The "Pillar"

This is the pillar in Arnos Vale cemetery showing the men and women who were cremated here.

They range from Captains & Lt Commanders of the Royal Navy down through the ranks to Privates and Able Seamen.

The names
Name Reg/Corp etc Died

LAC R W T ALFORD RAF (AAF) 17/11/42
Pte F C ANGEL Dorset Reg. 26/8/47
Driver W W APPERLEY RASC 30/7/45
Flt Sjt V J BAKER RAF 28/10/43
Lt W J BALFOUR (RNR) HMS Philoctetes 15/1/43
Cook R F BELL SS Ocean Valour 23/10/45
Pte A E BENNETT RAMC 3/5/45
Sjt (Pilot) H E BENNETT RAF 4/2/41
Volunteer R C BOYCE 13th Glos Bn Home Guard 25/9/40
ACW1 Margaret I BUNTING Womens Aux Air Force 2/7/47
Sub-Lt R J B BUSH (RNVR) HMS Heron 27/5/43
3rd Officer J G A CAMERON-SMITH SS Terlings 24/12/40
Sjt A C CLIFFORD RAF 12/2/43
Sqd Ldr H A P COLEMAN RAF 26/4/47
Pte A L COMER Queens Royal Reg. 28/2/47
Driver Dorothy F COOK YMCA 9/12/40
Chf Eng Officer N CRAVEN SS Dan-Y-Bryn 4/6/44
Craftsman F W DAVIS REME 14/6/45
2nd Officer Elsie Joy DAVISON Air Transport Aux. 8/7/40
Volunteer J DYSON 6th Glos Bn Home Guard 27/2/41
Sjt (Pilot) M G EASTGATE RAF 12/7/43
Pte G M EDWARDS East Yorkshire Inf. 26/5/47
Jun. Prob. Elec. Mech. N A FISHER RN 20/5/45
Pte J E CREW Gloucester Reg. 7/11/39
2nd Officer H FORSTER SS Tekoa 14/11/41
Corp J FOSTER RAF 5/12/47
Stoker PO W G GODWIN (RN) HMS Berwick 25/11/46
Major F J F GRAHAM Royal Artillery 19/6/40
Gunner A J HARRIS Royal Artillery 23/7/45
Elec Art. 4th Cl. J E HASELDINE RN 4/11/40
LAC D F HASKINGS RAF 23/3/46
PO Tel W T HIGGINBOTHAM RN 3/1/45
AC1 S W JEFFREYS RAF 14/1/47
Wdmstr Lt Cdr A E JONES MBE CGM RN 6/9/44
Ldg Smn J H JUDD RN 30/11/47
F/O J KAY RAF 26/12/44
Lt Cdr E KIRKPATRICK-CROCKETT RN 2/4/45
Eng Captain P B LATHAM (RN) HMS Prosperpine 6/2/42
Lt W N LEWIS Pioneer Corps 23/7/42
Sjt R K LOGAN Royal Artillery 29/5/43
Sqd Ldr A R MACDONALD RAF 11/9/45
2nd Lt P B G MCLEAN Queens Own Cameron Highl. 26/5/40
Acting Lt G E H MASON (RNVR) HMS Heron 15/8/41
AC2 W B MORGAN RAF 5/6/45
Pte C W MOUNTAIN Gloucester Regiment 24/9/43
P/O A D MOUNTSTEPHEN RAF 13/8/40
Capt W A LANE 5th Somerset Bn Home Guard 23/7/44
Fl LtW J PEARSON RAF 22/1/43
Acting Sub-Lt H W H PERRY (RNVR) HMS Heron 8/4/42
Capt F R PORTER (RN) HMS Duke 19/10/45
Fl Sjt (Pilot) H W RAMSEY RAF 11/9/44
Sjt (Pilot) D H REES RAF 8/9/40
Sjt (Pilot) A H REX RAF 21/9/41
Signalman G P RICHARDS Royal Signals 30/4/43
Lt Cdr L J G SHOOBRIDGE (RNVR) HMS Lucifer 30/5/44
LAC J O SKELTON RAF 29/8/46
Sjt N SMITH RAF 7/4/44
LAC (Cadet) W A SMITH RAF 13/12/39
Pte Beryl Mary SQUIRE Aux. Territorial Service 17/3/43
Lt O W SUMNER Royal Marines 27/2/46
Sjt D J TAYLOR Royal Army Pay Corps 2/3/42
Lt W J TAYLOR Gordon Highlanders 3/1/43
Sick Berth CPO L TRAVIS (RN) HMS Royal Arthur 11/9/47
F/O C S TWIST RAF 22/8/46
Trooper A G VARDON Royal Armoured Corps 23/3/45
F/O (Pilot) H R WHEELER RAF 27/7/40
Sjt A J F WILSON Royal Signals 27/2/44
Flt Lt E J R YOUNG RAF 30/12/43

Arnos Vale cemetery has a large cross in rememberence of the Navy personnel who died during WW2. Adjacent to the cross, is a couple of rows of headstones (see below). Although the cross is unnamed, amongst the headstones is a Polish soldier and a New Zealander.


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