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Discussion in 'Introductions' started by clivetemple, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    Hello everyone,

    After researching local WW1 memorials I'm now looking at the old boys of my school (Woking Grammar School for Boys in Surrey) for a future web site. 71 Old boys appear on the WW2 roll of honour who are buried/remembered from Rangoon to Runnymede. The most famous is probably Wing Cmdr. Paddy Coote, bi-plane ace and Irish rugby international shot down in Greece.

    Most are RAF/RAFVR.

    So far I have at least basic details on 63 of them and about 20 more who also served.

    Most of my research is over the net as I'm exiled in Dubai.

    Cheers,

    Clive.
     
  2. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Welcome Clive

    look forward to providing any assistance I can
     
  3. John

    John Active Member

    Welcome to the forum Clive
    :band1:
     
  4. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

  5. robbielynne

    robbielynne New Member

    Hi Clive and welcome to the forum!!
     
  6. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    I found this young man while I was looking for something else !! :)

    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer CYRIL ERNEST HORWOOD

    66538, 489 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 21
    on 02 October 1941
    Son of Arthur Anderson Horwood and Lena May Horwood; husband of Betty Horwood, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

    Remembered with honour
    THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY

    P/O (prob)
    06.05.1941 [66538]
    Education - Woking County Grammar School for Boys, Surrey.
    06.05.1941 - commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) emergency commission

    02.10.1941 - pilot, 489 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF (Coastal Command)
    Took off 12.30 hrs from Leuchars in his Beaufort I [N1075 A] for solo training, but crashed in the mouth of the river Eden on the approach. His body was later recovered off Thornaby.

    489 Squadron

    Photo of his headstone is available at the Wargraves project !!

    The War Graves Photographic Project
     
  7. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    Thanks for that Annie, I had the info on Paddy but not on Cyril. Much appreciated.
     
  8. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Found this snippet too !

    In Memory of
    Flying Officer WILLIAM JAMES HART

    125306, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 20
    on 03 February 1943
    Son of Sidney H. and Frances M. Hart, of Weybridge, Surrey.

    Remembered with honour
    RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

    Ldg.Acm. ? [1314282]
    P/O (prob) 28.06.1942 [125306]
    F/O (prob) 28.12.1942
    Education: Woking County Grammar School for Boys, Surrey.
    28.06.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

    Woking Grammar School Memorial | Goldsworth Park Community Association | Window on Woking
     
  9. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    Thanks Annie, that's list I've been working off. Where did you get the other non CWGC info on Hart?
     
  10. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Clive

    if you give us a list of those names that you don't have any info on, we can get cracking
     
  11. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    Thanks Kyt... I have absolutely nothing on these boys except they were old boys of Woking County School (as it was then known in pre-Grammar days) in Surrey and potential CWGC matches... I hope to get their first names soon though from the school records... about 80% so far have proven to be RAF/RAFVR...

    H. A. M. Baker
    F. G. Collins
    G. L. Knight
    C. J. Matthews
    S. Pratt
    F. Whitlock
     
  12. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    And these ones are speculation from CWGC matches...

    D. R. Ford - Flt. Lt. D. R. O. Ford, 254 Sqn. RAFVR.
    E. J. Winton - F/O Edward Winton, 186 Sqn. RAFVR.
     
  13. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Can I ask ? .... have you found they were all casualties ? ... only I know on my Honour Roll I was tearing my hair out looking for my guys then found out they had served but were still included as those who had died !

    Hart and Horwood here !

    Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) Officers 1939-1945 -- H

    Have you been here ? ........

    The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Corporate details | Archive Details

    In Memory of
    Captain SIDNEY GEORGE ARMSTRONG

    189082, 2nd Bn., The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
    formerly, Royal Army Medical Corps
    who died age 35
    on 07 December 1941
    Son of George and Mary Ann Armstrong, of Weybridge, Surrey; husband of Helen Armstrong, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

    Remembered with honour
    TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

    Cadet
    ?
    Lt.
    29.12.1940 [189082]
    Education - Woking County Grammar School for Boys, Surrey.
    served (in the ranks?), Royal Army Medical Corps
    ?
    -
    28.12.1940 Officer Cadet Training Unit
    29.12.1940 commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [emergency commission]
    ?
    -
    07.12.1941 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
     
  14. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    Thanks Annie, yes the roll is inscribed 'in memory of the old boys of the school who gave their lives in the world war 1939-1945'. But I've already found one not listed on the roll. And yes I've been to the Surrey History Centre and have a friend currently looking for obits in the local paper but I'm exiled in Dubai.
     
  15. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Just can't find a H. A. M. Baker anywhere
     
  16. clivetemple

    clivetemple New Member

    Me neither but it won't be the first mistake on that roll of honour.
     
  17. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    There is also the possibility that some died of wounds after the 1947 CWGC cutoff date. Many memorials/plaques include such names, especially after WW1
     
  18. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Heres a snippet about a flyer who came home !! :)

    Brookwood Village Newsletter February 2006
     
  19. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Apologies if you already have but it maybe worth getting hold of:

    Surrey History : Exploring Surrey's Past - Archive Record

    It may actually contain the forenames, if nothing else
     
  20. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    I found this Collins ... son of Francis George !! ( printing error maybe ?? )

    In Memory of
    Able Seaman TERENCE FRANCIS COLLINS

    CH/ LDX. 5312, H.M.S. Colombo., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 27
    on 04 April 1942
    Son of Francis George and Annie Marshall Collins, of Woking, Surrey.

    Remembered with honour
    MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY
     

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