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CAMBRIDGE CITY CREMATORIUM - ROLL OF HONOUR

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This memorial is a bronze plaque in the East chapel of the crematorium.

1939 - 1945

These members of His Majesty’s forces died in the service of their country and were cremated here.

ANKIN

Peter Leonard

Sergeant (Pilot), 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10 November 1941. Aged 21. Son of William Harold and Evelyn Bessie Ankin, of Cambridge. See also Cambridge Guildhall

ASHBY

Diana Margaret

Second Officer, H.M.S. "Victory IV", Women’s Royal Naval Service. Died 20 April 1946. Aged 26. Daughter of George Stephen and Janet Lucie Swain, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

BUTLER

Lionel Roy

Sergeant (Pilot), 85 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 31 May 1940. Aged 19. Son of Harry Lionel and Selina Margaret Butler, of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.

CARLTON

Victor Julius

Second Lieutenant, 7th Cambridgeshire Battalion, Home Guard. Died 18 May 1944. Aged 22. Son of Norbert and Margaret A. Carlton, of Whetstone, Middlesex.

CHILDS

Eric

Able Seaman, HMS "Victory", Royal Navy. Died 3 January 1945. Aged 26. Son of Alfred and Margaret Childs, of Bedford; husband of E. M. Childs. of Bedford.

COOKE

Alexander

Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12 August 1942. Aged 33. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cooke; husband of Elsie Winifred Cooke. of Cambridge.

COOPER

Norman Maylin

Pilot Officer, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17 December 1943. Aged 20. Son of Frederick James Cooper and Florence Elizabeth Cooper, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire. See also Letchworth

CURROR

Ian Munro

Sergeant (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 14 December 1940. Aged 19. Son of Finlay Munro Curror and Dorothy May Curror.

FOSTER

Ronald

Gunner, 2 Battery, Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 2 February 1941. Aged 27. Son of James and Mary Foster, of Darlington, Co. Durham; husband of Annie Foster, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

GRAHAM

Donald Arthur

Sergeant (Observer) 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11 March 1942. Aged 26. Son of Arthur John and May Graham; husband of Ruth Sydney Graham, of Cowley, Oxford.

HOLMES

Eric Armitage

Second Lieutenant, 295 Army Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 28 September 1940. Aged 20. Son of Edgar and Helen Holmes, of Hull.

HUGHES

John Derek

Flight Lieutenant (Navigator), 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 1 July 1947. Aged 23. Son of Eric Yorath Hughes and Dulcie Maine Hughes, of Hove, Sussex.

LOGIN

Cyril Campbell

Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25 November 1942. Son of Louis Campbell Login and Amy Campbell Login, of Richmond, Surrey.

McMILLAN

John Alexander

Leading Seaman, LT/JX321032, H.M.S. Europa., Royal Naval Patrol Service who died on Monday, 25th February 1946. Age 45. Son of Horace and Lily McMillan; husband of May Kitty McMillan, of Huntingdon St., St. Neots and father of Margaret. Died in Papworth sanitorium. See also St Neots War Memorial.

MAHLER, DFC

John Noel

Squadron Leader, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 17 January 1942. Son of Henry and Mary Margaret Mahler, of Conway, Caernarvonshire.

HOLBROOK MAHN

Frederick

Flight Lieutenant, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 5 March 1946. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook Mahn; husband of Betty Marguerite Mahn, of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. B.A. (Harvard).

MILLIGAN

George Stanley

Pilot Officer, 263 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 30 April 1941. Aged 22. Son of Hugh and Clara Florence Milligan, of Cambridge. See also Cambridge Guildhall and also Cambridge St. Paul's

Extract from Cambridge Daily News in 1941:

KILLED on ACTIVE
SERVICE

Pilot Officer G. S.
Milligan

NEWS has been received in Cambridge of Pilot Officer George Stanley Milligan, son of Mr. H. C. Milligan, of 62, Bateman Street, Cambridge.

“Milly” as he was called by his colleagues, was without doubt the best pilot in his squadron and the pilot with the best record against the Huns. He was 22.

Educated at the Central and Technical Schools, he worked for Messrs. J. Moore and Beeson on leaving school before enlisting in the R.A.F. some time before the outbreak of war.

He flew Gladiators during the Norwegian campaign last year and was at Narvik during the evacuation.

MITRA

Bejoy Krishna

Sergeant (Air Gunner), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25 January 1944. Aged 28. Son of Haridas Mitra and Sudhanshu Bala Mitra, of Calcutta, Bengal, India. Graduate of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh.

OWEN

Jervis John

Pilot Officer, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 22 April 1944. Aged 29. Son of John W. Owen and Una Owen; husband of Margaret June Owen, of Brockenhurst, Hampshire.

PICTON

Arthur Thomas

Leading Aircraftman. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12 January 1945. Aged 41. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Picton; husband of Dorothy Amy Picton, of Bedford.

POTTER

Leslie William

Aircraftman Second Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 14 October 1947. Aged 19. Son of William James Potter and Theresa Potter of St. Austell, Cornwall.

POTTER

Richard Phillip Warren

Captain, 5 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 6 February 1944. Aged 38. Son of Thomas Clifford Potter, and of Edith Muriel Potter, of Bartlow, Cambridgeshire; husband of Lois Mary Potter. See also Bartlow.

ROBINSON

Philip Read

Wing Commander, Royal Air Force. Died 6 August 1941. Aged 30. Son of Frank Robinson and of Helena Annie Robinson, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

ROGERS

Robert Edward

Sapper, 4 Railway Construction and Maintenance Company, Royal Engineers. Died 3 March 1942. Aged 20. Son of Richard Williams Rogers and Rose Beatrice Rogers, of Cambridge. See also Cambridge Guildhall and also Cambridge Perse School

ROSS

David Gordon

Flight Lieutenant, 65 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2 May 1942. Aged 37. Son of Lieutenant Frederick Gordon Ross, Manchester Regiment (killed in action in France, 1st July, 1916), and of Kathleen Ross, of Warninglid, Sussex.

SANDERSON

Leslie Ernest

Flying Officer, 500 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force). Died 19 November 1940. Aged 26.

SILK

Norman Bennison

Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15 November 1944.

SKEATS

Herbert Arthur

Flying Officer 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 19 November 1940. Aged 25.

SMITH, DFC

Richard Bradley

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 20 December 1943. Aged 22. Son of Joseph and Winifred Smith; husband of Madeline Rosa Smith, of Pinner, Middlesex.

SPROULL

Ian MacDougal

Trooper, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 6 August 1941. Aged 30.

WADHAM

Nicholas Wyndham

Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force. Died 6 August 1940. Aged 46.

WATHES

Patrick John Lavender

Captain, 4th Bombay Grenadiers. Died 5 November 1944.

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