Sheffield City Grammar School
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IN PROUD MEMEORY / OF MEMBER / OF THIS SCHOOL / WHO DIED IN THE WAR 1939-1945
Lieut Albert G Cutts Ordnance Corps
Private John H Hudson RAOC Gunner Ronald Goulden AA (RA) Sergt James Tinker RAF Gunner Harry Wyatt RA Sergt Pilot Clifford Handley RAF Pilot Officer George R Saunders RAF Pilot Officer Harry E Talbot Driver Eric Hague RSC Pilot Officer Dennis M Weddell RAF Sergt Joseph Hardy RAF Lieut Bamford Inman East Yorks Sergt Riley F Rudd AA (RA) - The School's devoted caretaker Sub Lieut George H Ambler FAA Petty Officer G Geoffrey Reynolds DSM FAA |
Signalman Wilfred B Tolhurst 2nd AA Signals
Sgt Pilot Norman H Pulford RAF Staff Sergt Edward Webster RAOC Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner Thomas H Hardisty RAF Sergt Observer Ronald Jacques RAF Flight Sergeant RO Edward G Godfrey RAF Sergt Instructor Douglas L Ellin AEC Sergt Observer Harry Richardson RAF Lieut Bernard GW Clinton RNVR Lieut Jack Bowles RA LAC Allan Dawson RAF L/Cpl W Clifford Stork Royal Norfolk Regt Signalman Eric A Clack Royal Signals |
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George Henry Ambler
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Merlin. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
29 July 1945, aged 18
Son of George Henry and Olive Maxwell Ambler, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Wisewood) Cemetery
Killed when Fairey Barracuda MD963 crashed on Close Moss, Marsden, West Yorkshire. The Barracuda was based at Royal Naval Air Station Dunino Station Flight, but flown from RNAS Donibristle near Dunfermline. A rambler who saw the Barracuda appear from the clouds. The pilot suddenly saw the ground and pulled away in a tight turn. However, Sub-Lieutenant Ambler apparently pulled a bit too hard, and the rambler saw that as the Barracuda banked, it stalled and fell to the ground, exploding on impact.
Jack Bowles (262812)
Royal Artillery - 31 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Lieutenant
15 June 1944, aged 24
Son of Sydney William and Eva Bowles, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Shiregreen) Cemetery
Died at Military Hospital Shaftesbury Dorset; Buried on June 20, (civil occupation Student)
Eric Arthur Clack (2349752)
Royal Corps of Signals - 155 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt., R.A., Sig. Sec. - Signalman
25 August 1945, aged 29
Son of Harold Walter and Gertrude Winifred Clack, of Sheffield.
Sai Wan War Cemetery
Died as a prisoner of war in Taiwan
Bernard George William Clinton
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. L.C.T. 622. - Lieutenant
1 January 1944, aged 33
Son of John James Clinton and Margaret Mary Clinton, of Sheffield; Husband of Constance Clinton, of Sheffield.
Bari War Cemetery
Reported as drowned in Italy
Albert Geoffrey Cutts (72119)
Manchester Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Lieutenant
29 May 1940, aged 26
Son of Frederick and Evelyn May Cutts; Husband of Sydney Susanne Cutts, of Norwich. B.Sc., A.M.I.E.T.
Middelkerke Communal Cemetery
Died with the BEF, Middelkerke in about 25 miles along the coast north-east of Dunkirk
Allan Dawson (1765065)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 11 S of TT - Leading Aircraftman
6 September 1944, aged 21
Son of Frank and Lilian Dawson, of Sheffield.
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Died of Illness (Anterior Poliomyelitis) - Cochin, India
Douglas Leonard Ellin (163120)
Army Educational Corps
Serjeant29 June 1943, aged 26
Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
Died in Lydney Hospital after being involved in a traffic accident on Swan Hill, Alvington. Sjt Ellin was standing by the side of a road with his bicycle when he was stuck by a US Army lorry which was towing another lorry. The inquest reached a verdict of accidental death and the lorry driver was exonerated.
Edward George Godfrey (656464)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 151 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
24 September 1942, aged 31
Son of Edward Rich Godfrey and Nellie Godfrey, of Sheffield; Husband of Mildred Adelaide Godfrey, of Sheffield. D.P.A. (Sheffield).
Wittering (All Saints) Churchyard
Mosquito NF mk II serial W4095 broke up in dive on air test 2m E of RAF Polebrook. Death registered in Oundle, Northants
Ronald Goulden (1441222)
Royal Artillery - 38 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
15 May 1941, aged 19
Son of George Herbert and Elizabeth Goulden, of Sheffield.
Alamein Memorial
Died of wounds in North Africa
Eric Hague (111456)
Royal Corps of Signals - 2 L. of C. Sigs. - Driver
12 June 1940, aged 24
Son of Albert and Florence May Hague.
Dunkirk Memorial
Died just after the Dunkirk evacuation
Clifford Handley (1100624)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 148 Sqdn. - Sergeant
7 July 1942, aged 25
Son of Clifford and Sabina Handley; Husband of Dora Handley, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Fayid War Cemetery
Wellington DV603 crashed on the edge of the Great Bitter Lake and exploded
Thomas Hollas Hardisty (1100069)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn. - Sergeant
8 December 1941, aged 21Son of Fred and Lillie Hardisty, of Sheffield.
Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
On 8 Sept 1941 was part of the crew of Hampden mk I serial number AD805 coded EA-R airborne from Scampton at 20:05 on a mission to Kassel. Returned low on fuel and crash landed at 06:32 at Lenn Farm, North Carlton, 5 miles NNW of Lincoln. Sgt Hardisty died from his injuries 8th Dec 1941.
Joseph Hardy (1032217)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 7 Sqdn. - Sergeant
20 October 1943, aged 23
Son of Joseph and Winifred May Hardy, of Sheffield.Dalfsen General Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number JA907 coded MG-H airborne from Oakington at 17:39 on a raid to Leipzig, crashed east-north-east of Zwolle, Holland
John Henry Hudson (7599334)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
31 August 1940, aged 21
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Died at Llanberis; Buried on October 22, 1940
Bamford Inman (203716)
East Yorkshire Regiment - Lieutenant
28 June 1944, aged 31
Son of David and Mary Elizabeth Inman, of Sheffield.
Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata
Died in India
Ronald Jacques (1265209)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn. - Sergeant
6 April 1942, aged 28
Son of Henry and Florence Jacques, of Millthorpe, Derbyshire; husband of Olga M. Jacques, of Christchurch, Hampshire.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Sgt was the Observer on Vickers Wellington mk III was airborne from Honington, Devon at 23:36 on a mission to Cologne as part of a then record force of 263 aircraft sent to a single target, the Humboldt Works. Hit by flak of the 7 Flak-Division and crashed at the railway station of Sechtem at 01:42 killing all six crew.
Norman Henry Pulford (937486)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
23 September 1940, aged 19Son of Harold Henry and Kathleen Pulford, of Firth Park, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Shiregreen) Cemeter
yDied at 3011 Flying Training School R A F Shawbury. He was the pilot of Oxford serial number N4769 which dove at three other Oxford's and collided with N4637 and both aircraft crashed to the ground.
George Geoffrey Reynolds (L/FX77304)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Condor - Petty Officer
11 February 1946, aged 24
Son of Dennis and Edith Reynolds; husband of Edith Dorothy Reynolds, of Didsbury, Manchester.
Byley (St. John) Churchyard
Killed in an mid-air collision between DH89A Dominie X7453 RN and with Seafire XV SW822 over Wimboldsley, Cheshire
Harry Richardson (1147351)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn. - Sergeant
30 March 1943, aged 22
Son of James and Clarice Richardson, of Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield, England.
Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number ED761 coded DX-Z airborne from Scampton at 21:49 on a mission to Berlin, crashed at Waverveen
Riley Furness Rudd (1434300)
Royal Artillery - 37 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Serjeant
20 July 1942, aged 42
Son of William Thomas Rudd and Edith Rudd, of Sheffield; Husband of Annie Elizabeth Rudd, of Sheffield.
Ancona War Cemetery
Perforated Appendix, Peritonitis at Acoli Picino Hospital, Italy
George Richard Saunders (126975)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 228 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
25 August 1942, aged 30
Husband of Evelyn Joyce Saunders, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Sunderland serial number W4026 took off from RAF Invergordon at 13:11 hours on detailed to carry out a non-operational flight from Invergordon to Iceland. The aircraft was routed from Invergordon via Tarbat Ness, Clyth Ness, Thurbo, Cape Wrath and Butt of Lewis to Iceland. The aircraft slipped its moorings at 12:50 hours and became airborne at 13:11 hours. It took off in a north easterly direction and was lost to sight climbing steadily Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off. The aircraft crashed at Eagles Rock, Scotland at 13:30 hours and all were killed except Flt Sgt Jack (RAF) who was seriously injured. The cloud base at Inverness at take off was1,000 feet with some fragments at 200 feet with visibility from 2,200 to 2,400 yards. A supplementary weather forecast was sent to the Captain at 11:00 hours showing a further deterioration in the weather. On the aircraft was the Duke of Kent, the fourth son of HM King George V and Queen Mary. A Court of Inquiry into the accident convened at Invergordon on 28/8/1942, was chaired by AVM D Colyer, CB, DFC. The Findings of the Court were : “The cause of the accident was in our opinion due to the aircraft being flown on a wrong track at too low an altitude to clear the rising ground on the track. The responsibility for this serious mistake in airmanship lies with the Captain of the aircraft Flt Lt Goyen, who changed his flight plan for reasons unknown, was such that he commenced the flight by climbing into cloud and then started to descend but failed to take the elementary precaution of making sure that he was over the water and crashed into a hillside while still in cloud. In our opinion the weather encountered should have presented no difficulties to an experienced pilot. The examination of the propellers showed that the engines were under power when the aircraft struck the ground.” In his remarks the Group Captain RAF Station Oban stated :“I concur in the findings of the Court as to the actual cause of the accident, but I am of the opinion that, in the weather conditions pertaining at the time, a non operational flight should not have been carried out. The AVM Group Commander commanding No 15 Group stated “ I concur with the findings of the Court, and consider the weather conditions should have presented no difficulty to a crew of such experience.” The survivor Flt Sgt Jack in his evidence to the inquiry stated “ Flt Lt Goyen told us over the inter-com that there would be a, lot of cloud about but he did not think it would last long. I was in the rear turret. As we proceeded the cloud became thicker. I felt the aircraft losing height after about 20 minutes. The pilot was apparently trying to get under the cloud base. I don’t remember anything after that “The Medical officer at RAF Wick stated “ I was informed by Flying Control at about 14:30 hours on 25/8/42 that there had probably been an accident in the region of Scaraben. A Sub Lt of the RNVR stated “ I am Watch Keeping officer at RNO Wick, and was fishing near Berriedale River to the west of Eagles Rock. A few minutes later I heard an aircraft approaching from the sea. It was impossible to see the aircraft but from the sound it appeared to be very low, so low indeed that I half expected it to crash. Immediately after this I heard a dull thud and the sounds of the engines ceased, and I assumed the aircraft had crashed. I packed up my fishing tackle and proceeded towards Braemore. Owing to the thick mist it was not until 16:30 hours that we came upon the scene of the accident. I was accompanied by three shepherds. We were the first to find the crash and made a further search to see if there were any survivors. None were found. “
Walter Clifford Stork (14285239)
Royal Norfolk Regiment - 1st Bn. - Lance Corporal
14 October 1944, aged 29
Son of Ernest and Martha M. Stork, of Sheffield; Husband of Olive Stork, of Walkley, Sheffield.
Overloon War Cemetery
KIA near Overloon, Holland
Harry Edward Talbot (48452)
Royal Air Force - 54 O.T.U. - Flying Officer
21 November 1942, aged 21
Son of Harry and Esther Talbot, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Pilot. 54 OTU, Charterhall. Bristol Beaufighter II T3359. Crashed on take-off, 1 mile West of Winfield. Death registered in Hilton district of Berwickshire, Scotland
James Tinker (999616)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 17 O.T.U. - Sergeant
12 July 1941, aged 21
Son of James William Tinker, and of Ethel Tinker, of Sheffield.
Ramsey Cemetery
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV serial Z6360. T/o Wyton to practice landings with wireless assistance. Lost control and failed to recover from a spin before crashing 1545 at Old Halves, near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
Wilfred Bradley Tolhurst (2595191)
Royal Corps of Signals - 2nd A.A. Div. Sigs. - Signalman
3 September 1940, aged 29
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Died in The General Hospital Nottingham
Edward Webster (7589361)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Staff Serjeant
17 November 1941, aged 22
Son of Arthur and Florence Beautrice Webster, of Woodseats, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Norton) Cemetery
Died at 14 Canadian Gen. Hospital near Wokingham, Berkshire; Buried on November 24, 1941
Denis Max Weddell (137107)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 214 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
26 July 1943, aged 25
Son of William and Effie Weddell, of Sheffield; Husband of Kathleen Weddell, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Stirling mk III serial number BK686 coded BU-C airborne from Chedburgh at 22:45 on a raid against Essen, crashed at Essen-Borbeck
Harry Wyatt (1819558)
Royal Artillery - 106 Bty., 28 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
17 June 1942, aged 20
Son of Harry and May Wyatt, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Imphal War Cemetery
Died of Peritonitis in India
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Merlin. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
29 July 1945, aged 18
Son of George Henry and Olive Maxwell Ambler, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Wisewood) Cemetery
Killed when Fairey Barracuda MD963 crashed on Close Moss, Marsden, West Yorkshire. The Barracuda was based at Royal Naval Air Station Dunino Station Flight, but flown from RNAS Donibristle near Dunfermline. A rambler who saw the Barracuda appear from the clouds. The pilot suddenly saw the ground and pulled away in a tight turn. However, Sub-Lieutenant Ambler apparently pulled a bit too hard, and the rambler saw that as the Barracuda banked, it stalled and fell to the ground, exploding on impact.
Jack Bowles (262812)
Royal Artillery - 31 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Lieutenant
15 June 1944, aged 24
Son of Sydney William and Eva Bowles, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Shiregreen) Cemetery
Died at Military Hospital Shaftesbury Dorset; Buried on June 20, (civil occupation Student)
Eric Arthur Clack (2349752)
Royal Corps of Signals - 155 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt., R.A., Sig. Sec. - Signalman
25 August 1945, aged 29
Son of Harold Walter and Gertrude Winifred Clack, of Sheffield.
Sai Wan War Cemetery
Died as a prisoner of war in Taiwan
Bernard George William Clinton
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. L.C.T. 622. - Lieutenant
1 January 1944, aged 33
Son of John James Clinton and Margaret Mary Clinton, of Sheffield; Husband of Constance Clinton, of Sheffield.
Bari War Cemetery
Reported as drowned in Italy
Albert Geoffrey Cutts (72119)
Manchester Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Lieutenant
29 May 1940, aged 26
Son of Frederick and Evelyn May Cutts; Husband of Sydney Susanne Cutts, of Norwich. B.Sc., A.M.I.E.T.
Middelkerke Communal Cemetery
Died with the BEF, Middelkerke in about 25 miles along the coast north-east of Dunkirk
Allan Dawson (1765065)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 11 S of TT - Leading Aircraftman
6 September 1944, aged 21
Son of Frank and Lilian Dawson, of Sheffield.
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Died of Illness (Anterior Poliomyelitis) - Cochin, India
Douglas Leonard Ellin (163120)
Army Educational Corps
Serjeant29 June 1943, aged 26
Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
Died in Lydney Hospital after being involved in a traffic accident on Swan Hill, Alvington. Sjt Ellin was standing by the side of a road with his bicycle when he was stuck by a US Army lorry which was towing another lorry. The inquest reached a verdict of accidental death and the lorry driver was exonerated.
Edward George Godfrey (656464)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 151 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
24 September 1942, aged 31
Son of Edward Rich Godfrey and Nellie Godfrey, of Sheffield; Husband of Mildred Adelaide Godfrey, of Sheffield. D.P.A. (Sheffield).
Wittering (All Saints) Churchyard
Mosquito NF mk II serial W4095 broke up in dive on air test 2m E of RAF Polebrook. Death registered in Oundle, Northants
Ronald Goulden (1441222)
Royal Artillery - 38 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
15 May 1941, aged 19
Son of George Herbert and Elizabeth Goulden, of Sheffield.
Alamein Memorial
Died of wounds in North Africa
Eric Hague (111456)
Royal Corps of Signals - 2 L. of C. Sigs. - Driver
12 June 1940, aged 24
Son of Albert and Florence May Hague.
Dunkirk Memorial
Died just after the Dunkirk evacuation
Clifford Handley (1100624)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 148 Sqdn. - Sergeant
7 July 1942, aged 25
Son of Clifford and Sabina Handley; Husband of Dora Handley, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Fayid War Cemetery
Wellington DV603 crashed on the edge of the Great Bitter Lake and exploded
Thomas Hollas Hardisty (1100069)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn. - Sergeant
8 December 1941, aged 21Son of Fred and Lillie Hardisty, of Sheffield.
Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
On 8 Sept 1941 was part of the crew of Hampden mk I serial number AD805 coded EA-R airborne from Scampton at 20:05 on a mission to Kassel. Returned low on fuel and crash landed at 06:32 at Lenn Farm, North Carlton, 5 miles NNW of Lincoln. Sgt Hardisty died from his injuries 8th Dec 1941.
Joseph Hardy (1032217)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 7 Sqdn. - Sergeant
20 October 1943, aged 23
Son of Joseph and Winifred May Hardy, of Sheffield.Dalfsen General Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number JA907 coded MG-H airborne from Oakington at 17:39 on a raid to Leipzig, crashed east-north-east of Zwolle, Holland
John Henry Hudson (7599334)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
31 August 1940, aged 21
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Died at Llanberis; Buried on October 22, 1940
Bamford Inman (203716)
East Yorkshire Regiment - Lieutenant
28 June 1944, aged 31
Son of David and Mary Elizabeth Inman, of Sheffield.
Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata
Died in India
Ronald Jacques (1265209)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn. - Sergeant
6 April 1942, aged 28
Son of Henry and Florence Jacques, of Millthorpe, Derbyshire; husband of Olga M. Jacques, of Christchurch, Hampshire.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Sgt was the Observer on Vickers Wellington mk III was airborne from Honington, Devon at 23:36 on a mission to Cologne as part of a then record force of 263 aircraft sent to a single target, the Humboldt Works. Hit by flak of the 7 Flak-Division and crashed at the railway station of Sechtem at 01:42 killing all six crew.
Norman Henry Pulford (937486)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
23 September 1940, aged 19Son of Harold Henry and Kathleen Pulford, of Firth Park, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Shiregreen) Cemeter
yDied at 3011 Flying Training School R A F Shawbury. He was the pilot of Oxford serial number N4769 which dove at three other Oxford's and collided with N4637 and both aircraft crashed to the ground.
George Geoffrey Reynolds (L/FX77304)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Condor - Petty Officer
11 February 1946, aged 24
Son of Dennis and Edith Reynolds; husband of Edith Dorothy Reynolds, of Didsbury, Manchester.
Byley (St. John) Churchyard
Killed in an mid-air collision between DH89A Dominie X7453 RN and with Seafire XV SW822 over Wimboldsley, Cheshire
Harry Richardson (1147351)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn. - Sergeant
30 March 1943, aged 22
Son of James and Clarice Richardson, of Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield, England.
Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number ED761 coded DX-Z airborne from Scampton at 21:49 on a mission to Berlin, crashed at Waverveen
Riley Furness Rudd (1434300)
Royal Artillery - 37 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Serjeant
20 July 1942, aged 42
Son of William Thomas Rudd and Edith Rudd, of Sheffield; Husband of Annie Elizabeth Rudd, of Sheffield.
Ancona War Cemetery
Perforated Appendix, Peritonitis at Acoli Picino Hospital, Italy
George Richard Saunders (126975)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 228 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
25 August 1942, aged 30
Husband of Evelyn Joyce Saunders, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Sunderland serial number W4026 took off from RAF Invergordon at 13:11 hours on detailed to carry out a non-operational flight from Invergordon to Iceland. The aircraft was routed from Invergordon via Tarbat Ness, Clyth Ness, Thurbo, Cape Wrath and Butt of Lewis to Iceland. The aircraft slipped its moorings at 12:50 hours and became airborne at 13:11 hours. It took off in a north easterly direction and was lost to sight climbing steadily Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off. The aircraft crashed at Eagles Rock, Scotland at 13:30 hours and all were killed except Flt Sgt Jack (RAF) who was seriously injured. The cloud base at Inverness at take off was1,000 feet with some fragments at 200 feet with visibility from 2,200 to 2,400 yards. A supplementary weather forecast was sent to the Captain at 11:00 hours showing a further deterioration in the weather. On the aircraft was the Duke of Kent, the fourth son of HM King George V and Queen Mary. A Court of Inquiry into the accident convened at Invergordon on 28/8/1942, was chaired by AVM D Colyer, CB, DFC. The Findings of the Court were : “The cause of the accident was in our opinion due to the aircraft being flown on a wrong track at too low an altitude to clear the rising ground on the track. The responsibility for this serious mistake in airmanship lies with the Captain of the aircraft Flt Lt Goyen, who changed his flight plan for reasons unknown, was such that he commenced the flight by climbing into cloud and then started to descend but failed to take the elementary precaution of making sure that he was over the water and crashed into a hillside while still in cloud. In our opinion the weather encountered should have presented no difficulties to an experienced pilot. The examination of the propellers showed that the engines were under power when the aircraft struck the ground.” In his remarks the Group Captain RAF Station Oban stated :“I concur in the findings of the Court as to the actual cause of the accident, but I am of the opinion that, in the weather conditions pertaining at the time, a non operational flight should not have been carried out. The AVM Group Commander commanding No 15 Group stated “ I concur with the findings of the Court, and consider the weather conditions should have presented no difficulty to a crew of such experience.” The survivor Flt Sgt Jack in his evidence to the inquiry stated “ Flt Lt Goyen told us over the inter-com that there would be a, lot of cloud about but he did not think it would last long. I was in the rear turret. As we proceeded the cloud became thicker. I felt the aircraft losing height after about 20 minutes. The pilot was apparently trying to get under the cloud base. I don’t remember anything after that “The Medical officer at RAF Wick stated “ I was informed by Flying Control at about 14:30 hours on 25/8/42 that there had probably been an accident in the region of Scaraben. A Sub Lt of the RNVR stated “ I am Watch Keeping officer at RNO Wick, and was fishing near Berriedale River to the west of Eagles Rock. A few minutes later I heard an aircraft approaching from the sea. It was impossible to see the aircraft but from the sound it appeared to be very low, so low indeed that I half expected it to crash. Immediately after this I heard a dull thud and the sounds of the engines ceased, and I assumed the aircraft had crashed. I packed up my fishing tackle and proceeded towards Braemore. Owing to the thick mist it was not until 16:30 hours that we came upon the scene of the accident. I was accompanied by three shepherds. We were the first to find the crash and made a further search to see if there were any survivors. None were found. “
Walter Clifford Stork (14285239)
Royal Norfolk Regiment - 1st Bn. - Lance Corporal
14 October 1944, aged 29
Son of Ernest and Martha M. Stork, of Sheffield; Husband of Olive Stork, of Walkley, Sheffield.
Overloon War Cemetery
KIA near Overloon, Holland
Harry Edward Talbot (48452)
Royal Air Force - 54 O.T.U. - Flying Officer
21 November 1942, aged 21
Son of Harry and Esther Talbot, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Pilot. 54 OTU, Charterhall. Bristol Beaufighter II T3359. Crashed on take-off, 1 mile West of Winfield. Death registered in Hilton district of Berwickshire, Scotland
James Tinker (999616)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 17 O.T.U. - Sergeant
12 July 1941, aged 21
Son of James William Tinker, and of Ethel Tinker, of Sheffield.
Ramsey Cemetery
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV serial Z6360. T/o Wyton to practice landings with wireless assistance. Lost control and failed to recover from a spin before crashing 1545 at Old Halves, near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
Wilfred Bradley Tolhurst (2595191)
Royal Corps of Signals - 2nd A.A. Div. Sigs. - Signalman
3 September 1940, aged 29
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Died in The General Hospital Nottingham
Edward Webster (7589361)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Staff Serjeant
17 November 1941, aged 22
Son of Arthur and Florence Beautrice Webster, of Woodseats, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Norton) Cemetery
Died at 14 Canadian Gen. Hospital near Wokingham, Berkshire; Buried on November 24, 1941
Denis Max Weddell (137107)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 214 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
26 July 1943, aged 25
Son of William and Effie Weddell, of Sheffield; Husband of Kathleen Weddell, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Stirling mk III serial number BK686 coded BU-C airborne from Chedburgh at 22:45 on a raid against Essen, crashed at Essen-Borbeck
Harry Wyatt (1819558)
Royal Artillery - 106 Bty., 28 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
17 June 1942, aged 20
Son of Harry and May Wyatt, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
Imphal War Cemetery
Died of Peritonitis in India
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