ROLL OF HONOUR OF THOSE WHO DIED AND TO

RECORD AND COMMEMORATETHOSE WHO SERVED

IN THESECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

INTRODUCTION

It will be advantageous to read the Introduction and Notes for The Great War, parts of which will be common to the Records for The Second World War. The Explanation of Abbreviations is listed with The Great War Notes.

When the Introduction and Lists of Names for The Great War was put forward in May 2008 for placing on this web site the School records, as a source of information for compiling those Lists, were nearing exhaustion. That will not be the case with The Second World War, and a different system will have to be used.

In 1939 the theoretical capacity of the School was approximately three times that of 1914. However, the entry system with which Old Boys of the post-1944 Education Act era are familiar did not apply pre-1944. Up to the 1944 Act coming into effect boys entered the School mainly in September but throughout the School Year. They left in July, or at Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide. A boy could enter the School for one or more years. There are many occurrences of a younger boy (8 to 12 years), and not infrequently boys up to 16 years, being in the School for a period before moving to another Grammar School in the local region - Hutton, Kirkham, Arnold, for eg - or further afield to a boarding Grammar School or Public School. There were similar movements in the reverse direction into PGS, with quite a number of 16 and 17-year olds entering the School. Post-1944 a block of around 80 boys entered the School in September and stayed together for the next five years. Using hypothetical numbers, if pre-1944 the School capacity for 1st Year to 5th Year inclusive was 300 with a theoretical entry of 60 a year, in actual fact 60 would enter in September and a further 20 spread over the next few months up to and including the start of the Summer term. The number who left after one, two, or three years produced a greater number of vacancies each year than would be expected from one-fifth of the overall capacity entering and remaining together, as post-1944.

The Moor Park Buildings, opened in 1913, had a designed capacity of 250 which it was confidently anticipated would not be reached for many years, but in 1917 there were 240 boys and the following year 270 was attained. By 1923 the numbers approached 350. The original designs had included plans for additional classrooms and generally provided for expansion; the Hall, for example, was much larger than required for 250 pupils to assemble. With comparatively little work and almost visually imperceptible construction changes, the capacity was nearly doubled by 1927.

The gradual increase in central government involvement, the creation of Council Education Authorities, and the desire of those bodies to have records, systems, and standardisation has bequeathed to posterity an almost impenetrable mass of paper for each boy. So far as has been ascertained up to date (February 2009) each piece of paper was filed within its own system. A boy did not travel through School with a constantly growing pile of paper travelling with him. Moreover, with the passage of time the pieces of paper are not always where they ought to be! As more work is carried out on the 1914 to 1945 school records it is most fervently hoped that some simplified and more easily accessible records will turn up.

At this stage, the number of boys who entered the School and became of military age at some time

during, or for the whole of, the Second World War, can only be an informed guess. It is highly unlikely to be under 3,000; but possibly will not exceed 4,000. During the planning stages for the invasion of Normandy, June 1944, the British, more correctly the Imperial, planners had to take into account that Britain and its Empire by then had exhausted its reserves of manpower, apart from school leavers coming up to military age. Only the USA had enough manpower to ensure sufficient numbers. The fact that manpower resources had been exhausted implies that the very great majority of able-bodied males would have been in the Services. With 3,000-plus Old Boys eligible for military service that means 2,000 or more will have been in the Forces.

There is a further complication relating to the Merchant Navy.

Bomber Command alone lost over 57,000 - about 1/10th of UK and Commonwealth military war dead.We had, subject to later additions, 34 deaths in the RAF. The British Merchant Navy lost over 2,000 ships with nearly 114,000 crew of which 30,000 died. The war began with the British Merchant Navy being the largest in the world with about 6,000 ships and 120,000 men, women and boys from 15 to 75+ years. At this early stage in compiling the records from School sources only four Merchant Navy / Naval Auxiliaries have been found and two others are known to have served. There are two recorded deaths. A comparison between the Merchant Navy and the RAF possibly indicates that a substantial number of Old Boys may well have served in the MN and they remain to be found. There could be around 15 deaths which will be recorded in CWG, but they first have to be identified, and from a much greater spread of years. The total number of men serving in the MN throughout the war will affect any calculations based on dates at School and the resultant numbers of Old Boys who may have served during the war.

Similarly likely to affect calculations, the Royal Canadian Navy was the third largest in the world by 1945 with a large Royal Canadian Air Force. There were substantial Australian, New Zealand and South African Army, Navy and Air Force contingents and Units from throughout the Empire. Up to date only one Old Boy has been found in the Empire forces, and young men “going to the Colonies” was a reasonably common occurrence between the Wars. One quite elderly Old Boy has been found in the American Army, and he was only stumbled across by accident - memory switched into gear when a name was seen and, fortunately, the Americans record the date of birth on the Enlistment records so that positive identification was possible.

This first List of Those Who Served 1939-1945 (click on the Memorial blue button at the end of these Notes) has about 600 names on it. Records are being worked through to a plan which should see this first List growing month by month and the School sources will not be exhausted until about 2015. The deaths recorded in the Memorial Book for Old Boys in the fighting Army appears to be lower than might be expected. It will be several years before a reasonably complete listing can be compiled of all those who served in the Forces and to record any deaths which are not included in the Memorial Book. Any assistance which family members can provide will be most welcome.

The intention is to develop a system of “Additional Lists”, each one being in the stand-alone category. An Old Boy who is in the main List can also be in one or more of the Additional Lists. Each entry will contain new information and normally will not repeat that previously listed. There will be cross-referencing upwards to previous entries but there will not be any return to earlier entries to cross-reference down to later entries. Additional Lists will be added quite possibly at four to six week intervals but the demands on the time of the webmaster will have to be taken into account. It is hoped that access to the Additional Lists will be by scrolling up or down as an uninterrupted continuation of the main List. Periodically, when the number and length of the Additional Lists becomes cumbersome the whole of the 1939-1945 listings will be reconstructed into a single main List and a new set of Additional Lists will begin. An Additional List will shortly be added to The Great War listing, which will help to determine how this method can best be used.

Note: With the realisation that this is going to take many years, at the beginning of October 2009 I decided to try to cram as many names onto the List as possible during the following two weeks.

Detailed information will be added gradually but in the meanwhile the Lists provide the names of most of the former pupils and staff who took part in the War and who have been recorded in The Hoghtonian.. This gives the surviving Old Boys the opportunity to provide details about themselves and their colleagues, and for family members to supply information on other Old Boys who were in the Services.

Another development will be an Appendix to cover all other wars, campaigns, and National Service. In theory Old Boys could have served in Northern Ireland and the Falklands. All those many hundreds of Old Boys who did their National Service post-1945 can now write out the details and let me have them. Plus details of others they knew who now are no longer available to produce their own. That covers their contemporaries at School plus their own fathers, uncles, grandfathers, and any other relatives who attended the School and at any time served in the Forces.

In all the records transcribed from original School records there are “Remarks” such as ‘No information obtainable’, sometimes followed by details of occupations or other provided information which appears to contradict the “Remarks”. Mainly by a process of deduction and guesswork which was confirmed when a change in the handwriting, and the School Secretary, brought with it more details, it seems that “Remarks” applies quite specifically to comments related to the date and age of leaving the Grammar School. Apparently some admissions were conditional on remaining in the School for an agreed period of time or until a specific age, sometimes 16 years. Such an agreement appears to be the case with all exemptions from fees or the award of scholarships to be held at the School. If there was an agreement to remain to an age or for a set period and this was not complied with, the parents were contacted for an explanation, which may or may not have been forthcoming. There may have been no explanation forthcoming as to why the boy had left but details were known of his occupation, the former noted under “Remarks” and the latter under “Occupation”, hence numerous apparent contradictions.

During the Great War and continuing afterwards, the School Governors, the Borough Education Authority and the Lancashire County Education Authority granted exemptions from fees on quite a wide scale. The occupations of some of the fathers appears to indicate that an ability to pay was not a factor. As exemptions were transferred when a boy moved between schools in different education authority areas the scheme was probably widespread.

Prior to the outbreak of war in 1939, the Association set in operation a scheme to maintain contact with Old Boys in the Services, members and non-members of the Association alike. This is outlined in the Great War Introduction. Despite every appearance of being a text book quality scheme it was in trouble before the end of 1940. Appeals were made for information, especially about Old Boys in their 30s and 40s who had started their family lives away from the Preston area, had lost touch with the School, and large numbers must have been in the Services but were not within the scheme. If the number of Old Boys who served in the war tops 2,000 then the details available from School resources will fall far below that number.

The early problems with the Association’s scheme puts into perspective the relative success of the scheme run mainly by schoolboys in the Great War. In 1914 there was a fairly new Head Master, Trewby, whose immediate predecessor, Brooks, had been informed on taking up his appointment that his predecessor, Beaven, had not kept records. Most of the male staff had left to join the Forces; the only female teacher, who had known the boys from the Preparatory Department onwards, had left to be a Nurse, so there was limited continuity of personal knowledge of boys who had passed through the School. Matters were not quite as bad in 1939 but the scheme was dependent upon an inflow of information. Efforts to complete the two War Memorials together with the records of those Old Boys who served this nation in the two World Wars are similarly dependent upon an inflow of information. It will have to come from the 1939-1945 Veterans and from the first, second, and third generation descendants of those who served at any time in the Forces. Completion of records is taking place all over the country - War Memorials are notoriously incomplete and inaccurate. The Memorial Book for the Second World War has blank pages to provide for any additional names to be recorded. None

have been added in over fifty years. This is the first known attempt to build on the records compiled during and shortly after the Second World War to create a complete and permanent record.

I have adopted throughout these records a standard procedure of not going back to delete erroneous information taken from an early notice in The Hoghtonian or other sources which was subsequently corrected or overtaken by events.

In the following List of the Old Boys who were in the Services and those who Died, there are references to Membership Books and Index Cards. These relate to notes made on the membership records of members of the Association, but are by no means complete. Only fourteen cards out of three boxes full of index cards have any reference to members’ war service. The records which Mr Dodson kept throughout the War are not amongst the archive material held by the Association, nor known to be held in any other local archives. The best information is that they may have been destroyed not long after the School closed in 1969, when the future of the Association was apparently deemed by some to be short and terminal. Hopefully, however, a sensible Old Boy took them into safe keeping and if they still exist any accurate information which can be passed into the Association will be received with gratitude.

This may be read by generations unfamiliar with terms in everyday use during the War, as well as not necessarily being aware of the structure of the Armed Forces. As much detail as possible is being included and if some readers find it irritating to have to read something which is plainly obvious to them, would they please remember that whilst this was being compiled there were two enquiries about the Great War for which the difference between a Regiment and a Battalion had to be explained and that someone who had served in the Loyal North Lancashires had not necessarily served in the Preston Pals Company; to another that a sergeant is not an officer which was why he could not be found in the Army List, and to several the different ways in which some Units entitle their Private soldiers and other Ranks (Bombardier being an Artillery Corporal and not some sort of Brigadier, previously titled Brigadier-General) which led to the details being added to the list of Abbreviations.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

These records began many years ago by compiling details of coats of arms of Guild Burgesses, expanding to include any Preston armigers (bearers of coats of arms). Then moved sideways to list the PGS armigers and further sideways into an index of PGS names in case coats of arms for those families turned up at a later date. The index had to expand with more personal information so that the different generations and different lines of descent of any family could be determined. The information began to include sketchy details of service in the Great War and continued to expand in all directions. There was no question of any of this being published, the best which might happen would be for the records in note books and on index cards to end up in County Archives or the Harris Library. No records were kept of sources of information. Then came personal computers, the internet, and widespread public dissemination by vast numbers of people on every conceivable subject. With the best will in the world it is impossible for sources to be identified which I used prior to mid-2007. An attempt is being made to compile a list of sources which will be placed here as soon as possible.

AWARDS HONOURS DECORATIONS

In both World Wars and no doubt in due course in other military operations, instances have been found of Old Boys receiving awards for bravery and decorations or other honours for their work in planning, administration, and other activities not necessarily in the face of the enemy, which are not in the School records. Very few citations have been found with none so far traced in School sources. For example, Aidan Harrison, a young Captain in the Loyals in the Great War, was awarded the DSO, nothing further known, and School records do not show that he had one or possibly two Mentioned in Despatches. The DSO is second in precedence after the Victoria Cross. Old Boys with degrees or

professional qualifications awarded by Universities have been noted without any information regarding their University. Please will Old Boys and family members provide details of all awards, honours, citations, higher education and qualifications.

Alick Hadwen October 2009

Ainsworth, James Walmsley Memorial Book Younger brother of WM. Gunner, H7-1940Memorial Book: Royal Regiment of Artillery James Walmsley AinsworthBorn May the eighteenth, 1921, entered the School September the thirteenth, 1932 and left May the twenty-eighth, 1937. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 88th Field Regiment, from September 1939 and subsequently in the First Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Central Mediterranean Force. Captain. Accidentally killed whilst on Active Service in Italy July eleventh 1946 CWG: Ainsworth, J W Captain Royal Artillery, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment. 25 years. Died 11th July 1946. Service Number 228129. Son of Arthur James Ainsworth and Isabella Ainsworth; husband of Jessie Ainsworth, of Barton, Lancashire. Grave Reference: V . E . 2 Padua War Cemetery.

Ainsworth, W M Lance Bombardier, former Territorial, H7-1940. May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Alley, Eric EdwardPGSA No 640, 18th March 1940. 4 Hazlemere Road, Ashton, Preston. Birth 6th September 1923. Entry 10th September 1936, Leaving 31st July 1939. Royal Navy 29th

October 1941 Membership Register. Russian convoys, survived a sinking in the Mediterranean. Joined Preston Borough Police Force, H7-1947.

Appleby, R E May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Prisoner of the Japanese, H-Midsummer-1943.

Arkwright, John William Date of Entry 1927, Date of Leaving 1929. PGSA No 478, 25th January 1935. 4 Higher Bank Road, Fulwood, Preston. 54 Dale Street, Lancaster. ? 74 Ulleswater Road. Lancaster. Prisoner of War in Germany - letter from Mrs Arkwright 11th November 1940, Membership Register.

Armstrong, Geoffrey Aircraftsman, RAF Police, H12-1940. Corporal, stationed in Wales.

Armstrong, Herbert Malcolm Entry May 1930, Leaving July 1938. PGSA No 658, 27thJune 1940. 23 York Avenue, Fulwood, Preston. Athletic Section. Card: Short Stack, 24 The Paddocks, Oatlands Chase, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9RL. Subscriber, Heppell. 1929-1938. Membership List 1992. Listed for 1996, 1997 Dinners. Listed as being at PGSA Dinner 2000. Pilot Officer, in Canada somewhere near Guy Treasure.

Ashton, H Captain Army.

Ashton, Gunner Harry University Section, under training with exams every fortnight, H4-1940. No news recently from Harry, H7-1940. Promoted to Sergeant , H12-1940.

Askew, Robert Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Robert Askew

Born July the twenty-sixth, 1918, entered the School September the tenth, 1928, and left July the twenty-second, 1932. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from October 1941. Sergeant Observer. Killed on Active Service whilst on operations, June the tenth, 1943CWG: Robert Askew Sergeant (Air Bomber) RAFVR. 428 (RCAF) Squadron. Died 11 th June 1943. Service Number 1535621. Grave Reference: Row 6 Grave 13 Grimsargh (St Michael) Churchyard.On 27th May 1943 a twin-engined Wellington X from Dalton, Yorkshire, was on a raid to Essen, suffered engine trouble near the target and then on the return was hit by flak. It ditched off Grimsby, one crew member died and Robert Askew and the other crew members survived to fly again, with a new tail gunner, on 11th June with Dusseldorf as the target. The Wellington X crashed immediately after take-off, with one survivor. It was a Royal Canadian Air Force crew apart from Robert Askew. The Canadians were buried together.

Aspden, Jack Entry September 1929, Leaving June 1936. PGSA No 672, 23 rd August 1940, 66 Raikes Road, Preston. Athletic Section. Gunner, a Regular, letter states they have been mechanised, H7-1940. (Is this Jock?) Aspden, Jock Lance-Corporal. Army Commando. In Operation Chariot, the St Nazaire raid, taken prisoner. Working on a farm in East Prussia, which his mother thinks will make him useful in the garden when he returns, H-Christmas-1942. In Stalag VIII B, L/Cpl Jack Aspden seems to have sorted out the name, H-Midsummer-1943.

Astley Merchant Navy

Astley, L Third Wireless Officer. This is a Merchant Navy rank, he was on board a ship carrying troops to the Normandy beaches.

Atherton, Thomas PGS 1929 - 1933; PGSA No 576, 18 th July 1938. 49 Brackenbury Street, Preston. HM Forces. Membership Register.

Attwater, William Eric Army, South-East Asia Command. Died, 4 th November 1949, aged 25 years, in an accident to a car in which he was being driven, causing fatal injuries. Son of William C Attwater, Past-President, H1-1950.

Bagot, Matthew Entry 1925 PGSA No 1056, 16th December 1947. 5 The Crescent, Ashton. Preston. No details - H7-1944.

Baines, Second Lieut D W won the MC, H12-1940 This may be erroneous - see Second Lieut Denis W D Barnes, MC.

Baines, Frederick Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Navy Frederick Baines Born December the tenth, 1923, entered the School September the eleventh, 1935 and left February the tenth, 1939. Served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on Combined Operations from August 1942. Sub-Lieutenant. Wounded in the attack on Walcheren Island November the first 1944 and died the same day. CWG: Frederick Baines Sub-Lieutenant RNVR HMLCH 98 20 years Died 1st November 1944 Son of Richard and Jane Baines of Preston, Lancashire. Grave: Plot 9 Row 6 Grave 10 Oostende New Communal Cemetery.Walcheren Island dominates the River Scheldt approaches to the huge port of Antwerp, then the second largest port of Continental Europe, which the Allies needed as an entry for supplies as they advanced across northern Europe following the Normandy landings. Walcheren was one of the most heavily defended places on earth. In addition, Hitler had declared it a “fortress”, which meant it had to be defended to the very last. The Commanding Generals of “fortresses” were encouraged to do so by the certainty of execution if they didn’t! The attack on Walcheren Island itself was essentially on one day, 1st November 1944. The attacking fighting forces were backed up by Support Squadron East

Flank, formed for an essential support role in the Normandy invasion. Small Landing Craft (Tank) had their bow ramps welded up, holds plated over, guns and rocket launchers mounted on deck. The rocket launching craft could only be used once in a short operation - there was no time to reload the hundreds of tubes mounted on the deck. Having fired off their rockets they undertook whatever support tasks they could. The SSEF craft could go right up to the beaches with the assault landing craft. Some were deliberately beached to provide stable platforms for their heavy guns. Two were fitted as HQ craft (LCH) and No 98 was carrying the second in command of SSEF responsible for the northern approaches of the attack. There were fourteen coastal Batteries backed up by five more just inland. Someone had worked out by experience elsewhere that the Germans tended not to fire on approaching ships if the ships were not firing at the Batteries! Whilst the battleship Warspite and two monitors fired their 15” guns, one ton shells, at the Batteries, to which the Batteries duly retaliated, the smaller craft were hit but less than if all the Batteries had concentrated their efforts against them. During the afternoon the two HQ craft began evacuating casualties. At some stage during the day No 98 had been hit by shellfire and was put out of action. Later, she took control of a convoy of disabled craft supporting each other as they made their way back to Ostend. The possibility is that Frederick Baines was second in command of LCH 98. If he had been in similar duties for the whole of his time with Combined Operations then he may have been involved in the Dieppe raid August 1942, and then the North Africa landings, Pantelleria, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, before SSEF brought together all the experience gained into a unit for the Normandy invasion.

Baker, Frank E Gunner Reported wounded

Bamber, Driver E G Driving for the Battery Major. Has met George Bannister, Cliff Sutton, Sydney Rawlinson, Tom Clarkson, H7-1940. May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. 88th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, prisoner in Malaya, H-Midsummer-1943.

Bamber, Sergeant Instructor Tom Volunteered at the end of January and seems to have trained alongside Andy Beattie, Len Hutton and other notable sportsmen, at the Army School of Physical Training, H4-1940. Is now stationed in a well known seaside resort, H7-1940. Staff Sergeant T Bamber married Muriel Booth. Tom Bamber, University Section, is in the Forces, H12-1940.

Banister, A G May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Banks, Alan George Sergeant PGSA Secretary, called up, on Searchlights (?88 th Brigade RA?), H12-1939. PGSA Secretary obtained leave to attend the Dinner last December. Was a Territorial and called up for service in September, H4-1940. Hon General Secretary, with the Forces, H7-1940. PGSA Secretary, with the Forces, H12-1940. Has left the Forces for the Colonial Service, H-Christmas-1942.PGSA No 367, 8th March 1930. Holme Slack Farm, Preston. PGS September 1923 - July 1929. Membership card adds: The Elms, Rusper Road, Mudigate, Surrey. Ferney Field, Parkgate Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey RH5 5AH. Life Member. On 6 th June 1946 at St Andrew’s Church married Joyce F T Yates.

Bannister, A G Missing in Malaya, H7-1944.

Bannister, E J Pilot in RFC in the Great War. RAF

Bannister, George in same Unit as Driver E G Bamber, H7-1940.

Barker, Aircraftsman M F In between periods of hard work manages to do a bit of playing - was in a local dance band and is stationed in a well-known resort, H7-1940.

Barker, S Ord Tel / RMC Ordinary Telegraphist Radio Mechanic Candidate. Began as a Sick Berth

Attendant.

Barnes, Denis W D Second Lieutenant, MC, the first Old Boy in this war to receive an Army decoration, H7-1940. “From May 23-27 Second Lieut Barnes displayed outstanding coolness, resolution and devotion to duty in the defence of Hazebrouck. He was in command of the Eastern sector of the defences, held on to the last, covering the withdrawal of other troops, and successfully withdrew his small force.” H7-1940

Barnes At Wasdale Whitsun Camp, H7-1940 (From the report, which is placed within the Forces section, there is no way of knowing which Barnes was involved but by age it is unlikely to be James Arthur.)

Barnes, G G Royal Corps of Signals, H-Christmas-1942.

Barnes, James Arthur Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force James Arthur BarnesBorn March the twenty-third, 1921, entered the School September the thirteenth 1932 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1937. Served in the Royal Air Force, Fighter Command, from June 1941. Leading Aircraftsman. Killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service during training in the United States of America June the thirteenth, 1942.CWG: James Arthur Barnes Leading Aircraftsman RAFVR. 21 years. Died 13 th June 1942. Service Number 1478620. Son of James Leslie and Jennie Barnes of Preston, Lancashire, England. Grave Reference: Section N Lot 114 Grave 3 Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe, USA. Died in training in Alabama.

Barr, J A Captain

Barton, H Staff Sergeant In West Africa, H-Midsummer-1943.

Beardwood, G Trooper. Landed at Normandy shortly after D-Day, met L Astley, Third Wireless Officer of the troop transport. Royal Armoured Corps, tank crew, possibly driver,

Beesley, T May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Had volunteered in September 1939, sent to the Far East and captured in Hong Kong Christmas 1941, H-Christmas-1942.

Beetham, Kenneth Lieutenant Married. RAMC.

Birket, H J RCOS - presumably Royal Corps of Signals but the abbreviation is usually RCS.

Blackhurst, Bernard Reported to be in the Forces, if he is like many of his family he is in the Army, H12-1939.

Blackhurst, Kenneth R Sergeant Pilot In the Mediterranean Theatre. Seaplane or flying boat crew, North Africa, H-Christmas-1942. Flight Lieutenant, RAFVR, aged 26. Awarded the DFC. Based in Malta, shot down twice and once taken prisoner by the Italians, from whom he escaped and brought his guards with him. Enlisted in 1940, became an air gunner and was commissioned in January 1943. He completed 70 operational flights under Bomber Command and has been for some time a member of the Pathfinder Force. In June 1944 he was Mentioned in Despatches.

Blackhurst, William, was in TA Reserve but just before outbreak of war transferred back to his former Unit, H12-1939. Major, Preston District County Coroner, in Africa and the Middle East, member of the staff of the Judge Advocate-General. Lieutenant Colonel W Blackhurst, Royal Artillery, OBE, “in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period May, 1942 to October, 1942.” He had a commission before the was in the 4 th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment,

now a Royal Artillery AA unit. Whilst in the Middle East he went on a mission to Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, and met the Emperor, Haile Selassie, H-Midsummer-1943.

Blackwell, James Allenby PGSA No 499, 29th November 1935, Junior till 1937; 11th September 1929 - 13th April 1935; Date of Birth 22nd November 1918. 13 Edward Street, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. HM Forces. Membership Register. Lance Sergeant. No chance to practise his French and not appreciative of the army habit of rising early, H7-1940. Membership Card: James Allenby Blackwell, 73 Collins Lane, Bamber Bridge. 348 Brindle Road, Bamber Bridge, Nr Preston PR5 6YN. There is a red square on the card.

Blezard, N In the Guards, on his way to Trieste, H7-1947. (Not clear whether this is still WW2 or on National Service.)

Bolton, T Porteous Captain Royal Engineers, at GHQ Paiforce. Dined with Emir Mohammed at Kut-al-Amarah and the following day with the Emir’s nephew Sheik Nuri, H7-1945.

Booth, Fred Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Fred BoothBorn July the ninth, 1920, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1931 and left June the tenth, 1937. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from November 1939. Flight Sergeant. Missing presumed lost in the sea after operations over Germany June the third, 1942.CWG: Fred Booth Flight Sergeant RAFVR 102 Squadron. 21 years. Died 3rd June 1942. Service Number 971036. Croix de Guerre. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Booth of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Panel 73 Runnymede Memorial.Taking off from Dalton on the 2nd June 1942, due back on the 3rd, 195 aircraft raided Essen, two Halifax II were lost, this one, R9491 DY-N probably crashed off UK on its return. One body was recovered. No 102 ‘Ceylon’ Squadron at one period was Commanded by Leonard Cheshire, VC. The Squadron flew Halifax heavy bombers. The Handley Page Halifax was a 4-engined heavy bomber, very close in performance to the Lancaster, built in several Marks and Series, able to carry out a variety of tasks. English Electric at the Dick, Kerr Works on Strand Road, Preston, built more Halifaxes than did Handley Page; at its peak around two a day. Large sections were completed at Strand Road before going to Samlesbury on “Queen Mary” low loaders for final assembly, flight testing, and delivery to the RAF. The EE Company had to evolve a different method of construction than that used elsewhere where a complete aircraft was built up and then rolled out onto an airfield. The EE construction method was said to have produced a markedly superior aircraft to those made elsewhere. No doubt in other factories in other towns similar claims were made for their products!

Brandwood, Frank Bertram Memorial Book Sergeant Pilot reported missing on 12th September 1941 in flying operations in the Meditteranean area is safe, having been picked up by a naval unit. Previously, when over Norway, the fuel tank of his plane caught fire, which was controlled and he returned safely to base, H12-1841.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Frank Bertram BrandwoodBorn February the twenty-eighth, 1919, entered the School September the tenth 1928 and left December the twenty-second 1936. School Prefect. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from June 1940. Flying Officer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany June the sixteenth, 1944CWG: Frank Bertram Brandwood Flying Officer (Pilot) RAFVR 571 Squadron 26 years. Died 16th June 1944. Service Number 133217. Son of Frank and Hilda Mary Brandwood of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Beatrice Brandwood, of Penwortham, Preston. Grave Reference: 21. D .12 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Date of Birth 28th February 1919. PGSA No 535, 13th January 1937, Junior till year ending 1937. 46

Broadgate, Preston. PGS September 1928 - December 1936.Formed on 7th April 1944 at Downham Market, from 22nd April 1944 571 Squadron was based at Oakington, near Cambridge, and was in No 8 (Pathfinder) Group. 571 Squadron did not have a motto or a badge. It was mainly engaged in dropping 4,000lb ‘cookies’ on industrial centres, most frequently Berlin. It flew the twin-engined “Wooden Wonder” de Havilland Mosquito, B.XVI. “Cookie” was a specific type of blast bomb, like a 5-feet long non-aerodynamic oil drum with a protruding rim to stop it penetrating too deeply into the ground. On one occasion, a 4,000 lb cookie blast damaged over 200 properties. Heavy bombers dropped 8,000lb cookies. 571 was one of the Squadrons which formed the Fast Night-Striking Force (FNSF). The Mosquito was faster than most fighters, flew higher, and could reach Berlin from UK Bases whilst carrying a 4,000lb bomb load. The FNSF raided Berlin 170 times. They also carried out Pathfinder target marking and very low - roof top level - daylight bombing raids. 571 Squadron flew 2,681 sorties in one minelaying and 259 bombing operations and lost eight aircraft.Taking off from Oakington just before midnight on 15th June, 31 Mosquitoes raided Gelsenkirchen (synthetic oil production) and one was lost. NL975 8K-F was hit by flak and crashed two miles or so from Borken. The bomb load exploded.

Breakall, B Returned from war service. Since demobilisation in December 1946 has played

regularly at left back for PGSOB.

Breakell, Captain A C Second time round for him, H7-1940. Major, Mentioned in Despatches for “Gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre”. Joined RASC in August 1939, demobbed in 1945, served in North Africa and Italy. Now a consulting motor engineer, H7-1947.

Breakell, James C Captain, Royal Artillery. Left PGS 1927. About eight years ago went to India to take up an appointment with a Calcutta cotton and jute firm. Joined the Calcutta Scottish as a Private, commissioned, and on being transferred to the British Army received the rank of Captain. Fought in the Middle East and for a time was posted as missing but now confirmed as a Prisoner of War in Italy. On a diet of potato and turnip peelings in an Oflag at Brunswick, released on 12 th April 1945, H7-1945.

Breakell, W B Athletic Section, Soccer First XI, now in the Forces, H-Midsummer-1942. Is this Brian Breakell?

Briggs, Aircraftsman J M Athletic Section, since the close of last season has joined the RAF, finds the routine irksome but is playing football, H12-1940. Sergeant, in Berkshire, H-Christmas-1942.

Brindle, Private E Army, H12-1940.

Brindle, Eric Memorial Book Reported missing in February 1942. He joined the RAF two years ago and took part in about twenty operations including Kiel, Cologne, Hamburg, Duisburg, Turin, Genoa, H-Midsummer-1943.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Eric BrindleBorn November the twenty-sixth, 1919, entered the School September the tenth, 1930 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1936. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from December 1940. Sergeant Observer. Killed in operations over Lorient in Brittany February the seventh, 1943.CWG: Eric Brindle Sergeant (Navigator) RAFVR 158 Squadron. Service Number 657693. Died 7th February 1943. 23 years. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Brindle of Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: Row 4 Grave 9 Guidel Communal Cemetery.158 Squadron was based at Rufforth in Yorkshire until 28th February 1943. It flew Halifax B Mk II heavy bombers as part of No 4 Bomber Group. Its motto was Strength in Unity and its badge a seven link chain, to represent the inter-dependence one upon the other of the crew members.

On the evening of 7th February 1943 DT701 NP-T took off from Rufforth, Yorkshire. Crashed at Manebos-en-Lanester, near Guidel, eight miles from Lorient. On 7th February 323 aircraft made a devastating attack on Lorient; seven aircraft including two Halifaxes were lost.The Cemetery is WNW of Vannes, NW of Lorient, France. Lorient is the French arsenal and naval base on the Brest peninsula. There were German submarine pens reputed to have 18-foot thick concrete roofs, bombing them was a waste of time until the very large bombs became available. The Halifax could carry bomb loads up to 14,000 lbs. Lorient was laid to waste and, apart from forced labour, its indigenous population and, according to its German Admiral Commanding, even its cats abandoned it. See Jack Drury for details of the changeover of Observers to Navigators.

Brindle, Corporal F Whilst in the 5th Form, pondering on the possibilities of another war, he had practised a phrase which he thought might come in useful for inviting a French mademoiselle to go for a walk with him. Didn’t work! H7-1940.

Brook, L F C Royal Marines. On a course of naval gunnery, H-Midsummer-1943.

Bromley, A D Royal Armoured Corps

Brown, G E Private. Aged 35 years. Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry and devotion to duty while serving in Italy. Prior to joining up Private Brown served in the Penwortham Home Guard, H7-1945.

Brown, James Acting Flight Lieutenant. Attached to the Royal Canadian Air Force. DFC. Militia July 1939. Royal Engineers, at Dunkirk. June 1941 transferred to RAF.

Brown, Norman M PGS September 1931 - 15th September 1935. PGSA No 589, Junior. The Nook, Chapman Road, Fulwood. 348 Garstang Road, Fulwood. Card: 16 Hall Road, Fulwood. 31 Woodplumpton Road, Broughton, Preston. Red square on card. Life Member. HM Forces. Corporal Norman M Brown married Margaret Gill on 1st April 1943 at Fulwood Methodist Church; stationed in a French town south of the Mediterranean, H-Midsummer-1943. On 7th January 19044 to Mr and Mrs Norman M Brown, a daughter, H7-1944.

Brown, Roland Henry Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Tank Regiment Roland Henry BrownBorn October the sixth 1923, entered the School September the eleventh, 1935 and left December the twentieth, 1940. Served in the Royal Tank Regiment, 11th Battalion. Trooper. Killed in action at the crossing of the Elbe in Germany April the twenty-ninth, 1945. CWG: Roland Henry Brown Trooper Royal Tank Regiment 11th Battalion. 21 years. Died 29th

April 1945. Service Number 14290014. Son of Fred and Mary Brown of Heywood, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 17 . E . 4 Becklingen War Cemetery.

Bunce, Colin Birkett Memorial BookReported to be missing at sea, H12-1941.Memorial Book: Royal Navy Colin Birkett Bunce Born December the ninth, 1920, entered the School September the thirteenth, 1932 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1937. Served in the Royal Navy from September 1940. His Majesty’s Ship Gloucester. Able Seaman. Missing presumed lost with his ship off Crete May the twenty-second, 1941. CWG: Colin Birket Bunce Supply Assistant Royal Navy HMS Gloucester 20 years Died 22nd

May 1941 Service Number D/MX 69532 Son of William and Grace Mary Bunce, of Kirkham, Lancashire. Memorial: Panel 55 Column 1 Plymouth Naval Memorial. (CWG = Birket.) HMS Gloucester, pennant number 32, was the last of the Second Group Southampton-Class Cruisers. 9,400 tons standard displacement; 82,500shp for 32½ knots; four triple 6” turrets, four 2-gun 4” dual purpose (surface to surface and AA) turrets, two 4 barrelled 2-pounder AA guns, eight 0.5” machine

guns; built by Devonport Dockyard, engined by Scotts, Greenock, launched 19 th October 1937. Served in the East Indies 1939-1940 and in the Mediterranean 1940 onwards.(British warships did not make a hurried dash at their lightest displacement down a calm water quarter kilometre to meet their design speed. They steamed at standard displacement for several hours in the prevailing conditions in the Atlantic and measured the nautical miles travelled to calculate the average speed. The cruisers would have little difficulty in the Mediterranean in running at their speed of approximately 39mph.)HMS Gloucester seems to have been in action throughout her career and earned the Navy’s approving name of “The Fighting G”. On 20th May 1941 German airborne troops parachuted into Crete and were rapidly air-reinforced. The Royal Navy supported Empire forces ashore but faced overwhelming air superiority. Their first objective was to prevent seaborne German reinforcements landing on Crete. On 21st a RN Force was south of Crete and was bombed continuously for 4 hours around mid-day, the destroyer Juno being hit and sinking in two minutes. That evening a large convoy of caiques heavily laden with German troops and weapons was met by Force D - three cruisers and four destroyers. Only a few German troops managed to scramble ashore onto Crete. On 22nd, two cruisers, Gloucester, Fiji, and two destroyers formed Force B. Force D and Force C were under continuous air attack and running short of ammunition, Force D was withdrawn. Force A, the battleships Warspite and Valiant with destroyers, met Force B and together had seven destroyers. There followed a great battle with the German air force. Warspite lost her starboard (right) 4” and 6” batteries. The destroyer Greyhound was sunk in the Kithira Channel by overwhelming numbers of Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers and Ju 88 twin-engined bombers. Two destroyers were detached to pick up survivors with the cruisers Fiji and Gloucester to give anti-aircraft support although short of ammunition. In mid-afternoon as the cruisers returned to the Fleet at high speed under heavy air attack, Gloucester was hit by several bombs and lay stopped with uncontrollable fires. Fiji, running out of ammunition, had to leave her. There were reports that Gloucester had been reduced to firing practice ammunition - solid iron shot, not shells bursting into shrapnel. Fiji was caught and with her gun barrels red hot and out of heavy A-A ammunition she was sunk after two hours of attacks. That night destroyers picked up 523 of her 780 crew. Gloucester is reputed to have had a wartime complement of 807 of which there were 83 survivors but a breakdown of officers and men lost plus 83 adds up to 777.

Burgess, Frank Leading Seaman Won his ship’s feather-weight boxing competition whilst

the ship was somewhere hot, H-Christmas-1942.

Busfield, Alfred Telegraphist (S O) Royal Navy, or at least somewhere which made him seasick.

Proves to be Ceylon. May be at Britannia Naval College, H-Midsummer-1943.

F W Busfield, Fred W Brother of Bill, is in Egypt. Went somewhere hot by troopship, H-

Christmas-1942. Returned from war service

Busfield, Bill Signalman PGSOB right half, played for “Singles”, H4-1940. Signalman, now a veteran of six months, H4-1940. Played in PGSOB football 1st XI 1939-1940. Football “Single” team. Says he is now tremendously fit, H7-1940. Has played football and cricket for his Unit, fracturing his right hand in a cricket match, H12-1940.

Busfield, G Gunner

Calderbank, Captain Cyril Wounded in Burma.

Calderbank, Kerr In the same camp as Lance Corporal J R Hodgson, H7-1940.

Calvert, Gunner A S In the most desolate spot on earth but is the Battery goalkeeper, H7-1940.

R Campbell RN Petty Officer Ronald Campbell, E A, married Esther Higson on 24 th May 1943 at St Andrew’s Church, H-Midsummer-1943.

Campling, Lance Corporal C reported missing in Norway but is safe although a prisoner of war in Germany. The first Old Boy to obtain this unenviable distinction, H7-1940.

Carruthers, James William Apprentice. Joined the Merchant Navy in 1939 and served throughout the War. PGSA No 738, 23rd October 1941. Overdale, Hinderton Road, Neston, Wirral, Cheshire. Entry September 1934, Leaving August 1939.

Carter, Walter Richard Now in HM Forces. From Membership Register.

Cartwright, Private L H finds the Army gives him little outlet for his energies, save in organising camp concerts and dance bands, H12-1940.

Cartwright, Lawrence University Section, is in the AMPC - there is some doubt in the report as to what AMPC stands for; H12-1940. Second Lieutenant.

Cater, Frederick James Memorial BookReported missing, he was last seen on Dunkirk beach, H7-1940.Memorial Book: Royal Army Service Corps Frederick James Cater Born August the fourteenth, 1915, entered the School September the fourteenth 1927 and left July the twenty-ninth, 1931. Served in the Royal Army Service Corps, attached to the Royal Regiment of Artillery from September 1939. Driver. Missing presumed killed at Dunkirk about June the first, 1940.CWG: Frederick James Cater Driver Royal Army Service Corps. 24 years. Died between 27 th May and 2nd June 1940. Service Number T/801350. Memorial Reference Column 135 Dunkirk Memorial.

Caunce, J Ordinary Telegraphist, Royal Navy, H-Christmas-1942.

Chandler, Harry Leading Aircraftsman in Canada training to be a pilot.

Clare, Peter brother of R D In Mauritius.

Clare, R D Corporal Southern Rhodesia.

Clarke, G P Lower 5th, joined the Home Guard within a day of the Government call for volunteers following Dunkirk, H12-1940.

Clarkson, T Believed RA but now with the BLA. What is that?

Clarkson, Tom Wilson 88th Brigade RA, H12-1939. In the BEF, H4-1940. Tom is in the same Unit as Driver E G Bamber, H7-1940. On 27th June 1941 was Lance Bombardier T W Clarkson, QM Office, 232nd Searchlight Training Regiment, Royal Artillery, Prince Maurice Barracks, Devizes, Wiltshire.

Clayton, Harry Cunningham DFM Glenfarg, Fulwood Hall Lane, Preston (….-1931)PGSA No 990, 26th July 1946. Entry 1925. 14 St Wilfrid’s Road, Standish.The Distinguished Flying Medal was Gazetted on 27th June 1944. He was a Flight Sergeant serving in 77 Squadron, Service Number 1544112. 77 Squadron motto was Esse potius quam videm, - To be, rather than seem. The badge is a thistle head, the Squadron was formed in Scotland on 1 st October 1916 and reformed in June 1937 at Finningley, Yorkshire. At the start of the war Whitleys were being flown from Driffield, converting to Halifaxes in October 1942 and in May 1944 was operating from

Full Sutton.Citation:Clayton, Harry Cunningham 1544112 Flight Sergeant No. 77 SquadronSorties 29 Flying hours 189 Air BomberThis NCO has terminated an operational tour of 29 sorties over a period when attacks have been made against heavily defended German targets. His photographic record is creditable in its results, aiming points being secured on occasions, two of which were Kassel and Düsseldorf. In the attack on Düsseldorf, this NCO obtained an aiming point, as stated, after the aircraft had successfully beaten off an enemy fighter 30 minutes prior to reaching the target. Throughout his tour, consistency coupled with cool determination to accomplish his task has been evident. It is strongly recommended that this devotion to duty and ever unfailing effort be recognised by the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.Remarks by Station Commander: Flight Sergeant Clayton has at all times displayed courage and devotion to duty in the best traditions of the Service. Recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.Remarks by Air Officer Commanding: This Air Bomber has carried out 29 sorties. He has proved his sterling worth as a Bomb Aimer and I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.

Clayton, Thomas Keith Army Dunkirk, North Africa, Italy.

Cleaver, F RAF Warrant Officer. Was at Dunkirk, now in India, has completed eight years in the Services and intends to complete 21 years service. Brother of Jim Cleaver, H7-1945.

Cleaver, James Rupert d’Alton Sergeant RAF Back overseas again somewhere hot and sticky, H-Christmas-1942. Warrant Officer, has returned home after three years service in India. On 26 th April 1945 married Gladys Porter at St John’s Parish Church, Broughton. Before leaving India had a leave in Calcutta with his brother, H7-1945.

Colderbank, Corporal (F Hayes contact), H12-1940.

Cooke, Arthur Bradley Father - Henry Cooke, 48 Stanley Street, Preston. Steel Inspector.Arthur born 2nd March 1906. Deepdale Council. PGS 21st September 1916 to 22nd March 1921. 2nd

Form, Thornley, 1917. To Merchant service. Have written for information but none has been vouchsafed. NOTE: There is no information as yet relating to any service in the Merchant Navy. If he did serve and remained medically fit he would most probably have served in the Merchant Navy or Royal Navy during WW2, which may be difficult to trace. Family help required, please.

Cookman, Private S constantly on the move and claims his work is too secret to divulge any information, H12-1940. Bombardier, joined up in September 1939, has been a ship’s gunner, now in a mobile AA unit, H-Midsummer-1943.

Cookson, R Leading Seaman, H-Christmas-1942.

Coulthard, Robert Carruthers Memorial BookMidshipman, enjoyed his trip to North Africa, and about six weeks ago he was swotting away in the Science VI. Strange. H-Christmas-1942.Memorial Book: Merchant Navy Robert Carruthers CoulthardBorn November the tenth, 1925, entered the School September the twelfth 1934 and left October the fifth, 1942. Served in the Merchant Navy from October 1942. Apprentice. Died in hospital of illness whilst on Active Service March the sixteenth, 1943.

Coulthurst, Fred Father - Fred Coulthurst, Loud Scales Farm, Longridge. Farmer.Fred born 23rd September 1918. Bleasdale National School; Longridge R Smith’s Boys’ School.

Entry date 10th September 1930 to -- July 1937.Mr Coulthurst wrote to the Headmaster setting out that the farm was 11 miles from the School; the intention was for Fred to cycle about 3 miles to the Forrests Arms, Longridge, leave his cycle there, catch a Ribble bus to Preston and a Corporation tramcar to the School, and he hoped the School would find this to be satisfactory. Mr Coulthurst studiously avoided any reference to what would happen in winter, especially when there were heavy snowfalls, which were common in the Fells.Was at Oriel College, Oxford, waiting to be called up, H12-1939. Member of PGSA University Section, and was in the Forces, H12-1940.Anti-Aircraft unit, by deduction. He had made a jocular comment about the Luftwaffe not entering into the spirit of the thing, refusing to fly in straight lines to be shot at!Captain, shortly after promotion became engaged to a teacher at St Andrew’s School. Was on duties which involved much motorcycling, frequently against tight schedules, which he found exhilarating - which presumably was synonymous with fast. Served in Italy.PGSA Number 582, 16th August 1938. Loud Scales, Longridge, Nr Preston. September 1930 - July 1937. University Section.18 Sulby Drive, Ribbleton, Preston. Assistant Master, MA, (Oxon), DipEd. (1930-1937) Life Member.17 St Andrew's Avenue, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston PR2 1JL. Membership List 1992.Died 9th December 2008, aged 90 years.

J Coward Returned from war service.

Crane, S W W Royal Artillery Lieutenant Commissioned in anti-tanks in November 1941.

Persian Gulf after travelling all over India,H-Midsummer-1943.

Craston, R C Royal Navy. Telegraphist, H-Christmas-1942.

Crawley, Douglas Edward Second Lieutenant Douglas Crawley, younger brother of Norman. Was in training at Woolwich on the outbreak of War. Based in Preston or at least is to be seen regularly in the area, H4-1940. University Section, and no news recently from Doug, H7-1940. Major, aged 22 years, wounded for the second time on 29th March, three operations, back for the fighting at Tunis, H-Midsummer-1943. PoW released, H7-1945.Major, in command of his Unit in Palestine, H7-1947. MC and Bar Lieutenant Colonel Commanding 1st Loyals 1963.

Crawley, Norman J R Lieutenant Royal Artillery, Regular Army before the War in the family tradition. Understood to be an instructor at an OTU somewhere in England, H4-1940. N J R Crawley May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Took over a large junk, loaded about 200 soldiers and sailed from Singapore on the afternoon of the surrender, sailed off towards Sumatra without knowing the coast and ended two or three days later in the Inderiagiri River, H-Christmas-1942. Prisoner of the Japanese, H-Midsummer-1943. Major, in command of his Unit in Palestine, H7-1947

Crofts, Kenneth Templeman PGS September 1929 - July 1934; PGSA 12 th July 1941 No 724. 4 Lower Avenue, Heavitree, Exeter. University Section. HM Forces. Membership Register.Lance Bombardier, found his School French training a decided acquisition, H7-1940. Lance-Bombardier R T Crofts was in the neighbourhood when D W Baines won his MC. Returned from Dunkirk and got married, H12-1940. (This may be K T Crofts, he is also responsible for Baines / Barnes so his writing may not be very legible.) Lance Sergeant, Quartermaster’s assistant.

Crossthwaite, Cyril Aircraftsman. Was a bell-ringer at the Parish Church. His wife was the only

woman in the team when a victory peal was rung on 15 th November for El Alamein, H-Christmas-1942. Recently married.

Crozier, J A RAF North Africa Sergeant Fitter. Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished services. Notified two years after demobilisation.

Crozier, R L AC 2 RAF Middle East.

Culshaw, Raymond Memorial Book Was an LAC in Canada training to be a pilot.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Raymond CulshawBorn November the sixth, 1920, entered the School September the thirteenth, 1932 and left January the nineteenth, 1934. Served in the Royal Air Force, Coastal Command, from May 1941. 200 Squadron. Sergeant Pilot. Killed in operations at Robertsfield, Liberia, December the fifteenth, 1942.CWG: Raymond Culshaw Sergeant Pilot RAFVR 200 Squadron. 22 years. Died 15th December 1942. Service Number 1077853. Son of Percy and Margaret Culshaw of Blackpool, Lancashire. Grave Reference: Grave 851 Du Plantation Cemetery, Liberia.There are eleven war graves, nine of them airmen of the South African Air Force killed together in February 1944. After being in limbo between the wars, 200 Squadron formed at Birchan Newton on 25 th May 1941, received Hudsons Mk VI and departed for Jeswang, The Gambia, arriving there on 18 th June 1941. The American-built Lockheed Hudson began life as the Lockheed Super Electra passenger plane, developed into a bomber to meet an RAF order for 200, the largest order for anything ever placed with Lockheed up to then. Deliveries began in February 1939. It had two Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp 1200hp engines; had 2 fixed forward firing 0.303, and twin 0.303 machine guns in a turret, plus a bomb load of 4x250lb or 10x100lb bombs. It was used for U-boat patrols, convoy escorts, reconnaissance. The Squadron motto was In loco parentis We act as guardians, and its badge was a Pegasus in front of a fountain. Robertsfield seems to have been a somewhat under-developed basic air-strip until American forces began to arrive there soon after Pearl Harbour and operated anti-submarine patrols.

Cunliffe, Leslie Private

Dakres, G E Pte C M F Middle East to Sicily, contracted malaria. Now overseas, H-Midsummer-1943.

Dakres, J M Signalman Now in Yorkshire, H-Midsummer-1943.

Dandy, Stephen Sergeant Army May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Dearnley, H R Commissioned after passing out of the Aldershot Army School of Catering, H7-1940.Captain, in India.

Dempsey, John Date of Entry 11th September 1929, Date of Leaving 20th July 1936. PGSA No 513, October 1936. 26 Highfield Drive, Broughton. 49 Hillcrest, Winchmore Hill, London N21. In HM Forces serving abroad. Membership Register. He moved to London to enter a London business house about two years before the war broke out. Had been PGSOB goalkeeper and Athletic Section committee member. Now confirmed as a Prisoner of War in Italian hands, H-Christmas-1942.

Desmond, R S HM Forces, Primary Training Unit, H-Christmas-1942.

Dimmock, Able Seaman G Been in the Navy for four years, H7-1940.

Dobson, John Neil M.Bch, B.Edin. Lieutenant, RAMC. Drafted to Italy in 1944. Married Sister

Mary Eileen Flynn, QAIMNS /R, on 24th February 1945 at the Sisters’ Mess Chapel of the 5 th British General Hospital, Italy.

Dobson, James Robert Memorial Book PGS 14th September 1931 - 23rd December 1936 PGSA 6th September 1938 No 586. 48 North Road Preston. Membership Register. Memorial Book: Royal Air Force James Robert DobsonBorn July the fifth, 1920, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1931 and left December the twenty-second, 1936. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from July 1940. Sergeant Air-Gunner. Shot down near Denmark February the twenty-fourth, 1942CWG: James Robert Dobson Sergeant RAFVR 144 Squadron. Died 24 th February 1942. Service Number 950135. Memorial Reference: Panel 81 Runnymede Memorial. 144 Squadron was based at North Luffenham and is recorded as flying Handley Page Hampden bombers, which by 1942 were being phased out of front line service. In 1940 they were noted as having inadequate armament, leaving them virtually defenceless. English Electric built them before switching to the Halifax. The Squadron motto was Who Shall Stop Us. On 24th/25th two Hampdens were lost whilst minelaying in the Frisians and off Wilhelmshaven and Heligoland.

Dodgson, Lance Corporal (F Hayes contact), H12-1940.

Dodson, P J Signalman. Royal Corps of Signals, H-Christmas-1942.Drury, Jack Burton Memorial Book RAF, H12-1939. Drury, Leading Aircraftsman J B hopes to complete his pilot training in Canada. Has played soccer for his Squadron, H7-1940.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Jack Burton DruryBorn March the second, 1918, entered the School September the eleventh, 1929, and left June the twenty-ninth, 1934. Served in the Royal Air Force from 1939 Bomber Command. Sergeant Observer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany November the sixteenth, 1941. CWG: Jack Burton Drury Sergeant (Observer) RAFVR 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Died 16 th

November 1941. Service Number 968019. Grave Reference: A IV British A . 13 Trondhein (Stavne) Cemetery.In the early part of the war the RAF “Observer” acted, depending on the type of plane, as Navigator, Bomb Aimer, Wireless Operator, quite possibly Gunner. As the aircraft became bigger and the need for precise navigation over long distances, particularly over featureless seas, required specialist navigators concentrating on the one task, the different skills were awarded their own half-wings and “Observer” was dropped.Four Wellingtons were lost on the raid on Kiel whose archives do not record any raid taking place in what was poor visibility for the aircrews, who also had to contend with severe icing. The Wellington IC (Mk One C) bomber had taken off from Marham at 2243 on 15th November for Kiel. Presumably during its return it crashed in the North Sea. Jack Drury’s was the only body of the six-man crew to have been recovered for burial. 218 Squadron was based at Marham and flew the Wellington Mk IC and Mk II.

Duerden, N (M Duerden) Returned from war service

Dumbill, Mr Senior Gym master, had enlisted in the RAF prior to the start of the term as a Physical Training Instructor. H12-1940.

Earle, D to join RAF

Edmondson, Harry RAF Iraq 1938-1941 and RAF to 1945. Entered School 1927. Senior

Civil Servants’ Mess on an RAF station in Iraq, PGS 1927-1929, H7-1940.

England, Len J RAOC H12-1939. Driver. Volunteered at beginning of the War. In France, H4-1940. Lance Corporal Len has appeared several times for his unit football team, H7-1940. Serving in the East.

Fairley, F May be a civilian instructor at Woolwich under considerable pressure.

Farrah, Harold Sergeant Army May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Prisoner of the Japanese, H-Midsummer-1943.

Fazackerley, Officer Cadet A Hard physical and mental effort but has enjoyed the training, H7-1940.

Fernley, Private W J R RASC, was in France and billeted at the top of a building which, if it had been hit, at least meant he would meet St Peter before those on lower floors! H7-1940. Corporal, with the BEF in France before being evacuated from Calais completely unscathed, H12-1940. Telecommuniations Mechanic working with an AA Battery.

Fisher, A C Captain Left 1933.

Fitchie, J F Marine

Flannery, serving in Greece; brother-in-law of David Kerr.

Fleetwood, Corporal Middle East.

Fleming, S RAF Corporal, H-Christmas-1942.

Fleming, Pat is in the same area of USA Western seaboard as his form-mate Ted Laraway.

Fletcher, Frank was in a reserved occupation but volunteered and has been accepted for a commission in the Army. University Section, New Member, H7-1940. 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry, H-Christmas-1942.

Forshaw, Eric Aircraftsman Wireless Operator. Was in the Orange Free State, H-Christmas-1942.

Fortune, John Is known to have been a Paratrooper, H7-1944.

Fowler, A G Militia H12-1939.

French, E Resident in South Africa, taken prisoner at Tobruk, released, H7-1945.

French, J A Major Rhodesian Border Regiment. Distinguished Service Order.

Gardner, Alan Leading Aircraftsman Has been training as a pilot in Florida, now Sergeant, H-Christmas-1942.

Gardner, Peter (Gardener, both spellings in same item.) Royal Navy.

Gardner, Harold F Captain, H-Christmas-1942. Major. Commissioned in Australia 1931, transferred to British Army after Dunkirk.

Gee, Donald Antony Memorial Book Leading Aircraftsman, on the same base as J B Drury and also training to be a pilot. Considered he

was well on the way to becoming Champion Sand Bagger of the British Empire but was promoted to Hole Digger, H7-1940. Sergeant Pilot D A Gee has safely escaped a crash when he ran out of petrol; obtained 83.4%, 5th place, in his exams leading to his present rank, H12-1940. Sergeant Pilot, after one operation to Germany returned with forty-seven bullet holes in his plane; has been in combat wwith fighters and his crew have shot down one, H12-1941. Flight Sergeant;Tony recently married Irene Sadler of Preston. Is instructing pupils to fly Wellingtons. Took part in 37 raids over Germany and Occupied territories, H-Christmas-1942.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Donald Antony Gee Born January the twenty-third, 1920, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1931 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1936. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command from September 1939. Warrant Officer. Killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service October the seventh, 1942CWG: Donald Antony Gee Warrant Officer (Pilot) RAFVR 22 Years. Died 7 th October 1942. Service Number 966815. Son of Leslie and Delphine Ivy Gee, of Hulton, Lancashire; husband of Irene Gee. Grave reference: Row F Grave 14 Burton-on-the-Wolds Church Cemetery.A Warrant Officer in the RAF wears the crown on the wrist of his uniform sleeves, and is the equivalent of a Company or Regimental Sergeant Major - the Senior NCO. Wellington IC, R1801, of 28 OTU, flying from Wymeswold on flying experience. It jettisoned fuel before crashing at Woodhouse Eaves, near Loughborough. The Wellington had a fabric covered metal airframe and fabric may have stripped off a wing.

Gee, Stanley Walch Memorial BookFather - James Edward Gee, Green Mount, Mulgrave Avenue, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. Chief Assistant to the County Medical Officer.Stanley born 8th May 1906. Ashby House (Private School) Ashton. PGS 3rd May 1916 to 2nd March 1923. School Certificate Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board, July 1922. Then private tuition for Dentists’ Examinations.PGS May 1916 - March 1923. 2nd Form, Harris 1917. 2nd Form Prize, H6-1918.PGSA No 278, 16th November 1927. LDS. Greenbank, Mulgrave Avenue, Ashton. 125 Tulketh Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. Oakhill, 74 Powis Road, Ashton, Preston.Memorial Book: Army Dental Corps Stanley Walch Gee Born May the eighth, 1906, entered the School May the third, 1916 and left March the second, 1923. Served in the Army Dental Corps from 1939. Captain. Died in hospital whilst on Active Service July the twelfth, 1941.CWG: Stanley Walch Gee Captain Army Dental Corps 35 years Died 12 th July 1941 Service Number 135119 Son of James Edward and Edith Mary Gee, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston; husband of Henrietta Gee, of Ashton-on-Ribble. LDS (Liverpool) Grave: North of church, East Walk, Grave 5, Ashton-on-Ribble (St Andrew) Churchyard.

Gill, D F RAF H12-1939. Leading Aircraftsman Donald Gill, in South Africa. Corporal, in Southern Rhodesia, H-Midsummer-1943.

Glassfield, R RAF

Goring, Harry Merchant Navy, 19 year old Second Cook and Baker. Ship sunk by submarine, rescued by Royal Navy with amazing skill amidst wild seas. No mail had reached him for six months and on reaching home in Chaddock Street found his family had moved to Morecambe, H-Midsummer-1943.

Gorst, Fred Memorial Book Named in a Japanese broadcast as a prisoner, H-Midsummer-1943.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Fred Gorst Born February the ninth, 1920, entered the School September the fourteenth 1931 and left July the twenty-seventh, 1934. Served in the Royal Air Force from March 1940. Aircraftsman, First Class. Drowned whilst a Prisoner of War in a Japanese transport in the China Seas November the twenty-

third, 1943.CWG: Fred Gorst Aircraftsman Second Class RAFVR 84 Squadron. 23 years. Died 29 th

November 1943. Service Number 1056822. Son of Edward William and Ellen Gorst, of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Column 429 Singapore Memorial.On 25th November 1943 the Japanese cargo ship Suez Maru, another ship and an escorting minesweeper left Ambon (Port Amboina, Java Sea). During the night of the 28 th the minesweeper left to pursue a submarine contact. The second ship left for its own destination and the minesweeper returned. Dawn on Monday, 29th, about 70 miles north east of Kangean Island, US Submarine Bonefish found Suez Maru, 4,645 tons, built 1919, coal burner, 10 knots. This was a cargo ship but in Holds 1 and 2 were sick Japanese. In Holds 3 and 4 were 546 sick PoWs, 422 British and 124 Dutch. The British included 221 RAF personnel. Conditions for the PoWs were atrocious. USS Bonefish fired 4 torpedoes, two struck, one amidships, one hitting No 4 Hold from which no one was seen to emerge. Other prisoners abandoned ship. After the depth charging ceased Bonefish came up to periscope depth, saw the minesweeper apparently rescuing survivors and withdrew. The minesweeper was picking up Japanese survivors and had so many on board the CO feared taking more could cause it to capsize. On the claim that the PoWs prior to embarking had seen military dispositions which they could reveal if rescued, the CO of the minesweeper ordered the shooting of all the survivors in the water. Suez Maru had taken 20 minutes to sink. It was evening when the minesweeper left the scene. There were no prisoner survivors. Details were not known, although suspected, until around 2000 when a Japanese former officer who had been ordered to take part disclosed the circumstances.

Gorst, Harry Architectural post in the ARP, H12-1940.

Grange, James Geoffrey 612 ………… 13 The Crescent, Ashton, Preston. Date of Entry 1933, Date of Leaving 1938. Date of Birth 19 th August 1921. Card: James Geoffrey Grange, FCA, 8 Embassy Court, Avenue Road, South Norwood, London SE 25 4DY. Life Member. HM Forces. Cadet, H-...... Lieutenant, in Italy engaged on a campaign against the malaria-mosquito, H7-1945.

Greenhalgh, J Second Lieutenant Appears to be based in a Concentration Camp vacated by the Germans and put to use by the Army.

Gregg, Ronald PGS 10th September 1930 - 26th July 1938; PGSA 16th August 1938 No 581. Braemar, 228 Skeffington Road, Preston. Alma Villa, Lea Town, near Preston. Gunner, University Section. A knee injury, which needed an operation, deprived him of an emergency Commission. The Army is a little trying after Oxford but he thinks all Oxford men would benefit from a spell, H7-1940. 155349 Bombardier, 27th June 1941. Sergeant. Membership Register. Gregson, George Dietlin NOT in the Memorial Book  Father - George Frederick Gregson, Oak House, Garstang Road, Fulwood. 1922. Engineering Material Manufacturer.George born 1st April 1906. Taught at home. PGS 21st September 1916 to 27th July 1918. 1st Form, Goodair, 1917. 1st Form Prize, H6-1918.To Private Secondary School, Mostyn House School, Park Gate, Chester.CWG: George Dietlin Gregson Major Royal Artillery 88th Field Regiment 34 years Died 29th

May 1940 Service Number 34650 Mentioned in Despatches Son of George F and Natalie Josephine Charlotte Gregson. Memorial: Column 7 Dunkirk.Note: The Pedders owned much land in Fulwood, part of which on the east side of what became Garstang Road was sold to James Dandy and James Goodair. Dandy, a PGS name - was a builder who built his mansion, Oak House, about 1840. Goodair did not build on his land and in 1873 James Gregson bought it and built in 1876 Highgate Park mansion standing in 82 acres of gardens. This old Preston family included Josiah Gregson, Guild Mayor in 1702. The father of James had begun a small business manufacturing spinning machinery. James continued with production of power looms - Gregson & Monk. James was a major property owner in the town and a member of Fulwood

District Council. His eldest of three sons was John James who together with George Frederick are positively identified as Old Boys. John James and his family lived at Highgate Park for many years. George Frederick and his family did likewise at Oak House. There is a third Old Boy not yet positively identified as a son of James. John James’ son, cousin of George Dietlin, was an Old Boy. George was either a professional soldier or a Major in the Territorial Army. It seems unbelievable that a son of this prominent family, serving in a Regiment in which numbers of other Old Boys also served, killed on the beaches of Dunkirk, was missed from all the records of serving Old Boys. This should reinforce the need for Old Boys and their families to provide information on Service in the Armed Forces for inclusion in these Lists. Oak House is now Pius X School.

Grenfell, N Corporal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Played twice at Trent Bridge, plays football for his Company, rides his Norton between Trent and Derwent, H-Christmas-1942.

Griffith, Thomas Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Thomas Griffith Born February the nineteenth, 1913, entered the School May the ninth, 1924 & left March the twenty-third, 1932. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from 1941. Sergeant Observer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany May the fifth, 1943. GWC: Thomas Griffith Sergeant (Air Bomber) RAFVR 83 Squadron 30 years. Died 5 th May 1943. Service Number 1023959. Son of Rodney Owen Griffith and Maria Griffith of Cadley, Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 3 - A - 12 Reichswald Forest Cemetery.83 Squadron flew Lancasters.On 4th/5th May 596 aircraft made the first major attack on Dortmund, two steel producing factories were seriously damaged as were many port facilities. 83 Squadron was one of the original Pathfinder Squadrons. 6 Lancasters out of 255 were lost. The Lancaster I, R5629 OL-J, with an 8-man crew - normally 7 - took off from Wyton, crashed in the Dortmund area, the crew being buried initially in a city cemetery. Hale, Maurice Wolfenden RAF PGS 1936 - 1942; PGSA 17 th June 1943 No 795. 27 Walton Park, Walton, Liverpool.

Hall, E Corporal RAF Wireless Repair.

Hall, H Sergeant Army RASC H-Christmas-1942.

Hall, J S Army Hall, Signalman R (Bob) Can now clean his boots properly. Was the Harris goalie but now is playing inside left. Had been hoping for some leave to get married, H7-1940. Serving in the East, sailed on the same troopship as Len England. Sergeant, an instructor.

Hall, W E Army

Hanson, A H Second Lieutenant

Hargreaves, John Had been a prisoner of war of the Japanese for nearly four years, H7-1949.

Harris, Arthur N Major, Royal Engineers, Middle East.

Harris, George Memorial BookSergeant Gunner, may have been in the Pathfinder force; has been on a St Nazaire raid, H-Midsummer-1943.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force George Harris Born February the eighteenth, 1923, entered the School September the twelfth, 1934 and left March

the twentieth, 1940. School Prefect. Served in the Royal Air Force from April 1942. Special Duties Branch. Warrant Officer. Missing presumed killed in operation over Norway December the thirtieth, 1944.CWG: George Harris Warrant Officer RAFVR 138 Squadron. 21 years. Died 31 st December 1944. Service Number 1485057. Son of Daniel and Winifred Harris, of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Panel 213 Runnymede Memorial.138 Squadron was formed on 25th August 1941 as a mixed aircraft squadron tasked for Special Operations Executive duties, usually parachuting personnel and supplies behind enemy lines. A Stirling Mk IV was used on this operation. The early Short Stirling was under-powered as a heavy bomber but engine changes made it effective in other roles. On 30th/31st December 1944 Stirling LK 283 - NF - L was lost at sea from sea-borne anti-aircraft fire during Operation Crupper 10; George Harris was listed as a crew member.

Hartley, J Kenneth Major.

Harwood, W In December 1947 reference to past service in RAF which seems unlikely to have been National Service.

Haworth, Ronald Lewis Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force Ronald Lewis Haworth Born August the tenth, 1921, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1937. Served in the Royal Sir Force, Bomber Command, from May 1941. Sergeant Navigator Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany June the twelfth, 1943.CWG: Ronald Lewis Howarth Sergeant Navigator. RAFVR. 100 Squadron. 21 years. Died 13 th

June 1943. Service Number 1132279. Son of James and Isabella Howarth, of Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 5 . F . 15 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.On 12th June 1943 the Lancasters of 100 Squadron took off from RAF Waltham, Grimsby, just before midnight for a raid on Bochum at the heart of the Ruhr. 503 aircraft were in the raid which destroyed 130 acres. Lancaster III W4989 HW-F2 crashed near Essen and the crew were buried initially at Dusseldorf.

Hayes, Frank married Edith Riley. Frank is in the same camp as Lance Corporal J R Hodgson H7-1940. Lance Corporal F Hayes has 15 months Army service, H12-1940.

Haywood, T Sub-Lieutenant Royal Navy

Heald, Hugh Memorial BookArmy Dental Corps, RAMC, H12-1939. Lieutenant. Dentist, working flat out on the teeth of recruits, H4-1940. Younger brother of Roger, still in Britain as an Army dentist, H4-1940.Memorial Book: Army Dental Corps Hugh Heald Born April the sixth, 1915, entered the School September the sixteenth, 1925 and left July the twenty-ninth, 1931. Served in the Army Dental Corps from 1940. Captain. Died on Active Service March the thirteenth, 1941.CWG: Hugh Heald Captain Army Dental Corps. Died 13 th March 1941. Service Number 10442. BDS. Grave reference: Section A.E.C. Grave 319 Chorley Cemetery.

Heald, Roger PGSA No 341, 10th October 1929. 25 Garstang Road, Fulwood, Preston. January 1923 - July 1929. Card: TD, DL, ACA, deleted, FCA, FIOM deleted. 50 Moss Bank Road, deleted. 46 Villiers Crescent inserted, Eccleston, St Helens WA10 5HR. Life Member. HM Forces. Searchlights, H12-1939. Lieutenant. Called up early and movements wrapped in an impenetrable air of secrecy ever since. Believed to have been assigned to a post in the Far North, H4-1940. Captain, responsible for planning and construction of two camps near Offa’s Dyke. H-Christmas-1942. Been on a course in the West Riding. Captain Roger Heald married Beatrice M Thurston on 8th May 1943 at Whitewell Church, near Whitchurch, Salop, H-Midsummer-1943.

Heane, W H Flight Lieutenant W H Heane, RAFVR, aged 21, has been awarded the DFC for gallantry and devotion to duty during air operations. Attested in 1941, he was trained in Canada and the USA and has been based in UK on operational duty for 12 months.

Heaps, T PGSOB goalkeeper, returned by the RAF, apparently unfit, H7-1944.

Heaton, John Junior Gym master. Apparently one of the finest sprinters in the country. Enlisted/called up as a PTI and rapidly promoted to Sergeant Instructor. H4-1940Plays bassoon in the School orchestra. Junior Gym Master. One of the best sprinters in the country. Enlisted in the Army as a PTI and promoted to Sergeant-Instructor The first member of the teaching staff to join or to be called up, H4-1940. Sergeant-Inspector John, APTS, won the Forces 100 and 220 yards at Manchester on 6th July 1940, H7-1940. (The rank ought to be Sergeant-Instructor; Army Physical Training Service.) Left two terms ago to become a PTI in the Army. The Government now has a scheme to provide physical training to youths between fourteen and eighteen who would not otherwise have such

facilities. Has been released from the Army under this scheme and returned to the School, H12-1940. Recalled to the Physical Training Corps, H7-1944. Returned from war service and is Captain

of PGSOB football team but has an appointment in Blackpool, H7-1947.

Helm, Francis Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force Francis Helm Born March the eleventh, 1922, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1938. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from 1941. Flight Sergeant. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany January the thirtieth, 1944CWG: Francis Helm Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator (Air) RAFVR 100 Squadron. 21 years. Died 30th January 1944. Service Number 1437898. Son of James and Elizabeth Helm of Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference 7. A . 22 Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.The list of names in the Minster gives him as Frank. 100 Squadron flew Lancasters from RAF Grimsby, otherwise known as RAF Waltham. It had flown 86 sorties without loss in the previous six raids on Berlin. On 30 th January 1944 Lancaster III ND398 HW-B took off about 1700 hours for Berlin and return time was to have been about 2330 hours. Three of the Squadron’s Lancasters were lost. There were burials reported from Karwe, near Karstädt, and there was one survivor who became a prisoner of war. 540 aircraft were dispatched on this raid, 33 were lost; 193 crew members were killed and 53 prisoners of war. The raid was over the target for 14 minutes, dropping 1,896 tons of bombs.

Henthorn, C T Gunner. Sapper, in Malaya, H7-1947.

Heppell, James R M His PGS history states 3 rd (Queen Alexandra’s Own) Gurkha Rifles in India and Burma. India, Cadet, hoping for a commission soon. Same station as Kenneth Nightingale, H-Christmas-1942. Second Lieutenant, H-Midsummer-1943.

Heys, J C Aircraftsman in Photographic Section, H-Christmas-1942. Has left Blackpool for overseas, H-Midsummer-1943.

Heyworth, R Army

Hill, Kenneth Walter Memorial Book PGSA Number 782, 8th November 1942. 22 Symonds Road, Preston. Membership Register.Memorial Book: Royal Corps of Signals Kenneth Walter HillBorn November the twenty-first, 1922, entered the School September the twelfth 1934 and left July

the twenty-sixth 1938. Served Royal Corps of Signals. Signalman. Killed in action in North Africa January the twenty-first, 1943. CWG: Kenneth Walter Hill Signalman Royal Corps of Signals 4 th Light Armoured Brigade Group Signals Section. 20 years. Died 21st January 1943. Service Number 2379801. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Hill, of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Column 52 Alamein Memorial.

Hilton, Lance Corporal P R Went to France early in the war, H7-1940.

Hilton, R Sergeant Royal Armoured Corps in Middle East Forces, Alamein, hospital at Tobruk with hepatitis, was also at Dunkirk, H-Midsummer-1943.

Hilton, Ronald Denis Memorial BookReported as missing during air operations over India. He left the Agricultural Department of the County Offices to join the RAF is 1941, H7-1945.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Ronald Denis Hilton Born March the twenty-second, 1922, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left February the eighth, 1938. Served in the Royal Air Force from March 1940. 159 Squadron. Flight Sergeant. Missing presumed killed in operations over Burma December the twenty-ninth, 1944. CWG: Ronald Denis Hilton Flight Sergeant RAFVR 159 Squadron. 22 years. Died 29 th December 1944. Service Number 1233506. Son of Joseph and Sarah Emily Hilton, of Ashton, Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Column 434 Singapore Memorial.Ronald Denis Hilton was the Rear Gunner of “X”, KH 276, Liberator Mk VI, Flight Sergeant A J Stewart, Captain. The Liberator was shot down by anti-aircraft fire off Elephant Point on 29 th

December 1944.

Hilton, Thomas Duncan PGSA No 924, 1st February 1945. Stoneleigh, Station Road, New Longton, Preston. Entry 1934. Card: 18 Aspels Crescent, Penwortham, Preston. Left PGS December 1941. Date of joining January 1945. LM SR. Royal Artillery, Private, H-Christmas-1942. HM Forces (Lt). On 7th June 1947 at St Mary’s Church, Penwortham, married Jean Andrew.

Hind, F Signalman Army, in UK, H-Christmas-1942. In Italy. Playing football, 22 goals in 13 matches. Writes towards the end of the North African campaign, H-Midsummer-1943.

Hitchen, W Arthur Merchant Navy, Radio Officer, Forces, H-Christmas-1942,

Hodgkinson, Richard Birth 16th October 1922. PGS September 1933 - 29th August 1940; PGSA Number 678, 12th June 1940. Ivy Cottage, Whittingham Lane, Broughton, Preston. Athletic Section. Forces, November 1941. Membership Register. HM Forces, H-Christmas-1942.

Hodgson, Joseph E G Royal Armoured Corps

Hodson, John Memorial Book Gunner, a despatch rider in the Royal Artillery, was killed in a collision whilst on active service on 17th September 1939, H4-1940.Memorial Book: Royal Regiment of Artillery John HodsonBorn December the third, 1912, entered the School September the seventeenth, 1924 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1929. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery from September 1939. Gunner. Accidentally killed whilst on Active Service September the seventeenth, 1939 CWG: John Hodgson Gunner, Royal Artillery. 209 Battery, 73rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment. 26 years. Died 17th September 1939. Service Number 1430989. Son of Robert and Maud Hodson, of Preston, husband of Georgina M C Hodson, of Preston. Grave Reference: Section F, Nonconformist, Grave 458, Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery.

Hodgson, Lance Corporal J R Undergoing intensive training. Has met Kerr Calderbank and Hayes.

H7-1940.

Hogg, William Arden Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Regiment William Arden HoggBorn November the twenty-fourth, 1916, entered the School April the tenth, 1929 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1933. Served in the Royal Air Force Regiment from May 1940. Squadron Leader. Died of fever whilst on Active Service in North Africa August the sixteenth, 1943 CWG: William Arden Hogg Squadron Leader RAFVR 2930 Squadron RAF Regiment 26 years. Died 16th August 1943. Service Number 104933. Son of William and Ellen Irwin Hogg, of Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire. Grave reference 7 . B . 16 Tripoli War Cemetery.2930 Squadron formed at Castel Benito in February 1943 in the Light Anti-Aircraft role. Served at Mareth, Gabe, Azizia, Benghazi, Khanka, Helwan, Gaza East, Hadera, and was disbanded April 1944.

Holden, C P L / Cpl In Beit Nabala, a turbulent spot in the Middle East, H7-1947. (Not clear whether this is WW2 or National Service.)

Holden, Mr Fred Pickup RAF

Hopkins, Harry Private Escaped from Singapore to India. Royal Army Ordnance Corps,

Hopkins, H 2nd Lieutenant in New Delhi, Public Relations Directorate, GHQ, H-Midsummer-1943. Captain India

Horam, John Shaw Lieutenant, Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Skeena in major anti submarine battle. The destroyer Skeena had a very busy time as a convoy escort on the North Atlantic. John Horam took part in a 66-hur battle with at least 20 U-boats, H-Midsummer-1942. This may have been 9 th to 14th September 1941 when Convoy SC42, 64 ships, south of Cape Farewell was attacked by at least seventeen U-boats. Skeena was credited with three sinkings but post-war reassessments disclose 16 ships lost from the convoy, two U-boats sunk with U 85 being damaged by Skeena. On 23rd

September 1939 when Convoy HX.2 left Halifax for UK Skeena appears to have been the sole escort! On 12th June 1940 Skeena and two other RCN destroyers met off Gibraltar a troopship convoy from Australia and New Zealand, with several of the finest British passenger liners, including Queen Mary being escorted to the Clyde by a force led by HMS Hood.

Howarth, Jack RAF Sergeant DFM H-Midsummer-1943.

Howarth, James HM Forces Membership Register.PGSA No 382, 6th September 1930. 22 Victoria Parade Preston 22 Fishwick Parade, Preston. September 1925 - July 1930. 189 High Road, Halton, Lancaster.

Howarth, Private T enjoys army life, better even than the School Scouts, H7-1940.

Howarth, Tom Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant RAOC

Hoyle, E Army

Hoyle, T Possibly in the Navy - met S Barker.

Hoyle, W Ordinary Telegraphist. In Scotland.

Hudson, George W Corporal RAF Mentioned in Despatches. Sergeant.

Hudson, K Royal Navy, H7-1944.

Hudson, W Marine, Mess 26 HMS Despatch C/o GPO London Date of Entry September 1929; Date of Leaving August 1933; 28 Room, 2 Company, RM Barracks, Southsea, Hampshire. A

Regular. Membership Register.

Hughes, Alfred Memorial Book Memorial Book: Parachute Regiment Alfred HughesBorn January the twentysixth, 1916, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1927 and left March the second 1932. Served in the Parachute Regiment. Lieutenant. Killed in action in Normandy June the sixth, 1944 (D-day) CWG: Alfred Hughes Lieutenant Parachute Regiment 9 th Battalion. 28 years. Died 6th June 1944. Service Number 273622. Son of Richard and Ellen Hughes, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Violet Ida Hughes of Preston. Grave Reference: Grave 7 St Vaast-en-Auge Churchyard. This is some 18 miles north east of Caen and 13 miles north west of Lisieux. There are 12 war graves.9th Paras were part of the forces detailed to destroy, early on D-Day before the invasion fleets arrived, the Merville Battery - a huge heavily fortified coastal defence position dominating a landing beach.See David Fisher Kerr, Glider Pilot Regiment.

Huss, Terence RAF LAC A temporary member of Staff, is in India, H-Midsummer-1943.

Ibison, B Returned from war service

Ireland, Corporal F J Is pleased that his job in the RAF is one for which he was trained as a civilian.H7-1940. Sergeant F J Ireland is working hard. Seems to be in or attached to the RAF, H12-1940. Flight Sergeant, stationed in a village, H-Christmas-1942.

Isherwood, E Surgeon-Lieutenant Royal Navy. Not been heard from for some time, H-Midsummer-1943.

Jackson, E 88th Brigade RA, H12-1939. H-Christmas-1942.

Jackson, F Army. Private, rifle company of an Infantry Regiment, H-Midsummer-1943. Lieutenant. Prisoner of war in Germany. Released, H7-1945.

Jackson, I RAF Aircraftsman 1, H-Christmas-1942.

Jacob, Dennis Lance Sergeant Royal Artilley Military Medal

Johnson, Alan Hewitt Abbott Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force Alan Hewitt Abbott Johnson Born July the twenty-second, 1921, entered the School September the thirteenth, 1932 and left July the twenty-sixth 1938. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from August 1940. Sergeant Pilot. Killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service July the twenty-fifth, 1941. CWG: Alan Hewitt Abbott Johnson Sergeant Pilot RAFVR Died 25 th July 1941. Service Number 1288650. Son of John and Laura Gertrude Johnson, of St Anne’s-on-Sea, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 20.B.15, Brookwood Military Cemetery. (This is near Purbright.)

Johnson, Stanley Dr PGS 1934-1940. RAF. October 2008 Newsletter.

Johnson, S F LAC Done a lot of flying and is working on radar.

Johnstone, Henry (Harry) Date of Birth 20th January 1920. Entry September 1931 to November 1936. PGSA No 547, 6th September 1937. 45 Fishwick Parade, Preston, Lancashire. Junior till

1938. Card: Myletta, Lydiate Lane, Eccleston, Lancashire. Life Member. HM Forces. Athletic Section, since the close of last season has joined the RAF, H12-1940. Leading Aircraftsman, Canada, could see the Rockies but now moved a distance eastwards apparently still in Canada, H-Christmas-1942. Canada, playing football, met George Simpson playing for the opposition. Now near Winnipeg after a severe Canadian winter, H-Midsummer-1943.

Jones, A In same camp as J S T Thornley.Jones, Arthur Served in the Navy, brother of Harry, now at Wadham, Oxford, since January, H7-1947.

Jones, Denys Signalman. Eighth Army, fall of Tripoli, H-Midsummer-1943.

Jones, F PGSOB First XI, now in Forces

Jones, F B PGSOB First XI, now in Forces (not F Jones above)Jones, Frederic D Signalman, now overseas.

Jones, Private Harold Still in England with his Regiment and serving with Private E H Saunders, H4-1940.

Jones, Harry Vice-Captain. Left since Christmas to a University Naval Course at Liverpool, H-Christmas-1942.Served in the Navy, brother of Arthur, now at Jesus, Oxford from October 1946, H7-1947.

Jones, W B A PGSA No 549, 23rd September 1937. 7 Watling Street Road Fulwood Preston. Date of Birth 6th April 1921. PGS 10th January 1934 to 23rd July 1937. HM Forces 13th June 1941. Deceased 30th July 1947. Membership Register. (This appears to be William Bromley Jones, who served in the RAF for six years during the war. After demobilisation and re-entering civilian life in business with his father as an auctioneer, he died in hospital of infantile paralysis.)

Kay, Corporal S In a searchlight unit, H7-1940. Married Nancy E Coates, H12-1940.

Keeling, Signalman G J Suffering from rheumatic fever, H7-1940.

Kellett, T C Sgt Landed on the Normandy beach 7.30am, D-Day, wounded 7.45am, first stretcher case landed back in England.

Kemp, Frederick Jackson Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force Frederick Jackson Kemp Born November the eighth, 1920, entered the School January the seventeenth 1936 and left December the twenty-second, 1936. Served in the Royal Air Force, Overseas Despatch Carrying Unit from October 1940. Sergeant Air Gunner. Killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service September the twenty fifth, 1941.CWG: Frederick Jackson Kemp Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. Sergeant. RAFVR. 20 years. Died 25th September 1941. Service Number 929624. Son of Sam Jackson Kemp and Laura Edith Kemp, of Dutton. Grave Reference: Plot 14 Grave 177 Marton (St Paul) Church Burial Ground.

Kempster, Arthur Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Regiment of Artillery Arthur Kempster Born February the twelfth 1922, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1938. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery from July 1942. Gunner. Killed in action in North Africa April the eighth, 1943. CWG: Arthur Kempster Gunner Royal Artillery 152 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment. 22 years. Died 8th April 1943. Service Number 14230440. Son of Jonathan and

Sarah Alice Kempster of Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 111 . N . 2 Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia.

Kenyon, Signalman J Finding time to sunbathe, H7-1940.

Kerr, David Fisher Memorial Book PGSA about 1940, No 620. 30 Ribblesdale Place, Preston. Membership Register.David Kerr married Doreen Flannery, sister of an Old Boy, on 3rd March 1943, at St James’ Church. H-Midsummer-1943. On 19th December 1943, to Mr and Mrs D F Kerr, a son, Neil David, H7-1944.Memorial Book: Army Air Corps David Fisher KerrBorn 27 Ap. 1920, entered the School 14 Sep. 1927 & left 26 July 1938. School Prefect. Served in the East Lancashire Regt. from Sept.. 1940 & in the Glider Pilot Regt. from 1942. Staff Sergt. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for gallant conduct in Normandy 6 June 1944 (D-day) when he engaged in heavy fighting with German reinforcements whom he prevented from reaching their objective. Killed in action at Arnhem October 1944.CWG: David Fisher Kerr Staff Serjeant Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps. 24 years. Died 22nd

September 1944. Service Number 3387884. DFM. Son of David and Georgina Kerr, husband of Doreen Kerr, of Eccleston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Panel 8, Groesbeek Memorial.The Glider Pilot Regiment carried much of the attacking force against the Merville Battery on D-Day. Overlooking Sword Beach, it was deemed to be a major obstacle against a successful assault up the beaches. A massive structure believed to be holding several heavy coastal defence guns, protected by minefields, dense barbed wire, ditches, with possible glider landing areas covered with obstacles. Its purpose in the defence of Hitler’s Europe required it to be virtually impregnable. Early on D-Day a major bombing raid by Lancasters was launched. Pathfinder Paratroops dropped to clear and mark dropping zones and landing strips for gliders. Seventytwo gliders were to go to the landing zone. Three Horsa gliders carrying volunteers from the 9 th Battalion Parachute Regiment were to crash land within the perimeter of the Battery. The British designed and built Airspeed Horsa glider was 88’ wingspan; 67’ long; 15,250 lbs laden; using an arrester system and parachute could stop in 100 yards. The three heavily laden gliders were towed off in UK but one broke its tow rope and had to land before reaching the Channel. The fair weather plan was to be towed at 6,000 feet to a cast-off point over the Channel some distance from the target. Across the Channel Staff Sergeant Kerr ran into heavy cloud which forced the tug and glider down to 1,000 feet. Radio navigation aids were not being picked up, visibility was poor, the tug began to criss-cross the area and the pilot switched on his landing lights in the hope that paratroopers on the ground could fire recognition flares. The plane, possibly a Halifax or a Stirling, and the plywood glider came under anti-aircraft fire, with many hits. Some paratroopers were wounded, a fire started, and as some of the men had plate-sized slabs of explosive hung on their chests, a hit there would instantly end the mission. A full scale model of the Battery and surroundings had been built for training purposes, David Kerr glimpsed a feature he recognised, cast off the tow, took the glider down and successfully landed at the Battery. Everyone rapidly left the glider and heard German reinforcements approaching. A short range fire-fight took place which held the position. One report states the fighting lasted four hours and prevented the German support arriving at the Battery. To put down onto the Merville Battery a heavily laden glider, bigger than the Wellington medium bomber, was judged to be a supreme test of flying skills. He was a First Pilot. The lowest rank in the Regiment was Sergeant and the great majority were NCOs; only 1,200 Glider Pilots served in the Regiment which was formed in February 1942. The citation (which I haven’t seen) will show whether David Kerr was awarded the DFM (Gazetted on 12th October 1944, and shown as “Normandy”) partly for his determination to put his glider and troops exactly where the plan required, and partly for his actions in supporting the fire fight. The award was for exceptional skill and determination. There is a multitude of books about the Normandy landings and the Merville Battery will be featured in most. If anyone reads them, David Kerr landed the last of the gliders, B Flight, and the only one on target, if he is named he is sometimes referred to (obviously, coming from Preston!) as Dick or Richard Kerr. He may have been in the Sicily invasion, he was certainly in Italy in 1943. Those started off with the non-stop flying by the tugs and gliders from UK, out beyond the Bay of Biscay before heading into the Mediterranean and North Africa. He lost his life at Arnhem,

where there was no way back for the pilots, who were trained to be able to fight alongside the Airborne troops whose red beret they also wore. The Arnhem landings began on 17 th September. (‘Dick Kerr’ - Preston’s major engineering company, Dick, Kerr & Co., tram manufacturers par excellence.) Operation Tonga. His glider Chalk 27, Sgt H Walker was Second Pilot, was towed into Merville by an Albemarle of 297 Squadron, Flt Lt Thompson. (Chalk 27 - the wooden gliders had their numbers chalked on them!) It carried 21 Men of A Company 9 Para and 591 Para Squadron Royal Engineers, Lieutenant Hugh C Pond, 9 Para, commanding. Different books claim unspecified Stirling and Halifax as tugs. In training for the raid the paratroopers flew repeatedly in the glider with Kerr landing on a small circle, at which he became expert. The Paras were most impressed with his skill. At least three main force gliders were lost in the Channel and were carrying all the mortars and signalling equipment for use at Merville to identify the target for the three gliders. The intention was to land between two casements which would tear off the wings and leave the glider open for the Paratroopers to make their attack directly onto the Battery. As he was just touching down he saw a large notice warning of a minefield, lifted the nose in a difficult manoeuvre (there was no power), regained flight, cleared the field and was going in to land, deployed his parachute which caught in trees and brought him up just short of landing as planned between the concrete casements. There is a painting for the Regiment of the glider, wings torn off and the fuselage broken in two and on fire, as the paratroopers fought their way out. The direct assault on the Battery did not have a separate Operation name, just “Battery” as part of Operation Tonga. There were 98 gliders in total, each with a 2-man crew. Only ten DFMs were awarded. Some of the Glider Pilots were awarded Military Medals, which may suggest that David Kerr’s DFM was awarded primarily for his flying skills. The three gliders from “B” Squadron took off from Brize Norton. The RAF tug pilots always practised with the same glider pilots, including messing together. On the way across the Channel, which included a very difficult time in huge cumulo-nimbus cloud formations near Odiham, Flt Lt Thompson decided to take the glider all the way to the Battery. The gliders were all heavily overladen: the paratroopers took every piece of armament they could carry, including “hand luggage” - bags or buckets full of grenades. Over 700 men took off for the raid on Merville and other tasks. The 9th Battalion was scattered over a wide area and only some 65 men were gathered together in time to make the attack on the Battery. With no signalling equipment, the troops under attack but holding the Battery could not inform the cruiser HMS Arethusa, standing off the beach, of the success of the raid. A few minutes before she was due to move in and open fire a Verey light fired by a Paratrooper was seen by a plane which radioed the news just in time to stop the bombardment.Sicily 1943, there was a shortage of RAF tugs and pilots. The GPR suffered 57 fatalities almost all due to the American tug pilots of USAF Transport Command casting off the gliders as soon as they encountered flak, forcing 60% of the gliders to ditch. Brigadier (General Sir John) Hackett placed the Regiment under arrest for several days to prevent them seeking out the Americans, especially as the latter held a parade at which bravery awards were handed out. David Kerr was wounded at Arnhem and officially reported as missing but for some time was believed to be a prisoner of war.

Kew, Dicky (F Hayes contact), H12-1940.

Kidd, Able Seaman Trevor C was in the Merchant Navy but transferred into the Royal Navy when War broke out, H4-1940. Lieutenant, RNVR. Married Evelyn Whiteside.

Kilner, E J RAF Leading Aircraftsman awaiting transfer to an Air Observer School to train as a Navigator, H-Midsummer-1943.

Kinnear, J R Returned from war serviceKinnear, Ray HM Forces, H-Christmas-1942.

Kinnear, Gunner W Spends his spare rime sunbathing and listening to dance music, H7-1940.

Kirby, Brian Chandos Memorial BookDate of Birth 18th April 1921; PGS April 1932 - October 1937; PGSA 16th August 1938 No 579. 14 Gosforth Road, Blackpool N. 95 Broadway, Morecambe. Casualty HM Forces. Membership Register. Born in Preston.Memorial Book: Royal Armoured Corps Brian Chandos KirbyBorn April the eighteenth, 1921, entered the School April the tenth, 1929 and left October the twenty-second 1937. Served in the Royal Armoured Corps, 144 th Regiment, from May 1941. Lieutenant. Killed in action in Normandy June the thirteenth, 1944.CWG: Brian Chandos Kirby Second Lieutenant Royal Armoured Corps 144 th (8th East Lancashire) Regiment. 23 years. Died 13th June 1944. Service Number 311836. Son of Rudolf Chandos Kirby and Muriel Kirby; husband of Joyce Kirby of St Annes-on-the-Sea, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 111-H-11, Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, near Bayeux.Brian Kirby was in the 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. It converted from Infantry to Armoured and was badged with the Armoured Fist of the 144th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. He is listed in the East Lancashire’s Roll of Honour as a Second Lieutenant, died 13 th June 1944, and is buried in the Cemetery at Hottot-les-Bagues, near Bayeux. Brian Kirby married Joyce Hill of St Annes-on-Sea.

Kirby, Aircraftsman R D has passed out as a flight rigger, second in the examination, H12-1940. LAC, East Africa, attack of sand-fly fever in Egypt. Now further south in a fertile country, H-Midsummer-1943.

Kitchen, D Leading Telegraphist on battleship HMS Duke of York.

Lacey, Peter Aircraftsman, draughtsman at the Air Ministry.

Lake, Lt-Gen Sir Percy H N KCB, KCMG, Vice President PGSA, H4-1940. H7-1940.

Lambert, John Lieutenant Artillery. May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Prisoner in Java, H-Midsummer-1943.

Lambert, Robert Flying Officer, Qualified Officer of the Watch in the Flying Control Service. Flight Lieutenant, Iceland.

Lang, G H7-1944.

Laraway, Corporal E has been in the RAF, ground staff, about two and a half years, H12-1940. Corporal, somewhere on the Western seaboard of USA.Sergeant, in the Bahamas. A bit ahead of things but it establishes that Ted Laraway survived the war and had a career in the RAF. On 15th May 1957 a Valiant bomber of 49 Squadron, based at Wittering, dropped the first British nuclear weapon at Christmas Island in the Pacific. It had a 5-man crew which included Flight Lieutenant Laraway. His duties are not at present known but he was the last named. The Navigator / Bomb Aimer was Flight Lieutenant Alan Washbrook, of Blackburn, cousin of Cyril Washbrook. Squadron Leader Edward Laraway of Ingol obtained a coat of arms, which up to now has not been seen nor its blazon turned up. The crest is a blue seated greyhound with upraised black wings and in its front paws is holding something which possibly was part of the insignia of Bomber Command. The crest is on a “wreath” of white and blue. “Wreath” is more like a curved length of rope with alternating vertical stripes of the principal colours of the arms.H-Christmas-1942.

Law, J A May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Leeming, Rifleman J Fred Is in the Army and finds it cold sweeping floors, H4-1940. Has not been passed for overseas service and is acting as a guardian angel to convoys. Which he prefers to

footslogging with the L.I.R. (Which presumably means a Light Infantry Regiment, although the abbreviation is more normally LI. Unless it is something like Liverpool Irish.), H7-1940. University Section, now a cook, H12-1940. Still a cook - 1942. H-Christmas-1942.

Lendrum, K L Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR, H-Christmas-1942.

Lewis, Eric PGSA No 927. 7th April 1945. 10 Church Avenue, Penwortham. Card: (Captain). 19 Denford Avenue, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire. 1 Links Avenue, Southport. 1928 to 1932. Life Member. Army February 1940 - Private - to June 1946 - Captain. North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Austria. Newsletter October 2007.

Lindsay, Derrick D Bombardier May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Interned in Tai Camp, H-Midsummer-1943.

Line, Gerald W PGS 11th January 1933 - 26th July 1938; PGSA 18th July 1938 No 578. University Section member. 12 St Andrew’s Avenue, Ashton; 202 Long Lane, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. HM Forces 18th June 1941. Membership Register. Known as Falstaff. Sergeant Instructor in the Orkneys. Sergeant-Instructor, Army Education Corps, H-Midsummer-1943.

Liver, A R Army

Lucas, Norman Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Navy Norman LucasBorn January the second, 1913, entered the School September the seven-teenth, 1924 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1930. Served in the Royal Navy from 1940. Motor Torpedo Boats. Ordinary Telegraphist. Missing presumed lost in the North Sea October the seventh, 1942. CWG: Norman Lucas Ordinary Telegraphist HMMTB 29 29 years Died 6th October 1942 Service Number P/JX 259511 Son of Thomas and Mary Margaret Lucas; husband of Lily Lucas, of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Panel 67 Column 1 Portsmouth Naval Memorial. HM Motor Torpedo Boat 29, was designed and built by Vosper in 1939-1940; 35¾ tons, 70’ long, 3 x Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines totalling 3,450bhp, 40 knots; 4 x 0.5” machine guns, 2 x 21” torpedo tubes; complement of 10. The engines were Italian, supplies of which halted when Italy entered the war. Later boats had USA Packard-built Rolls-Royce Merlins. MTB 29 and her sister 30 were both lost in 1942. On 5th October 1942, late evening, a section of MGBs and MTBs set out from their Base, HMS Beehive at Felixstowe, to ambush a large merchant ship and other vessels heading north east off the Dutch coast. If they travelled at speed on a still night their engines could be heard up to fifteen miles away. When in position and with some time to wait they cut the outer engines and switched in the silencer on the centre engine. The power-driven armaments and some other equipment took their power from drives on the outer propeller shafts. Shortly after midnight two 600-ton German torpedo boats and several E-boats (larger and more powerfully armed equivalents to MGB / MTBs) attacked the section which did not have speed or armaments until there was full power on all engines. Numbers 29 and 30 collided, the former was severely damaged, turned away heading back to base but sank.

Lumley, P Indian Army

Lund, Douglas F N Wireless Operator, prisoner in the same camp as Clifford Nightingale whose letter contained the first references that Douglas was safe and relieved his mother’s anxiety. He had been posted as missing since last January. He is in Stalag XB (I lag), H12-1941. Prisoner in a Stalag, H-Midsummer-1943.

MzacDonald, J Officer Cadet stationed at Mhow, near Indore, H7-1945.

Major, Jack Private. Eighteen months as a Section Officer in the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), now in the Reconnaissance Corps. Corporal, training assault troops, first cousins to the Commandos. Stood up to the strain but it is a young man’s job, H-Christmas-1942.

Malcolm, Alexander George Father - Alec R Malcolm, Bull & Royal Hotel, Church Street, Preston. Hotel Proprietor.Alexander born 19th August 1889. PGS January 1900. Studies at the discretion of Head Master.United States WWII Draft Registration Card 1942, Roll WWII-2372618, Serial Number U 824. Date of Birth 18th August 1889, Preston. Address: Previously 35 Rokeby Place, (Brooklyn?), 128 Marine Avenue, Brooklyn, NY; current was 10 Walbrook Avenue, West Brighton, New York. Wife, Gladys, 10 Walbrook Avenue, W.B.S.I. Employer - Mersey & Hudson Wharfage Corp, Pier 20, Staten Island. Registered at the Local Board No 292, 288 Broadway, Corner of Castleton Avenue, West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. There is no further information. His age on registration, 53 years, would rule him out in UK - he wouldn’t have had to register unless he had previous Service. There is one soldier with the same name recorded in a Scottish Regiment in the Great War, with no identifying details.

Margerison, L Army

Marland, John Colin Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force John Colin Marland Born February the third, 1922, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left March the twenty-fifth, 1937. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from October 1941. Pilot Officer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany May the twenty-second, 1944.CWG: John Colin Marland Flying Officer (Pilot). RAFVR 57 Squadron. 22 years. Died 23 rd May 1944. Service Number 170960. Son of Charles and Millicent B Marland, of Ribbleton, Lancashire. Coll. Grave 26.B.13-18, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.John Marland was captain of the Lancaster III, ND879 DX-H, which left East Kirkby at 10pm on the 22nd bound for Braunschweig. The seven man crew died and are buried in Germany.57 Squadron motto was Corpus non animum muto I change my body, not my spirit. Its badge has two logs across each other as a saltire with a phoenix rising above them. At one stage during the Great War within a short period of time all the flying personnel became casualties but the Squadron remained operational with new personnel. Based at East Kirby from August 1943, flying Lancaster I and III heavy bombers. The Lancaster had the biggest bomb bay of any aircraft of any country of WW2, and carried the heaviest bomb load. On a raid to Berlin a typical bomb load of mixed weapons would be around 9,000 pounds but could load 14,000 lbs in a small number of large or very large bombs. It was the only aircraft - with some weight saving modifications - capable of delivering Barnes Wallis’ 10 ton (22,000lb) “earthquake bomb”.

Marsden, S In Canada on initial training as a pilot for the Fleet Air Arm. Returned from war

service.

Marsden, William Memorial BookReported as missing believed killed after a flight over enemy territory. His plane was known to have crashed in Belgium, H7-1945.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force William MarsdenBorn July the eighteenth, 1924, entered the School September the tenth, 1936 and left Novemer the first, 1939. Sered in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from November 1943. Sergeant Engineer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany March the fifth, 1945.CWG: William Marsden Sergeant (Flight Engineer). RAFVR 514 Squadron. 20 years. Died 5 th

March 1945. Service Number 1589746. Son of John and Ellen Marsden, of Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire. Grave Reference: Coll. Grave 10 . F . 1-7. Heverlee War Cemetery, Near Leuven, Belgium.

514 Squadron was formed on 1st September 1943 in 3 Group and its Lancasters flew 3,675 operational sorties. On 5th March 3 Group, 170 Lancasters, raided a benzol plant at Gelsenkirchen, one being lost. On 5th/6th March 1,223 aircraft made raids on several synthetic oil plants, Squadrons not yet identified.

Martin, Clifford MacKenzie Memorial Book Reported missing after night bombing operations. He went to Canada eleven years ago under a Government Training Scheme, was a schoolmaster in Ontario and was married shortly before leaving for England with his unit, early in the war, H12-1941.Memorial Book: Royal Canadian Air Force Clifford MacKenzie Martin Born March the twenty-seventh, 1914, entered the School September the sixteenth, 1925 and left April the seventeenth, 1930. Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 78 Squadron, from September 1939. Sergeant Pilot. Missisng presumed lost in the North Sea after operations over Germany July the ninth 1941CWG: Clifford MacKenzie Martin Canadian. Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force 78 Squadron. 27 years. Died 9th July 1941. Service Number R / 64471. Son of George and Sophia Martin; husband of Anne Martin, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Memorial Reference: Panel 61, Runnymede Memorial.78 Squadron RAF motto is Nemo non paratus - Nobody unprepared. In July 1941 they were flying Whitley Mk V bombers, based at Middleton St George. On late evening of 8 th July 1941 aircraft from 10, 44, 58, 78 and 83 Squadrons raided Hamm. The Whitley V, Z6555, EY- , Sgt O W McLean, Royal Australian Air Force, captain, with Clifford Martin as second pilot, left Middleton St George at 2303hrs. It crashed at 0251 which indicates it was on its return journey and over the eastern sector of the North Sea. Only one body was washed ashore.

Mason, Jack Sub-Lieutenant DSC Jack still attracts magnetic blondes in preference to magnetic mines. Late of Merton College, Oxford, H4-1940.University Section.The first Old Boy to be decorated in this war. Operations off Dunkirk, with near misses from shells and bombs, he traversed the Channel repeatedly with troops being taken out of Dunkirk. He appears to have been in command of one of the Navy’s small craft, H7-1940. Nicknamed by the local press where he is based as “Bombproof”, H12-1940. Lieutenant, RNVR.

Mason, W E Lance Corporal Royal Marines, in the south west, H-Christmas-1942.

Mauldon, Peter A Militia, H12-1939. Sergeant, Instructor to a Home Guard Unit, engaged to a London girl in the ATS, H-Christmas-1942. Lieutenant, in Kenya. Captain Peter, in June 1945 commanded a platoon of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment, 22nd (EA) Infantry Brigade, which captured the Brigade’s first Japanese prisoner, thus winning the Brigade Commander’s £20 reward. Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in Burma. Joined the Loyals about a year before the war and since 1943 has seen service in Kenya, Ceylon and Burma.

Maylor, H B Cadet, Bert Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Pioneer Corps, H-Christmas-1942. Lieutenant

Megson, Frederick H Sergeant. Listed as RASC but later asked for a correction to Maritime Royal Artillery, H-Christmas-1942. Is in the 4th Regiment Maritime Royal Artillery, H-Midsummer-1943.

Merrett, J J Royal Navy, in Scotland. At Lincoln College, Oxford, since January, served in the Navy, H7-1947.

Milner, Colin 1926 - 1933 Now in RAF, Membership Register.

Millward, C G May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Millward, J Pilot Officer Prisoner of War released by the American Forces, H7-1945.

Moore, Richard Leonard Athletic Section, since close of last season has joined the Royal Navy, H12-

1940.Now in Royal Navy serving afloat. HMS Kenya 20th June 1941. Possibly in India but known to have been in Ceylon. Signaller. Has crossed the Equator sixteen times. Membership Register.In the Mediterranean, met Norman Sheridan in Gibraltar. In May 1941 Kenya took part in the hunt for the Bismark, following which the RN set about a systematic find and destroy the pre-positioned supply ships for the Bismark. Len Moore gives a graphic account, minus the details, of what must have been finding on 3rd June the tanker Belchen refuelling a submarine in the Davis Straits. The cruiser opened fire on the tanker which soon was ablaze before blowing up in a huge explosion. On 14th November with two British and two Soviet destroyers, Kenya went down the Norwegian Arctic coast and bombarded Vardo before taking over the escort of convoy PQ.3 to Archangel. The following day they did the Vardo shore batteries again, culminating in a very satisfying explosion. (The wartime censor has removed all the detail but Len Moore gives enough information for the actions now to be traced.)Kenya was the flagship of the commander of the escort for a Malta re-supply convoy June 1942. His next letter is from a north-east seaport where he is staying for quite some time and also refers to the gruelling time on a big Malta convoy. That must have been probably the most famous of the Malta convoys - Operation Pedestal, when in August thirteen large fast freighters and a tanker had an escort of four cruisers, one was Kenya, plus destroyers and others with a covering force of two battleships, four aircraft carriers, cruisers, over thirty destroyers were involved, and other warships. Three of the freighters were escorted into Malta followed later by another and the tanker, both damaged. Kenya was torpedoed but was able to continue. Presumably then had to be repaired and the Tyne is probably where Len wrote from, H-Christmas-1942. In the Tropics, H-Midsummer-1943.

Mowbray, P G Sapper In France. In hospital after fighting in Holland. Was at Walcheren and whilst in hospital was seen by a psychiastrist from Whittingham. (Doesn’t say whether it was a friendly or professional visit.)

Mott, C W RAF, Pilot Officer, H-Christmas-1942. Flight Lieutenant

Muir, James Leslie Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Regiment of Artillery James Leslie MuirBorn December the third, 1909, entered the School September the fifteenth 1920 and left July the twenty-eighth, 1926. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 88 th Field Regiment, from September 1939. Bombardier. Died October the twenty first, 1943 at Kami Sonkrai in Thailand whilst a Prisoner of War in Japanese hands.CWG: James Leslie Muir Bombardier Royal Artillery 88 Field Regiment. 33 years. Died 21st October 1943. Service Number 894915. Son of John Cunningham Muir and Edith Muir of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Mabel Anne Muir of Preston. Grave Reference: B6 . D . 6 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Burma-Siam Railway.Father - James C Muir, 42 or 41 Frenchwood Street, Preston. Architectural Draughtsman.James born 3rd December 1909. Christ Church Boys’ School. PGS 15 th September 1920 to 28th July 1926. Upper 3C to 5B. Exemption from fees September 1920, Governors of the School, Indeterminate period. Northern Universities School Certificate July 1926. Clerk, Borough Surveyor’s Department, Town Hall, Preston.In the 1960s Mrs Mabel Muir was on the County Treasurer’s staff, in the Computer Control Section, and Esmond Sowerby (qv), an ex-Japanese PoW, was the Section Head.

Muirhead, J R Believes he is the only ex-PGS Electrical Artificer in the Royal Navy.

Mullineaux, Rowland NOT in the Memorial Book Father - Frederick Mullineaux, (21 East View), Sunnyside, Victoria Road, Fulwood. 1922. Leather Factor.Rowland born 23rd July 1905. Miss Ketton’s Private School. PGS 16th September 1914 to 23rd July

1921. Then private tuition in book-keeping, typewriting, etc. Intends to become a purser’s clerk.There is a reference to him having been born in Preston and died at sea. No record has been found of any warship being lost on 12th July. RASC and Royal Engineers had large numbers of small craft and larger ships - “the Army’s Navy”. CWG: Rowland Mullineaux Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps. 39 years. Died 12 th July 1945. Service Number 512391037. Son of Frederick and Harriet Ann Mullineaux, of Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: IV . K . 12 Naples War Cemetery.His brother Leonard was at the School 19th January 1916 to 2nd September 1922.

Murray, G H Surgeon Lieutenant RNVR Mentioned in Despatches, December 1942. Soviet Order of the Red Star.

Murray, T G Undergraduate Rating Edinburgh. Prospective air engineering officer leading to Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy. Fleet Air Arm.

Nabarro, Derrick D W Athletic Section, since the end of last season has joined the RAF, H12-1940. Sergeant, H-Christmas-1942. The London Gazette last night (19th January 1943) announced that Sergeant Derrick D W Nabarro, a pilot in the RAF, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, in recognition of gallant and distinguished service. This is the first sward since the announcement on Saturday last that the DCM, an Army decoration, would be available for members of the RAF for gallantry on the ground. Nabarro joined the RAF as a volunteer in July, 1940, direct from Preston Grammar School, where he was champion athlete in 1939, and captain of the football and cricket teams, H-Midsummer-1943.

Nash, Thomas Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Regiment of Artillery Thomas NashBorn August the nineteenth, 1920, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1931 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1936. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery from September 1939. Gunner. Killed in action at the Sangro crossing in Italy January the nineteenth, 1944CWG: Thomas Nash Gunner Royal Artillery 138 Field Regiment. 23 years. Died 19 th January 1944. Service Number 1435399. Grave Reference V . E . 40, Sangro River War Cemetery.

C Newbold Possibly Army, Sergeant. Newhouse, N T School Captain 1942-1943 but left since Christmas, Oxford Open Scholarship but entered the Army, transferred into Intelligence Corps, H-Christmas-1942. At Wadham since October 1946, appears to have served in India, H7-1947.

Newhouse, N T 2nd Lieutenant Loyals.

Nightingale, Kenneth Volunteered for active service 1939. Eventually promoted to major, seconded to the Indian Army with the Gurkhas. LEP. India, same station as Jim Heppell, H-Christmas-1942. With Gurkhas, H-Midsummer-1943.

Nightingale, William Clifford Able Seaman. Royal Navy. Missing at sea, April 1941. Membership Register. HMS Voltaire was sunk by Thor, German auxiliary cruiser, on 4th April. The armed merchant cruiser, Voltaire, Lamport & Holt Line, 13,248grt, built 1923 for the Liverpool-New York-South America service, had been used as a troopship before being coverted to an AMC. Had eight elderly 6” guns. She was on passage from Halifax to Freetown via Trinidad when she met the commerce raider Thor in mid-Atlantic. There was a fierce 90-minute gun duel during which Voltaire was set on fire and sank. Thor rescued 197 but 75 crew were lost. In the PoW camp Clifford is working in the sick bay, earning the nickname ‘Florence Nightingale’, H12-1941. Clifford is a PoW in Germany, H-Midsummer-1943. His ship was sunk by a German raider in April 1941. In captivity edited a secret news bulletin; now released, H7-1945.

Norman, Aircraftsman G Is now highly skilled at making tea, H7-1940.

Norman, G P RAF Sergeant, H-Christmas-1942.

Norman, George E Probationery Sick Bay Attendant. Volunteered for the Navy and called up last May. Hospital training in the south west, H-Christmas-1942.

Norton, G Fly. Opps. Left Canada for UK.

Norwood, Albert Born 12th February 1907, PGS 15th September 1915 to 29th June 1923. Left to join the Merchant Navy. No further information but check if he continued to serve.

Noy, Donald Reginald Memorial Book Memorial Book: Merchant Navy Donald Reginald NoyBorn November the twelfth, 1924, entered the School September the tenth, 1936 and left May the twenty-ninth, 1940. Served in the Merchant Navy from October 1942. Second Radion Officer. Killed in a torpedo attack in the Indian Ocean September the twelfth, 1943.CWG: Donald Reginald Noy Second Radio Officer ss Fort Longueuil, London. 18 years. Died 20th September 1943. Memorial Reference: Panel 50 Tower Hill Memorial, London.Fort Longueuil was built by United Shipyards Ltd., Montreal, part of a contract for 90 similar standard ships. She was delivered on 8 th December 1942, owned by the Ministry of War Transport, Lancashire Shipping Co as Managers. Crew of 49 plus 10 gunners. 4,532 tons. From Barry (Wales) to Australia with ammunition. Or, Kosseir and Aden to Fremantle, Port Kembla and Newcastle, NSW, with 8,475 tons of phosphates. Various guesses have been made that the voyage was a combination of the two with cargoes being picked up and dropped off at different ports. She was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean on 20th September 1943 by the German submarine U532, a Type IX/C40, built November 1942. German records give the date as 19 th; however, German ships keep German time. There were apparently no survivors but, remarkably, on 1 st February 1944 a life raft drifted ashore on Sumatra with two Indian sailors on board. They were promptly made prisoners of war by the Japanese. Donald Noy was posted as Missing until after the end of the war against Japan.

Nurton, George RAF Aircraftsman In USA, “peach belt”.

Ogden, Edgar F Became proficient in Morse, transferred to Physical Training Instructor but became chief clerk in the Education Office. Probably in RAF, H-Midsummer-1943.

Openshaw, W A PGSA No 565 21st January 1938, PGS 1931-1937; Date of Birth 26 th March 1920. 27 Rawsthorn Road, Penwortham. HM Forces 8th August 1941. Membership Register.

Ormsby, T H Marine Was in France from the start.

Owens, E E L LAC Canada then Florida to complete his pilot’s training. Ted, RAF, Flying Catalinas. October 2008 Newsletter.

Park, Kenneth Hunton Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Kenneth Hunton Park Born September the twenty-first, 1914, entered the School September the fifteenth, 1926 and left July the seventeenth, 1931. Served in the Royal Air Force, Operational Training Unit. Sergeant Observer. Killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service, December the second, 1942.CWG: Kenneth Hunton Park Sergeant Air Bomber RAFVR. 28 years. Died 3 rd December 1942. Service Number 1382096. Son of Henry and Clara Park, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. Grave Reference: Plot E Row B Grave 9 Penwortham (St Mary) Churchyard. On 2nd December 1942 at 27 Operational Training Unit, Lichfield, Wellington III, X3944, Sgt R E

Mitchell, RAAF, captain, took off in poor visibility and crashed at 0008 hrs in the River Tame near Chetwynd, or Sater’s Bridge, a hamlet near Alrewas and very close to the boundary of the airfield. All five crew were killed.

Parker, James Ronald Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Regiment James Ronald Parker Born June the fifteenth, 1914, entered the School Septembe the sixteenth, 1925 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1930. Served in the Royal Air Force Regiment from 1942. Sergeant. Killed in a torpedo attack on a landing craft off Normandy June the eighth, 1944.CWG: James Ronald Parker Sergeant RAFVR 2817 Squadron RAF Regiment. 30 years. Died 7th June 1944. Service Number 1541161. Son of John Thomas and Ethel Parker, of Catterall, Lancashire; husband of Hannah E Parker. Memorial Reference: Panel 235, Runnymede Memorial.The Squadron formed on 19th December 1941 as 817 Squadron and then with all other Squadrons of the Regiment added the “2” prefix. It took on a Light Anti-Aircraft role in May 1943. It was placed in the 2nd Tactical Air Force in April 1944 and crossed the Channel in the invasion of Normandy in LCT46 (Landing Craft Tank). It was attacked by a German coastal battery, killing some, wounding others. LCT43 took off the dead and survivors before LCT46 sank. The Squadron landed on Juno Beach on D+2 and deployed to Grange-sur-Mer.

Parkinson, Edward Flying Officer, somewhere in UK south west, H-Christmas-1942.

Parkinson, Malcolm In RAF, USA, same base as George Nurton, H-Christmas-1942.

Parkinson, Norman Memorial Book Memorial Book: The Loyal Regiment Norman ParkinsonBorn May the twenty-fourth, 1917, entered the School September the eleventh, 1929 and left July the twenty-ninth, 1931. Served in the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) from January 1940. Private. Died October the second, 1942 in Korea whilst a Prisoner-of-War in Japanese hands.CWG: Norman Parkinson Private The Loyal Regiment (North Lancahire) 2nd Battalion. 25 years. Died 2nd October 1942. Service Number 3859455. The son of Harold and Eveline Walker Parkinson, of Broughton, Lancashire. Grave Reference: British Section FD.9 Yokohama War Cemetery.

Parr, John Martland Memorial BookPGSA No 553, 12th October 1937. 2 Prospect Place, Ashton, Preston. PGS 1933-1937. HM Forces 28th November 1941. Membership Register.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force John Martland ParrBorn August the second, 1921, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1937. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from August 1941. Sergeant Pilot. Missing presumed killed in operations over Italy August the fourteenth, 1943. CWG: John Martland Parr Sergeant RAFVR. 420 Squadron. Died 15 th August 1943. Service Number 1431080. Memorial Reference: Panel 9 Col 1 Malta Memorial.420 Squadron was Royal Canadian Air Force, it’s badge was a Canadian snowy owl which hunts by night, and it’s motto was Pugnamus Finiturn - We fight to a finish. The Squadron had moved to North Africa in May 1943, flying Wellingtons and attacking targets in Italy.

Pearson, J Michael Royal Navy in Scotland. Reading Law at Lincoln College, Oxford, since January, had served in the Navy.

Phillips, Peter Royston Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Navy Peter Royston PhillipsBorn August the twenty-ninth, 1914, entered the School April the twenty-third, 1928 & left July the twenty-second 1932. Served in the Royal Navy from September 1939, Submarine Service. Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches for taking a captured Italian sloop from Alexandria to Sollum

with ammunition during 1940. Missing presumed lost with the submarine Tetrarch October 1941.CWG: Peter Royston Phillips Lieutenant (E) Royal Navy HM Submarine Tetrarch 27 years Died 2nd November 1941 Memorial Reference: Panel 45 Column 2 Portsmouth Naval Memorial.HM Submarine Tetrarch, N77, laid down by Vickers on 24th August 1938, launched 14th November 1939, Commissioned 15th February 1940. It was the last RN submarine built to be capable of laying mines. The design of the mine required it to be laid in shallow waters such as the channel approach to a port, which meant the submarine could not submerge to escape detection, and if it did submerge it might detonate its own mines. The mines were to be laid out of the bow with the submarine then sailing over its own mines, supposedly safe long enough for the mine layer to leave the area. The difficulties were viewed with disfavour and it is probable that Tetrarch did not lay any mines. On 23rd April 1940 sank UJB/Treff V, German submarine chaser; in the Skagerrak 20th May 1940 captured the Danish fishing vessel Emmanuel in the North Sea and took it as a prize into Leith, after scuttling the Danish fishing vessel Terieven. 16th June 1940 torpedoed and sank the German tanker Samland, 5,978grt, off Lista, Norway. Parthian (Lt Cdr M G Rimington), based Alexandria, in a fight on the surface sank the Italian submarine Diamante on 20th June 1940 off Tobruk, the first RN submarine success in the Mediterranean. September 1940 Lt Cdr R G Mills was instructed to take four T-Class submarines to Malta, commanding Tetrarch and Acting Commander of the submarine base. All four on patrol by 20th September. Mills promoted to Commander end 1940. 4th November 1940 torpedoed and sank the Italian merchantman Snia Amba, 2,532grt, off Benghazi. In January 1941 Lt Cdr R M T Peacock took over command of Tetrarch from Cdr R Mills. 12th April 1941 torpedoed and sank the Italian tanker Persiano, 2,474grt, north west of Tripoli. 18th May 1941 torpedoed and sank the Italian Giovinezza, 2,362grt, off Benghazi. 22nd July 1941 attacked with gunfire a sailing vessel in the Aegean. On 25th July attacked the Greek tanker Olympus, 5,216 grt, off Gaidero Island, Greece, but did not hit her. On 27th July sank by gunfire the Italian sailing vessel Nicita, off Kos. On 23rd August sank by gunfire the sailing vessel V72 Fratelli Garre, 413 grt and V113 Francesco Garre, 399 grt, in the Gulf of Syrte. About September Lt Cdr G H Greenway assumed command of Tetrarch. Torpedoed and sank the Italian Citta di Bastian, 2,499 grt in the Aegean, south of Milos Island, on 26th September 1941; and on 27th torpedoed and damaged the German merchant ship Yalova, 3,751 grt off Agios Giorgios Island in the Aegean. Sailed from Malta 26th October 1941 for a scheduled refit in UK, and was due to call at Gibraltar on 2nd November. Failed to arrive and posted as missing presumed died as on that date. Tetrarch was probably lost on Italian mines off Capo Granditola, Sicily, in late October 1941.Conditions in the Mediterranean for submarine operations were not favourable. Tests showed that in clear weather a submarine submerged to 70 feet was clearly visible to an aircrew, resulting in the submarines being painted bright blue. Variable salinity affected depth keeping and a submarine could spontaneously surface or deep dive by hitting an area of water of different density. It was said by the Germans that the sinkings of supply ships and tankers off the North Africa coast had an impact on the vital fuel and other supplies to Rommel’s Afrika Korps out of all proportion to the comparatively small size of the ships sunk. After most of the above had been entered on the assumption that Tetrarch, being the only ship referred to in the Memorials, had been the only ship on which Peter Phillips had served, further research revealed that he had initially served on a battleship and a cruiser before volunteering for the submarine service and going to the submarine Parthian. The chronology above of Tetrarch has been amended to include the deployments, actions, and Commanding Officers of both submarines, which may assist in fixing the date on which he moved to Tetrarch.

Philipson, Clifford Anyone know of his whereabouts? Gunner Calvert wants to hear from him. H7-1940. Driver, 30,000 miles through Africa, Sicily, Italy. Has been seen several times by Frank Hind, H-Midsummer-1943.

Phizackerley, Charles Gunner In Malaya. Had been posted as missing for a time.

Pickston, L A Royal Navy

Pilkington, John E Private Missing whilst serving with New Zealand Forces in the Middle East, is

now a Prisoner of War. He went to New Zealand about four years ago and joined up on the outbreak of war, H12-1941. New Zealand Forces, a PoW, H-Midsummer-1943.

Pilling, S G Signalman.

Piper, Sapper R As a result of being at PGS he is able to ask for an egg in the native tongue. H7-1940.

Place, Kenneth Memorial Book Memorial Book: The Loyal Regiment Kenneth PlaceBorn September the twentieth, 1919, entered the School September the tenth, 1930 and left March the twenty-fifth, 1937. School Prefect. Served in the Royal Army Service Corps from September 1939 and subsequently in The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) First Battalion. Lieutenant. Killed in action in Burma December 21, 1944CWG: Kenneth Place Lieutenant The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Secondary Regiment Nigeria Regiment, RWAFF. Seconded to 2nd Battalion. 25 years. Died 21st December 1944. Service Number 247159. Son of Fred and Edna Place; husband of Sylvia M Place, of Stanford Rivers, Essex. Memorial Reference: Face 15 Rangoon Memorial.

Pollard, F H A / LA That might mean Air / Leading Artificer. Fleet Air Arm Training in Canada as a Telegraphist / Air Gunner.

Pomfret, Eric University Section, volunteered for the Royal Artillery, H7-1940. University Section, Forces, H12-1940.

Poole, E AC2 Learning to fly. Pilot Officer E Poole, RAFVR married Edith L Cunningham on 11 th

June 1945 at St Michael’s Parish Church, Newquay, H7-1945.

Potter, Gunner R reported missing. Last seen by members of his unit lying wounded in a Dunkirk hospital, H7-1940. Is a prisoner of war, and has fully recovered from his wounds, H12-1940.

Porter, Kenneth RAF Fly. Opps. Left Canada for UK. Did pilot training in Canada. October 2008 Newsletter. Flying Officer Kenneth Porter, aged 21, awarded the DFC for gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations. Volunteered for the RAFVR in January 1942, he trained in Canada and received his commission in October 1943, H7-1945.

Preston, F J Officer in local 1951 Squadron ATC, H-Christmas-1942, (see Great War).

Pulman, Mr RAF 1941 Pilot Officer W H Pulman has arrived at his destination after a long sea voyage. Apparently short of wine, women, so making do with much singing, H-Christmas-1942. Flight Lieutenant in India, H-Midsummer-1943.

Pye, Arthur W Leading Aircraftsman. Armourer Group II, H-Midsummer-1943.

Rae, Bombardiar R F (Bobby) Evacuated from Dunkirk, recently married. His musical talents are in demand at camp concerts. Married Mavis Denham, H7-1940. Lance-Sergeant R F Ray moved rapidly through Belgium to Dunkirk, H12-1940. (These two appear to be the same with a spelling error.) Lieutenant, has been in desert warfare, H-Midsummer-1943. Captain.

Rainford, Geoffrey Radio Officer, Maritime.

Rainford, Harry Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Navy Harry Rainford Born December the thirtieth, 1911, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1921 and left July

the twenty-ninth 1931. School Prefect. Served in the Royal Navy from 1939. Third Radio Officer. Missing presumed killed in a torpedo attack in the Atlantic June the twenty-first, 1940, whilst on His Majesty’s Ship Cape Howe, then on a secret mission.CWG: Harry Rainford Third Radio Officer. Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy). HMS Cape Howe. Died 21st June 1940. Son of Walter and Helena Mary Rainford of Preston, Lancashire. BA Hons, Bristol. Memorial Reference: Panel 8 Column 2 Liverpool Naval Memorial.(Third Radio Officer is a Merchant Navy rank. There were numerous Naval Auxiliary Personnel serving on Cape Howe.) Royal Navy 27 years old. Wireless Operator. Went to sea first time January 1939, Canadian Pacific’s Empress of Australia. Three other ships; then joined Booth’s Clement at New York. Rainford’s letter September 10th 1939 believed the ship may be bound for Buenos Aires. Torpedoed and sunk in South Atlantic, crew safely landed, H12-1939. Radio Officers were frequently employed by a specialist firm, Cable & Wireless for example, and were posted to a ship as required.Clement (built 1934 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, their 1,000th ship; 5,051 tons) sailed New York on 19th August 1939 for Salvador in Brazil, laden with 20,000 cases of kerosene / paraffin and on 30 th

September when about 70 miles north east of Pernambuco (Recife) was stopped by the pocket battleship (Panzerschiff) Admiral Graf Spee, masquerading as the Admiral von Scheer. Graf Spee was seen to be approaching bow on at speed. Clement’s Master, Captain C E P Harris, assumed her to be HMS Ajax and went to his cabin to change into a clean white tunic in order to properly receive the Royal Navy. She closed, rounded broadside on and was flying her German Battle Ensigns and then a seaplane opened machine gun fire aimed at the bridge, without authority from Langsdorf. Reprimand followed! Clement sent a radio signal RRR AAA. ‘R’ was under attack by a raider, ‘A’ was under attack by an aircraft - the number of German Navy ships able to operate in the South Atlantic and fly-off a seaplane was limited. The RN now knew there was something large in the area and until then were unaware that the three pocket battleships (more properly, heavy cruisers) had left Germany undetected in poor weather conditions prior to the outbreak of war (Graf Spee on 19th August 1939). The identity of the Radio Officer who sent the signal despite a warning not to is not yet known. In the short time available before a boarding party arrived, the Captain sank the confidential papers and codes in a weighted bag; the radio and the main engine were destroyed. Unable to make use of the disabled ship, Captain Langsdorf ordered the crew to be safely removed before firing two torpedoes. The two ships were stationary not too far apart in what seemed to be a flat calm but which had a long heavy swell. One torpedo passed in front and the other passed behind the Clement. Graf Spee then opened fire with 5.9” guns, 25 rounds, before using the 11” main armament, 5 rounds. After that lack-lustre performance (due to experimental high technology linking of range finding, gun sights and automatic compensation for rolling and pitching, which worked better when the ship was moving) future captures were sunk by explosive charges. The one slightly injured officer was treated and the crews in the lifeboats were given a course to the nearest landfall. Langsdorf radioed to the wireless station at Pernambuco asking for the crew to be rescued and waited until a ship was sighted. Later that day the Brazilian merchantman Itatinga recovered one lifeboat and the other three made land safely at Maceio, about 150 miles south of Pernambuco on 1st October. Clement was the first sinking of the Graf Spee’s short war and was also the first Allied merchant ship to be sunk by a German surface ship since the declaration of war. The Graf Spee was scuttled following the Battle of the River Plate. By coincidence, Captain C Pottinger, Master of the third ship to be sunk, Ashlea, was held prisoner on board Graf Spee until she arrived in Montevideo. Repatriated to Britain, he joined the RNR, served as Navigator on the Q-ship HMS Cape Howe and survived the sinking in which Harry Rainford lost his life.Wireless Operator Harry Rainford is reported as having lost his life at sea as a result of enemy action, H12-1940.Pardoe-Thomas & Co Ltd, Newport, Monmouthshire, ordered from Lithgows about 1929 what was due to be ten similar ships for their Ottoman Line services. Trading conditions deteriorated in the Depression and four of the ships were sold to Lyle Shipping Company. (Pardoe-Thomas was a surname as well as the Company name.)Knight Almoner 4,443 grt, about 9,300 tons deadweight. 375’ x 53’ x 25’6”. Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam reciprocating engine. Completed July 1930 by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow, for the Ottoman Line. On 7th February 1934 renamed Cape Howe by Lyle Shipping Co. 15th September

1939 she was taken over by the Royal Navy and commissioned as an anti-submarine Q-ship HMS Cape Howe, X.02. To maintain secrecy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary name Prunella and the RFA Blue Ensign were used on entering and whilst in harbour. On 21st June 1940 was torpedoed and sunk, south of Iceland, west of Ireland. Another report states off Lands End.Ten Special Service Q-ships were commissioned. (See Cedric Naylor, DSO** DSC*, The Great War). Q-ships in the Great War were deliberately small, nondescript coasters and trawlers, too small to waste a torpedo on, especially when the early submarines only carried four. Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC, in 1914-1918 had two Q-ships sunk under him and another had to be run ashore as a total loss, sank two submarines, leapfrogged over 500 officers senior to him and in 1917 issued written orders to officers on his ship to deliberately allow torpedoes to hit their ship. In 1939 he was placed in command of the Special Service ships. The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Campbell’s superior officer, had served with Campbell in 1914-1918 and, with numerous others, developed a lifelong dislike of the man and his methods. The 1939 Q-ships were a motley collection, one elderly ship having a top speed of 8 knots and a notoriously unreliable engine. HMS Cape Sable, one of Pardoe-Thomas’ order, was built 1936 and would have been an inviting target for a salvo of torpedoes from any U-boat. Their inadequate armaments, obsolete 4” or 5.9”, came from scrapyards and apparently in one case from a museum. They had no anti-aircraft weapons, several did not have Asdic. Campbell intended the Q-ships to be submarine decoys and also to take on surface raiders including pocket battleships. When Graf Spee fought three cruisers, Exeter fired 193 x 8” shells, and Achilles and Ajax between them fired over 2,000 x 6” shells. A Q-ship would have been obliterated by any surface raider. HMS Cape Howe was the first Q-ship to be sunk, She was hit on 21st June 1940 by a torpedo at 12.00 from U-28, the panic party took to the boats. A Radio Officer probably would not be in any panic party. U-28 remained submerged and then fired a second at 12.30. She took four hours to sink. Lifeboats were scattered by a fierce North Atlantic storm which lasted for several days. The French merchant ship Casamance, one of the last French ships to leave that country after the capitulation, picked up 27 crew on 24 th June and landed them in Falmouth. Thirteen survivors on a raft were picked up on 27th June by HMS Versatile 150 miles off Ushant (Brest Peninsula). There had been a crew of about 90. When an 11-year old, 4,700 grt Q-ship was hit without warning by a salvo of three torpedoes on 29th June she lost 66 out of 90 crew. There had been a total lack of success and the remaining Q-ships were at high risk with little or no hope of success; Churchill in September 1940 ordered the withdrawal of Q-ships.

Rainford, John Father - Walter Rainford, Lytham Road, Fulwood; 5 Regent Street, Preston, 1922. Boot Maker.John born 16th March 1905. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PGS 3rd May 1916 to 30th March 1920. Apprenticed to Merchant Service. [Subject to confirmation as more records are computerised, it is believed that John Rainford remained in the Merchant Navy and served throughout the war as a Radio Officer.]Ramsay, Walter Dennis Memorial Book Father - Dr Archibald Ramsay, 152 New Hall Lane, Preston. Medical Practitioner.Dennis born 30th March 1922. Cambridge House School, Fishergate Hill. PGS 10th September 1930 - July 1938. PGSA No 591, 6th October 1938, 152 New Hall Lane, Preston. Leading Aircraftsman, on a course in America.PGSA No 553, 12th October 1937. 2 Prospect Place, Ashton, Preston. PGS 1933-1937. HM Forces 28th November 1941. Membership Register.Joined up with a crew, highly pleased, and hopes they can stay together. (Forming a crew in Bomber Command was very informal. Numerous aircrew joining a Squadron were taken to a Mess and left to sort out who wished to crew with who.) Sergeant Observer, H-Christmas-1942.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Walter Dennis RamsayBorn March the thirtieth, 1922, entered the School September the tenth, 1930 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1938. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from April 1942. Sergeant Navigator. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany April the twenty-first, 1943.CWG: Walter Dennis Ramsay Sergeant (Observer), 103 Squadron. RAFVR. 21 years. Died 21 st

April 1943. Service Number 1238287. Son of Dr Archibald Ramsay, MA MB and Hilda M Ramsay, of Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: A.10.20 Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery. 103 Squadron was flying Lancaster heavy bombers. On 20 th April Lancaster III ED614 PM-G took off from Elsham Wolds for Stettin but was shot down just after midnight by a fighter near Ribe in Denmark.

Rawlinson, G May be in RAF, seen by AC2 K Wiggans. Training in South Africa.

Rawlinson, Sydney Father - John Rawlinson, 15 Daisy Lane, Holme Slack, Preston. Clerk.Sydney born 23rd April 1916. Deepdale Modern School. Entered PGS or Date of Application was 26 th

September 1930. 88th Brigade RA, H12-1939. 902166 Lance Bombardier Sydney Rawlinson. RHQ 88 th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, Wickford, Essex . 20th June 1941 Membership Register.Gunner Sydney In same Unit as Driver E G Bamber. In France dug trenches. Now in the Regimental Office. Violinist in the Regimental Dance Band, and vocalist, as well as winning the 3-mile road race, H7-1940. Had a rough time between Lorraine and Dunkirk but was in Preston three days before most people knew he was safe, H12-1940.Bombardier, Prisoner of War, Singapore.

Rawlinson, Thomas RAF NOT in the Memorial Book Flight Lieutenant DFC Missing presumed dead on operations over Germany in May 1944. His grave is at Oosterhout, Holland.Watch this one. The detail within PGSA seems too obvious to have been missed. CWG: Thomas Rawlinson Flight Lieutenant / Pilot Died 25th May 1944 Service Number 168670 DFC Son of Robert and Margaret Elizabeth Rawlinson, husband of Mary Rawlinson, of Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: 24 . J. 6 Jonkers Bos War Cemetery. The Cemetery is in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch and a variation was adopted for the Cemetery’s name. The nearest town is Nijmegan. There are 1,629 Commonwealth war graves in this cemetery. There is a possibility that he was originally buried in the locality of his death and after the war the CWG Commission gathered together those in more isolated graves.The motto of 429 (Bison) Squadron RCAF, was Fortunae nihil Nothing to chance. Its badge was a bison, head lowered, on a mount. Standing on a grassy mound with head lowered about to charge, the bison is a ferocious animal. The Squadron formed at East Moor on 7 th November 1942 in No 4 Group - the Yorkshire-based Bomber Command Group. Five months later it was assigned to No 6 Royal Canadian Air Force Group. Moved to Leeming in August 1943. Originally flying Wellington III and X, from September 1943 the Halifax II, the Mk V in November 1943 and the Mk III from March 1944.

Reed, George Father - Edward James Reed, 23 Newton Road, Ashton-on-Ribble. Auctioneer.George born 6th December 1893. St Andrew’s School. PGS 11 th September 1905 to 22nd December 1908. Helping his father.Corporal, D Squadron, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, H1-1915. H1-1916. Wounded, H9-1916. Military Medal, H10-1918. Additional List gives details of 2nd Lieutenant in Tank Corps. PGSA No 202, 18th January 1926. The above entry is from the Great War List. The PGSA membership record shows his home address deleted and the note “HM Forces”, which must post-date 18th January 1926.

Reeder, ERA W (Engine Room Artificer) Joined the Navy before the war. Has served on the Northern Patrol, H7-1940. Petty Officer W Reeder, recently promoted from Engine Room Artificer. Is serving afloat, H12-1940.

Renwick, Joe is in the Army, H4-1940.

Rhodes, Norman Private Playing football for his Battalion, H-Christmas-1942. RAOC, and passing his exams, H-Midsummer-1943. Corporal

Richardson, Gordon KnightMemorial BookBorn 27th October 1924. PGS 1939 to August 1940; PGSA No 683, 12 th October 1940, Athletic Section. 235 Brockholes View, Preston. Membership Register. Secretary of the Athletic Section, H-Midsummer-1942. Left in mid-season to join the Forces, now a Lance-Bombardier and has served in Perth, Alexandria (Dumbartonshire) and Newcastle-on-Tyne, H-Midsummer-1943.Memorial Book: Army Air Corps Gordon Knight RichardsonBorn October the twenty-seventh, 1924, entered the School June the sixth, 1939 and left July the twenty-fifth, 1940. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery from January 1943 and volunteered for the Army Air Corps, Glider Pilot Regiment, in May 1943. Sergeant. Missing presumed killed during the crossing of the Rhine, March the twenty-fourth, 1945.CWG: Gordon Knight Richardson Serjeant Glider Pilot Regiment Army Air Corps. 20 years. Died 24th March 1945. Service Number 14389378. Son of George Knight Richardson and Muriel Richardson of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference Panel 8 Groesbeek.Operation Plunder was the Crossing of the Rhine by 21st Army Group; Operation Varsity was the Airborne component of the Crossing of the Rhine. It began for the 6th Airborne at ‘Plunder’ D-Day, 24th March 1945, 0600 hours. The plan called for 22,000 airborne troops, paratroops and by glider, together with supplies to be put into the fighting zones in four hours. The casualty rate at Arnhem amongst the Glider Pilot Regiment had been so great that many RAF pilots had been trained to pilot the gliders. For Operation Varsity 440 Horsa and 48 Hamilcar gliders were piloted by the Glider Pilot Regiment with the American forces adding 906 Waco gliders. The British gliders were piloted in the main by Staff Sergeants (First Pilot) and Sergeants (Second Pilot) of the Regiment.

Ridgewell, Edward Henry Memorial BookRAF H12-1939. PGS September 1929 to June 1935. PGSA 1938, No 600, 79 Selborne Street, Preston. Killed in flying accident August 1941. Membership Register .Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Edward Henry RidgewellBorn November the twenty-first., 1918, entered the School September the eleventh, 1929 and left January the twenty-first 1935. Served in the Royal Air Force from October 1939. Pilot Cadet. Killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service August the seventh, 1941. CWG: Edward Henry (Teddy) Ridgewell Leading Aircraftsman, Pilot Under Training. RAFVR. 22 years. Died 7th August 1941. Service Number 971228. Son of Edward Henry and Christina Ridgewell, of Preston. Grave Reference: Section HH CofE Grave 119, Preston New Hall Lane Cemetery.

Rigby, Colin E Able Seaman, just had six months at sea. Sub-Lieutenant, been through the three King Alfred training establishments, RN College, Greenwich, won the 100 yards in the Sports, looking forward to being second-in-command of his ships, H-Christmas-1942. Lieutenant In Italy. In command of a landing craft. Has been based on the American coast but now back in UK, in Combined Operations, H-Midsummer-1943.

Rimmer, Thomas RAF, probably Lossiemouth, April 1941. Membership Register. RAF, H12-1939. Flying Officer, apparently Bomber Command, but off operations for a spell on administration in north Oxfordshire. Squadron Leader, flying Mosquitoes. Mentioned in Despatches, 1944. Squadron Leader, Station Navigation Officer. Captains the men’s football team, H-Midsummer-1943. Awarded the DFC. Volunteered for flying duties in September 1939 and has made over 90 operational flights. For some time he was a member of a Pathfinder Squadron, H7-1945.

Roberts, Abel Austin Memorial Book Memorial Book: Northamptonshire Yeomanry Abel Austin RobertsBorn December the 4th, 1923, entered the School November the seventeenth 1938 and left July the

twenty-fifh 1941. Served in the Royal Armoured Corps, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry. Trooper. Killed in action near Lataille in Normandy June the twenty-seventh, 1944.CWG: Abel Austin Roberts Trooper Royal Armoured Corps 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry. 20 years. Died 27th June 1944. Service Number 7963171. Son of Thomas Samuel and Cordelia Roberts of Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference: III . B . 6 Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, near Bayeux.

Robertson, W N Private, RAOC, H-Christmas-1942.

Robinson, F S Corporal

Robinson, U Corporal REME

Robinson, William (Bill) Signalman.

Robinson, William Midgley Memorial Book PGSA Number 542, 9th July 1937. Craigmillar, 5 Aldwych Drive, Ashton. Junior Member till 1938. Membership Register. Died of head wounds received during an enemy air attack. He was one of the founders of the University Section, H7-1945.Memorial Book: Royal Corps of Signals William Midgley RobinsonBorn October the twenty-sixth, 1913, entered the School September the sixteenth 1925 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1933. School Prefect. Served in the Royal Corps of Signals from January 1941. Corporal. Died of wounds at Lubeck in Germany May the third,, 1945 CWG: William Midgley Robinson Corporal Royal Corps of Signals 11 th Armoured Division Signals. 31 years. Died 3rd May 1945. Service Number 2358759. Son of William Inglis Robinson and Nancy Robinson, of Preston; husband of Eveline Robinson, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. BA Hons. Grave Reference: I . C . 5 Celle War Cemetery, Hannover. The 64th British Military Hospital Cemetery. Died of wounds in the last week of the war in Europe.

Rodwell, B May be in RAF, seen by AC2 K Wiggans.

Rowe, David Coder Survived the sinking of HMS Warwick.

Rowe, Peter Corporal Equipment assistant in a large RAF stores.Russell, E No details, but an enigmatic comment of a letter from his Colonel about his future and what he should do with it.Russell, W E Signaller

Saunders, Aircraftsman A Has a good billet in a popular resort where he is training to be a flight rigger, H7-1940.

Saunders, Signalman (F Hayes contact), H12-1940.

Saunders, E H Private Still in England in a Regiment, serving with Harold Jones, H4-1940.

Seed, E F Sergeant Major left PGS about 13 years ago and has seen Service from Singapore to the North West Frontier, H12-1940.

Seed, Francis William PGSA No 259, 27th May 1927. DFC, Croix de Guerre. Suspend October 6th 1938. See 1914-18 for F W Seed, which war produced the medals?

Seed, G A Liverpool University, expecting to be called up for the FAA, H12-1939. (Is this an error for John Arthur Seed, Liverpool University, Fleet Air RM?)

Seed, John Arthur Memorial Book Date of Birth 14th July 1918. PGS 1928 - 1935. PGSA 25th August 1938, No 584. 2 Hastings Road Ashton-on-Ribble Preston. Killed in Action July 1940 serving with the Fleet Air Arm. Membership Register.Officer Cadet John Arthur “Pop” Seed, University Section, Fleet Air Arm, killed in action only a short time before he was due to receive his wings, H12-1940Memorial Book: Fleet Air Arm John Arthur SeedBorn July the fourteenth, 1918, entered the School September the tenth, 1928 & left July the twenty-fourth, 1935Served in the Fleet Air Arm from February 1940. Officer Cadet. Killed in training whilst on Active Service July the twenty-first, 1940.CWG: John Arthur Seed Leading Airman HMS Daedalus. Died 21st July 1940. Service Number FX 78986. Grave Reference: Section 5 CofE Grave 1305. Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery.(Note: No other information is given on the CWG record. Daedalus is a Fleet Air Arm Base.)Was studying architecture at Liverpool University, has been recommended for a commission in the Fleet Air Arm, H4-1940. Is training for a commission in the Fleet Air Arm, H7-1940.

Seed, Richard Leading Aircraftsman, wireless operator.

Severs, Ronald Ernest PGSA No 788, 20th December 1942. Ingledene, Hazelmere Road, Broughton, Nr Preston. Athletic Section. Card: Ronald Ernest. 13, later 19 Conway Drive, Fulwood, Preston. Telephone 774021. 1939. Life Member. Re-numbered 1802. HM Forces. Entry 19 Left 1939. Joined March 1974 and re-numbered 1802, and (2009) transferred back to 788. 19 Conway Drive, Fulwood, Preston PR2 3EN. Worked at Horrockses at 10/- for a 48-hour week. RAF India. Newsletter October 2007.

Shadlock, G Indian Ocean

Sharples, Jack By 20 years old was a radio operator in the First Commando Brigade, D-Day landings 1944, Crossing the Rhine 1945. (LEP)

Sharples, John Frederick Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force John Frederick Sharples Born December the ninth, 1922, entered the School September the nineteenth, 1934 and left July the twenty-seventh, 1939. Served in the Royal Air Force from 1942. Leading Aircraftsman. Died on Active Service July the third, 1944CWG: John Frederick Sharples Leading Aircraftsman. 21 years. Died 3 rd July 1944. Service Number 1674843. Son of William and May Sharples, of New Longton, Lancashire. Memorial: Screen Wall, Ipswich Crematorium.

Shaw, Richard Kenneth Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Army Medical Corps Richard Kenneth Shaw Born April the eleventh, 1920, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1931 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1933. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps from June 1940 and in the Airborne Division in 1944. Private. Died of wounds at Arnhem on or about the twenty-first of September 1944.CWG: Richard Kenneth Shaw Private Royal Army Medical Corps 16 th Parachute Field Ambulance. 24 years. Died 21st September 1944. Service Number 7523428. Son of Matthew and Gertrude Milcah Shaw, of Leek, Staffordshire. Grave reference 22 . C . 10 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.

Sheridan, Norman Royal Navy, met Len Moore in Gibraltar.

Shorrock, G Aircraftsman Training as an armourer, H-Midsummer-1943.

Shufflebottom, C PGSOB team secretary, left during the season to join the Forces, H-Midsummer-1943.

Simons, Cyril University Section, Forces, H12-1940. Army, Corporal, in UK in an area with many US personnel, RAOC, H-Christmas-1942

Simpson, George In Canada, playing football, met Harry Johnstone and presumably in the RAF.

Leading Aircraftsman, training for aircrew, passed his final flyng test, now Sergeant, H-Christmas-

1942. Returned from war service.

Simpson, Henry George RAF

Sinclair, Arthur Crawford Father - tea merchant, deceased. Guardian - B P Megahy, Inisfail Watling Street Road Fulwood Preston. Laundryman deleted. (See Theodore James Anderson)Arthur born 7th January 1897. Bangor Grammar School, Co Down. PGS 16th January 1911 to 25th

July 1914. Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination July 1913, School Certificate. Harris Football First XI, inside right, 1913, H12-1913. Higher Certificate 1914. Private coaching for Belfast Matriculation Examination in preparation for study of Medicine and Surgery. PGSA No 372, 26th April 1930. Dr, MD, DPH, DPM. Mental Hospital, Brentwood, Essex. Life Member. Card: Flerrison Hospital, Flerrison, Dorchester. Delepsed. HM Forces. (“Delepsed” is plainly written and seems to be a combination of deleted and lapsed!) May be in the Navy, met S Barker.

Smirk, William Cecil Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force William Cecil SmirkBorn April the twenty-sixth, 1914, entered the School April the twenty-third 1925 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1929. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from March 1940. 77 Squadron. Sergeant Engineer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Germany September the seventh, 1943CWG: William Cecil Smirk Sergeant. RAFVR. 77 Squadron. Died 7 th September 1943. Service Number 983888. Memorial Reference: Panel 165 Runnymede Memorial.77 Squadron flew Halifax heavy bombers. William Smirk appears to have been the flight engineer of Halifax II DT793 KN-E which left Elvington during the evening of 6 th September for Munich. The raid by 404 Lancasters and Halifaxes sustained sixteen losses.

Smith, Peter Woodhouse Memorial Book Memorial Book: Corps of Royal Engineers Peter Woodhouse SmithBorn May the twenty-ninth, 1916, entered the School September the sixteenth, 1925 and left July the twenty-fourth 1928. Served in the Corps of Royal Engineers from 1939. Captain. Mentioned posthumously in Despatches for distinguished service. Killed in action in Normandy June the sixth, 1944 (D-day) CWG: Peter Woodhouse Smith Captain Royal Engineers Obstacle Clearing Unit. 28 Years. Died 6th June 1944. Service Number 132795. Son of Revd Alfred Samuel Woodhouse Smith MA, and Dorothy Smith, of Timberscombe, Somerset. MA Oxon. Grave Reference X . E . 25, Bayeux War Cemetery. Mentioned in Despatches (posthumously).

Smith, Sidney May be Prisoner of War in Malaya. Royal Artillery, Gunner. Prisoner in Malai Camp, H-Midsummer-1943.

Sowerbutts, Leslie T Sergeant Attached to a fild Battery in MEF, H-Midsummer-1943.

Sowerby, Bernard RAF Sergeant Mentioned in Despatches for gallant conduct in an area and an action that must remain secret, H-Midsummer-1943.

Sowerby, Esmond W Long serving Territorial officer, Royal Artillery. Captured at Singapore, which led to an intense dislike of anything Japanese. Had kept a diary throughout his captivity - penalty if discovered would have been beheading - which he took back to Singapore for War Criminal trials. County Treasurer’s Department, ended as Deputy Chief Cashier. Sowerby, Second Lieutenant E W is immensely proud of his regiment “the oldest in the world” (Royal Artillery), H7-1940. 11th Indian Division, missing at Singapore now reported as a prisoner, H-Midsummer-1943.

Speakman, A RAF Sergeant Reported missing whilst on an operation over enemy territory is now a prisoner of war, H12-1941. Prisoner in Germany, H-Midsummer-1943.

Standing, Basil Flying Officer

Stephens, C A Royal Navy Ordinary Signaller, H-Christmas-1942.

Stevenson, George Telford Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Regiment of Artillery George Telford StevensonBorn December the sixth, 1918, entered the School September the eleventh, 1929 and left on July the twenty-fourth, 1935. Served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 88th Field Regiment, from September 1939. Lance Bombardier. Died October the sixteenth, 1943, at Chungkai in Thailand whilst a Prisoner-of-War in the hands of the Japanese. CWG: George Telford Stevenson Lance Bombardier Royal Artillery 88 Field Regiment. 24 years. Died 16th October 1943. Service Number 910785. Son of Percy Telford Stevenson and Amanda Stevenson; husband of Margaret Mary Stevenson, of Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire. Grave Reference 9 . B . 4 Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. Burma - Siam Railway.

Stott, M RAF, H-Christmas-1942.

Sumner, Fred Memorial BookPGSA No 630, 24th February 1940. PGS June 1932 - June 1938. 78 Prospect Terrace, Preston. Memorial Book: Fleet Air Arm Fred Sumner Born November the ninth, 1920, entered the School September the thirteenth 1932 and left November the fourth, 1938. Served in the Fleet Air Arm from November 1942. Sub-Lieutenant. Killed whilst on Active Service December the fifteenth, 1944 CWG: Fred Sumner Sub-Lieutenant (A) RNVR. HMS Nightjar. 24 years. Died 15th December 1944. The son of Cuthbert and Ellen Sumner of Preston, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Bay 5 Panel 6 Lee-on-Solent Memorial.HMS Nightjar was the RN airfield at Inskip. The Fleet Air Arm names its Bases after appropriate birds to be found in the area. Thus, the temporary aluminium strip put down in the Falklands for the Harriers and helicopters which was capable of coming apart when it shouldn’t was appropriately named HMS Sheathbill, a local seabird of unprepossessing appearance and disgusting habits!

Sumner, T Ordinary Seaman, was a curate in training, H-Midsummer-1943.

Sunderland, Richard Aircraftsman. Birth 5th August 1924. Entry 10th September 1935, Leaving September 1940. PGSA No 691, 1st November 1940. 232 St Thomas’ Road, Preston. Athletic Section. Card: ATI. 103 Black Bull Lane, Fulwood. 233 Black Bull Lane. 11 Yewlands Drive, Fulwood, Preston. Life Member. HM Forces. Learning the principles of electricity, magnetism, and harvesting! RAF 1943 for four years, two in India. October 2008 Newsletter.

Sutton, Clifford Lance Bombardier, married Joan Thompson, H4-1940. In same Unit as Driver E G

Bamber, H7-1940. Bombardier, is safe but a prisoner of war, H12-1940. Demobilised in 1946 after five years in a German PoW camp, H7-1947.

Swindlehurst, Geoffrey Maurice Birth 1st February 1926. Entry September 1937, Leaving 9 th

October 1941. PGSA No 748, 18th November 1941. 32 Manor House Lane, Holme Slack, Preston. Athletic Section. Card: Holme Slack Farm, Mau Narok, Kenya. PO Box 255, Nanyuki, Kenya, East Africa. HM Forces.

Swindlehurst, Trooper Jack had an equitation course and then his Unit was mechanised , H4-1940.

Taylor, D Flight Sergeant Prisoner of War rfeleased by Aerican Forces, H7-1945.

Taylor, J Sergeant May have been a prisoner in Germany who escaped for four days, wearing only one boot. Confirmed as PoW in Germany.Taylor, J H PGSA Magazine editor now in the Forces , H4-1940. Has a grim determination to rid the world of the Nazis, H7-1940. Gunner, played cricket for his Company. Apparently in an AA battery from comments about occasionally assisting in shooting down German planes, H12-1940.

Thomas, G Telegraphist (S O) Seems to be stationed at Freetown.

Thomasson, H O Left School to join the RAF, H7-1940. Sergeant Observer, H-Christmas-1942.

Thompson, E Flying Officer E Thompson has been awarded the Air Force Cross while serving in India. He began his service in 1940 in the Loyals before volunteering for flying duties in March 1941. He received his commission in 1943 and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1944, H7-1945.

Thompson, Corporal Jack, University Section, was a research student and left to join the Army, H4-1940. Second Lieutenant Jack E On leave and met up with members of the University Section to celebrate his recent promotion and his engagement, H7-1940. Is in the Forces, H12-1940. Captain.

Thornley, J S T On an Air-Fitter (Electrical) course.

Threlfall, N Leading Radio Mechanic first in the class at the final examination.

Topping, Gunner J No regrets at having been mechanised after being hospitalised by the hoof of a horse, H7-1940. Lance-Bombardier J Topping has now left Wales, H12-1940.

Topping, J Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers, Surveying, possibly in the Welsh mountains, H-Christmas-1942. Lieutenant.

Gunner J A Tragen has become an expert on seaside landladies, now Service landladies - one of whom charges 1p for sitting in the armchair! H12-1940. In the Orkneys. RASC somewhere sunny.

Treasure, Guy Benjamin Memorial BookPGSA No 630, 24th February 1940. PGS June 1932 - June 1938. 78 Prospect Terrace, Preston. RAF H12-1939. Membership Register states Casualty HMF.Stationed in Canada, has married a Canadian cousin.Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Guy Benjamin TreasureBorn February the twenty-fourth, 1916, entered the School September the fifteenth, 1926 and left July the twenty second, 1932. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from September 1939. 50 Squadron. Squadron Leader. Killed in operations over Europe June the twelfth, 1944. CWG: Guy Benjamin Treasure. Squadron Leader, Pilot. RAFVR. 102 Squadron. 28 years. Died 25th June 1944. Service Number 70880. Son of Benjamin and Leah Treasure (nee Clegg); husband of Vera Treasure, nee Richardson. Grave 9 Fontaine L’Etalon Churchyard.

The village is 51 kilometres west of Arras, there are ten British graves. No 102 ‘Ceylon’ Squadron at one period was Commanded by Leonard Cheshire. The Squadron flew Halifax heavy bombers. 323 aircraft attacked various flying bomb sites. 102 Squadron was in 4 Group which lost two Halifaxes in a raid on the Montorgueil site. This was a daylight raid. Halifax III LL549 KN-N of 77 Squadron from Full Sutton collided with Guy Treasure’s similar Mk III MZ753 DY-M from Pocklington, both planes crashing at Fontaine l’Etalon in the Pas-de-Calais, near Hesdin.

Treasure, J S Cadet REME. Lieutenant. PGSOB centre half, called up part way through the season, H7-1944.

Trewby, John Preston Memorial Book RAF Flying Officer, son of the late Rev Norman Trewby, a former Headmaster. Reported missing, believed killed in action, H4-1940. Memorial Book: Royal Air Force John Preston TrewbyBorn August the sixteenth, 1913, entered the School September the fourteenth, 1921 and left October the twentieth, 1925. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from September 1939. 99 Squadron. Flying Officer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Heligoland December the fourteenth, 1939CWG: John Preston Trewby Royal Air Force Flying Officer. 99 Squadron. Service Number 39622. 26 years. Died 14th December 1939. Son of Revd Norman and Maria J Trewby, of Framfield, Sussex. Memorial Reference: Panel 1 Runnymede Memorial.He is shown as RAF, not RAFVR, and was probably a Regular. 99 Squadron was the first to receive the new Vickers Wellington, classed at that time as a heavy bomber. Based at Mildenhall, moved on the outbreak of war to Newmarket Heath, the racecourse, and used the Rowley Mile as the landing and take-off strip. All RAF bases were grassed, hard surfaced runways came later. The accepted policy was that daylight bombing by a close formation of bombers with their defensive armament would always fight their way to a target. Crews were instructed to avoid civilian property and personnel damage including the instruction to drop bombs so as to lodge in the superstructure of moored ships! There were several patrols and sweeps against shipping targets. A flight from 99 Squadron made the first RAF raid, in December 1939, and returned unharmed. A second, larger, raid by 12 Wellingtons of 99 Squadron was launched against German naval targets at Wilhelmshaven on 14th December 1939, met Messerschmitt Me 109 and 110 fighters, lost five Wellingtons and a sixth crashed on landing. There was an immediate re-appraisal of the bombing tactics. John Trewby was co-pilot of a Wellington IA which was hit by an Me 109 and turned towards the German mainland, presumably crashing in the sea.

Turner, Jack Brother of Joe, in the General Service Corps in a remote Scottish village, H-Christmas-1942.

Turner, Joseph C Sapper, engaged on work for which his specialised knowledge fits him, H-Christmas-1942. In an Infantry Training Baattalion somewhere in the Borders. Lance Corporal Army.

Urquhart, W R Flight Lieutenant Royal Canadian Air Force. Senior Flying Control Officer at a base in Alaska. Gives his home address as Seattle, USA, H-Midsummer-1943.

Utton, Gunner Norman He was somewhere amidst tough conditions, H7-1940.

Claude William Valder Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Air Force Claude William ValderBorn May the sixteenth, 1921, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1937. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from September 1939. 101 Squadron. Sergeant Air Gunner. Killed in operations over Europe April the third, 1942.CWG: Claude William Valder. Royal Air Force. Sergeant Air Gunner. 101 Squadron. Service

Number 621311. 21 years. Died 3rd April 1942. Son of Claude Cecil and Pearl Mary Valder (nee Keen), of Crosthwaite, Westmorland. Grave Reference: Plot 62 Row B Grave 7, Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery. There are 30 1939-1945 war casualties in this cemetery.The Squadron in 1941-42 changed rapidly from Blenheim to Wellington to Lancaster bombers. In April 1942 was flying Wellington Mk III, and X3709, SR-J, was Gardening (mine laying) in the Lorient area. No reason is known for the loss. Three bodies were recovered.

Varley, Douglas Agnew Entry 12th September 1933, Leaving 6th March 1939.PGSA No 631, 26th February 1940, 279 North Road, Preston.HM Forces 12th July 1941.Varley, Private D A recently joined the Army. Athletic Section. New member since June 30 th 1939, H4-1940.Gunner, Desert Rat

Walker, J B Royal Engineers

Wallwork, H C Captain

Walmsley, D V Royal Marines

Walmsley, F Staff Sergeant To France in 1939; Greece, Albania with the Greek Army; Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Tripolitania, Italy.

Walsh, R B Lance-Bombardier H12-1940. May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Ward, R H met his brother T E in Italy.

Ward, T E Craftsman Met his brother R H in Italy.

Watson, Roger S Aircraftsman, Flight Mechanic, with a Squadron overseas, H-Christmas-1942.

Waud, H E Trooper Eighth Army in North Africa, tank crew, interviewed by British United Press correspondents, H-Christmas-1942.

Waud, Thomas Edward Memorial Book At PGS September 1921 to December 1926. PGSA No 255, 9 th April 1927. 11 Addison Road West, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. 37 Newton Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. Struck off membership 1936-37.Younger brother of Alfred Edward, also at the School.HMS Martin, G44, was laid down by Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne on 23rd October 1939, launched on 12th December 1940 and completed on 4th April 1942. An L and M-Class Destroyer. She was torpedoed by U-431 when north east of Algiers on 10 th November 1942. There were 63 survivors but 161 lost their lives.Memorial Book: Royal Navy Thomas Edward WaudBorn April the twentieth, 1910, entered the School September the fourteenth 1921 and left December the twenty-first 1926. Served in the Royal Navy from December 1941. His Majesty’s Ship Martin. Able Seaman. Missing presumed killed off Algiers, during the landings in North Africa, November tenth, 1942.CWG: Thomas Edward Waud Able Seaman HMS Martin 32 years Died 10th November 1942 Service Number P/JX 314485 Son of Herbert Edward and Margaretta Waud; husband of Mildred Waud, of Penwortham, Lancashire. Memorial: Panel 65 Column 1 Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Wearden, C K was studying architecture at Liverpool University, has been recommended for a

commission in the Fleet Air Arm, H4-1940. Wearden, Cliff University Section, is training for a commission in the Fleet Air Arm, H7-1940. University Section, Forces, H12-1940. Sub-Lieutenant (A). H-Christmas, 1942.

Webster, Douglas Royland Memorial BookFather - John Harold Webster, 12 Rose Avenue, Preston. Universal Miller (engineer). Douglas born 22nd November 1918. Roebuck School. Application for PGS 3rd July 1930. [Douglas Roland] Sub-Lieutenant RNVR. Killed in action off the coast of France, H7-1940.Memorial Book: Royal Navy Douglas Royland Webster Born November the twenty-second, 1918, entered the School September the tenth 1930 and left November the twenty-eighth, 1934. Served in the Royal Navy from September 1939. His Majesty’s Ship Vimy. Sub-Lieutenant. Killed on board whilst bringing wounded out of Boulogne May the twenty-fourth, 1940.CWG: Douglas Royland Webster Sub-Lieutenant RNVR HMS Vimy 21 years Died 23rd May 1940 Son of John Harold and Eliza Webster, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire. Memorial Panel 44 Column 2 Portsmouth Naval Memorial The destroyer HMS Vimy was launched on 28th December 1917 as HMS Vancouver. She was not modernised between the wars. On 9th August 1939 she recommissioned with a Reservist company. During the next few months she was engaged on convoy escorts in the Western Approaches, the Channel, North Sea and several Gibraltar convoys. On 6th February 1940 convoy OBM85G was under escort off Bishop’s Rock when an Anson of Coastal Command, 217 Squadron, lost control during a turn and dived into the sea. One member of the four-man crew survived and was rescued by Vimy. An ‘OB’ convoy was outward bound from Liverpool and M probably indicates to the Mediterranean. In May 1940 came under Dover Command, and on the 13 th escorted to UK from Ymuiden the Blue Funnel Line’s Perseus carrying the Dutch gold reserves together with some members of the Dutch Royal Household. On 22nd May she bombarded Calais and brought out a detachment of Welsh Guards. On 23rd May she took Irish and Welsh Guards and a Royal Marines’ demolition team [Operation XD(G)] into Boulogne and brought out wounded. The Royal Marines were to demolish the locks so as to render the dock system unusable, the Guards were to defend the Marines whilst they carried out their demolitions.Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the Army from France, began on the evening of 26 th May. Prior to that the Navy brought out wounded and specific Units. The destroyers Keith and Whitshed had delivered troops to Calais before joining Vimy in Boulogne. Keith and Whitshed berthed side by side at the quay, Whitshed taking stretcher cases. She fought an artillery battle against German troop movements, tanks, artillery and machine gun positions. Fully loaded, she backed out of the harbour, and when a machine gun post in a warehouse overlooking the quay came within her arc of fire it was obliterated at point blank range, and then also destroyed several others. Once outside the harbour she continued to attack tanks, artillery, and destroyed a French fort which had been taken over by the Germans. Reports stated that the troops ashore enjoyed and were greatly heartened by the strange experience of a Navy destroyer waging an artillery battle with her 4.7-inch main armament against tanks and artillery. As Whitshed left Vimy took her place and continued the battle. Shortly afterwards there was a co-ordinated attack by massed Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers, machine guns, mortars and troops. Near misses to Keith by dive bombers with hits from mortar shells and machine gun fire damaged the bridge and gun positions, killed the Commanding Officer, other Officers and Men. Vimy’s CO was seriously injured and one Officer and several Men were killed. That one Officer would appear to be Douglas Webster. When fully loaded the two destroyers began to withdraw, Vimy on fire aft and with a list, but not seriously damaged. Whitshed returned to give support and the three destroyers continued the artillery battle. Keith and Vimy were ordered to Dover. Keith buried her dead at sea and Vimy presumably did likewise.

Westley, Arthur B Has returned to civilian life, H-Christmas-1942.

Westrope, F Sapper later, Lance Corporal. Italy. Returned from war service.

Whalley, B Officer in local 541 Squadron ATC, H-Christmas-1942.

Whalley, H Marine, previously in Lancashire Constabulary CID, H-Christmas-1942. Lance

Corporal, Royal Marines but has been moving between Units which caused him to lose and then

recover his stripes. Corporal, H-Midsummer-1943.

Whalley James Memorial BookMemorial Book: Royal Aur Force James WhalleyBorn August the fourteenth, 1913, entered the School September the sixteenth, 1925 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1929. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from December 1940. Sergeant Observer. Missing presumed killed in operations over Europe July the twenty-sixth, 1942. CWG: James Whalley Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Sergeant Observer. 138 Squadron. Service Number 1072964. 28 years. Died 26th July 1942. Son of Thomas and Jane Whalley of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Edith Whalley, of Preston. Grave Reference: Plot L Grave 4 Vire New Communal Cemetery. Vire is a small town in the Calvados prefecture, about 37 miles south west of Caen. There are four graves from the 1939-1945 war.138 Squadron was a Special Duties squadron operating for the Special Operations Executive (see George Harris). On Saturday / Sunday, 25th/26th July 1942, the Whitley V bomber Z9282 - NF - M, Flight Sergeant John Owen, captain, crashed at Vire during an SOE mission on Cholet, which is about 50 miles east-south-east of St Nazaire, Nantes halfway between the two. The Whitley had a crew of five, one survived and became a prisoner of war.

Whalley, William PGSA No 320, 9th February 1929. 28 Station Road, Bamber Bridge, nr Preston. 18 School Lane, Bamber Bridge, nr Preston. 4 Grove Road, Walton-le-Dale. 5 Chorley Road, Walton-le-Dale. 188A Victoria Road, Walton, Preston. Glengarth, Higher Walton Road, Higher Walton, Preston. Card: Glengarth, 314 Higher Walton Road, PR5 4HT. 1926. Life Member. HM Forces. Aircraftsman, based near home so able to continue playing football for PGSOB, H-Christmas-1942. Overseas on a long voyage which means he missed his weekly game of football, H-Midsummer-1943. L A C, RAF, Ceylon. Later, Corporal.

White, George Army Trooper Made disparaging remarks about the letter censors wearing out razor blades so his letter had many holes and few words. Royal Armoured Corps, joined in July 1942, stationed in Wiltshire, H-Christmas-1942.

Whitemoss, Cyril HM Forces, H-Chrstmas-1942.

Whiteside, Gunner K Appears to be a heavy artillery driver, H7-1940. Gunner, H12-1940.

Whittle, H May be in RAF, seen by E J Kilner, H-Midsummer-1943.

Wiggans, K Aircraftsman 2.

Wignall, William Cecil Card Index HM Forces.

Wilcock, Kenneth Signalman Happy compiling balance sheets and working in the Pay Office, H-Christmas-1942. Also shown as a Gunner. Back as a Signalman, in an office overlooking the beach in a pleasant seaside town, H-Midsummer-1943.

Wilkinson, Geoffrey PraterMemorial Book RAF Born 5th December 1922. PGS September 1934 - August 1938; PGSA No 681, 12th October 1940, Athletic Section. 20 Woodside Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston. Membership Register. Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Geoffrey Prater WilkinsonBorn December the fifth, 1922, entered the School September the twelfth, 1934, and left July the twenty-sixth, 1938. Served in the Royal Air Force, Coastal Command, from February 1941. 248 Squadron. Flight Sergeant Pilot. Missing presumed killed in a flying accident whilst on Active Service September the seventh, 1943.CWG: Geoffrey Prater Wilkinson Flight Sergeant RAFVR 248 Squadron 20 years Died 7 th

September 1943 Service Number 1236806. Son of Charles S and Ada Wilkinson, of Ribbleton, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Panel 140, Runnymede Memorial.248 Squadron flew Blenheims from Cornwall providing fighter escort for strike aircraft attacking shipping off the French coast and the Bay of Biscay. In June 1943 they changed to Beaufighter X, flying from Predannack, Cornwall.

Wilkinson, J H Flight Lieutenant Many years ago had played for Swindon Town and is now playing in the Wing team. RAF Educational Branch, H-Midsummer-1943.

Willington, Tom Staff Sergeant Was in Palestine but based in Khartoum, H7-1947.

Willmoth, Gunner A E ACA Hon Auditor, skywatching somewhere in England, H4-1940.

Wilmore, Hubert Roy Memorial Book Memorial Book: Royal Air Force Hubert Roy WilmoreBorn March the sixth 1922, entered the School September the twelfth, 1933 and left July the twenty-sixth, 1938. Served in the Royal Air Force, Bomber Command, from August 1941. 196 Squadron. Sergeant Air Gunner. Killed in operations over Germany March the thirtieth, 1943.CWG: Hubert Roy Wilmore RAFVR Sergeant Air Gunner 196 Squadron. 21 years. Died 30 th

March 1943. Service Number 1231055. Son of Hubert and Ann Wilmore, of Fulwood, Lancashire. Grave Reference: Plot 2, Row A, Coll. Grave 7-11, Laren (Barchem) General Cemetery.South east of Apeldoorn.196 Squadron badge is a mailed fist holding a dagger, hilt downwards. The mailed fist indicates the power of bombing whilst the dagger being handed down indicates supply dropping. Motto: Sic fidem servamus Thus we keep Faith. It was a night bombing squadron flying, from January 1943, the Wellington X, based at Leconfield. On a raid to Bochum HE385 was shot down by a night fighter over Zwiep, Holland. There were no survivors.

Wilson, H Ball Nothing is yet known about this Old Boy other than that he was a fighter pilot, then entered civil aviation administration, and was alive in 1951.

Wilson, J S Lieutenant With the Guards in Italy. Son of Colonel J B Wilson of Fulwood.

Wilson, M C Officer in local 541 Squadron ATC, H-Christmas-1942, (see Great War).

Wilson, R P ‘Tug’

Winwood, H C H7-1944.

Withington, Peter H Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery, H-Christmas-1942. Army October 2008 Newsletter.

Woodall, Mr left early in the term to join the Army, H12-1940.

Woodruff, T W RAF

Woods, B N REME Craftsman. Left PGS 1926. In India, H-Midsummer-1943.

Woods, G L Flight Sergeant G L Woods, RAFVR, aged 24, enlisted in July 1941 and has since done over 40 operational flights. He has been awarded the DFM in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty, H7-1945.

Worsley, George Herbert Memorial Book Memorial Book: George Herbert Worsley Gordon HighlandersBorn July the tenth, 1913, entered the School April the twenty-second, 1925 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1929. Served in The Gordon Highlanders, First Battalion, from 1939. Private. Died of wounds received in action near Caen in Normandy July the eighteenth, 1944.GWC: George Herbert Worsley Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion. 30 years. Died 18th

July 1944. Service Number 3861315. Son of Herbert and Eleanor Mary Worsley, of Preston. Vice President, UK Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing. Grave Reference: IV A .L . 15 Ranville War Cemetery.

Worth, E Corporal is doing in the Army much as he did as a civilian, Sanitary Inspector, going from unit to unit giving advice, H12-1940.Worth, Edwin Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Worthington, George W Royal Navy Scotland. In same camp as J S T Thornley.

Wyles, J L Athletic Section, since the end of last season has joined the Forces, H12-1940.

Yates, A D Army Major, Regular. Lieutenant A D Yates is in Japan with the War Crimes Commission, H7-1947. Lt-Col A D Yates presented a trophy to the School.

Yates, Arnold RAF

Yates, Cyril PGSA No 674, 2nd September 1940. 10 Lorraine Avenue, Preston. Entry September 1927, Leaving July 1932. Card: 1 Stratford Drive, Fulwood, Preston. 10 Lorraine Avenue, Preston PR2 3BL. Life Member. HM Forces. Aircraftsman, Flight Mechanic, H-Christmas-1942. RAF, brother of Norman. Aircraftsman, in Italy.

Yates, F May be Prisoner of War in Malaya.

Yates, Jack RAF Sgt Pilot Met his brother Ronald in Egypt. Trained in South Africa.

Yates, James Memorial Book Missing at sea, H-Midsummer-1942.Memorial Book: Royal Navy James Yates Born December the tenth, 1921, entered the School September the twelfth 1933 and left July the twenty-fourth, 1937. Served in the Royal Navy, His Majesty’s Ships Raleigh, Drake, and Edinburgh, from June 1941. Ordinary Seamen. Missing presumed killed in a torpedo attack off Murmansk April the thirtieth, 1942. CWG: James Yates Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy. HMS Edinburgh. 20 years. Died 2nd May 1942. Service Number D/JX 286892. Son of James and Florence Yates of Penwortham, Lancashire. Memorial Reference: Panel 67 Column 3 Plymouth Naval Memorial.Served on HMS Edinburgh, sister ship to HMS Belfast now moored on the Thames at Tower Bridge. Edinburgh was launched by Swan Hunter on the Tyne on 31st March 1938, a 10,000 ton cruiser, 12 x 6” guns main armament, complement of 850. Was on Russia to UK convoy QP11 escort duty and was carrying £45 million in gold bullion payment by the Soviet Union for armaments being supplied.

She was torpedoed in the Barents Sea by U-456, her stern being blown off. A tug was towing her back to the Kola Inlet at Murmansk when she and her escort were attacked by three German destroyers. Z-24 hit Edinburgh with another torpedo which had been aimed at one of the escorts. The cruiser still had one operational turret and her second salvo so badly damaged Hermann Schoemann that the Germans had to scuttle her. Edinburgh herself was now too badly damaged to save and had to be scuttled on 2nd May. There were 57 casualties in the two attacks. The bullion has since been recovered! HMSs Raleigh and Drake are Training Establishments.

Yates, Norman Company Sergeant Major, H-Christmas-1942. Met his brother Cyril in Italy.

Yates, Ronald Met his brother Jack in Egypt.

Youds, J Aircraftsman Likely to be sent overseas, H-Midsummer-1943.

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“Just in Case” - No evidence as yet that Don Windle of PGS is the same Donald Windle as below but the information has been assembled ready to insert when and if proof turns up.

Windle, Donald 580928 Sergeant London Gazette 30 th August 1940 DFM awarded with DFC to Pilot Officer C R Hattersley.

Recommendation:In August 1940 PO Hattersley was the pilot and Sergeant Windle the navigator/bomb aimer of an aircraft detailed to carry out a bombing attack on an aircraft factory at Dessan. Two reconnaissance runs were made over the target during which PO Hattersley carefully selected the most vital parts to attack. On the third run he descended to a low altitude, regardless of enemy fire, and enabled Sergeant Windle, by skilful bomb aiming, to obtain three direct hits which destroyed the main power house and severely damaged the assembly shops and the metal shop. The success of this operation, which lasted eight hours, was in no small measure due to the accurate navigation of Sergeant Windle and the determination, courage and skill displayed by PO Hattersley in carrying out the attack.

Citation:Windle, Donald 580928 Sergeant No 44 Squadron Immediate London Gazette 30th August 1940 Air Observer

On the night of 13th / 14th August 1940, Sergeant Windle was Air Observer to Pilot Officer C R Hattersley in Hampden aircraft L.4154. By accurate navigation and skilful bomb aiming, he successfully bombed the Junkers aircraft factory at Dessau, severely damaging the assembly shop and the metal shops and destroying the main powerhouse in a flight which lasted over eight hours.15th August 1940.

Two years or so before the outbreak of war, Dessau was referred to by Winston Churchill in Parliament when he was trying to alert the Government to the dangers of German re-armament. The working population of Dessau had recently increased by 13,000 who were assembling very large numbers of aircraft from sub-sections manufactured throughout Germany. This was a rate of production far in advance of the traditional methods still in use in Britain. The “Immediate” award wef 15th August 1940 of the DFM meant he was wearing the medal ribbon the day following the bombing raid. Donald Windle became a Forestry Officer in the Environment Section of Lancashire County Planning Department until the Estates Department was established when he moved Departments to carry out similar duties within the new organisation.

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APPENDIX PRE-1914 POST-1945

WARS CAMPAIGNS CONFLICTS INSURGENCIES SKIRMISHES NATIONAL SERVICE

EGYPT Lowe, John PGSA No 1222, 31st January 1952. 240 Stocks Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. Entry to PGS 1943.Lancashire Fusiliers, National Service. Killed in Action 25th February 1952, Egypt. Age 19 years.Only son (possibly only child) of relatively elderly parents. Regularly played the organ at Assembly. Sang as a boy in St Andrew’s Church Choir and then moved up to sing with the men. A more unlikely Fusilier would be hard to imagine. Outwardly tall and well built, he was totally unathletic, assiduously avoided physical exercise and could be relied upon to find an obscure quiet corner where he could read a book undetected by Masters keen to have him run around somewhere. The original purpose of a Fusilier Regiment was to provide specially recruited and trained infantry for the arduous duty of the last line of defence protecting the artillery against cavalry and infantry charges. They continued to have a hard fighting reputation - the Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipoli, “Six VCs before breakfast!”. Killed after WW2, he may be the only Old Boy since 1945 to have been killed in action and not recorded on the War Memorials. Unless others from Korea or Malaya become known. The nature and wording of the War Memorial Book and WW2 Roll of Honour make them inappropriate for any additions from later actions but there must surely be some way of recording his death. If only here. Letter in LEP, 2nd May 2000, from Walter Bentham, 60 Chatsworth Street, Preston, 01772-794333. Twentynine ex-servicemen going on 6th May 2000 on a tour of the Canal Zone, Egypt. He was in the Lancashire Fusiliers who on 25 th February 1952 were in an action to disarm Egyptian Police. Two Preston soldiers were killed - L/Cpl Eastham and Fusilier Lowe. Fusilier Allen was wounded and later died of his wounds. All three are buried in Moascar Garrison.

Flight Lieutenqnt J K Hough, stationed at Farnborough, received the King’s commendation for valuable services in the air in the last Birthday Honours list and was invested with the Air Force Cross at Buckingham Palace in February 1951, H7-1951.(Purely from memory, I think he was a test pilot and shortly after receiving the AFC was taking part in a public flying display when his plane crashed, killing him and some spectators.

EVERYTHING ABOVE HERE GOES ON THE WEBSITE AS SECOND WORLD WAR

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Below here goes on the web site in the first instance as a stand-alone item related to the Remembrance Service. There is a para at the end inviting Old Boys and families to attend. A few days after the Service it should be put in place following on from the

heading under which John Lowe is recorded.

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Register of National Service by PGS Old Boys after 1945

Immediately after the end of the war numbers of Old Boys were noted in The Hoghtonian and

occasionally in the press as being in the Forces. It was not always made clear whether they

had been caught by a residual call up for War Service, joined up as Regulars, called up for

National Service, or had opted for a 3-Year Short Service Commission. So far as possible

this listing is made up of those Old Boys who served as National Servicemen or took Short

Service Commissions. Clarification of the status, the identification of errors, additional

details of dates and locations, and many more names with full details will be welcomed.

The call up for National Service was abruptly suspended either at the end of 1957 or very

early in 1958.

Service or Unit Not Identified:

Baker, R G H1-1950.

Beardsworth, J A H1-1950.

Bennett, PGSOB goalkeeper called up in February, H7-1958.

Fisher, G E H1-1950.

Hoskin, George Has now completed his National Service, H1-1956

Hudson, R K H1-1950

Jolly, C M H1-1950.

K G Kall, H1-1952. (This is probably a printing error of K G Hall.)

Marsh, J I Assistant Editor of The Hoghtonian, to the Forces, H1-1950

A K Mercer now in Forces, H1-1947.

Rook, Bryan H 1939 to 1946. Held the School records for the Senior Cross Country, Mile

(1945) and Half Mile (1946) the two latter still standing in 1953. County Colours for

Hertfordshire. BSc (Manchester). Died 18th January 1953, rock climbing near Llanberis

Pass.

Smith, E H1-1950.

Tate, D L H1-1950.

Thompson, J N H1-1950.

Turner, J D 1951.

Whittam, Peter H Spent most of his two years in Jordan and Cyprus, H7-1958.

Royal Navy

Bland, J Michael Lieutenant, electrical officer, Fleet Air Arm.

Bowes, Robert Aged 20, missing presumed drowned off Helensburgh on 1st January 1955

Goodenough-Bayly, David Sub-Lieutenant, passed out of Dartmouth.

Hayes, G to join RN, H7-1946.

Walker, Derek B REM Radar Mechanic, H1-1950.

Royal Marines

Newton, Derwent Commandos, H1-1958.

Army

Armitstead, Jeffrey Commissioned in RAOC.

Bamber, Cyril Sergeant, Royal Army Education Corps, Austria, H1-1950.

Bennett, Trevor T Left PGS 1948, Solicitor, then his two years spent in the War Office, H1-

1958.

Berry, G, Sergeant, Royal Army Education Corps, Trieste 1950.

Birchall, R M Six months Radio Mechanics course, Royal Signals, Catterick, 2½ hour test

each week, H7-1950.

Brindle, A W Bicester Ordnance Depot, playing golf, H-Spring-1951.

Chynoweth, Peter Lieutenant, passed out of Sandhurst at the same time as the Duke of Kent,

H1-1956

Coulthard, Richard Army in Germany H1-1956

Cronkshaw, H Rifleman, Bodmin, after Bushfield Camp, H1-1950. Education Corps, H7-

1950.

Finch, S J H7-1950. Basic training at Aldershot, then training to be a technical clerk, RAOC. H7-1950. Bicester Ordnance Camp, H-Spring-1951.

Foy, Jack Completed ARIBA and is now on National Service in the Royal Artillery, H7-1959.

Gamble, D Physics Laboratory Assistant, into the Army, H1-1958.

Garstang, Brian Army H1-1952.

Gregson, D to RAF H1-1950.Gregson, D J Army, H1-1950. These two entries may well be for the one Old Boy. Tradesman / clerk, RAOC, Weedon, Northamptonshire, H7-1959.

Howarth, J B Sergeant, Intelligence Corps, near Tel-el-Kebir, Canal Zone.

Kernohan, Ian completing his National Service as a Captain, RAMC, has become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons at 27 years. H7-1960.

King, Eric Corporal, Royal Engineers, Seen by G Berry in Schonbrunn Barracks, Vienna,

H1-1950.

Knight, Michael E is completing his National Service in Germany. H7-1959. After Oxford is in the Army H1-1958.

Lowe, John Fusilier KIA, 25th February 1952 Lancashire Fusiliers.

Mattinson, Alan L A C In a desert at El Adem, spent a leave in Malta, H7-1947.

Metcalf, Leslie Left School 1948, has been with the army in Germany, H1-1956.

Newton, K REME, H1-1950.

Relph, David, Fulwood Barracks, Royal Army Pay Corps, H1-1958. David Ralph is completing his National Service H7-1959. (Shouldn’t this be Relph/)

Richmond, C C Corporal. Sailed 8th July 1949, Georgic, for Port Said. To 9th Base

Ammunition Depot, Ismailia, but the camp was out in the desert. H1-1950 RAOC?

Recently demobbed, H7-1950.

Shorrock, B Sergeant, Education Corps, at Bodmin, H7-1950.

Slater On board Georgic, seen by C C Richmond. H1-1950.

Swindlehurst, G Lieutenant, H1-1947.

Till, Joseph Sergeant, Royal Army Education Corps, Vienna, H1-1950.

Thomas, B O Army, H1-1952.

Turner, Alan 2nd Lieutenant, RASC, 1960.

Walker, J B Sapper Regimental Police H7-1948

Whalley, K Corporal In the Army, one of 100 soldiers chosen to spend time in the Navy to experience how one of the other Services lives. On 1st February left Portsmouth on board the destroyer HMS Myngs to rendezvous off St Catherine’s Point where the Home Fleet was drawn up in two parallel lines and the new battleship HMS Vanguard, Flagship of the Fleet, steamed slowly between the lines. Then Gibraltar, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Portugal - Leixoes - back to UK where he prefers dry land under his feet, H7-1947

Wilkinson, P R Trooper, H1-1947.

Royal Air Force

Balmer, J Brian Basic training, near Hereford, H-Spring-1951. Died suddenly 23rd November 1999 at his home. Married to Avis (Clark), daughter Ethnie (married to Andrew ...?), son Steven. Funeral service St Andrew's Church, 30th November 1999, committal at Preston Crematorium. He did his National Service in the RAF Police, Dog Handler. Employed by Lancashire County Council, County Planning Department, administrative officer in charge of the Filing, Mail, General Office. Took early retirement about 1985.

Bell, C W RAF H1-1952. Training for a commission. Joined last August; on 11 th January 1951 left London as one of the first party of 28 cadets to go to Canada for pilot training, H-Spring-1951. Temperatures range from 40° below to 80° in May.

Bradshaw, James David MB ChB, Flying Officer, Medical Branch. H7-1953

Brewer, G LAC H1-1947.

Brown, ex-ATC, training to be a pilot, H1-1950.

Davy, Gordon Wireless course and a Russian course, H1-1956

Dicken ex-ATC, training in South Africa to be a pilot, H1-1950.

Earle, D to join RAF H7-1946.

Elkin, T K to RAF H1-1947.

Fairclough, William Derrick 5 Forestway, Fulwood, Preston PR2 4PR. Membership List 1992. Born 1929. PGS prior to King’s College, University of London. Qualified as a barrister, National Service in RAF, then began practising law in 1953. Chambers in King Street, Manchester, moved to Dean’s Court in the 1970s then opened a satellite chambers in Preston. He was involved in the trial at Lancaster with the infamous ‘handless corpse’ case. Head of Chambers. Recorder of Liverpool, offered and accepted position of Stipendiary Magistrate of Manchester in the early 1980s, turning down opportunity to become a Circuit Judge. Subscriber, Heppell. Died aged 76, reported in LEP 15th April 2005 and funeral at Christ Church, Fulwood, 19th April 2005.

Halliwell, RAF, training for a Short Service commission as a navigator, H-Spring-1951Halliwell, Dennis Flying Officer been in the Far East, now on radar research with Canberras, H1-1956

Hamer, A ex-ATC, training to be a pilot, H1-1950. Officer Cadet, flying training on Prentices at Feltwell, Norfolk, H7-1950. Awarded his pilot’s wings at No 3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, H7-1951.

Holt, T H near Stafford, H-Spring-1951.

Hunt, Keith FRIBA, FRTPI, commissioned 26th October 1955, captained the RAF Officers Football XI “Icarus” during a three year Short Service Commission, with the rank of Flying Officer, following completion of his architectural studies at Manchester University. He was on Preston North End’s books as a Junior, as well as playing for Lytham FC and the representative Lancashire Amateur League XI. Keith Hunt became a Partner in the architectural Practice of Tom Mellor & Partners where he worked on a wide range of projects, including universities, schools, colleges, hospitals, and industrial projects. He was appointed chairman of the Partnership in 1968 until his own retirement in 1991. Since then he has continued as a Consultant Architect to such bodies as the Church Commissioners. Past President, PGSA.

Johnson, Stanley F LAC. H1-1947.

Knight, J R Completing his basic training at Hednesford, H1-1956

Mattinson, Alan AC 1 H1-1947.

Parker, Roger to RAF, H1-1950.

Rhodes, Ken RAF Cranwell 1963.

Roberts, B Henry Officer Cadet, Pilot RAF, H1-1947. Pilot training in Isle of Man, H-Spring- 1951. Piloted a Meteor in the Coronation fly-past.

Robinson, N P H7-1950

Seed, J H to RAF H1-1947.

Sleddon, G J H1-1950. In RAF training for a commission, H-Spring-1951

Stirling, Frank I RAF Henlow 1963.

Thomason, O N Learning Russian H1-1952.

Topping, J AC1, Square-bashing at Bridgnorth; trade training at Wythall; RAF Staff College, Bracknell, H1-1950.

Travis Seen at Wythall by J Topping. H1-1950.

Walton, John Butler Membership Register 1177, 24th November 1950. Pilot Officer, Education Officer, RAF Pembrey,

Warburton, Stephen Andrew Pilot Officer Navigator 1963.

Wiggins, G R ex-ATC, training to be a pilot, H1-1950. Officer Cadet, flying training on Prentices at Feltwell, Norfolk, H7-1950. Awarded his pilot’s wings at No 3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, H7-1951.

Old Boys are asked to provide information about their own National Service and to givedetails, no matter how brief, of Service by other Old Boys who now are no longer amongst

us.

Recently placed on this website is a lengthy list of “lapsed members”, many of whom appear

to have lost their membership around 40 years ago. The list must include substantial numbers

of National Servicemen. You can revive your membership and provide details of your

National Service by attending the 55th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Second World

War Memorial Book at the Remembrance Day Service. On 7th November 1954 the School

Hall was filled to capacity for the Service which was attended by many in uniform, and it is

probable that most of those would have been National Servicemen. Perhaps you were one of

them? As was the case in 1954, the different generations of families of Old Boys who fought

in the Great War as well as the Second World War will be especially welcome.

Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 2009, the Minster Church of St John, Church Street,

Preston. Arrive from about 2.30pm, Service begins at 3pm. Following the wreath-laying,

refreshments are served in the Church.

Later in November this embryo Register will be moved within the website to its permanent

position following the List of Those Who Served in the Second World War.

You can also provide details for inclusion in the Register and revive your membership when

you join the gathering of members, families and friends at the forthcoming Hot Pot Supper on

27th November, details elsewhere on this site.

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Information for all the War Memorial and Service in the Forces lists should be sent to Alick

Hadwen, 7 Windsor Avenue, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston PR2 1JD. 01772 - 733544,

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THE GREAT WAR ADDITIONAL LIST NUMBER TWO END-APRIL TO 30 th

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Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry. There is a brief reference in the Notes immediately following the Abbreviations relating to the DoLOY serving as a Battalion of the Manchester Regiment. The DLOY was a Territorial Army Cavalry Regiment recruiting almost exclusively within Lancashire, with Troops based on DLOY Drill Halls in many towns. A Troop roughly equates to a Platoon and a Squadron roughly equates to a Company. During the night of 10 th/11th September 1914, A and B Squadrons sailed as part of 42nd Division from England to Egypt. This was the first Territorial Division to sail from England. It served for four years guarding the Suez Canal, with attacks from Turkey a distinct possibility. From there the two Squadrons saw service at Gallipoli, garrison duties at Cyprus, served as Cavalry in the Western Desert. C and D Squadrons landed at Le Havre on 28 th

August 1915. Later, with other Squadrons from Yeomanry Regiments a 3rd Corps Cavalry Regiment was formed. When this was disbanded C and D Squadrons went into the 12th Manchester Regiment.

Ainsworth, Arthur James Son of James Ainsworth, of Fulwood, married Isabel Marsden on 16 th

June 1917. He was serving in the Loyal North Lancashires.

Alderman, Robert Edward Lieutenant in the 104th Rifles. Captain, Royal Engineers, Civil Administration, Ministry of Interior, Baghdad. Iraq Service medal.Additional information, no dates quoted.

Anderson, Alfred James Farquehar     Father - Alfred Anderson, 18 Bank Place, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston.   1922 - 7 Victoria Parade, Ashton-on-Ribble.  Commercial Traveller.Alfred born 30th October 1896.   St Andrew’s School.   Corporation Free Scholar for 3 years, could be extended.   PGS 16th September 1907 to 1st February 1911.  Oxford Local Delegacy University Certificates, Junior, Pass 1st Division.   Clerk.  Anderson, Alfred, joined Territorials, H9-1914. Gunner, C Sub-Section, 9 th Battery, 2nd West Lancashire Royal Field Artillery, H1-1915. H1-1916.  (Is this Alfred James Farquehar Anderson?)This has been a name query which is now resolved. Alfred J F Anderson, Royal Field Artillery, Gunner 1326 and 680275. Served in France from 22nd December 1915.

Attwater, Ernest Scots Guards and Attwater, E Royal Engineers, in the main List appear to be the same person. Scots Guards, Number 13774; Royal Engineers, Number 154734; 10 th Middlesex, 2nd Lieutenant, 154734; Royal Marines Light Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant, 154734; 20th Middlesex, 2nd

Lieutenant, 154734. Served in France. All entries are recorded on one Army Records item showing that on 26th July 1923 his home address was 31 Lower Bank Road, Fulwood, Preston.

Bamber, Sydney Father - John Thomas Bamber, 17 Fylde Street. Cycle Maker, Employer. Sydney born 13th December 1895. St Peter’s School. PGS 16th September 1907 to 7th April 1909. Free Place Scholar. Gone abroad. Enrolled in Canadian Army 17th November 1914. His father was recorded as being a farmer of Sion, Alberta, and Sydney gave his occupation as a farmer of the same address. He was not married. Shown as born 13th December 1894, which is another example of the one year error due to the peculiar records at the School. His brother Norris, born 11 th January 1896, a farmer of the same address, enlisted at the same time. Sydney was 5’5” tall. He was in the 31 st Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. New entry.(His brother Norris Bamber, born 11th January 1896, enlisted the same day. An N Bamber is recorded as serving in the Canadian Infantry 49 th Battalion, Alberta Regiment, No 436485, died 30 th May 1916, Maple Copse Cemetery, Memorial Reference Sp. Memorial J.16. Norris has not been traced in PGS but his date of birth ensures that Sydney’s correct date must be 13th December 1894.)

Bannister, E J Pilot, RFC Reference to this made in WW2 RAF Service.

Bentley, Gerald W Lance Corporal, 11th Manchester, Service Number 164872. Served in the Balkans from 14th July 1915. Then transferred into the Labour Corps.Additional details.

Blackhurst, John James Middlesex Regiment, Regimental Number 1717, Private. Second Lieutenant 6th Loyal North Lancashires. Captain, Staff Corps. Served from 4 th August 1914, and went to India either that date or soon after. Commissioned 1st September 1917. On 27th April 1920 was at the family home, Sharoe Green Farm.

Briggs, Archie Browning Father - Walter Briggs, 80 Church Street, Preston, 1922. Newsagent and Stationer.Archie born 7th December 1896. St Mary’s Street Wesleyan. PGS 16th September 1907 to 26th July 1913. Corporation Free Scholarship. Miller. School Football Captain, 1912-13 Season. Football Colours 1912-13. H12-1913. Clerk, Manchester & Liverpool District Bank. Westminster Dragoons, H1-1916. Released from HM Forces, H4-1919. Second County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), Private 2856, 1st November 1915.Royal Lancashire Regiment, 203046. No dates given, it is not clear if this was a temporary transfer to KORL. Substantive transfer from Second County of London (Westminster Dragoons) to Machine Gun Corps, 302767, 16th August 1917. Machine Gun Corps Tanks, 10th Tanks, 17th August 1917. 4th

King’s Own Royal Lancaster, 300017.Served Home 1st November 1915 to 26th April 1916, to Southampton. Le Havre 27th April 1916, BEF to 15th August 1917 to Le Havre. UK 16th August 1917 to Tank Corps Training Centre 17th August 1917. Folkestone 9th November 1917 to Boulogne 9th, recorded as being on Home Service until 12 th

November and France on 13th November 1917. To UK for demob 17th January 1919 and demobbed 15th February 1919. Lance Corporal 31st December 1917. It is possible that 4th KORL, 300017, was his Reserve posting on demob.

Crozier, Henry Cyril Was teaching at Sharrow Lane C S, Sheffield, before enlisting.

Deane, Norman Attested on 16th August 1917 at Preston, described his occupation as School Boy. Joined at Ripon. 69th Training Reserve Battalion. Border Regiment 16th August 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal 6th March 1918. To Officer Cadet Battalion, Pirbright, 6 th July 1918. Lance Corporal on Discharge 13th February 1919. Certified no entries on his Regimental Conduct Sheet.Additional Army information.

Douglas, Andrew Bruce Father - Revd Andrew Douglas, 328 (358) New Hall Lane, Preston. 1922 - St Cuthbert’s Vicarage, Preston.Andrew born 17th December 1897 or 1898. St Matthew’s School. PGS 10th September 1906 to 23rd

April 1910. Roll 1909. Scholarship of £40pa by the Governors of Rossall School. MA Cantab. Another record gives year of birth as 1898, aged 8 on entry in 1906.St Cuthbert’s Parish was formed in 1907 when Revd Andrew Bruce led worshippers in St Cuthbert’s School, Plungington Road. Sir William Tomlinson presented the land and the Church was consecrated on 25th July 1916. Andrew Douglas remained Vicar until he died in 1936.PGSA No 178, 9th July 1925. The Crossways, Holt, Norfolk. Farfield, Holt, Norfolk. Life Member.This was a name match only but is now confirmed. He served as a Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashires, went to France on 9th April 1917 and his campaign medals were sent to him on 2nd May 1923 to his home address, St Cuthbert’s Vicarage, Cadley, Preston. Farnworth, Norman Rossall Joined Mr Cyril Cartmell’s Company, Pals Battalion, LNL (Regulars); now on Salisbury Plain; H9-1914. D Company, 7 th LNL (Preston Pals) H1-1915. H1-1916. (Is this Norman Russall or Rossall Farnworth?)Farnworth, Norman Russall (Shown with U, and O ? above it) Father - A C Farnworth, Gordon House, Ashton-on-Ribble. 1922 - 27 Beech Grove, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. Coal Merchant.Norman born 29th October 1895. St Andrew’s School. Free Place Scholar. PGS ….October 1907 to 23rd November 1910. Coal Merchant’s office.Army records show his name as Norman Rossall Farnworth. He enlisted 7th September 1914, Private 13159 and was discharged 18th May 1915 due to sickness.

Foster, Reginald Duncan Father - Alfred E Foster, St Luke’s Vicarage. Vicar of St Luke’s.Reginald born 1st November 1894. Richmond Council School. PGS 20 th January 1909 to 20th

December 1910. Mechanical Engineer. Family and School details added.

Furlong, Ernest William Hyde HMHS Carisbrook Castle took up her duties as a Hospital Ship on 3rd September 1914. Union Castle used that spelling without the final “e” in Carisbrook. Until such time as information becomes available, it is assumed that Ernest Furlong was a Merchant Navy Officer serving in the Union Castle Line who joined, or possibly re-joined, his ship. The Company usually ran ships between UK and South Africa. Carisbrook Castle was built by Fairfield SB & E Co, Glasgow, in 1898. 7,626 tons, 485 feet long, quadruple expansion steam engine of 1,400 NHP, 15 knots, a Mail steamer, the first to place first class passengers amidships. In 1900 made the last Cape Mail sailing from London before Southampton became the main terminal. In 1912 moved onto the East Africa route and in 1914 was in reserve at Netley (Solent) and became the first ship to be requisitioned. Served as a Hospital Ship with more than 400 beds throughout the war and seems to have had an uneventful service before returning to her Owners on 26 th August 1919. Hospital Ships sailed under their national flag (Union Flag) and not the Naval or Mercantile Ensigns. Unarmed, painted white with a broad green band interrupted with huge red crosses, floodlit at night, Germany ignored the Conventions and attacked them, torpedoing several.

Goodwin, Thomas Father - James Richard Goodwin, 5 St Paul’s Square. Later, 229 St George’s Road. Master Umbrella Maker. (Orchard Street umbrella shop - “We Shall Have Rain”)Thomas born 8th December 1895. St Paul’s School. PGS, Free Place Scholar, 16 th September 1907 to 25th July 1914. Roll 1909. Pass, July 1912, senior candidates, Oxford local examinations, passed in spoken French. School Prize for Mathematics 1913. School Football Secretary 1913-14. H12-1913.. Entered the Civil Service, appointment referred to at Distribution of Prizes 24 th February 1916, H5-1916. Ex-captain of Harris, H11-1917. Severely wounded in Palestine, H2-1918.PGSA No 247, 1st March 1927, PGS Sept 1921 - Dec 1922. September 1907 - July 1914. 143 Singleton Avenue, Prenton, Birkenhead. 11 Stockwell Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire. Ribblesdale, Sapcote Road, Burbage, Leicestershire. Flat 3, 14 Seafield Road, Burbage, Leicestershire. Deepdale, Colyford Road, Seaton, Devon. Life Member. Membership card adds: Flat 2, 14 Seafield Road, Seaton, Devon. Deceased November 1977.Additional School and PGSA details.

Gore, Frederick Father - Richard Gore, Tarleton. 1922, Hesketh Lane, Tarleton. Hay Dealer.Frederick born 20th March 1895. Hesketh Bank Elementary. PGS 16 th September 1907 to 20th

December 1911, Roll 1909. Bank Clerk. At Fulwood Barracks 3rd February 19xx. Aged 20 yrs 9 months, of Hawthornden, Tarleton, next of kin father, Richard, of same address. A single man, bank clerk. To Liverpool Regiment. Service in UK 21st January 1916 to 15th February 1917. To France 16th February 1917. Wounded at Duty, 22nd

June 1917. Query place “Duty”. New entry.

Harrison, Aidan Father - Martin Harrison, The Vicarage, Longridge. Clerk in Holy Orders - Vicar of Longridge. 1922.Aidan born 9th December 1894. West Cliff Private School. PGS 22nd January 1906 to 28th March 1910. To Rossall School. Matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, just before war broke out. Commissioned, and went on active service a year later. Captain, Loyal North Lancashires. DSO about end 1916, H1-1917. Later, wounded in action. Son of the Vicar of Longridge, H11-1917. When Aidan was 6 years his father was 46 and his mother, Lucy Charlotte, was 45 years. His DSO is recorded without a date. He is recorded by the Army but not in PGS records as having a Mentioned in Despatches, LGS 4th January 1917 (Operations) and LGS 25th May 1917 (Operations) London Gazette 25th May 1917. Does this mean he gained two MiD during 1917? Recorded by the Army as living at 20 Holly Road, Blackpool at 28th April 1927. NB: There are two Aidan Harrison’s, one being shown in Army Records as Aidan Harrison, home address 29 Butler Street, Blackpool; next of kin his mother, Rose, of that address. He had been the Assistant Box Office Keeper at the Opera House, Blackpool.

Harrison, Thomas Churton see Main List. Born Brierfield. Medical Student, Liverpool University. Joined the Army at Manchester on 20th September 1914. Served in France 15th June to December 1915 and 20th July 1917 to March 1918. Was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery 670 Battery and was discharged 4th June 1916, unfit. (May not be 4th, ink on records has run.) On 19th February 1917 Private, Motor Driver and Veterinary Assistant. Aged 23. 5’4½“, 9st 5lbs, physical condition good. At Grantham 31st March 1917. Posted as a casualty. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps (Heavy) TC, 13th June 1917. 14th June 1917 posted to Motor Machine Gun Corps, Depot Woolwich. Posted to 9th Battalion 12th July 1917. Embarked Southampton 22nd July 1917 for France. Leave in UK, on return was admitted to hospital 2nd February 1918, scarlet fever, possibly Bethnal Green Military Hospital. Contracted rheumatic fever in France. Affected muscles mainly in his legs. Assessed as not likely to be permanent, possibly 12 months. Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, muscular, possibly 6th to 14th March 1918. Auxiliary Hospital, Ryde, IoW, 14th March to 22nd April 1918. Catterick 2nd August to 26th September 1918. Private 201620, Tank Corps. Transferred to Reserve 30th January 1919.

Howard, Arthur Lythgoe Preston Guardian, 22nd December 1917 reported: Official intimation has been received by Mr and Mrs Howard, 50 Grafton-street, Preston, of the death in action, on December 4th, of their elder son, Sapper Arthur Lythgoe Howard, R E Signals. His officer writes:- “All the section regret his death. He was a capable and cheerful worker under the most trying conditions. We all feel we have lost a personal friend.” Sapper Howard was educated at Grimshaw-street School and Preston Grammar School, and was a Post Office sorting clerk and Telegraphist. He joined the Army in November 1914, going to France in August, 1915. He was well known in sport, having played in the Grammar School second eleven football team, was a member of the Preston Life-Saving Society, Fishwick Golf and Penwortham Tennis Clubs, and hon secretary for the Post Office Football Club.

Howarth, N S Released from HM Forces, H4-1919.Howarth, Norman Stanley Father - John Howarth, 62 Porter Street, Preston. 232 St Thomas’ Road, Preston, 1922. Master Reed Maker.

Norman born 26th April 1901. Fulwood GS. PGS 15th September 1915 to 28th July 1917. O&C Lower Certificate July 1917. With his father in Deepdale Reed Works for six months; now a student at the Wireless College, Manchester.Personal and School details added.

Howarth, Sydney Father - Nathaniel Howarth, 124 Deepdale Road, Preston. Insurance Superintendent.Sydney aged 14, born 11th December 1893. St Mary’s Wesleyan. Free Scholarship. PGS 16th

September 1907 toRoyal Field Artillery, Number 116691. Single man, next of kin his mother, Elizabeth, of Brentwood House, Watling Street Road, presumably a widow, and that was his address on enlistment. Born in Leeds. He was a School Master when enlisted on 8 th December 1915. He was 5’7½”, 8st 6lbs. There was an “S Howarth” teaching at Ormskirk prior to serving in the Forces. He was in the Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery) as an Acting Lance Bombardier, 25 th

February 1916. Acting Bombardier 24th March 1917; Corporal 13th June 1917; Acting Sergeant 2nd

July 1917. Transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery as Acting Sergeant 2nd July 1917, Number 173682, to No 1 Reinforcing Siege Depot, Bexhill. 10th August 1917 No 1 Reinforcing Siege Artillery. 8th

December 1917, Artillery Brigade, Lydd. 12th January 1918 BEF, Italy, and confirmed in rank of Corporal. 28th January 1918, HQ Royal Artillery, BEF Italy. He was in 176 Siege Battery, RGA, Corporal. He may have left Italy on 5th January 1919, appears to have been discharged at Prees Heath on 12th January 1919. His home address was then given as 22 Hodge Road, Walkden, Nr Manchester. In 1921 he was recorded by the Army living at 140 Deepdale Road, Preston.

Jenson, Wilfrid NOT on the Memorial. Father - Jonathan Jenson, 11 Watling Street Road. Insurance Agent.Wilfrid born 9th August 1894. Fulwood Grammar School (Private). PGS 16 th September 1907 to 5th

February 1910. To Farming.He enlisted in Manchester in the 7th King’s on 26th September 1914. Army records give his name as Wilfred Glover Jenson, and his brother’s Manchester address. He went to France on 7 th March 1915. His brother was Alfred, given as next of kin, of 7 Granville Street, Monton Green, Manchester, but Wilfred’s residence was shown as “Southport”.

Knagg, Robert Cyril Difficult to track down until realised he dropped his first name and is recorded officially as Cyril Knagg. Regimental Number 13207, Private, served from 7 th September 1914 to 26th May 1917, discharged Wounded.

Lane, Cyril Frank Father - Edgar Henry Lane, 64 Hartington Road, Preston. Butter Inspector.Cyril aged 10, born 1894. PGS 11th September 1905.Family and School details added.

Leece, Edward Father - Frederick Leece, 52 Higher Bank Road, Fulwood, Preston. Dentist.Edward aged 11, born 1893. Fulwood & Cadley Elementary. PGS 12th September 1904.Father - Frederick Leece, deceased, Dentist. 52 Higher Bank Road, Fulwood.Edward born 11th June 1893. Fulwood & Cadley Elementary. PGS 12th September 1904 to 7th April 1909. Apprenticed as a Sailor. (Two admission records.)Enlisted at Liverpool 2nd October 1914. Initially recorded as having previous service as a Royal Marine, but corrected to Mercantile Marine, Ship’s Officer. Posted 2nd West Lancashire Division, Army Service Corps, Private Number 2607, 2nd October 1914 to 5th November 1915. 57th West Lancashire Division 6th November 1915. Train ASC 31st August 1916. Posted Regular ASC 1st

September 1916, something unreadable then 253514, Driver. Discharged 7 th June 1919. Gledholt House, Orchard Road, St Annes-on-Sea. His mother, Deborah Ellen Leece, of this address, is given as next of kin.

Not a positive identification - no parent, home address or date of birth.

Lewty, HaroldRoyal Fusiliers, Private, PS / 9613. GS / 74851

Littlefair, Albert Corporal Headmaster’s Secretary left at end 1915 to join Army Service Corps. Service Number S4 / 146818.

Name match only:Longstone, RichardRoyal Army Service Corps, 3rd Cavalry Division, Corporal / Acting Sergeant. S4 / 173721. An MSM awarded at the end of the War.

Not a positive identification - no parent, home address or date of birth.Lonsdale, Alfred GeorgeRASC Private M2 / 099135. France on 5th September 1915. Discharged 20th March 1919.

Malcolm, Walter Father - Alec R Malcolm, Bull & Royal Hotel Church Street PrestonWalter born 27th July 1893 PGS January 1902 to ModernApprenticed for three years to Stevenson, Preston. Single. Attested 28 th October 1914, Army Service Corps, Number 08504. Joined at Grove Park 29th October 1914. He was a lorry driver in the ASC and from 16th November 1916 to 2nd March 1919 was in No 683 Motor Transport Company, ASC. He was discharged on 24th April 1919 to his home address which may have been Winslow Villa on Liverpool Road, Penwortham.New entry.

Mark, Hedley Father - Harry Mark, 273 Fletcher Road. Over-looker.Mark born 4th August 1896. St Mary’s Street Wesleyan. Free Place Scholar, PGS 14 th September 1908 to 28th July 1910. Clerk in Accountant’s office.Loyal North Lancashires, Regimental No 4661, then Service No 201856, Sergeant. This is a name match only but as there does not appear to be another Hedley Mark in the British Army it may well be a PGS Old Boy. No other Army details are recorded.

Marsden, Henry Wiseman Served in the South Lancashires, Lieutenant. Went to France 23rd

August 1916. On 13th January 1922 he contacted the Army, his home address was 64 Garstang Road, Fulwood.

McCleverty, Patrick Hope Father - Col. James McCleverty, Sherwood Foresters, probably at Fulwood Barracks. 3rd Form July 1894. School details.

McCleverty, Robert Jim NOT on the Memorial. 2nd Form July 1894. School details.

Myres, John L Professor Sir John MA, FSA. Formerly Wykeham Professor of Ancient History and Fellow and Librarian of New College, Oxford, was presented with the gold medal of the Society of Antiquaries for distinguished services to Archaeology at its anniversary meeting on 2nd April, 1942; H-Midsummer 1942.

Nevett, Norman Ernest The Hoghtonian reference only gave his name as being in the Forces. Army records give his date of birth as 19 th January 1899, another with a one year difference. Home address 6 Lytham Road, Fulwood. Father was Thomas Charles and mother was Clara. He was 5’10¾”. A bank clerk. He Attested (Enlisted) on 30 th November 1916, to Army Reserve 1st

December 1916, Mobilised 21st February 1917. His Training Reserve Number was 51151. He was in the 75th TRB, transferred 10th June 1917 to 72nd TRB, then graduated from TRB (SwB) on 3rd August

1917. He was in BEF Base Depot No 5 2nd February 1918. 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 31594. Wounded 28th March 1918 at Henin. To 6 Sty Hospital Trevent 29 th March 1918 for treatment. To 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaple, 31st March 1918. To 3 Scottish General Hospital Glasgow on 2nd April 1918. He was on 7-days special leave from the hospital to his home address then shown as Burrow Bank, Garstang Road, Fulwood, from 21st to 27th September 1918. To 1 Scottish General Hospital Aberdeen (Aboyne Castle) on 4 th October 1918. His injuries are not detailed, indicated with initials, but may have been shrapnel; he had infected wounds of the backs of his hands. Discharged 10th January 1919, no longer fit for war. He had 60% disability affecting his prospects in the labour market, likely to reduce to 40%. Sty could be 6 Stationary Hospital; Etaple is more usually Etaples.

Noble, Arthur Father - John Noble, 234 Manchester Road, Preston. Clerk at Preston Guardian. Arthur born 20th April 1894. Grimshaw Street School. PGS 10th September 1906 to... PGS 14th September 1906 to 29th July 1909. Clerk. Entries on two records. It is possible that his father signed him in on 10th September and the School began on 14th September.Army Service Corps, H1-1916.Arthur Noble, 42 Frenchwood Avenue, a clerk, single man, next of kin father, John, at same address, signed on 8th November 1915. Posted as a Private, 146890. Acting Corporal with pay from 8 th

December 1915. ASC Motor Transport Acting Corporal 13th December 1915. Served in UK from 8th

November 1915 to 25th March 1916, to France 26th March 1916. He was 5’9½”, 116 lbs. Prior to joining ASC the Officer Commanding had reported that he was unfit for the Infantry, he was a Post Office clerk, but he was a smart recruit of good class. Posted to “A” Coy, ASC, Aldershot. He had made mincemeat of his clerical trade tests. His records show that he was in the ASC, Clerk Wersees. What is “Wersees”? Additional School, family and Army details.

Palmour, Charles John Geoffrey FCA Senior Partner, Whinney, Smith and Whinney, Chartered Accountants, was knighted in the 1947 Birthday Honours. In Additional List One he is shown as a name match only but the chances of two men with the same name and both being qualified accountants must be highly unlikely. In the Great War - Captain, RASC, Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 24th December 1917. Temporary Lieutenant, 13th February 1915, Army List 1915. Charles Palmour has been positively identified as an Old Boy. He did not serve in the Second World War so his further career should be detailed here. President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants 1938-39 to 1943-44 inclusive. When the Kylsant shipping empire imploded and many famous shipping lines were lost or reconstructed, Harland & Wolff, the Belfast shipbuilders survived and continued with its ethos unchanged. Engineering excellence without regard to the contract price was its way of working, bringing about several financial crises. In the Second World War when Government contracts were on a cost-plus basis H&W managed the impossible and made a loss on one of its large specialist ships for the Navy. During one of its crises in September 1941, its overdraft was increased to £4 million provided Denis Rebbeck stepped down from Chairman and concentrated on the management of the Belfast facilities. He received a knighthood. The chairmanship went to Charles Palmour from the accountancy firm who were Auditors of the Midland Bank. He remained Chairman for about three years. Harland & Wolff could not be allowed to fail. They built a greater wartime tonnage than any other British shipbuilder and were essential to the prosecution of the war, building anything from aircraft carriers to landing craft. He was knighted in 1947 and received the very briefest of mentions in The Hoghtonian which managed to avoid stating why he had been honoured. In 1947 the Minister of Defence, replying in Parliament to Ian Mikardo on questions regarding the use of manpower in the Armed Forces, announced the appointment of an experienced accountant to examine the Army’s methods of storekeeping - Charles Palmour. There is a one-off and possibly important reference and perhaps a Mason will be able to provide an explanation - Sir Charles Palmour, PJGW 1931 Master of the Jubilee Masters Lodge No 2712. That must post-date his knighthood. Born 16th August 1877, he died in London on 20th April 1948. Could one of our accountants check in their bound volumes of the Institute’s Journal (which have been lining their office walls untouched for years awaiting this moment!) and provide additional information? There must be quite an obituary somewhere.

It is possible that he had a younger brother at the School - 1176 Palmour, Walter St Lawrence, born 29th June 1882, PGS 17th September 1894 to April 1896, but both were at PGS before the records gave any details of parents or addresses.Whinney, Smith and Whinney by a process of acquisition and amalgamation became today’s Ernst Young.

Pomfret, Frank War Memorial. Father - Frank Pomfret, 7 Havelock Terrace, Garstang Road, Preston. Paper Merchant.Frank born 3rd August 1893. Eldon Street School. PGS 14th September 1904 to 29th July 1909. Tailor. KILLED IN WAR Liverpool Scottish (Territorials), H4-1915. H1-1916. Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders L/Cpl 843145. Number 4338, 10th Scottish having enlisted at Liverpool on 4th February 1915. Appointed Acting Lance Corporal 7th January to 28th June 1916, reverted to Private 29th June to 28th August 1916. Transferred 29th August 1916. Served in UK 4th February 1915 to 28th June 1916, then to BEF on 29th

August 1916. As he was Private until 28th August 1916 it appears that he returned to being a Lance Corporal with service from 29th August 1916. CWG: Pomfret, Frank Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion, aged 24, died KIA on 2nd April 1917. S/43145. Son of Frank and Margaret Pomfret of 7 Havelock Terrace, Garstang Road, Preston. Bay 8 and 9 of the Arras Memorial. Preston Memorial: Frank Pomfret, Havelock Terrace, Garstang Road. Tailor’s Cutter. Gordon Highlanders, Lance Corporal S/43145. 2nd April 1917, in France, Killed in Action.Havelock Terrace is on the west side of Garstang Road, opposite St Thomas’s Road and the Moor Park gates.

Pritt, Geoffrey Murdoch Father - Thomas Pritt, 8 Guildhall Street, Preston. Civil Engineer. Geoffrey born 30th May 1896. Previously at Handsworth Grammar School. PGS 30 th April 1906 to 12th October 1911. Lancashire Evening Post 21st August 1908 reported that he had been awarded a Senior Thornley Scholarship, aged 12. Went on to Coatham Grammar School, family left Preston.Royal Field Artillery, H4-1915. (1486) Gunner, 3rd Battery, 49th (West Riding) Division, RFA, now in Belgium. Like L P Carter, had a weakness for things mechanical, H9-1915. H1-1916. Corporal. Commissioned as Lieutenant. In France from 13th April 1915. On 9th August 1920 requested his campaign medals, address was 4 Derby Road, Fulwood, Preston.

Rawsthorn, Aldred Eric War Memorial. On 10th June 1915 when a Lieutenant was admitted to hospital (Flu was hitting many), 2 nd Lieutenant Rawsthorn took command of the Machine Gun Section. On the 16 th June, at Festubert, Eric Rawsthorn was killed by a shell when leading his Machine Gun team across the open to the German trenches.. Reed, George Corporal, D Squadron, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, H1-1915. H1-1916. Wounded, H9-1916. Military Medal, H10-1918. Regimental Number 3173. Promoted Sergeant. To 6 RRC Dgns, 2nd Lieutenant; to Tank Corps, 2nd Lieutenant. France from 22nd May 1915. Address on 22nd

June 1922, communication from Army, was 47 Fishergate. PGSA No 202, 18th January 1926.

Sharp, Robert NOT on the Memorial. Father - James Sharp, 30 Chaddock Street. Gold-miner in South Africa.Robert born 7th November 1895. Grimshaw Street School. PGS 14 th September 1908 to 12th April 1911. Shop Assistant.Mrs Sharp, Glamy-mor, Rossall Beach, Fleetwood, has received word that her only son, Corporal Robert Sharp, 21, South Africa Regiment, has been killed in action. Deceased received his education at Preston Grammar School and in 1913 went to South Africa to take up farming. At the outbreak of

war he enlisted with the South African forces, and was taken prisoner whilst fighting in South West Africa. In February 1915 he came to England, and went to France in July of the same year. He was expected home last week to attend his sister’s marriage. Corporal Sharp had a wide circle of friends in Preston and the Fylde. Preston Guardian 29th September 1917.CWG: Sharp, R South African. Corporal. South African Infantry, 1st Regiment (Infantry). Died 20th September 1917. Number 7699. Commonwealth War Dead. Memorial Reference: Panel 15-16 and 16A Ypres (Menin Gate) MemorialPreston Memorial: Corporal Robert Sharp, Lawrence Street, Fulwood; (Late) Chaddock Street, Preston. Agricultural Student. 1st South African Infantry. Corporal 7699. Died 20th September 1917, Flanders.He went to South Africa in 1913 as an Agricultural Student. Joined the 8 th Mounted Rifles at the outbreak of war. Was six months a prisoner of war, released on the surrender to General Botha. He enlisted and was sent to Flanders. Mrs A Sharp (Mother).

Smethurst, Fredd H Father - Joseph H Smethurst, Garstang Road, xxxx Assistant Borough Surveyor.Fredd aged 9, born 1895. Xxxxx PGS 31st January 1905.Family and School details added.

Smith, Samuel H Staff Captain, fifth son of Mr and Mrs J R Smith, of Preston and Windermere, has been awarded the Military Cross. Captain Smith, who was educated at the Preston Grammar School, Leys School, Cambridge, and Caius College, Cambridge, and was a barrister-at-law on the outbreak of the war, joined the Army as a private soon after hostilities commenced, and subsequently obtained a commission in the Cheshire Regiment. Later he received a staff appointment.

Spelman, Henry H Father - Thomas Robert Spelman, Victoria Nurseries, Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston. Florist.Henry aged 15, born 1889. Xxxxx PGS 12th September 1904.Family and School details added.

Spencer, L D W Rev Chaplain to the Forces, at the beginning of March 1916 is reported to have moved from LNL to 2nd / 5th King’s Own Regiment, stationed at Ashford, Kent.See Additional List One and Main List.

Wallwork, John 1st/10th Middlesex, Regimental Number 1426, Private. Royal Engineers, Number 574202. Middlesex Regiment, Number 290174. Serving in the Bay of Bengal from 26 th September 1915.

Woods, George Father - George Woods, 75 Chorley Road, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. Plumber, Journeyman.George born 24th February 1896. St Matthew’s School. PGS 13 th September 1909 to 26th July 1913. Oxford Junior Locals 1st Class Honours, 58th out of 6,921 candidates, 1912. Passed Spoken French. Form prize, Upper IV. Preliminary Teachers Examination Parts 1 and 2 1913. School Prize for History. School Football Vice Captain, 1912-13 Season. First XI centre forward, the cleverest forward in the team, fast and a good marksman. Sticks to the ball too long and curves and circles in a bewildering manner. Took second place in the Gymnastic Competition, 1913. Miller, H12-1913. Was Student Teacher at an Elementary School from August 1913. Battersea Training College 1914. Known as “Dody”, described as a rare athlete, H9-1915. Son of George. Cousin of Captain George Woods, son of John, who was KIA 9 th September 1916. Preston Guardian, 29th December 1917, reports that “George Woods, Liverpool Scottish, son of Mr and Mrs George Woods, Chorley Road, Walton-le-Dale, is at present lying in a French hospital suffering from illness. The first intimation his parents received of the prevailing state of affairs was a letter from their son stating that he was progressing favourably in hospital. Private Woods, who is 21 years of age, prior to the war was in the scholastic profession.” He joined the forces in December 1916 after Cousin George had been killed. This long-running problem had the last of the loose ends

tied up on 11th September 2009 by accidentally finding this report when looking for a citation for an award to another Old Boy. There now remains details of his own military career to be found.

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CHARLIE: The following list is in website format. NOT NOW! Some while ago you asked more than once for any listing I could supply of inactive living life members. When you made those requests I didn’t have a complete membership record. I still haven’t but I now have sufficient so I have done the next best thing.

From the Membership volumes which I have transcribed into my computer, I have covered the period 1947 to 1973 (end of the Volumes) and extracted the names of every member who entered the School 1947 to 1969. That gives every member aged 53 to 75, or thereabouts. Next, I have removed every name where I am absolutely certain of a death, or where I am absolutely certain of current active membership. Then I have removed all information apart from name and membership status. The latter is restricted to stating life membership or indicating where codes or symbols can be taken to indicate life membership. The removal of identifying detail from each name is deliberate to reduce the risk of breaching the privacy laws.

Every remaining name is a lapsed member so far as I can make out from the records.

There is a note which outlines the problems arising out of the membership records and requesting lapsed members or their families to make contact. Without being too explicit I hope I have made it apparent that large numbers of members may possibly have been unreasonably deprived of their membership. They should now take the opportunity to re-activate their membership.

You should now go through the list and remove the names of those where a death is known with absolute certainty, or where there is absolute certainty of current active membership. “Absolute certainty” is the operative phrase. You must give everyone else a chance to resume active membership.

Having removed the names of the dead and the active, the list should be placed on the web site at an early date. Assuming the next Council meeting takes place in the first two weeks of October and agrees to the publication it should be on the site within a week.

Each contact back must be recorded onto the list on the website. There are four possibilities:Deceased or Date of DeathResignedResumed Life MembershipRe-activated Membership on .......

A former Life Member still alive resumes his membership and I take it that it is left to his conscience as to whether he pays the current life subscription. A former ordinary member who re-activates his membership pays up.

It is vitally important that responses are recorded for all to see. Each response may generate others from former School friends who are also on the list. Any responses which come to me will be passed on to Jim, rapidly.

The list as it leaves me has over 370 names which will be reduced when you take out the deaths and actives and may well leave 200-250 former members. This is a golden opportunity to see just how many of those can be recruited. Put it onto the site immediately because there is no point whatsoever in it sitting on a shelf doing nothing. It has to start work. You asked for information, you now have the opportunity for the lapsed members to make their positions clear, so use it.

John Lunt, 1958, has been left in the listing but you may wish to remove the entry. He has a somewhat tenuous grasp of reality stretching back to what his uncle said had been a hurried departure from Oxford or Cambridge. If he turns up at an activity he is likely to take it over whilst he promotes the many advantages of euthanasia. An absolutely charming man with remarkably good manners, currently to be found walking down the middle of whichever road he happens to be on, to the amazement of every driver. It is even more devastating and immensely funny watching the reactions of drivers and pedestrians as he stops and starts at a pavement edge attempting to determine whether or not this is the moment he should make a run for the other side. Traffic flow and pedestrians’ traffic lights are a mystery best ignored. I have seen him bring the entire junction in Corporation Street behind the old Public Hall to a complete standstill.

When I have enough information to make it practical I will prepare another list in the same style to cover those who joined PGSA after 1973. I have the information to produce a list for the 75 to 80 year olds and there seems to be a goodly number who had their membership terminated.

There is a problem with the records. Understatement. The Membership Registers and card index terminated about mid-1973. I was handed a Membership List April 1992, typed and retyped since 1973 or whenever, full of accumulated typing errors, unreliable, with the request please could I go through it and sort out those errors I could track down. No dates or membership numbers on the List. I have a fairly complete set of the attendance lists for the Dinner from 1992 until you took over when they ceased. I don’t know if you reintroduced it this year, hopefully you did so. I am using any list I can put hands on to add names into the computer record but will be short of dates. I have asked Jim if he can let me have, possibly on disc, any names, lists, whatever, which he has in his computer. Even a short list of payments for the Hot Pot Supper could provide a few more names and at least establish that members are still alive and active. I also asked if he has anything on paper not required for current use, if he could put it in a box and bring it to the Remembrance Service I will transcribe everything into the Membership record and then return it. Please can I ask if you will do the same - disc and paper.

An Index is being constructed as I go along, Name to Number. It is a bit lengthy!

In the fairly near future I hope to have ready for the website a Membership List 1908 to 1930 inclusive. Names, addresses, dates. No one is alive who was a member in 1930. The youngest, joining at 15, would be 94. Then a List for 1930-1934, again no one alive so the privacy laws are not going to be breached, and we give due warning of a third list going to 1939, there will be a few alive so they will have the option of refusing publication of their data.

WWHEREHERE A ARERE T THEYHEY N NOWOW??

The surviving membership records do not give much detail on each member. So far as can be judged all the following former members should be aged between 53 and 75 years. Where a death is known the name has been omitted. The names of active members have been omitted. Many of the addresses in the records are those of the member when he joined on leaving School, they have little or no relevance at this stage and, therefore, all addresses have been omitted. The following list is in the sequence in which the member joined PGSA, and John Michael Worswick joined on 13 th August 1950.

At various times in the history of the Association there have been purges of “lapsed” members, defined to be lapsed through non-payment of subscriptions. There have been occasions when the period of non-payment seems to be unreasonably short and in several instances a life member appears to have had his membership terminated due to non-payment of annual subscriptions. Unfortunately there are no records which show whether or not these apparent errors were corrected. There are many small pencil ticks in the left margin of the later records and towards the end of the second volume the ticks occur mainly against Life Members. If the ticks in themselves are an indication of Life Membership then this inadequate system might go some way to explaining why Index Cards for Life Members have been found in the box labelled “Lapsed Members”. A code “N.S.L.M.” occurs infrequently and may perhaps be taken to mean “No Subscription, Life Member” but it is not covered by any other indication of life membership. “LM SR” also occurs and this has been ascertained as probably meaning Life Membership, Subscription Required, possibly indicating that there are arrears of annual subscriptions to be made good. The card for a member who joined in 1961, who is very much alive and regularly supporting PGSA activities, was found amongst the cards of deceased members and he is also missing from the 1992 Membership List. The latter very basic List appears to be the main source of Membership details post-1973.

Please will Old Boys or their families check the following list of inactive members. If your name is listed you will not be in receipt of any PGSA information. If you are a life member who has not given formal notice of resignation then you should inform the Secretary that your active membership is being resumed. If you are a former ordinary member who wishes to re-activate your membership please contact the Secretary for details of the current life membership subscription.

Annual subscriptions were abolished nearly forty years ago, apparently in the expectation that the Association had a limited life expectancy after the School closed. There are comparatively few records of dates of death for all the members dating back to 1908, and many of those from 1908 had been members of the PGSOBA from 1887. A minority of the records have details of qualifications, careers, marriages, family information, and in a substantial number of cases even the dates for attending PGS and the date of joining the Association are missing. Information to complete the records should be sent to Alick Hadwen (address on War Memorial Listing).

If you are one of the many members whose membership was abruptly terminated about forty years ago, and you have been nursing a grievance ever since, cast it aside, you were not alone! The majority of those listed below are in the same position. The currently thriving and expanding membership particularly amongst the younger members still in their fifties raises expectations that there may well be a Guild 2032 Dinner for a goodly number of you to attend.

Worswick, John Michael August 1950

Armitstead, Jeffrey James (Correctly Armistead?)

Marshall, David Lawrence

Merry, Walter George

Crewe, Richard Eric

Gradwell, Tony

Aston, George Alfred Anderson

Young, Reginald

Billsborough, Brian Frank

Bennett, Reginald Jones

Ashcroft, Kenneth

Johnson, John

Norris, Thomas

Williamson, John

Seed, James Henry

Curwen, John

Finan, Alan

Nixon, Joseph Robert Life Member

Kidd, Kenneth John

Hall, Kenneth

Stacey, John Henry David

Hewitt, James William John

Sim, Michael John

Lockwood, Bryan Sumner

Wade, Robert Brown

Davison, William Gordon

Singleton, Peter Waring

Clucas, David Bruce

Bagwell, William August 1954

Yates, David Stanley

Garstang, Jeffrey

Imrie, Ian David

Taylor, Michael Roger

Middleton, George Barry

Woodburn, Brian

Sedgley, David Gordon

Whittle, Eric Joseph

Taylor, Roy Noel

Green, Richard Manners

Cross, George Morriss

Ashton, William Henry

Fielding, James Brian

Robinson, Robert Inglis

Mapley, Frederick Charles

Davy, Gordon Charles

Broadley, Dennis

Walker, Henry

Whitehead, Frederick Keith

Johnson, Michael

Pritchard, William Edward June 1955

Bolton, David Coulthard

Greenall, Robin

Thompson, Ian

Carter, David John

Lawson, John

Walkden, Alfred Derrick

Dennis, David Thomas

Freeman, Peter

Marsland, Thomas Anthony

Thompson, Derek Albert

Hardman, David Croft

Wood, Brian William

Myers, Richard

Sanderson, Ian Barrie

Isaac, Eric Kenneth

Wilson, John

Baker, George Arthur

Pinder, John Harvey

Crutchley, Michael Joseph

Knight, Michael Edward

Gardner, David

Nash, George

Kirby, Michael

Eccleston, James Derek

Bell, David

Steele, David

Whittle, Raymond

Taylor, Frank David

Banks, David George

Fazackerley, Alan Eastham

Hindle, Alan James

Heath, Tom Calvert

Singleton, Robert

Bishop, Charles David

Bamber, Joseph Frank

Gray, Clifford Alan

McDade, Thomas Frank

Lowe, John (Two John Lowe’s, one died in Egypt. This is 1951 to 1956, Hurst Green)

Heald, Alan Gordon

Worsley, Raymond

Clayton, Lawrence

Clarkson, Dale Michael September 1957

Simmonds, Peter Edward

Hayes, Derek Norman

Singleton, Peter

Massey, Allan Kester

Meyler, John Edward

Harrison, Donald

Eccles, George Ernest

Rhodes, Alan David

Miller, John

Penswick, John Robert

Watson, John Darlington

Simms, William Michael

Hayes, Allan Robert

Monk, John

Peplow, Thomas Arthur

Day, Michael Antony

Godkin, Paul James

Penswick, Alan Hyde

England, Peter

Smith, Michael George

Pilbrough, Derek Charles

McKay, John

Billinge, John Francis

Clarke, Gordon William November 1958

Parkinson, Brian

Hunt, Robin Strafford (Strafford)

Rae, Douglas Elliott

Roberts, Trevor Henry

Theabald, George Norman

Dempsey, John Philip

Tuson, Kenneth William Rhodes

Pilkington, Francis Herbert Howard

Hutchinson, George Edward

Dunsmore, Adam McGuffie

Hughes, Michael Ronald

Bamber, Michael Paul

Danby, James

Warburton, Stephen Andrew March 1961

Atkinson, George

Worth, David E

Fleetwood, Jack Life Member

Taylor, David Lees Life Member

Smithson, Roger Chadwick

Wallace, John Christopher

Briggs, George Peter

Bond, William Eric

Brooks, Stephen Arnold

Featherstone, Thomas Allan

Thompson, Trevor Andrew

Kirkman, George Alwyn

Anderson, Robert James

Butler, Raymond

Tagg, Robert Kevin

Jones, Alan Michael

Pickles, Allan

Richardson, Malcolm Raymond

Wilkinson, Colin

Doran, Joseph Peter

Forbes, David John

Sindall, Charles James Robert

Betts, John Charles

Booth, Brian George

Rance, Stewart Frederick

Catterall, Michael William

Lonsdale, William Andrew

Southworth, Edward Hugh

Fisher, Michael Alan

Hedingham, Peter Leslie

Jolly, George

Till, Arthur John

Pearson, Francis

Whittle, David

Pickup, William Frederick May 1962

Ashcroft, David Henry

Reeves, Robert Anthony

Rhodes, Kenneth David

Lunt, John Graham

Briggs, Alan Edward

Norman, Michael McLeod

Grieve, Robert Ramsay

Fleetwood, William Byrom

Barnes, Geoffrey, James

Kellett, Peter William

Moon, John Edward

Jackson, William Barry

Holding, Derek Seddon

Smith, Fred

Johnson, Robert Ian

Lancaster, Derek

Tucker, David Charles

Chiverton, David

Briggs, Thomas James

Cliff, Roy

Thompson, Roy Richard

Derrick, Ian A R

Baxter, John Peter Thomas

Worrell, Peter

Walker, J W

Askew, Norman Brian Martagne

Hodgson, Alan Life Member

Cracknell, Michael David

Ireland, David

Shepherd, John Peter

Bradford, Joseph Ernest

Hetherington, John Brian

Dagger, Stuart Westray

Sharples, Christopher Neil

Halliwell, Ian Trevor Life Member

Hind, Alan Kenneth

Burrow, Richard Graham

Burns, John Duncan

Standring, Paul

Towers, Neil Campbell

Barton, Peter James

Gittings, Frank

Robinson, Paul William

Wraith, Ronald Philip

Hutton, Derek

Jackson, James Franklyn

Thomas, Richard Howard Life Member

Newton, Derwent Life Member

Martin, David

Lawson, Peter Anthony July 1963

Rawstrone, Peter Newton

Hunter, Edward John

Harrison, Geoffrey Norman

Lee, Frank David

Turner, Stephen Harry

Gardner, John Harold Grayson

Brodie, Ian Oglethorp

Ryding, Norman

McKellar, Ivan Eric Somerville

Sanderson, Norman Edward

Todd, Keith Brindle

Tuson, Roger Cameron

Rawcliffe, Andrew David

Shepherd, David

Tyrer, George William

Earnshaw, David Robert

Bailey, Charles Geoffrey

Clarkson, Ian Richard

Sharp, John Clifford

Harrison, James Stanley

Taylor, Raymond

Parkington, William Norman

Clark, David Pallister

Jemson, Timothy Robert

Carruthers, David Michael

Gardner, Robert

Round, James Kenneth

Dixon, David H Association Prize winner Life Member

Warburton, Peter

Hesketh, Peter James

Holmes, Leslie H MA Master

Lake, Douglas MA Master

Bowen, David John Master

Clarke, Edmund Brian BA Master

Coates, D BA Master

Cryer, Brian GRSM (London), LRAM ARCM Master

Eastwood, Colin Master

Falkingham, Frank Brook BSc Master

Farnworth, George Arnold DLC Master

Freeman, David Charles Master

Goodge, Robert Francis BA Master

Moody, Bernard John MA Headmaster

Nutter, Alan S DLC Master

Simmons, Thomas Caithness BSc (Forestry) Master

Spence, John David BA Master

Wiggans, Colin BA Master

Worsley, G BSc Master

Johnson, Dennis Victor Life Member

Jackson, John Lawrence August 1964

Booth, Brian George BA (Econ)

Walker, Richard Guy Dent

Dewhurst, Thomas

Simms, William Michael

Brooks, George Duncan

Sharples, Philip George

Ingram, John

McKay, John Vincent

Sergeant, David

Picton, Thomas George Life Member

Barker, David Robert Life Member

Billsborough, John Sidney Association Prize Life Member

Farrington, William David

Bolton, John

Walmsley, Leonard Charles October 1964

Bunnell, David John

Pennington, Michael Richard

Pilkington, James Edward

Hughes, David Allan

Richardson, Derek

Patten, W

Lees, Roger Sterling

Mowforth, Robert Anthony

Knipe, Geoffrey Stuart

Hitchen, Harvey

Watson, David William

Butler, David John

Harrison, David A tick may indicate Life Member

Hudson, Graham David September 1965

Gunn, Neil M

Gorton, Michael Harvey

Jackson, Colin

McKittrick, Charles Blair A tick may indicate Life Member.

Burns, Derek Ross

Melville, Peter Graham

Brown, Alan

Romain, Mervyn John

Wilkinson, Peter

Collins, John Peter

Southworth, John Stuart

Gregory, Nigel Fraser

Muir, Ian Robin

Snape, William Malcolm November 1965

Worthington, Hugh Malcolm

Greenwood, Whitney

Lewis, Antony

Walsh, Ronald Life Member

Kitchen, Robert William

Richardson, James William Life Member

Preston, John Arthur Life Member

Whiteside, Ian Life Member

Connolley, William

Scarsbrook, Richard Arthur September 1966

Miller, Maurice

Heys, Richard

Noblett, Peter John Life Member

Rhodes, John Neville

Dickenson, George Raymond Life Member

Billsborough, Brian Frank Life Member

Rogers, David George A tick may indicate Life Member

Rawlinson, John William Life Member

Halford, John Stuart

Eccles, Leslie Ronald

Earnshaw, Paul Henry

Jackson, Gordon

Fernley, Philip John September 1967

Jackson, Andrew

Freeman, Thomas Leonard

Shufflebottom, Keith

Pape, Andrew Charles

Hallworth, Alan

Develin, Robert Life Member

O’may, Thomas Daniel

Simpson, Andrew Gordon

Parker, John Hamilton Coulston

Parkinson, Anthony

Jackson, Roger Ian Kershaw

Bailey, Edward

Sharp, David George October 1968

Hancock, Brian Paul

Duxbury, Christopher Life Member

Sweetman, Kenneth James

Woodhall, Geoffrey Kelvin Life Member

Fielden, David Raymond

Harrison, Stephen Walter

Thomas, Frank Graham

Mather, Adrian Philip

Kindon, Jack

Trafford, Graham Harold Michael

Round, James Kenneth Life Member

Varley, Andrew Donald Life Member September 1969

Turner, Neil Anthony

Wearden, John Harold

Billing, Ian George

Smith, Philip Andrew

Fine, Barry Michael

Fitzgerald, William Barry

Jackson, Alan

Cheetham, Charles James

Atkinson, Peter Birch

Kitchen, William Vernon

Cooper, Roy

Green, David Frederick

Moore, William A tick may indicate Life Member

Ainscough, Philip A tick may indicate Life Member

Houlder, David A tick may indicate Life Member

Richardson, Malcolm Raymond A tick may indicate Life Member

Chapman, Ray A tick may indicate Life Member

Kirkham, Ian Stanley A tick may indicate Life Member

Dewhurst, David Kenneth Life Member ? May 1973

Quigley, Alan Life Member ?

Adams, Philip Alan Life Member

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