This Web Page was initially raised based upon data
held in the RAF Cranwell Association Database, and was then
updated with advice from Entry Representatives.
Entry Representative: Reg Fox
In September 1939, 422 young hopefuls arrived at
RAF Cranwell as the 1J9 and 1M9 (40th) Entry to train as Instrument
Makers (1J9) or Wireless Operator Mechanics or Wireless Electrical
Mechanics (1M9). The Instrument Fitters all transferred to RAF Halton
in August 1940 to complete their training, but because of the
shortage of Instrument Fitters, their course length was further
reduced and they were retitled the 1J6 (40th) Entry Passing Out on
18th June 1941.
The Cranwell 1M9's Passed Out in September 1941. During their
training the Entry gained 26 from Senior Entries, while 49 of their
number were re-classed to later Entries.
In 1989 Tom Olliver (36th Entry) arranged a "nostalgia"
visit to RAF Cranwell for the September. As this would
be almost 50 years since the 1M9/1J9's started at Cranwell, it was
an occasion not to be missed. Thus ten members of that
Entry, with their ladies, stayed the weekend at a hotel in Grantham
and joined the Cranwell party. The get-together was
such a resounding success that ever since further reunions have
followed. At each RAFCAA AGM we have stayed the weekend
at a hotel in the vicinity of the venue, and each Springtime at
various places such as Ironbridge, Bournemouth, York and Ross-on-Wye
etc.
Over a number of years close contact was kept with
our compatriots of the Halton 40th Entry Association. This
culminated in September 1999 with a 60th anniversary dinner in Cannock
when the Halton 40th Association disbanded - the Cranwell 1M9's
(40th) continues.
The 1M9's lay claim to being the first, and longest
running, of the RAFCAA Associations.
The Entry List below is presented in alphabetical
order:
ENTRY ROLL CALL
Key:
KNOWN DECEASED
ASSOCIATION MEMBER
NON-MEMBER
UNTRACED
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Joined with 39th Entry. Japanese POW.
Died 21st May 2001.
577407
Allen
M J
Jack
1M9 O
576464
Anderson
E W
Eric
1J9
576378
Anderson
R G
1M9
Died 27th August 1941.
576487
Andrew
D
David
1M9
577380
Arrowsmith
T R
Ray
1M9 N
Association Member.
575331
Ashton
H G
George
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
577452
Ashton
P
Peter
1M9
576779
Atkins
P R
1M9
576595
Austin
H J
Harry
1J9
575224
Baker
B J
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
576626
Baker
G J
Geoffrey
1M9
576305
Baker
W G
Geoff
1M9 C
Died 15th August 1994.
576472
Baker
R H
Bob
1M9 B
576596
Bale
E W C
Ted
1M9 H
Now "The Reverend" Ted Bale.
Association Member.
576561
Barker
C H E
Christopher
1M9 G
575783
Barraby
P D
1M5
Joined with 39th Entry.
576666
Barrett
J C
Jack
1J9
577411
Bartlett
L H
Leslie
1M9
576418
Basham
E W J
Edgar
1J9
576771
Beckett
J W W
James
1M9
576547
Beechinor
C
Colin
1M9 G
Association Member.
576143
Beeson
G G
Gerald
1M9
576456
Benn
R H
Ronald
1M9
576389
Betteridge
P A
Peter
1M9
576214
Bigg
J
1J9
575388
Billings
E T
1J1
Joined with 39th Entry.
576834
Black
I B
Ian
1J9
575694
Blackwell
L C
1M5
Joined with 39th Entry
577346
Blain
D E J
David
1M9 P
Died 18 February 2009.
576156
Boase
G G
Graham
1M9
576340
Bowden
P L
Peter
1J9
577343
Bowhill
G H
Geoffrey
1M9
577410
Bowler
C
Clifford
1J9
577439
Box
H C
1J9
576723
Boxer
H L P
Henry
1M9
LAC. Died 5th September 1942.
Buried YABA Cemetry, Nigeria.
576617
Boylan
K W
Kenneth
1J9
576703
Bradford
L C
Leslie
1M9
576169
Bradshaw
G
Geoff
1M9 B
Died 20th August 1942. Defiant
Flying Fatality.
576520
Bradshaw
G
George
1M9
Died July 1988. While working at RRE Malvern he was part of the team who
developed the first UK integrated circuit - the Bradshaw/Taylor chip
which is now in the Science Museum.
577397
Brain
C S
Clifford
1M9
576471
Bray
P J
Peter
1M9
Japanese POW. Died 3rd August 1998.
576254
Brecton
R
Ronald
1M9
576328
Bretherton
J
John
1J9
576261
Brewer
J W
1J9
576278
Briggs
R
Ray
1J9
576428
Brindley
R
Roy
1M9
577331
Brocklebank
J
John
1M9
576119
Brooke
F J
1M9
576638
Brown
H T
Harry
1M9
576704
Brown
J
1M9
577383
Brown
R N
Robert
1J9
576272
Bryan
D A
David
1J9
576691
Bryant
P J W
Phil
1M9 H
Died 22nd October 2009.
576402
Buggs
L W
Leslie
1M9
576293
Bulman
W
William
1M9
576341
Burrough
R W G
Robert
1M9
576713
Burthenshaw
E P
Edwin
1J9
577403
Bush
D J
Dudley
1M9
576219
Buttle
D
Dalton
1M9
576217
Byrne
K G
Kenneth
1M9
576181
Byrom
A
Allan
1M9
576522
Calvert
L G
George
1M9 G
Association Member. Transferred to the RAF Regiment and awarded the Military Cross
in Aden.
577365
Campbell
J K
John
1M9 P
Died 15th April 2001.
577454
Carey
A N
Arthur
1J9
576120
Carlton
J W
John (Jack)
1M9 D
Association Member.
576360
Carter
D W
1J9
577370
Carter
J
John
1M9
576282
Carter
J N
Derek
1J9
Died 22nd March 1944.
577345
Chadwick
G
Geoffrey
1M9
576118
Chamberlain
K
1M9
577455
Chapman
G H
George
1M9
576453
Charlick
L G
Leslie
1J9
577400
Chown
J R
John
1J9
576185
Clark
K G
Kenneth
1M9
577338
Clark
R T S
Robert
1J9
576289
Clark
S
Syd
1M9 E
Died 29th November 2002.
576797
Clarke
S M
Stanley
1J9
576679
Cleave
R J
1M9
577401
Clement
J F
John
1M9
Died 7th May 1944 - 34 Sqn. Far East.
576669
Coe
J P
John
1J9
577408
Cooke
S J R
Samuel
1M9
Died 20th May 1954.
576099
Copeland
J L
1M9
575376
Copleston
D J
David
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
Died 27th June 2006.
577369
Cormack
A E
Archibald
1M9
576708
Cornah
A F B
Albert
1J9
576772
Corner
E S
1M9
575701
Crompton
R J
Richard
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
Died 30th May 1996.
576212
Cumine
G J
Gilbert
1J9
576728
Daborn
J D
John
1J9
576388
Daldorph
R A
Roy
1J9
577396
Dale
A
Alexander
1J9
576167
Daniels
K C
Kenneth
1J9
577453
Davey
W J
Bill
1M9 M
Died 26th December 1992.
576504
Davidson
R
Robert
1J9
575689
Davies
F S G
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
576886
Davies
E J
Edward
1M9
577448
Davies
F
Frederick
1M9
Ceased Training.
576478
Dawson
K
Keith
1J9
577388
Day
T S
Thomas
1M9
576517
Dewar
M R
Jock
1M9 G
576252
Dickinson
T G
Terry
1M9 A
576463
Dominick
J F C
John
1M9 B
Died 21st June 1996.
575232
Dowe
P
1J1
Joined with 39th Entry.
576324
Dowler
R J
Ronald
1M9
576768
Ducker
T J
Thomas
1J9
576116
Edgar
R I
1M9
576268
Edgecumbe
C E G
Cedric
1M9
Died 31st December 2005.
576091
Elder
T
Thomas
1M9
Died 3rd November 1942. 202 Sqn.
577363
Ellet
R G
Robert
1M9
576250
Elliott
J
John
1M9 B
Association Member
576348
Ellwood
W J
William
1M9
Ceased Training.
577339
England
J H
James
1M9
577124
Essam
R
Roy
1M9
575542
Evans
E M
1M1 D
Joined with 39th Entry
576628
Evans
S E
Sidney
1M9
576697
Falconer
D B
Donald
1J9
576210
Farr
G D
Graham (Tommy)
1M9 C
Association Member
576575
Fennell
T M
Terence
1M9
576716
Fenton
J R
John
1M9
576690
Fergusson
A J M
Alexander
1J9
577393
Firmin
C H A
Christopher
1M9
Died 3rd August 1950.
577391
Fitton
J
Jack
1M9
577381
Flint
G G
Geof
1M9 N
Died 19th November 2005.
576739
Fogden
P W
Bill
1M9 H
Died 3rd December 1992.
576251
Forbes
A D
Andrew
1M9
576134
Ford
R W
Robert
1M9
577457
Forshaw
T K G
Thomas
1M9
577334
Forsyth
R F
Robert
1M9
577422
Fradd
L R
Leslie
1M9
577423
Francks
E A
Eric
1J9
576606
French
D
Douglas
1J9
576630
Friend
R J
Ronald
1J9
577416
Frost
S
Steven
1M9
575156
Funnell
J H
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
577336
Gallagher
F P
Francis
1M9
577445
Gambold
J
John
1M9
575321
Gibbs
P J
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
576184
Gibson
L W J
Len
1M9 E
Association Member.
576624
Gill
R J
Ronald
1J9
576810
Gillam
S H
Stan
1M9 F
Association Member.
576552
Gillham
M J
Maurice
1M9
577435
Goddard
K
Kenneth
1M9
576342
Goodchild
R B
Russell
1J9
576258
Goodey
E A
Edward
1M9
576646
Goodwin
G W
Gilbert
1M9 B
576651
Gorham
W E R
1M9
576361
Govan
J M
John
1M9 E
Association Member.
576115
Green
R J
Ronald
1J9
576640
Green
R E
Ronald
1M9
576675
Green
P W
Peter
1M9
Died 19th November 1954.
577368
Green
H
Henry
1M9
Died 30th May 1943.
576798
Griffin
J R
John
1J9
577456
Gubb
F WJ
Frederick
1J9
576790
Gurr
E
Edward
1J9
577440
Haigh
J
Joseph
1M9
576523
Hardwick
R E
Roy
1M9
576244
Harper
A
Arthur
1M9
576179
Harrison
J H
John
1J9
577382
Harvey
W J
William
1M9
576671
Hatton
T W
Thomas
1J9
577436
Hawker
A P
1M9
Ceased raining.
577404
Hawkes
S A
Stanley
1M9
576238
Hayes
A A
Albert
1M9 C
Association Member.
577413
Head
R A
Robert
1M9
576693
Hembry
W R
William
1M9
577348
Hendry
A
Jock
1M9 N
Died 18th April 1993.
577340
Henry
L
Laurence
1J9
576248
Herbert
A E
Arthur
1J9
576445
Herbert
R W
Robert
1M9
575650
Hewitt
R E
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
575375
Hewitt
R B
Ron
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry. Died 27th June 1995.
577386
Hill
G D
Geoffrey
1M9
576422
Hill
W
Bill
1M9 B
Died 9th May 1998.
575363
Hill
L C V
Lionel
1M1 C
Joined with 39th Entry. Association Member.
577354
Hilton
J
John
1M9
Died 18th September 1944 in Far East.
577465
Holland
G A
Geoffrey
1M9
577168
Holliday
M K
Malcolm
1M9
Sgt. (Flight Eng.) 405 (RCAF) Sqn. Died
16th June 1943.
576633
Holt
G
Geoffrey
1J9
576788
Hooker
F S
Frederick
1J9
576789
Hoskins
W G
William
1M9
576726
Houghton
G B
1J9
577362
Howard
E C
Ernest
1M9
577450
Howden
D
Dennis
1M9
576650
Hughes
J M
John
1M9
577443
Hughes
J B O
John
1J9
Died 26th July 2002.
576274
Humphreys
R
Ronald
1J9
Died 2nd August 2004.
576535
Hurn
W G
William
1M9
576234
Hurst
T W
Bill
1M9 D
Died 5 January 2010.
576300
Hutching
T
1M9
577458
Ingham
D B
Donald
1J9
576339
Jackson
W G
Bill
1M9 E
577335
Jamieson
J
John
1M9
576557
Jaques
F A
Deric (Frederick)
1J9
Association Member.
576264
Jarman
H D
Harold
1J9
576393
Jenks
H
Harold
1J9
577462
Jennings
G
Gordon
1J9
577461
Jessop
A R
Albert
1M9
576093
Johnson
E
1M9
576879
Johnstone
D B
Douglas
1M9
577342
Jones
K G
Kenneth
1J9
577466
Jones
I A
Ivor
1J9
576176
Jones
G T
Glyn
1M9 A
Died 21st July 1999.
576311
Jordan
K A
Kenneth
1J9
577357
Kearney
N J M
Norman
1M9
576083
Keenan
E H
Edward
1M9
577447
Kellett
J P
Joseph
1J9
576823
Kendrick
G
1J9
577460
Kenrick
W R
Ken
1M9 M
Died 30 August 2009.
577402
Keyte
A W
Bill
1M9 O
Died 4th September 2007.
576372
King
R
Richard
1J9
577379
Lankester
S R
Stanley
1J9
576192
Lawrence
D
Dennis
1M9
577463
Lee
S L
Sydney
1M9
Died date Not Known.
576516
Leslie
A F
Alistair
1J9
576682
Lewis
H E
Herbert
1J9
577419
Leyshon
D T
Douglas
1J9
577427
Liddell
G C
George
1M9
577438
Lisle
T A W
Thomas (Tom)
1J9
576560
Lissimore
D R
Rex
1M9 K
Association Member.
577394
Littlewood
D
Donald
1J9
576286
Lloyd
D N
Dennis
1J9
576653
Lockner
F
Fred
1J9
576327
Longhurst
A T
1M9
576107
Longworth
R
1M9
576408
Lord
E F
Ernest
1M9
576380
Love
C S
Clifford
1M9
576718
Lowden
A
Alan
1J9
576529
Lycett
W G
Wilfred
1M9 G
576623
MacIntyre
R P
Ronald
1J9
577332
Magowan
W F
William
1M9
576661
Marshall
A R
Alan
1M9
577389
Marshall
J
Jack
1M9
577344
Marshall
R J
Robin
1M9
577428
Maxwell
A C
Alexander
1M9
576434
McCormick
R J
Rory
1J9
576291
McKeen
N C
Norman
1M9
576490
McKenzie
N A
Norman
1M9 G
577376
Metcalfe
D M
Douglas
1M9
576204
Mewes
T
Thomas
1M9
574091
Miller
G A
0J10
Joined with 38th Entry.
576021
Mills
A F
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
576455
Mills
D
David
1M9
577373
Mitchell
D
David
1J9
576524
Modley
B
Bernard
1J9
575486
Monk
D F P
David
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry. Died 3rd February 1983.
576722
Monk
R E
Royston
1J9
Died 26th July 1944.
576396
Moon
G S
Gordon
1M9
577444
Morice
J A
John
1M9
576128
Morling
R E
Dick
1M9 D
576163
Morris
H E
Herbert
1J9
576138
Morris
P J
Paul
1M9
Died 20th April 2005.
576460
Morrow
J C
John
1J9
576610
Nesbitt
J
John
1M9
576243
Nichols
R A
Roy
1J9
576253
Oldroyd
J
Jack
1M9
577424
Oliver
L H
Leonard
1M9
Died (Age 17) 13th February 1941.
Buried in Greenwich Cemetery (Plot C, Grave 200).
577406
Partridge
B C
Brian
1M9 O
BEM. Died 10th November 2005.
576352
Partridge
S C
Stanley
1M9 E
577349
Pascoe
D C
Denzil
1M9
Ceased Training.
577359
Patterson
J
James
1M9
576794
Pearson
H
Harry
1J9
577425
Peirson
C D
1J9
576648
Perry
C H
Cecil
1M9
Died 10th January 1948.
576475
Phillips
B
Bernard
1M9
577356
Phillips
R
Raymond
1M9
577398
Phillips
C F J
Cyril
1M9
577353
Pierce
R
Raymond
1M9
576579
Piggott
J K
James
1M9
576639
Preval
A
Albert
1J9
576757
Prince
G L
George
1M9 F
Association Member.
576116
Pyne
E J
Edward
1J9
576787
Radford
W A
William
1J9
576593
Raffield
S T
Stan
1M9 G
Died 24th September 1999.
577378
Ranger
H L
1M9
576608
Ransome
J A
John
1J9
576429
Ratcliffe
E T
Edward
1M9 A
Association Member.
576416
Rathbone
G H
Gordon
1M9
576266
Reding
P D
Peter
1M9 C
Died 6th January 2007.
576306
Redmond
D J
Desmond
1M9 E
576170
Rees
D M S
1M9
576584
Renouf
C
Cyril
1M9 G
Died August 1987.
577350
Reynolds
P K
Peter
1M9
577360
Rhodes
J F L
John
1M9
576149
Richardson
E B
Edward
1J9
577393
Richardson
D W J
Desmond
1J9
576347
Richardson
J A
Alan
1M9 F
577464
Rideout
A J T
Alan
1M9
Ceased Training.
576586
Ritchie
P J S
Peter
1J9
576334
Roach
A
Alan
1M9 A
Died 14th September 2005.
576644
Roberts
G L
Griffith
1M9
577361
Roberts
P H
Philip
1M9
Ceased Training.
577442
Roberts
R G
Ronald
1M9
576376
Roberts
W J
Jeffrey
1M9 D
Died 10th June 2006.
576678
Robins
G A P
George
1J9
577412
Robinson
D J
Douglas
1M9
576194
Robson
L A
Leslie
1M9
576598
Rock
M O V
Maxwell
1M9
576094
Roger
D
Dan
1M9
576400
Rossiter
W
Walter
1M9
Died (Far East) 12th February 1942.
576202
Rouse
G G
Gordon
1M9
576359
Royle
B L
Basil
1M9
576131
Rylatt
G T
1M9
577372
Sadler
D R
Derek
1M9
576182
Salter
G A
1M9
576643
Salter
D G
Doug
1M9 G
Died 1st March 2008.
577390
Salvage
B S H
Bertram
1J9
575625
Sargeant
D
1M1
Joined with 39th Entry.
577441
Scott
P
Phares
1M9
576609
Shapcott
B P
Bryan
1M9
576382
Shargool
R W
Ronald
1M9 A
576226
Sharland
B H W
Basil
1M9
576281
Sharp
A R
Alfred
1M9
576625
Shears
G J K
George
1M9
Died 29th December 1943 flying
as WOM/AG with 230Sqn. Buried in Forest Road cemetry Nairobi.
576208
Simmonds
G F
George
1M9
575372
Simpkin
A A
1J1
Joined with 39th Entry. Died 15th January 1962.
576271
Simpson
B L
Bernard
1M9
576326
Smale
H E
Ted
1M9 C
Parachuted into Yugoslavia and
became a wireless operator among Tito's partisans. For
this service he was awarded a "Russian MM" which was presented by
the Soviet Ambassador in Rome in 1946. Holder of BEM. Died
16th February 2003.
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