Guildford War Memorial WW2 Markham to Yeatman
Guildford War Memorial WW2
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE GUILDFORDIANS WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 |
The Fallen in WW2
MARKHAM Kenneth Edgecombe MARRABLE Allan John MARRABLE Donald Leonard MASKELL Cecil Arthur MAY Jack Sidney Harris McGREGOR Geoffrey Max McKAINE John Alan MEDWIN Sidney George Peter MERRITT Stanley William Sergeant 2316274 Corps of Military Police August 1945 39 Block E Grave 269 Guildford Stoke New Cemetery MOLLISON Henry Robert MOORE Esme Leonard MOORES Francis James Wilson MOSS John Morris MUGRIDGE Leslie Alec MURDOCH Anthony Frederick NEALE Alfred Frank William NEWELL Geoffrey George NEWMAN Herbert Frederick NICHOLSON George William NIVEN John George NORFOLK Henry George NYE Jack James ODDY Edmund Newton O'NEILL-HOBSON Russell Anton Bertram PAINE James Douglas Sergeant 1258617 40 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He died on 24 October 1941, aged 20. Son of Arthur Douglas and Violet Alice Paine, of Guildford Panel 50 of the Runnymede Memorial. On 24 October two flights comprising 16 aircraft were redeployed from Alconbury to Luqa in Malta. James Paine was the pilot of Wellington X 9912 which ran out of fuel and ditched in the Mediterranean North of Sicily. In addition to the crew of six, there were four passengers on the flight. One, Leading Aircraftman R M Wade, was washed ashore unconscious on the coast of Sicily and became a prisoner of war. The body of Sergeant Hewitt, one of the Wellington's air gunners, was also washed ashore and is buried in Catania War cemetery. Sergeant Paine was reported as missing in The Times of Saturday 15 August, 1942. James Paine and the seven other missing airmen are remembered on Panel 50 of the Runnymede Memorial. PARKER Donald PARSONS Cuthbert Michael PARSONS Frederick George PEACOCK Eric James PENDRY John PIGGOTT Alan Robert PITTS William Howard Dilworth Pitt POPE Sydney Henry James PRESTON Sylvia Mary Civilian 29 August 1944 65 Guildford Municipal Borough PRINGLE Henry James PRIOR Jack Edgar PRIOR Robert Charles PRITCHARD William Frederick PRYCE Jacques Andre PULLEN Frederick William Charles PULLMAN Ronald Sergeant Pilot) 1600689 RAFVR 12 October 1944 20 Block K Grave 106 Stoke Old PUTTOCK John Albert He was born on 14 May 1916 to Albert Edward and Susan Puttock, of Onslow Street, Guildford. Husband of Edwina Puttock. He was appointed as a Clerical Officer at Scotland Yard on 7 May 1935 and stayed there until called for duty with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 2 September 1939. At the time of his death on 8 October 1943 he was serving as Flight Lieutenant (Air Gunner) 108948, attached to C Flight, No. 20 Operational Training Unit. On 8 October 1943 Wellington X3662 took off from Lossiemouth on a navigation exercise transitting Penrhos, Carlisle, Macduff and return to Lossiemouth. At about 0600 the aircraft crashed off Dunvegan Head on the NW side of Skye. The crew were Flight Sergeant G F Smith (RCAF), Flight Sergeant E M Anderson (RCAF), Pilot Officer A W Howl (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant J A Puttock and Sergeant W J Sadler. The Times of 9 December 1943 carried a report that he was Missing, Believed Killed on Active Service. Pilot Officer Howl is buried in Lerwick and Sergeant Sadler in Trondheim. Flight Sergeant Smith, Flight Lieutenant Puttock and two other crew members are remembered on Panel 120 of the Runnymede Memorial. His name also appears on RAMSAY Frank Edgar Lieutenant 134111 The Queen’s (RWSR) 17 June 1943 36 Block K Grave 339 Stoke Old RANDALL Frank Kinder RANGER Bernard Henry Leslie REYNOLDS Lawrence Royston ROBERTS Roy ROBINSON George William RUMMERY Laurence Arthur SCOTT Edwin Frank SEARLE Arthur George Sydney SHACKLETON Colin SHEARS George James Kenneth SHEPARD Graham Howard SIMPSON William McAllister SLAUGHTER Robert SMITH Arthur Thomas Corporal 1185520 RAFVR 21 October 1943 33 Block B Grave 386 Guildford Stoke New Cemetery SMITH Stephen Ronald SMYRK Leopold Leonard William Lance Corporal, 1878507, 1 Field Sqn., Royal Engineers. 24 June 1940. Age 36. Son of L C Smyrk, DCM, and F J Smyrk, of Guildford, Surrey. S Plot 4 Row Q Grave 20 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen SPAUL William Albert STOVOLD George William STREET Godfrey William STUBBS Eric Alan Warrant Officer ( Nav/WOp ) 1323395 RAFVR 11 October 1944 22 Block E Grave 193 Guildford Stoke New Cemetery SURMAN Kenneth SUTER Victor Robert SWAIN Murray Charles Fred TAYLOR Harry James TEE Reginald Norman TERRY Alan Ernest THOMAS Donald Frank RANDELL John Harry TREVETHAN Bernard TUCKER Charles Maurice Arundel Civilian 10 January 1941 59 Guildford Municipal Borough TURGEL Philip Raymond TURNER Frederick TYRER Geoffrey Prescott VICKERY Peter Charles Henry WALLINGTON William Charles WARD James WASHINGTON Herbert Walter Civilian 12 May 1941 38 Guildford Municipal Borough WATERS Deryck Charles Jerome WATTS John Herbert Walter WEBSTER Arthur WEEKS Andrew Stephen Amos WELFORD Kenneth William Dampier WHITBY John Keith WHITE Geoffrey Arthur WILLIAMS Leonard WILLIAMS Ronald Mayhew WILSON Stephen Henry WINGHAM Roy WINMILL William Edwin WOOLGAR William Arthur YEATMAN Albert Reginald Charles |