Reading Blue Coats School Roll of Honours 1939 to 1945 RAF Names

[paulmcmillan]

All

I went to my son's school remembrance service on Sunday and they provide a Roll of Honour for the School which was also read out - I had a quick look at all the names for RAF

I am excluding WW1 and post ww2 names

I checked a few of the names on the CWGC and it is obvious that they have at least 1 duplication and I am missing some details like cause of death can you add them?

There is also one complete mystery

Note: They just provided the name in the booklet and only initials are on the actual war memorial

1) Percival John BAKER

Flying Officer (Navigator) 151520
RAFVR
272 Sqn Died 28/08/1944 Aged 21
Buried Genoa, Italy


2) Ernest John BEASLEY

Pilot Officer 103012 (ex 1376237)
RAFVR
Died 30/04/1942 Aged 27
Buried Chennai India

4) Edgar Glynn CHALLIS

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 434619
RAAF
DOB 17-12-1921
Died 02/08/1944 Aged 22
Buried France
Lancaster ND346 PO-E 467 Sqn

5) Robert CHAPPLE
Robert Harry George CHAPPLE
Leading Aircraftman 926751
RAFVR
Died 08/07/1945 Aged 28
Consolidated B-24J Liberator; KH296; JS-J 321 (Dutch) Sqdn

6) Philip George CLARK
Sergeant (Observer) 918535
RAFVR
Died 27/12/19 Aged 27
77 Sqn

7) Frank Victor James DUNSTONE
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1608367
RAFVR
Died 08/02/1945 Aged 26
57 Sqn Lancaster PB382
Buried Sweden

8) Ronald EDWARDS
Pilot Officer 84917 (ex 741994)
RAFVR
Died 11/07/1941 Aged 23
221 Sqn. Vickers Wellington VIII W5631 DF-T 221
Runnymede Memorial

9) Eric Dadley FOULKES
Eric Dudley FOULKES
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1852446
RAFVR
Died 03/06/1944 640 Sqd Halifax MZ677
Buried France

13) Robert HOOKER (also listed as 21) R H RAMPTON)
Robert Hooker RAMPTON
Sgt 749503
Died 25/07/1941 50 Sqn
Handley Page Hampden Mk I AE234
Buried UK - Born 2nd Qtr 1921 Reading

14) George C JEFFERIES - Freebmd has George Jefferies 2nd Qtr 1921 Hungerfold
George JEFFERIES
Sgt 926101
RAFVR
Died 17/05/1942 Aged 21
42 Sqn
Runnymede Memorial

19) Oswald Herbert LEGGETT
Sgt 906073
RAFVR
Died 20/03/1942 Aged 20
104 Sqn Wellington Z8510 'R'

20) John Alfred PLUMB
Pilot Officer (Pilot) 33547
RAF
Died 19/05/1940 Aged 20
4 Sqn Lysander N1296

21) R H RAMPTON (see 17 ROBERT HOOKER above)

22) Humphrey Peter ROBINSON
Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1380701
RAFVR
Died 22/10/1943 Born 4th Qtr 1922
103 Sqn Lancaster II JB376
Buried Germany


Mystery Man

12) A H HATTON - This is what is also on Memorial

Cannot find anyone that matches details on CWGC

May be

Hatton Allan P Hatton Reading Born 1916 (though not on CWGC)

Other 'South East Hatton' are

Sergeant (Pilot) ALAN SYDNEY HATTON Service Number 1182470 Died 12/04/1942
Aged 19
107 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve


Sergeant
HATTON, ANTHONY ALBERT
Service Number 1354085

Died 18/04/1944

Aged 23

46 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Paul

[paulmcmillan]

I think Baker was on


Beaufighter VI V8888 (ORB hard to read) which went missing night 27/28 August 1944 (pilot F/Lt Henry Scholefeld #49199) can anyone confirm the loss of this aircraft on this date?

Thnaks

Paul

[paulmcmillan]

GEORGE JEFFERIES

Beaufort - 42 Sqdn - AW383 - 17May42

Beaufort AW383 on 17th May 1942, took part in a raid against the German battleship
Prinz Eugen, which had been located off Lista, Norway AW383 was shot down by flak

Crew:

RAAF 402148 FO Archer, R B DFC Captain (Pilot) †
RNZAF Flt Sgt D N Keeling, (Observer) †
RAF Sgt B Cain, (Wireless Air Gunner) †
RAF Sgt G Jefferies, (Wireless Air Gunner) †

[paulmcmillan]

CLARK, PHILIP GEORGE
Service Number 918535

Died 27/12/1941
27-28 December 1941

77 Squadron
Whitley V Z9226 KN-
Op. Dusseldorf

The aircraft took off from Leeming at 1652 hrs. All are buried in Dusseldorf War Cemetery.

Crew.
P/O. A D. Scott-Martin +
P/O. J N. Chisholm +
Sgt. P G. Clark +
Sgt. S G. Thompson +
Sgt. W. Jowett RCAF +

'Bomber Command Losses' Vol.2 - W R. Chorley.

[John Williams]

Hi Paul,

From my experience it’s not all that unusual, I wrote a book on the local war memorial (88 Australian names)on the Aussies killed in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, not only were there four missing but one I could not trace in any branch of the service. The same for a school I have some dealings with (161 names) one name could have fitted a number of people.

With the local memorial the original list was made up of names published in the local papers at the time, not the best source material.

Regards,

John.

[davew]

Paul

ABS serials for V8888; '301 FTU/1 OADU/255/272 Missing from attack on ship off Albenga, Italy 28-8-1944'.

DaveW

[paulmcmillan]

DaveW

Thanks for confirming serial as V8888

Paul

[paulmcmillan]

2) Ernest John BEASLEY

Pilot Officer 103012 (ex 1376237)
RAFVR
Died 30/04/1942 Aged 27
Buried Chennai India

Just found out he was in and ADU Aircraft Delivery Unit

Also Henk did not apparently have him listed

[paulmcmillan]

Full crew MZ677

Crew Killed

Sergeant Eric Dudley FOULKES (1852446) Air Gunner
Sergeant Clarence Arthur PARTRIDGE (1623818) Flight Engineer
Sergeant George William Dennis SCOTT (2209627) Air Gunner
Flight Lieutenant John Walrod Seymour SKINNER (108951) Pilot from Barbados

Crew PoW
Sgt Peter Adrian TANNEN (1323466) - Navigator
Sgt Bertram Harry WRIGHT (1339374) - Bomb Aimer


Evader

Sgt Jack Robert MARTIN (1397310) - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Adds tro http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?uniq=MZ677

[paulmcmillan]

Since then Can now correct

As I have ID'd all names on memorial now this one is wrong


14) George C JEFFERIES - Freebmd has George Jefferies 2nd Qtr 1921 Hungerfold
George JEFFERIES
Sgt 926101
RAFVR
Died 17/05/1942 Aged 21
42 Sqn
Runnymede Memorial

The correct name for this is Major Cyril George Jefferies 23 July 1941 Royal Engineers -- Not RAF
Son of Charles and Marjorie Jefferies from Denchworth, a small village two miles north-west of Wantage. He was born on the 19th July 1906, attended the School as a border between 1918 and 1921,


Of course A H Hatton - is Allan Price Hatton - Served as Allan Priest and killed Vickers Wellington Mk.IC R1538 of No.28 Operational Training Unit, crashed near Dilhorne in Staffordshire during the early hours of the 30th January 1943