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Obituaries published in The Times of London and/or online
27 November 2008
Captain Alfie Sutton RN, CBE, DSC and bar May 21, 1912 - November 6, 2008
Last surviving naval aviator from 1940 attack on Taranto
Air Vice-Marshal Freddie Hurrell CB, OBE April 24, 1928 - October 3, 2008
National Serviceman who rose to head RAF Medical Services
Brigadier Sydney Thomson DSO, MC 14 November 1914 - 8 November 2008
Canadian infantry commander in Italian and North West Europe campaigns
26 November 2008
Captain Michael Henry RN April 28, 1928 - November 6, 2008
Submariner who fired UK's first Polaris missile at sea
Flt Lt Derek Fowler DFM July 9, 1923 - October 17, 2008
Possibly youngest pilot to win DFM for torpedo attack on tanker,
25 November 2008
Col Robert Leith-MacGregor MC, DFC August 23, 1917 - November 14, 2008
Pilot and soldier decorated for bravery in two wars (Western Desert and Korea)
Sir James Stuart-Menteth Bt November 13, 1922 - October 9, 2008
Double amputee who campaigned for other limbless ex Servicemen
19 November 2008
Chief Petty Officer Leslie Sayer MBE, DSM, June 5, 1915 - November 1, 2008
Wartime telegraphist air gunner who took part in perilous attacks on the Bismarck and Scharnhorst
Alan Mackay November 5, 1920 - October 23, 2008
RAF Bomber pilot, PoW and journalist who edited a morale-boosting newspaper for the inmates of Stalag Luft III
14 November 2008
Rear Admiral John Adams CB, LVO December 19 1918 - November 3 2008
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff who defended the need for aircraft carriers
Major 'Spud' Gibbon GM June 7 1924 - October 4 2008
Royal Artillery officer tortured in Korean war and decorated for courage
13 November 2008
Kenneth Scott DCM March 1 1920 - September 30 2008
Wartime SOE radio operator who parachuted into Serbia in 1944 to aid partisans and was captured by Gestapo
11 November 2008
U.S. General Bernard Rogers July 16 1921 - October 27 2008
Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1979-1987
(Hon Col) Charley Fox DFC and Bar, CD February 16 1920 - October 18 2008
Canadian fighter pilot and 'train buster' who may have wounded Rommel
7 November 2008
Stanislav Hlucka October 19 1919 - October 15 2008
Czech artime RAF pilot who was jailed by the communists after the war
Colonel Donald Blakeslee DFC September 11 1917 - September 3 2008
American pilot who flew with the RAF's Eagle squadrons in combat against the Luftwaffe
In the service of our country. |
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