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#	Name* SORT (↓)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↓)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Chambers	Hansford Ward	SLdr					New Zealand	Pilot		RAF	Fighter Command	154Sqn 255Sqn 242Sqn RAF						8 [7+1]						Ace Spitfire Dieppe 1942 Tunisia Italy 1943
2	Jackson	Aubrey Ward	Pilot Officer			Stradishall (St. Margarets) Churchyard, Suffolk			2nd Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqn	1938-11-14	Handley Page Heyford	III	K5194			RAF Stradishall, Suffolk		Training	See archive report for details	Killed		Read Archive Report
3	Poynton	John Marcus Joseph	Pilot Officer	40749	Ramleh War Cemetery	Ramleh War Cemetery, grave K2	04th May 1917 Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	33Sqn	1939-02-01	Gloster Gladiator	I	K8038	SO-?		Ismalia, Egypt		Training/Patrol	See archive report for further details	Killed	Son of Joseph Henry and Grace Ida Ward Poynton (née Lee - died 1968, age 95), of 62 Queen 's Avenue, Frankton, New Zealand. Note: birth registered as Marcus John Joseph Poynton	'Read archive report for further details'
4	Ward	Leslie Robert	Sergeant	564477		Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Grave Special Memorial. 6A.E.10. Buried at the time on Heligoland Island, but whose grave is now lost.			Observer		RAF	Bomber Command	107Sqn	1939-09-04	Blenheim	IV	N6188	OM-		RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England	1600	Wilhelmshaven		Killed	Read Archive Report One of the first Bomber Command crew to be lost in the war.
5	Ward	Leslie Robert	Sergeant	564477		Germany, Hamburg Cemetery, 6A. E. 10. (Sp. Mem.)	Age				RAF		107Sqn.	1939-09-04										Killed	Buried at the Time on Heligoland Island, but Whose Grave Is Now Lost.
6	Wilson	Herbert	Aircraftman 2nd Class	617452		United Kingdom, Sunderland (Ryhope Road) Cemetery, Ward 13.Sec.B.B. Grave 13159.	Age				RAF		7Sqn.	1939-12-06										Killed
7	Birch	Frank	Leading Aircraftman	540261		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 22.	Age 23				RAF		21Sqn	1940-02-16										Killed	Nephew And Ward Of Mrs. Edith Cochrane, Of Gorton, Manchester.
8	Adam	William Ward	Flying Officer	39838		France, Chambieres French National Cemetery, Metz, Grave 14.	Age 25				RAF		57Sqn RAF	1940-03-15										Killed	Son Of William P. C. Adam And Mary Violet Woolery Adam, Of Port Maria, Jamaica.
9	Moore	Gordon	Aircraftman 2nd Class	638683		United Kingdom, Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery, Ward 34. Sec. C.C. Grave 327.	Age 20				RAF			1940-03-20										Killed	Son Of Edward W. B. Moore And Edith M. Moore, Of Sunderland.
10	Ward	John George	Aircraftman 1st Class	542939					Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	MC	RAF	Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF), Bomber Command	226Sqn	1940-05-10	Battle	I	K9183	MQ:R		Reims/Champagne, France	17:00	Luxembourg	See archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 1/Evader		Read Archive Report
11	Ward	E H	Sergeant									Bomber Command	150Sqn	1940-05-10	Battle	I	L5540	JN-C		Ecury-sur-Coole	1530	Rechlin	Crash landed target area	PoW
12	Warman	Harry	Sergeant	580275		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 20.	Age 23				RAF		107Sqn	1940-05-27										Killed	Son Of William And Bessie Warman; Ward Of Miss E. M. Oakey, Of Lower Beeding, Sussex.
13	Ward	Michael James	Aircraftman 2nd Class	873302		United Kingdom, Glasgow (Craigton) Cemetery, Sec. H.H. Grave 2487.	Age 35				RAF (Auxiliary Air Force)		945 Balloon	1940-06-14										Killed	Son Of Francis And Sabina Ward; Husband Of Elizabeth Brown Ward, Of Govan, Glasgow.
14	Ward	Harold Roy	Leading Aircraftman	534379		France, Souge-Sur-Braye Communal Cemetery, Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. Grave 5-7.	Age 23				RAF			1940-06-15										Killed	Son Of James Harold And Edith Emma Ward, Of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
15	Ward	Wilfred Arnold	Aircraftman 1st Class	905570		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 26.	Age 22				RAFVR			1940-06-17										Killed	Son Of William Francis And Alice Anne Ward, Of Southgate, Middlesex.
16	Frost	Cecil Denis	Pilot Officer	42342		Germany, Sage War Cemetery, 4. E. 10.	Age 27				RAF		144Sqn	1940-06-23										Killed	Son Of Harry Ward Frost And Constance Annie Frost, Of Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire.
17	Ward	Arthur Robert	Aircraftman 2nd Class	906836		United Kingdom, Silloth (Causewayhead) Cemetery, Holme Low, Sec. P. Grave 1.	Age				RAFVR			1940-07-10										Killed
18	Liddle	James William	Sergeant	638666		United Kingdom, Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery, Ward 3. Sec. A. Grave 1747.	Age				RAF		59Sqn	1940-07-10										Killed
19	Ward	Kenneth Charles	Aircraftman 2nd Class	906775		United Kingdom, City Of London Cemetery And Crematorium, Manor Park, Square 265. Grave 102046.	Age 20				RAFVR			1940-07-11										Killed	Son Of Mr. And Mrs. S.T. Ward, Of Ilford.
20	Allen	James Henry Leslie	Flying Officer	39957		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 5.	Age 25				RAF		151Sqn	1940-07-12										Killed	Son Of James Henry Leslie And Katherine Allen; Nephew And Ward Of Fanny M. Edwards, Of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Awarded Kings Gold Medal, H.M.S. Conway, 1933.
21	Allen	James Henry Leslie	Flying Officer	39957	Courtesy AWMM	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 5	Age 25	New Zealander	Pilot		RAF	Fighter Command	151Sqn	1940-07-12	Hurricane	I	P3275	DZ-?		RAF North Weald, Essex	835	Convoy Patrol	Ditched off Orfordness	Missing - believed killed	Born 13 November 1914 at Remuera, Auckland. Served in the Merchant Navy prior to joining the RAF. Selected fo a short service commission in the RAF on 24th May 1937. Awarded pilots badge November 1937. Joined 151 Squadron on the 11th February 1939. On the 16th May 1940 was one of a number of pilots of 151 sent to France to reinforce 87 Squadron. Wounded three days later and sent back to England. Son of James Henry Leslie and Katherine Paretio Allen (née Swinton) his parents both died in the flu pandemic, mother age 27 in 1917 and father age 34 in 1918, nephew and ward of Fanny M. Edwards, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Awarded King's Gold Medal, H.M.S. Conway, 1933. Completed at least 49 operational sorties. Credited with 1 shared enemy aircraft destroyed and 1 other probables destroyed.	Archive Report
22	Ward	Thomas Arthur	Leading Aircraftman	1152201		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 24.	Age 20				RAFVR		29Sqn	1940-07-31										Killed	Son Of Percy And Harriett J. Ward, Of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire.
23	Willis	Archibald Gordon	Sergeant	568341		United Kingdom, Carew (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Row C. Grave 3.	Age 20				RAF		48Sqn RAF	1940-07-31										Killed	Son Of Archibald Frank And Nellie Ward Willis, Of Chelsea, London.
24	Ward	W	Flight Sergeant			Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery						Bomber Command	61Sqn	1940-08-12	Hampden	I	P4379	QR-		Hemswell		Salzbergen	?	Killed
25	Ward	Wilfred	Flight Sergeant	358641		Germany, Hamburg Cemetery, 9A. C. 14.	Age				RAF		61Sqn	1940-08-13										Killed	Son Of John William And Harriet Jane Ward, Of Darlington. Co. Durham.
26	Collins	Frederick William Arthur	Sergeant	742757		United Kingdom, Whyteleafe (St. Luke) Churchyard, Row E. Grave 31.	Age 25				RAFVR			1940-08-14										Killed	Son Of Charles Frederick And Cecilia Charlotte Collins, Of Ward End, Birmingham.
27	Bell	John Studholme	Sergeant	754390		United Kingdom, Wigton Cemetery, Sec. K. Ward 1. Grave 86.	Age 24				RAFVR			1940-08-19										Killed	Husband Of Winifred Bell, Of Wigton.
28	Ward	J W	Sergeant			Amsterdam New Eastern						Bomber Command	77Sqn	1940-08-24	Whitley	V	N1473	KN-		Driffield	2000	Augusburg	Crashed SE Haarlem	Killed
29	Lowry	John	Aircraftman 2nd Class	944933		United Kingdom, Carlisle (Upperby) Cemetery, Ward 11. Sec. D. Grave 20.	Age 20				RAFVR			1940-08-24										Killed	Son Of Joseph And Lilian Bertha Lowry, Of Carlisle.
30	Ward	James Walter	Sergeant	741435		Netherlands (Holland), Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Plot 69. Row A. Grave 22.	Age 24				RAFVR		77Sqn	1940-08-25										Killed	Son Of Walter And Mabel Ward, Of Hull; Husband Of Patricia Ward, Of Hull.
31	Gallewski	Michael Montague	Sergeant	637611		United Kingdom, Sunderland (Mere Knolls) Cemetery, Ward 21. Grave 91.	Age 20				RAF		57Sqn RAF	1940-09-04										Killed	Son Of Myer And Laura Gallewski, Of Sunderland.
32	Robson	Joseph	Sergeant	754700		United Kingdom, Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Ward 11. Sec. B.1. Grave 61.	Age 19				RAFVR			1940-09-05										Killed	Son Of Joseph And Bertha Robson, Of Raffles, Carlisle.
33	Johnstone	James Ward	Sergeant	552521		Belgium, Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Plot 9. Row 4. Grave 1.	Age 19				RAF		38Sqn	1940-09-11										Killed	Son Of John And Lillian Johnstone, Of Peebles.
34	Ward	Albert Edward	Leading Aircraftman	840231		United Kingdom, Woolwich Cemetery, Sec. 7. Coll. Grave 805.	Age 42				RAF (Auxiliary Air Force)		901Sqn Balloon	1940-09-17										Killed	Son Of Thomas And Mary Alice Ward, Of Woolwich; Husband Of Edith Ward, Of Charlton.
35	Coventry	Robert George	Flight Lieutenant	33023	Courtesy Courtesy BBC / CBC News	Down Hatherley Churchyard (St. Mary And Corpus Christi). North of church, grave 103	Age 30	Canada	Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	17 Operational Training Unit	1940-09-23	Blenheim	IV	L8797	-		RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire		Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Born at Castor, Alberta. Son of The Hon. Thomas George Coventry (25th August 1885 - 09th December 1972) and Alice Coventry (nee Ward), husband of Olga Coventry, father to Anne, of Bath, Somerset, England.	Archive Report
36	Holland	Kenneth Christopher	Sergeant	754503		United Kingdom, Weymouth Crematorium,	Age 20				RAFVR		152Sqn	1940-09-25										Killed	Son Of Harold George And Ina Gladys Christopher Holland; Ward Of Mr. H. I. E. Ripley, Of Camelford, Cornwall.
37	Holland	Kenneth Christopher	Sergeant	754503	Courtesy Oleg Marin	Weymouth Crematorium and also remembered at St. Materiana's Church, Tintagel, Cornwall	Age 20	Australian	Pilot		RAFVR	Fighter Command	152Sqn	1940-09-25	Spitfire	I	N3173	UM-?		RAF Warmwell, Dorset	1200	Patrol	See archive report for details	Killed	Born on the 29th January 1920 in Sydney, New South Wales. Son of Harold George and Ina Gladys Christopher Holland understood to be of 11 King Street, Bondi, Sydney, Australia. Ward of Major. ‘Toby’ Hugh Ivor Emmott Ripley, of Camelford, Cornwall, England. Also his girlfriend and future wife, Seina Haydon.	Archive report
38	Simmonds	Vernon Churchill	Pilot Officer						Pilot		RAF	Fighter	238Sqn	1940-09-30	Hurricane	I	N2474		4 during Battle of Britain.	Middle Wallop during Battle of Britain		Patrol	Baled out after Collision with L1702	Safe. Died 2005-02-23	Battle of Britain Pilot. Retiredx 1946Sqn Ldr. After he passed away in hospital, the staff at the hospital wrote 'In an age of shallow celebrity, true heroism shines like a beacon. It was a privilege to know you Vernon, and to play a part in the final chapter of your extraordinary life. From all the staff at Ward E3, Poole Hospital' '
39	Strong	Joseph	Aircraftman 2nd Class	997481		United Kingdom, Dalston Burial Ground, Ward 5. Sec. C. Grave 28.	Age 25				RAFVR			1940-10-04										Killed
40	Ward	R A	Sergeant	740913		Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery United Kingdom			Pilot			Fighter	66Sqn	1940-10-08	Spitfire	I	N3043	K				Patrol	Shot down near Rochester Kent	Killed
41	Ward	Rufus Arthur	Sergeant	740913		United Kingdom, Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery, Plot D.D. Grave 28475.	Age				RAFVR		66Sqn	1940-10-08										Killed
42	Peascod	William	Aircraftman 2nd Class	945509		United Kingdom, Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Ward 11. Sec. P. Grave 6.	Age 18				RAFVR			1940-10-26										Killed	Son Of Robert And Mary Peascod, Of Carlisle.
43	Jones	Anthony Leonard	Pilot Officer	42843		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 8.	Age 20				RAF		10Sqn	1940-11-06										Killed	Son Of Frederick Leonard And Blanche Lucy Jones; Nephew And Ward Of Esmond V. Jarrold, Of Ewell, Surrey.
44	Sobey	Philip Alfred	Sergeant	904838		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 19.	Age 22				RAFVR		22Sqn	1940-11-09										Killed	Son Of Arthur And Laura Sobey; Nephew And Ward Of Mr. And Mrs. H. J. Simmons, Of Horton Heath, Hampshire.
45	Thomas	Percy Ainsworth Ward	Pilot Officer	42910		None - survived the war			Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	9Sqn	1940-11-14	Wellington	Ic	L7852	WS-P		RAF Honington, Suffolk	1655	Berlin	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 352 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria L3	Read Archive Report
46	Kerr	Arche Ronald	Pilot Officer	79182	-	Carlisle Cemetery (Dalston Road). Ward 11. Sec.tion B.1. Grave 65.	Age 19	British	Observer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1940-11-19	Hampden	I	X3023	KM-		Waddington		Lutzkendorf	Crashed Southrepps Norfolk	Killed	Son of Robert Gilmour Kerr and Margaret Jamieson Kerr, of Long Sowerby, Carlisle. Epitaph: 'Son Of R.G. And M.J. Kerr 10 Well Bank, Carlisle. Epitaph: 'He Died That We Might Live'.	Brief details here
47	Kerr	Archie Ronald	Pilot Officer	79182		United Kingdom, Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Ward 11. Sec. B.1. Grave 65.	Age 19				RAFVR		44Sqn	1940-11-20										Killed	Son Of Robert Gilmour Kerr And Margaret Jamieson Kerr, Of Long Sowerby, Carlisle.
48	Ward	J M	Sergeant									Bomber Command	106Sqn	1940-11-22	Hampden	I	L4194	ZN-		Finningley		Gardening	Crashed off Lorient	Killed
49	Ward	John Montague	Sergeant	742466		France, Vannes (Boismoreau) Communal Cemetery, Div. B. Row 1. Coll. Grave 15.	Age 20				RAFVR		106Sqn	1940-11-22										Killed	Son Of Charles Arthur And Nellie Ward, Of Winshill, Staffordshire.
50	Gray	John	Sergeant	641045		United Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 14.	Age 23				RAF		77Sqn	1940-11-24										Killed	Son Of Horace And Clara Gray, Of Ward End, Birmingham.