OBITUARIES OF ESCAPERS/EVADERS

Those listed below can be viewed, in some cases by visiting the website of the newspaper where specified. Some newspapers may have access requirements. The date shown is (ob) the date of the obituary or (d) the date of death. The names Daily Telegraph and The Times are registered Trade Marks. The editor is grateful to Mrs Diana Morgan for assistance on keeping this list up to date and welcomes notification of further evader/escaper obituaries or for anyone already listed.

Inclusion is based on the evader/escaper having served with any of the RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, SAAF or being a recognised helper, irrespective of membership of RAFES (§ indicates non-members). It relies on the editor being informed so if you can provide a qualifying obituary or death, please contact him.

Adams, RW	d Aug 03
Ainger, SRJ	d 2001
Armstrong, Tom	d 1995
Baker, Grp Cpt AS	d 1993
Banner, WT (Tom)	date unknown
Barnes, Len, MBE	d 1988
Barnes, R, DFM	d Jan 97
Barrett, Air Commodore F.O. Barry, CBE, DFC.	d 23 Oct 07	The Times
Bartley, Gerard	d Sep 06
Barton, Arthur author In Pursuit of Freedom	d 11 May 98
Batterbury, FW	date unknown
Baveystock, Flt Lt Leslie, DSO DFC* DFM	ob 23 Aug 97	Daily Telegraph
Beamish, NR	d 1995
Beard, AW	d Dec 92
Beecroft, Flt Lt J, DFM	d 2001
Bennett, AVM Don CB, CBE DSO	d 15 Sep 86
Berry, Flt Lt H, MBE	d Sep 01
Billows, CJ	date unknown
Blatch, TPE, MBE	d Dec 96
Bolton, KJ, DFC	d 6 Nov 94
Boness, Laurie	d Feb 98
Booth, M	d 1994
Boots, RF	d 1991
Brazill, William Scottie, DFM	d 2 Apr 06
Broom, Tommy, DFC**	d 18 May 10	Daily Telegraph
Brough, JFQ	d Aug 94
Brown, B, MBE	d 2 Feb 10
Brown, John T	d May 05
Bulmer, S	date unknown
Burton, Air Marshal Sir Harry, KCB CBE DSO	ob 1 Dec 93	The Times
Butcher, D	date unknown
Campbell, Col IC	d 1992
Cann, Capt RJB	d 2002
Cant, RB	d 2001
Carr, LW	d 2003
Catley, WF	d Sep 01
Cerely, Edgar	ob 3 Dec 97	The Times
Chapple, John K	d Apr 84
Checketts*, Wg Cdr. Johnny Milne d 21.4.06	ob 26 Apr 06	Daily Telegraph
Clapham, Flt Lt AC	date unknown
Clay, L	d Aug 03
Clinton, JF	d Jan 01
Clowes, WA	d 1991
Colhoun, H	d 1995
Collins, Maurice DFC, DFM	d 20 Mar 06
Connolly, PJ	d Feb 87
Cooper, Mike	d Nov 98
Couchman, John	d 6 Dec 09
Covington, Capt WI, DFC	date unknown
Crabtree, M	d Jun 01
Croad, Ian	d Mar 91
Crowley-Milling, Air Marshal Sir Denis, KCB CBE DSO DFC*	d 1 Dec 96	Independent, Daily Telegraph
Dalton, R	d Jul 94
Dane, EB	d Nov 97
Darby, Phil	d Nov 02
D’Arcy, George, DFC	d 11 Nov 05
Day, Alan, DFC	d 21 Apr 10
Day, Albert	d Mar 07
De Bruin, Albert	d Jan 93
De Jongh, Countess Andrée Dedée, GM The Times obituary 15 October Washington Post obituary 16 Oct Daily Telegraph obituary 20 Oct Het laatste nieuws 13 okt 2007 Google™ search on Andrée de Jongh BBC interview with Bob Frost, Stan Hope & Prof MRD Foot 26 Oct 2007 (keep listening until it comes up)	d 13 Sep 07
De Souza, Kenneth	d May 07
Dickens, J	d 28 Apr 86
Dickson, GR	d Jul 96
Dobson, PWE Walter	d 31 Jul 05	AFAC Fall 05
Donaldson, R	d 20 Jan 94
Dowd, AHA, DFC	d 1993
Drew, DW	d Feb 91
Duke, Neville Sqn Ldr, DSO OBE DFC* AFC CzMC	d 7 Apr 07	Daily Telegraph
Dumbrell, AG	d 1988
Dumont, FJ	d 1997
Eddy, W, DSO DFC	d Jul 88
Ekbery, BV	d Feb 99
Elliott, J McP	d 2003
Embling, AVM John RA, DSO	d 15 Jul 59
Emeny, RT, AFM Ron	d Dec 01
Evans, Harry	d Mar 99
Evans, Pat	d 2004
Everiss, Stan F	d May 96
Fairfax, Norman	d Jul 01
Fernyhough DFC, George William	d 14 Nov 08
Firth, JW	d 1992
Flower, LN	d Nov 96
Fortune, William	d 2007
Fox, R	date unknown
Franks, TJ	date unknown
Fry, CW (Canada)	date unknown
Furniss-Roe, HS Bill: author of Believed Safe: A Fighter Pilot's Double Escapade	d 1990
Gandy, Ken: co-author of 7xXx90: Story of a Stirling Bomber and Its Crew	d Oct 2004	Ely Standard
Garrad-Cole, Wg Cdr Eric MC Garry	d 5 Jan 03	The Times
Garvey, K	d 1986
Gee, Robert R, DFC	d 2003
Gibbons, Dudley Charles	d 2000
Goddard, RG	d Jul 98
Goodbrand, W	d 1989
Gradwell, Russell S	date unknown
Greenaway*, Fred H, MBE	d Feb 86
Greenwell, FA	d Jun 05
Griffiths, Grp Cpt FC, DFC AFC	d Mar 96
Grisdale, E	d 1990
Guerisse, Albert-Marie Edmond - Pat O'Leary	ob 29 Mar 89
Hand, Gordon	d 6 Jul 10
Hanson, Stan E author Underground out of Holland	d 1986
Hanton, John Newens	d Dec 2008
Harrison, JJ	d 1989
Harrop, E	d 1988
Haslam, Frank R	d 6 Dec 09
§Hay, Ernie	d 21 Feb 11
Higginson, Wg Cdr FW Taffy, OBE DFC AFC d 12.02.03	ob 19 Feb 03	BBC, Daily Telegraph
§Hill, Group Captain Johnnie	ob 22 Aug 98	Daily Telegraph
Hirst, GH	d 1994
Hodges, Sir Lewis, KCB CBE DSO* DFC* DL	d 4 Jan 07	various
Hogg, EL	d 1989
Holland, Frank E, author D-Day Plus One	d 31 Aug 07
Hollocks, RA	d 28 Jan 00
Holroyd, Sidney G (former Chairman RAFES)	d Nov 86
Honor, Grp Capt Dudley DFC*	d 26 Dec 07	Daily Telegraph
Hood, Rev Les	d 27 Mar 11
Hooper, Sir Robin, KCMG DSO DFC	d 1989
Horn, Vincent	d Dec 11
Hornsey, Denis author The Pilot Walked Home film clip	d Mar 71
Hoskisson, RT	date unknown
Howell, Wg Cdr Edward, OBE DFC	ob 16 Aug 00	The Times
Hughes, M	d 1995
§Hutchinson, Jackie, DFM AFM	ob 18 Sep 99	The Times
Hutton, Sqn Ldr Tom	d 1993
Iles, Sqn Ldr DS	d Feb 99
Jillings, Wg Cdr AD	d Mar 97
Johnson, Ralph VC	d 1961
Johnson, TG	d 1987
Johnson, WG	d 1992
Knaggs, Bill author of The Easy Trip	d 21 Jan 08	BBC
Langley, LW	date unknown
Laughton-Bramley, Sqn Ldr Philip, MBE	ob 16 Sep 94	The Times
Lewis, John (said to be main model for Steve McQueen character in The Great Escape)	ob 21 Aug 99	Daily Telegraph
Lewis, Reg, DFC Daily Telegraph article	d 12 Oct 09 ob 6 Nov 09	Daily Telegraph
Linton, Sqn Ldr NW	date unknown
Little, John	d 15 Nov 10
Littlejohn, DJH	d Jul 2001
Lonsdale, RW, DFC MM	d 1990
Loudon, L	d 1993
Lovegrove, Sqn Ldr RW, DFC	d 1990
Macfarlane, W, MM	date unknown
Mackenzie, Norman, DSO DFC	d Dec 02
Mackie, Wg Cdr Norman, DSO DFC	d 1 Jan 03	Daily Telegraph
MacLean, Angus (Canadian)	d 15 Feb 00
Magrath, Bill JQ, MM	d 14 Oct 11
Mann, Sqn Ldr Harry	d Sept 95
Maples, Frederick A	d 6 Aug 07
Marlow, Roy, MM: author of Beyond the Wire	d 26 Dec 03
Marpole, J, DFC	d 1986
Martin, JR	d Mar 99
McDonald, HW	date unknown
McKinnon, AW, DFM	date unknown
McMahon, Wg Cdr GF, DFM	d Sep 01
Meer, GMG, DFM	d Jul 94
Miles, AJ	d 2003
Mill, BB, DFC	d 1989
Mills, AW	d Oct 97
Milton, RAE, MC	date unknown
Moncur, WK	d 1995
Moorhead, Pat	d 1994
Morgan, Bryan: by Frank Dell & Bruce Lyons	d 5 Feb 04
Moss, Eric R: author of Solvitur Ambulando (Saved by Walking)	d Sep 00
Mott, Sqn Ldr John, MBE	d 9 May 02	Daily Telegraph
Murrie, JD	d 1989
Newton, Jack L	d 27 Jan 04
Nicholls, Bill A, DFC d 3.3.05	ob 18 Mar 05	The Times
Nicholson, JH	d Dec 05
Nolan, Ken (Conscript Heroes website page)	d 10 Apr 06
Norfolk, Sqn Ldr WJ, MBE	d Feb 97
Nothomb, Jean-François (Franco) Replaced Dédée De Jongh as Chief of the Comète Line when she was arrested and deported in January 1943. He was himself arrested and deported in January 1944. He entered the Line on the 7 October 1942, introduced by Georges d’Oultremont.	d Jun 08
Ogilvie, Col Allan M (Joe) Ogilvie (Canada)	d 30 Dec 00
Pack, Joe T	d Aug 05
§Pape, Richard The Independent	ob 3 Jul 95	The Times
Patrick, Edmond R	d 4 Feb 05
Payne, HW	d Sep 98
Pepall, Denis	d Mar 05
Pepper, APW, DFC	d 1990
Perceval, Gerald A, DFC	d 17 Jun 09
Petch, Wg Cdr R	d Jun 92
Philpot, Oliver, MC DFC	d May 93
Pirie, Wg Cdr AN	date unknown
Potten, Charlie: co-author of 7xXx90: Story of a Stirling Bomber and Its Crew	d Jul 89
Power, WA	d 2003
Pritchard, Arthur	d 28 May 10
Pryer, WR	d 1990
Pyle, George, author of Broken Mustang	d 1 Sep 10
§Rae, AVM Ronald Ramsey	ob 9 Apr 94	The Times
Rainford, Sqn Ldr William R, MBE	d Jun 90
Rainsford, JE	d 24 June 09
Ramsden, OC	date unknown
Reed, WC	date unknown
Remington, John	d Mar 92
Renwick, P	d Jan 98
Reynolds, TW	d Apr 00
Richardson, KC	date unknown
Riding, Ron	d 9 May 11
Rippingdale, EG	d May 91
Riseley, AH	d May 92
Robertson, Henry Ord, DFM: author of Dangerous Landing	d Aug 00
Robinson, G	d Feb 92
Rose, Cosmo	date unknown
Salter, H	d 1992
Sankey, J, DFM	d Dec 01
Scott, RA (Canada)	d Jun 05
Simister, Harry, MM	d Jul 00
Simpson,Wally T, MM	d Aug 94
Skidmore, Rev Ken: author of Follow the man with the pitcher	d 10 Jan 11
Slack, Tom	d Aug 94
Smith, Wg Cdr GL	d Mar 93
Smith, Peter B	d 21 Jan 88
Smith, RA	d 2 Mar 97
Southwell, Don, DFM	d Feb 89
Spiller, Herbert (Bert) J DFM, author of Ticket to Freedom	d 28 Aug 11
Squire, KE	date unknown
Steedman, ACM Sir Alasdair, GCB CBE DFC	ob 6 Jan 92	The Times
Stockburn, RC, DFC	d 1995
Strever, ET	d Mar 97
Tetlow, F	d May 90
Thompson, William F	d Aug 98
Trotman, Air Cdre Denis Albert, AFC	d 9 Apr 06
Tweedy, P , DFM	13 Mar 05
Valentine, Laurence	d 9 Dec 08
Vass, JR	d 1996
Walker, PW	d 9.Feb 94
Walmsley, H, DFM	d 1992
Wandzilak, Grp Cap Stanislaw, OBE DFC AFC	d 30 Nov 00	The Times
Warburton, Leonard A	d Jul 89
Ward, David	d 16 Jun 08
Wasik, WP	date unknown
Watkins, William Bill	d 1996
Waudby,Willam N, DFC Bill	d Jun 92
Webb, Flt Lt DC	d 13 Nov 92
Weare, WTB Brin	d 2000
West, H	d June 86
A.G. White	date unknown
White*, LSM	d Aug 88
Whitehead, Judge GGA, DFC	d Nov 01
Whitley, Air Marshal Sir John, KBE CB DSO AFC	ob 10 Jan 98	Daily Telegraph
Wilkinson, RC, OBE DFM	d 14 Jan 90
Williams, CJ	d 1996
Williams, Rowland	d 5 Mar 08	BBC
Williamson, GR	d 1998
Winskill, Air Cdre Sir Archibald, KCVO CBE DFC* AE	d 9 Aug 05	Daily Telegraph
Winterton, Jack A	d Sep 97
Woodruff, FW, MBE	d Apr 93
Wootton, KB	d May 90
Worby, JR	d Jul 95
Wright, KFH, DFC	d 20 Apr 03
Wright, P	d 22 Sep 93
Young, TD	d Aug 92