Pilots who received their Wings at Kingston and died overseas
IN MEMORIAM
This isn’t a complete list of those who received their wings at No. 31 S.F.T.S., Kingston, Ontario, and died in service. This honours the men whose names I have found in records.
Out of the earliest R.C.A.F. pilots trained at No. 31 was a class of 16 airmen (see pg 9). Out of this group, two were taken P.O.W. and four survived, and the following 10 lost their lives:
P/O Aubrey Fraser Bond R102701/J19439, R.C.A. F., 67 (RAF) Sqdn, age 22 yrs. 05/12/1943 Son of Douglas Melroy Bond and Sarah Victoria Bond, of Burk’s Falls, Ontario. Buried Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery.
F. Sgt. (P) Charles Douglas Grant Brown R67587, R.C.A.F. 404 Sqdn, age 24 yrs. 21/02/1942 Son of Charles Dickens Brown and Mary Rosalie Brown; husband of Kathleen Marie Brown, of Windsor,Ontario. Buried Lerwick New Cemetery in Shetland, Shetland Islands.
P/O Gordon Arthur Chamberlain R68115/J15078 R.C.A.F. 411 Sqdn. age 25 yrs. 16/12/1941 Missing while flying Spitfire #W3639 on a sweep over English Channel. Son of Steven H. and Minnie M. Chamberlain, of Ingersoll, Ontario. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
P/O Harold Leslie Cook R67560/J15078 R.C.A.F. 12 Sqdn, age 25yrs. Wellington missing 10/04/1942 Son of Charles and Margaret Lillian Cook of Windsor, Ontario. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
P/O George Elmer Douglas R68205/J4742 R.C.A.F., age 20 yrs 03/06/1941 Son of George William and Hannah Jane Douglas, of Stratford, Ontario. Buried in Andover Cemetery, Hampshire, England.
Sgt. Wilbert Nicholas Hergott R10349 R.C.A.F., age 20 yrs 12/06/1942 Son of Peter and Emma Hergott, of Waterloo, Ontario. Buried LEUCHARS CEMETERY, Fifeshire, Scotland.
Sgt Bruce Alfred Kerkhoff R102756 R.C.A.F., age 24 yrs. 23/09/1942 Son of Edwin and Lydia Kerkhoff, of Toronto, Ontario. Buried in Kemble Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
F. Lieut. Richard Blake Palmer R10311/J10015 R.C.A.F., 357 (R.A.F.) Sqdn 15/03/1944 He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
F/O John Robert Spaetzel R103029/ J10016 R.C.A.F. 411 Sqdn 04/07/1943, Son of William Wesley Spaetzel and Nellie Edna Spaetzel, of Kitchener, Ontario. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extention.
F/O Gordon Percival Waite R6752/J15181 R.C.A.F. 213 (R.A.F.) Sqdn 18/11/1942. Buried in Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.
Five airmen arrived January 25, 1941 and trained with F.A.A. in Course 4: one was killed during training (J. M. Reardon) and two after returning home.
F/O John Fountain Stein , 27, R.A.F. 14/04/1944. Buried in Delhi War Cemetery, India. Son of Charles Reginald and Gertrude Stein; husband of Jean Margaret Stein, of Bedford. M.P.S., Ph.C.
Sgt. Derrick Ellis Prior 166018 R.A.F. 263 Sqdn 15/12/1941. Son of Harry W. E. B. Prior and Amy Prior, of Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire. Buried Harmondsworth Burial Ground, West Drayton, Middlesex.
F/O James Wilson Wiley R62227, R.C.A.F., age 24, No. 1 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. 25.11.43. Son of Frederick and Jessie Wiley of Viscount, Saskatchewan, and husband of Nadine Wiley of Arden, Ontario. Buried in Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, France. (Name in Daily Routine Orders 18.2.41 as being fined $2. as partial compensation for damage caused to Battle Aircraft.)
A class of 33 trainees from 24 E.F.T.S., Luton, England, arrived at No. 31 on December 30, 1940 with a Many were Royal Navy officers who transferred to the air arm. Six of the class are on the FAA Memorial are:
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Imlay Cruickshank, age 23, HMS INDOMITABLE 12 August 1942. Son of Peter and Mary McKay Cruickshank, Aberdeen, Scotland. Commemorated on the F.A.A. Memorial
Sub-Lieut. (A) Michael Holdsworth HMS SPARROWHAWK 17 August 1944. He was the second son of George Bertram Holdsworth.
Killed on active service off Tobruk while based at Malta, which was then under heavy siege, aged 21.
Lieut. (A) Llewelyn George Lloyd, age 23, HMS ST. ANGELO 24 February 1942. Son of Llewellyn and Helen Sarah Lloyd, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
A/Sub-Lieut. (A) Thomas Gwyn Matthias, age 20, HMS VICTORIOUS 23 February 1942. Son of William and Margaret Matthias, Haverfordwest, Wales.
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Harry O’Carroll Nihill, age 23, HMS VICTORIOUS 12 August 1942, son of J. H. Barclay and Nuala Nihill, Mayfair, London.
A/Sub-Lieut. (A) John Sykes Pagdin, age 20, HMS GREBE 22 February 1942. Son of Edward and May Pagdin, Shipley, Yorkshire.
Course 4 arrived at No. 31 on 25 Jan. 1941 with a class of 36 naval ratings (19 from N.Z.) The following names are on the FAA Memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent for those with no other grave than the sea.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Lancelot F. Brown, age 22, HMS VICTORIOUS 09.03.42. Son of John Robert and Alice Brown; husband of Mary Agnes Brown of Westmorland.
Lt. Cmdr (A) Antony McDonald Garland, D.S.C. HMS FORMIDABLE 16.04.45. Grad. 1941. Son of John William and Hilda Drake Garland of Chigwell, Essex. From the HMS Formidable website: “On the way [to the Pacific] we carried out regular sorties in pairs, attacking targets on the Sakishima Gunto, a chain of islands between Formosa and Okinawa. Here we lost our squadron commander… who did not return from one such sortie. It was a shattering blow to lose Tony, who had been such an inspiring and efficient commander since the squadron’s formation.” Commemorated on the F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Godfrey David Hunter HMS KONGONI 20.03.44. Commemorated on F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Norman Stanley Hutchings, age 22, HMS DAEDALUS 29.12.42 Son of Robert S. and Clara Hutchings.
Sub-Lieut. (A) George Reginald Marriott, age 22. HMS ILLUSTRIOUS 08.08.43. Grad. 1941. Son of George William and Julia Ann Marriott of Finchley, Middlesex. Commemorated on the F. A. A. Memolrial.
Lieut. (A) Michael Geo. Oliver Varley MiD. age 23. HMS VINDEX 19.03.44. Grad. 09.05.41. Son of Harold F. And Grace Varley of Middlesex. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Waller, D.S.C., age 21, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS 12.06.42. Son of John and Ada Marie Waller of Canton, Cardiff, Wales.
The following graduated with No. 10 Course (the numbers having been changed in March) on April 21, 1941.
Lieut. (A) Kenneth Frederick Edward Dorman, age 23, HMS VICTORIOUS 19.12.44. Son of Edward Joseph and Daisy Louise Dorman of Ewell, Surrey.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Jame Leggatt, HMS MERLIN 26 June 1942. Grad. June 1941. On F. A. A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Ronald Edgar Martin, age 22, HMS DAEDALUS. Grad. June 1941. Son of Samuel Edgar and Edith Gertrude Martin of Salisbury. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) William Lewis McKenzie, age 21, HMS GREBE 22.07.42. Son of William Lewis McKenzie and Florence McKenzie, of Birchfield, Birmingham. Commemorated on the F. A. A. Memorial..
P/O George Roxberry Bland, age 20, 234 Sqdn RAF 16.04.41. Son of Maj. Valentine Stevens Bland, M.C., and Doris Bland, of Aldbourne, Wiltshire. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sgt. James Metcalfe Coxon, age 26, 74 Sqdn RAF 09.09.41. Son of Son of James Metcalfe Coxon and Alice Wilkinson Coxon, of South Shields. Buried in South Sields (Harton) Cemetery.
Sgt. Colin Vernon Finlay, age 20, 185 Sqdn 14.05.42 Son of Arthur Reginald Gayer Finlay and Phyllis Carney Finlay, of Sutton Valence, Kent. Buried RAF Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery.
Sgt. Charles Edward Graysmark, age 21, 601 Sqdn RAF 12.05.42, Son of Leslie Charles and Louisa Cecilia Graysmark; husband of Marjorie Vera Graysmark, of Isleworth, Middlesex. Buried RAF Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery.
Sgt. Andre Robert Hedger, age 21, 602 Sqdn RAF 21.09.41. Son of Andre and Ethel Hedger, of Ruislip, Middlesex. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial , Lee-on-the-Solent.
P/O Peter Norman Hewitt, age 20, 601 Sqdn RAF (Hurricanes) 19.10.41. Son of Flying Offr. Edward Norman Hewitt and Cecilia Ruth Hewitt. Son of Flying Officer Edward Norman Hewitt and Cecilia Ruth Hewitt. Commemorated Golders Green Crematorium, Middlesex.
Flt Sgt. Clifford Lloyd Brown Janes, 213 Sqdn RAF 26.07.43. Bur. Tripoli War Cemetery.
F/O David William Kent, age 20, 229 Sqdn RAF 23.07.42 Son of Ernest William and Gladys Kent, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Buried RAF Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Andrew Moore, 22, HMS LANKA 6 June 1942. Grad. June 1941. Son of Andrew and Nelly Moore of Harlesden, Middlesex. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
The next pilots graduated with a class August 8, 1941.
Sub-Lieut. (A) James Drummond Begg, age 21, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS 25.03.42. Grad. 18.08.41. Son of John and Jessie Begg of Prestwick, Ayrshire. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Denys John Elias, age 22, HMS DAEDALUS 06.05.42. Grad. 08.08.41. Son of Reginald and Dorothie Elias of Cardiff, Wales. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Edward Millar Iveson. HMS JACKDAW 01.01.42. Grad. 08.08.41. Husband of Violet Iveso of Birkenhead. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Thomas David Merrick, age 22. HMS FENCER 07.10.43. Grad. 18.08.41. Son of Arnold and Margaret Ellen Merrick of Great Crosby, Lancashire. Commemorated on the F. A. A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Patrick Frederick O’Brien, age 22. HMS GOSHAWK 10 May 1942. Grad. 18.08.41. Son of Edward and Muriel E. O’Brien of Kinsale, Co. Cork, Eire. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Liuet. (A) Peter Edward Palmer, MiD, age 19. HMS ARGUS 14 June 1942. Grad. 18.08.41. Son of Kenneth and May L. Palmer of Leicester. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Harry William French, age 23, HMS DAEDALUS 01.01.45. Grad. 15.09.41. Son of Harry George and Eileen Elva Kate French of Bexhill-on-Sea. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Henry Thomas Tose Harding, HMS GANNET 17.03.47 Grad. 1941. On F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Lees , age 23. HMS AVENGER 15.11.42. Grad. 1941. Son of Ernest Arthur and Ruby Lees; husband of Theda Edna Lees of Wembley Hill, Middlesex. Commemorated on F.A.A. Memorial.
Graduated 6 October 1941 with the largest group of Canadian F.A.A.:
Lieut. (A) James Ernest Gaunt,age 25, HMCS ASBURY 03.06.1943. 1830 Sqdn (Naval Air Sqdn) Quonset Point. Killed while flying Corsair JT116 which crashed on take off, North Kingstown. He was the son of Elizabeth Gaunt, of Toronto. He is buried in the Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery.
Lieut. (A) Robert Hampton Gray, age 23. Died 09.08.45 while leading an attack on five Japanese warships from HMS FORMIDABLE. He was the son of John and Wilhelmina Gray and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Victoria Cross posthumously. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Arthur William Sutton, age 24, HMCS ILLUSTRIOUS 1830 Sqdn. 24.01.45 Was flying Corsair JT593 of 1833 Sqdn. leading a strafing attack against a Japanese airfield in Java and was on his third approach when he was hit. Aiming his Corsair, which was on fire, at a hangar full of aircraft, he crashed into it and destroyed all the aircraft. Lieut. Sutton was recommended for the Victoria Cross. He was the son of Charles Samuel and Elsie Sutton, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is buried in the Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Ross MacRae Wilson, age 22, HMS LANDRAIL Machrihanish 766 Sqdn. 08.09.42 Died when his aircraft, Albacore L7109, crashed in the sea while night flying at Shiskin, Arran. Son of George Stocks Wilson and Mabel Wilson; husband of Joyce Margaret Wilson, of Plumstead Common, London. Buried in Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery , Argyllshire, Scotland.
Sub-Lieut. (A)Brian Razzall. HMS UNICORN 10 September 1943. Commemorated on F.A.A. Memorial.
Graduated at various dates during 1941:
Sub-Lieut. (A) Joseph McEvoy, age 28, HMS DASHER 15.11.42. Grad. 09.05.41. Son of C.S.M. Jos. McEvoy and Anne Mary McEvoy. A.S.A.A. (Hons.) Commemorated on the F. A. A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Anthony Percy Shelley. HMS AVENGER 15.11.42. Grad. 09.05.41. On F.A.A. Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Thomas Barr D.S.C. and Bar, age 21, HMS JACKDAW 10.01.44. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Barr of Clydebank, Dunbartonshire. Commemorated on the F.A.A. Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Lieut. (A) Eric Sydney Chipperfield, HMS FORMIDABLE 21.01.45 in flying accident off Alexandria, Egypt, as the aircraft carrier was on its way to the Pacific. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Kenneth George Codling, age 23, HMS ST. ANGELO 30.11.44. Son of Edgar George and Alice Codling of Bebington, Cheshire. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) William Courtney, age 22, HMS GREBE 31.03.43. Son of Thomas F. and Agnes Courtney of West Linton, Peebleshire. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Lieut. (A) Painton Sidney Cowen, age 24, HMS FORMIDABLE 21.12.42. Son of Walter P. and Amy Cowen; husband of Doris M. Cowen of Elwell, Surrey. Commemorated on F.A.A. Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Hedley Vernon Day, HMS GREBE 17.08.42. Commemorated on F.A.A. Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Clive Malins, age 24, HMS VENERABLE 30.05.45. Grad. 1941. Son of Geoffrey and Clara Malins of Birmingham. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Thomas Noel Shinkfield, age 23. HMS VULTURE 22.05.42. Grad. 22.05.42. Son of Thomas F. and Mary Elizabeth Shinkfield of Finchley, Middlesex. Commemorated on the F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Colin Graham Taylor age 22, RNVR. HMS ST. ANGELO 02.12.42. Grad. 06.10.41. Son of George G. Taylor and Dorothy Eleanor of Purley, Surrey. Commemorated on the F.A.A. Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Miles Henry Stapleton. HMS GREBE 21.01.43. Commemorated on the F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Andrew Alexander Day, HMS SAKER 08.11.43. Grad. 28.05.42. On F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Richard Mathers, age 21, HMS DAEDALUS 25.11.42. Son of John Alfred and Maude Machill Mathers, of Orpington, Kent. Buried in Belfast City Cemetery. (FX85102 A/LA J. R. Mathers flew in Harvard AJ-701 on 12.10.41 at No. 31 Kingston, Ont.)
Sub-Lieut. (A) William Keith Lockwood, age 20, HMS DASHER 27.03.43. Grad. 27.10.41. Son of Cecil Wm. and Mary Elizabeth Lockwood of Huddersfield, Yorkshire. On F. A. A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Robert Stephen McKay HMS JACKDAW 20.05.42. Grad. 27.10.41. On F.A.A. Memorial.
Lieut. (A) David Latham Walsh HMS VINDEX 28.20.44. Grad. 27.10.41. On F. A. A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Kenneth Wilson, age 21. HMS DASHER 15.11.42. Grad. 27.10.41. Son of Arthur G. S. and Beatrice K. Wilson; husband of Patricia. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Eric Hewitt, age 27, HMS LANDRAIL 27.12.42. Son of William Henry Hewitt and of Elizabeth Hewitt (nee Wilkinson), of Sheffield. Buried in Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery. (FX88659 E. Hewitt flew Harvard AJ700 at No. 31 Kingston, Ont. on Mar. 5, 1942.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Francis Harry Squier, age 20, HMS HERON 27.10.42, night-flying at Yeovilton. He was the only son of Charles Westwood Squier and his wife Hilda; buried in Cowley (St. Anthony) Churchyard, near Exeter, Devon.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Robert Arthur Lawson, age 20. H.M.S. INDOMITABLE, killed off Scapa Flow 15.06.43. He was the son of Thomas Roy and his wife Hilda of Epsom, Auckland. His name is inscribed on the New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Alfred Salisbury, age 23, HMS TRUMPETER 10.08.44. Son of William and Mary Ann Salisbury; husband of Brenda Mayes Salisbury. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Allan William Keith Foxon. HMS ATTACKER 11.07.45. Grad. 22.05.42. On F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Arthur Gaunt, age 23. HMS TRUMPETER 10.08.44. Grad. 28.05.42. Son of Thomas and Helena Gaunt of Edinburgh. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Peter Charles Alfred Heath. HMS CHASER 09.10.43. Grad. 22.05.42. On F.A.A. Memorial.
Lieut. (A) Peter Howard Williams, age 29. HMS PEEWIT 22.11.45. Grad. 22.05.42. Son of Stanley and Gertrude Williams; husband of Lavinia E. Commemorated on F.A.A. Memorial.
The following six were in the Night Flying Orders Intermediate Class at No. 1 R.L.G., Gananoque, 1942:
A/Sub-Lieut. (A) James Menzies Waddell, age 20, HMS LANDRAIL at Machrihanish, Deck Landing School 24.02.43, son of William and Emily. His name is commemorated on the FAA memorial at Lee-on-Solent.
Sub-Lieut.(A) Basil Colyer Green, age 20, HMS DAEDALUS 07.06.44, son of Albert Wm. and Kathleen Green of Bromley, Kent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Gordon Edward McLeod RNZNVR, age 24, HMS DIPPER, 23.06.45, son of James A. and Henrietta of Takapuna, Auckland. Bur. In Sherborne Cemetery.
Sub-Lieut. (A) John David Wallace, RNZNVR, age 21, HMS SAKER, son of Mr. & Mrs. A. G. Wallace of Miramar, Wellington, N. Z. Buried in Portsmouth Naval Cemetery.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Leslie John Daultrey, age 25, HMS LANDRAIL Deck Landing School 28.03.45, son of Alfred and Gertrude of Cowley, Oxford, Commemorated on the F.A.A. memorial at Lee-on-Solent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) William Borradale Muir, age 20. HMS DAEDALUUS 07.03.43, son of Major Arthur W. Muir D.S.O., M.C., and his wife Madge of Altrincham, Cheshire, commemorated at the Southampton Crematorium.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Kenneth Frederick Boardman, age 21. HMS IMPLACABLE 30.04.45, son of Frederick Stanley and Ethel Maud Boardman of East Ham, Essex. Commemorated on F.A.A. memorial at Lee-on-Solent.
[HMS LANDRAIL Deck Landing School, DAEDALUS, SAKER were land bases; DIPPER (satellite station)
Sub-Lieut. (A) Kenneth Fawcett, age 23, HMS HERON (RNAS Yeovilton) 17.06.43, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Fawcett. (P/MX65138 A/LA K. Fawcett flew Harvard AJ548 Gananoque 1943.)
Lieut. (A) John Hugh Lewis, HMS VICTORIOUS 02.06.44. (*P/JX220145 A/LA J. H. Lewis flew Harvard AJ548 Gananoque 1943. (The four pupils who flew this aircraft before a crash were killed later.) F.A.A. Memorial.
Sub-Lieut.(A) Norman Wallwork, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, 04.01.44, commemorated on the F.A.A. memorial at Lee-on-Solent. (FX88618 A/LA N. Wallwork testified at Court of Inquiry in June 1942 No. 31 Kingston)
Sub-Lieut. (A) Brian Palmer Dearnley, age 25, HMS. INDOMITABLE October 17, 1944, son of Handel and Alice Dearnley, and husband of Patricia Mary of Bolton, Lancashire. Buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Sp. Mem. Coll. Grave 27.C.11, Singapore.
Sub-Lieut. (A),Ronald Ernest Pritchard, age 23, HMS BEGUM, 01.11.44, son of Ernest and his wife Winifred of Middlesex. (FX91386 A/LA R. E. Pritchard flew Harvard AJ548 at No. 31 Kingston, Ont. August 1943.)
Lieut.(A) John Hugh Lewis, HMS VICTORIOUS 21.06.44. (P/JX220145 A/LA J. H. Lewis flew Harvard AJ548 at No. 31 Kingston, August 1943.) His name is on the Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) David Lawrence Edwards, age 21, HMS RAJALIYA (Ceylon Air Station), 04.05.45, son of Albert Wm. and his wife Amy of Streatham, London. (FX85581 A/LA D. Edwards flew Harvard AJ548 at No. 31 Kingston August 1943.) Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Lee-on-the-Solent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) James Alfred Scott, age 22, 06.05.45 804 Sqdn HMS EMPRESS, Son of James Beers Scott and Ada Ellen Scott (nee Lee), of Stroud, Gloucestershire. He was killed when his Hellcat ditched off the port bow having been damaged by enemy AA fire. Commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial. (At No. 31 Kingston flew in Harvard AJ 700 Mar. 5, 1943 FX88815 A/LA J. A. Scott.)
Sub-Lieut. (A) Roy David Grummit, age 20, HMS GOSLING 10.06.46. Grad 6.10.44. Son of Aubrey and Minnie Grummitt, of Brighton, Sussex. Buried in Brighton (Lewes Road) Borough Cemetery.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Bernard Wesley Hewitt,of Staffordshire, 06.02.47 HMS VENERABLE. Grad. 06.10.44. Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery .
Sub-Lieut. (A) William Edward Nesbitt Snaith, age 20, HMS DAEDALUS 12/07/1946 Grad. 06.10.44. Son of William R. D. Snaith and Olive Snaith of Wellfield, Northumberland. Commemorated Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (West Road) Crematorium .
Sub-Lieut. (A) John Hedworth Sutton, HMS MACAW. He was killed in an accident flying a Firefly over the Isle of Wight on 1 March 1945. Grad. 06.10.44. Buried in Shotesham (All Saints) Churchyard, Norfolk.
Lieut. (E) Aulay William Watson,M.B.E., age 25, HMS CONDOR 11.02.46. Grad. 109 Course 06.10.44. Son of Col. Wm. D. Watson and his wife Kathleen, Newton Tony, Wiltshire. On Southhampton Crematorium.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Arthur Lockhart Robertson, age 20, HMS RAJALIYA 9 November 1945. Grad. 20.10.44. Son of D. avid Laing and Fiona McK. G. Robertson of Invergowrie, Angus, Scotland. Commemorated on the Fleet Air Arm Memorial at Lee-on-Solent.
Sub-Lieut. (A) Donald West, age 21, HMS MERGANSER 31 May 1945. Grad. 03.11.44 pg 93. Son of Reginald Henry and Constance E. West of Lincoln, England. Commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial.
Lieutenant (A) Herbert M. Little, age 21, 768 Sqdn HMS HERON 06.06.45 killed when Wildcat aircraft spun into sea after taking off from HMS RAVAGER. Grad. 17.11.44. He was the son of Dr. H. M. Little, and of Mary C. Little, of Montreal. He is commemorated on the HALIFAX MEMORIAL, N. S.
Lieut.(A) Frank Wilfred McGarry, age 25, RCNVR attached to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 08.09.45. Grad. 01.12.44. Son of Son of Edward John and Agnes McGarry, of Toronto, Ontario. B.A. Corsair JT357 crashed into a wall and caught fire during forced landing at Ballycram, 5 miles from Ballyhalbert airfield. Buried in Ballycranbeg (Mount St. Joseph) Roman Catholic Churchyard, County Down.
Sub-Lieut (A) Eric Townley Alwood of Rochfort, Essex, age 20, H.M.S. DAEDALUS 25.01.46. Grad. 01.12.44. Son of Willie and Elsie Margaret Alwood, of Buenos Aires. Buried Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery.
Sub-Lieut. Kenneth Charles N. Travis, age 20, HMS URLEY 08.10.45. Grad. 15.12.44 Course 114. Son of Charles Harold and Grace Ethel Travis, of Wilmslow, Cheshire. Commemorated on the F.A.A. memorial.
Sub-Lieut. Ernest Stanley Smith HMS UKUSSA 10 June 1946. Grad. 18.02.45 . On the F.A.A. Memorial.
