Captain 69059, Royal Engineers. Died on service in Burma 30 March 1942. Born 1 November 1916 in Chelsea, London S.E.3., resident London W. Son of Lt-Colonel Everard Earl Calthrop. Educated Wellington College. Admitted as Pensioner (Royal Engineers Officer) at Trinity 1 October 1936. In the 1921 census he was the grandson son of Frederick Theophilus and Mabel Emily Treeby, aged 4, born LOndon, resident 2, Down View, Bude, Stratton, Cornwall. In the 1939 Register he was single, born 1 November 1916, an Architect, resident Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia, Camden, St Pancras, London. No known grave. Commemorated om RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 3.

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Flying Officer 127066, 467 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Bottesford, Leicestershire, in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ED771, when the aircraft was shot down by flak at Harderwijk during a raid on Essen, 3 of the crew survived and were captured 1 May 1943. Aged 35. Born 3 February 1908 in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Son of George Herbert and Edith Mirabelle Capron, of Oundle, Northamptonshire. Educated Clifton College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1926; B.A. (Cantab.) 1929. County Councillor and Rural District Councillor. In the 1939 Register he was born 3 february 1908, a Land Agent Farm, single, son of Edith M Capron (a widow), resident Stable & Garages, Southwick Hall, Southwick, Southwick, Oundle and Thrapston R.D., Northamptonshire. Buried in HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. British Plot 2. Joint grave 31.

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Flying Officer 62373, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Technical Training Command. Died, based at Uxbridge, Middlesex, 18 August 1943. Aged 35. Born 8 October 1907 in Brixton, London. Son of William Emsley Carr and Jenny Lascelles Carr; husband of Eileen Mary Carr (nee Smith), of Walton-on-the-Hill, married 20 April 1933 at St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex; twin brother of Walter Copley (Trinity 1927) who also died [see below], brother of William Emsley (Trinity 1931) and William Forsyth Emsley (Trinity 1958). Educated at Clifton College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1927; B.A. 1930. In the 1921 census he was aged 13, born Surrey, visiting with his twin brother at 15, Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. In the 1939 Register he was married to Eileen M L Carr (later Armstrong), born 8 October 1907, News of the World Director, resident Corbar Back Hill, Hadley Wood, Enfield U.D., Middlesex. Buried in family grave along with his twin brother 16 August 1943 in WALTON-ON-THE-HILL (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Chyd, Surrey.

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Flight-Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1940. Invalided out of service and died 1944, death registered April to June Quarter 1944 in Abingdon Registration District, Berkshire. Aged 36. Born 8 October 1907 in Brixton, London. Son of Sir William Emsley Carr; twin brother of Harry Lascelles (Trinity 1927) who also died [see above], brother of William Emsley (Trinity 1931) and William Forsyth Emsley (Trinity 1958). Educated at Clifton College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1927; B.A. 1930; represented the University against Oxford at golf and was German Amateur Champion 1932. Worked for the News of the World and as a stockbroker. In the 1921 census he was aged 13, born Surrey, visiting with his twin brother at 15, Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Residence at death Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford. Buried in family grave along with his twin brother 16 May 1944 in WALTON-ON-THE-HILL (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Chyd, Surrey.

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Second Lieutenant 65704, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Killed in action in North Africa 30 November 1942. Born 1 April 1914 at Heatherhurst Grange, Frimley, Surrey, resident London W. Son of Captain The Hon. William Amherst Cecil and Gladys Amherst of Hackney; husband of Elizabeth Rohays Mary Cecil (nee Burnett), married 15 December 1938 in Westminster Registration District, London; they had four sons. Educated at Eton. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1931. Granted the rank of baron’s son by royal warrant 8 January 1921. In the 1921 census he was the son of Gladys Amherst of Hackney, aged 7, born Frimley, Surrey, resident Holthampton Court, Bognor, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he was married to Elizabeth R M Cecil, born 1 April 1914, a Farmer, resident Gesyns Farm, Wickhambrook, Depden, Clare R.D., Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL, Tunisia. Face 33.

Extract from London Gazette, Issue 32209, Page 779, 28 January 1921:

Whitehall, January 8th, 1921.

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Extract from Aberdeen Evening Express 6 September 1941, page 4:

Shipowner's Death

Major 36332, 3rd King’s Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps. Died on service in the Middle East 25 October 1942. Aged 37. Born 28 June 1905 at Keynsham, Somerset, resident Bristol. Son of Charles S. and Elsie M. Clarke; husband of Ferelith P. Clarke (nee Fuller), married in the July to September Quarter 1935 in Helmsley Registration District, Yorkshire, of Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire. B.A. (Cantab.). Educated at Rugby School. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1923; B.A. 1926. In the 1911 census he was the son of Charles Samuel and Elsie Margaret Clarke, aged 5, born Keynsham, Somerset, resident Elsbridge, Keynsham, Somerset. Buried in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot XXIV. Row E. Grave 21.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

Lieutenant 172445, 70 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a Prisoner of War in Camp 38 in Italy 6 October 1943. Aged 23. Born 27 April 1920 at 24, Montagu Square, London W.1., resident London W.1. Son of Francis Stewart Cokayne and Dorothy Emily Cokayne. Educated at Eton. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1938; B.A. 1941. Buried in BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row H. Grave 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

Flying Lieutenant (Pilot) 73042, 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, North Africa Command. Killed in action flying out of LG 133/Bir el Beheira, Libya, in a Hawker Hurricane when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 4 miles west of Acroma during an attack on MT and a blockhouse southwest of El Adem 9 December 1941. Aged 26. Native of Holkham, Norfolk. Born 4 December 1915 at 20, Devonshire Place, London. Son of Thomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester, and of the Countess of Leicester (nee Trefusis), of Holkham, Norfolk. A godson of King Edward VIII. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1934; B.A. & Certificate Proficiency Engineering Studies 1937. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Buried in Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 18. See his biography on Wikipedia. Also commemorated on Holkham St Withburga Memorial, Norfolk and Holkham, Norfolk

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Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 37652, 264 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Fighter Command. Killed in action flying out of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in a Boulton Paul Defiant I, serial number L6975, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 when attacking He111s during a patrol over Dunkirk 31 May 1940. Aged 26. Born 26 August 1913 at Blakeney, Norfolk. Son of Arthur Cooke, and of Lucy Vivien Cooke, of Cambridge. Educated at Marlborough College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1932. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). In the 1921 census he was aged 7, born Blakeney, Norfolk, resident with his parents Arthur and Lucy Vivian Cooke, resident Grove Lodge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 4.

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D.F.C. FOR
FLIGHT-LIEUT. N. G. COOKE
Shot Down Eight
Enemy Aircraft
REPORTED MISSING

Flying Officer (Pilot) 42558, 54 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Fighter Command. Killed in action flying out of Hornchurch, Essex, in a Supermarine Spitfire VA, serial number R7268, when the aircraft is believed to have been shot down by Bf109s near Hazebrouck during Circus 59 23 July 1941. Born 6 Oct 1917 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Kenneth Cookson; grandson of Walter Selby Butter and Alice Lucy Butter, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. Educated at Harrow. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1936. In the 1921 census he was visiting his grandparents, Walter Selby Butter and Alice Lucy Butter, he was aged 3, born Dublin, Ireland, visiting at Kenward, London Road, Slough, Buckinghamshire. Buried in PIHEN-LES-GUINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave 1.

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Lieutenant 262170, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 2 November 1944. Aged 21. Born 25 May 1923 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, resident Perthshire. Son of Frank Buchanan Henry Cox and of Eileen Nugent Cox (nee Smyth); husband of Dawn Antonia Gian Cox (nee Barker), of Bures, Suffolk. Educated at Stowe. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1941. Buried in UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot 6. Row H. Grave 1.

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BLACK WATCH OFFICER

Lieutenant 226276, Royal Engineers, attached H.Q. 3rd Infantry Division. Killed in action in North West Europe 7 June 1944. Aged 23. Born 4 November 1920 at Ringmer, East Sussex, resident Surrey. Son of Colonel W. S. D. Craven, formerly of the Royal Artillery, and of Margaret Celia Craven, of Ewhurst, Surrey. Educated at Rugby. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1939; B.A. (Cantab.) 1942. Enlisted 1 November 1939, aged 18. In the 1921 census he was 7 months old, born Sussex, with his nurse visiting Marine Hotel, Walton-On-The-Naze, Walton Le Soken, Essex. In the 1939 Register he was born 4 November 1920, single, a Cambridge Undergraduate, resident The Scuare [sic], Kingsley Green, Fernhurst, Midhurst R.D., Sussex. Buried in HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 5.

Extract from Surrey Advertiser 16 June 1945, page 2:

PUBLIC NOTICES
Estate of the late LIEUT. FREDERICK
HARRY DACRE CRAVEN

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Surgeon Lieutenant, H.M.S. Clacton (Minesweeper), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died at sea when his ship was in the Mediterranean, off the east coast of Corsica, on passage from La Maddalena to Bastia, when she struck a mine at 0832 hours and sank immediately 31 December 1943. Aged 26. Born 26 November 1917 at Ash, Hampshire. Son of William Mark and Cicely Mary Cross, of Elstree, Hertfordshire. Educated at Lancing College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1935; B.A. 1938; M.B. B.Ch. (Cantab.) 1943. In the 1921 census he was aged 3, born Ash, Surrey, visiting with his parents at 18, Down View, Stratton, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 73, Column 3.

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Isle of Man Times 27 February 1943, page 5

Flying Officer (Pilot) 122943, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, in an Avro lancaster I, serial number W4339, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Frankfurt 3 December 1942. Aged 21. Native of Cookham, Berkshire. Born 15 February 1922 in Capetown, South Africa. Son of Major Howard and Eileen Norah Cumming, of Cookham, Berkshire. Educated at Radley College. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1940. In the 1939 Register he was born 15 February 1922, a boarder at school, resident St Peters College, Radley, Abingdon R.D., Berkshire. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bayern, Germany. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 18.

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[Laurence also spelt Lawrence in some records] Lieutenant 321977, Scots Guards. Killed in action in Western Europe 11 April 1945. Aged 19. Born 20 August 1925 in London, resident Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Son of Bertram Francis George and Alexandra Rose Currie, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Educated at Eton. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 5 January 1943. Became Second Lieutenant 11 June 1944, Lieutenant 11 December 1944. In the 1939 Register he was born 20 August 1925, a boarder at school, resident Eton College,Holland House, Eton, Eton U.D., Buckinghamshire. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 15. Row B. Grave 14.

Extract from Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail 27 April 1945, page 1:

Flying Officer 90133, 607 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Missing presumed killed 14 May 1940. Aged 28. Born 25 January 1912 at Hexham, Northumberland. Son of Capt. James Harold Cuthbert, D.S.O., Scots Guards (killed in France, 27th September, 1915)(killed in France Sept 27 1915), and of Kathleen Alice Cuthbert, of Chelmsford, Essex; brother of Sidney John (1932)[see below] and Harold David (1928). Educated at Eton. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1930. Buried in HOTTON WAR CEMETERY, Luxembourg, Belgium. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1941:

Major, 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards. Died July 30 1944. Born 13 Jan 1914 at Hexham, Northumberland, resident Northumberland. Son of Capt. James Harold Cuthbert, D.S.O., Scots Guards (killed in France, 27th September, 1915)(killed in France Sept 27 1915), and of Kathleen Alice Cuthbert, of Chelmsford, Essex; brother of brother of Gerald Ivo (1930)[see above] and Harold David (1928). Educated at Eton. Admitted as Pensioner at Trinity 1 October 1930; B.A. Honours in History. Buried in HOTTON WAR CEMETERY, Luxembourg, Belgium. Grave lost. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 1. Special Memorial.

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