Roll of Honour (WW2)


Airey, Richard Ryder

College Notes: Attended the RN Course in 1922 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Commander RN HMS Dauntless. Died 5 April 1941 in the sinking of mooring vessel HMS Buffalo by a mine off Singapore.


Allen, Harold

Photo of Harold Allen

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Mathematics. BA 1938.
Military Service: Squadron Leader RAF. Died 16 January 1944 in a railway accident at Ilford (Essex) whilst travelling on duty.


Atherton, Brian Bernard

Photo of Brian Bernard Atherton

College Notes: Came up in 1929 to study Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences. BA 1932.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant 4th (Malacca Volunteer Corps.) Battalion Straits Settlements Volunteer Force. Died 18 June 1943 whilst a Prisoner of War on the Burma Railway.


Bales, Eric George

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Modern Languages. BA 1937.
Military Service: Private Intelligence Corps. Died 19 August 1942.


Banner, Thomas Anthony

College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study Natural Sciences. Did not graduate.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry, seconded to 2nd Royal Tank Regiment. Died 11 April 1942 in Burma (Myanmar).


Barclay, John Francis St Barbe

Photo of John Francis St Barbe Barclay

College Notes: Came up in 1923 to study English Law. BA 1925.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps. Died 27 May 1940 of wounds received during the withdrawal to Dunkirk through Belgium.


Bell, Douglas Richmond

Photo of Douglas Richmond Bell

College Notes: Came up in 1927 to study Engineering and Economics. BA 1931.
Military Service: Captain York and Lancaster Regiment Died 19 October 1944 of wounds received in Normandy.


Bennett, Dennis Labron

College Notes: Came up in 1936 to study Estate Management. BA 1942.
Military Service: Captain 'C' Squadron, Staffordshire Yeomanry. Killed 25 October 1942 when caught in the open at dawn on the Wishka Ridge advancing from the Miteirya Ridge (El Alamein).


Bennett, Ronald James

Photo of Ronald James Bennett

College Notes: Came up 1925 to study English. BA 1927.
Military Service: Squadron Leader RAF. Died 12 April 1941 in operations around Tobruk, Libya after its besieging by the German Afrika Corps.


Bentley, John Dalrymple

Photo of John Dalrymple Bentley

College Notes: Came up in 1910 to study History & Political Economy. BA 1913.
Military Service: Major Royal Army Service Corps. Died 13 August 1946, possibly when serving in Cornwall; listed by CWGC. Not in Remembrance Book.


Bernard-Smith, Benjamin Christopher

College Notes: Attended the RN/RAF Course in 1944 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Reported to have died on flying duties with the RAF in Germany shortly after the end of hostilities (information from family).


Bond, John Crewdson Ashton

Photo of John Crewdson Ashton Bond

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study Law. BA 1934.
Military Service: Pilot Officer 12 Squadron RAF. Shot down over the Netherlands on 10 April1941 flying a Vickers Wellington from RAF Binbrook.


Bornstein, Rev. Harry

Photo of Rev. Harry Bornstein

College Notes: Came in 1929 to study History and Oriental Languages BA 1932.
Military Service: Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class. Died on 28 November 1943 and is buried in Tripoli.


Bradford, Desmond Ewart

College Notes: Came in 1937 to study Mechanical Sciences. Did not graduate.
Military Service: Captain Royal Engineers, attached to HQ 1st Division. Died on 31 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation.


Brearley, Geoffrey Michael

Photo of Geoffrey Michael Brearley

College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study Law. Did not graduate.
Military Service: Pilot Officer (Observer) 85 Squadron RAF. Died 6 August 1942 whilst operating as a night fighter based at RAF Hunsdon (Herts).


Brown, Allan Edward

Photo of Allan Edward Brown

College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study Classics. Did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Navigator) 18 Squadron RAF. Died 11 March 1944 whilst flying bombing missions from Marcianise airfield near Naples during the Italian campaign.


Brownrigg, William Stewart Mitchell

College Notes: Came up in 1942 to study Geography. Did not graduate.
Military Service: Sub-Lieutenant RNVR. 768 Squadron Fleet Air Arm. Died 22 July 1944 as a result of a flying accident during fighter training at Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge (HMS Dipper)


Bruyn, Willem Adolf David van Oosterwijk

Photo of Willem Adolf David van Oosterwijk Bruyn

College Notes: Came up in 1923 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1926.
Military Service: Lieutenant RNVR HMS Scotstoun. Missing presumed killed 13 June 1940 when the Armed Merchant Cruiser was torpedoed by U-25 in the Western Approaches, 80 nautical miles west of Barra.


Burgon, William Walker

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Modern Languages and Law. BA 1938.
Military Service: Pilot. Officer 74 Squadron RAF. Died 9 June 1941 whilst operating Spitfire aircraft from RAF Biggin Hill, possibly on a fighter sweep over northern France.


Caines, John Anthony Drayson

College Notes: Attended the RAF Course in 1942 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer 53 Squadron RAF. Died 31 July 1944 probably whilst on maritime patrol operating Consolidated Liberators from RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire.


Carter, John Reginald

Photo of John Reginald Carter

College Notes: Came up in 1920 but did not graduate.
Military Service: Major Royal Corps of Signals. Died 15 January 1941.


Charlier, John Evelyn

College Notes: Came up in 1939 to study Mechanical Sciences but did not graduate.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps. Died 29 March 1944 of wounds received during 1940.


Chater, Roy Edward

College Notes: Came up in 1943 to attend RAF Course and did not graduate. 
Military Service: Flying Officer (Nav). Killed in flying accident, Leeming, 8 November 1946. Listed by CWGC. Not in Remembrance Book.


Clover, Joseph Alexander

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Music. BA 1938.
Military Service: Private Royal Natal Carbineers. Died 1 November 1942, apparently being shot whilst attempting to escape after capture during the 2nd Battle of El Alamein.


Coates, Peter Buckle

College Notes: Came up in 1941 to attend RAF course in Science and did not graduate.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant, RAFVR. Died 26 February 1946, perhaps in a flying accident, as he is listed by CWGC. Not in Remembrance Book.


Coleman, Ernest William

College Notes: Attended the RAF Course in 1942 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer RAF. Died 4 August 1945 in a flying accident whilst training at No. 13 Maintenance Unit, RAF Bicester.


Colyer, Denys

Photo of Denys Colyer

College Notes: Came up in 1937 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1940.
Military Service: Lieutenant, 5 Survey Regiment Royal Artillery. Died of injuries 15 December 1941, probably while based on Salisbury Plain.


Connell, Hamish Alister

Photo of Hamish Alister Connell

College Notes: Came up in 1930 to study Economics and Law. BA 1933.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant 97 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Died 12 June 1940 near Saint-Valery-en-Caux on the day allied forces in northern France surrendered there.


Cutler, Robert Henry

Photo of Robert Henry Cutler

College Notes: Came up in 1922 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1925. 
Military Service: Colonial Service. Reportedly killed in aircrash in Tanganyika at the end of the war when returning from military service to civilian post. Not listed by CWGC. Not in Remembrance Book.


Davenport, Robert Edward

College Notes: Came up in 1941 to study Medieval & Modern Languages but did not graduate.
Military Service: Pilot Officer (Navigator) 10 Squadron RAF, shot down near Markt Babenhausen, southern Germany, 5 May 1945.


Davies, Charles James

College Notes: Came up in 1939 to study History but did not graduate.
Military Service: Major 4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers. Died 28 February 1945 during Operation “Blockbuster” attacking south from Goch, Germany to link with US forces at Xanten during the Battle of the Reichswald.


Davies-Colley, Paul Neville

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Architectural Studies. BA 1941.
Military Service: Major 5th Battalion The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 1 August 1943 near Mt. Etna during the Sicilian Campaign.


de Courcy, John Arthur Gerald

College Notes: Came up in 1922 to study Engineering. BA 1925.
Military Service: Group Captain RAF. Died 30 December 1940. MC. RAF Superintendent of Engineering Workshops 1938-39. Served in 4 Squadron RAF in WW1.


Deas, Walter Malcolm

Photo of Walter Malcolm Deas

College Notes: Came up in 1928 to study History. BA 1931.
Military Service: Major, Royal Tank Regiment. Died 21 April 1946 whilst serving with the army of occupation in north-west Germany.


Douglas, James Edward Vincent

College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study Mechanical Sciences but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant Royal Engineers. Died 2 January 1945 whilst serving in the Kohima area of north-east India.


Duncanson, Jerome Pender

Photo of Jerome Pender Duncanson

College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study History and Military Studies. BA 1935.
Military Service: Lieutenant 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. Died 28 May 1940 after being fatally wounded during the desperate rearguard fighting in Calais. He is reported as standing to kill the final German of the battle when he was fatally wounded.


Edney, Guy Ernest

College Notes: Came up in 1933 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1937.
Military Service: Major Royal Engineers. Died 21 February 1944 along with his wife in an air-raid on Kensington, London.


Falconer, Ian Leslie

College Notes: Came up in 1928 but did not graduate.
Military Service: Sergeant (pupil pilot), RAF. Died 5 December 1941 whilst practising night low flying at 23rd Service Flying Training School, Heany, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.


Foss, William

College Notes: Came up in 1908 but did not graduate.
Military Service: Died 17 April 1941 when his home at 36 Oakley Square was bombed in an air-raid on London.


Furse, Charles William

College Notes: Came up in 1933 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1936.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Pilot), RAF. Died 20 July 1940 in a flying accident at 13 Maintenance Unit, RAF Henlow, possibly air testing a Canadian built Hawker Hurricane after re-assembly.


Garrett, Charles Herbert

Photo of Charles Herbert Garrett

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1934.
Military Service: Captain Royal Engineers. Died 11 November 1940 in a military motor accident.


Gisby, Michael

College Notes: Came up in 1941 to study Mathematics but did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer 582 Squadron RAF. Died 31 July 1944 on 37th operation over Germany flying Avro Lancaster from RAF Little Staughton.


Griffith, Alban Gladstone

College Notes: Came up 1933 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1936.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant, 157 Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died 6 August 1941.


Grimshaw, James William Travis

Photo of James William Travis Grimshaw

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study Estate Management. BA 1934.
Military Service: Warrant Officer Class II (BSM), 275 Battery 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. Died 26 September near Arnhem.


Grogan, Robert Terence

Photo of Robert Terence Grogan

College Notes: Attended the RN Course in 1921 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Commander (E) RN, HMS Hood, sunk in the Denmark Straight by the German battleship Bismark, 24 May 1941.


Hackett, Ernest Edward

Photo of Ernest Edward Hackett

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study Classics and History. BA 1934.
Military Service: Lieutenant King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), attached 1st Battalion West Yorks Regiment Died 12 March 1944 whilst serving with 17th Division (India) in fighting around Tiddim, the beginning of the Battle of Imphal.


Hague, Peter Birkett

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study History and Law. BA 1938.
Military Service: Lieutenant RNVR HMS Kingston. Killed 4 April 1942 in an air raid on Malta where HMS Kingston was docked for repair after the 2nd Battle of Sirte (a bomb hit the tunnel being used as a shelter). DSC.


Hall, Cecil Edmund Foster

College Notes: Attended the RN Course in 1919 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Commander RN, HMS Kent. Died 17 September 1940 when his ship was disabled in airborne torpedo attack in the eastern Mediterranean off Bardia.


Harris, Frederic Maxwell

Photo of Frederic Maxwell Harris

College Notes: Came up in 1919 to study English and History. BA 1922.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. Died 28 June 1940 in a nursing home in UK, aged 41. 


Harris, John Richard Glanfield

Photo of John Richard Glanfield Harris

College Notes: Came up in 1928 to study Natural Sciences (Pathology). BA 1931.
Military Service: Killed in 17 August 1942 in an air raid by German fighter-bombers on Institute Road, Swanage.


Harrison, Peter Motte

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Geography. BA 1941.
Military Service: Sub-Lieutenant RNVR. HMML 206. Died 4 October 1943 whilst operating with other motor launches from HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth). Joined as a signalman on 2 August 1940.


Hattersley, Sidney Martin

College Notes: Came up in1906 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1909.
Military Service: Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 24 March 1943 whilst serving in UK.


Hicks, Francis Gerald Allen

College Notes: Came up in 1936 to study English. BA 1941.
Military Service: Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps. Died 9 June 1943 whilst serving in West Africa with 447 General Transport Company, West African Army Service Corps. Royal West African Frontier Force.


Hide, John Henderson

Photo of John Henderson Hide

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1937.
Military Service: Sub-Lieutenant RNVR. HMS Acasta, Ship sunk 8 June 1940 by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau off Norway whilst trying to avenge their sinking of the aircraft carrier, HMS Glorious.


Hinde, Ernest John Frank

Photo of Ernest John Frank Hinde

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study Natural Sciences. Special BA 1934.
Military Service: Captain Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 10 August of wounds after 12 days in an open boat after being torpedoed at sea en route to the Mediterranean.


Hindley, Charles John Chadwick

Photo of Charles John Chadwick Hindley

College Notes: Came up in 1925 but did not graduate.
Military Service: Captain Royal Army Service Corps attached HQ 25 Indian Division, Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Died 17 February 1945 in Burma, possibly in the Battle of Ramree Island.


Hockey, Michael Lea

College Notes: Came up in 1939 to study Modern and Medieval Languages but did not graduate.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant 7th Battalion Border Regiment Died 11 November 1942 of injuries sustained in an accident possibly during a training exercise. Originally commissioned into the Artists Rifles.


Human, Roger Henry Charles

Photo of Roger Henry Charles Human

College Notes: Came up in 1928 to study History, Economics and Law. BA 1931.
Military Service: Captain 6th Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Died 21 November 1942 in India where he had been serving since mid 1942 in the Indian XV Corps.


Jackson, David Edwin Frederick Hamilton

Photo of David Edwin Frederick Hamilton Jackson

College Notes: Came up in 1926 to study Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences. BA 1929.
Military Service: Lieutenant Royal Engineers. Died suddenly on 22 April 1944 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) possibly of wounds received in the Burma campaign.


Jameson, Harold Gordon

Photo of Harold Gordon Jameson

College Notes: Came up in 1936 to study History. BA 1939.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines. Died 26 August 1940 in an air raid on the Royal Marine Artillery Base, Fort Cumberland, Langstone Harbour.


Jenkinson, Stanley

College Notes: Came up in 1942 to study History but did not graduate.
Military Service: Private The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) attached 13th (2/4th Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Died 19 August 1944 of wounds sustained during fighting by the 6th Airborne Division on the River Seine.


King, Christopher Frank

Photo of Christopher Frank King

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1938.
Military Service: Captain Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died in UK 17 April 1942.


King, Hugh Valentine

College Notes: Attended the RN Course in 1922 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Captain RN HMS Beachy Head. Missing, presumed dead 17 January 1947. DSO, OBE. HMS Beachy Head was Maintenance & Repair Ship probably supporting the Pacific Fleet at the time.


King, John Martin Henry

Photo of John Martin Henry King

College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1935.
Military Service: Lieutenant 6th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Died 5 December 1943 in north-east India.


Kirwan, Patrick Lionel

Photo of Patrick Lionel Kirwan

College Notes: Came up in 1926 to study Mechanical Sciences but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers, attached 8th Indian Division. Died 9 May 1944 whilst bridging the River Garigliano under fire as a prelude to the final Battle of Cassino. OBE for services in North Africa.


Klein, Josef Friederich Karl

Photo of Josef Friederich Karl Klein

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Modern & Medieval Languages. BA 1938.
Military Service: Died in 1941. Believed to have been a member of Czech Resistance, and allegedly died after release from prison, having been tortured. Competed in 1936 Olympics for Czechoslovakia. Not in Remembrance Book.


Larkworthy, Thomas Clover

Photo of Thomas Clover Larkworthy

College Notes: Came up in 1921 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1924.
Military Service: Surgeon-Commander RNVR. HMS Neptune. Died 19 December 1941 when his ship was sunk by a mine off Malta.


Leckie, James

Photo of James Leckie

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Classics. BA 1939.
Military Service: Lieutenant 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Died 17 February 1944 in the German counter-attack to the Anzio landings of 22 January.


Lee, Aubrey Carlton

College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study Medicine. BA 1935.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Observer) 37 Squadron RAF. Died 10 August 1943 on night air operations over Sicily flying Vickers Wellington bombers.


Leggate, Archibald Thomas

Photo of Archibald Thomas Leggate

College Notes: Came up in 1929 to study History and Medicine. BA 1932.
Military Service: Surgeon-Lieutenant RNVR. HMS Registan. Died 28 May 1941 when this Ocean Boarding Vessel was bombed off Cape Cornwall.


Loewi, George Frederick

Photo of George Frederick Loewi

College Notes: Came up in 1930 to study Economics. BA 1933.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant RAFVR. Died 4 March 1944.


Long, Richard Hughes

College Notes: Attended the RAF Course in 1941 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Pilot) RAFVR. 297 Squadron Died 6 June 1944 when his glider towing Armstrong-Whitworth Albemarle aircraft was shot down in the later stages of D-Day.


Loring, William

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1936.
Military Service: Major Royal Engineers attached HQ 8th Army. Died 2 January 1942 in north Africa during the German withdrawal to El Agheila after Operation 'Crusader'.


Lovell, Arthur Edward Francis

College Notes: Attended the RN Course in 1921 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Commander RN HMS Glorious. Died 6 June 1940 when his ship was sunk by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau off Norway.


Maclean, Ian

Photo of Ian Maclean

College Notes: Came up in 1927 to study Law. BA 1930.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) RAFVR. 138 Squadron Shot down over Denmark 14 September 1943 when on a Special Duties sortie from RAF Tempsford for Special Operations Executive (SOE).


Mangham, Peter

College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study Natural Sciences but did not graduate.
Military Service: Captain 531 Battery, 190 Field Regiment, R.A. Killed during fighting in the Turnhoot, Meuse-Escaut Canal area, 22 September 1944. Mentioned in Despatches.


Marsden, Robert George Gordon Maiben

Photo of Robert George Gordon Maiben Marsden

College Notes: Came up in 1937 to study Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1940.
Military Service: Pilot Officer RAFVR. 99 Squadron Died 25 November 1940, flying Vickers Wellington bomber on a night operation from RAF Newmarket, Suffolk.


May, Jack Raymond

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Modern and Medieval Languages but did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer RAFVR. (formerly Royal Sussex Regiment) Died 8 April 1943 during air operations in Canada.


MccGwire, John Adair

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study History. BA 1938.
Military Service: Captain Royal Artillery. Included in Remembrance Book but not a war casualty. Wounded in 1943, but survived the war and died in London on 9 November 1948.


McCrea, Edward D'Arcy

Photo of Edward D'Arcy McCrea

College Notes: Came up to Emmanuel as a Research Student in 1917 and did not take a degree.
Military Service: Died 22 December 1940 along with his wife, Edith, in an air raid on their home, “The Cottage”, Barton Road, Salford.


McNaught, John Charles Anderson

College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study History but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed 7 May 1944 in the fighting around the Naga Village during the Battle of Kohima.


McNicoll, Ronald Amos Main

College Notes: Came up in 1939 as a Colonial Probationer after being awarded a BA from Glasgow University and did not take a Cambridge degree.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant General Service Corps. Died 9 January 1943 in Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana). General Service Corps was for specialists not attached to a regiment or corps. Not in Remembrance Book.


Metson, John Walter

College Notes: Came up in 1941 to study Law but did not graduate.
Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment, formerly Queen's Royal Regiment, attached to 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Died 1 August 1943 in the attack by 78th Division towards Centuripe, near Mt. Etna, Sicily.


Murphy, Francis Money Graham

Photo of Francis Money Graham Murphy

College Notes: Came up in 1922 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1925.
Military Service: Drowned 17 September 1940 in the sinking of SS City of Benares south-west of Rockall en route to the USA on government business. Employed by Marconi at Great Baddow, Essex.


Murray, Rev. Donald Wynch

College Notes: Came up in 1905 to study Theology. BA 1908.
Military Service: Chaplain to South African Forces. Died 6 July 1944 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). MC and Bar (from WW1). Not in Remembrance Book.


Myles, Thomas Picton

Photo of Thomas Picton Myles

College Notes: Came up in 1930 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1933.
Military Service: Captain, RAMC. Died in accident in Bangalore, 3 November 1942.


Nicholls, William Arthur

Photo of William Arthur Nicholls

College Notes: Came up in 1927 to study English and Modern Languages. BA 1931.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant RAFVR. Died 14 March 1943 during invasion manoeuvres whilst serving at RAF Harwell, from where glider-borne infantry subsequently left on D-Day.


Paston-Brown, Derek Frank

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study English. BA 1941.
Military Service: Registered as Conscientious Objector May 1940. Later Flying Officer (Pilot) RAFVR. 115 Squadron Died 20 June 1943 when his Avro Lancaster crashed in France on an operation from RAF East Wretham.


Peart, Joseph Norriss

Photo of Joseph Norriss Peart

College Notes: Came up in 1924 to study Mathematics and Natural Sciences. BA 1926.
Military Service: Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding 26th Battalion New-Zealand Infantry Force. Died 4 September 1942 of wounds sustained in the Battle of Alam el Halfa when the NZ Forces attempted to cut off the retreating Axis forces. DSO.


Pengelly, Edward

Photo of Edward Pengelly

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study History and Economics. BA 1934.
Military Service: Died in a flying accident in South America on a mission for the Ministry of Information, c.1940.


Pennington, Kenneth Raymond James

Photo of Kenneth Raymond James Pennington

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study History and Law. BA 1938.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Pilot) RAFVR. 7 (Coastal ) Operational Training Unit. Died 3 January 1943, possibly as a result of a training accident.


Philcox, Ian Stuart

College Notes: Attended RAF Course in 1942 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Pilot) RAFVR. 150 Squadron Died 22 March 1945 flying Avro Lancaster from RAF Hemswell in an attack on Hildesheim. Not in Remembrance Book.


Phillips, Albert Cyril Lewin

Photo of Albert Cyril Lewin Phillips

College Notes: Came up in 1928 to study Classics. BA 1931.
Military Service: Flight Sergeant RAFVR. 143 Squadron Died 12 December 1943 flying Bristol Beaufighter aircraft from Portreath providing fighter cover for anti-submarine aircraft operating in the Bay of Biscay.


Phillips, Dudley Vaughan

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1938.
Military Service: Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 4 January 1943 as a result of an accident during a live firing exercise at a Battle School in Scotland.


Pillar, Kenneth James

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Economics and Law. BA 1941.
Military Service: Lieutenant 50th Royal Tank Regiment Killed 30 November 1943 in the capture of Fossacesia during the crossing of the River Sangro in Italy.


Ponder, Philip Geoffrey

College Notes: Came up in 1939 to study History but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant 9th Battalion Beds & Herts Regiment Attached 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Died 25 August 1944 near Sahmaw, Burma, during the Japanese withdrawal from the Chindwin River.


Prasad, Bisheshwari

College Notes: Came up in 1909 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1911. Probably included in Remembrance Book in error, due to a confusion with Lt-Col Bindeshwari Prasad of the IMS, reported killed in the Times in July 1943. CWGC has a record of Lt-Col Prasad being killed in January 1943.


Radbone, James Whaley

Photo of James Whaley Radbone

College Notes: Came up in 1929 to study Engineering. BA 1932.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant RAFVR. Died 4 August 1940.


Radcliffe-Smith, Hugh Alfred Hargreaves

Photo of Hugh Alfred Hargreaves Radcliffe-Smith

College Notes: Came up in 1929 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1931.
Military Service: Major Royal Engineers. Died 8 January 1943 in India.


Ranson, Roger Mortlock

Photo of Roger Mortlock Ranson

College Notes: Came up in 1931 to study Agriculture. BA 1934.
Military Service: Pilot Officer RAFVR. 44 Squadron Died 5 June 1942 (on 3rd operational flight) when co-pilot of an Avro Lancaster which crashed in the Netherlands.


Reeks, Hugh Arthur

Photo of Hugh Arthur Reeks

College Notes: Educated in Shanghai Came up in 1915 to study History. BA 1925.
Military Service: Prisoner of War (political prisoner with Dr Sturton) in China, Haiphong Rd and Fengtai camps, to August 1945. Died in October 1945.


Reynolds, Osborne

Photo of Osborne Reynolds

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Mechanical Sciences. BA 1938.
Military Service: Lieutenant 200 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 27 May 1940 near Lille during the withdrawal to Dunkirk in the Battle of France.


Reynolds, Richard Henry

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Economics and Law. BA 1941.
Military Service: Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, attached 1st Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died 2 April 1944 of wounds received in the major German counter attack to the landings at Anzio, Italy.


Richard, Denys Graeme Temple

College Notes: Came up in 1937 to study Economics and History. BA 1940.
Military Service: Lieutenant Intelligence Corps, late Welch Regiment Died 28 August 1942 whilst serving in the Lebanon.


Robinson, Alfred Skirrow

College Notes: Came up in 1889 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1892. MB and BChir, 1896.
Military Service: Lt, RAMC in WWI (H.M.Hosp.S Panama). Died 21 October 1941 in an air raid on the Zetland Club, Coatham Road, Redcar.


Roderick, Alan

College Notes: Came up in 1936 to study Archaeology and Anthropology but did not graduate.
Military Service: Able Seaman RN HMS Broadwater. Died 18 October 1941 when his ship was torpedoed by U-101 400 miles south of Iceland whilst escorting Atlantic convoy SC 48.


Rushton, Eric Rooksby

College Notes: Came up in 1910 but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed 1 June 1940 at Dunkirk whilst providing rearguard cover for the evacuation. Not in Remembrance Book.


Sarsons, Hubert William

College Notes: Came up 1940 to study Classics but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, formerly Royal Fusiliers. Died 26 April 1943 in the assault on Tunis.


Scholes, Frederick Charles

Photo of Frederick Charles Scholes

College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1935.
Military Service: Captain Intelligence Corps attached HQ 6th Airborne Division. Died 16 June 1944 following capture of Breville on 14 June.


Scott, Donald Seymour

Photo of Donald Seymour Scott

College Notes: Came up in 1929 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1932.
Military Service: Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 27 May 1940 of wounds received in May 1940 whilst attending casualties at Cassel, Nord, during the Battle of France.


Sharpe, Thomas Arthur

Photo of Thomas Arthur Sharpe

College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Economics. Hon. Exhibitor 1933-4. BA 1935.
Military Service: Civil Liaison Officer Undivided India, Assam Province. Died 9 April 1944 whilst in Japanese captivity (during the Battle of Imphal). MBE.


Simpson, John Colville

College Notes: Came up in 1937 to study Classics. BA 1940.
Military Service: Captain 138 Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Died 22 March 1944 supporting the attack by 78th Infantry Division 20-23 March (3rd Battle of Monte Cassino).


Smetham, Stanley James

Photo of Stanley James Smetham

College Notes: Came up in 1914 but did not graduate.
Military Service: Wing Commander RAF. Reported as Killed in Action 17 December 1940. WW1 service as Corporal Royal Engineers.


Smith, John Arthur

College Notes: Attended the RAF Course in 1942 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Flying Officer (Air Bomber) RAFVR. 106 Squadron Died when his Avro Lancaster bomber was shot down over the Netherlands 1 November 1944 when operating from RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire.


Smith, Leslie Heath

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1937.
Military Service: Leading Aircraftsman RAFVR. Died in a flying accident in UK 9 April 1941.


Stapleton, Miles Henry

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study History. BA 1937.
Military Service: Lieutenant (A) RNVR. 821 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm. Shot down 21 January 1943 making a torpedo attack on a convoy, whilst operating from HMS Grebe, Dekheila airfield, Alexandria, Eqypt.


Stewart, Robert Andrew

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Classics and Law. BA 1938.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) RAFVR. HQ Desert Air Force. Died 17 February 1944 in Italy.


Stimson, William Benjamin

Photo of William Benjamin Stimson

College Notes: Came up in 1912 to study Chemistry. BA 1916.
Military Service: Major Army Educational Corps. Died 8 June 1946 in an air crash at Lagos. Stationed in Achimota, Gold Coast (now Ghana). MC.


Stone, Herbert Anthony Leicester

College Notes: Came up in 1937 to study Geography but did not graduate.
Military Service: Pilot Officer RAFVR. 53 Squadron Missing presumed killed 7 April 1941 whilst flying a Bristol Blenheim from RAF St Eval, Cornwall on maritime patrol.


Swann, Graham Templer

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College Notes: Came up in 1921 to study Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1924.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant RAFVR. Died 22 June 1941 whilst serving at 7 Air Gunners School at RAF Stormy Down (Bridgend, South Wales) operating Armstrong-Whitworth Whitleys and Fairey Battles.


Szymanowski, Antoni

College Notes: Came up in 1938 from Warsaw University as a research student to study for M.Litt.
Military Service: Included in Remembrance Book in error. Reported to have been a war casualty during German occupation of Poland, but survived and died in 1985.


Tacchi, George Clifford

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College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study English and Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1935.
Military Service: Lieutenant 1st (Perak) Battalion Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. Died 16 June 1943 whist working on the Burma Railway, having been taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore. Reburied from Kannyu No. 1 Cemetery near Hellfire Pass.


Talfourd-Jones, Paul

College Notes: Came up in 1933 to study Medicine but did not graduate.
Military Service: Captain 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers. Said to have died 10 October 1945 as a result of a motor accident in the Far East. However, he is buried in UK. Not in Remembrance Book.


Thomas, William Morgan

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College Notes: Came up in 1939 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1942.
Military Service: Drowned at sea 3 August 1942 going to take up a medical scholarship in the USA under the Rockefeller Foundation when M V Loch Katrine was torpedoed by U-552 in the North Atlantic, east of Cape Race.


Thompson, David William

College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Engineering but did not graduate.
Military Service: Pilot Officer (Pilot) RAFVR. 25 Squadron Died 8 July 1941 whilst flying night fighter patrols protecting the Midlands, flying Bristol Beaufighters from RAF Wittering.


Thompson, Montague Henry Brodrick

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Law. BA 1938.
Military Service: Flying Officer 607 (County of Durham) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force, operating Hurricanes during the Battle of France. Died 13 May 1940. Previously buried at Kloster Landon, Ottenhavn.


Tracy, Hugh Wingfield

College Notes: Came up in 1933 to study History and Law. BA 1938.
Military Service: Flying Officer RAFVR. 55 Squadron Died 5 October 1942 in North Africa operating Martin Baltimore aircraft in support of the 8th Army.


Trench, John Patrick

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College Notes: Came up in 1937 to study Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1941.
Military Service: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) RAFVR. 7 Squadron Short Stirling shot down over eastern France 8 March 1943 whilst operating from RAF Oakington as part of the PathFinder Force. DSO.


Trewby, Arthur Lionel

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Modern and Medieval Languages. BA 1937.
Military Service: Lieutenant Beds & Herts Regiment attached 1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Killed 4 April 1945 during the Battle of the Reichswald on the approach to the River Weser.


Turner, Frederick Keith

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College Notes: Came up in 1928 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1931.
Military Service: Pilot Officer RAFVR. Died in active service 10 February 1941. Buried in UK.


Turner, Nigel John Douglas

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College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study History and Geography. BA 1937.
Military Service: Captain Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, formerly Suffolk Regiment Died 24 May 1945 in Rangoon.


van Klaveren, Geoffrey Victor

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College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Modern and Medieval Languages but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant 2nd (Airborne) Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Killed 13 June 1944 in the attack on Chateau St-Come, near Breville, Normandy.


Vertue, Marcus Brooke

College Notes: Attended the RN Course in 1922 and did not graduate.
Military Service: Commander RN HMS President. Died in Naval Hospital 12 February 1945 of illness.


Wade, Kenneth Edwin

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College Notes: Came up in 1940 to study Mathematics but did not graduate.
Military Service: Lieutenant 217 Battery, 112 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Killed 15 February 1945 during the attack by 43rd (Wessex) Division on Materborn as part of the Battle of the Reichswald.


Wallis, David William

College Notes: Came up in 1933 to study Modern and Medieval Languages but did not graduate.
Military Service: Major 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, Army Aviation Corps. Killed 18 September 1944 during the Battle of Arnhem, whilst holding the northern approach to Arnhem Bridge.


Wilkinson, Desmond Vaughan

College Notes: Came up in 1935 to study Estate Management. BA 1938.
Military Service: Lieutenant 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. Died in hospital in UK 26 May 1941.


Williams, Jansen Oswald David

College Notes: Came up in 1934 to study Natural Sciences. BA 1937.
Military Service: Captain 11 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed 4 October 1943 in the fighting around Termoli and the River Biferno.


Witherington, (Arthur) John

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College Notes: Came up in 1939 to study History but did not graduate.
Military Service: Sergeant (Pilot) RAFVR. 57 Squadron. Died 16 September 1941, flying a Vickers Wellington bomber from RAF Feltwell. Brother of Denys.


Witherington, Denys March

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College Notes: Came up in 1938 to study Agriculture. BA 1941.
Military Service: Private The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Killed 16 February 1944 during a major German counter-attack on the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy. Brother of (Arthur) John.


Woodhouse, Henry de Clifford Anthony

College Notes: Came up in 1933 to study Mechanical Sciences (Aeronautics) but did not graduate.
Military Service: Wing Commander RAF 85 Squadron Died 13 August 1944 whilst flying a De Havilland Mosquito night fighter from RAF Swannington on bomber support over Germany. DFC, AFC. Not in Remembrance Book.


Young, John Grahame

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College Notes: Came up in 1932 to study Classics and English. BA 1935.
Military Service: Pilot Officer RAFVR. 125 Squadron Crashed into the sea 22 September 1942 on a night flying exercise off the Welsh coast flying a Bristol Beaufighter aircraft on defensive night patrols from RAF Fairwood Common, South Wales.


Younger, Henry Johnston

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College Notes: Came up in 1919 to study Chemistry. BA 1921.
Military Service: Major 1st Battalion Lothian & Border Yeomanry. Died 12 June 1940 near St. Valery-en-Caux during the Battle of France where the 51st Highland Division was forced to surrender.