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H.G.F. Larsen  to  L.A. Lynn

Larsen, Henry Gordon Francis * * known in the Army as: Larsen, Henry Gordon	? - 27.11.1957 [cemetery Cardington near Bedford]	Army: 2nd Lt. 08.07.1939 [94695] WS/Lt. 08.01.1941 (reld 01.09.1945) RAF: P/O 28.09.1940 [44665] F/O ? F/Lt. 28.09.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1944) (WS) Sq.Ldr. 27.07.1945 Sq.Ldr. 25.02.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 W/Cdr. 01.01.1953 DFC 02.06.1944 * * This officer has taken part in many reconnaissances and has displayed great skill and determination throughout. He is an exceptionally able leader, whose readiness to undertake the more dangerous and difficult tasks, has set an example which has proved, inspiring. His untiring efforts and high standard of efficiency have been reflected in the great, success of the squadron he commands.	late Cadet Corporal, Dover College Contingent, Officer Training Corps 08.07.1939 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 24.08.1939 mobilized 28.09.1940 - 01.09.1945 seconded to the RAF - General Duties Branch (1944) Commanding Officer, 28 Squadron RAF 01.09.1945 transferred to RAF - General Duties Branch
Lart, Edward Collis de Virac	(06?).1902 Axminster district, Devon / Dorset -	Sq.Ldr. 01.02.1937	qualified by examination as interpreter
Lawson, Harry Reginald	24.01.1907 Rugby, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire - 05.02.1977 St. Mawgan, Cornwall	Aircraftman 2nd class 23.10.1935 [505111] Aircraftman 1st class 01.04.1929 Senior Aircraftman 01.11.1929 (A) Sgt. (unpaid) 02.06.1931 Sgt. 02.06.1931 F/Sgt. 10.06.1932 P/O (prob) 01.04.1940 [43121] P/O 01.04.1941 (A) F/O 12.01.1941 (WS) F/O 01.04.1941 (A) F/Lt. 31.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 15.01.1942 F/Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. 15.10.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 21.10.1943 Sq.Ldr. 01.01.1947, seniority 01.09.1945 (retd 11.01.1954, retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (A) W/Cdr. 21.07.1943-15.09.1946 DFC 10.09.1943 ? AFC 17.03.1941 ? MID 01.01.1941 ? MID 08.06.1944 ? MID 14.06.1945 ? LSGCM 20.10.1943 ? 39|45St ? ? ACEur ? ? AtlSt ? ? Def Med ? ? BWM ? ?	23.10.1925 joined RAF, serving in the ranks 23.10.1925 - 16.02.1926 RAF Depot (Aircrafthand under training for Carpenter 23.10.1925) 17.02.1926 - 03.04.1928 School of Technical Training RAF (Carpenter 13.05.1927) 04.04.1928 - 30.04.1928 1 (F) Squadron RAF (Carpenter under training for Carpenter-Rigger 01.06.1929) (Carpenter-Rigger 12.03.1928) 01.05.1928 - 06.07.1928 attached, RAF Hendon 07.07.1928 - 13.07.1930 1 (F) Squadron RAF 14.07.1930 - 28.11.1930 2 Technical Training School RAF (Carpenter-Rigger (Pilot) (NS) 15.07.1930) 29.11.1930 - 01.12.1930 attached, SHQ Tangmere RAF 02.12.1930 - 26.07.1931 2 Flying Training School RAF (Pilot/Carpenter-Rigger 02.06.1931) 27.07.1931 - 17.01.1932 9 Squadron RAF 18.01.1932 - 25.05.1932 RAF Depot 26.05.1932 - 21.06.1932 9 Squadron RAF 22.06.1932 - 01.07.1932 attached, RAF Hendon 02.07.1932 - 07.02.1933 3 Calshot RAF 08.02.1933 - 09.03.1933 RAF, Iraq 10.03.1933 - 01.03.1935 203 Squadron RAF 02.03.1935 - 05.05.1935 RAF Depot (NE) 06.05.1935 - 14.09.1935 201 Squadron RAF 15.09.1935 - 15.12.1935 Central Flying School RAF 16.12.1935 - 15.08.1937 3 Flying Training School RAF 16.08.1937 - 11.12.1937 3 Flying Training School RAF, South Berney 12.12.1937 - 16.06.1939 166 (B) Squadron RAF 17.07.1939 - 23.06.1939 attached, RAF Bisley 24.06.1939 - 17.09.1939 166 (B) Squadron RAF 18.09.1939 - 31.03.1940 RAF Abingdon 01.04.1940 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission to 31.12.1946] 01.04.1940 - 03.04.1940 flying, 166 Squadron RAF 04.04.1940 - 29.12.1940 flying, 10 Operational training Unit RAF 30.12.1940 - 30.07.1941 instructor, 1 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF 31.07.1941 - 05.10.1941 instructor, 10 Operational Training Unit RAF 06.10.1941 - 04.07.1943 flying, 58 Squadron RAF 05.07.1943 - 20.07.1943 instructor, 1 Operational Training Unit RAF 21.07.1943 - 21.11.1943 Commanding Officer, 518 Squadron RAF 22.11.1943 - 13.02.1944 chief instructor, Meteorological Conversion Unit RAF 14.02.1944 - 22.03.1944 Commanding Officer, 518 Squadron RAF 23.03.1944 - 09.05.1944 control, HQ 19 Group RAF 10.05.1944 - 17.09.1944 flying, 152 (General Reconnaissance) Wing RAF 18.09.1944 - 19.09.1944 flying, 120 Staging Post RAF 20.09.1944 - 21.10.1945 flying, 104 Staging Post RAF 22.10.1945 - 21.06.1946 pending posting, HQ 216 Group  RAF 22.06.1945 - 14.07.1946 accident prevention, HQ Mediterranean and Middle East 15.07.1946 - 04.07.1947 service air traffic control officer, Luqa 01.01.1947 extended service commission ("B") 05.07.1947 - 07.10.1947 disembarkation, 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF 08.10.1947 - 16.12.1947 41 Junior Course, Hornchurch, Attachment RAF 14.01.1948 transferred, Secretarial Branch 14.01.1948 - 14.03.1950 movements control, Miscellaneous 344 RAF 12.04.1949 transferred, Equipment Branch 15.03.1950 - 11.06.1950 182 Equipment Course, Equipment Officers' School RAF 12.06.1950 - 07.08.1950 supernumerary, Air Ministry Unit 08.08.1950 - 08.04.1951 Directorate of Movements RAF 09.04.1951 - 16.04.1951 3 Movements Unit RAF (embarkation) 17.04.1951 - 24.09.1951 supernumerary, 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF 25.09.1951 - 03.05.1953 sea movements, 3 Movements Unit RAF (embarkation) 04.05.1953 - 03.08.1953 supernumerary, Odiham 04.08.1953 - 10.01.1954 supernumerary, 2 Movements Unit RAF
Legg, Richard James	14.05.1903 Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex -	P/O 13.03.1926 [22166] Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.10.1946 (retd 04.11.1953)	13.03.1926     first commission, RAF ... - ... ...
Leggate, James Reginald Married Jean Leighton (died 26.08.2007, aged 94); three sons.	30.08.1912 - 10.03.1999 Burton, South Wirral, Cheshire	(A) P/O (prob) 03.04.1934 [34190] P/O 16.03.1935 F/O 03.10.1936 F/Lt. 03.10.1938 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1940 Sq.Ldr. 22.12.1945, seniority 01.01.1941 (reld 30.08.1957; retaining rank of Gp.Capt.)) (T) Wg.Cdr. 01.12.1941-27.04.1945 (WS) Wg.Cdr. 28.04.1945 (reld rank 01.11.1947) (T) Gp. Capt. ? ? DSO 25.05.1943 ?	03.04.1934 commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 1934 - 1937 201 Squadron RAF (RAF base Calshot) (1943) 53 Squadron RAF 03.04.1945 transferred, RAF Reserve of Officers (and called up for Air Force service) 12.08.1948 transferred, Class "A" 03.04.1949 extension of service for five years ? - 30.08.1957 Emergency List, RAF Reserve of Officers Shipping agent. Provincial Grand Master of the West Lancashire Mark Masons, 1983-1988 (Assistant 1967-1973).
Leslie, Reginald Frederick Stuart Married ((03?).1916, St Martin district, London) ... Gordon.	25.12.1890 Miadenhead, Berkshire -	Sq.Ldr. (retd) 01.01.1924 DSC ? ? DFC ? ? AFC ? ?	... - ... ...
Little, Reginald George Married Joan (née ...).	(06?).1920 Henley district, Buckinghamshire / Berkshire /  Oxfordshire - 16.03.2007 [aged 87]	F/Sgt. ? [568096] P/O (prob) 05.04.1943 [50742] ... ... W/Cdr. ?	05.04.1943 first commission, RAF (Technical Branch)
Livingstone, David	? -	Sgt. ? [568774] (A) P/O (prob) 31.12.1941 [47612] (WS) F/O (prob) 10.12.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? F/Lt. 1944? MBE ? ? MID 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 MID 01.01.1945 New Year 45	apprentice at R.A.F. Holton before the war ? - 31.12.1941 No. 95 Course, Officers' School 31.12.1941 first commission RAF (Technical Branch) [emergency commission]
Lloyd, Ivor Thomas Son of late Major T.W. Lloyd. Married (1929) Phyllis Eleanor, daughter of late Frank Pegler, JP; two daughters.	02.03.1896 Umballa - 28.10.1966 London	... ... Gp.Capt. 01.07.1935 (retd 31.07.1939) (reverted to retd 29.03.1946; retaining the rank of A/Cdre.) (A) A/Cdre. 1942? (T) A/Cdre. ?	... - ... ... 27.08.1939 - 1941 Planning Staff, HQ Coastal Command 1941 - 1942 Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Coastal Command 12.07.1942 - 1942 Deputy Administrative Staff Officer, HQ Coastal Command 1942 - 1943 Air Officer Commanding, No 16 (General Reconnaissance) Group 1943 - 1945 Deputy Air Officer-in-Charge of Administration, HQ Coastal Command
Long, William Dickson	02.10.1894 Bamburgh, Belford district, Northumberland -	P/O 01.04.1918? [01194] Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1918 (retd 01.11.1932) (WS) W/Cdr. 18.12.1944 (A) Gp.Capt. ? OBE ? ?	01.04.1918 first commission RAF 25.08.1939 - 18.03.1946 recalled to active service
Longmore, Sir Arthur Murray   Married 1st (1913) Marjorie (died 1959), only child of late W.J. Maitland, CIE; two sons (and one killed in action, 1943), one daughter. Married 2nd (1960) Enid, widow of Lt­Col Geoffrey Bolster, and daughter of late Col M.R. de B. James.	08.10.1885 St Leonards, NSW, Australia - 10.12.1970 Broomfield Park, Sunningdale, Berkshire	... ... Air Chief Marshal 01.11.1939 (retd 01.03.1942)	... - ... ... 01.07.1939 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command 02.04.1940 - 1941 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Middle East 01.07.1941 Inspector-General of the RAF Published: From sea to sky (1947; memoirs)
Loughnan, Gerald Hamilton Son of Nicholas Connell Aloysious Loughnan (1866-1923), and Gertrude Hamilton Kerr (1881-1965).	? -	Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937	... - ... ....
Love, Alfred Harold	27.10.1895 Scotland -	P/O 01.04.1918 [15153] Sq.Ldr. 01.06.1936 (retd 01.11.1938) (recalled 27.08.1939-31.05.1946) MBE ? ?	Education: psa 01.04.1918     first commission, RAF ... - ... 70 Group HQ Fighter Command
Lowe-Holmes, Patrick William	17.03.1906 -	P/O 16.12.1925 Sq.Ldr. 01.04.1937 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1947 (retd 19.03.1953)	16.12.1925     first commission, RAF qualified at a specialist armament course
Ludford, John Sidney Son of ... Ludford, and .. Sadler. Married.	(09?).1922 Portsmouth district, Hampshire - c. 2004/05 in an air accident whilst crop spraying in South Africa	Sgt. ? [574423] P/O (prob) 20.09.1943 [53221] P/O 20.03.1944 (WS) F/O 20.03.1944 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 20.09.1945 DFC 12.05.1944 * * In February, 1944, this officer was the pilot of an aircraft detailed to attack Leipzig. When some 100 miles from the target the aircraft was attacked by a fighter. The hydraulic gear and the starboard inner propeller were damaged; the electrical circuits were also damaged, causing a failure of the lighting and heating systems. In no way deterred, Flight Lieutenant Ludford flew on to the target and made a successful attack, afterwards flying safely to base with bomb doors open. This officer displayed praiseworthy courage and determination. He has completed many sorties, including 8 attacks on Berlin.	20.09.1943 commissioned RAF(General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (11.1943) - (1945) pilot, 57 Squadron RAF (RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire) Emigrated to South Africa, 1948.
Ludlow-Hewitt, Sir Edgar Rainey Second of five children of Rev. Thomas Arthur Ludlow­Hewitt (1850-1936) of Clancoole, Bandon, Co. Cork, and Minety, Wiltshire, and his wife, Edith Annie (d. 1944), the daughter of Alfred Ricketts Hudson, of Wick House, Worcestershire. Married (03.02.1923) Albinia Mary Evans-Lombe (died 1972), daughter of Major Edward Henry Evans­Lombe of Marlingford Hall, Norwich, and widow of Capt. Francis Clerke, Coldstream Guards; no children.	09.06.1886 Eckington, Worcestershire - 15.08.1973 Queen Alexandra's RAF Hospital, Wiltshire [last residence: Bromham, Chippenham, Wiltshire]	... ... Air Chief Marshal 01.07.1937 (retd 19.11.1945)	Education: Radley; Sandhurst ... - ... ... 12.09.1937 - 02.1940 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command 04.04.1940 - 1945 Inspector General of the RAF
Lywood, Ralph Woodcock Gifford Married ((03?).1926, St Marylebone district, Greater London / London) ... Smith; at least one daughter. Lived at Kinsdale, Co. Cork, Ireland.	26.02.1902 Bosmere district, Suffolk -	P/O 20.12.1922 [16078] Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1936 W/Cdr. ? (T) Gp.Capt. 01.12.1941 (retd 24.01.1946)	20.12.1922     first commission, RAF (01.1939) 12 Squadron RAF (Andover)
Lynn, Lewis Alan Son of ... Lynn, and ... Allen.	(03?).1916 Richmond district, Surrey -	P/O 12.07.1938 [40124] F/O 19.10.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 19.10.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 23.05.1942 (A) W/Cdr. 1943? DSO 11.02.1944 * DSO 14.07.1944 ** DFC 26.06.1942 ? VK 27.03.1945 Dutch date: 16.11.1944 * This officer has completed a very large number of sorties and has displayed skill, courage and determination of the highest order. He is a most inspiring and forceful leader, whose personal example has been reflected in the fine fighting qualities of his squadron which has obtained many successes in recent operations over Northern France. Wing Commander Lynn has displayed outstanding keenness and devotion to duty and his achievements have been worthy of great praise.  ** Wing Commander Lynn has completed a large number of day and night sorties during which he has successfully attacked a wide range of strongly defended targets. He has maintained a high standard of operational flying and his genius for leadership has been outstanding. His achievements have won great praise.	12.07.1938 first commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) (1942) 107 Squadron RAF 12.07.1943 transferred to reserve (Reserve of Air Force Officers) (1944) 320 Squadron RAF

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