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
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
