Malin, Peter Gordon Arthur
Gateway School 1930-34. Son of Arthur and Martha Malin. Sergeant Malin was the pilot of Wellington DV715 that took off from RAF Alconbury at 23:55 hours on the 30th May 1944. The aircraft, one of the Pathfinders on the first 1,000 bomber raid on Cologne in Germany, and homeward bound was shot down by a […]
Holyoake, Frank Leslie
Gateway School 1928-29. Son of William and Edith Holyoake. Sergeant Holyoake was a Wireless Opertaor and one of the crew of Hudson AE611 that took off from RAF Aldergrove at 05:15 hours on the 20th March 1941. The aircraft climbed too steeply, stalled and crashed. All four crew members were killed. Sergeant Holyoake is buried […]
Grace, Raymond Archibald
Air Gunner Gateway School 1931-34 Died Sergeant Grace was one of the crew of Lancaster ED979 that took off from RAF Woodhall Spa at 22:58 hours on the 28th June 1943. The aircraft, on an operation to Cologne in Germany, was shot down by a German night-fighter piloted by Major Guenther Radusch and crashed at […]
Dilley, Dennis Arthur
Gateway School 1931-35 Son of Mr. A.S. Dilley Sergeant Dilley was one of the crew of Halifax BB254 that took off from RAF Lindholme at 20:51 hours on the 20th November 1944. The aircraft, on a night training flight, failed to gain sufficient height and hit the roof of a house in Hatfield before crashing […]
Davies, Roy Joseph
Gateway School 1934-38. Son of Thomas and Mary Davies. Sergeant Davies was one of the crew of Lancaster LM714 that took off from RAF Kelstern at 23:03 hours on the 23rd July 1944. The aircraft was on an operation to Kiel in Germany, and failed to return. Sergeant Davies is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, […]
Carter, Keith
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Gateway School 1931-36 Son of Herbert and Lily Carter. Husband of Ethel Carter. Sergeant Carter was one of the crew of Wellington T2967 that took off from RAF Snaith at 18:15 hours on the 22nd October 1941. The aircraft was on an operation to Mannheim in Germany, and failed to return as […]
Brawn, Bernard John
Son of Harold and Phyliss Brawn. Gateway School 1935-1940. Flight Engineer Sergeant Brawn was one of the crew of Halifax DT482 that took off from RAF Lindholme at 20:35 hours on the 24th March 1944. The aircraft was on a night circuits and landing exercise when it crashed near the airfield at 21:12 hours and […]
Bentley, George Arthur
Son of Charles and Bertha Bentley. Husband of Margaret Bentley. Gateway School 1929-34 Operation Varsity was designed to gain a foothold across the River Rhine in western Germany. It began on the 24th March 1945, led by the British 6th Airborne Division (which, at the time, included the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion), and the US […]
Bentley, Alan Frank
Son of Frederick and Emmie Bentley. Gateway School 1931-34. Wireless Operator/Air Gunner In addition to bombing targets in Germany and occupied Europe, Bomber Command aircraft also carried out mine-laying operations in coastal waters. These were referred to as ‘gardening’ operations by the aircrews. Sergeant Bentley was one of the crew of Lancaster W4177 that failed […]
Barratt, Arthur
Son of Nellie Elizabeth Barratt and Stepson of Bertie Simpson. Gateway School 1934-38. Sergeant (Navigator/Bomb Aimer) 13 Squadron gave air support to the American 5th Army and British 8th Army fighting in the Italian campaign. It was engaged mainly on night operations intended to hinder, and as far as possible prevent, the movement of reinforcements […]
Wheatley, Archibald
Archibald was born on 7.2.1897 in Leicester and baptised on 20.12.1908 at St Matthew’s Church. His parents were William Wheatley, a boot and shoe clicker, and Elizabeth Caroline (nee Scott). They had 7 children- Nellie 1890 Richard H 1892 Walter 1894 Archibald 1897 Margaret 1899 Doris 1900 Jane Lilian 1903 In 1901 census the family […]
Tunnicliffe, Fred
Fred Gustavus was born in 1885 in Leicester and baptised on 15.2.1985 at Christchurch. His parents were Fred Tunnicliffe, a tailor and Eliza (nee Hibbard). They had 8 children- Lizzie Florence 1873 Gertrude Emma 1875 Edith Annie 1876 Ella Mary 1878 Ethel May 1880 Hilda A 1883 Fred Gustavus 1885 Eliza Alice 1887 In 1891 […]