100 year old WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson from Gospel Oak died on 2 June 2023. WWII Veteran Tommy Parkinson was born on 6 March 1923 and celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Tommy volunteered for Air Crew when he was 17. Having passed his health and aptitude tests but failing his maths, he joined the Rifle…
Born on 21 June 1924, WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach from Lybster near Caithness in Scotland died on 26 February 2023 aged 98. One of seven brothers he was conscripted in 1942 and served with the 25th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. He landed on Sword beach on D Day +15 on his 20th birthday and…
WWII naval veteran Len Hobbs, 98, died peacefully at home on Monday 31 October with his daughter Elizabeth at his side. Born on 1 August 1924, Len Hobbs from South Woodham Ferrers, near Chelmsford, joined the Royal Navy in 1943 and after completing his basic training at HMS Ganges was sent to the Isle of…
WWII Veteran John Bosley, from Warminster died on Tuesday 4 October aged 97. Born in 1925, John enlisted in 1943 at the age of 17 and after training, volunteered and was accepted for the Parachute Regiment. His parachute training included two jumps from a balloon, three from Whitley Bombers and two from a Dakota before…
WWII veteran John Clarke MBE, from Ware in Hertfordshire died on Wednesday 5 October aged 98. Born 19 April 1924, John was just 17 when he volunteered for the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment. When he was old enough to go to war he travelled widely fighting in North Africa, Italy and Greece. In Italy,…
WWII Veteran Albert Wiltshire, who served with Combined Operations in the Royal Navy in WWII died on 16 September at the age of 99. Albert Wiltshire 99, from Rotherhithe was married for fifty years, before losing his wife in 2012, they had two children, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Conscripted as a wireman (an…
On Thursday 28 July Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, from Odiham, Hampshire, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died at home with his family at his bedside. Born on 30 July 1926, Alfred ‘Fred’ Lee lived in Odiham, Hampshire. He married Joyce in 1947 and they had three children Kevin, Karen, and Katrina.…
On 9 July 2022, WWII veteran and former Queens’s Bargemaster Major Ted Hunt MVO died aged 102 Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, a retired waterman who served in World War II, and was, appointed Queen’s Bargemaster in 1978 died on 9 July. His children Pamela, Christine, and Ron and his grandchildren Duncan, Geoffrey, Hazel, Jo, and…
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