The Olavian Fallen, World War 2

St Olave’s Grammar School The Olavian Fallen of WW2 Arranged by Peter J. Leonard – School Archivist

Henry Thomas ALPE – Navigator, Royal Air Force – Killed in Malta when his Mosquito crashed on May 2nd 1944.

Pilot Officer no. 120726 Godfrey William Ardley, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born 6th April 1912 to Philip and Florence from Streatham

At St Olaves from January 1924 to July 1929.

Killed in action on the 22nd May 1942 Aged 30 years.

Sergeant, King’s Dragoon Guards Victor George Baker Born 7th March 1915.

At St Olaves from May 1927 to July1932.

Killed in action in Italy on June 8th 1944.

Aged 29 years.

Lance Corporal no. 1077300 Alan Gilbert Bennett, 58 Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps.

Born in 1918 to Oswald and Julia Bennett of Plumstead, Kent.

At St Olaves Grammar School from 1928 to 1930.

Fatally injured in a motorcycle accident whilst on military duty near Northampton.

Died on the 6th January 1942.

Aged 24 years.

Signalman no. 2382477 George William Bennison, Royal Corps of Signals Born September 5th 1922 Son of Henry and Daisy Bennison of Rotherhithe.

At St Olaves from September 1933 to July 1938 Died of illness contracted on war service on the 16th July 1946.

Aged 23 years.

Signalman no. P/L/DX 4805 Alex Birkenshaw, HMS Rawalpindi, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve • Born August 23rd 1920 • Son of Alec and Mary Ann Birkenshaw of Kidbrooke.

• At St Olaves from September 1931 to July 1936 • Died on the 23rd November 1939 – went down with HMS Rawalpindi.

• Aged 19 years.

Leading Aircraftsman no. 1439342 Barry Frank Blackbourn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born January 14th 1922 to Frank and Dorothy from Orpington At St Olaves from September 1933 to February 1937 Killed in a flying accident over France when returning home on leave after four years in the East – December 3rd 1945.

Aged 23 years.

Flight Sergeant Pilot A W Bouchier Royal Air Force Born June 30th 1921 At St Olaves from September 1932 to December 1938 Missing presumed killed in action in a crash into a hillside at Ceccano in Italy on December 23rd 1943.

Aged 22 years.

Flight Sergeant Jack Bradbury, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born January 1st 1921 At St Olaves from September 1933 to July 1938

Presumed killed in action on 23/24th February 1942.

Aged 21 years.

Sergeant Navigator Harold Brown, Royal Air Force Born June 24th 1920 At St Olaves from April 1932 to July 1936 Missing, presumed drowned from a ‘Liberator’ which crashed into the sea on the 12th August 1942.

Aged 22 years.

Engineer Room Mechanic no.

C/MX96047 Walter Ernest Bunce, HMS Hecla, Royal Navy Born March 5th 1911 to Robert and Sylvestra.

At St Olaves from September 1923 to April 1928 Went down with HMS Hecla when torpedoed off Casablanca on the 11th November 1942.

Aged 31 years.

Sergeant Glider Pilot no. 14911732 Albert John Chadd, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, Royal Air Force.

Born October 12th 1926 to James and Ethel from Camberwell At St Olave’s from September 1938 to December 1939.

Died of sickness at Quastinam, Palestine on the 18th May 1947.

Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel.

Aged 20 years.

Sergeant William James Cooper, Royal Air Force.

Born 31st January 1925. At St Olave’s from September 1937 to August 1942.

Killed at Handel, whilst on air operations , and buried at Woensel, near Eindhoven, Holland on the 21st July 1944.

Aged 19 years.

Flying Officer/Navigator no. 1145 Reginald Harry Cornell, 627 Squadron, Royal Air Force Born 22nd November 1910. At St Olave’s from September 1922 to December 1928.

Base – RAF Woodhall Spa – Mosquito AZ-H XX KB215 Killed in a flying accident at Wrangle, Lincolnshire on the 19th October 1944. Buried in Coningsby Cemetery.

Aged 33 years.

Sergeant/Navigator no. 454 Robert William McGavin Cowan, Royal Air Force.

Born 3rd June 1921.

At St Olave’s from September 1932 to July 1939 Missing, presumed drowned when returning from air operations with a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force over Ludwigshaven, Germany on the night of the 18th November 1943 (May have died on the 21st December 1944 ?)

Aged 22 years.

Leading Aircraftsman no. 1605361 Geoffrey Guy Crake, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born 21st March 1910 to Charles and Elsie from Coulsden At St Olaves from May 1921 to July 1927.

Killed in a flying accident at Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan, Canada on 4th September 1943.

Aged 33 years.

Private no. 10573684 Joseph Thomas Curran, 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

Born 19th January 1911 to Joseph and Ellen from Billingham.

At St Olave’s from September 1922 to July 1926 Wife – Elizabeth Margaret Killed in action at Cassino in Italy on 16th February 1944.

Aged 33 years.

Second Lieutenant no. 167249 Thomas Edwin Devereux, Royal Artillery.

Born on 6th January 1905 At St Olave’s from May 1914 to July 1921

Fatally Injured in a motorcycle accident at Hursley, Hampshire on 7th May 1942.

Aged 37 years.

Captain Frederick Dolton, Merchant Navy Born 16th July 1882

At St Olave’s from September 1895 to July 1897 Captain of S.S. Empire Light which was sunk by a German raider in the Indian ocean on 25th April 1941.

He was taken prisoner of war on the raider which was intercepted by HMS Cornwall on the 8th May, and which, in the ensuing engagement, was sunk with all on board.

Aged 58 years.

Frederick Stanley Dowell Born 29th October 1916 At St Olave’s from September 1928 to July 1935

Drowned in the River Nile as a result of a boating accident in 1943.

Aged 27 years.

Captain James Thorburn Doyle, Royal Army Medical Corps (Airborne) M.B., B.S, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Born 24th August 1920 At St Olave’s from May 1931 to April 1933 Emergency Commission Killed in action n North West Europe in September 1944 (May have died on 22nd May 1943 ?)

Aged 24 years.

Sergeant/Air Gunner no. 352 Reginald Hubert Dunstan, Royal Air Force Born 4th October 1909 At St Olave’s from January 1923 to July 1925 Missing and presumed dead since 21st April 1943 when on a raid on Rostock, Germany, probably having crashed in Gamborg Fjord, off the Jutland Coast. (May have been pronounced dead on the 2nd March 1944 ?)

Aged 33 years.

Lancelot Herbert ELLEKER – Flying Officer and Navigator, Royal Air Force Killed over France on the night of July 12th 1944.

Sergeant-Pilot Ronald David Emery, Royal Air Force.

Born 23rd February 1922 At St Olave’s from September 1933 to July 1938

Killed in action on the North-East coast of Scotland

Lance Bombardier, former Gunner no.

1110632 Ernest John Evans, 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Born 4th October 1920 to George and Helen from Norwood At St Olave’s from September 1932 to July 1936 Killed in the Western Desert on 12th June 1942.

Aged 21 years.

Leading Aircraftsman no. 1808349 Reginald William Fairweather, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born 14th April 1924 to Mr W S Fairweather from Lewes.

At St Olave’s from September 1933 to July 1940

He served for more than three years, and, shortly before being demobilised, he contracted an illness from which he died on 14th January 1947.

Aged 22 years.

George FARRINGTON – Flying Officer no. 2125, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Base – RAF Ludford Magna – Lancaster SR-D1 ME592 Killed during air operations Over Stettin in Germany – August 9th 1944 (or 27th August) Buried in Halsingborg (Palsip) Cemetery in Stettin.

Flying Officer and Pilot Robert Edward Farrow D.F.C, 501 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Born 6th October 1922 At St Olave’s from September 1933 to July 1939 Killed whilst on air operations over Germany during the night of April 14th to 15th, 1945.

Spitfire Pilot – PVb AB186 Aged 22 years.

Distinguished Flying Cross award.

Captain no. 187159 Kenneth John Fish M.C., 7th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

Born 31st August 1912 to Herbert and Margaret Ann from Shirley At St Olave’s from January 1922 to February 1930.

Killed in action in the Libyan Desert on the 8th May 1943.

Military Cross award for gallantry on active service.

Aged 30 years.

Steward’s Boy, Harry James Fisher, Merchant Navy Born 21st March 1924 to Henrietta from Bermondsey At St Olave’s from September 1935 to December 1938 M V Silveray (London).

Went down with his ship when torpedoed off the coast of Canada on 3rd February 1943 (May have died on the 4th February 1942) Aged 18 years.

Signaller no. P/JX205689 Donald William Alliston Fitchett, Royal Navy

Born 17th April 1917 At St Olave’s from September 1929 to July 1934 Taken Prisoner by Japanese at Singapore and died in captivity on the 16th May 1942.

Aged 25 years.

Pilot Officer former Sergeant no. 2125 Ronald Arthur Flood, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Vounteer Reserve Born 7th February 1913 At St Olave’s from May 1924 to July 1932

Base – RAF Feltwell – Wellington DX111, X3748 Killed in a trial flight at Gosport on 28th July 1942.

Aged 29 years.

Gunner/Signalman No. 968275 Jack Goldston, A Battery, 11 (Honourable Artillery Company) Royal Horse Artillery.

Born 3rd April 1916, son of Henry and Pearl from Holloway.

At St Olave’s from September 1924 to July 1933 Wounded in action in the Western Desert in the Middle East on 26th October 1942. Died of his wounds on the 23rd November.

Aged 26 years.

Flight Lieutenant No. 2029 Walter Albert Gorton, 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Born 17th May 1916

At St Olave’s from September 1928 to July 1932 Crashed on 31st August 1943 over Berlin.

Wounded and taken prisoner. Commemorated at Gorkzke, Germany.

Died of his wounds on the 18th November 1943, aged 27 years.

Based at RAF Lissett on Halifax Bombers No. 11. HR937.

Sergeant Pilot Jack Green, Royal Air Force Born 30th June 1914 At St Olave’s from September 1925 to December 1931 Killed in an accident at an advanced training station where he was Flying Instructor on the night of 4th April 1943.

Aged 28 years.

Major Alexander Philip Greene, Royal Artillery

Born 26th September 1916 At St Olave’s from September 1926 to July 1932

Died from Diphtheria in Salonika, Greece on the 26th June 1945.

Aged 28 years.

Flight Sergeant No. 2329 Sidney Henry Greene, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Born 25th April 1920 At St Olave’s from January 1928 to April 1936 Based at RAF Oakington on Stirling Bomber No. M-GK 1.W7539 Missing after an attack on an enemy-occupied landing ground in North Africa and presumed killed in December 1942 (may have been 28th June 1942 ?) buried at Escoublac-la-baule Cemetery in St Nazaire.

Aged 22 years.

Captain no. 184092 John Lewis Hall, 141st (7th Battalion) Royal East Kent Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps

Born 30th July 1919 to Sidney and Edith from Aston At St Olave’s from September 1930 to July 1938 Husband to Edith Margaret Hall Killed in action in Germany on the 21st November 1944 Aged 25 years.

Second Lieutenant Henry Selwyn Halliday no. 132753, 31st Light AntiAircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Born 19th September 1918 to Jack and Lois from Morden.

At St Olave’s from January 1929 to July 1935 Husband of Barbara J Halliday.

Lost his life in a flying accident at Cambridge on the 18th July (June ?) 1941.

Aged 22 years.

Sub Lieutenant David James Hanson, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Jackdaw, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Born 21st March 1922 to James and Florence from Olney At St Olave’s from September 1933 to December 1935

Missing on night operations and presumed dead on the 1st May 1944

Lance Corporal and Signalman No. 2571463 Cecil Dennison Harding, Middlesex Yeomanry, Royal Corps of Signals Born 7th August 1913

At St Olave’s from May 1927 to July 1931 Died on active service in the Middle East on 9th August 1941

Aged 28 years.

James Douglas HARRISON Born November 1913, At St Olaves from January 1931 to July 1935

Flying Officer and Observer Peter Norman Herny, Royal Air Force.

Born 16th September 1922 At St Olave’s from September 1933 to March 1940 Missing and presumed killed when his plane was seen to crash and burn on 12th September 1944 during an attack on enemy shipping of the coast of Holland.

Aged 21 years.

Ordinary Seaman and Radio Direction Finder no. P/JX212310 Maurice Stanley Hesse, Royal Navy Born 31st May 1917 to Charles and Alice from Catford At St Olaves from September 1928 to July 1933.

Wife - Edna Went down with his destroyer, HMS Wryneck off Crete on the 27th April 1941.

Aged 23 years.

Lieutenant no. 164959 Philip Francis Howard, 65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Born 21st October 1915 to Harold and Grace from Selsdon At St Olaves from September 1924 to July 1933

Wife – Elizabeth.

After five years of war and being twice wounded, he was wounded again in northern Italy and died on 11th September 1944.

Aged 28 years.

Flying Officer no. 154814 Donald Henry Hobden, 547 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born 25th August 1923 to Thomas and Lilian from Bellingham

At St Olaves from September 1934 to March 1940.

Presumed killed in air operations over the North Sea on 16th November 1944.

Aged 21 years.

Private Walter Charles Humphrey, Army Catering Corps.

Born on 2nd October 1919 At St Olaves from September 1932 to April 1936.

Died from injury received in a battle accident in Italy on 12th December 1944 Aged 25 years.

Radio Officer, Horace Wilfred Jackson, Merchant Navy

Born 2nd January 1907 At St Olave’s from September 1919 to July 1923.

Killed in action in the Mediterrean Sea on 18th January 1941 Aged 34 years.

Flying Officer Frederick Harold Jenkins, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Born on 3rd February 1921 At St Olaves from September 1932 to September 1940

Missing presumed drowned when his Halifax Bomber was shot down in the Bay of Biscay on 26th August 1943.

Aged 22 years.

Acting Lieutenant Colonel no. 54/A1 Ronald Ellis Johnstone, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, Indian Army.

Born 13th August 1910 to Ellis and Isabella from Sevenoaks At St Olaves from January 1922 to July 1928.

Wife - Margaret Died at Dinapur on 25th May 1942, as a result of illness contracted During the Burma campaign.

Aged 31 years.

Sub Lieutenant Richard George A Ladders, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Born on 30th March 1915

At St Olaves from January 1929 to July 1932.

Went down with his ship in action in May 1941.

Aged 26 years.

Sergeant Wireless Operator and Air Gunner no. 924797 Kenneth George Lambert, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born on 21st September 1919 to George and Doris from Brockley

At St Olaves from September 1930 to July 1936 Shot down following the breaking of the El Alamein line on 2nd November 1942.

Aged 23 years.

Flight Lieutenant Leslie James Leach, South African Air Force.

Born on 23rd January 1921 to Stephen and Alice from Alperton.

At St Olaves from September 1931 to July 1937 Was shot down and killed whilst flying his Mustang over Yugoslavia on 9th August 1944.

Aged 23 years.

Lieutenant Alfred James Parry Lee, Royal Marines Born on 9th October 1919 to Alfred and Jessie At St Olaves from September 1932 to July 1938 Base – Portsmouth Dockyards – RM Group MNBDO (1)

Presumed to have lost his life at sea, by accident, off Ceylon on or about 8th November 1942, the boat in which he and another were sailing failed to return. (May have died on 15th July 1940 instead ?)

Aged 23 years.

Frederick Vernon LEGON

Born in 1920 to Albert and Martha from Balham

Flying Officer no. 128578, 540 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – Shot down at Verdun in France on April 10th 1944.

Leonard Percy LILL – Home Guard Born in 1902, Wife – Edith Ethel, Lieutenant, killed in air raid on London on 24th June 1944 at 17 Somertrees Avenue.

Aged 42 years.

Flight Lieutenant no. 112751 Peter Lines, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born on 7th October 1920

At St Olaves from May 1933 to July 1937.

Killed in landing a Lancaster Bomber in England on returning from operations over Normandy on 30th July 1944.

Aged 23 years.

Flight Sergeant, Air Bomber 1607117 Geoffrey Lionel Lovegrove, 578 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Born on 2nd August 1923 At St Olaves from May 1934 to October 1938 Killed over Holland in an operational flight to Duisberg, Germany on 30th November 1944.

Aged 21 years.

Sergeant, Warrant Officer and Air Gunner no. 1604339 Stuart John Lovett, 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born on 13th October 1923 to Henry and Agnes from Norbury At St Olaves from January 1935 to July 1939.

Presumed killed in air operations over Germany on the 6th November 1944.

Lancaster BQ-M 111, PB562 Aged 21 years.

Flying Officer no 2227 Denis William Major, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Born on 27th November 1922 At St Olaves from September 1934 to July 1939.

Base – RAF Spilsby – Lancaster E-MS 1, LL776 Shot down over Althren, Germany on 23rd May 1944.

Buried in Reichswald War Cemetery – Braunschweig-Haren.

Aged 21 years.

Lance Corporal no. 7663672 David Nivin Charles McCormack, 1/6th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment Born on 5th July 1917 At St Olaves from May 1930 to April 1934 Wounded in France and died on 13th July 1944, whilst being brought to England on a hospital ship.

Aged 27 years.

Sergeant, Wireless Operator and Air Gunner no. 919351 David Osborne McFall 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born 6th May 1915 to David and Jane from Perranporth At St Olaves from May 1929 to July 1935.

Wife - Jeanette

Killed whilst on active service in the Middle East on 27th September 1941.

Aged 26 years.

George Edens MCFALL – Royal Air Force died from a glandular disease contracted on active service on May 24th 1948.

Pilot Officer no. 179196 Harold Richard Morris, 455 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force.

Born on 13th October 1922 to Leslie and Elsie from Streatham At St Olaves from September 1936 to July 1939 Killed in a Beaufighter, during an attack on a Convoy off the coast of Heligoland on 10th August 1944.

Aged 21 years.

Lieutenant Leslie Charles Morris, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Born on 29th July 1917 At St Olaves from September 1930 to July 1934.

Died from disease on 11th April 1947, contracted at Freetown, Sierra Leone In April 1941.

Aged 29 years.

Robert Tudor MORRIS – Sergeant, Air Gunner and Wireless Operator, Royal Air Force missing and presumed killed since December 1941.

Captain Alan Andrew Nevell, Queen Victoria’a Own Madras Sappers and Miners, Royal Engineers Born on 2nd May 1914 to Walter and Frances from Hove, Sussex At St Olaves from September 1925 to July 1930

Taken prisoner by the Japanese. Died in Malaya of diptheria and enteritis on 13th October 1942.

Aged 28 years.

Flight Lieutenant, Air Bomber no.

120580 John Albert Philps, 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born on 31st January 1911 in Hemel Hempstead.

At St Olaves from September 1920 to April 1926 Killed in an operational flight over Hamburg during the night of 29/30th July 1943. (Lancaster 111, ED598) Base – RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire Aged 32 years. Buried in Hamburg Cemetery

Sub Lieutenant Edward Francis Pittman Fleet Air Arm, HMS Saker 11.

Born on 30th March 1917 to Edward and Theresa from Orpington At St Olaves from September 1929 to July 1934 Killed in aeroplane crash in Miami, Florida on 29th August 1942.

Aged 25 years.

Private and Driver no. 137824 Horace Ronald Plummer, Royal Army Service Corps Born on 19th October 1919 to William and Theresa from East Dulwich At St Olaves from January 1930 to February 1936 Killed in action in the Libyan desert on 30th November 1942.

Aged 23 years.

Captain no. 166347 Ernest Stanley Probst, 71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Born on 15th January 1913 to Robert and Ethel from Merton Park Wife – Winifred Maude At St Olaves from September 1924 to July 1932 Killed in action by machine gun fire at Salerno in Italy on 11th September 1943.

Aged 30 years.

Flying Officer John Edward Ramshaw, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force

Born on the 20th June 1919 At St Olaves from May 1933 to July 1936 Killed on active service on 22nd February 1942.

Aged 22 years.

Able Seaman William George Albert Risby, Royal Navy

Born on the 18th September 1908 At St Olaves from September 1918 to July 1924 Died of malaria in Trinidad on 6th September 1943.

Aged 34 years.

Harry Robertson, Royal Air Force

Born on the 16th November 1911 At St Olaves from September 1923 to July 1928 Killed during flying operations over Germany in September 1943 Aged 31 years.

Flying Officer, Wireless Operator and Air Gunner no. 139134 John David Ernest Robertson, 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Born on the 30th March 1920 to John and Violet from Lee.

At St Olaves from January 1929 to July 1935 Died after returning from air operations in India on the 17th December 1943.

Aged 23 years.

Alexander James SARGENT – Flying Officer, Royal Air Force missing presumed killed on an operational flight over northern France.

Flying Officer no. 39901 Frank Charles Rose, 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Born on the 17th August 1915 to Charles and Ethel from Sidcup.

At St Olaves from September 1926 to July 1931.

Killed in action in France on the 18th May 1940 during the Battle of Britain.

Aged 24 years.

Signalman no. 2331959 Ronald Rodney Saunders, 155 Field Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals Born on the 1st June 1918 to James and Ethel from Lee.

At St Olaves from September 1926 to July 1934 Taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaya and subsequently reported missing after sinking of a Japanese transport conveying prisoners of war from Thailand to Japan in August 1944.

Aged 26 years.

Sub Lieutenant Peter Terence Scott Royal Naval Vounteer Reserve Born on the 3rd December 1920 to Frederick and Grace from Sidcup At St Olaves from September 1930 to December 1932

Killed on HMS Lagan while on convoy duty in the Atlantic on the 20th September 1943 Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial – Panel 80, Column 1 Aged 22 years.

Second Lieutenant no. 245472 William Sexty, 138th Heavy AntiAircraft Battery, Royal Artillery Born on the 11th September 1906 to William and Eliza from Worcester

At St Olaves from September 1918 to July 1923 Wife - Ada Killed by an exploding bomb in an air raid at Rotherhithe on 20th January 1943 Aged 36 years.

Lieutenant no. 186438 William Michael Sharp, 1st Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment Born on the 9th August 1916 to William and Margaret from Eltham

At St Olaves from September 1927 to July 1935 Killed in action in Normandy, France during the D Day landings, on the 7th June 1944

Aged 27 years.

Squadron Leader no 32020 Frederick William Charles Shute, 152 Squadron, Royal Air Force Born on the 22nd November 1910 At St Olaves from May 1924 to July 1928 Reported missing on the 29th February 1940 and presumed to have died Aged 29 years

Flight Sergeant no. 1391960 Edward Henry Skeel, 410 Squadron, Royal Air Force Born on the 30th June 1913 to Charles and Margaretta from Bermondsey At St Olaves from September 1924 to July 1929 Shot down over the Bay of Biscay on the 13th June 1943 Aged 29 years

Pilot Officer no. 155021 Edmund Solomon 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Born on the 4th April 1922 to Frank and Ada from Chislehurst At St Olaves from September 1933 to July 1938 Killed, serving as a Pathfinder in an operational flight over Hamburg on the night of the 2/3rd August or 17th September 1943 Aged 21 years.

Flight Sergeant no. 927574 Albert Francis Standring, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born on the 15th June 1921 to Bertie and Hannah from Blackheath

At St Olaves from September 1932 to July 1937 Wife - Eunice Killed whilst on duty as a Flying Instructor at a station in North Wales on 12th July 1944 Aged 23 years

Michael STARBUCK Born on the 24th January 1924 to W.A. Starbuck and his wife Louie from Eltham. At St Olaves from May 1935 to May 1941. Killed by enemy action whilst with the School in Torquay, Devon, together with his mother, sister and grandfather on 4th May 1941. Aged 17 years.

Died at 10 Third Avenue, Daison.

Senior Chaplain to the Forces, Clarence Charles a’Becket Thacker

Born on the 9th November 1891 At St Olaves from January 1905 to July 1909 O.B.E., M.A., Ll.B. Died on the 23rd April 1947 at Torquay, from illness contracted on war service in Gibralter and North Africa.

Aged 55 years.

Sergeant Victor John Thompson Royal Artillery

Born on the 15th March 1920 At St Olaves from September 1931 to December 1937 Wounded by shrapnel at Singapore and died of his wounds on the 23rd March 1942 Aged 22 years.

Sergeant James Henry Tiedeman Royal Air Force

Born on the 12th November 1915

At St Olaves from September 1928 to December 1931 Reported missing from an operational flight on 17th December 1940, and presumed to have died Aged 25 years

Sergeant Observer William Edward Walter, Royal Air Force

Born on the 2nd July 1920

At St Olaves from September 1929 to July 1937 Killed in an operational flight over Gelsenkirchen on 26th June 1943

Aged 22 years

Ordinary Seaman no. P/JX248477 Albert Sidney Waring, Royal Navy Born on the 4th December 1912 to Jessie and Edith At St Olaves from November 1929 to July 1932 Went down with his ship, HMS Barnam in action off Sollum in Libya on 25th November 1941 Aged 28 years

Sergeant no. 6967595 Cyril George Warner London Rifle Brigade, 1/7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Born on the 17th February 1915 At St Olaves from September 1926 to July 1931 Killed in action in the Western Desert, Middle East on the 2nd November 1942 Aged 27 years

Flying Officer George William Warnes Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Born on the 4th October 1906

At St Olaves from January 1921 to July 1925 Taken ill in Jerusalem and removed to hospital in Johannesburg where he died on the 4th November 1943 Aged 37 years

Private Frederick Percy Kenneth Watson King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Born on the 5th March 1919 At St Olaves from September 1930 to July 1935

Wounded when on patrol with a Bren Gun carrier in Tunisia Died of his wounds on 28th February 1943 Aged 23 years

Flight Lieutenant Albert Edmond Williamson, Royal Air Force

Born on the 7th May 1913 At St Olaves from September 1925 to April 1930 Killed in action during operations over the North Sea