1950 Roll of Honour (those that fell)
Fifty-seven names are recorded on the WWII Memorial Tablet in memory and honour of Old Boys of the school who fell in the Second World War.
Mr E.J. ‘Boz’ Hathaway, who attended Burton Grammar school from 1934 to 1941 went to some considerable lengths to trace everyone featured.
The result of his research can be seen below:
Surname | Forenames | School Years | Rank | Fate | |
ADAMS | Anthony Wallace | (1931-36) | Flt/Lt. | Beaufighter crashed into sea 20.7.44 | |
ASHFORD | Lewis Ernest | (1920-21) | Sgt. Pilot | Killed on training flight 1.9.40 | |
BEESLEY | Ralph | (1912-15) | Flt/Lt. | Died on active service, buried in Iraq 1942 | |
BOULTON | Harry | (1932-37) | Guardsman | Died of wounds; Buried at Anzio | |
BRENTWALL | Kenneth T. | (1933-39) | Sgt. (RAF) | Killed over Germany in Lancaster 15/6.8.43 | |
BRIDGE | Reginald | (1929-35) | Signalman | Prisoner in Japan; Died 27.2.44 | |
CARDY | Dennis Alfred | (1932/33) | Sgt.(RAF) | Shot down in Wellington Bomber 12.8.43 | |
CARFOOT | Norman Henry | (1931-40) | Flt/Lt. | Shot down over Germany 3.11.43 | |
CARTWRIGHT | Norman Byng | (1929-31) | Sgt. Pilot | — | |
COOPER | Bertram George Arthur | (1920-27) | Sgt. W/Op. | Shot down over France; Died 16.7.43 | |
DEWEY | Eric Irwin | (1931-35) | Guardsman | Killed in Middle East 1943 | |
DOUGLAS | Clifford Bennett | (1936-40) | Sgt. (Nav) | Shot down on first operation 26.2.45 | |
EATON | Arthur | (1926-30) | Pilot Off. | Shot down off Spanish coast 19.8.42 | |
EVERSHED | Sydney John Anthony | (1925-26) | Pilot Off. | Shot down over Dover 9.7.40 | |
EVISON | Peter | (1930-33) | Sgt. Pilot | Shot down over Germany 3.3.43 | |
FORD | Walter Douglas | (1929-39) | Private | Captured in Singapore; Died in Japanese hands | |
GEARY | Stephen Tebbett | (1931-36) | Flt/Lt. | DFM Shot down attacking a submarine 1.5.44 | |
GRAIN | Arthur James | (1927-33) | Flt/Lt. | Shot down over France 3.5.44 | |
GREEN | George Eric | (1927-32) | Sgt.Nav. | Shot down in Blenheim 25.5.41 | |
HACKETT | Thomas Charles | (1919-23) | Private | Killed on a march 18.10.40 | |
HUGHES | Charles Laurie | (1919-23) | Lieut. | Mentioned in despatches; Killed in action, France 26.5.40 | |
IFE | Stanley John | (1919-23) | Lieut. | Drowned, Minesweeper sunk off Normandy 10.7.44 | |
JACKSON | Maurice George | (1931-37) | Sgt. Pilot | Shot down in Blenheim attack in France 21.5.41 | |
JELLEY | Edward Arthur | (1918-21) | Pilot Off. | Killed on active service in air attack 30.9.40 | |
LANDER | John | (1905-14) | Major | Killed In Sicily commanding Parach. Reg. 13.7.43 | |
LOVETT | Roy | (1932-39) | Ord. Seaman | Killed in English Channel 3.12.42 | |
MACGILP | Colin Campbell | (1917-24) | Major | Killed in action 1944 – Cassino | |
MATTHEWS | Frederick George | (1908-14) | Major | Killed at Dunkirk 21.5.40 | |
MAY | Charles Herbert | (1927-33) | Sgt. (RAF) | Killed in action at El Alamein 10.7.42 | |
MELLOR | David Herbert | (1928-33) | 2nd, Lieut. | Killed in action Tank Regt. 22.11.41 | |
MERCHANT | Leslie Arthur | (1920-23) | Flt/Sgt. | Missing in Hudson in Bay of Biscay 20.10.42 | |
MOORBY | Frank Preston | (1926-30) | Pilot Officer | Killed in flying accident 26.9.43 | |
MORRIS | Edward Gibson | (1916-23) | Bombardier | Killed in action R.A. 12.6.41 | |
MOULD | Dennis Leonard | (1937-41) | Sgt. (RAF) | Crashed into sea on Liberator, Singapore 11.3.45 | |
NORTON | Harry John | (1923-27) | Sgt. (RAF) | Killed in action Guards Div. France 27.5.40 | |
OATES | Hector Frederick M. | (1939-49) | Private | Killed in action Bergen-op-Zoom 27.10.44 | |
PENNINGTON | John Ray | (1926-32) | Fly/Off. | DFC Shot down in Lancaster in Holland 13.1.43 | |
PLANT | Frederick Michael Arthur | Capt. M.C. | MC Killed on active service 7.8.42 aged 50 | ||
QUINE | Peter John | (1930-33) | Gunner | Died on active service in Algeria 25.2.44 | |
RAWLINS | Alexander George | (1931-38) | Sgt. (RAF) | Shot down in Wellington over Germany 12.6.43 | |
RICHARDS | Robert | (1929-37) | Fly/Off. | Missing near Singapore 1.3.42 | |
RODBOURN | Kenneth | (1933-39) | Pilot Officer | Shot down over France 16. 3. 44 | |
ROSE | Peter Garrett | (1928-32) | Sgt. Pilot | Shot down over Belgium 3.5.41 | |
ROYALS | Anthony Thomas | (1933-38) | Lance/Sgt. RAMC | Drowned in Palestine 14.7.46 | |
SCATTERGOOD | Sydney Brian | (1925-30) | Lieut. | Died on active service; Egypt 26.11.41 | |
SHERRATT | William George | (1931-36) | Sgt. (RAF) | Shot down in Wellington over France 29.4.42 | |
SMALLEY | Herbert John | (1932-36) | Sgt. (RAF) | Shot down over Germany – Bavaria 16.1.45 | |
SMITH | Frederick | (1931-35) | Sgt. (RAF) | DFM Killed in action – Pathfinders 17.4.43 | |
STARBUCK | Leonard | (1927-34) | Sgt. (RAF) | Shot down over Germany 26.6.42 | |
STEEL | Oliver J. | (1922-28) | Fireman AFS | Killed by enemy action London 6.11.40 | |
THOMAS | Robert Mark | (1934-39) | Sgt. (RAF) | Shot down in Beaufighter Nr. Singapore 29.6.43 | |
THORLEY | Thomas Henry | (1933-39) | Sgt. (RAF) | Shot down in Whitley over Germany 8.11.41 | |
TRETHEWEY | Arthur Russell | (1918-20) | 3rd Engineer Off. | Killed at sea, Canadian Merchant Navy 29.7 43 | |
WADDANS | Douglas Vincent | (1928-35) | Sgt. | Killed on active service 1943 | |
WADDELL | Tom Ronaldson | (1930-31) | Private | Killed in action – Crete 2.6.41 | |
WARD | John Montague | (1931-36) | Sgt.Pilot | Shot down whilst mine laying 22.11.40 | |
WOODCOCK | George Edwin | (1932-39) | Flt/Sgt. | DFM Shot down in Beaufighter 18.12.42 | |
Legend:
DFM – Distinguished Flying Medal, awarded to RAF personnel below commissioned rank, for “an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy”.
DFC – Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to RAF officers, for “an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy”.
MC – Military Cross, awarded to Army officers in recognition of “an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land”.
RAMC – Royal Army Medical Corps.
AFS – Army Fire Service
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