Obituaries from The Times of London published this month
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wilson VC 2 October 1912 - 23 December 2008
Awarded posthumous VC for heroism in North Africa, wrongly thought killed in action
Major General Donald Isles CB, OBE 19 July 1924 - 12 November 2008
Wounded in Italy, went on to become Director General Weapons for the British Army
Commodore Dacre Smyth RAN, AO, Legion d'Honneur 5 May 1923 - 3 December 2008
London born son of Omdurman VC, active service at Battle of Coral Sea, Korea, Vietnam
Brigadier John Clemow 9 November 1911 - 17 November 2008
Polymath and expert on guided weapons
Rear Admiral George Morrison, USN 7 January 1919 - 17 November 2008
From Pearl Harbour to Vietnam. Naval aviator and father of Doors singer, Jim
Group Captain Gordon Key OBE, DFC 1 January 1914 - 29 October 2008
Ground attack, bomber pilot in the Battle for France and post war tactician
Air Vice Marshal John Powell OBE 12 June 1915 - 24 November 2008
Wartime Coastal Command, Director of RAF Educational Services, father of politically significant sons
Olive Margerison MBE, 12 February 1915 - 3 Deecember 2008
Secretary in Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms