Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

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The Runnymede Memorial (CWGC information) records the names of service personnel killed in air operations in World War II who have no known grave.

Many of the men named here are recorded in the Crusaders Union Book of Remembrance held at Seaview; just a few of these men are from the Isle of WIght. 

The memorial was visited on 2 April 2024

World War II

Name (Link to War Service Report) Rank Branch Squadron / Unit Died Link to CWGC record  
Alderslade, John William Trickett Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 500 Sqn. 28 Jun 1940 CWGC entry
Barbezat, Charles Lawrence Flying Officer (Pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 10 Sqn. 18 Aug 1943 CWGC entry
Barnes, Reginald Henry Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 158 Sqn. 27 Apr 1943 CWGC entry
Buckland, Peter George Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 214 Sqn. 09 Feb 1945 CWGC entry
Bunker, Alfred Alan Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force 12 Sqn. 27 Jun 1941 CWGC entry
Channing, Cyril Oscar Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 228 Sqn. 12 Jun 1944 CWGC entry
Chiverton, Harold George Raymond Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 102 Sqn. 05 May 1943 CWGC entry
Cooke, Charles William Sergeant Royal Air Force 101 Sqn. 08 Sep 1940 CWGC entry
Coulthard, John Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 29 Sqn. 05 Sep 1943 CWGC entry
Croad, Leslie Herbert Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 78 Sqn. 29 Jul 1943 CWGC entry
Dadswell, David Alan Flying Officer Royal Air Force 214 Sqn. 07 Dec 1940 CWGC entry
Darbyshire, Rupert Stanley Wing Commander Royal Air Force 608 Sqn. 05 Nov 1941 CWGC entry
Doherty, Edmund Brian Aircraftman 1st cl. Royal Air Force 149 Sqn. 12 Apr 1940 CWGC entry
Dowling, Lionel George Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 78 Sqn. 26 Jul 1942 CWGC entry
Dundas, John Charles
D.F.C. and Bar
Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 609 Sqn. 28 Nov 1940 CWGC entry
Filer, Frederick Albert Walter Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqn. 03 Dec 1944 CWGC entry
George, Reginald Tyrrell Flying Officer Royal Air Force 64 Sqn. 29 May 1945 CWGC entry
Gerrett, Richard James Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 172 Sqn. 08 Sep 1943 CWGC entry
Gregory, Albert Frank Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 405 Sqn. 03 Aug 1943 CWGC entry
Gribble, Dorian George C
D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force 54 Sqn. 04 Jun 1941 CWGC entry
Groves, Edward Roy Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   07 Mar 1944 CWGC entry
Groves, Ernest Henry Joseph Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   05 Feb 1943 CWGC entry
Hart, David Adrian Sergeant Royal Air Force 100 Sqn. 04 Mar 1943 CWGC entry
Harwood, Ernest Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   11 Sep 1944 CWGC entry
Hawkins, Albert James Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. 04 Apr 1943 CWGC entry
Hesk, John Sterling Sergeant Royal Air Force 240 Sqn. 07 May 1941 CWGC entry
Hodges, Eric Frank Elkanah Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 58 Sqn. 27 Dec 1941 CWGC entry
James, Gerald Griffiths Oakes Flying Officer Royal Canadian Air Force 415 Sqn. 02 Jul 1942 CWGC entry
King, Albert Aubrey Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 467 Sqn. 23 Oct 1943 CWGC entry
Kingman, Eric Ronald Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Sqn. 12 May 1944 CWGC entry
Locke, Gerald Frank Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 504 Sqn. 05 Jun 1943 CWGC entry
Marvin, Richard Price Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 511 Sqn. 23 Mar 1943 CWGC entry
Mead, Ian Alan Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force 18 Sqn. 02 Jun 1941 CWGC entry
Mellor, Harry Manners
M.V.O.
Wing Commander Royal Air Force 22 Sqn. 26 May 1940 CWGC entry
Monk, Derrick John Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 83 Sqn. 11 Jun 1942 CWGC entry
Nicholls, Thomas Hugh Sergeant Royal Air Force 224 Sqn. 15 Jun 1940 CWGC entry
Palmer, Alfred Ernest Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force 140 Sqn. 06 Oct 1944 CWGC entry
Riddett, Bernard Richard Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   19 Aug 1942 CWGC entry
Sprack, Charles Frederick John
D.F.M.
Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 83 Sqn. 13 Jun 1943 CWGC entry
Stubbings, Frederick William Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 431 Sqn. 09 Oct 1943 CWGC entry
Taylor, Alfred Harry Sergeant Royal Air Force 144 Sqn. 13 Dec 1941 CWGC entry
Taylor, Harold Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 26 Sqn. 14 Jul 1942 CWGC entry
Terry, Ian Hewitt Noel Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 500 sqn. 30 Aug 1941 CWGC entry
Underwood, Harold Stanley Lincoln Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 219 Sqn. 24 May 1944 CWGC entry
Wade, Frank William Pilot Officer Royal Canadian Air Force 57 Sqn. 26 Oct 1941 CWGC entry
Walker, Frederick Joseph Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 10 Sqn. 06 Jan 1945 CWGC entry
Webster, Arthur Alfred Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 201 Sqn. 01 Aug 1942 CWGC entry
Weeks, Edward Lewis Leading Aircraftman Royal Air Force 107 Sqn. 24 Apr 1940 CWGC entry
Wheway, Harold Frank Vernon Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 214 (F.M.S.) Sqdn 28 Apr 1942 CWGC entry
Whitter, Phillip Arthur Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Sqn. 23 Aug 1943 CWGC entry
Willmott, Bernard Bruce Wing Commander Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 143 Sqn. 26 Aug 1944 CWGC entry
Wilmot, Arthur Alexander Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 144 sqn. 22 Aug 1940 CWGC entry
Wilson, Kenneth James Barclay Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Sqn. 24 Aug 1943 CWGC entry

 

World War II (Crusaders Union entries)

 

Name (Link to War Service Report) Rank Branch Squadron / Unit Died Link to CWGC record  
Aires, Ernest Keith Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 18 Sqn. 16 Jun 1941 CWGC entry
Ashton, Derek Ellis Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 Sqn. 07 Oct 1943 CWGC entry
Ayres, Robert William
D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Photographic Reconnaissance Unit 25 May 1941 CWGC entry
Bennette, Geoffrey Ryding Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force 245 Sqn. 19 Aug 1942 CWGC entry
Bond, Robert Meredith Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 229 Sqn. 24 Dec 1943 CWGC entry
Braund, Marwood Paul Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 77 Sqn. 12 Jan 1945 CWGC entry
Broden, Malcolm Henry Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 101 Sqn. 23 Sep 1943 CWGC entry
Broxap, Ralph Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 612 Sqn. 03 Nov 1941 CWGC entry
Ceybird, Wilson John
D.F.M.
Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 143 Sqn. 17 Mar 1945 CWGC entry
Davies, Kenneth William Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 78 Sqn. 29 Aug 1941 CWGC entry
Dickinson, Roy Rowlett Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   12 Nov 1944 CWGC entry
Fenton, John Ollis Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 235 Sqn. 38 May 1941 CWGC entry
Findlay, Dennis John Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 103 Sqn. 22 Mar 1944 CWGC entry
Fox, Sydney Frederick Norman Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 460 Sqn. 20 Jul 1943 CWGC entry
Frost, Philip John Flying Officer Royal Air Force 46 Sqn. 09 Jun 1940 CWGC entry
Gowing-Scopes, Alistair Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 58 Sqn. 23 Dec 1940 CWGC entry
Green, Maurice David Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 248 Sqn. 20 Oct 1940 CWGC entry
Harding, Nelson Maxwell Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force 78 Sqn. 16 Sep 1944 CWGC entry
Ives, Frederick Allen Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force 151 Sqn. 28 May 1940 CWGC entry
Jones, Edgar Stewart Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 86 Sqn. 09 Apr 1941 CWGC entry
Kahn, Arthur Harold Evans Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 172 Sqn. 15 Jun 1944 CWGC entry
Kidd-May, Harold Anthony Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 511 Sqn. 10 Aug 1943 CWGC entry
Kolar, Charles Caesar Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 97 Sqn. 20 Oct 1941 CWGC entry
Laxton, Keith Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 107 Sqn. 27 Dec 1939 CWGC entry
Marchand, Derrick Victor Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 279 Sqn. 04 Feb 1943 CWGC entry
Partington, Angus Noel Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 53 Sqn. 21 Nov 1943 CWGC entry
Pattison, Vincent James Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 254 Sqm. 06 Jul 1940 CWGC entry
Penman, William George Warrant Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 151 Sqn. 11 Apr 1944 CWGC entry
Pewsey, Alan Reginald Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   11 Feb 1945 CWGC entry
Punshon, Jonathan Killingworth Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. 31 Mar 1941 CWGC entry
Puttock, John Albert Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   08 Oct 1943 CWGC entry
Sadler, Basil Edgar Percy Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 109 Sqn. 28 Mar 1942 CWGC entry
Smith, William Herbert Robinson Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 220 Sqn. 19 Oct 1941 CWGC entry
Stockley, Harold Handley Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 10 Sqn. 16 Jul 1943 CWGC entry
Taylor, Douglas Edward Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 58 Sqn. 02 May 1944 CWGC entry
Townsend-Coles, Roland Brainerd Herbert Warrant Officer Royal Air Force 18 Sqn. 15 Jul 1944 CWGC entry
Wait, Kenneth Albert Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   06 Sep 1942 CWGC entry
Waite, Phil Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   28 Nov 1943 CWGC entry
Wallis, Donald Sylvester Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 235 Sqn. 22 Feb 1941 CWGC entry
Watson, Leonard Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve   28 Dec 1941 CWGC entry