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Dunsfold War Memorial on Dunsfold Common
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IN MEMORIAM
1914-1919
1939-1945
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The plaque is inscribed 

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED INTHE GREAT WAR  1914-1918

PRIVATE            R AMES                27TH AUSTRALIANS
2ND LIEUT         F DOWNER           2ND MANCHESTERS
SIGNALMAN         J GARMAN                HMS CANADA
PRIVATE            F R GARMAN         7TH MGC AUSTRALIANS
PRIVATE            A JOHNSON          7TH QUEENS
STOKER            R LONGLEY           HMS VENUS
CAPTAIN           N L MACWATT       SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
PRIVATE           H MILES                1ST HAMPSHIRES
GUNNER           A MITCHELL           5TH TANK CORPS
PRIVATE           J PUTMAN              35TH AUSTRALIANS
PRIVATE           H C RANDAL          6TH QUEENS
LIEUTENANT     H D SIMPSON        8TH KRRC
PRIVATE           E W SMITHERS      6TH BUFFS
PRIVATE           A T STEVENS         7TH QUEENS
L/CORPORAL     A WARNER           7TH QUEENS
PRIVATE           H WARNER           7TH QUEENS
PRIVATE           P F WELLER          RASC


THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
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A second plaque reads:

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945

2ND LIEUT                    J I ALLEN           RAC
FLIGHT SGT                  L BLAND             RAF
FLIGHT LIEUT               L G BULL DFC      RAF
AIR COMMADORE         VISCOUNT CARLOW RAF
PRIVATE                      A J DENDLE         ROYAL SIGNALS
FLYING OFFICER          J A GRAY             RAF
CAPTAIN                     A J H HUBERT      RAPC
PRIVATE                     W H LASSAM       DORSETSHIRE  R
COMMANDER              G W ROWELL CBE DSC RN
CORPORAL                 E L SOPP              QUEENS R R
TROOPER                   G A TIDY              RAC

 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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In the church there is a mounted, illuminated Roll of Service for
WW2
DUNSFOLD PARISH
ROLL of SERVICE 1939
H I ALLEN  General  Staff             P KENT  Indian Army
A ARNOLD  RWS Regiment          C MITCHELL  RASC
H ARNOLD  RWS Regiment          W MITCHELL  Scots Guards
L W ARNOLD  RWS Regiment      B NAUMANN  Rifle Brigade
R L D BARNETT Pioneer Corps      P G H NUGEN
TB BILLIALD                              G PEAKE  RWS Regiment
L BLAND  RAF                            J PEAKE  RWS Regiment
J BURT  Hampshire Regiment      A PHILBEAM
C CHASE                                   K B POTTER
S CHARMAN  RAF                       J T PRESTON
I CLUE   RAF                              D RANGER  Royal Engineers
J COOPER  RWS Regiment          L RANGER  Royal Engineers
R COOPER                                  T REDMAN  RAF
T G COOPER  Royal Armoured Corps P REDMAN  RASC
W COOPER  RWS Regiment        J RICHARDS
C COOTE  RASC                        D S ROBINSON
T COOTE                                  S ROE   RWS Regiment
C COX   Corps Military Police      G W ROWELL  RN
T E DEBENHAM                         J  ROUTLEY  RM
A DENDLE  RAF                        B SCHOFIELD RN
R DOYLE  RAC                          P J SCOTCHER RN
S DOYLE                                  R J E SLAYTER RN
R W DUNLOP  RN                    J R SLAYTER  RN
F J DYKE  RAF                         A SMITHERS  RWS Regiment
H A EDWARDS RAF                 M SMITHERS  Merchant Navy
N EDWARDS  RN                     J SPARKS  RN
L  EAMES  RAF                        J STEAD  RN
S ERRICKER  RAF                    A THATCHER  Royal Engineers
R FORREST  Forestry Corps      E THATCHER  RN
F FROST  RAF                         G TIDY  RWS Regiment
A FERGUSON RN                     H TURRELL  RAF
J GRAY  RAF                           T F  UNWIN  RASC
D GRAY  RAF                          J WADEY  RWS Regiment
R GRAYSTONE RAF                 V WELLER  RWS Regiment
A HAMPSHIRE RASC                J F C WELLINGS
D HAMPSHIRE RAC                 G WHITE  RAF
F JARVIS  RWS Regiment        S WHYTE  RWS Regiment
P JARVIS  Royal Scots            G WELLS  RAF
P KENT  Indian Army              K HOWELLS  RAF
Miss E  ARNOLD   ATS
Mrs M BUDD    WAAF
Miss G COX    ATS
Miss S COX    WAAF
Miss J DAVENPORT   WAAF
Miss M HART    WAAF
Miss B NAUMANN   WRNS
Mrs P REDMAN   WRNS
Mrs R RENMANT   WAAF
Miss M SQUELCH   WAAF
Miss P WATSON   WRNS
Miss D GRAY    ATS
THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT
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Plaque in the Church of St Mary and All Saints for WW1

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918

(left hand side of the plaque)

CAPTAIN  N L MACWATT  SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
LIEUT   HUGH D SIMPSON  8TH KRRC
2ND  LIEUTENANT FREDERICK DOWNER 2ND MANCHESTERS
SIGNALMAN  A JESSE GARMAN  HMS CANADA
STOKER  RICHARD LONGLEY  HMS VENUS
LANCE/CORPL ARTHUR WARNER  7TH QUEENS
PRIVATE  REGINALD AMES  27TH AUSTRALIANS
PRIVATE  FRED R GARMAN  7TH MGC AUSTRALIANS
PRIVATE  ARTHUR JOHNSON  7TH QUEENS

(right hand side of the plaque)

PRIVATE  HENRY MILES  1ST HAMPSHIRES
GUNNER  ALBERT MITCHELL  5TH TANK CORPS
PRIVATE  JAMES PUTMAN  35TH AUSTRALIANS
PRIVATE  HENRY C RANDAL  6TH QUEENS
PRIVATE  ERNEST W SMITHERS 6TH BUFFS
PRIVATE  ARTHUR T STEVENS 7TH QUEENS
PRIVATE  HARRY WARNER  7TH QUEENS
PRIVATE  PERCY F WELLER  RASC

THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY
1 Samuel
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Also in the Church, the Plaque for WW2

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF DUNSFOLD
WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

2ND LIEUT  J I ALLEN   RAC
FLIGHT SGT  L BLAND   RAF
FLIGHT LIEUT L G BULL DFC  RAF
AIR COMMODORE VISCOUNT  CARLOW RAF
PRIVATE  A J DENDLE   ROYAL SIGNALS
FLYING OFFICER J A GRAY   RAF
CAPTAIN  A J H HUBERT   R A  PC
PRIVATE  W H LASSAM   DORSETSHIRE R
COMMANDER G W ROWELL CBE DSC RN
CORPORAL   E L SOPP   QUEENS R R
TROOPER  G A TIDY     RAC

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
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There is a further plaque:

IN 1956 THIS CHAPEL WAS RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE BY THE GENEROSITY OF HENRY ISHERWOOD ALLEN AMD HIS WIFE RACHEL ALICE HOUSSEMAYNE ALLEN
IN MEMORY OF THEIR TWO SONS
JOHN ISHERWOOD ALLEN
KILLED IN ACTION 1944
HUBERT GEORGE ISHERWOOD ALLEN
DIED IN 1951
The Fallen from WW1

Reginald AMES
Private 27th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF. Army
no. 497
He was killed in action near Ploegstreert on 29 March 1918.  He was 32
He was the son of Robert J and Ellen Ames of Dunsfold
He is buried in grave D 26 Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Belgium

Frederick DOWNER
Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
attached to 2nd/7th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 178 Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division.
He was killed in action on 2 April 1917 during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. He was 31
He was the son of William and Annie Downer of Dunsfold
He is remembered on pier and face 13A and 14C of the Thiepval Memorial

Albert Jesse GARMAN             
Signalman, HMS Canada, Royal Navy. RN no. J 10849
He was awarded a Silver War Badge on 28 December 1916 indicating that he was no longer medically able to serve in the Forces but it is not known what the problem was or how it happened. 
He died (in Uxbridge Registration District, June Quarter) 1918. He was 23
He was the son of Jesse and Ellen Garman and the brother of Frederick, the next entry
I have not found details of his burial
Additional information
His ship, HMS Canada joined 4th Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet in October 1915. She was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and fired 42 14inch rounds and received no damage.
The following June she transferred to 1st Battle Squadron but does not appear to have been in action.

Frederick Richard GARMAN
Private, 7th Company, Australian Machine Gun
Corps. Army no. 508
He died from his wounds in a Field Hospital on 19
November 1917. He was 29
He was the son of Jesse and Ellen Louisa Garman and
the husband of Evelyn A Garman of Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia.
He is buried in grave VI H 8A Wimereux Communal Cemetery

Arthur JOHNSON
Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. Army no. G/1617
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 during the Battle for Albert on the first day of the Somme offensive
He was the son of Arthur and Alice Johnson, Blacknest,
Dunsfold.
He is remembered on pier and face 5D and 6D of the Theipval
Memorial
Additional information
He was born in Bramley and is also remembered on the Bramley War Memorial

Richard LONGLEY                           
Stoker, HMS Venus, Royal Navy. RN no. SS102931
He died at home in the June quarter 1917 age 34
He was the son of Richard D and Frances Longley
He had been awarded the Silver War Badge which indicated that he was no longer fit enough to serve I have not found details of his burial
Additional information
His ship, HMS Venus was part of 11th Cruiser Squadron and had, in October 1914, captured two German merchant ships. Then she had sailed in 1915 to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf and in 1916 to China. It does not appear that she was engaged in action.

Norman Ian MACWATT
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 10 Brigade, 4th Division. 
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 during the battle for Albert. He was 24
He was the son of Norman MacWatt of Alloa.
He is remembered on pier and face 15C of the Thiepval Memorial
Additional Information
Probate was granted in February 1917. His address is given as Shorncliffe.
 
Henry (Harry) MILES
Private, 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 11
Brigade, 4th Division.  Army no. 9272
He was killed in action on 18 September 1914 during the battle of the Aisne. He was 18
He was the son of Harry and Louisa Miles
He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial

Albert MITCHELL
Private, 5th Battalion, Tank Corps. Army no. 307032. He
was formerly with the Royal Engineers. Army no. 223580
He was killed in action on the Somme on 8 August 1918. He was 34
He was the husband of Edith Mitchell, River View, Loxwood. He was born in Dunsfold.
He is buried in grave II B 3, Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme

James PUTMAN
Private, 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F Brigade,
Division.  Army no. 2373
He was killed in action on 15 October 1917 near
Passchendaele. He was 39
He was the son of Fannie Hoar (formerly Putman) 9
Wolmer Cottages, Blackmoor, Petersfield and of the late James L Putman. 
He is remembered on panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Henry Charles RANDALL
Lance Corporal, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division. Army no. G/13510
He was killed in action on 17 July 1917 on the Somme. He was 20
He was the son of George and Ellen Randall
He is remembered on bay 2 of the Arras Memorial

Hugh Delafosse SIMPSON
Lieutenant, 8th (Service) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 41 Brigade, 14th (Light) Division. 
He was killed in action on 24 August 1917 in the fighting on the Menin Road. He was 21
He was the son of the Rev. Robert H B and Sophia J Simpson, Whinfield, Longdown Road, Guildford.
He is remembered on the Addenda Panel of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Ernest William SMITHERS
Private, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 55 Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division.  Army no. G/21157
He was killed in action on 5 August 1917 in the fighting near Ypres. He was 34
He was the son of William and Harriet Smithers of Dunsfold and the husband of Catherine Smithers, Church Green, Dunsfold
He is buried in grave LIX B 45 in Tyne Cot Cemetery

Arthur Thomas STEVENS
Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West
Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division.  Army no. G/37808
He died of his wounds on 19 March 1917 which he probably received in the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line.  He was 33
He was the son of William and Sarah Stevens of Dunsfold
He is buried in grave V E 64, Doullens Communal Cemetery
Extension No.1

Arthur WARNER
Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West
Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 775
He died of his wounds on 3 July 1916. He was 39
He was the son of William and Fanny Warner of Dunsfold and the husband of Flora Warner, Wells Cottage, Dunsfold
He is buried in grave II B 54A of Étaples Military Cemetery

Harry J WARNER
Private, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division.  Army no. G/1965
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 29
He was the son of George and Sarah Warner, 44 The Common, Dunsfold
He is buried in grave IV O I of Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz

Percy Frederick WELLER
Private, 783rd Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Army no. M2/202311
He died from natural causes on 22 July 1917. He was 34
He was the husband of Nellie Weller, 4 Prospect Cottages,
Dunsfold
He is buried in grave XV A 1 North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad

The Fallen of WW2
John Isherwood ALLEN
Second Lieutenant, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal
Armoured Corps. Army no. 302947  
He was killed in action on 10 July 1944. He was 20
He was the son of Brigadier Henry I Allen CBE, DSO, and
Rachel A H Allen of Dunsfold
He is remembered on panel 8, column 2 of the Bayeux Memorial
Additional Information
He was a Scholar at Charterhouse and an Exhibitioner at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
By 29 June 1944 the main thrust of 8 Corps was severely threatened by a counter-attack involving 9 and 10 SS Panzer Division - some 250 tanks. 7th Royal Tank Regiment was facing increasing opposition and having a difficult time. The German opposition was reinforced by the addition of 12 SS Panzer Division and 1 SS (Adolf Hitler) Panzer Division  
7th Royal Tank Regiment losses were mounting steadily, including Major Coombs commanding A Squadron who received a head injury. At 17.00 hours General Richard O'Connor arrived on his motor bike and immediately assessing that 7th Royal Tank Regiment was facing the main enemy counter attack he brought down "every gun in Normandy" - over 700 pieces of carefully husbanded artillery.
Major Dick Joscelyne MC with Lieutenant Franz Wallerstein MC was among those of A Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment who saw the thousands of rounds impact. He later wrote
"the ridge in front of us dissolved into dust – Adolf Hitler Panzer Division and all". The German advance was checked.
The official record states that The 7th under Colonel George
Gaisford played a "fine part" in the action. On 8 July General O'Connor made a fresh attempt to reach the Orne - Operation Jupiter. The 7th was always in the van of the attack and was heavily engaged. The regiment had four officers killed and lost eight tanks but claimed nine panzers. The CO was blinded in one eye but refused to leave the field until dusk. Major Robert Fleming, the 2 i/c was killed. 

Leonard BLAND
Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1357164
He died on 3 March 1945. He was 21
He was the son of Leonard and Ivy E Bland of Dunsfold.
He is buried in plot A grave 22 in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints, Dunsfold
Additional information
His death is recorded in the civil registers so it is probable that he died from his war injuries.

Leslie George (Johnny) BULL DFC
Flight Lieutenant, 109 Squadron, Royal Air
Force. RAF no. 43932
He was executed by the Gestapo whilst a Prisoner of War
on 29 March 1944
He is buried in grave 7 C 1 Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery
Additional information
Johnny Bull took part in the “Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III. A factual history is recorded by Paul Brickhill in his book “The Great Escape”. 76 prisoners escaped but 73 were recaptured. No less than 50 were shot on the direct and personal orders of Adolf Hitler.
Those shot were:
Flight Lieutenant Edward Gordon BRETTELL DFC   RAF  
Flight Lieutenant Leslie G "Johnny" BULL DFC  RAF 
Squadron Leader Roger Joyce BUSHELL   RAF
Flight Lieutenant  Michael James CASEY   RAF
Flying Officer Dennis Herbert COCHRAN   RAF
Squadron Leader Ian Kingston P CROSS DFC  RAF 
Flight Lieutenant Brian Herbert EVANs   RAF
Flight Lieutenant William Jack GRISMAN  RAF
Flight Lieutenant Alistair Donald M GUNN RAF
Flight Lieutenant Charles Piers HALL   RAF 
Flight Lieutenant Anthony Ross Henzell HAYTER  RAF
Flight Lieut. Edgar Spottiswoode HUMPHREYS  RAF
Flight Lieutenant Antoni KIEWNARSKi   RAF
Squadron Leader Thomas G KIRBY-GREEN  RAF
Flying Officer Stanislaw Z "Danny" KROL   RAF
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Barker LEIGH   RAF
Flight Lieutenant James Leslie R "Cookie" LONG RAF
Flight Lieutenant Romas "René" MARCINKUS  RAF
Flight Lieutenant Harold John MILFORD   RAF
Flying Officer Jerzyy T MONDSCHEIN   RAF
Flying Officer Kazimierz PAWLUK     RAF
Flight Lieutenant Henri Albert PICARD   RAF 
Flying Officer Robert Campbell STEWART   RAF
Flying Officer John Gifford STOWER   RAF
Flying Officer Denys Oliver STREET   RAF
Flight Lieutenant Cyril Douglas SWAIN   RAF 
Flying Officer Pawel "Peter" TOBOLSKI   RAF
Flight Lieutenant Arnost "Wally" VALENTA   RAF
Flight Lieutenant Gilbert W "Tim" WALENN   RAF
Flight Lieutenant John Francis WILLIAMS  RAF
Squadron Leader James CATANACH DFC RAAF - Australian
Warrant Officer Albert Horace HAKE   RAAF
Flight Lieutenant Reginald "Rusty" KIERATH RAAF
Squadron Leader John Edwin A WILLIAMS DFC  RAAF
Flying Officer Henry "Hank" BIRKLAND  RCAF  - Canadian
Flying Officer Gordon Arthur KIDDER  RCAF
Flying Officer A Wlodzimierz KOLANOWSKi  RCAF 
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Wilson LANGFORD  RCAF
Flight Lieutenant George Edward MCGILL   RCAF
Flight Lieutenant James Chrystall WERNHAM  RCAF
Flight Lieutenant George William WILEY   RCAF
Lieutenant Bernard W M SCHEIDHAUER  FFAF - Free French
Pilot Officer S "Nick" SKANZIKLAS    RHAF
Flying Officer Porokoru Patapu "Johnny" POHE  RNZAF Flight
Lieutenant Arnold George CHRISTENSEN  RNZAF
Sergeant Haldor ESPELID      RNAF - Norwegian
Lieutenant Nils FUGLESANG     RNAF
Lieutenant Johannes GOUWS    SAAF –  South African
Lieutenant Clement Aldwyn Neville MCGARR  SAAF
Lieutenant Rupert J STEVENS    SAAF 

George Lionel Seymour Dawson-Damer, Viscount CARLOW
Air Commodore, MI9, parent unit Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force).  RAAF No. 90078
He died on 17 April 1944. He was 36
He is remembered on panel 1, Golders Green Crematorium, London
He was the son of Lionel G H S Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of
Portarlington and Countess Winnifeda Portarlington of Westminster and the husband of Viscountess Peggy Carlow of Dunsfold
Additional information
He was killed when his aeroplane, Warwick BV247 of 525 Squadron, exploded and crashed into the sea near Newquay, Cornwall whilst flying to visit Marshall Tito in Yugoslavia.

Arthur James DENDLE
Signalman, 5th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no. 2341350
He died on 3 August 1944.  He was 24
He was the son of William H Dendle and Minnie E Dendle of Weathersfield, Essex
He is buried in grave B E 2 Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Haifa, Israel

John Archibald GRAY
Flying Officer, Royal Air Force. RAF no. 39874
He was lost and presumed dead on 28 November 1940. He was 28
He was the son of Archibald and Bertha Gray of Dunsfold
He is remembered on panel 5 of the Runnymede Memorial
Additional Information
It is probable that he was an inexperienced pilot who went missing on a training exercise

Ambrose Joseph Hayfield HUBERT  TD
Captain, Royal Army Pay Corps. Army no. 110428
He died on 7 March 1941. He was 54.
He was the husband of Norah W Hubert of Salisbury.
He is buried in plot A grave 29 in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints, Dunsfold
Additional information
He died in Lancashire. Probate records show that he lived at The Rough, Chiddingfold and that he died on war service. 

William Thomas LASSAM
Private, 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. 231 Infantry Brigade, 51st Infantry Division. Army no. 6099383
He was killed in action on 28 July 1943 near Agiro which was captured the following day. He was 31
He was the son of William J and Sarah C Lassam
He is buried in grave I J 8 Catania War Cemetery, Sicily
Additional information
The first amphibious assault by the Allies was the invasion of Sicily on 9 July 1943.
There is no birth registered for the initials W H as appears on the War Memorial but there is a William Thomas Lassam born in 1912 and this has been presumed to be the appropriate man.

George William ROWELL  CBE DSC
Commander, HMS Odyssey, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy
He was killed in an air crash on 2 January 1945
He was the husband of Daphne Rowell of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire.
He is buried in grave 8, St Germain en Laye New Communal Cemetery, France
Additional information
The aeroplane from 718 Squadron took off from HMS Dipper and crashed over France. Those who died included some key officers:
Sir Bertram H RAMSAY,  Admiral, Allied Naval Commander In Chief), killed
Sir George J E LEWIS,  Lieutenant Commander (A), (FAA, 815 Squadron), killed
George W ROWELL,   Commander, killed
Derek M HENDERSON,  Lieutenant, RNVR, killed
David L MORGAN,   Petty Officer Airman, FAA/FX 81830, DOI 
HMS Dipper was Henstridge Airfield in Somerset a wartime Fleet Air Arm training airfield and a relief landing ground for Yeovilton. Work started on the airfield in 1941, but it was not until April 1943 that it was commissioned  as HMS Dipper. Seafires, Spitfires and Masters operated here until the end of
the war. It was later to be the first base used by Alan Bristow. 

Eric Leslie SOPP
Corporal, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Army no. 6102579
He was killed in action on 8 September 1944.  He was 33
He was the son of George and Phyllis Sopp and the husband of Hilda E Sopp of Dunsfold.
He is buried in grave XX G 10 of Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Additional Information
Coriano Ridge was the last important ridge blocking the Allied advance in the Adriatic sector in the autumn of 1944. Its capture was the key to Rimini and eventually to the River
Po. The combination of poor weather and German parachute and panzer troops resisted all attacks in early September 1944. On the night of 12 September the 8th Army reopened its attack on the Ridge, with the 1st British and 5th Canadian
Armoured Divisions. This attack was succeeded in taking the Ridge, but marked the beginning of a week of the heaviest fighting experienced since Monte Cassino with daily losses for the 8th Army of some 150 killed.

George Albert TIDY
Trooper, GHQ Liaison Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps.
Army no. 6098189
He died on 11 November 1945. He was 33
He was the son of William D and Agnes Tidy of Dunsfold.
He is buried in plot R, grave 16 in the churchyard of St Mary and All Saints, Dunsfold.
Additional information
His death is recorded in the civil registers. This indicates that
he had probably been invalided out of the Army.
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