RoH/009 add 370706 F/S ALSTON Hugh Durbin 17-06-40 98 Sqn [Martin Giles 14/07/08]
RoH/010 add: 534033 LAC CORMACK-BEATSON Charles Edward 17-06-40 98 Sqn
[p484 Battle of France Then and Now Peter D Cornwell, Battle of Britain International, 2008, via Martin Giles 23/07/08]
Note. The CWGC entry for this casualty does not identify his squadron.RoH/011 add 545496 Cpl KEVAN Robert 17-06-40 98 Sqn [Martin Giles 14/07/08]
RoH/012 Add to the third paragraph of the Note [left hand column] F/S Alston's service number shows that he enlisted from civilian life between June and September 1925.
RoH/019 522075 Sgt STRONG 97 Sqn should be 77 Sqn [Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/019 618247 AC2 WILKES 97 Sqn should be 77 Sqn [Mark Haycock 12/09/08]RoH/022 add: 743074 Sgt ANDERSON Frederick Lawrence 20-06-40 12 OTU [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/025 214 39066 CRAIG-HALKETT to read CRAIGIE-HALKETT [Chorley, 13/11/08]
RoH/031 add 42237 P/O LAWTON Alan Blanchard 19-06-40 115 Sqn [Martin Giles 14/07/08]
RoH/040 Add to the second paragraph of the Note [left hand column] P/O Lawton's squadron is not identified on the CWGC website but his details appear in 115 Squadron Operations Record Book indicating he died from injuries received in a road traffic accident on 18 June 1940. [Martin Giles 14/07/08]
RoH/059 add 39015 S/L HARVEY DFC Keith Thomas Alfred 30-12-41 23 OTU [Mark Haycock 09/08/08]
RoH/065 109 add AFM after Sgt D J MACKEY [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/065 7 add DFM after 44564 F/O D MACKAY [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]RoH/073 add 903863 Sgt SHARP Hubert George 12-05-41 58 Sqn [RAF Commands via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/074 102 add DFM after Sgt SILLS D [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/089 Royal Indian Air Force add P/O PASHA Ali Raza Khan 17-08-41 10 OTU [Mark Haycock 24/01/09]
RoH/101 add 944083 F/S COOK Tom 30-05-42 16 OTU [Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/104 add 580430 W/O DOYLE Brian 30-05-42 16 OTU [Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/105 add 522113 Sgt EWEN George 25-06-42 10 OTU [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/107 19 OTU Sgt GEORGE C S add DFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/107 add 1253003 Sgt GARRICK John Hartas George 31-05-42 26 OTU [Mark Haycock 19/10/08]RoH/109 add 1029811 Sgt GREENBANK William Morphet 19-01-42 20 OTU [Linzee Druce 12/09/08]
RoH/115 add 1380631 Sgt KILBURN Michael Hentry John 19-01-42 20 OTU [Linzee Druce 12/09/08]
RoH/124 214 115123 P/O PEEL Jack Dempsey add [USA] : [ 'Jock' Whitehouse 22/09/08]
RoH/132 amend 754021 F/S TADMAN to add DFM [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock, 07/01/09]
RoH/137 add 1429514 AC1 WILKINSON John Arthur 3-06-42 14 OTU [Mark Haycock, 19/10/08]
RoH/138 add 626965 Sgt WOLFENDEN John Pennington 22-09-42 103 CFlt [Dave Johnson 12/09/08]
RoH/149 add 121777 P/O HOWSON Kenneth Joseph 20-10-42 21 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock, 08/01/09]
RoH/170 add 1251427 Sgt ADAMS James 3-02-43 1657 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/175 correction 1050195 Sgt BERTRAM Lorenzo, to read BERTRAND [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/179 add 1457184 Sgt BROWN Jack 3-02-43 1658 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/181 add 1231848 Sgt BUTTERY Donal John William 3-02-43 1658 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/184 78 Sgt COGGANS G M add DFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/185 add 751872 Sgt COOK Fred Arthur 29-09-43 1659 HCU [Mark Haycock 19/10/08]
RoH/188 add 1390928 Sgt CULSHAW Donald Owen Colwell 3-02-43 1658 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/192 add 1312809 Sgt DUNN Allan John 1-05-43 1663 HCU [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/196 add 937274 Sgt FOX Leslie 3-02-43 1657 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/196 add 957702 Sgt FOX Raymond 28-01-43 1658 HCU [Mark Haycock 19/10/08]RoH/197 add 1047436 Sgt GARLAND James Arthur [Jim] 28-01-43 1658 HCU [Mark Haycock 19/10/08]
RoH/198 100 Sgt GILES Walter Edward James add DFM [Shaun McGuire 23/07/08]
RoH/203 add 125306 F/O HART William James 3-02-43 1658 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/205 add 1520789 Sgt HINETT Henry 1-05-43 1663 HCU [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/215 12 Sgt LEGG K G add MM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/227 101 Sgt PARK Donald Jasper 28-04-43: delete South Africa [WR Chorley (from Peter Cunliffe) 27/03/08]
RoH/228 RHC add 1397020 Sgt PELHAM Wilfred John 1-05-43 1663 HCU [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/230 49 F/S PRIOR S J H add DFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/236 10 OTU Sgt SCAMMELL B T add DFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/236 add 1311346 Sgt SEMARK Bernard Martin 8-09-43 29 OTU [see also OTU247 29/BK497, via Mark Haycock 24/01/09]RoH/242 RHC add 1388152 Sgt SUFFLING Dennis William 1-05-43 1663 HCU [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/248 F/S WATTS Stanley Langford Conway add AFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/250 add 1458991 Sgt WIDDOWSON William Arthur 8-09-43 29 OTU [see also OTU247 29/BK497, via Mark Haycock 24/01/09]
RoH/252 LHC add 815223 Sgt WILLIAMSON Eric Ford 1-05-43 1663 HCU [Mark Haycock 22/09/08]
RoH/255 add following paragraph at the end of the Note: Finally, commemorated within this section are the names of six airmen who died on 3 February 1943, and whose units are identified as 1657 HCU [two] and 1658 HCU [four]. All had been attached to 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit [No. 44 Group] to assist in the ferry of Halifax II DT503 to the Middle East and which was lost without trace twixt Portreath and Gibraltar. It is, of course, possible that all six would be retained at their destination but I am aware of Bomber Command crews being similarly tasked and on completion of the ferry returning to the United Kingdom and resuming their tour of operations. [Chorley 12/09/08]
RoH/258 [RAAF] add: 429318 Sgt HANSON Noel Charles 6-11-43 27 OTU [Chris Pointon 12/08/08]
RoH/260 27 OTU 400328 F/O McKECHNIE to read 404328 [Chris Pointon 12/08/08]
RoH/292 166 M/S WALTON JW add DFM PH [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/292 100 F/O MORGAN Thomas H add DFC [Shaun McGuire 23/07/08]
RoH/292 ROYAL NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE add between Note and SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE:
NORWEGIAN MILITARY WAR CORRESPONDENT
Capt GREIG J M B 3-12-43 460 Sqn [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/292 WEST D add DFC and Christian name Donald, amend date of death to read 3-11-43 [The Distinguished Flying Cross and How it Was Won 1918-1995, Nick & Carol Carter via Mark Haycock, 19/10/08]RoH/293 Army add 2065760 Sgt CARTER Arthur 18-08-43 11 OTU [NAA:166/17/120 via Mark Haycock 13/01/09]
RoH/293 Army add 787493 Sgt RICHINGS Harry Tom 18-08-43 11 OTU [NAA:166/17/120 via Mark Haycock 13/01/09]RoH/299 add 2210700 Sgt ANKERS Ronald Thomas 30-07-44 11 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/300 add 3041184 Sgt ASPIN Thomas 30-07-44 11 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/308 add 1211203 F/S BROWN DFM Sidney 30-07-44 11 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/308 57 Sqn 1572193 Sgt BUCHAN Frank - unit should read 97 Sqn [Martin Brooke, 13/11/08]RoH/312 57 F/L CLARKE R T add DFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/314 61 Base delete R/110020 LAC COOK, entered here in error (1944); see RoH/403 (1944) where his details have been correctly reported.
RoH/322 add 1381391 W/O EVANS DFM Ernest Stanley Ivor 3-01-44 619 Sqn [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/326 add 179288 P/O GARTHWAITE Herbert 2-09-44 1656 HCU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/330 add 144463 F/O HALY DFC Edward Fred Hutchinson 17-09-44 1652 HCU [British Guiana: Note add 1 to British Guiana 1944 and British Guiana and Table totals in Appendix 2] [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/331 add 183571 P/O HARMER John Russell 19-07-44 78 Sqn [RAF Commands via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/338 delete 64299 F/L JAMES Clement Hugh Lawton [South Africa] 11-03-44 97 Sqn [National Archives of Australia via Colin Bruggy 22/09/08]
RoH/346 add 41103 F/L MACADAM DFM Lawrence Edward 30-07-44 11 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/349 add 1348689 Sgt McKENNA Thomas 23-08-44 83 OTU [Don Drew 12/08/08]
RoH/350 add 103586 F/L MILFORD MiD Harold John 6-04-44 226 Sqn [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/355 1584611 Sgt OLIVER Edward Henry 26-01-44 1652 CU [RAF Commands and Australian War Memorial via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/359 add 2220929 Sgt POPPER Heinz George 30-08-44 101 Sqn [Mark Haycock 21/07/08]RoH/361 add 1582137 F/S REED Frank Edward 9-12-44 620 Sqn [Bryce Gomersall and Mark Haycock 17/08/08]
RoH/368 add 1575172 Sgt SMALLWOOD Charles Frederick 17-03-44 17 OTU [www.aviationresearch.co.uk/basic17otu.html via Mark Haycock 24/01/09]
RoH/368 add 1673879 Sgt SMITH Derek Shirley 18-05-44 1664 HCU [Mark Haycock 19/10/08]RoH/373 add 163727 P/O TAYLOR Richard John 30-07-44 11 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/385 New paragraph preceding one commencing 'Finally': W/O Evans DFM of 619 Squadron and who is buried in Celle War Cemetery has been incorrectly identified in the cemetery register as belonging to 196 Squadron. [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 08/01/09]
RoH/386 417451 F/S BOWERING Frank Edgar 26-01-44 1652 CU [RAF Commands and Australian War Memorial via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/388 37524 F/S DAVIS Albert Russell 26-01-44 1652 CU [RAF Commands and Australian War Memorial via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/389 415578 F/S GRAHAM Kevin Malcolm Ford 26-01-44 1652 CU [RAF Commands and Australian War Memorial via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/398 20772 F/S WOOD Geoffrey Markwell 26-01-44 1652 CU [RAF Commands and Australian War Memorial via Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/435 35 Capt HAUSVIK S J add DFC [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/436 576 F/O SARVIS R J add DFC [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]
RoH/436 New heading - beneath WOMEN's AUXILIARY AIR FORCE entry add
CIVILIANS
Mr STEVENSON Kent 22-06-44 BBC
Note. Mr Stevenson had accompanied a 49 Squadron crew tasked for a raid on Wesseling [1944/291 49/LL900 refers]. He is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. [Mark Haycock 07/01/09]RoH/436 Beneath WOMEN's AUXILIARY AIR FORCE entry add new heading:
AIR TRAINING CORPS
Cdt HARRIS Frederick James Dennis 30-07-44 11 OTU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]RoH/436 Beneath WOMEN's AUXILIARY AIR FORCE entry add new heading:
ARMY
RoH/436 34023 Maj WHIPP TD Sidney 3-05-44 North Killingholme
Note. Major Whipp TD of the Duke of Wellington's [West Riding Regiment] 7th Battalion, was North Killingholme's Station Defence Officer [Mark Haycock 08/01/09]RoH/441 add 1123766 F/S BYRNE Francis Dermot 5-02-45 1654 HCU [rafcommand web site and Mark Haycock 12/09/08]
RoH/442 106 W/O CONNER F R add DFM [Mark Haycock 30/07/08] - see also RoH/460 Note below
RoH/443 add 165031 F/O DINMORE Hubert Dunstan 4-01-45 1659 HCU [Dave Johnson 25/07/08]
RoH/447 F/O HEGGARTY John: delete 424 Sqn. Add 462 Sqn [WR Chorley, courtesy of Jamie Hibbert of Australia who confirmed CWGC were in error over their entry for Heggarty: 05/05/08: see also 1945/160 462/NA240]
RoH/447 add 1686415 Sgt HOLMES Reginald William 4-01-45 1659 HCU [Dave Johnson 25/07/08]RoH/448 add 1818890 Sgt JAMES Albert Edward William 4-01-45 1659 HCU [Dave Johnson 25/07/08]
RoH/448 add: 33116 G/C JEUDWINE DSO OBE DFC MiD John Raymond 19-10-45 Little Staughton SFlt [Mark Haycock 07/08/08]
RoH/451 add 979873 Sgt McCAFFERTY Hugh Patrick 4-01-45 1659 HCU [Dave Johnson 25/07/08]
RoH/456 add 188176 P/O SPEED Howard Percy 15-04-45 1667 HCU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]
RoH/456 HQBC add: 37696 W/C SPEARE Richard Douglas 23-11-45 HQBC [WR Chorley 14/03/08]RoH/459 add 1880814 Sgt WILSON George Alfred 4-01-45 1659 HCU [Dave Johnson 25/07/08]
RoH/459 add 1492739 Sgt WILSON Thomas 4-01-45 1659 HCU [Dave Johnson 25/07/08]
RoH/459 add 646531 Sgt WINTERBOTTOM Jack 8-04-45 1653 HCU [RAF Commands and Mark Haycock 07/01/09]RoH/460 Note - Add a third paragraph: Fate dealt W/O Frederick Ronald Conner DFM a particularly cruel hand. On 28 September 1940, when flying with 57 Squadron and tasked to deliver a Blenheim to Malta [see p27 of Royal Air Force Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean, Volume 1: 1939-1942, David Gunby and Pelham Temple, Midland Publishing 2006] the crew had the ill-fortune to run short of fuel thus necessitating a forced-landing near Lampedusa, Sicily. For close on five years W/O Conner kicked his heels in various prisoner of war camps and, sadly, he was destined to die within less than six months of his release from captivity. His award had been Gazetted on 20 October 1940. [Chorley 07/08/08]
RoH/461 [RAAF] 466 add: 426550 P/O DAMM Alfred John 9-04-45 466 Sqn [WR Chorley 14/03/08]
RoH/485 A Table of Personnel Statistics: South Africa, 1944, and table total -1 [see RoH/338 JAMES C H L]
RoH/485 A Table of Personnel Statistics: United States of America, 1942, and table total +1 [see RoH/124 PEEL J D]RoH/489 After the entry for W/O WHITFIELD add:
103586 F/L MILFORD MiD Harold John 22-09-42 226 Sqn N/K 6-04-44 Great Escape murdered. Buried Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery [Mark Haycock 30/07/08]RoH/490 [Airmen who died in captivity] add 1582137 F/S REED Frank Edward 620 Sqn N/K 9-12-44 Not known. Runnymede Memorial, panel 221 [Bryce Gomersall and Mark Haycock 17/08/08]
RoH/494 Secondary Works Consulted: Wings over York - Ruffoth make Rufforth [Haslam 17/08/08]