35 Squadron Personnel (Service Numbers / Forenames)

**PeteT** · 1st January 2020, 11:25

Can anyone help with the forenames of R.223054 ED Perrault (Wireless Operator)

Regards

Pete

**PeteT** · 2nd January 2020, 13:30

POST 2:

Does anyone have access to a 58 Squadron personnel database (or know someone who does)?

Regards

Pete

**PeteT** · 5th January 2020, 13:15

POST 3

Can anyone help with forenames of 327159 WB Cooper (Flight Engineer)

Regards

Pete

**Resmoroh** · 5th January 2020, 14:13

Pete,
If W B Cooper is 327159 then he was in the Block 326001-329000. This was RAF Boy Entrants from 1 Dec 1918.
There are 9 (only 6 if you discount the 3 various William Benjamin’s) from FREEBMD that might fit the bill. Don’t know the age limits for Boy Entrants, so you might have to do a few more years either side to find all the W B Cooper’s in E&W. Don’t know Scotland/Ireland. Hr was a bit old to be flying?
Q4 1900 Cooper William Broadhead Wakefield 9c 66
Q2 1901 Cooper Wilfred Baden Colchester 4a 743
Q2 1901 Cooper William Bingham Nottingham 7b 460
Q4 1901 Cooper William Basil Portsmouth 2b 440
Q1 1902 Cooper William Benjamin W Bath 5c 484
Q2 1902 Cooper William Benjamin D Stourbridge 6c 184
Q1 1903 Cooper William Bernard Fulham 1a 319
Q4 1903 Cooper William Baden Derby 7b 646
Q4 1904 Cooper William Benjamin L Birkenhead 8a 494
HTH
Peter Davies

**Resmoroh** · 5th January 2020, 14:21

Pete,
Yr man is (from FMP):

First name(s) William Basil Last name Cooper
Birth year 1901 Birth date 08 Sep 1901
Birth town Portsmouth Birth county Hampshire Occupation Packer
Attestation year 1919 Attestation date 08 Sep 1919 Attestation age 18 (on 18th b'day!!!)
Service number 327159

HTH
Peter Davies

**PeteT** · 5th January 2020, 16:29

Peter; thanks for your time and effort; it is much appreciated

That's POST 3 resolved, hopefully information will come to light regarding POST 1 R.223054 ED Perrault (Wireless Operator) who may have served with 78 Squadron (DH Larson Crew). There was also another Canadian R.259547 E Garner on the crew and I am trying to establish his forenames

**78SqnHistory** · 18th December 2021, 19:28

Originally Posted by PeteT

Peter; thanks for your time and effort; it is much appreciated

That's POST 3 resolved, hopefully information will come to light regarding POST 1 R.223054 ED Perrault (Wireless Operator) who may have served with 78 Squadron (DH Larson Crew). There was also another Canadian R.259547 E Garner on the crew and I am trying to establish his forenames

Pete,

GARNER is Edward. Still no luck with IRWIN or PERRAULT.

regards
Daz