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The Second World War Book of Remembrance printed and bound with the assistance of the Old Portmuthian Club Albert John Abraham 1916 - 20 Commissioned Electrician HMS Glorious Royal Navy died 8th June 1940 Arthur Maurice Akehurst 1927 - 36 . Lieutenant HMS Royal Albert Royal Navy Died 30th June 1945 William Harvey Kenneth Annetts 1930 - 36 Sergeant Royal Air Force VR Died 23rd June 1941 Shirley East Apthorp 1933 Second Lieutenant 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars Royal Armoured Corps Died 27th August 1944 Andrew Armour 1919 Major 16th Punjab Regiment Died 8th April 1943 Derek Arnold 1928 - 31 Engine Room Artificer HMS Gossamer Royal Navy Died 26th June 1942 Jack Humby Ashton 1932 - 39 Lieutenant 5th Royal Hampshire Regiment Died 26th February 1943 Alfred Bailey 1926 - 31 Pilot Officer 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 1st August 1940 Ronald Charles Balsdon 1933 - 39 Sergeant 156 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 17th June 1943 Frank Godfrey Baxter 1914 -19 Major Royal Engineers Died 11th July 1943 Geoffrey David Berney 1930 - 37 HMS Barham Royal Navy VR Died 25th November 1941 Cecil Stanley Bishop 1914 -19 Paymaster Commander HMS Glorious Royal Navy Died 8th June 1940 Bernard Alfred Blockley 1929-38 Paymaster Midshipman HMS Fiji Royal Navy Died 23rd May 1941 Edwin Thomas Bond 1921 - 26 Leading Steward HMS Godetia Royal Navy Died 6th September 1940 Ronald Vickers Brant 1918 - 26 Sapper Johore Volunteer engineers Died 1st August 1945 William Ernest Bridges 1914 - 21 Captain Royal Army Ordnance Corps Died 4th February 1944 Robert Arthur Brittain 1932 - 34 Lance Corporal Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Died 22nd November 1941 John Kenneth Buchanan 1927 - 35 Wing Commander 227 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 16th February 1944 Francis Pavitt Jenks Burlton 1924 - 25 Corporal King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1st Queen Victoria’s Rifles Died 24th May 1940 Keith Douglas Burroughs 1936 - 41 Flight Sergeant 44 Squadron RAF Volunteer Reserve Died 8th June 1940 John Henry Burton 1913 -16 Captain The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Died 25th September 1940 Terence Brittan Carothers 1919 - 20 Lieutenant Royal Marines Died 17th June 1944 Frederick John Lewis Cary 1928 - 31 Major 17th Field Regiment Royal Artillery Died 9th August 1943 John Catchpole 1928 - 37 Lieutenant HMS Mahratta Royal Navy Died 25th February 1944 James Noel Childs 1921- 23 Lieutenant HM Trawler Red Gauntlett Royal Navy VR Died 5th August 1943 Bernard James Steele Chinneck 1925 - 33 Private 2nd Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment Died 3rd December 1942 Eric Culyer Church 1921- 28 Air Raid Precautions Civil Defence Died 11th July 1940 Edward Thompson Clark 1933 - 37 Sub-Lieutenant HMS Gadwall Royal Navy VR Died 30th April 1944 John Hunter Coghlan 1925 - 27 Flight Lieutenant 56 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 17th August 1940 Eric James Cole 1928 - 35 Sergeant 54 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 8th November 1939 Ronald Leslie Cole 1935 Sergeant Observer 44 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 3rd September 1941 John Rochfort Colt 1911-13 Major North Staffordshire Regiment Died 21st November 1944 Derek John Cory 1931 - 38 Sub-Lieutenant HMS Hollyhock Royal Navy VR Died 9th April 1942 Frank Stuart Cranmore 1933 - 39 Wireless Mechanic Royal Navy Died 26th April 1943 Arthur Allen Davis 1928 - 31 Bombardier 65 Light Anti-aircraft Regt Royal Artillery Died 19th January 1942 William Norman Davis 1920 - 27 Sergeant Pilot Royal Air Force VR Died 22nd august 1940 Ronald Frank Eades 1917 -1922 Lieutenant Royal Navy VR Died 12th June 1944 Robert Cory Easton 1923 - 33 Major Lancashire Fusiliers Attached Royal Armoured Corps Died 3rd September 1944 Paul Harold Elling 1935 - 40 Telegraphist HMS Bluebell Royal Navy Died 17th February 1945 Leslie Arthur Ellis 1924 - 27 Chief Engine Room Artificer HMS Holcombe Royal Navy Died 12th December 1943 Leonard William Evans 1930-35 Midshipman HMS Gloucester Royal Navy Died 24th February 1942 Richard Jepha Evans 1918 - 24 Warrant Officer Royal Scots Fusiliers Died 26th September 1945 Alan Kenneth Farlam 1928 - 30 Warrant Officer Royal Australian Air Force Died 14th August 1943 Victor Charles Henry Farrow 1924 - 30 Captain Royal Army Service Corps Died 16th September 1942 Richard Alexander Fawdry 1932 - 36 Lieutenant HMS Foresight Royal Navy Died 2nd May 1942 William Martin Ferguson 1922 - 27 Captain 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment Died 4th September 1942 Antony Hare Fry 1929 - 37 Sergeant Navigator 103 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 1st April 1943 Frank Henry Gage 1932 - 39 Sergeant 576 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 20th December 1943 Frederick John Noel Gage 1932 - 35 Private 2/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Died 28th February 1943 Francis John Grandin Gallichan 1927 - 33 Sub Lieutenant 800 Squadron, HMS Furious Royal Navy VR Died 30th July 1941 Douglas Robert Gamblen 1925 - 30 Flying Officer 41 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 29th July 1940 Bryan George Gardner 1935 - 43 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ganges Royal Navy VR Died 31st March 1944 Wilfred Lewis Gitsham 1927 - 29 Chief Motor Mechanic HM Motor Torpedo Boat 637 Royal Navy Died 8th May 1943 Hugh Egerton Greatwood 1914 - 17 Captain 4th btn, 6th Rajputana Rifles Indian Army Died 22nd June 1941 William Godfrey Hale 1915 -18 Major 1/5th btn Mahratta Light Infantry Indian Army Died 27th June 1942 Roger Guy Barrett Hallett 1932 - 36 Lieutenant Royal Hampshire Regiment Died 23rd April 1943 Philip Harlock 1930 - 31 Lieutenant Australian Infantry Died 6th May 1945 John Thomas Harman 1925 - 30 Lieutenant HMS Curacoa Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Died 2nd October 1942 John William Harnden 1932 - 39 Aircraftsman 1st Class Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died 29th November 1943 Roger Turvey Harris 1932 - 40 Lieutenant 2nd battalion Essex Regiment Died 9th July 1944 Claude Lennard Hart 1922 - 28 Civilian Died 1st November 1940 Emmanuel Hartstein 1931- 32 Pilot Officer Royal Air Force VR Died 23rd August 1944 James Holmes 1924 - 29 Engine Room Artificer HMS Salmon Royal Navy Died 14th July 1940 Solly Hooker 1928 - 31 Chaplain Royal Army Chaplains’ Dept Died 12th February 1946 Charles John Kenneth Hutchins 1928 - 30 Squadron Leader 149 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 6th June 1944 Neil Bedford Ibbertson 1942 - 43 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force VR Died 7th December 1945 Jack Imrie 1925 - 32 Gunner Royal Artillery 151 Battery 51 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt Died 18th August 1941 Norman Frank Ivemey 1931- 36 Admiralty Clerk M.V. PETER MAERSK Died 7th December 1942 Peter Lewis James 1926 - 36 Sub Lieutenant HMS Balta Royal Navy VR Died 9th April 1942 Kenneth Cole Jeffery 1923 - 24 Surgeon Lieutenant HMS Partridge Royal Naval VR Died 18th December 1942 Reginald Maurice Peter Jenkyns 1929 - 30 Flying Officer 214 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 7th July 1941 Kenneth Mountfield Jolliffe 1925 - 35 Lieutenant Royal Marines Died 3rd June 1942 Ronald William Woodruff Jordan 1917 - 24 Sergeant 54 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt Royal Artillery Died 5th September 1945 John Douglas Keynes 1926 - 31 Squadron Leader 126 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 4th June 1943 Frederick Lawrence Kidd 1930 - 34 Pilot Officer 144 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 6th November 1941 Harold Edgar Knight 1927 - 31 Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Air Force VR Died 14th February 1942 Kenneth Mauice Munro Lanyon 1922 - 31 Gunner 4th City of London Regt Royal Artillery Died 14th February 1942 James Anthony Foreman Lawrance 1932 - 39 Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy VR Died 15th July 1943 Martin Lawrey 1914 -15 Paymaster Commander HMS Courageous Royal Navy Died 17th September 1939 James Randolph Lind 1936 - 37 Captain Royal Artillery 1st Btn,1st Punjab Regt Died 18th September 1944 Hugh John Norman Lindsaye 1929 - 33 Squadron Leader 18 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 30th April 1941 Douglas Keith Lockhart 1931 - 41 Midshipman Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy VR Died 15th September 1942 Kenneth David James Lorimer 1937 - 43 Lieutenant HMS Ferret Royal Navy Died 20th March 1947 Donald William Mansbridge 1928 - 31 Squadron Leader 635 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 20th April 1944 Roy McKenzie Mansell 1929 - 34 Pilot Officer 206 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 1st January 1941 David McKenzie 1937 - 40 Flying Officer 211 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 14th March 1944 Munro McKenzie 1937 - 39 Sergeant Pilot 9 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 9th January 1943 Ian Alan Mead 1927 - 34 Flight Lieutenant 18 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 2nd June 1941 David William Melhuish 1931 - 38 Private 17th battalion Royal Fusiliers Died 20th March 1941 John Thomas Norie Miles 1933 - 38 Flight Lieutenant 57 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 25th October 1943 Frank Andrew Milliken 1917 - 21 Major HMS Nelson Royal Marines Died 7th September 1945 Robert Milne 1938 - 42 Lieutenant 151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery Died 1st March 1945 Geoffrey James Moore 1930 - 37 First Radio Officer SS Thornliebank Merchant Navy Died 29th November 1941 Francis James Mortimer 1885 - 90 Civilian Died 27th July 1944 Charles Walter Ronald Mundy 1924 - 29 Engine Room Artificer HMS Culver Royal Navy Died 31st January 1942 Robert Frederick Murgatroyd 1927 - 34 Gunner 15 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Died 19th June 1942 Douglas Shirley Murray 1938 - 39 Flight Sergeant Pilot 34 Squadron Royal Air Force VR Died 12th July 1945 Benjamin Robert Herbert Norris 1932 - 38 Lieutenant 1 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery Died 5th March 1943 William Louis Northover 1930 - 34 Major 1st York & Lancaster Regiment Died 24th August 1948 Ronald Arthur Osgood 1929 - 35 Pilot Officer Royal
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