History of RAF Wratting Common

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260 service personnel lost their lives whilst serving at RAF Wratting Common between 1943 and 1945.

Squadron 90 lost 185 men.
Squadron 1651 HCU lost 19 men.
Squadron 195 lost 50 men.
31 Base lost 6 men.

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."

Date	Rank	Name
30 May 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Beck W C
	Sgt	Brooke E G
	F/O	Estcourt K T
	F/O	Gustofson J V
	Sgt	Hughes C W
	Sgt	Johns L F T
	Sgt	Johnston G A F
	F/O	Letters R W J
	P/O	Norton E A
	Sgt	Raven R
	Sgt	Wells F A
22 June 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Abraham B A
	Sgt	Andrews A S
	Sgt	Bradshaw E
	Sgt	Davies D J
	Sgt	Gillis D
	Sgt	Law R R
	P/O	Peters H N
23 June 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Fenwick C R
	Sgt	Graham N
	Sgt	Hammond R
	Sgt	Kipling G
	Sgt	Lawson G W
	P/O	McNair P C
	Sgt	Picton I
	Sgt	Porter J S
	Sgt	Robson J A
	Sgt	Sanders D
	Sgt	Thompson A
25 June 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Dixon C W
	Sgt	Cooper A N
	Sgt	Gardner J C
	Sgt	Harris A C
	F/S	Henderson G
	Sgt	Levine H
	Sgt	Nisbet W N
	F/S	Peterson I
	F/S	Steel J M
	Sgt	Taylor P J
	Sgt	Taylor W A
	Sgt	Taylorson H
	F/S	Teede W H
26 June 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Campbell C D
	F/O	Cook A V I
	Sgt	Davidson J C
	Sgt	Ealden F W
	F/L	McKenzie F C
	Sgt	Walter W E
	Sgt	Wilson E
4 July 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Beard O
	Sgt	Fenton C H
	Sgt	Freeland R
	P/O	Gilmour A P
	Sgt	Leonard A F R
	Sgt	McGinley A P
	Sgt	McQuire W
	P/O	Morrison M L
	Sgt	Murray H
	F/L	Platt R C
	Sgt	Potter E B
	Sgt	Reddell C
	Sgt	Scheddle M
	P/O	Smith G C
14 July 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Bradshaw J O
	P/O	Candy E
	F/L	Coombes C E
	Sgt	Dawson W G
	Sgt	Long C A
	F/O	Swallow P D
25 July 1943 Squadron 90	F/S	Keeley J H
26 July 1943 Squadron 90	F/S	Bowman J F
	F/O	Conroy P H
	F/O	Disbrowe H A
	S/L	Dugdale J DFC
	F/S	Evans D G
	Sgt	Young N A
	Sgt	Hobbs D F A
31 July 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Clifton L DFM
	Sgt	Gray W L
	F/S	Hebden W A
	Sgt	Kealey D H
	F/S	Reid A M
	P/O	Small A R G
	F/O	Wallis A B
18 August 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Campbell A T
24 August 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Jeffreys G C
	Sgt	Jones R L
	Sgt	Laing J R
	Sgt	LLoyd A E
	F/S	Longmore K W
	Sgt	Purcell C J
	Sgt	Quickfall J F
	F/O	Sibbald L E
	W/O2	Stormer L M
	F/S	Weaver V A
	F/O	Yeo W H J
28 August 1943 Squadron 90	F/S	Anderson B A
	Sgt	Graham R
	Sgt	Hindmarch R
	Sgt	Owen D E
	W/O	Phillips C
	Sgt	Scarr F G
1 September 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Bloxham J L
	Sgt	Burrett H F
	P/O	Callaway M P
	Sgt	Cartwright H
	Sgt	Mair G D
	Sgt	Worsley F E
6 September 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Gray J E
	F/S	Harris L F
	Sgt	Hill D C
	F/S	MacMillan H C
	Sgt	Odgers G L
	Sgt	Renton R J
	W/O	Smith S W
22 September 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Gunn I F McK
	Sgt	Hayman F E
	Sgt	Lane A J
	Sgt	Law I D
	W/O2	Moore G W
	Sgt	Morgan W A
	Sgt	Payton R
23 September 1943 Squadron 90	F/O	Birdsall V
	Sgt	Bradshaw G C A
	F/S	Brown R
	Sgt	Gazzard C B
	Sgt	Haynes C
	Sgt	Hobbs D E J
	Sgt	Howarth J
	F/S	Hudson J
	F/S	Hughes G H
	Sgt	James D A
	Sgt	Straker P G
	Sgt	Thomas B J
	Sgt	Truman E G
28 September 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Clark C H A
	P/O	Cunningham P S
	S/L	Freeman M I
	W/O2	Hoar W J
	F/S	Sharp V J
3 October 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Bell W
	F/S	Dalton G E
	Sgt	Demeillac Y
	Sgt	Fuller A R
	P/O	Kealy J W
	Sgt	Leeves E K
	Sgt	Longman L W
	F/S	McKitterick D H
	Sgt	McLaughlin A
	F/S	Schmidt L C
	F/S	Smith F W
	Sgt	Sullivan D C
	Sgt	Taylor K G
7 October 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Miller T R
9 October 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Davies D G St J
	F/O	Greaves R
	Sgt	Hayes G A
	Sgt	Kettlety S T
	Sgt	Thorpe B
	F/O	Wyton A E
	F/L	Yates K R
12 October 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Bickley J F
	P/O	Hilton G R
	F/S	Langley L
	F/S	Meikle D W
	Sgt	Pollard W J
	Sgt	Whitford R
14 October 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Davies G E
20 October 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Edwards T
	F/S	Jones W E
	Sgt	MacSwayne L T
	F/S	Pollitt K W
	F/S	Spence H O
	F/S	Spencer E E
	Sgt	Yates G A
9 November 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Batton G G
	Sgt	Davany E F
	P/O	Griffith L M
	F/S	Jones H I
	F/S	Loyst M P
	F/O	Mitchell C
	F/L	Rodgers R Y
	F/S	Smith L
	Sgt	Wilson R
12 November 1943 Squadron 90	Sgt	Biscoe
7 December 1943 1651 HCU	P/O	Yoxon A
17 March 1944 Squadron 31 Base	AC1	Addicott A T
13 June 1944 Squadron 31 Base	Sgt	Reed F J
15 July 1944 Squadron 1651 HCU	P/O	Davie
	Sgt	Evans H W
	Sgt	Fairservice
	Sgt	Hunston
	Sgt	Morgan W I
	Sgt	Wilkinson
	Sgt	Williams
	F/S	Wilson D H
28 July 1944 Squadron 1651 HCU	P/O	Hocking J W
18 August 1944 Squadron 1651 HCU	F/S	Woodbridge A S
12 September 1944 Squadron 31 Base	Sgt	Bowd L W
	Sgt	Canham G J
	Sgt	Hunter T Q
30 September 1944 Squadron 1651 HCU	P/O	Biesiot L H
	Sgt	Crozier G
	Sgt	Dare J
	Sgt	Davies S F
	Sgt	Stephenson H
	Sgt	Titchener A
19 October 1944 Squadron 1651 HCU	Sgt	Davies B G
	F/S	Young P D
2 November 1944 Squadron 195	Sgt	Kenny G P
	Sgt	Paradise E G
4 November 1944 Squadron 195	F/S	Bambrick V G
	Sgt	Brown G S
	Sgt	Cohan I
	Sgt	Derby F K
	Sgt	Holland R F
	Sgt	Hunt S P
	F/S	Loughman W K
	F/S	Morey M L
	P/O	Morris E M
	F/O	Mortimer G A
	Sgt	Rookwood F T H
	Sgt	Smith F P J
	Sgt	Tilsed R W S
23 November 1944 Squadron 195	F/S	Darroch S
	F/S	Etheridge J A
	Sgt	Keay E T J
	F/O	Levens E D
	F/O	McDonald P F
	Sgt	Ward T M
12 December 1944 Squadron 195	F/O	Barry G R
	Sgt	Bayton J C
	Sgt	Creaser G
	Sgt	Cullum D C
	F/S	Goldwater M
	F/O	Halliwell A E
	Sgt	Hartland W T
	F/O	Herapath R M
	F/S	Hildesley R
	Sgt	Job D J
	F/O	Kennedy A A
	Sgt	Leeming T
	F/O	Roth R T
	F/O	Seager E J
	Sgt	Starkey R C
	Sgt	Taberner R
	F/O	Veglio J A E
	F/O	Waring N R
	Sgt	White B
26 December 1944 Squadron 31 Base	LAC	Kerslake J
14 January 1945 Squadron 195	Sgt	Pearson F
22 February 1945 Squadron 195	Sgt	Ford C S
8 March 1945 Squadron 195	F/O	Appleyard R DFM
	F/O	Draper T M
	F/L	Scott P
	Sgt	Sheppard D H
	Sgt	Robinson A K
	Sgt	Woodburn K
14 March 1945 Squadron 195	F/O	Parker W S DFC
15 March 1945 Squadron 195	W/O	Howe R S

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