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RAF POLICE ROLL OF HONOUR





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RAF POLICE ROLL OF HONOUR
This page is dedicated to all those RAF Provost Officers, RAF Police Warrant Officers, RAF Police NCOs, and RAF Police Auxiliaries and Kennel Assistants who have been killed whilst performing their duty or who have died whilst serving in the RAF. Regrettably, records of casualties maintained by the RAF Records Office are not filed under branch or trade and consequently, the task of identifying members of the RAF Police from the vast archive is not at all straightforward. During the 20th century, the year 1968, is the only year on record which states that not a single British serviceman or woman was killed on active service anywhere in the world.
If you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed on duty or who died whilst serving in the RAF Police, who is not listed below, then please contact Stephen R Davies steveguida@hotmail.com with the details and he will, after confirming the details, add the name(s) to the Roll of Honour and the RAF Police Book of Remembrance maintained in the Chapel at the Defence College of Policing – MoD Southwick Park.
1918 – 1939
Records are available, on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database but not under any separate heading of RAF Police or RAF Provost Branch. As such, if you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
30-May-1935 A number of RAF Service Police NCOs were killed at RAF Quetta in NW India after much of the base was destroyed by an earthquake which measured 7.5 on the Ritcher Scale.
1939 - 1945
Unknown number of RAF provost officers, RAF Police warrant officers and RAF Police NCOs who were killed during World War II 1939 - 1945. If you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
01-Aug-1942 Cpl Jack Lewis Revell (1180849) 31, Jaarmarkt POW Camp, ?>Surabaya, Java.
18-Aug-1942 Cpl Charles Samual Elsey (929549) 29, RAF Sheerness,
Cpl Elsey was accidentally shot in the barracks on 09-Aug-1942 by a colleague who was fooling around with a loaded revolver. The bullet entered his shoulder and penetrated his spine paralysing him. He died in
22-Oct-1944 Cpl Francis Bleakley (1680748), Born 15-Apr-1905. He was killed in
1946
29-Jun-1946 Ten RAF Police NCOs killed in an aircraft crash in
Sgt Ivor John May Cross (1609666) (DOB 06/07/1923) RAFP
Cpl Henry Herbert Barrington (3062924) (DOB 17/09/1927) RAFP
Cpl Peter William Bradley (1874335) (DOB 18/11/1924) RAFP
Cpl James William Hare (1141800) (DOB 06/05/1922) RAFP
Cpl Louis Soloman Levenston (1905285) (DOB 13/01/1921) RAFP
Cpl Arthur
Cpl William Stronach (1495445) (DOB 17/08/1922) RAFP
Cpl William Robert Sutton (2269585) (DOB 12/10/1917) RAFP
Cpl Lawrence Stratton Wright (2269623) (12/03/1924) RAFP
Cpl Dennis Edward Morgan (2216911) (DOB 18/03/1924) RAFP
1947
05-Sep-1947 Cpl James Brierley (3078684) (DOB 17/03/1925) 22 –
1948
10-Jan-1948 Cpl Trevor Ronald Eric Davis (2328542) 19,
11-May-1948 Cpl William Robertson (2280882) 19, RAF
11-May-1948 Cpl Victor John Lowe (2268938) 20, RAF
22-Jun-1948 FS Leslie Hocknell McNeil (1130768) 35, RAF
22-Oct-1948 Cpl Robert Knight (2364135) 19, RAF Fayid
1949
24-May-1949 Cpl Hugh Pritchard (1306045) 42, RAF Eastleigh
09-Jul-1949 Cpl Harry Tomkins (4020569) 24, RAF Pershore
1950
23-Mar-1950 Cpl Cyril Alan Parfett (2442325), 19, RAF Howard Park,
01-May-1950 Cpl Alan Fredrick Davies (4030137) 19, RAF
03-Aug-1950 Cpl George Sim Milne (4013121) 21, RAF
08-Sep-1950 Cpl Douglas Gee (4033295) RAF
1951
29-Aug-1952 Cpl Gordon Thorburn (2492775) 20, RAF Waddington
07-Oct-1951 AC1 Michael John Wisdom (3510006) 20, RAF Pershore
1952
26-Jan-1952 Cpl Andrew Kirk (1907378) 29, RAF
17-Oct-1952 Cpl John Reginald Haig Gooch (4065740) 19, RAF Changi. Knocked down and killed by a taxi whilst he was on foot patrol in
1953
05-Feb-53 Cpl John Ross Murray (4080703) 18, RAF El Firdan
11-May-1953 Cpl John George White (4086267) 22, RAF Changi
1954
20-May-1954 Cpl Michael John Brown (4131565) 18, RAF West Drayton
29-May-1954 Sgt John Chew (1003835) 36, RAF Cardington
28-Jun-1954 Cpl Derrick John Scott Fisher (4082144) 20, RAF Eastleigh
12-Jul-1954 Cpl Gene Edmund Thomas Constable (4069345) 22, RAF Cottesmore
18-Aug-1954 Cpl Gordon Edward Marland (4090049) 20, RAF Buckeburg
1955
05-March-1955 Cpl Stephen Linge (2705990) 19, RAF Duxford
05-March-1955 Cpl Michael Floyd (2586323) 20, RAF Duxford
21-Apr-1955 Cpl Raymond
27-May-1955 Cpl Michael Anthony Thornton (3516692) 19, RAF Little Sai Wan
11-Jun-1955 Cpl Brian Cecil Greenslade (4150784) 18, RAF Poling
13-Jun-1955 A/Cpl John Edward Sherman (4077608) 21, RAF
30-Jun-1955 Cpl Terence Herbert Skillern (4103688) 21, RAF Eastleigh
24-Aug-1955 Cpl Raymond Peter Grayer (4069233) 22. RAF Manston
24-Aug-1955 Sgt John Sutcliffe (1255969) 34, RAF Manston
1956
02-Jan-1956 Cpl Jack
03-Jan-1956 SAC Gerald Hutton (3515626) 23, RAF Ballykelly N Ireland.
29-Jan-1956 WO George Dunlop Smyth (541545) 37, RAF Ruislip
18-Feb-1956 Fourteen RAF Police NCOs who were killed en-route
FS Herbert Fredrick George (531122) RAFP (42) from
Sgt Jack Ward Spence (4010658) RAFP (29) from Loughborough.
Sgt Brian Fredrick John Allberry (592449) (22) from
Sgt John Albert Spencer (643611) (31) from Dagenham.
Cpl John Raymond Cox (1922778) RAFP (22) from Norbury.
Cpl Jack Bracewell (4111464) RAFP (24) from
Cpl John Stuart Elliott Fawcett (4116734) RAFP (22) from
Cpl Phillip John Bly (2721129) RAFP (20) from Crowle.
Cpl William Steven (2558097) RAFP (22) from
Cpl Raymond Williams (4004177) (27) from
Cpl John David Collier (4070082) (23) from Llywnpia.
Cpl Cornelius Christopher Burke (1909756) RAFP (23) from
Cpl James Arthur Edwards (4091828) RAFP (33) Cleobury Mortimer.
Cpl John James MacKay (1923587) RAFP (21) from
Cpl R F Waring (20) from
Cpl George Anderson Craigie (4076740) (22) from
Cpl Walter George Talbot (4104881) RAFP (21) from Didcot.
Cpl Brian Charles Prachett (3513692) RAFP (21) from Parkston Quay.
Cpl Allan James Patison (2118806) RAFP (20) from
Cpl Thomas Kenneth Roberts (4125466) RAFP (21) from
SAC Glenn Wortley (4115681) (21) from Wolsingham.
SAC Sidney Andrew Hodson (3142934) (20) from Market Harborough.
SAC Thomas Geoffrey Dumbill (2718862) (20) from
LAC Timothy Drury-Lowe (2718503) (20) from Horley.
LAC William Watterson Fleming (4079955) (21) from
LAC Keith Emlyn Williams (4125725) (21) from
LAC Douglas Millar (4129461) (22) from
LAC Dougald Brown (4122086) (20) from
LAC Mervyn John Nurse (4122093) (20) from
LAC Alexander Murray Barbour (4014297) (33) from
LAC Gordon Kenyon (4099256) (21) from
LAC Fredrick Robert James Keating (4084173) (22) from Norbury.
LAC John Marshall Holliday (4125984) (20) from
LAC William James Welsh (4091991) (21) from
LAC James Leslie Fitzpatrick (4080588) (21) from
LAC Peter Roy Carlton (4084971) (22) from
LAC Roy Hampson (4092401) (22) from
LAC Dennis Parker (4090130) (21) from
LAC Stewart Henderson Butchard (4081381) RAFP (22) from
LAC Ernest Richard Harris (4092027) (22) from Kimbolton.
LAC Michael Pye (3513124) (21) from
LAC John Fortune
AC 1st Class Michael Joseph Fleming (4079838) (21) from Wexford.
AC 1st Class Richard Young (4130204) (20) from
(Some of the above may not be RAFP – RAF Records Office were unable to sort out who were RAFP from the passenger list)
03-Mar-1956 WO William Gwynne Lewis (508973) 47, RAF
25-Jul-1956 A/Sgt Arthur Matthew Paul McQuillan (3505042) 27, RAF
Gunned down by EOKA terrorists on the Limassol bypass and died en-route to hospital. He was posthumously awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct. From Down, Co. Down, he is buried at
06-Dec-1956 AC1 Collin John Baker (5016044) 19, RAF Netheravon
1957
08-Feb-1957 LAC George Albert Pickering (4173408) 19, RAF
05-Mar-1957 Eight RAF Police dog handlers and their dogs killed when a RAF Blackburn Beverley aircraft, crashed after taking off from RAF Abingdon en-route to
AC 1st Class Thomas Arnison Jones (4185813) 19, from Glossop.
AC 1st Class Tony Fredrick Blakey (5023380) 18, from
AC 1st Class William Henry Gorst (4184939) 19, from High Heysham.
AC 1st Class Raymond Thorley (5025267) 19, from
AC 1st Class George Raymond Croucher (5022787) 19, from Roslin.
AC 1st Class Colin James Elsegood (3150159) 19, from Middlesborough.
AC 1st Class Robert Rose-Harvey (5026570) 19, from
AC 1st Class Michael John Corden (4184099) 23, from
08-Feb-1957 LAC George Albert Pickering (4173408) 19, RAF Seletar
22-Jun-1957 A/FS John Reginald Crewdson (610327) 40, RAF Duxford
27-Sep-1957 Cpl Gordon Albert John Adams (4120442) 22, RAF Bircham Newton
01-Oct-1957 Sgt James Joseph Mullan (530587) 39, RAF Leconfield
26-Dec-1957 Cpl Barry Deluchi (4176186) 21, RAF Kai Tak HONG KONG. Killed on duty in a traffic accident on
1958
19-Jan-1958 Cpl Kenneth Brian Durrant (2693594) 34, RAF Bawdsey
20-Jul-1958 A/FS George Cruickshank (532919) 40, RAF Gatow
1959
16-May-1959 Cpl Harry Albert Maddin (4033434) 28, RAF Cardington
17-Jun-1959 Cpl John Walter Moulding (4176493) 21, RAF
17-Jun-1959 LAC Ian Leitch McConnell (4244741) 19, RAF Bishops Court N Ireland.
11-Jul-1959 Cpl Peter Bohun Dodd (4086362) 25, RAF
07-Aug-1959 LAC Ernest Lloyd Liddle (1927707) 22, RAF
19-Oct-1959 Sgt John Ronald Elliott (1036935) 39, RAF Hawkinge,
1960
27-Mar-1960 Cpl Phillip Gerald Payne (3525410) 20, RAF Steamer Point ADEN.
21-May-1960 Cpl Barry Darling (4247961) 21, RAF Steamer Point ADEN.
08-Jul-1960 Cpl Peter Colin Crouch (3525056) 21, RAF
31-Dec-1960 Cpl Geoffrey Morgan (5064695) 23, RAF Kai Tak HONG KONG.
1961
21-Mar-1961 Flt Lt John Rogerson (191335) RAF Steamer Point,
25-Jun-1961 FS Clifford Anderson (526197) 47, RAF
1962
04-Mar-1962 Cpl Clement Burgess (4253419) 24, RAF Laarbruch
16-May-1962 Sergeant Donald Ogden (3083485) 34, RAF Episkopi,
16-May-1962 Flt Lt Geoffrey Owain Thomas (2771883) 28, RAF
1963
04-May-1963 Cpl Royston Mervyn Taylor (4239916) 23, RAF Seletar
21-Aug-1963 Cpl David William George Parker (3528425) 27, RAF Wyton
1964
05-Mar-1964 Cpl Michael William Charles Francis (4184096) 25, RAF
01-Aug-1964 Sgt Thomas Trotter (4072812) 31, RAF
1965
19-Jun-1965 Sqn Ldr Leslie Agar-Wilson (127028) 46, RAF Rheindahlen
21-Oct-1965 SAC Douglas Leith Tavendale (E3527829) 24, RAF
1966
No records are available, but if you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
1967
26-Jan-1967 Cpl Tuan Branudeen Ahamadeen (P4156205) 36, RAF
1968
24-Mar-1968 Cpl Brian David Carvosso (H4284614) 20, RAF Bruggen (Died in
20-May-1968 Cpl Adam James Robert Learmonth (K4257069) 27,
09-Jun-1968 Flt Lt Dennis Michael CULHANE (504888) 52, RAF Lyneham
1969
26-Jan-1969 Cpl Alan Durkin (W4260529) 29, RAF
28-Feb-1969 Cpl Peter Charles Freeman West (M4196504) 30, RAF
18-Apr-1969 Cpl Ian Robert Clephane (W4285432) 20, RAF Sharjah.
12-Sep-1969 Cpl Desmond Nicholas (W4093901) 35, RAF
1970
No records are available, but if you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
1971
31-Mar-1971 Cpl John Orr Kemley Johnston Kedda (N4260082) 31, RAF
14-Jun-1971 Cpl Peter Douglas Lewis (S8070506) 32, RAF Cosford
09-Oct-1971 WO Gordon William Chidgey (F1332855) 50, RAF
1972
30-Oct-72 Cpl Thomas William Severns (Y2402697) 42, RAF Innsworth
1973
05-Feb-1973 Cpl David Angus Cameron (H8071406) 22, RAF West
17-Apr-1973 FS Donald Charles MacBeath (P4017469) RAF Leconfield,
22-May-1973 Sgt John Fredrick Swansbury (V4066488) 41, RAF Bruggen
07-Oct-1973 Cpl Stephen George Cook (D8083544) 20, RAF Episkopi
1974
No records are available, but if you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
1975
05-Jun-1975 Sgt Albert Stott (F4044849) 43, RAF Northolt
1976
01-Mar-1976 Sgt Bryon James Annall (X3523409) 37, RAF
1977
02-Feb-1977 Cpl Michael Dennis McEvoy (T8095349) 26, RAF Abingdon
28-Apr-1977 Sgt Robert Petrie Hill (K4183329) 38, RAF
04-Sep-1977 Sgt Allen Sydney Godfrey (E4240737) 40, RAF
1978
07-Nov-1978 Cpl Andrew Leaper (Q8112306) 21, RAF
1979
02-May-1979 Cpl James Gray (C8172958) 19, RAF Honington
1980
07-Jul-1980 Cpl Ronald Drew Pinker (K8131819) 33, RAF Bruggen
1981
15-Oct-1981 Gp Capt James William Sharpe (2512678) 51, - CP&SyO RAF
1982
12-Feb-1982 Flt Lt Thomas Anthony McGlinchey (4191973) 46, RAF
08-Jul-1982 FS James Terence Collins (S3524624) 43, RAF
17-Jul-1982 Cpl Gerald Charles Heyes (C8092106) 29, RAF
1983
16-Apr-1983 Cpl Paul Dean Clarke (L8126688) 25, RAF
1984
16-Feb-1984 Sgt Robert James White (G3522444) 45, RAF St Mawgan,
05-Jun-1984 Sgt Raymond Cecil Riche (T3142463) 48, RAF Honington,
22-Nov-1984 SAC Julian Anthony Crowell (C8210505) 20, RAF Laarbruch
01-Dec-1984 Cpl David Wells (Q8182419) 23, RAF West
1985
11-Feb-1985 Cpl George Stephen Crawford (J8075446) 34, RAF Rheindahlen
03-Apr-1985 Cpl Susan Jennifer Fleming (T8230806) 25, RAF
12-Apr-1985 Sgt Paul Andrew Burbidge (F4276286) 40, RAF Rudloe Manor,
17-Aug-1985 WO Michael Robert Gordon (W2721796) 51, RAF
1986
10-May-1986 Cpl Mark William Head (D8184750) 25, RAF
06-Jun-1986 Sgt Ian Richard Spencer (S8076914) 35, RAF
23-Jul-1986 Sqn Ldr Peter John Milner (4232373D) 44, RAF
05-Aug-1986 Sgt Jeffrey David Clark (G8101646) 31, RAF Kinloss,
03-Sep-1986 WO Thomas Noel Snoddy (M4079950) 53, RAF
20-Sep-1986 FS Francis Terris (A4147882) 50, RAF
1987
30-May-1987 Cpl Antony Nicholson (J8253469) 20, RAF Bruggen
1988
21-Jul-1988 Cpl Nigel John Widders (E8202208) 25, RAF
1989
02-Apr-1989 WO Edward Eric Chidley (C4238138) 49, RAF
29-Jun-1989 SAC Julian Michael Paul Hart (E8222514) 25, RAF
12-Aug-1989 Cpl John Thomas Hartley (B2625289) 45, RAF
21-Aug-1989 Cpl John Charles Beaston (Q8193966) 26, RAF
24-Sep-1989 Cpl James
1990
09-Apr-1990 Sgt David John Oakley (B4292005) 44, RAF Rheindahlen
30-May-1990 Cpl Richard Martyn Lewis (G8173125) 29, RAF
05-Jul-1990 FS Malcolm Robert Flitcroft BEM (Q4201467) 51, RAF Machrihanish
01-Sep-1990 SAC Gavin James Johnstone (G8290490) 21, RAF Laarbruch
16-Sep-1990 SAC Mark William Woolley (P8211206) 25, RAF Finningley
19-Sep-1990 Sgt John McVicar McCaskill (R8103842) 44, RAF Lyneham
1991
22-Feb-1991 Cpl Steven Mark Athey (G8225352) 24, RAF High Wycombe
15-Mar-1991 Sgt John Belford (D8107460) 34, RAF Turnhouse
17-Jun-1991 Sgt Andrew Robert Charlton (B8116254) 34, RAF Rheindahlen
18-Sep-1991 Cpl Simon Keith Rothwell (G8120195) 33, RAF Rheindahlen
10-Oct-1991 Cpl Westley John Turnpenny (J8249942) 24, RAF Bruggen
1992
03-Jan-92 Cpl Shaun Kenneth Hodgins (T8221635) 26, BELIZE.
1993
31-Mar-1993 Sgt Paul Raymond Robertson (C8177278) 32, RAF
1994
19-Apr-1994 Cpl Christopher John Powell (T8120777) 35, RAF Laarbruch
22-Feb-1994 Sgt Adain Alexandra Adams (L8109819) 42, RAF ST Athan
1995
06-Apr-1995 Cpl James William Rathie (T8222720) 32, RAF
24-Apr-1995 Cpl David Paul Robinson (K8253058) 28, RAF
1996
29-Sep-1996 Cpl David Paul Thomas (G8211611) 32, RAF
08-Oct-1996 Cpl Matthew Charles Flinders (K8418974) 24, RAF Akrotiri
1997
12-Feb-1997 Cpl William David Ferguson (H8171902) 36, RAF
09-Sep-1997 SAC David Robert Todd (Q8411071) 25, RAF Halton
1998
19-Feb-1998 Sgt Peter Brian Davies (D8100180) 45, P&SS(SR) Halton
03-May-1998 FS Peter Fallon (A8097873) 50, RAF Cosford
1999
31-May-1999 Sgt Roger Davidson (T8107964) 43, RAF Cranwell,
15-Aug-1999 Flt Lt Nicholas Arkless (8253352K) 33, P&SS(CR) RAF Cranwell,
2000
21-May-2000 Flt Lt Stuart John Rich (0210201W) 44, RAF Henlow
08-Dec-2000 Cpl Derek Stephenson (Q8248002) 33, RAF Aldergrove N Ireland.
2001
No records are available, but if you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
2002
10-Nov-2002 Cpl Kerry Louise Richardson (F8311258) 20,
2003
26-Feb-2003 SAC Darren Springthorpe (H8442572) 29,
19-May-2003 Cpl David John Shepherd (P8407151) 34, Basrah
2004
15-Nov-2004 FS Mark Timbrell (R8191642) 41, RAF Lyneham
2005
16-Apr-2005 Flt Lt Nicholas John Finn (2647036R) 38, RAF
31-Jul-2005 Flt Lt Ian Philip Wood (5208996X) 26, RAF
2006
09-Jun-2006 Cpl John Joseph Kennedy (P8511630) 24, RAF
2007
02-Feb-2007 Cpl David Allen (K8503678) 26, CJPU
13-Aug-2007 WO Roger Glyn Thomas (Q8106920) 52, RAF Henlow
2008
No records are available, but if you can help identify any member of the branch who was killed or died whilst serving over this period, then please contact the author.
2009
17-Aug-2009 WO Timothy Parker (R8215838) 46, RAF Henlow
THESE NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST ABOVE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE IN June 2009:
09-Jun-1968 Flt Lt Dennis Michael CULHANE (504888) 52, RAF Lyneham
NAMES STILL AWAITING CONFIRMATION AS RAF POLICE:
03-Sep-1987 Cpl Mark
24-Jul-1984 SAC Michael Charles Corker (A8199988) 23, RAF
07-Aug-1998 SAC David Alexander Beechey (D8421964) 27, RAF
16-Aug-1959 Cpl Albert Roberts (4237397) 22,