KILBURN GRAMMAR SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR
1939-1945
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| Name | Date Killed or MIA | Age | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAROLD SIMPSON ALBON | 01-Sep-1944 | 28 | Signalman, 15th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals, No. 2361821; born on 12th March 1916 in Willesden; son of Thomas (an engineer's turner, who died in 1936) and Susan Albon; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-33; died on 1st September 1944, aged 28; buried in Grandara War Cemetery, Italy. |
| ALAN HUBERT ATHILL | 29-Jan-1942 | 20 | Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 126823; born on 8th November 1921 in Willesden; son of Cecil (a cost accountant) and Ellen Athill; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-34; died on 29th January 1942, aged 20, as a passenger returning to the UK from pilot training in Southern Rhodesia aboard SS Abosso, which was torpedoed by U-575 north of the Azores; commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt. |
| REGINALD FREDERICK ATKINSON | 24-Sep-1942 | 21 | Corporal, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, No. 6461164; born about July 1921 in Willesden; son of William (a civil servant) and Emily Atkinson, later of Wembley; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-37; died on 24th September 1942, aged 21, when his Hotspur glider crashed into the lead aircraft near Bicester after the tow rope failed to release; buried in Alperton Cemetery. |
| REGINALD WILLIAM HERBERT BALL | 25-Oct-1944 | 35 | Corporal, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), 146 Wing, No. 1871066; born on 22nd January 1909 in Brondesbury; son of William (a Captain in the army) and Florence Ball, later of Dollis Hill; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1921-24; married Edna Power in 1935; lived in Epsom; died on 25th October 1944, aged 35, when a V2 rocket landed on the Deurne airfield; buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp. |
| CONRAD ALFRED STANLEY BARNETT | 15-Jun-1943 | 19 | Sergeant, 1660 Conversion Unit attached to 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1319045; born on 22nd June 1923 in Paddington; only son of Alfred (a Captain in the Suffolk Regiment in the first world war) and Margery Barnett, later of Cricklewood; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-35; joined the RAF aged 17; died on 15th June 1943, aged 19, as the Navigator in Lancaster ED432 brought down by flak during a night bombing raid on Oberhausen, near Arnheim; buried in Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery, Netherlands. |
| FRANCIS BERNARD BASSETT | 14-Nov-1942 | 22 | Flight Lieutenant, 152 Squadron, Royal Air Force, No. 41982; born on 30th April 1920 in Willesden; son of James (a schoolmaster) and Anne Bassett, later of Wembley Park; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1931-36; joined the RAF in February 1939, awarded his wings in September; posted to 222 Squadron in November; badly injured as a passenger in a Magister that hit a tree on 17th February 1940; returned to the Squadron on 21st July and served throughout the Battle of Britain; promoted to Flying Officer in November 1940 and posted to Canada as a Flying Instructor; spent three months in hospital after another flying accident; posted to 152 Squadron on return to UK in September 1941; promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 6th November 1942; died on 14th November 1942, aged 22, when the engine of his Spitfire caught fire during a flight from Gibraltar to Algiers (he bailed out but was not found); commemorated on the Malta Memorial and the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-Le-Ferne, Kent. |
| NORMAN ALFRED BRIDGES | 21-Jan-1943 | 35 | Trooper, 4th Armoured Car Regiment, South African Tank Corps, No. 178133; born on 22nd May 1907 in Hackney; third son of Dr Joseph and Esther Bridges of Cricklewood; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1919-24; a qualified accountant; emigrated to South Africa in February 1938 to work as a gold mine supervisor in Johannesburg; volunteered at the outbreak of the war; saw service in Egypt and Libya; taken prisoner in June 1942; died of enteric fever in the Territorial Hospital, Bari on 21st January 1943, aged 35; buried in Bari War Cemetery, Italy. |
| PETER BRITTEN | 13-Mar-1943 | 19 | Pilot Officer, 612 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 133624; born on 25th July 1923 in Poole; son of Sidney (a Woolworth's manager) and Maude Britten, later of Harrow; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-38; Air Ministry student at University of St Andrew's September 1941; died on 13th March 1943, aged 19, when his Whitley BD678 crashed at Cape Wrath, Scotland, while on convoy escort duty; buried in Harrow (St Mary) Lower Churchyard. |
| PETER SMITHARD CHAMPION-JONES | 24-Jul-1942 | 21 | Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force, 15 Operational Training Unit, No. 47131; born on 15th October 1920 in Paddington; son of Captain Douglas (a bank clerk) and Dorothy Champion-Jones, later of Kilburn; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-36; joined the RAF in 1936; died on 24th July 1942, aged 21, as the pilot of Wellington bomber HX489 which was lost en route between Gibraltar and Malta on a supply operation; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. |
| KENNETH ARTHUR CLACK, DFM | 31-Mar-1944 | 21 | Squadron Leader, 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 124623; born on 30th December 1922 in Willesden, son of Charles (a compositor) and Clara Clack, later of Harrow Weald; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-38; worked as a clerk; enlisted in 1940; awarded DFM (gazetted on 21st July 1942) for actions in an attack on the Tirpitz: 'This airman has completed many successful sorties including attacks on targets at Berlin, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Stettin. One night in April, 1942, he was the captain of an aircraft detailed to attack the German naval base at Trondheim. After releasing the bombs his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire which caused one engine to fail and the bomb doors could not be closed. He succeeded in returning to base and landed safely with the bomb doors still open. The following night, as his former aircraft was not serviceable Flight Sergeant Clack volunteered to fly another aircraft to attack the naval base again. He delivered his bombs successfully and machine gunned gun emplacements. His courage and determination have been outstanding.' Died on 31st March 1944 (the night that Bomber Command suffered its heaviest casualties of the war), aged 21, when shot down near Daubhausen flying Halifax LW696 on bombing operations over Nuremberg; buried in Hanover War Cemetery. |
| REGINALD DERRICK COOLEY | 27-Mar-1943 | 21 | Leading Radio Mechanic, Royal Navy, No. FAA/FX 87765; born on 4th February 1922 in Hampstead, son of Harold and Florence Cooley, later of Wembley Park; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-37; died on 27th March 1943, aged 21, when the aircraft-carrier HMS Dasher suffered an internal explosion in the Firth of Clyde; commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial. |
| ROY ALEXANDER DAWSON | 13-Jun-1944 | 22 | Flying Officer, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit, No. 146916; born on 5th July 1921 in Willesden; son of Alexander (a motor coach builder) and Annie Dawson; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-37; died on 13th June 1944, aged 22, as the pilot of Anson EG472 that crashed in the Peak District during night flying training; buried in Llanbeblig Public Cemetery, Caernarfon. |
| DEREK MICHAEL DYMOND | 09-Oct-1942 | 20 | Sergeant, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1320309; born on 29th August 1922; son of Harry (a commercial traveller) and Sadie Dymond of Edgware; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-35; died on 9th October 1942, aged 20, after the troopship RMS Laconia was torpedoed by U-156 north-east of Ascension Island on 12th September 1942, following which the U-boat captain carried out a partial rescue but other survivors were left drifting in lifeboats; commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt. |
| HARRY WILLIAM JOHN EDWARDS | 25-Oct-1942 | 26 | Trooper, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, No. 7910374; born on 28th October 1915 in Willesden; son of Harry (a fireman) and Alice Edwards, later of Harlesden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-29; married Edith Tuttle in 1939; died on 25th October 1942, aged 26, during the decisive Second Battle of El Alamein; buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. |
| GORDON DOUGLAS HERBERT EDWORTHY | 24-Oct-1941 | 23 | Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1271382; born on 28th May 1918 in the Isle of Wight; youngest son of John (a greengrocer) and Annie Edworthy, later of Kingsbury; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1929-34, captain of hockey, swimming, cricket and football; joined the Metropolitan Police in 1937; died on 24th October 1941, aged 23, when his Master T8065 crashed near Edzell, Scotland, during night flying training; buried in Kingsbury (St Andrew) Churchyard. |
| DENIS FLANAGAN | 17-Aug-1941 | 26 | Warrant Officer, 279 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1381727; born on 22nd August 1914 in Willesden; son of Edward (a railway clerk) and Hanna Flanagan; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1926-31, captain of Radcliffe House; married Johanna Donoghue in 1939, father of Michael (born in 1940) and Susan (born in 1942); had worked for Willesden Education Committee; lived in Hove; awarded his wings in November 1941; flew Lockheed Hudsons in an air-sea rescue squadron; suffered severe burns in a take-off crash and died the following day, 17th August 1941, in RAF Hospital, Ely, aged 26; buried in Cambridge City Cemetery. |
| MAX REGINALD GERARD | 29-Jun-1940 | 18 | First Radio Officer, Merchant Navy; born about April 1922 in St Pancras; son of Reginald and Maud Gerard, later of Dollis Hill; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-37; died on 29th June 1940, aged 18, when SS Empire Toucan was sunk by U-47 south-west of Fastnet; received posthumous King's Commendation for Brave Conduct and Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea for continuing to send distress signals after the torpedo had hit; commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial. |
| EDWARD THOMAS GODWIN | 18-Apr-1944 | 27 | Sergeant, 405 Battery, 3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, No. 1427830; born on 20th December 1916 in Willesden; son of James (a motor engineer) and Ellen Godwin; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1928-33; married Jessie Cooke in 1941; lived in Neasden; died on 18th April 1944, aged 27; buried in Karachi War Cemetery, Sindh, Pakistan. |
| ANTHONY JAMES PATRICK GOLDER | 17-Apr-1940 | 23 | Leading Aircraftman, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force, No. 522805; born on 17th January 1917 in Hartley Witney, Hampshire; son of George and Nellie Golder; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1928-29; also educated at Kingsbury County School; died on 17th April 1940, aged 23, as the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in Blenheim L9041 that failed to return from a bombing raid on Stavanger aerodrome; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial and the war memorial in St Stevens Churchyard, Shottermill, Surrey. |
| SIDNEY EDWARD THOMAS HARCOURT | 12-Aug-1940 | 18 | Sergeant, 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1376442; born on 9th August 1922 in Willesden; son of Vernon (a postman) and Daisy Harcourt, later of Kilburn; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-38; died on 12th August 1940, aged 18, as the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in Liberator FK235 performing convoy escort duties when the aircraft's port wing touched the sea while executing a low level turn; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. (His elder brother, Flight Sergeant John Albert Harcourt, was killed in 1943.) |
| Revd CECIL JAMES HAWKSWORTH | 07-Jul-1944 | 35 | Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplain's Department, No. 90874; born on 17th May 1909 in Harlesden; son of James (a commissionaire) and Mary Hawksworth; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1921-25; married Diana Paget in 1938; father of Jennifer (born in 1939) and Richard (born in 1942); lived in Kingslee, Hampshire; AKC (Associate of King's College) 1929-1933; Senior Curate in South Croydon; appointment to the armed forces gazetted 30th June 1939; Mentioned in Despatches; had been with the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry since the Sicilian campaign; died on 7th July 1944, aged 35, of injuries sustained the previous day in a motorcycle accident; buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Chouain, Calvados and commemorated on a plaque in St Peter's Church, South Croydon. |
| RICHARD JOHN HEAVENS | 23-Jun-1941 | 23 | Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), 83 Squadron, No. 83997; born on 12th July 1917 in Willesden; son of Frank (a coal factory manager) and Henrietta Heavens; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1928-33; married Jean McIntyre in 1939; died on 23rd June 1941, aged 23, as the pilot of Hampden AD969 that failed to return from a bombing raid over Bremen; buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, and commemorated on the war memorial in Dunholme, Lincolnshire. |
| ROBERT JOHN HELSDON | 11-Apr-1942 | 22 | Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit, No. 778387; born on 7th August 1919 in Willesden; son of Bertie (a builder) and Helen Helsdon; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1930-35; emigrated to Rhodesia in December 1938; died on 11th April 1942, aged 22, when his Hudson AE589 was reported missing on a flight between Portreath, Cornwall, and Gibraltar; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. |
| DERRICK REGINALD HOLLINGSWORTH | 07-Jun-1944 | 22 | Pilot Officer, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 177033; born on 5th March 1922 in Edmonton, Middlesex; son of Reginald (a bank manager) and Beatrice Hollingsworth, later of Folkstone; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-39, Head-Boy 1938-9; worked as a bank clerk; posted to 133 Squadron on 9th February 1944; completed 22 operations; died on 7th June 1944, aged 22, as the Navigator in Lancaster NE173 hit by flak returning from a night raid on railway bridges at Vire following D-Day; buried in Bayeux War Cemetery. |
| ROY MORRIS HOUSDEN | 01-Sep-1944 | 21 | Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), 127 Squadron, No. 1335087; born on 16th October 1922 in Willesden; son of Herbert (a company director) and Ethel Housden, later of Saffron Walden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-35; was a cadet aboard MV San Demetrio when she was severely damaged by Admiral Sheer in mid- Atlantic in November 1940; joined the RAF in January 1942; survived a mid-air collision while training in Canada in October 1942; died on 1st September 1944, aged 21, when his Spitfire NH543 collided with another while landing at Lympne, Kent, after completing an attack on a motorised transport in NW Europe; buried in Saffron Walden Cemetery. |
| NORMAN THOMAS HUCKLE | 02-Feb-1945 | 21 | Warrant Officer, No. 11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1338107; born on 16th February 1923 in Willesden; son of Horace (a clerk with Great Western Railway) and Lily Huckle; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-35; joined the RAF in 1941; died on 2nd February 1945, aged 21, when his Hurricane PZ848 collided with another in cloud on a training exercise north of Bolton; buried in Willesden New Cemetery. |
| DONALD ARTHUR JUKES | 01-Apr-1940 | 25 | Lance-Corporal, Military Police, No. 6666569; born on 21st July 1914 in Willesden; son of Herbert and Helena Jukes, later of Harrow; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1925-31; died on 1st April 1940, aged 25; buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France. |
| LEWIS LANE | 12-Apr-1943 | 19 | Flying Officer, 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 126880; born on 29th April 1923 in Paddington; third son of Albert and Violet Lane, later of Willesden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-35; died on 12th April 1943, aged 19, as the Navigator in Oxford training aircraft AB766 that collided with a drogue cable and crashed during take-off near Cranwell; buried in Willesden New Cemetery. |
| WALTER HINKS LAYTON | 17-Jul-1940 | 24 | 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Corps of Signals, No. 88982; born on 8th November 1915 in York; son of Frederick and Elizabeth Layton, later of North Harrow; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-33; commission gazetted on 9th June 1939; killed in a motorcycle accident in Ireland on 17th July 1940, aged 24; buried in Lisburn Cemetery, Co. Antrim. |
| JOHN JAMES MANGUM | 09-Jun-1943 | 22 | Sergeant, 1 (Costal) Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1332282; born on 6th June 1921 in Willesden; son of John and Elizabeth Mangum; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-38; married Kathleen Haughey in Canada in September 1942; died on 9th June 1943, aged 22, as the Navigator in Hudson P5134 that stalled trying to land after a night training flight and crashed near North Cowton, Yorkshire; buried in Thornaby-on-Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire. |
| FREDERICK MEAKER | 18-Aug-1943 | 20 | Sergeant, 11 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1389013; born on 25th February 1923 in Willesden; son of Frederick (a labourer) and Alice Meaker; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-35; died on 18th August 1943, aged 20, when Wellington bomber R1337 failed to return to RAF Wescott after a night training exercise; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. (His brother, Able-Seaman Eric Knowles Meaker, lost his life eight weeks later.) |
| ANDREW MOORE | 06-Jun-1942 | 22 | Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR, Fleet Air Arm, 814 Squadron at shore-base HMS Lanka, Ceylon; born on 6th June 1920 in St George, Hanover Square; son of Andrew (an auctioneer's clerk) and Nellie Moore, later of Harlesden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1931-36; died on 6th June 1942, his 22nd birthday, when Swordfish V4369 was accidentally shot down by Norwegian steamer Indre while on convoy protection duty in the Indian Ocean; commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial. |
| HERBERT ALLEN MOORE | 01-Sep-1943 | 27 | Pilot Officer, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 155481; born on 18th February 1916 in Willesden; only son of William (a window cleaning contractor) and Mary Moore; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-32; worked for Middlesex County Council; joined the RAF in 1941, awarded his wings in September 1942; died on 1st September 1943, aged 27, as the pilot of Sterling KK879 lost on a bombing raid over Berlin; buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. |
| HAROLD FREDERICK MORRISH, DFC | 24-Sep-1944 | 30 | Flight Lieutenant, 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 136872; born on 2nd June 1914 in Willesden; son of George (a clerk of works) and Rosina Morrish; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1925-33; married Marion Buck in 1943; lived in Neasden; joined the Metropolitan Police in 1936; DFC posthumously gazetted on 12th February 1946: 'This officer has completed, as navigator, numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty.'; died on 24th September 1944, aged 30, as the Navigator in Lancaster PB177 that was lost over the English Channel; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. |
| VICTOR MOSS | 11-May-1942 | 26 | Pilot Officer, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 69496; born on 10th February 1916 in Willesden; son of John (a provision merchant, who died in 1933) and Miriam Moss, later of Acton; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-33; died on 11th May 1942, aged 26, as the pilot of Hudson bomber TRF that failed to return from an attack on an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial and at the Australian War Memorial, London. |
| JOHN WALTER NEEDHAM | 27-Jun-1940 | 24 | Sergeant, 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 742691; born on 7th August 1915 in Willesden; son of John (a coach builder) and Augusta Needham; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-32; died on 27th June 1940, aged 24, as the Observer in Blenheim L35434 shot down by an Me109 south of Schipol whilst on patrol over the Low Countries; buried in Oegstgeest Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands. |
| GEOFFREY ROBERT OLSEN | 28-Oct-1944 | 20 | Gunner, 33 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, No. 14337870; born about January 1924 in Marylebone; son of David and Alice Olsen, later of Cowes, Isle-of-Wight; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1935-38; landed at La Breche d'Hermanville (Sword Beach) on D-Day; died on 28th October 1944, aged 20; buried in Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands. |
| JOHN GILBERT PENDRELL | 02-Apr-1943 | 22 | Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps (attached to H.Q. XXX Corps), No. 7932630; born on 23rd November 1920 in Willesden; son of Albert (a train driver) and Ellen Pendrell, later of Kenton; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-37; died on 2nd April 1943, aged 22, during the pursuit of Axis forces after the Second Battle of El Alamein; buried in Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. |
| HENRY ANTHONY PERKS | 07-Sep-1941 | 21 | Sergeant, 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1284018; born on 2nd January 1920 in Willesden; son of Henry (an aluminium founder) and Florence Perks, later of Kenton; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1931-36; died on 7th September 1941, aged 21, as the pilot of Whitley Z6836 shot down during a night bombing raid over Berlin; buried in Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. |
| ANTHONY CHARLES PERRIN | 26-Mar-1943 | 21 | Sergeant, 55 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1337958; born on 20th February 1922 in Edmonton, Middlesex; son of Eli and Doris Perrin, later of Dollis Hill; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1935-38; also educated at Willesden Technical College; worked in the Ministry of Works and Buildings drawing office; joined the RAF in September 1941, awarded his wings in November 1942; died on 26th March 1943, aged 21, when his Hurricane crashed south of Lochmaben, Dumfries; buried in Kingsbury (St Andrew) Churchyard. |
| PHILIP CAMPBELL PINKHAM, AFC | 05-Sep-1940 | 25 | Squadron Leader, 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force, No. 37208; born on 29th May 1915 in Kensal Rise; son of Lieutenant Philip (a civil servant) and Nora Pinkham, later of Wembley; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1926-1932; joined the RAF in 1935; appointed instructor as Flight Lieutenant at 11 Group Pool at Andover in January 1939 and Acting Squadron Leader in January 1940; assumed command of 19 Squadron at Duxford on 3rd June 1940 (at that time he was the youngest squadron commander in the country); award of Air Force Cross gazetted 11th July 1940; died during the Battle of Britain on 5th September 1940, aged 25, when his Spitfire P9422 was shot down by a Me109 over the Thames Estuary and crashed at Birling, Kent; buried in Kingsbury (St Andrew) Churchyard. |
| PERCY ERNEST REED | 21-Mar-1943 | 23 | Lance-Corporal, Royal Corps of Signals, No. 1452231; born on 20th December 1919 in Willesden; son of Ernest (a gas company inspector) and May Reed; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1931-37; died on 21st March 1943, aged 23, during the pursuit of Axis forces after the Second Battle of El Alamein; buried in Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. |
| MAXWELL BENNETT SANDLEY | 20-Apr-1942 | 26 | Signalman, 7th Armoured Brigade, Royal Corps of Signals, No. 2572759; born on 25th October 1915; son of Thomas (a supervising warrant officer) and Rosina Sandley of Harlesden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-32; joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1938; was on the last ship to leave Cherbourg during the British evacuation; also served in the Middle East; died near the Pin Chaung river during the Burma retreat on 20th April 1942, aged 26; commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. |
| RONALD ALISTER SHRUBB | 09-Apr-1945 | 29 | Flight Lieutenant, 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 109055; born on 19th November 1915 in Guildford; eldest son of Frederick (director of a dairy company) and Frances Shrubb, later of Esher; married Brenda Smith in January 1943; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-32; worked as a chartered accountant; joined the RAF in 1940; promotion gazetted 2nd December 1941; died on 9th April 1945, aged 29, as the Navigator of Halifax JP165/D that crashed on a radar exercise in bad weather near Loch Tarbert in the north of Scotland; buried in Thames Ditton (St Nicholas) Churchyard. (His younger brother, Lance-Corporal Hugh Gordon Shrubb, died in India in 1944.) |
| ARTHUR SIDEY | 01-Mar-1943 | 34 | Pilot Officer, 10 Operational Training Unit, based at RAF Abingdon, No. 129162; born on 10th August 1908 in Rochford, Essex; only son of Revd Arthur (a Baptist minister) and Florabella Sidey; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1921-25; married Alice Lister in 1932; lived in North Wembley; son David born in December 1932; worked in a government road taxation office; died on 1st March 1943, aged 34, as the Bomb Aimer in Whitley AD694 that crashed with engine failure soon after take-off at Cumnor, Oxfordshire; buried in Alperton Cemetery. |
| ALBERT EDWARD SMITH | 29-Apr-1945 | 19 | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy, No. C/JX540092; born on 16th November 1925 in Willesden; son of Albert (a changeman cleaner, Great Western Railway) and Edith Smith; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1937-38; died on 29th April 1945, aged 19, when the frigate HMS Goodall was torpedoed by U-286 in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway while escorting a convoy; commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. |
| WILLIAM CHARLES SMITH | 25-May-1944 | 34 | Flight Sergeant, 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1396176; born on 1st April 1910 in Willesden; son of William and Rosetta Smith; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1923-26; died on 25th May 1944, aged 34, as the Navigator in Halifax MZ579 that failed to return to RAF Leconfield from a bombing raid on railway yards at Aachen; buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. |
| FREDERICK CHESTER STALLWOOD | 25-Feb-1941 | 24 | Ordinary Coder, Royal Navy, No. C/JX 213893; born on 26th October 1916 in Paddington; son of Frederick (a fitter) and Martha Stallwood, later of Willesden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1928-35, Head-Boy 1934/5 and captain of hockey; worked as a clerk in Willesden Borough Council; joined the Royal Navy in August 1940; died on 25th February 1941, aged 24, when the destroyer HMS Exmoor was sunk by an e-boat off Lowestoft while escorting a convoy; commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. (His brother, Sergeant Ralph Stallwood, lost his life in June 1944 while serving with the RAF.) |
| REGINALD STRINGER | 29-Aug-1944 | 21 | Flying Officer, 32 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 152263; born on 4th August 1923 in Willesden; son of Albert (a railway inspector) and Ethel Stringer, later of Wembley; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1935-36; died in hospital of septicaemia and pneumonia on 29th August 1944, aged 21; buried in Bari War Cemetery, Italy. |
| ALAN JAMES STUART | 16-Jul-1944 | 35 | Major, 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment, No. 117684; born about May 1909 in Watford; son of James and Winifred Stuart, later of Stanmore; BA from University of London; Senior History Master at Kilburn Grammar School 1933-44; landed in Normandy on June 26th 1944; died during the Battle for Caen on 16th July 1944, aged 35; buried in Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados. |
| LIONEL MOORE TALBOT | 10-Apr-1944 | 21 | Flight Sergeant, 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1392407; born on 10th January 1923 in Willesden; son of Rowland and Anstance Talbot; married to Nora Clarke Talbot, later of Toronto; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-38; died on 10th April 1944, aged 21, as the Navigator in Lancaster ND701 lost during a bombing raid on Lille railway yards; buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme. |
| PAUL RODNEY TREVAYNE | 03-Feb-1943 | 19 | Sergeant; 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1291380; born about April 1924 in Newport, Wales; eldest son of Edward and Enid Trevayne, later of Neasden; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1934-38; joined the RAF in October 1940; wounded in a raid on Rostock in April 1942; died on 3rd February 1943, aged 19, as the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in Stirling BK604 shot down at Enter by a night fighter during a bombing raid on Nuremberg; buried in Wierden General Cemetery, Netherlands. |
| GEOFFREY WILFRED TRODD | 31-Mar-1944 | 22 | Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1414525; born on 1st June 1921 in Willesden; son of Cecil (a solicitor's clerk) and Gladys Trodd, later of Harrow-on-the-Hill; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-38; died on 31st March 1944, aged 22, as the Navigator in Lancaster ME686 that was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Michelsrombach during a bombing raid over Nuremburg; buried in Hanover War Cemetery. |
| ROYSTON RICHARD URIDGE | 23-May-1940 | 21 | Lance-Corporal, 141 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, No. 7348609; born on 18th August 1918 in Willesden; only son of Richard (a railway motorman) and Lillian Uridge, later of Wembley Park; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1930-36; posted to France in November 1939; died on 23rd May 1940, aged 21, during the retreat to Dunkirk; buried in Givenchy-en-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais. |
| MACDONALD MARTIN VENN | 28-May-1944 | 22 | Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals, No. 2378478; born on 16th February 1922 in Willesden; son of Frank (a plumber, who died in 1940) and Minnie Venn, later of Wembley Park; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-34; died on 28th May 1944, aged 22, during the Burma campaign; commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. |
| JAMES LE BLOND ROBERT WALTER | 01-Oct-1940 | 19 | Sergeant, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), 115 Squadron, No. 902245; born in 1921; son of Robert and Winifred Walter of Christchurch, Hampshire; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-39; died on 1st October 1940, aged 19, as the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in Wellington R3292 shot down during a night bombing raid on marshalling yards at Ehrang; buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. |
| HENRY ARTHUR WEAVER | 22-Nov-1940 | 21 | Bombardier, 344th (Middlesex) Battery, 58 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery; born on 7th January 1919 in Willesden; son of Arthur (an assistant head postman) and Edna Weaver, later of Kenton; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1930-35; 344th Battery provided air defence for the east Midlands during the blitz, based at Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire; died on 22nd November 1940, aged 21, when an enemy aircraft dive-bombed and machine gunned the battery's lights; buried in Wealdstone Cemetery. |
| MAURICE CHARLES WOODGATE | 21-Nov-1941 | 20 | Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 66607; born on 18th May 1921 in St Pancras; son of William and Margueritte Woodgate, later of Harrow; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1932-33; died on 21st November 1941, aged 20, when piloting Havoc night fighter AH432 which crashed at Gilston Park during a weather test; commemorated at Golders Green Crematorium. |
| ANTHONY LEONARD OSTERFIELD WRAY, DSC | 10-Jan-1941 | 23 | Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve; born on 20th March 1917 in Hendon; eldest son of Augustus (a pilot in the RFC during the first world war) and Alice Wray, later of Neasden, then Folkestone; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1928-33; posthumously awarded DSC (gazetted 20th May 1941) for a night attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto on 11/12 November 1940; died on 10th January 1941, aged 23, when the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious was severely damaged by a dive-bomb attack in the Mediterranean; commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial. |
| DAVID GORDON WYE | 27-Jun-1944 | 28 | Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, No. 293210; born on 25th December 1915 in Kensal Rise; son of Jesse (a schoolmaster) and Mary Wye; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1927-34; married Mary Catherine Thomson in 1940; worked as a civil servant; landed in Normandy on 22nd June 1944; died on 27th June 1944, aged 28, during the battle for Cheux, near Caen, when a bomb fell among a group of officers holding a co-ordinating meeting; buried in Brouay War Cemetery, Calvados, and commemorated on a panel at the entrance to the British Museum. |
| ARTHUR WILLIAM CECIL YEATES | 15-Apr-1943 | 21 | Flight Sergeant, 254 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve), No. 1253278; born on 20th November 1921 in Paddington; son of Charles (a bus driver) and Florence Yeates; attended Kilburn Grammar School 1933-38; married Gladys Martin in 1940; lived in Westbourne Park; died on 15th April 1943, aged 21, as the Navigator in Beaufighter H254 that failed to return from an exercise off Flamborough; commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. |