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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."

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

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