1956 - 57
Sent in by Anthony (Tony) Rudge, 1956, Via Cliff.
Back row L to R, Whitehorn, Searby, Wills (police), Stanley,
Mountford, Mishey, (Tony thinks)
Centre row L to R, Templeton, Witham, Rymond, Williams,
Sharpe (photographer), Gale (batman), Ellis (cook) Rudge (police).
Front row L to R, Abbey, Tony Foster, Garry, Jones, Thomas (DI),
Dillon, Tich, Butch, Scroton.
The above is a plan of Tony's hut, as far as he can remember.
He was in Roosevelt Sqn.
Sent in by Bob Allard, via Terry Barry.
Hut 274, March 1956
Above sent in by Brian Bolton, March 1956, Hut 94.
Brian is third from left, middle row.
Sent in by David Smythe, he is in the back row, 2nd from right.
The tall chap in the back row, he believe's is John Wilde,
a Junior county cricketer. The Cpl. was Welsh ?
Sent to me via Cliff East.
Above three sent in via Cliff East.
Sent in by Ian Vaughan, April 1956.
Back Row:- Brian Thake, Johnny Reeves, Mick Ramsey.
Second Row:- Michael Vance, Roy Saxton, Ray Standing,
Pete Stammers,
John Spencer, R. Wallis, Brian Uttley, Ron Turney, Peter Simmonds.
Front Row:- Brian Williams, Keith walton, John Walker,
Denis Wilson (Senior Man),
Cpl. Vale, Cpl. Wood, Eddie Sweeney, Ian Vaughan, Tom Pettler.
Sent by Ian Vaughan, via Cliff East. Hut 273, 6 Flight,
Smuts Squadron, 16th April to 18th June 1956.
Above sent to me by Chris Hebbron, Smuts Squadron,May - June 1956,
Chris is in the back row 3rd from right, as you look at the photo.
Also have a 48 hr pass on the Bits & Pieces page.
7 Flight, Churchill Squadron - June & July 1956
Left to Right: Derrick Hicks, Bob Blake, Jim Easley,
Ken Welton.
Sent in by Bob Blake via Cliff. ( Making Boys into Men?)
John Dow 1956, sent to me by Cliff East.
Thats the largest I can get the photo, will try to edit it.
DI's. Cpl. Hall, Cpl. Ball and Cpl. Rusell.
Above two photos, sent to me by Mal. June/July 1956, 8 Flight, Hut 87, Churchill Sqd. Mal is sitting in the middle row, 5th from left.
Bob, I used to pal up with, is sitting front row, second from left.
Back row L to R, ?,?,?,?, J.O.Clarke,?,?,?,A.Christoporou, Bradly.
Front row L to R, R.E.Dix, M.Baker, J.R.Clarke,?, Cpl Collis,
J.R.Fawcett, J.Azopardi,?, R.J.Burr (yorkie)
Above four sent in by Richard Fawcett, via Cliff East,
Richard is the one in the front row in the overalls, as his uniform had to be made specially for him.
Above two sent in by Roy Baker, via Cliff East,
was there in June 1956, Hut 186, Smuts
Hut 271, Smutts Sqdn., June / August 1956.
Cpl. Conway, with Trevor Collier,
Senior man on his left as you look at the Photo,
and on the other side is Stephen Lemoon.
Above three sent in by Trevor Collier.
DI's are, on left Cpl. Conway
and on right, Cpl.Whydle.
Cpl. Barrie James, who was a DI. with trenchard Squadron for 3 years,
has given me a name for the Sgt. on the left, it is Sgt. Tate.
Above 5 photos were sent to me by Eddie Howard,
via Terry Barry. They were copies of the originals
and I can't get them any clearer. He also sent in a
copy of British Railway Prices, this I will have to
retype and will put it on the History page when
I have finished it.
Above 2 photos sent to me by David McGoogan. 1st one shows his two DI's, Cpl. Slater & Cpl. Maund.
The second is Hut 258, 3 Flight, Roosevelt Sqdn.
Names as follows.
Standing L/R:- Stan Hunter, Martin Davies, Dave Johnson, Bill Danpure, Roy McNairy, David McGoogan,
Johnny Jopling, Tony Gardner, Ron Guest, Peter Imbert,
John Todd, Roy Jacques, Mike Jay, Reg Ellmore.
Seated L/R:- Bob Pierce, Geoff Harris, Brian Osgathorpe, Duncan D'Ssouza, Cpl. Maund, Derek Hawthorn,
Barry Nicklin, Ted Holmes, Ivor Jones.
Photo sent in by Ramon Dawson, at W.K. 1956,
no names other that the Di. Cpl. Reggie Beal.
Ramon again.
Hut 258, 5 Flight, Roosevelt Sqdn., 27 August to 26 October.
DI's Cpls. Slater and Maund, Sgt Hiscock and P/O Purdy.
Other names in group are:-
A.R.Courtnell, Brian Allensby, S.I.Bergin, J.Crossley, P.Copsey,
J.Allinson, B.J Burgess, R.V. Brown, Bill Deadman, K.Aplin,
Tony Blegg, V.N.Luan, D.I.Aston, Norman Ball, P.H.Atkins, R.V.Brown,
A.Black, A.Maunde, Mike Daulton, R.Bunn, E.Seal, J.M, Bordman.
Updated, 13/08/2008. Sent in by Brian Allensby.
One more from Don on the History page.
Sent in by Alan Roe, via Cliff.
Above 2 photos and 1 on the History page,
sent in by Ken Tasker, via Cliff East.
Gordon is the one with the x at his feet.
Sent in by Gordon Went.
Above sent to Cliff East, from Roddy Moffat, by Pat Honey.
Above sent to me by Cliff East.
Sent in by Dennis, via Cliff East,
Above two sent to me via Cliff east.
Above three photos sent to me by James (Jim) Robertson.
Top photo Jim is 2nd left front, middle photo, he is 2nd left
back row, 3rd photo he is 5th left middle row. Jan 1957.
Above two sent in by Roy Gudger, via Cliff East.
Sent in by Andrew Mockett, on behalf of his Father Dave,
Dave is back row 1st left, (who he said, has recently passed away).
Above sent in by Don Davies,
with two others I have put on the History page.
May 1957 Churchill Squadron.
3rd from left front row, Dave Jones, no other names given.
Sent in by Tom Edwards, Hut 47, Churchill Squadron,
29 Mar to 31 May 1957.
Back row: Robinson, Steele, Williams,
Trippe, Stuart, Weightman.
Middle row: Sawyer, Wheatley, Waterall, Smith,Williamson,
Wilson, Thomas, Ward.
Front row: Smith, Scott, Sandy, Walton, P.O. Thorn,
Cpl. Swaine, Stopp, Smith, Watkins.
The owner of this photo, Derek Sandy would like to hear
from Mr Watkins.
Cpl., Worrell, Cpl., Smith,
Sitting, P/O., Lord.
Here is Derek Lehrle's Flight in 1957 together with his tormentor Cpl. Worrell, while P/O. Lord takes it easy.
Above 2 sent to me by Gerald Pardey, with the blessing of their owners.
HUT 252 1957, Derek, middle top, I think in the doorway, half face. Taken just before a route march around the area, note their denims.
Johney Egden from Hut 251, the photo on the right, is he asking the DI., to speak up?
Above three photos sent in by Derek Lehrle.
Above three photos sent in by Vic Prior, May to July 1957.
Front row from left to right, J. Burkinshaw, B.Deverill, Tex Cadogan, Bud, Cpl. Watson, P.Archbould,
myself G.Cocks (at that time) Brown? and G. Bliss
second row,??, ??, R. Bamforth, B.Boyes, ??, B.Davies, ??,??. Back row, ?? Biddles, ?? G. Cox,??.
Early May 1957, mid to late July 1957.
Sigs. of Geoff's Flight. Had to put 2 on as some of the names are upside down,so turned one up the other way, hope you can read them.
Above are 2 Flt. photos from Geoff's Squadron,
anyone know anybody and names?.
Sgt. Gore, Cpl. Watson and Officer is Morgan?.
Above four photos and two on the history page sent in by Geoff Cox, via Terry Barry.
Above two photos, of Roosevelt Squadron,
sent in by Peter Russell,
who is in the front row 3rd from left, in the group photo,
next to the Senior Man, Tom (?), Cpl McIntosh in centre,
Austin Shelmerdine, is in front row 3rd from right,
and Peter Weller (in Civvies), in the back row on the right.
The DI's photo - Sgt. Allan (or Allen), Cpl. McIntosh
and Cpl. McKay (holding cat)
Late June to late August 1957.
Also the kitbag of 'RUSSELL P - 5046625', how’s that for history?
Sent by Cliff East
Sent via Cliff.
Above two via Cliff.
Above 13 photos sent in by Ex Pilot Officer John Ashcroft,
he was entertainment officer Nov 1955 - July 1957.
Received via Cliff East.
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The following photos have no date,
I have moved them here to make a new page for the W.K.Band.
Does anyone have any information on them?
if so send details to me please,
Les Haines, Web Manager.
Names and Date?
5 Churchill Sqd., DI's. Left to right standing, Cpl. King,
Cpl. Purdy, Cpl. MaCracken (minus spectacles),seated left to right, Cpl. Hirons, Cpl. Meadows.
Above photo sent in by Robin Godfrey.
Thanks to Cliff I have moved 3 photos from above
to their correct page.