Old Hulmeians War Memorial 1939-1945

Name, address, date of birth, years at School, date of death, age, Force, Unit, rank, issue of The Hulmeian notifying death, circumstances of death, War Cemetery/Memorial

Adams B E Bernard Everett 25 Adria Road, Didsbury 15.11.22 1935 1939 04.10.44 21 RNVR H.M.L.C.T. 377 Able Seaman Dec-45 Lost, probably mined, en route from Marseilles to Sardinia Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Adams G R Geoffrey Russell Beech Road, C-c-H 14.11.13 1925 1931 26.05.41 27 RAFVR 45 Squadron Sergeant Obs Mar-42 Shot down by ME109 over Crete Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete

Banks J H James Hector 26 Denmark Road, C-c-H 13.01.06 1918 1921 30.07.43 35 RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class POW Japanese 20.03.42 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Barber E S Eric Spencer Racholme, Kingsley Gr., Audenshaw 12.04.22 1933 1938 14.07.43 21 RAFVR 295 Squadron Sergeant Failed to return from Operation Fustian Sicily Malta Memorial

Barratt H Harry 23 Victoria Avenue, Levenshulme 08.12.11 1923 1929 19.08.41 29 Merchant Service SS Aguila Third Radio Officer Jul-42 Torpedoed Gibraltar convoy Tower Hill Memorial

Blakeley S R Stanley Robinson 61 Egerton Road, C-c-H 24.11.19 1931 1936 29.04.42 22 RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Jul-42 Died in hospital Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

Carter F A Frank Alexander 2 Holland Road, C-c-H 17.11.16 1928 1933 19.07.43 26 Royal Artillery 90 Field Regiment Captain Dec-43 KIA Invasion of Sicily Catania War Cemetery, Sicily

Chapman A Alan 1 Central Ave., Woodheys, Sale 22.09.23 1933 1940 06.07.44 20 King's Regiment (Liverpool) attd 4th Bn Border Regt 2nd Lieut Dec-44 KIA Burma Campaign. Chindit Long Range Penetration Group. Imphal War Cemetery, India

Clark G D George Dixon 14 Beech Ave., Northenden 23.04.18 1930 1937 19.08.41 23 RAFVR 83 Squadron Sergeant Dec-41 Crashed in sea off Bridlington on return from Germany Northenden (ST Wilfrid) Churchyard

Clarke F Fred 479 Princess Road, Withington 27.04.20 1930 1938 17.07.43 23 Oxford & Bucks L I attd 8th Bn Durham Light Infantry Lieutenant Jul-44 KIA Invasion of Sicily Catania War Cemetery, Sicily

Collins F H Frederick Henry 7 Chatsworth Grove, Whalley Range 09.06.17 1927 1934 17.04.40 22 Royal Navy HMS Suffolk Sub Lieut May-40 Ship bombed off Stavanger, Norway Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney

Davies T A T Alan 49 Brantingham Road. Alexandra Park 25.10.23 1932 1939 11.09.46 22 REME Lieut Dec-46 Boating accident India drowned Body not recovered

Dunston A G Alan Geoffrey 234 Broom Lane. Levenshulme 11.04.21 1932 1939 17.01.41 19 Fleet Air Arm HMS Goshawk Leading Airman Apr-41 SS Almeda Star torpedoed en route to RNAS Piarco, Trinidad Lee-on-Solent Memorial

Edwards R H Robert Howard Glencourse, Radcliffe Park Road, Pendleton 22.10.19 1928 1934 26.09.42 22 RAF 142 Squadron Flight Lieut Dec-42 POW – just after breakfast on 26th September 1942 announced that he was fed up being held, lit up a cigarette, walked to the wire and started to climb over – he was shot at point blank range after a challenge from a German guard, he died later that day. Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery

Fison K W Y Kenneth Wilfred Young 58 Alexandra Road South, Whalley Range 21.07.05 1911 1917 08.01.43 38 RAFVR 54 O.T.U Sergeant Apr-43 Crashed in training Seaford Cemetery

Gates R E Richard Ellison Thornhill, Birchfields Road, Fallowfield 12.08.18 1928 1935 02.12.40 22 Signals Royal Corps of Signals L/Cpl Dec-40 Accidentally killed. Royal School of Signals, Catterick. Manchester Crematorium

Goddard G Geoffrey 5 High Grove Road, Gatley 23.03.21 1933 1937 23.04.44 23 RAFVR 514 Squadron Sergeant Believed hit by flak or collided. Exploded above Dusseldorf Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Gordon A Alec 29 Winsford Road, Fallowfield 19.05.19 1925 1937 01.04.43 23 King's Regiment (Liverpool) attd 1st Bn The Loyal Regt (North Lancashire) Lieut Jul-43 KIA Near Baharine Farm near Medjez-el-Bab Tunisia Campaign Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia

Gorton W H William Howarth 70 Manley Road, Whalley Range 12.09.13 1919 1929 31.05.42 29 RAFVR 14 O.T.U. Pilot Officer, Observer Apr-43 Shot down by nightfighter near Deventer Diepenveen General Cemetery, Netherlands

Halstead K Kenneth 74 Burnage Lane, Levenshulme 17.12.21 1933 1940 15.07.42 20 RAFVR 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Pilot Officer Jul-42 Crashed in training Stockport Crematorium

Hansom G D George Derek 7 Pearn Road, Burnage 15.03.25 1936 1943 16.12.44 19 Royal Armoured Corps B Sqn. 23rd Hussars Trooper Apr-45 On leave in Antwerp killed by V-2 Rocket hitting Rex Cinema Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium

Hargreaves J C W John Charles Walker 65 Egerton Road, C-c-H 02.02.21 1931 1938 17.01.41 19 Fleet Air Arm HMS Goshawk Leading Airman Apr-41 SS Almeda Star torpedoed en route to RNAS Piarco, Trinidad Lee-on-Solent Memorial

Harte F C Frederick Cyril 16 Albert Road, Withington 13.12.12 1925 1929 30.06.44 31 Royal Artillery 110 Lt AA Regt Bombardier Dec-44 KIA near Caen Normandy Campaign Bayeux War Cemetery, France

Hartley S Sylvester Brighton Villa, Stockport Road, Ashton-u-Lyne 03.03.23 1931 1939 28.05.44 21 RAFVR 626 Squadron Sergeant Jul-44 Shot down by nightfighter Kortrijk (St Jan) Communal Cemetery, Belgium

Hawley R Rupert 74 Russell Street, Moss Side 17.08.18 1926 1935 10.07.43 24 Intelligence Corps 310 Field Security Sec Sergeant Dec-43 KIA Invasion of Sicily Cassino Memorial

Herbert D M David Meredydd 9 Park Drive, Whalley Range 04.12.19 1928 1931 17.06.40 20 RASC Driver Apr-47 Lost in SS Lancastria, bombed during evacuation from St Nazaire Dunkirk Memorial

Hill R B Raymond Bowden 52 Thelwall Avenue, Fallowfield 16.02.25 1936 1941 20.03.46 21 RAFVR Flight Sergeant Jul-48 Illness South Africa Wilmslow Cemetery

Hodkinson D R Douglas Rowland 4 Oakfield Grove, Gorton 22.02.14 1923 1930 25.10.41 27 RAFVR 3 Service Flying Training School Corporal Dec-41 Crashed while training Liverpool (Anfield) Crematorium

Holehouse C G E Charles George Edward 14 Talbot Street, Moss Side 18.09.10 1920 1928 01.03.43 32 Hampshire Regiment 2nd Bn Captain Apr-45 DOW near Beja Tunisia Campaign Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia

Hubbert E Eric 13 Orville Drive, Burnage 04.06.22 1932 1940 04.12.43 21 RAFVR 630 Squadron Sergeant Jul-46 Shot down by nightfighter near Leipzig Runnymede Memorial

Hutchinson D E Donald Ernest 26 Clitheroe Road, Longsight 21.08.19 1931 1936 23.10.42 23 Durham Light Infantry 9th Bn Lieutenant Apr-43 KIA 2nd Battle of El Alamein El Alamein War Cemetery

Isherwood G H George Herbert 81 Carlton Road, Whalley Range 02.04.11 1918 1925 01.09.43 32 Manchester Regt 1st Bn Lieutenant Dec-45 POW Japanese 15.02.42 Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar

Jackson N H Norman Halsall 429 Claremont Road, Rusholme 22.02.17 1930 1934 29.10.40 23 RAFVR 22 Squadron Coastal Command Sergeant Dec-40 Crashed in sea on take off, North Coates, Lincolnshire, Rover Patrol Birch-in-Rusholme (St James) Churchyard (Special Memorial Southern Cemetery Wall)

Jones P Philip 12 Oak Avenue, C-c-H 19.02.17 1927 1933 31.12.42 25 RAFVR Flying Officer Apr-43 Training accident USA Montgomery(Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe, USA

Joyce R Robert 141 Everton Road, Longsight 07.06.21 1932 1939 23.08.42 21 RAFVR Sergeant Pilot Dec-42 Crashed while training Sale Cemetery

Kirby R Ronald 10 First Avenue, Didsbury 21.05.20 1931 1937 15.06.43 23 RAFVR 44 Squadron Flying Officer Jul-47 Shot down by nightfighter near Eindhoven Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands

Lockwood A C Arthur Carden 30 Mayfield Road, Whalley Range 13.08.22 1932 1940 07.06.44 21 King's Shropshire L I 6th Bn Durham Light Infantry Private Jul-44 KIA near Conde sur Seulles, Battle of Normandy Bayeux War Cemetery, France

Lonsdale G H Gilbert Hugh 61 Wellington Road, Fallowfield 15.05.23 1934 1940 08.02.45 21 RAFVR 83 Squadron Flight Sergeant Apr-49 Collision over Eindhoven Nederweert War Cemetery, Netherlands

Marshall A S Austin Southwell 17 Daresbury Road, C-c-H 09.12.19 1931 1936 22.06.41 21 RAFVR 221 Squadron Sergeant Jul-41 Failed to return from anti-submarine patrol North West Approaches Runnymede Memorial

Mason E B Edward Brewster 3 Darley Road, West Didsbury 08.07.13 1924 1929 23.09.41 28 Royal Artillery 158 Field Regt Gunner Dec-41 Died in hospital Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan

Mossman C J Cyril James 7 York Avenue, Whalley Range 4.11.18 1930 1935 01.08.45 26 RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Dec-45 POW Japanese 07.03.42 Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia

Neesom E Ernest 4 Smeaton Street, Cheetham 08.02.14 1926 1931 30.05.42 28 RAF 22 O.T.U Warrant Officer Shot down by nightfighter near Munchen-Gladbach Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany

Parry M H Martin Hope 27 Wellington Road, Whalley Range 10.08.21 1931 1933 18.08.43 22 RAFVR 467 Squadron Flight Lieut Dec-46 Crashed into Baltic on approach to target at Peenemunde Runnymede Memorial

Perkins W William 20 Sefton Road, C-c-H 10.02.11 1917 1925 04.01.43 31 RAFVR 21 O.T.U. Sergeant Air Gunner Apr-43 Crashed in night navigation training after engine fire Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery

Preston P S Philip Stansfield 22 College Drive, Whalley Range 27.10.19 1930 1937 12.02.44 24 RA attd 301 Field Regt. East African Artillery Captain Jul-41 SS Khedive Ismail torpedoed en route to Ceylon East Africa Memorial, Kenya

Priest H S Harold Stanley 52 Heathside Road, Withington 06.08.22 1933 1940 24.03.45 22 RAFVR 296 Squadron Flight Lieut Jul-45 Shot down by flak near Haffen, glider towing crossing the Rhine Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Pye A N Arthur Neville 3 Moorgate Avenue, Withington 21.06.21 1931 1937 07.10.44 23 Yorks & Lancs Regt The Hallamshire Bn Lance Corporal Dec-45 KIA near Poppel, Belgium, advance on Tilburg Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium

Raines J E John Edward 8 Ledbury Avenue, Davyhulme 30.05.23 1935 1940 05.07.44 21 Highland L I attd 1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers Lieutenant Dec-44 KIA on patrol near Galmanche, 4 miles north of Caen. Battle of Normandy Hermanville War Cemetery, France

Redfearn A R Alan Richardson 11 Greame Street, Alexandra Park 25.10.16 1928 1933 23.04.44 27 RAFVR 149 Squadron Sergeant Flt Eng Dec-44 Shot down by nightfighter near Svendborg Svendborg General Cemetery, Denmark

Reid S Stuart 47-49 North Road, Longsight 12.10.20 1932 1938 28.11.41 21 RAFVR No.2 Air Observer School Leading Aircraftman Dec-41 Crashed on take off, training flight RAF Millom, Cumbria Manchester Crematorium

Roberts J D W John Davidson Walker 2 Clovelly Road, C-c-H 21.06.18 1925 1935 15.11.42 24 Royal Naval VR HMS Algerine Sub Lieut Dec-42 Minesweeper torpedoed off coast of Algeria Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Robinson A Arthur 136 Egerton Road, Whalley Range 06.07.20 1931 1938 26.11.40 20 RAFVR 17 O.T.U Sergeant Dec-40 Crashed in navigation training near Kettering, Northamptonshire Bury Cemetery, Huntingdonshire

Salisbury C G Clifford George 1 Poplar Avenue, Whalley Range 16.03.22 1928 1938 10.03.43 20 RAFVR No.1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit Pilot Officer Apr-43 Crashed into sea 8 miles off RAF Wigtown, training flight Manchester Southern Cemetery

Salthouse R J Richard John 307 Oxford Road, Manchester 07.01.24 1935 1942 02.11.44 20 Royal Indian ASC Second Lieutenant Dec-44 Died India Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan

Scammell J C W John Cosson 59 Albany Road, C-c-H 12.03.09 1919 1927 02.10.43 33 RAFVR 25 Squadron Sergeant Dec-43 Collided with Mosquito HJ713 near Market Weighton on camera gunnery training Manchester Crematorium

Seddon D R Declan Roy 13 Vincent Avenue, C-c-H 31.07.19 1929 1935 01.11.44 25 Manchester Regt Royal Armoured Corps Captain Apr-45 Died Cairo Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt

Spring J V Joseph Vernon 74 Cromwell Avenue, Whalley Range 25.11.21 1930 1939 15.03.44 22 RAFVR 90 Squadron Flight Sergeant Apr-44 Collided with Wellington near Banbury on return from bombing mission to Amiens Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

Stead W A Walter Alan 157 Manchester Road, Whalley Range 22.01.20 1932 1934 29.05.40 20 Royal Armoured Corps 1st East Riding Yeomanry Trooper Mar-42 KIA near Cassel Withdrawal to Dunkirk Winnezeele Churchyard, France

Sweaney W Walter Balbriggen, Cavendish Road, Kersall 29.12.12 1924 1929 15.04.43 30 Bomb Disposal RE 8th Bomb Disposal Company Lieut Jul-43 KIA near Souk el Khemis Tunisia Campaign Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia

Vincent D S B David Stanley Bonner Ebor, Wilbraham Road, C-c-H 11.04.17 1925 1934 31.05.42 25 RAFVR 26 O.T.U Sergeant Dec-42 Shot down by nightfighter near 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands en route to Koln Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands

Welby A Arthur 402 Wilbraham Road, C-c-H 01.10.21 1935 1939 15.06.42 20 Royal Navy HM Trawler Kingston Ceylonite Ordinary Signalman Apr-47 Struck a mine off Norfolk Virginia USA Plymouth Naval Memorial

Wilkes A E Arthur Charles 42 Lloyd Street, Greenheys 07.03.17 1928 1933 10.06.40 23 Grenadier Guards Guardsman Dec-42 Reported wounded, missing then KIA near Zuydcoote, withdrawal to Dunkirk Dunkirk Town Cemetery

Wilkes J B John Bennett 42 Lloyd Street, Greenheys 28.09.19 1932 1935 28.08.42 22 RAF 218 Squadron Sergeant Dec-42 Shot down by nightfighter near Arnhem, Netherlands on return from bombing mission to Kassell Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands

Williams E G Eric Graham 68 Egerton Road, C-c-H 01.08.26 1932 1944 20.04.46 19 Royal Navy HMS Bigbury Bay Sub Lieut Jul-46 Illness Far East Plymouth Naval Memorial

Williams G M Gordon Melville 9 Mersey Road, Heaton Mersey 22.09.20 1932 1938 26.06.44 23 RAFVR 614 Squadron Pilot Officer Jul-45 Coned by searchlights, shot down by flak over Budapest Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary

Wood N W Norman Wright 161 Ash Road, Denton 30.11.18 1930 1935 19.08.44 25 RAFVR 19 Squadron Flight Lieut Apr-46 Hit by flak on strafing mission in Falaise Gap, Normandy. Bailed out but killed. Runnymede Memorial

Not on Memorial

Tooth   A   Albert   3 Horton Road, Rusholme   07.01.18   1929   1934   02.07.48   30   RAF       Squadron Leader   Jul-48   Accident test flight   Stretford Cemetery

Hobson G N Geoffrey Norris 78 Nicholas Road, C-c-H 20.04.23 1933 1940 26.06.44 21 Royal Artillery 25 Field Regt Lance Bombardier Dec-49 KIA near Le Mesnil Patry, advance to Caen, Operation Epsom St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France

Morris J P Joseph Phillip 26 Cromwell Road, Stretford 09.09.21 1930 1934 06.12.44 23 RAFVR 550 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Shot down by flak, 7 miles west of Leipzig Venray War Cemetery, Netherlands

Price R Roger 319 Barlow Moor Road, C-c-H 05.06.20 1932 1936 27.02.42

21 RNR HMS Electra Sub-Lieutenant Destroyer sunk at Battle of the Java Sea

Chatham Naval Memorial