Runnymede Air Force Memorial, UK
Country | UK |
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Time Period | WW2 |
Unknown 49sqn Graves | 218 |
Unknown ex-49sqn Graves | 54 |
The memorial at Runnymede is where two hundred and eighteen members of 49 Squadron RAF are remembered as they have no known grave.
Over the years the original number has reduced as crash sites are discovered and crew remains identified.
Each crew member's name has been photographed and added to their page
THE UNSEEN WATCHERS OF RUNNYMEDE
In silent splendour here it stands
With graven names from many lands
For these there are no known graves
Some rest beneath the ocean waves
Some lie unknown in other lands
In jungle ways and desert sands
And so to Runnymede each year
We wend our way from far and near
In tribute to the ones who died
We come in sadness but in pride
These are the men who at the call
Went forth to war and gave their all
But while we stand to place and post
There comes, unheard, a mighty host
Of unseen watchers, there they stand
And join with us in Brother band
We may not see, we may not hear
But yet we feel their presence near
And when that moving hour has gone
This thought; this feeling lingers on
They gave their lives, their hopes, their fears
Let us remember through the years
And join with heart and hand and deed
The Unseen Watchers of Runnymede
(Anon)
The names of the 218 are shown below. Click on a name to go to their page
ALDRIDGE Horace
ALLEN Francis H
ALLEN Keith
ALLIN Ronald
ARMSTRONG Arthur
ASH Maurice S
ATKINSON Ernest C
BAILEY George C
BAKER John
BALL Leslie
BALLAS-ANDERSEN Konstantine
BATCHELOR Harold O
BATHO Reginald F
BEANEY Victor D
BENSON Arthur H
BETTINSON Donald W
BLANCHARD Arthur
BLOCK David
BOLTON Kenneth
BONE Alexander V
BOURNE Leonard B
BRATT Douglas S
BROAD Leslie H
BROCKLEHURST Thomas
BULMER Alan
BURNETT Reginald
BUTLER John R BUTLER Peter S
BYERS Colin E
CARTER John P
CHAMBERLAIN Thomas H
CHARLES Edward C
CHEETHAM William H
CLARKE James C
CLOSE Peter T
CLOUGH James T B
CLUER Roger
COATES Harold K
COLHOUN William A L
CONEY Kenneth
CONRAD Henry
COPE Ronald
COTTINGHAM Cyril M
CRIDGE Robert J
CULLEN John K
CULLY Victor C
DALLAWAY Douglas D R
DARBYSHIRE Herbert
DAVIES Malcolm H
DAVIES William A
DAVIS Leslie
DE MESTRE Peter M
DRAKES David B
ELLIOTT Richard F
ELLIS Derek A
ELLIS James E
ESSENHIGH Edward G
FAIRLIE David G
FALCK George F A E
FAWCETT Nicoll B
FISHER Ian M T
FOSTER Raymond N
FULTON Basil T M
GAROS Alexander
GILLIN James W
GOLDRING Charles E
GOODYEAR Paul A U
GREEN Edwin G
GREEN Gerald W
GREENSTREET Irvine S
GREEVES Stuart G
GRIFFIN Arthur D
GRIFFITHS Myrddin
GWYER Herbert H
HADAWAY Gordon A
HALSALL William
HANDS Kenneth
HANNON William G
HARDY Douglas W E
HARRISON John
HARROP Kenneth
HARTLEY Clement A V
HAYNES George C
HEARD Kenneth W
HEMMENS Philip D
HENDERSON Andrew J
HENDRIE Alexander R
HENSON Rex W
HERDMAN George
HODGE Gordon
HODGKINSON Sidney
HOGARTH Thomson
HOLDEN Clifford C
HOLT Mervyn H
HOOD Hugh C
HORDERN Alfred P B
HORNE Alexander M
HORNE John W B
HUTCHISON John
ILLINGWORTH George E
JACKSON Alexander
JACKSON Peter F C
JACOBS Thomas F
JAMES Brynley
JENKINS Gordon R
JENNINGS Robert J
JOHN Frederick E
JONES John
JONES Lewis J
LAIDLAW Graeme L
LEE Clifford L
LESLIE James G
LINDSAY James F
LIPP Peter
LOCKIE George
LOGIE Alexander
MacGREGOR Gordon F
MacLENNAN George A
MATHIESON Alexander J
McCLENAHAN James S
McGRENERY Thomas H
MCGUIGAN John H
McKAY Murray R
McKENZIE John G
McLAREN Ian
MELLON Tom H
MILLAR John G
MILLER Gifford B C
MOORE James W
MOORE Trevor B
MORTON Charles G
NOBLE William
O'BRIEN John O
OPENSHAW John D
PALMER Dennis W
PARAMORE Roger E R
PARBERY Donald G
PARISH Edward F
PEARSON Edward H
PETTIT Norman G V
PHILLIPS Edward W
PLANT Fred
POLLITT David C
POLLOCK John H
PRICE Gordon E
PRIOR John H
PRUSHER Derek F
PURRINGTON Arthur
RAMSEY John C
READ Harry G J H
REAY Gordon
REES Frederick B
REES Terence
RICHARD Russell B
RIMES Edwin S
ROBERTSON William B
ROGERS Neville J
ROOKE William J
ROONEY Raymond J
ROSS Alexander R
ROSS William C H
ROWAN-ROBINSON D P W
RUDD John A
SAWDY Edward G
SCOLTOCK Anthony T N
SCOTT Raymond D
SEATON Robert H
SILVESTER George B
SINCLAIR Francis F
SMALL Cyril A
SMITH Edward
SMITH David A
SMITH William
SPROSTON Hugh R
STANCLIFFE Cecil
STEELE John A
STEELL Douglas G B
STOBART Hanley
STOBO Ronald
TABENOR Geoffrey
THOM James M
THOMSON James A
THORNDYKE Ronald H J
TIEDEMAN James H
TOGHILL Leslie C
TONKIN Thomas
VAREY Harry
VINCENT Harold J
VINES Frank H L
WAKEFORD Donald W
WALMSLEY Donald P
WARING William H
WARREN John
WATSON Kenneth E
WATSON William A
WATT Archibald C
WATT Bruce E
WATT David W
WAY Stanley W A
WEBLEY Raymond J
WEEKS Courtenay A
WELCH Arnold G
WHITE Raymond C
WHITTEMORE Harold
WILKINS Ronald E
WINNING William B C
WISDOM Henry W
WOOD Alexander M
WOOD Thomas H F
WOODING Frederick A
WOODROFFE John A
WRIGHT Frank
WRIGHT Maurice W
YEATES Lawrence J
YELLAND Cyril W
YOUNG George T
YOUNG Leslie
YOUNG Stanley
The names of 53 ex-49Sqn aircrew are shown below (they were killed flying with another unit)
ACKER James G
ANNETT Hughie
BAILEY Ronald
BALL Peter A
BARNETT Edwin A
BELL George
BENTLEY Joseph H
BIRKS Frederick R
CARTER Donovan Y
COHEN David I
CRISP John L
CUNNINGHAM James C
ELDER Thomas W
FERN JOHN ST K
FORSYTH Douglas S
FOWLER Joseph A
FOWLIE William A
FRY Frederick G
GODDARD Alan A F
GUMBLEY Bernard A
HACKNEY Thomas G
HALLS Leslie O
HARSLEY James H S
HASKELL Walter R
HILES Waldo H B
HOLMES Joseph S
HUNTLY-WOOD Ian M
KING Maurice H
KING Reginald A J
KOMAIKO William K
LAMB Neville P J
LEGGOTT George
MACKAY Phillip S
McLOUGHLIN George
MICHIE James B
MIDDLETON Rowland
MILLAR Kenneth R G
MONAGHAN Eric S
MORRIS James W
PAGE Kenneth J
PAYNE Leslie F
PEARCE Maurice E
PENNELLS Robert H
REYNOLDS James C
RILEY John L
SAMUEL William C
SCHOFIELD Robert H
SMITH Arnold G
VINCENT Norman D J
WALKER Athony D Q
WALKER Jesse H
WEST Arthur R E
WILLIAMS William K
WOODWARD William