1952 - 53
Hut C25 Flt 141/1 Sqdn C Jan - March 1952.
Sent in by Tom Dobson, via Cliff.
Above 4 sent in by Norman Quirk, Jan. 1952.
Will see if I can get more info., on them.
Sent by D.Bird, via Cliff East,1952, Hut D20, BSqdn.
Sent Via Cliff East.
Sent by Harry (Jock) Renton, via Terry Barry.
Harry is standing, rear right.
Above sent in by Brian Hughes.
Sgt. Mahoney in the middle, on his right is Ernie Churchill,
Brian is second on the left from the Sgt.
Colin Duke is on the left of Brian, standing behind Sgt.
on his left is Cobb,and the one behind Cobb is Hughes.
In the back row 3rd from left is Edwicher.
Sent in by Roger Barrow, he would like to know if there
is anyone out there who knows March 1952
March 1952.
Above three sent in by Bryan Hand, via Cliff East.
Photo sent in by Brian Goodhead, taken in April 1952,
Brian is in the back row 2nd from right.
Sent to me by Eric Horner, taken in April 1952. Eric is 2nd from left back row, back row central, Ted, middle row from left, Colin, then Terry, front row 2nd from left, joe. he said sorry he can't remember others. if anyone recognizes
themselves, let me know.
Sent to me by Robin Godfrey.
Just had an E-mail from Em Walton (nee Wren),
to say her dad, is in the above photo,
Thomas (Tommy) Arthur Wren, he is Centre man middle row.
Plus two more below.
Above two photos sent by Cliff East, of
Don Martin,July - Aug 1952.
Above two sent in by Cliff east.
Above two sent to me by Mike Stambois.
Top Row. 2. Head Man. 3. Alan Merryweather.
Middle Row. 1. Kirkham.
Bottom Row. 5 Cpl. Brown.
Sent in by Alan Merryweather, also a piece on our 2nd web site under Memories Page.
Hut C 19, 'C' Sqn. October - November 1952, sent to me by Maurice Underhill.
Sent to me by Victor (Vic) Pagdin, November 1952,
Hut A10, H Squadron.Sgt. Waugh, DI., Cpl. Physic,
Vic says he is the cherub extreme right back row.
Above sent by Nick Pearson, his Dad Joe, is on the
left standing with the arrow pointing at him.
Another from Vic with the cup, was that for the best Hut?
Just heard from Alan Bradbury, the cup was the 'Drill Cup'
won by 2 Flt.
The cup again with the proud DI's.
Above three from Vic Pagdin,
more on the History page.
Alan Bradbury said the DI's are,
Cpl Mullen, Sgt Waugh, Cpl Physic,
Cpl. (?) Hut A3, ( from Beaconsfield).
Above sent in by Pete Arthur, Hut W8, 1952 / 53
Geoff Sayle and Pete is on the left.
Tony is 4th from left middle row.
Above two sent in by Tony Hall.
Jan / Feb 1953
Above two photos sent to me by Bill Mason via Cliff East.
Bill was at West Kirby in Jan/March 1953, in Smuts Sqdn.
Sgt.in both photos is Sgt. Usherwood.
Sent to me by David Prior, Feb or Mar 1953.
David is in the middle row 2nd from right.
Above photo and signatures,
sent in to Cliff East, from Kenneth Chamberlain.
The tall DI at the back was Cpl. Tooze.
Just heard from Peter Robson, via Cliff East, more dates and names. The other 2 DI's are Cpl. Elvidge on left and Cpl. Phillips on the right. Harry Walker sent me the name of the Sgt. its Sgt. Meehen, Officer unknown.
They were in charge of Intake 193-1, C Squadron, Hut B, 31st March /April 1953.
If you know any more on the names, please let me know, Les Haines, Webmaster
Above sent in by Dan Nutt, via Cliff East.
Above photo and names by Pete Robinson
Ray Whetton is fourth from left centre row.
Sent in by Cliff East for Ray Whetton April 1953, Hut B6.
April 1953, Hut A 4, D sqdn.
Sgt., Dunkery's Flight, B Sqdn.
Above two sent in to Cliff East by Reg Appley's Son in Law,
Reg died last November.
From Ray Morgan, via Cliff East. Intake 199, "A" Squadron, May 1953.
Above three photos sent in by Bill Binden, intake No.200..3, B. Squadron Hut No. C9, 1953.
Roosevelt Squadron, 194/3 May 1953.
Cpl's. Howard, Macfarlane, Blair And Tinsley
Intake No. 202-2, 'D' Squadron, June 1953.
Above two sent to me by Robin Godfrey
Sent by Cliff, as far as I know gordon is not a relative,
might be wrong.
Cliff has sent his photo,as above.
Above photo sent to me by Cliff East.
Back row. P Owen, D Ricketts, W Nagle, G Parsons, F Rees,
Ronny Robinson (Dad)
middle row. Rosser, C Oats, R Peacock, E noble, T Northeast, R Pelling,
M Pulman.
front row. E Mullen, F Pringle, D Steele, Cpl S Smith, D Scott, D O'Gorman,
R Swan
Sent in by Shaun Robinson, in memory of his Dad,
who died November 2006. See, News 2 page.
From Robin Godfrey.
Photo sent in by Norman White, he is in centre row 2nd from right, chap on his left, nicknamed Dan Archer, senior man in the centre, behind Cpl. McCracken, he thinks is Serle, other name not known. and to Cpl. McCracken's right is Joe Thornton. 1953.
Sent in by Bob Clay, he is in the middle row 3rd from left.
Another photo of his Squadron,on parade, is on the
History page
Above sent in by Nev Allen, via Cliff East.
Above three photos sent in by Alwyn York.
June / July, 1953. The billet squad and his DI's.,
and his new mate Sims in a New Brighton photo kiosk.
Above three photos sent in by Jim Simpson,
Via Cliff East.
Back Row:- Lockwood, Hoyle, Richardson, Donohue.
Middle Row:- O'Brian, Field, Smith, Briggs, Anson, Briggs, Flavell.
Front Row:- Leatherbarrow, Fowler, Hartley, Cpl. Jones, Jackson, Watmouth and Makin.
The Cpl. sitting in front, unknown. sent in by Dennis Anson, via Cliff East.
Cliff has been going through his files and has found the
date for the above photo, july - Sept 1953
Above sent in by J Wittering, via Cliff East.
Sent in by Fred Reeves via Cliff.
On the left Cpl.Peter Newman, ?, Cpl Bob Jarvis.
Above 7 photos sent in by Cliff East from
Cpl Bob Jarvis.
More on the History page
They are from left to right, Cpl. Graham, Unknown Officer,
Cpl. Wood? and Cpl. Corrigan.
Above 4, received from Eric Betts via Cliff East. Intake 214,
15th Sept 1953, 'D' Sqdn.
Above two from Cliff East.
Sent to Cliff East, by Michael Fellows.
Sept/Nov 1953, Hut D22, C squadron.
Sent to me by Cliff East.
Cpl. Howes, Cpl. ?, Sgt Preston. Sgt. Stanbury, Cpl. Littler, Cpl.Denniss.
Cpl. Plunkett, in middle and Brian Seares Middle row 4th from left.
'C' Squadron, Hut 'B'Nov., 1953From Robin Godfrey.
Our Drill Corporals! D Sdn Cpl Howard, Cpl MacFarlan, Cpl Fagg
(my instructor and a great chap), Cpl Blair, Cpl Hilton.
Just heard from Robin Godfrey that Cpl., McFarlan, the last time he spoke to him ,he is alive and well up in Bonnie Scotland.
One of Geraints mate's drew this cartoon of him.
Above 3 photos sent in by Geraint Hughes 2706134
was at W/K late 1953.
Geraint is standing behind P/O Smith.
Sent in by Dennis Anson.
Back row, Lockwood, Hoyle, richardson & donohue.
Middle, O,Brian, Field, Smith, Briggs, Anson,Briggs, & Flavell.
Front, Leathbarrow, Fowler, Hartley, Cpl Jones, Jackson,
Watmouth & Makin.
(I somehow lost this photo when I was rearanging them, but
Dennis noticed and sent it again, sorry Dennis).
The following 4 photos have in common, the DI,
a Cpl Colin "Geordie" Newton,he was a DI at W/K
for 10 years, the squad pictures have been passed on
from him, but there is no other information about them.
If anyone has any information,
could you let Cliff or myself know.
