| 216 Parachute Signal Squadron |
| In Memorium |
In Memorium
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In Memoriam - 216 Parachute Signal Squadron
Ser |
Rank |
Known Name |
Served |
Died |
Where |
Age |
Comments |
1 |
Sig |
Ben Gough |
19xx-67 |
1967 |
UK |
|
|
2 |
Sig |
“Taff” Hughes |
1963-68 |
1968 |
Libya |
21 |
‘Plane crash |
3 |
SSgt |
David Naden |
1965-78 |
1978 |
N Ireland |
31 |
Traffic accident |
4 |
Maj |
Michael Forge |
1961-82 |
1982 |
Falklands |
39 |
KIA |
5 |
SSgt |
John “Joe” Baker |
1966-82 |
1982 |
Falklands |
34 |
KIA |
6 |
Lt |
Jim Barry |
19xx-82 |
1982 |
Falklands |
|
KIA |
7 |
Sgt |
1961-74 |
1984 |
UK |
38 |
|
|
8 |
Sig |
Clive Sullivan |
1961-64 |
1985 |
UK |
42 |
|
9 |
Sgt |
“Mick” Andreou |
|
|
UK |
|
|
10 |
Cpl |
Ben Gough |
1965 ? |
|
|
|
|
11 |
Maj |
G Peat |
|
|
UK |
|
|
12 |
|
“Blackie” Millar |
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
Jack Bagley |
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
“Mick” Mandy |
|
|
UK |
|
|
15 |
WO1 (FofS) |
“Dave” Harvey |
|
|
UK |
|
|
16 |
Capt |
“Clem” Palmer |
|
|
UK |
|
|
17 |
Maj |
“Roy” Williams |
|
|
UK |
|
|
18 |
|
Kenneth Coomber |
1954-56? |
1993 |
|
57? |
|
19 |
WO2 |
1941-72 |
1993 |
UK |
69 |
1 AB Div, Arnhem |
|
20 |
Maj |
1939-74 |
1993 |
UK |
77 |
|
|
21 |
Capt |
1947-84 |
1999 |
UK |
65 |
|
|
22 |
WO2 |
1961-84 |
1999 |
UK |
53 |
|
|
23 |
Sgt |
Dennis Milborne |
1943-48 |
1999 |
|
74 |
|
24 |
WO2 (SSM) |
1961-81 |
2000 |
UK |
54 |
|
|
25 |
Cpl |
“Roy” Jakins |
196x-7x |
2000 |
UK |
|
|
26 |
Capt |
“Bill” Duke |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
27 |
Capt (Tfc) |
1955-97 |
2001 |
UK |
64 |
|
|
28 |
SSgt (SQMS) |
“Jimmy” Woolgar BEM MM |
1935-68 |
2001 |
UK |
85 |
|
29 |
|
“Stormy” Fairweather |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
30 |
WO1 (RSM) |
“Bert” Bowes |
1953- |
2001 |
|
66 |
|
31 |
|
Peter Leonard |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
32 |
Cpl |
1965-74 |
2001 |
UK |
53 |
|
|
33 |
Capt |
1962-70 |
2001 |
UK |
57 |
|
|
34 |
SSgt |
Danny Harewood |
1963-85 |
2002 |
UK |
56 |
|
35 |
Cpl |
1960-78 |
2002 |
UK |
60 |
|
|
36 |
Maj-Gen |
Richard Moberly CB OBE KStJ |
1926-60 |
2002 |
UK |
96 |
|
37 |
|
“Harry” Ruff |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
“Pete” Broad |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
Maurice Flynn |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
40 |
Maj |
1948-85 |
2004 |
UK |
74 |
|
|
41 |
Maj (QM) |
“Tom” McKirgan |
1937-72 |
2004 |
UK |
85 |
|
42 |
|
Norman Aarons |
1954-56? |
2004 |
|
68? |
|
43 |
Brig |
1930-65 |
2005 |
UK |
93 |
|
|
44 |
|
Vincent McGarry |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
Chris Petty |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
George “Dinger” Bell |
|
2005? |
UK |
|
|
47 |
Brig |
1940-77 |
2006 |
UK |
84 |
|
|
48 |
Cpl |
M G Slater |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
49 |
Cpl |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
50 |
Cpl |
J A Hagen |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
51 |
Sig |
1958-60 |
2006 |
|
66 |
|
|
52 |
Maj |
1981-07 |
2007 |
Iraq |
50 |
5 AB Bde |
|
53 |
Sig |
P Lavelle |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
54 |
Sig |
G R Ingram |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
55 |
Sig |
G King |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
56 |
Maj (QM) |
1963-93 |
2007 |
UK |
60 |
|
|
57 |
Lt Col (QM) |
1936-78 |
2008 |
UK |
86 |
|
|
58 |
Col |
David Debenham Ranft |
1946-1982 |
2007 |
UK |
78 |
|
59 |
WO2 (RQMS) |
1962-76 |
2008 |
UK |
63 |
|
|
60 |
Capt |
Gordon Haughie |
1956-86 |
2008 |
UK |
65 |
|
61 |
WO2 (RQMS) |
1947-72 |
2008 |
UK |
78 |
|
|
62 |
Cpl |
“Chick” Moir |
196?? |
2008 |
UK |
60+ |
|
63 |
Sig |
Leonard “Lenin” Nicolaides |
1951-53 |
2008 |
|
75 |
|
64 |
Cpl |
Derward Spiller |
1952-58 |
2009 |
|
75 |
|
65 |
? |
Russell Balls |
|
2009 |
|
|
|
66 |
Sig |
I A Drayton |
|
2009 |
|
|
|
67 |
WO1 |
“Wally” Offord |
1932-51 |
2009 |
UK |
95 |
RH Chelsea |
68 |
? |
Kevin “Brummie” Saxon |
|
2010 |
|
|
|
69 |
? |
Les Myers |
1956-62 |
2010 |
UK |
|
|
70 |
? |
Jim Bain |
1960’s? |
2010 |
UK |
|
|
71 |
Cpl |
Alan “Al” Sefton |
1960-70 |
2010 |
UK |
|
|
72 |
Pte |
Ken “Geordie” Percy |
1959-61? |
2010 |
UK |
|
16 Indep Para Bde |
| 73 | Cpl |
Steven Thomas Dunn | 2010 |
Afghanistan | 27 |
16 Air Assault | |
74 |
Maj |
RJF Whistler |
|
2011 |
|
|
6 AB Div |
76 |
Sgt |
RD Harris |
|
2011 |
|
|
6 AB Div |
76 |
Sig |
A Brown |
|
2011 |
|
|
6 AB Div |
77 |
Pte |
H McCartney |
|
2011 |
|
|
6 AB Div |
78 |
WO2 |
CJ Morris |
|
2011 |
|
|
2 Indian AB Div |
79 |
Pte |
GP Newman MBE |
|
2011 |
|
|
6 AB Div |
80 |
Sig |
WAJ Sizer |
|
2011 |
|
|
6 AB Div |
81 |
Sig |
“Tommy” Little |
|
2011 |
UK |
|
1 AB Div, Arnhem |
82 |
Brig |
Clive Edward Tonry OBE |
1938-72 |
2010 |
UK |
90 |
|
83 |
Cpl |
“Pete” Thornton |
1960-67 |
2011 |
Australia |
|
|
84 |
Cpl |
“Rod” Cunningham |
1959-68 |
2011 |
UK |
|
|
85 |
? |
“Jim” Moor |
1954 |
2011 |
UK? |
|
|
86 |
2Lt |
Gordon Newman |
1942-47 |
2011 |
UK |
|
|
87 |
WO2 RQMS |
“Jim” McGovern |
196?-8? |
2011 |
UK |
|
RH Chelsea |
88 |
Cpl |
“Kev” Barrett |
1973-82 |
2011 |
UK |
|
|
89 |
? |
Brian Blackmore |
1954-56? |
2011 |
UK |
|
|
90 |
? |
“Ray” Walton |
1952-64 |
2011 |
NZ |
|
|
91 |
Cpl |
Edward “Buck” Taylor |
1938-60 |
2011 |
UK |
|
RH Chelsea |
92 |
? |
Derek Whalley |
1952-61 |
2011 |
UK |
|
RH Chelsea |
93 |
WO2 |
Alfred Bill Weatherley MM |
1937-59 |
2012 |
NZ |
|
|
94 |
WO1 |
Wilfred Allen |
1936-64 |
2012 |
UK |
|
|
95 |
Cpl |
Mike Taylor |
1951-55 |
2012 |
UK |
|
|
96 |
Sgt |
John “Taff” Roberts |
196x-198x |
2012 |
UK |
|
|
97 |
Maj |
John D Griffiths |
1951-84 |
2012 |
UK |
|
|
98 |
WO1 (FofS)? |
John Henry Paul |
1950-72 |
2012 |
UK |
|
|
99 |
Lt Col |
Les Walmsley |
1956-57 |
2012 |
UK |
78 |
|
100 |
Sgt? |
Eddie Davies |
? |
nk |
nk |
|
|
101 |
WO2 |
1951-74 |
2012 |
UK |
78 |
|
|
102 |
Col |
AH “Tony” Dennis |
1945-80 |
2013 |
|
|
|
103 |
Capt |
Kenneth G Bettany |
1943-68 |
2013 |
UK |
87 |
1 & 6 AB Div |
104 |
Maj Gen |
1937-71 |
2013 |
UK |
|
1 AB Div, Arnhem |
|
| 105 | Capt (QM) |
Victor "Vic" T. Zimmer | 2013 |
Australia | 70 | ||
106 |
|
“Gilly” Hagan |
? |
2014 |
UK |
|
|
107 Col Johnny Fielding 2014 UK
108 Cpl John Tovy (JT) 2014 UK
109 Don McIntosh 2014 UK
110 Col Ultan Ryan 2014 UK
111 Eric (Rosie) Rose 2015 UK
112 Maj (QM) John Kirkman 2015 UK
113 Maj (QM) Richard (Dick) A. Hamilton 2015 UK
114 Gilbert Thomas Michael Mitchell 2016 UK
1. Names and dates have been collated from 216 Para Sig Sqn website; Royal Signals Association website;
The Journal of the Royal Signals Institute; The Wire Magazine; The Pegasus Journal of Airborne Forces.
2. The column headed Served indicates length of service, Regular and TA.
3. Names in Bold indicate those who died while still serving.