One page showing the names of some of the fallen
Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
BOARD, David Herbert Vivian, Lieutenant Colonel 69830, Royal Berkshire Regiment seconded to the Kings Liverpool Regimant died 6/6/1944 aged 38. Son of Thomas Harding and Mary Gladys of Putney, London. M.A. Cantab, Mentioned in despatches. Buried in Hermanville War Cemetery, France
BODY, Stephen, Pilot Officer, Pilot, 82968, Royal Air Force, died 9/9/1940 aged 25. Son of Thomas Nunn and Gladys Isabel of Middlesborough. His brother John also died in service. Buried in Landican Cemetery, Birkenhead, Cheshire
(Not on this memorial) John BODY, (brother of Stephen) Pilot Officer, Pilot 73028, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 12/8/1940. Commemorated on a Screen Wall at Darlington Crematorium, Durham
BOW, William desmond Stuart, Flying Officer, Pilot 60551, 612 squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer reserve died 27/3/1942. Buried in Roscanvel Communal Cemetery, Finstere, France
BRAITHWAITE, Thomas Layland, Lieutenant 103102, 12 squadron, South African Air Force, died 19/11/1942 aged 29. Son of Frank and Norah and husband of Helen of cape Town, South Africa. Commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
BRETTELL, Edward Gordon,(D.F.C.) Flight Lieutenant, Pilot 61053, 133, Eagle squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve died 29/3/1944 aged 29. Son of Vivian and Isabella of Farnham Surrey. B.A. Cantab, Buried in Pozan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
BRODHURST-HILL, David Graham, Major 237869, 2/7th West Surrey Regiment died 29/11/1944 aged 21. Son of Ralph and Isabella of Brent Eleigh, Suffolk. Mentioned in Despatches. Buried in Minturo War Cemetery, Italy.
BROWNING, Oscar Cecil, Major 90409, 391 Battery, 98th Field regiment Surrey and Sussex yeomanry died 2/11/1943 aged 31. Son of Cecil Le Cronier and Violt Mary of Hove Sussex. Buried in Sangro River War cemetery, Italy
CAMPBELL, John Colin Keith, Civilan, died at St Thomas's Hospital 15/9/1940 aged 24. B.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Son of John Ritch and Kathleen Thompson Campbell of Cuilin Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Commemorated in the (Civilian) War dead Roll of Honour located near St George's Chapel, in Westminster Abbey and he is buried in Lambeth Metroplitan Borough Cemetery, London
CAMPBELL, Kenneth, Flying Officer, Pilot 72446, 22 squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer reserve died 6/4/1941 aged 23. Son of James Campbell and of Jane Campbell (nee Highet), of Stevenston, Ayrshire. B.A.(Cantab.).
Citation
The following details are given in "The London Gazette," of 13th March, 1942: Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell was the pilot of a Beaufort aircraft detailed to attack an enemy battle cruiser in Brest Harbour at first light on the morning of the 6th April, 1941. The ship was in a position protected by a stone mole bending round it, and rising ground behind on which stood batteries of guns. Other batteries clustered thickly round the two arms of land which encircled the outer harbour, while three heavily armed anti-aircraft ships moored nearby guarded the cruiser. Even if an aircraft penetrated these formidable defences it would be almost impossible, after attacking at low level, to avoid crashing into the rising ground beyond. Knowing all this, Flying Officer Campbell ran the gauntlet of the defences and launched a torpedo at point-blank range, severely damaging the battle cruiser below water-line, so that she was obliged to return to the dock whence she had come only the day before. By pressing home the attack at close quarters in the face of withering fire, on a course fraught with extreme peril, this officer displayed valour of the highest order.
Buried in Kerfautras Cemetery, Brest, Finistere, France
CLARK, Edward Greville, Captain 117573, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps died 1/9/1942 aged 28. Son of Edward Stuart and Frances Bessie of Earls Court, London. B.A., A.C.A. Buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
COOMBE, Anthony Fleming, (M.B.E.) Major 64535, Royal Engineers attached to the East African Engineers, died 18/1/1941 aged 26. Son of Thomas Bernard and Mary Frances Coombe; husband of Jocelyn Anne (Anna) Coombe, of Nairobi, Kenya.
Buried in Addis Ababa War cemetery, Ethiopia
COOPER, Edward Joshua, Flying Officer 181125, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve died 22/2/1945 aged 20. Son of Edward Joshua and Barbara Mary Cooper, of Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Commemorated on the Air Force Memorial, Velletta, Malta
COPEMAN, Michael Heathcote, Captain 120677, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 87 Ammunition Depot, died 21/3/1942 aged 34. Son of Alfred Heathcote Copeman and Eva Florence Copeman; husband of Barbara Mary Copeman, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire. B.A. (Cantab.).
Commemorated on a screen wal at Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, Yorkshire
CORY, Vyvyan Donald, Civilian, died 17/3/1941 aged 24. Son of (Sir); 3rd Baronet, B.A., Special Constable. Son of Gertrude Lady Cory, of 62 Albert Hall Mansions, and of the late Sir Herbert George Donald Cory, Bart. Injured 8 March 1941, at Cafe de Paris, Coventry Street; died at Charing Cross Hospital. Commemorated in the (Civilian) War dead Roll of Honour located near St George's Chapel, in Westminster Abbey . No location given as where he is at rest.
