Book of Remembrance

Book of Remembrance

The City School Lincoln

A booklet with a listing of former pupils that died in the Second World War. It includes a photograph of the deceased and a brief description.

81 page printed booklet

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BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

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THE CITY SCHOOL
LINCOLN

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BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

THE CITY SCHOOL
LINCOLN

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In affectionate remembrance of the old boys of the School who lost their lives in the War 1939-45

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

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ROLL OF HONOUR.

Philip Norman Allen
Henry Lawrence Andrews
George Edward Armitage
Bertram Beaver Holland Batt
Leslie William Batty
Herbert William Beasley
Denis Bell
Leonard Bescoby
Edgar Blackburn
Frank William Boddy
Harold Boddy
Jack Alex Brelsford
Charles Frederick Brown
Harold Ernest Brumpton
Thomas William Brumwell
Arthur Robert Bullock
John Fawcett Burn
Herbert Laurence Cairns
Hubert Edward Carrott
Ronald Etheridge Chesser
Basil Geoffrey Clark
Ralph Gordon Collingham
Marshall Crawshaw
George Leslie Crosby
Frank Roy Daughton
Albert John De Cann
George Bedingfield Dennis
Albert Dickinson
Herbert Leonard Dickinson
John Walter Dixon
Charles Douglas Dowse
Lionel Anthony Ellingworth
Frederick Charles Forman
Frank Fountaine
Douglas Alfred German
Errol John Goulding
Leonard Richard Ironmonger

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Robert William Jackson
Stanley Jebson
Kenneth William Jellis
Joseph Holland Johnson
Ronald George Keen
Jack Kelway
Jack Lister
Charles Hugh Markham
Eric Joseph Miles
John Richard Neave
Desmond Roderick Neve
Leonard Ottey
George Edward Owen
Thomas Leslie Panting
Jack Pattison
Alex Henry Peadon
Joseph Raby
David Reed
George Eric Scott
Andrew James Sistron
Arthur Roy Skelton
Arthur Raymond Spencer
Eric Stanley Spilman
Robert Donald Stokes
Benjamin Clayton Swallow
Herbert Fletcher Tait
Geoffrey Bavin Taylor
Arthur John Teasdel
Bernard William Todd
Roland Henry Turnell
Edward George Ufton
Geoffrey Ward
Robert Lee Wellington
Norman Maxwell Wescombe
Donald West
Robert Arthur Wheeler
Harry Wilson
John Winn

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PHILIP NORMAN ALLEN
1936-41

Lance Corporal 10th Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action in Normandy
[italics] June [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 19

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HENRY LAWRENCE ANDREWS
1930-36

L.A.C. Royal Air Force
Died of pneumonia following discharge
[italics] January [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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GEORGE EDWARD ARMITAGE
1931-38

Lieutenant 17/21st Lancers (Royal Armoured Corps)
Died of wounds in Italy
[italics] June [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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BERTRAM BEAVER HOLLAND BATT
1927-30

Captain Royal Engineers
Accidently killed in Brussels
[italics] July [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 33

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LESLIE WILLIAM BATTY
1927-31

Leading Seaman Royal Navy
Presumed killed in action off Normandy
[italics] June [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29

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HERBERT WILLIAM BEASLEY
1922-26

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] June [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 32

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DENIS BELL
1934-39

Bombardier Royal Artillery
Killed in action near Caen
[italics] July [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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LEONARD BESCOBY
1920-24

Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Killed whilst flying in the Middle East
[italics] June [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 34

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EDGAR BLACKBURN
1930-35

Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps
Died in Calcutta
[italics] September [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27

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FRANK WILLIAM BODDY
1935-39

Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] November [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 19

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HAROLD BODDY
1923-27

Major York and Lancaster Regiment
Accidentally killed near Cairo
[italics] January [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 32

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JACK ALEX BRELSFORD
1932-39

Captain Lincolnshire Regiment
Drowned in the River Mott, New Guinea
[italics] February [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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CHARLES FREDERICK BROWN
1927-33

Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in an air raid on London
[italics] November [/italics] 1940 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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HAROLD ERNEST BRUMPTON
1933-39

Signalman Royal Corps of Signals
Died of wounds in Italy
[italics] September [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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THOMAS WILLIAM BRUMWELL
1926-33

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed on active service
[italics] April [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29

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ARTHUR ROBERT BULLOCK
1930-36
Student Teacher at the School 1936-38

A.C.1 Royal Air Force
Presumed drowned at sea
[italics] July [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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JOHN FAWCETT BURN
1934-39

Trooper Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action at Anzio
[italics] February [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20

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HERBERT LAURENCE CAIRNS
1934-39

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on a raid over Berlin
[italics] January [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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HUBERT EDWARD CARROTT
1931-36

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] October [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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RONALD ETHERIDGE CHESSER
1927-32

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed on returning from operational flight
[italics] August [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27

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BASIL GEOFFREY CLARK
1931-37

Gunner Royal Artillery
Died from illness contracted on active service
[italics] May [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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RALPH GORDON COLLINGHAM
1933-38

Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on a flight in India
[italics] August [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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MARSHALL CRAWSHAW
(A Master of the School)

Leading Naval Airman Fleet Air Arm
Accidently killed whilst flying in Trinidad
[italics] February [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29

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GEORGE LESLIE CROSBY
1931-38

Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on an air raid on Norway
[italics] April [/italics] 1940 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20

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FRANK ROY DAUGHTON
1925-30

Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in action in North Africa.
[italics] March [/italics] 1944. [italics] Aged [/italics] 30

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ALBERT JOHN DE CANN
1932-37

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight
[italics] February [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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GEORGE BEDINGFIELD DENNIS
1920-24

Able Seaman Royal Navy
Killed in action on H.M.S. Welshman in the Mediterranean
[italics] February [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 35

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ALBERT DICKINSON
1931-35

Flight Lieutenant (Pathfinder) Royal Air Force
Killed during operations over Germany
[italics] March [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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HERBERT LEONARD DICKINSON
1931-35

Electrical Artificer Royal Navy
Drowned off Libya when H.M.S. [italics] Galatea [/italics] was torpedoed
[italics] December [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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JOHN WALTER DIXON
1920-23

Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Died in a prisoner of war camp in Japan
[italics] December [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 36

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CHARLES DOUGLAS DOWSE
1933-37

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in operations over Germany
[italics] November [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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LIONEL ANTHONY ELLINGWORTH
1930-34

Bombardier Royal Engineers
Died from illness contracted on active service
[italics] February [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 25

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FREDERICK CHARLES FORMAN
1931-36

Signalman Royal Navy
Missing after operations in convoy
[italics] July [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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FRANK FOUNTAINE
1931-37

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in air operations over Germany
[italics] March [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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ERROL JOHN GOULDING
1931-35

Guardsman Grenadier Guards
Killed in an air raid on Weston Super Mare
[italics] June [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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LEONARD RICHARD IRONMONGER
1936-40

Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on operations over Germany
[italics] February [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20

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ROBERT WILLIAM JACKSON
1927-31

Major 1st Dorsetshire Regiment
Killed in action in Normandy
[italics] August [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28

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STANLEY JEBSON
1929-36

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Presumed killed when his plane fell in the sea
[italics] June [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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KENNETH WILLAIM JELLIS
1935-39

Merchant Navy
Presumed drowned in the Bay of Biscay
[italics] September [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20

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JOSEPH HOLLAND JOHNSON
1934-36

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed on active service
[italics] September [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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RONALD GEORGE KEEN
1926-30

Sergeant Pilot Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident in Egypt
[italics] August [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28

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JACK KELWAY
1919-23

Royal Observer Corps
Killed by enemy action near Lincoln
[italics] March [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 38

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JACK LISTER
1927-31

L.A.C. Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident
[italics] September [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 26

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CHARLES HUGH MARKHAM
1932-38

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed on active service in this country
[italics] September [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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ERIC JOSEPH MILES
1932-37

Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action in Burma
[italics] April [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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JOHN RICHARD NEAVE
1908-11

Acting British Resident, Perak State
Killed in action at Rengam in Johore
[italics] January [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 49

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LEONARD OTTEY
1917-21

Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force
Killed in an air raid on York
[italics] April [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 35

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GEORGE EDWARD OWEN
1934-39

Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed on operational flight over enemy territory
[italics] November [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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THOMAS LESLIE PANTING
1925-30

Sergeant Pilot Royal Air Force
Drowned in the North Sea following a raid on enemy territory
[italics] October [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27

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JACK PATTISON
1935-39

Marine Royal Marines
Drowned when returning from the Normandy Beaches
[italics] July [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 20

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ALEX HENRY PEADON
1932-37

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on a raid over enemy territory
[italics] August [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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JOSEPH RABY
1926-31

Private Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action in North Africa
[italics] March [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 27

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DAVID REED
1930-34
Student Teacher at the School 1934-36

Lieutenant Royal Engineers
Accidentally drowned off Bone, N. Africa
[italics] June [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 25

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GEORGE ERIC SCOTT
1929-35

Gunner Royal Artillery
Torpedoed in Mediterranean in Prisoner of War Convoy
[italics] November [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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ANDREW JAMES SISTRON
1932-37

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident
[italics] January [/italics] 1942 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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ARTHUR ROY SKELTON
1933-38

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in flight over enemy territory
[italics] March [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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ARTHUR RAYMOND SPENCER
1934-38

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in raid over Munich
[italics] March [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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ERIC STANLEY SPILMAN
1927-33

Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm
Died on active service
[italics] January [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28

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ROBERT DONALD STOKES
1916-18

Major 4th Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action in Normandy
[italics] August [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 39

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BENJAMIN CLAYTON SWALLOW
1932-37

Sergeant 21st Parachute Company
Died at Apeldoorn from wounds received at Arnhem
[italics] December [/italics] 1944 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23

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HERBERT FLETCHER TAIT
1931-36

Coder Royal Navy
Drowned when H.M.S. [italics] Dunelin [/italics] was torpedoed
[italics] November [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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GEOFFREY BAVIN TAYLOR
1923-26

Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Missing on the sinking of the [italics] Lancastria [/italics]
[italics] June [/italics] 1940 [italics] Aged [/italics] 29

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ARTHUR JOHN TEASDEL
1921-28

Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on operations over Germany
[italics] February [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 33

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BERNARD WILLIAM TODD
1926-31

Sapper Royal Engineers
Died of wounds in Hong Kong
[italics] December [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 26

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ROLAND HENRY TURNELL
1926-31

Corporal 6th Seaforth Highlanders
Killed on the beaches of Sicily
[italics] July [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 28

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EDWARD GEORGE UFTON, D.F.M.
1930-35

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Missing on a rescue flight over North Sea
[italics] April [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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GEOFFREY WARD
1931-36

Gunner Royal Artillery
Killed on convoy duty in Syria
[italics] June [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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ROBERT LEE WELLINGTON
1933-39

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Missing on an operational flight over enemy territory
[italics] May [/italics] 1943 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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NORMAN MAXWELL WESCOMBE
1931-35

Engine Room Artificer Royal Navy
Presumed drowned at the battle of Crete
[italics] May [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 21

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DONALD WEST
1934-40

Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm
Killed when his plane fell into the sea
[italics] May [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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ROBERT ARTHUR WHEELER
1932-37

Flying Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in an aircraft accident in Germany
[italics] December [/italics] 1945 [italics] Aged [/italics] 24

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HARRY WILSON
1929-37

Pilot Officer Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident in England
[italics] April [/italics] 1941 [italics] Aged [/italics] 22

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JOHN WINN
1928-32

Sergeant Royal Air Force
Killed in action in the Middle East
[italics] December [/italics] 1939 [italics] Aged [/italics] 23