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Marking the passing of those who served this country in its Armed Forces. Contributions from comrades and families welcome
ALLEN Air Cdre Robert Charles Allen CBE died 2nd April 2015
ARCHER Col Stuart Archer GC, OBE 3 February 1915 - 2 May 2015
HAC, bomb disposal expert. GC 1940 having dealt with 200 UXBs already. Post War commanded No 142 Bomb Disposal Regt RE in Army Emergency Reserve
ARMSTRONG Rear Adm John "Louis" Armstrong CBE 4 September 1946 - 31 December 2014 Supply officer
BRADLEY Lt Cdr Edgar Michael "Joe" Bradley died 13 April 2015 aged 85. Hydrographer
BURGESS Richard John Kenneth Burgess dies 13th April 2015 aged 90. Former 8th Gurkha Rifles
CREWE Colin Crewe MC 1922 - 10 April 2015
DALE Sqn Ldr Philip John Dale Croix de Guerre Died 30th March 2015 aged 99 D-Day
DIMMER Flt Lt Fred Dimmer died 15th April 2015 aged 82
DUNNING Ian Matthew Dunning "1 SAS (artists) died 20th March 2015 aged 85
ELDRIDGE Sub Lt Anthony Eldridge DSC 15 July 1923 - 13 April 2015 Underwater chariot/human torpedo attack on Japanese shipping Phuket Thailand
FARRELL Charles Farrell MC died 28 April 2015 aged 96 Scots Guards
FENNER Gp Capt Maurice David Fenner died 5th April 2015 aged 86
FITZPATRICK Col Denis Colman Brendan FitzPatrick RAMC died 11 April 2015
FREEMAN-ATTWOOD Major Harold Warren Freeman-Attwood died 20 April 2015 aged 91 Grenadier Guard
GRAHAM Major Campbell (Peanuts) Graham OBE, MBE Scots Guards died 3 April 2015
GREGORY Douglas DFC 13 January 1923 - 12 April 2015
Night fighter pilot with 67 missions, accopanying bombers over Germany, Normandy. Subsequently Great War Display Team
HILL Major Alan Keith Cooper Hill Royal Northumberland Fusiliers died 28 March 2015 aged 83
HUTTON Captain Anthony David Hutton OBE RN died 5 April 2015
JONES Col Michael Peter Feltham Jnes CBE, DSO 19 October 1919 - 11 April 2015
1/9 Ghurkhas, Col Brigade of Ghurkhas. NW Frontier, Iraq, Tunisia (April 43 offensive) - wounded & decorated; Malaya
MALOUBIER Major Robert Malboulier DSO 2 February 1923 - 20 April 2015ÂÂÂÂÂ
SOE "Salesman" network in Roen area. Wounded during liberation of Limoges
PERKINS Brigadier Michael John Perkins CBE died 29 March 2015 aged 83 Royal Artillery
PIKE Lt Cdr Douglas George Pike died 7 April 2015 aged 83
RICHARDSON Maj Gen Thomas Anthony Tony Richardson CB, MBE 8 August 1922 - Â 26 March 2015Â
D day Gold Beach 147th Regt RHA. Supported Op Market Garden beyond Nijmegan. Reichswald. Rhine crossing. Director of Army Aviation 1971-74
ROGERS Maj Gen Anthony Rogers OBE died 16th April 2015 Army Legal Servics
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