1943  recalled, RAF (Equipment Branch) 01.11.1939 - (10.1940) Deputy Directorate of Equpment (2), Directorate of Equipment (A), Air Ministry
Hart, Raymund George	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 MC ? ?	Education: psa       qualified at specialist signals course; qualified by examination as interpreter
Harvey, [Sir] George David	18.08.1905 India - 24.02.1969 Over Worton, Oxfordshire	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 Air Vice Marshal 01.07.1951 (retd 29.10.1958) DFC ? ? KBE, CBE, CB, MID
Hatcher, Charles James Wilfred	05.12.1891 Shepton Mallet district, Somerset - 1955 ?	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 31.01.1947) AFC ? ?	qualified at specialist armament course
Hatcher, Victor George Aidan	08.03.1906 - 1983 Ashford district, Kent	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 AFC ? ?	qualified at specialist signals course
Haw, Charlton "Wag"	08.05.1920 - 11.1993 Surrey South-Western	F/Sgt. ? [745259] P/O (prob) 06.03.1942 [117992] (T) F/O 1942/43? F/O 24.06.1946 [extended service] (WS) F/Lt. 17.05.1943 F/Lt. 10.02.1946 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (retd 19.09.1951) DFC 17.10.1944 ? DFM 23.01.1942 * - Lenin 31.03.1942 Order of Lenin (USSR) * This airman has been employed on operational flying since June, 1940. He fought in the Battle of Britain and since then he has participated in numerous convoy patrols and in escorts to bomber aircraft on daylight raids. He has destroyed 3 enemy aircraft. Flight Sergeant Haw has displayed admirable qualities as a fighter pilot.	trained as a lithographer 1939 joined RAFVR 05.1940 - (09.1940) 504 Squadron (1941) 151 Wing (Murmansk, USSR) (1942) 81 Squadron RAF 06.03.1942 first commission (1944) 129 Squadron RAF (1944) commanded RAF squadron at Coolham Airfield, West Sussex, and took part in invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord) (1948) Commanding Officer, 65 Squadron RAF (Sweden) 27.09.1940     victories: 1 Bf 110
Hawkings, John Alfred	25.10.1903 - 01.1976 Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 A/Cdre. ?	qualified at specialist engineering course
Hayes, Guy Wingfield	04.10.1904 - 10.1996 Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 A/Cdre. 01.07.1951 (retd 02.04.1957) OBE, MID	qualified at a specialist course in engineering
Hayward, Cecil Hugh	12.07.1887 -	P/O 01.04.1918 [02178] Sq.Ldr. 30.06.1923 (retd 22.07.1925) (recalled 25.08.1939-09.12.1943)	Education: psa
Healey, Ernest Alton	29.01.1900 - 1978 Weymouth district, Dorset	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937 W/Cdr. ? (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (retd 02.11.1946)	16.08.1922     first commission
Heard, Cyril Montagu	15.09.1905 - 30.09.1987	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 01.05.1956; retaining rank of A/Cdre.) CBE	Education: psa.       qualified at specialist armament course
Heath, Alick Charles Son of Eli Paul and Emily Heath, of Bellville, Cape Province, South Africa.	1915 ? - 09.05.1940 [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 4]	(A) P/O (prob) 16.04.1935 [37173] P/O 16.04.1936 F/O 16.11.1937 (A) F/Lt. 06.12.1938 F/Lt. 05.12.1939	16.04.1935 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] ? - 09.05.1940 254 Squadron RAF [took off from Hatston at 16.20 hrs in his Blenheim IV [L9482 QY-] as fighter escort for eight FAA Skua aircraft tasked with attacking shipping in Bergen Harbour, Norway, then independent light bombing; the Blenheim was hit by Flak and was last seen spinning into the harbour]
Hedley, Christopher Hetherington Married Pamela ...; at least one son.	30.04.1921 - 27.12.2004 Los Angeles, Cal., USA	Wt.Offr. ? [572496] P/O (prob) 01.05.1944 [56141] P/O 01.11.1944 (WS) F/O 01.11.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1946 F/O 17.07.1947, seniority 01.05.1945 F/Lt. 01.11.1947 (retd 17.07.1954) DFC 1943? ?	01.05.1944     first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 17.07.1947 -  17.07.1954  extended service commission
Henwood, Francis Herbert Donald	30.09.1896 Reading, Berkshire - 1974 Chichester district, West Sussex	Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1937 W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (A) Gp.Capt. ? (retd 27.10.1946) DFC ? ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF ... - ... ...
Herrick, Brian Henry One of six sons & two daughters *  of Edward Jasper Herrick, and Ethne Rose Herrick. Brother of: P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF Sq.Ldr. M.J. Herrick, RAF Cdr. L.E. Herrick, RN Capt. T.D. Herrick, RN * one of which married Gen. Sir Nigel Poett	1915 Hastings, New Zealand - 24.11.1940 [age 25] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 6]	(A) P/O (prob) 24.04.1939 [42003] P/O (prob) 06.11.1939 P/O 06.03.1940 F/O 06.11.1940	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School 24.04.1939 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 236 Squadron RAF ? - 24.11.1940 pilot, 272 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) [killed in action on a convoy escort; taken off at Aldergrove in his Blenheim IV [Z5734 XK-D] the plane found the wrong convoy and was involved in a dogfight with a Fairey Fulmar; the Blenheim stalled off a turn and dived into the North Channel, which killed Herrick and his two crew members]
Herrick, Michael James One of six sons & two daughters * of Edward Jasper Herrick, and Ethne Rose Herrick. Brother of: F/O B.H. Herrick, RAF P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF Cdr. L.E. Herrick, RN Capt. T.D. Herrick, RN biography at New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum * one of which married Gen. Sir Nigel Poett	05.05.1921 Hastings, New Zealand - 16.06.1944 [age 23] [Frederikshavn Cemetery, Allied plot, grave 66]	Flight Cadet ? P/O (prob) 07.03.1940 [33566] P/O 07.03.1941 (WS) F/O 07.03.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 07.03.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? DFC 24.09.1940 * DFC 22.02.1944 gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy in the Solomon Islands AM 14.06.1945 Pacific [posthumously] * During an interception patrol on the night of 4th September, 1940, Pilot Officer Herrick sighted two enemy aircraft and destroyed them both. In his attack against the second aircraft he succeeded in closing to within thirty yards and it fell in pieces under his fire.	Education: Wanganui Collegiate School; RAF College, Cranwell (04.1939) 07.03.1940 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) [permanent commission] 17.03.1940 - 1941 25 Squadron RAF 12.1941 posted back to New Zealand for attachment to RNZAF 23.12.1941 - 02.1942 instructor, Flying Training School at Woodbourne 02.1942 - 06.1942 moved to Ohakea 06.1942 - 03.1943 Flight Commander, 15 Squadron RNZAF at Whenuapai 03.1943 - 12.1943 Commanding Officer, 15 Squadron RNZAF 01.1944 - 16.06.1944 Flight Commander, 305 (Polish) Squadron RAF [shot down in his Mosquito VI [NS913 "T"] by a Fw190 of Jagdgeschwader I and baled out over the sea, while on an "Ranger" operation to Denmark; his body washed ashore 04.07.1944]
Herrington, Charles [Rigby]	12.12.1901 - 09.1966	Wt.Offr. ? [349451] F/O (prob) 25.01.1941, seniority 24.12.1940 [45254] F/O 25.01.1942 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.01.1943 F/Lt. 01.05.1947, seniority 01.07.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1946-01.11.1947 Sq.Ldr. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1947 (retd 01.06.1954) MBE 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 43 MID 29.06.1948 Palestine	25.01.1941     first commission, RAF (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission to 30.04.1947] 01.05.1947 extended service commission
Heycock, George Francis Wheaton Son of Rev. F. W. Heycock, MA, and Edith Rowlandson. Married (1938) Betty Boyd; one son.	17.09.1909 - 27.06.1983 Pytchley, Northamptonshire	P/O 14.12.1929 [26138] ... ... (T) Gp.Capt. 01.01.1944 ... ... A/Cdre. 01.07.1955 (retd 01.05.1964)
Hindley, Alec [Richard] Son of ... Hindley, and ... Walker. Married Ruth ...; three sons, one daughter.	19.03.1915 Mottram St Andrew, Macclesfield district, Cheshire - 30.04.2010 Bangalore, India	(A) P/O (prob) 23.10.1939 [42837] P/O (prob) 20.04.1940 P/O 24.08.1940 (WS) F/O 20.04.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 20.04.1942 F/Lt. 17.06.1947, dated 01.07.1946, seniority 01.01.1943 25.02.1947, seniority 01.12.1942 Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1954 (retd 01.01.1958) OBE 01.01.1958 New Year 58 AFC 01.01.1945 * * This officer has been employed as Test Pilot in No. 41 Group since April 1943 and for the past six months has been in command of a Satellite Landing Ground. He has exhibited high qualities both as Junior Commander as as Test Pilot. He has been responsible for the Flight Testing of Stirling aircraft modified for special duties and without his skilled flying the preparation of these aircraft for use by the airborne forces in the invasion of Normandy could not have been achieved.	23.10.1939     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 1939 - 1942/43 combat flying 04.1943 - (01.1945) test pilot, 41 Group RAF (Pool) (AFC, while within Technical Training Command when he had flown 2,062 hours (320 in previous six months)) 05.09.1946     extended service commission 17.06.1947     permanent commission [dated 01.07.1946] (02.1956?)     Air Ministry (for duty in the department of the Chief of the Air Staff) Worked for Grieves Cotton in India.
Hodder, Francis Samuel	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	Education: psa       qualified at a specialist course in engineering
Hodges, [Sir] Lewis Macdonald "Bob" Son of late Arthur Macdonald Hodges and Gladys Mildred Hodges. Married (1950) Elisabeth Mary, eldest daughter of late G.H. Blackett, MC; two sons.	01.03.1918 Richmond, Surrey - 04.01.2007	P/O 17.12.1938 ... ... Air Chief Marshal 01.05.1971 (retd 02.05.1976) KCB 1968 (CB 1963); CBE 1958; DSO 1944 and Bar 1945; DFC 1942 and Bar 1943; DL.	Education: St Paul's School; RAF College, Cranwell 17.12.1938 first commission RAF Bomber Command, 1938-1944; SE Asia (India, Burma, Ceylon), 1944-1945; Palestine, 1945-1947; Air Ministry and Min. of Defence, 1948-1952; Bomber Command, 1952-1959; Asst Comdt, RAF Coll., Cranwell, 1959-1961; AO i/c Admin., Middle East Comd, Aden, 1961-1963; Imperial Def. Coll., 1963; SHAPE, 1964-1965; Ministry of Defence, Asst Chief of Air Staff (Ops), 1965-1968; AOC-in-C, RAF Air Support Comd, 1968-1970; Air Mem. for Personnel, MoD, 1970-1973; Dep. C-in-C, Allied Forces Central Europe, 1973-1976, retired. Air ADC to the Queen, 1973-1976. Dir, Pilkington Bros Ltd (Optical Div.), 1979-1983; Governor, BUPA Med. Foundn Ltd, 1987-1995; Chm. of Governors, Duke of Kent School, 1979-1986; Chm., RAF Benevolent Fund Educn Cttee, 1979-1986; Pres., RAF Escaping Soc., 1979-; Pres., Royal Air Forces Assoc., 1981-1984. DL Kent, 1992. Grand Officier, Légion d'Honneur (France), 1988 (Commandeur, 1950); Croix de Guerre (France), 1944.
Holden, Eustace "Gus" Younger son of Horace Holden, and ... Brown, of Doncaster (of Jewish descent). Brother of W/Cdr. Kenneth Holden, DFC, RAF.	28.12.1912 Doncaster, Yorkshire - West Riding - 27.01.2001 Westminster district, London	(A) P/O (prob) 04.08.1936 [37970] F/O 08.12.1938 F/Lt. 03.09.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 31.03.1943 Sq.Ldr. 20.03.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (T) W/Cdr. 01.07.1944-01.11.1947 W/Cdr. 01.07.1949 (retd 28.12.1964) DFC 16.08.1940 ?	04.08.1936 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] pilot, 7 Squadron RAF pilot, 56 Squadron RAF pilot, 501 Squadron RAF  [shot down a Ju 88, Do 7 & He 111 in France, later a Do 17, but became wounded himself on 22.07.1940; in 09/10.1940 he shot down two Me 109s, a Me 110, two more Me 109s and damaged a Ju 88 and two Me 109s] Commanding Officer, 501 Squadron (06.1941 West Africa) 22.06.1942     transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service) Staff Officer (Fighter Training) at the Air Ministry 1944     HQ Far East, Kandy 20.03.1947     permanent commission 08.09.1947 transferred, Secretarial Branch RAF
Holden, Kenneth Older son of Horace Holden, and ... Brown, of Doncaster (of Jewish descent). Brother of W/Cdr. Eustace honden, DFC, RAF. Married; one son (as of 1941).	27.09.1909 Doncaster, Yorkshire - West Riding - 08.1991 Pocklington district, Yorkshire	(A) P/O (prob) 24.08.1939 [90705] P/O 04.09.1939 F/O 04.09.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 04.09.1941 (A) Sq.Ldr. 05.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. ? (WS) Sq.Ldr. 06.09.1942 (A) W/Cdr. (1943) Sq.Ldr. 01.08.1946 (reld 02.10.1950) OBE 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51 DFC 15.07.1941 * MID 01.01.1943 ? * This officer has consistently led his flight with skill and courage in action against the enemy. He has destroyed three and damaged a further four hostile aircraft.	24.08.1939 commissioned,  616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron Auxiliary Air Force (General Duties Branch) pilot, 616 Squadron AuxAF [on 28.05/01.06.1940 over Dunkirk he shot down three Me 109s and in Sept. damaged two more and shot down another] pilot, 610 Squadron RAF  [shot down three more Me 109s, damaged two more and shared another] staff, HQ 12 Group RAF 01.08.1946     Comanding Officer, 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron AuxAF Pre-war a Yorkshire County rugby player.
Hollingworth, Frederick Valentine	14.02.1900 Ormskirk, Lancs. - 1963 Newton district, Lancashire	(A) P/O (prob) 1942? [121423] P/O (prob) 27.07.1942, seniority 30.06.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 27.01.1943 F/O 24.04.1947, seniority 27.07.1944 F/Lt. 25.04.1947, seniority 27.11.1946 (reld 24.04.1955)	1942? commissioned, RAF (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) 24.04.1947 transferred to the Aircraft Control Branch 24.04.1951 transferred to RAF Reserve of Officers [General Duties Branch] (and called up for air force service) 24.04.1952 - 24.04.1955 reverted to RAF Reserve of Officers
Holmes, William Tatham	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	Education: psa qualified at specialist signals course
Hope, Eustace Jack Linton     Son of Maj. and Mrs. Linton Hope, of Kingshott, Fernhurst, Sussex. Married ((06?).1930, Ecclesall Bierlow district) Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Hope Balfour (died 26.04.1967), of Sheffield, second daughter of Sir Arthur and Lady Balfour. She re-married Lt.Col. J.C.T. Rivett-Carnac, MC, KPM.	29.03.1899 Kingston-on-Thames - 06.08.1941 (KIA) [age 42] [Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, France, 6.C.10]	(T) Prob. Flight Officer 29.04.1917 (T) Flight S.Lt. 18.10.1917, seniority 29.04.1917 Lt. 01.08.1919 T/Capt. 30.07.1918 F/O ? [04060] F/Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1935 W/Cdr. 01.07.1938 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.12.1940 AFC 01.01.1925 ? Dunning Memorial Cup (1923)	Education: Merchant Taylor's School; RAF Staff College (...-01.1935; psa) Learnt to fly, 1917. served in the RNAS and RAF 30.07.1918 - ? Captain (A & S) 01.08.1919     permanent commission 09.11.1925 Cape-Cairo Flight (Northolt) 06.07.1926     RAF Base Gosport 03.1927 - (07.)1927 Flight Commander, No. 422 Flight FAA [HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)] (China) 1927 attached to the Shanghai Defence Force 1928 - 1929 Atlantic Fleet 01.09.1929 No.17 (Fighter) Squadron (Upavon) 01.09.1930     Marine Aircraft Experimental Station, Felixstowe 1931 High Speed Flight (Felixstowe) and the Schneider Trophy team.  22.01.1934 - 01.1935 Staff College Course No. 12, RAF Staff College, Andover 23.01.1935     HQ RAF, Iraq (Hinaldi) 09.06.1937     Commanding Officer, 72 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (Church Fenton) 11.01.1938     No. 1 RAF Depot (Uxbridge) (for course at Naval Staff College, Greenwich) 1933 - 1941 served with Coastal Command.  1941 brief service in Ferry Command (Canada) ? - 06.08.1941 pilot, 87 Squadron RAF [on Hurricane Z3224 (intruder mission to France; believed shot down by a night fighter)]
Hopkins, Edward Donald MacLulich	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	qualified at specialist armament course
Hopkins, Eric Edward Son of ... Hopkins, and ... George.	13.08.1917 Chertsey district, Surrey / Kent - 09.2004 Lincolnshire	Wt.Offr. ? [580023] P/O (prob) 21.09.1943, seniority 03.05.1943 [52809] (WS) F/O 03.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.05.1945 F/O 13.11.1950, seniority 20.12.1948 F/Lt. 29.11.1951 (retd 01.01.1962; own request) AFC 01.01.1954 ?	21.09.1943 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 13.11.1950     short service commission 01.05.1951     permanent commission (transferred to Fighter Control Branch)
Horrex, Charles Edwin Married; at least one son (F/Lt. Edwin Philip Andrew Horrex, RAFVR).	10.07.1899 Wandsworth, London - 1963 Newmarket district, Cambridgeshire	P/O 01.04.1918 [07162] F/O 12.09.1919 [short service commission] F/O 24.10.1923 [permanent commission] F/Lt. ? Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. 01.01.1940 (T) Gp.Capt. 01.03.1942 (retd 27.07.1946) AFC < 12.1936 ? AFC 11.05.1937 ? MID 01.01.1941 ? MID 02.06.1943 ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF 24.06.1942 - 17.06.1943 Station Commander, RAF Lichfield
Horry, Thomas Stanley	21.05.1898 - 1960 Claro district, West Riding of Yorkshire	P/O 01.04.1918 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 (T) W/Cdr. 01.03.1940 (retd 16.11.1944) DFC ? ? AFC ? ?
Howell, Evelyn Michael Thomas "Tom" Son of Sir Evelyn Berkeley Howell, KCIE, CSI. Married 1st (1937) Helen Joan, only daughter of late Brig. W.M. Hayes, CBE, FRICS (marr. diss. 1972); one son, three daughters. Married 2nd (1972) Rosemary, eldest daughter of I.A. Cram, CEng, MICE; one son, one daughter.	11.09.1913 Bagshot, Surrey - 05.05.2008 Kendal, Cumbria	P/O 15.12.1934 [33138] F/O ? F/Lt. 15.06.1938 Sq.Ldr. ? (T) W/Cdr. 01.06.1941 Gp.Capt. 01.01.1953 Air Vice Marshal 01.01.1966 (retd 17.03.1967) CBE 1961 ?	Education: Downside School; RAF College, Cranwell; CEng, FRAeS 15.12.1934 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) transferred, Technical Branch (later Engineering Branch) 1960 - 1962 Director of Air Armament Research and Development, Ministry of Aviation 1963 - 1965 Commandant, RAF Technical College 1966 - 1967 SASO, HQ Technical Training Command RAF General Manager, Van Dusen Aircraft Supplies, Oxford, Minneapolis, St Louis, Helsingborg, 1967-1979. Member Livery of Clothworkers' Co., 1938.
Hoy, William Son of ... Hoy, and ... Scanlon.	23.12.1918 Manchester district, Lancashire -	F/Cadet ? P/O 08.10.1939 [33469] F/O 08.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 08.10.1941 F/Lt. 21.05.1946, seniority 08.04.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1943) (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1945 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 20.07.1945 Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1946 25.02.1947, seniority 01.06.1945 W/Cdr. 01.01.1951 (retd 05.04.1966) DFC 01.10.1943 ? AFC 13.06.1957 HM's birthday 57	Education: RAF College, Cranwell.       604 Squadron RAF 04.1945 - 12.1945 Commanding Officer, 25 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (Castle Camps)
Humphreys, William Rowland Spottiswoode	09.01.1886 St Pancras district, London - 1960 Cardiff district, Glamorgan	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 04.09.1939 AFC ? ?
Hunter, Philip Algernon Son of Albert and Clare Hunter; husband of Eleanor Margaret Hunter (nee Christie), of Chesham, Buckinghamshire.	1913 ? - 24.08.1940 (KIA) [age 27] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 4]	Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1938 [32081] DSO 14.06.1940 * MID 01.01.1941 ? * In May, 1940, under the leadership of Squadron Leader Hunter, his squadron shot down thirty-eight enemy aircraft during the course of two patrols. He personally destroyed three of that number. His brilliant leadership as well as his example and courage are of the highest standard.	? - 24.08.1940 Commanding Officer, 264 Squadron 9.5 victories
Hunting, Gerald Lindsay	28.03.1891 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - 04.09.1966 Surrey North Western district, Surrey	Sq.Ldr. RAFO 07.09.1939
Huntley, Raymond William Son of ... Huntley, and ... James.	23.11.1919 Newport district, Monmouthshire - 09.1987 Ipswich district, Suffolk	F/Sgt. ? [538442] P/O (prob) 24.07.1942 [49648] (WS) F/O (prob) 26.02.1943, seniority 24.01.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 24.07.1944 F/Lt. 24.05.1948, seniority 24.01.1946 Sq.Ldr. (Suppl. List) 01.01.1967 (retd 22.12.1973; at own request)	24.07.1942     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 24.05.1943 264 Squadron RAF [captured when Mosquito II [HJ915] was lost on a day ranger mission (with the aim of wearing down the enemy fighter force) in the Dax area of Brittany, France in the afternoon; fellow crew member F/Lt. L.J. Porter RAFVR was missing, presumed killed] 24.05.1943 - 1945? POW in German captivity 24.05.1948     short service commission & transferred, RAF (Technical Branch) 14.07.1952     permanent commission
Hutchinson, John Harvey	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937
Hutton, Arthur Francis	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1936 DFC ? ?	qualified at a specialist course in engineering; additionally qualified at university course in engineering

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