In June 1947, 128 young hopefuls arrived at
RAF Cranwell as the 0M6 (56th) Entry to train as Air or Ground
Radio Fitters. During
their training they gained 11 from Senior Entries, 41 ceased
training, while 16 of their number were re-classed to later Entries,
leaving 82 to pass out in May 1950.
|
NUMBER
|
SURNAME
|
INITS
|
KNOWN AS
|
REMARKS
|
|
583829
|
Abberley
|
C D
|
Charles
|
Discharged
|
|
584235
|
Adams
|
Terry
|
|
Association Member
|
|
584064
|
Aiken
|
J A M
|
John
|
|
|
583996
|
Allen
|
G
|
Gerald
|
|
|
583993
|
Armstrong
|
K
|
Kenneth
|
Discharged
|
|
584085
|
Artherton
|
I A
|
Ian
|
Discharged. Association
Member
|
|
584206
|
Baillie
|
D F
|
Derek
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
584003
|
Baker
|
J L
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
584115
|
Bartram
|
P J
|
Peter
|
Deceased Lapsed Association Member (2003)
|
|
584002
|
Bassett
|
P A
|
Peter
|
Discharged
|
|
584217
|
Bayliss
|
V F H
|
Victor
|
Discharged
|
|
583932
|
Beanland
|
B K
|
Brian, AKA "Keith"
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out.
Deceased 25th Oct 2002
|
|
584097
|
Beecher
|
A
|
Arthur
|
Discharged. Association
Member.
|
|
584234
|
Bizeray
|
M A
|
Maurice
|
FT'd to 60th Entry then Passed Out.
Association Member.
|
|
583881
|
Botley
|
P L
|
Peter
|
Lapsed Association Member.
|
|
584047
|
Bott
|
J A
|
John
|
Discharged. Deceased date
N/K
|
|
584096
|
Bourne
|
F D
|
Frank
|
Association Member
|
|
583939
|
Boutell
|
M D
|
Maurice
|
Discharged.
|
|
583783
|
Bowen
|
T C
|
|
Joined with 55th Entry.
|
|
584154
|
Boyle
|
J S
|
John
|
|
|
583852
|
Brown
|
C H
|
Charles
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out.
|
|
583951
|
Brown
|
M W D
|
Michael
|
Discharged
|
|
583989
|
Burr
|
S F A
|
Stan
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out.
Deceased Association Member (26th Oct 1989).
|
|
583900
|
Carroll
|
P Y
|
Peter, AKA "Jock"
|
Association Member
|
|
583896
|
Chapman
|
F J
|
Frank
|
Discharged. Association
Member
|
|
583990
|
Coates
|
R
|
Raymond
|
|
|
583808
|
Collingbourn
|
R
|
Ray
|
Joined with 55th Entry. Association
Member.
|
|
584023
|
Collins
|
J A
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
584233
|
Cooke
|
W R
|
Walter
|
Discharged
|
|
584053
|
Cooney
|
J W
|
James
|
|
|
584176
|
Copping
|
G
|
Gordon
|
|
|
583882
|
Cox
|
E E G
|
Eric
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
584108
|
Cox
|
J S B
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
583886
|
Cox
|
R D
|
Ronald
|
|
|
584107
|
Cross
|
J R
|
John
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
584178
|
Crout
|
D B
|
Brian, AKA "Dave"
|
Association Member
|
|
584042
|
Cundy
|
W J
|
Bill
|
Deceased Association Member. (10th
Jun 2008).
|
|
583905
|
Curtis
|
G D
|
Geoffrey
|
|
|
584153
|
Cutting
|
D F
|
Douglas
|
|
|
584051
|
D'Arcy
|
P J
|
Pat
|
Association Member
|
|
583875
|
Davies
|
R H
|
Robert
|
Discharged
|
|
583917
|
Delves
|
D W
|
David
|
Discharged
|
|
583552
|
Duhigg
|
L J
|
Les
|
Joined with 55th Entry. FT'd to
57th Entry then Passed Out. Deceased Association
Member (12th Aug 2001)
|
|
583981
|
Dunbar
|
P R L
|
Pat
|
Association Member
|
|
584221
|
Duncanson
|
G C
|
Gordon
|
Discharged
|
|
584215
|
Ellis
|
J
|
Jeffrey
|
Discharged
|
|
584180
|
Ellswood
|
F
|
Frank
|
Discharged
|
|
583942
|
Elsby
|
R C
|
Robert
|
Died 30 Jun 08 .
|
|
584239
|
Fender
|
R O
|
Robert
|
Discharged
|
|
583846
|
Freeman
|
J R
|
Jim, AKA "James"
|
Association Member
|
|
584219
|
Gane
|
E J
|
Edward
|
|
|
584187
|
Gilbert
|
B P
|
Brian, AKA "Gillie, Curly"
|
Discharged. Lapsed Association
Member
|
|
584046
|
Goodwin
|
T
|
Trevor
|
Association Member
|
|
584018
|
Gorton
|
R R
|
Reginald
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out.
Deceased date N/K
|
|
583821
|
Graham
|
W K
|
William
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
583960
|
Grantham
|
P J
|
Patrick
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
584166
|
Gray
|
K F
|
Kenneth
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
583862
|
Greenslade
|
F W
|
Bill
|
Association Member
|
|
583973
|
Hancock
|
K E
|
Kenneth
|
|
|
583728
|
Handley
|
R
|
Roy
|
Joined with 55th Entry. Association
Member.
|
|
583839
|
Harding
|
H D
|
Herbert
|
|
|
584224
|
Harris
|
P C
|
Peter
|
Association Member
|
|
583795
|
Henry
|
T R
|
Tom
|
Joined with 55th Entry
|
|
583966
|
Hickie
|
D B F
|
David
|
|
|
584130
|
Hitchman
|
J D
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
583947
|
Hossack
|
H N
|
Hamish, AKA "Lofty, Niall"
|
Discharged. Deceased Association
Member (13th Dec 2003)
|
|
583843
|
Hughes
|
J D
|
|
|
|
584016
|
Hughes
|
R P H
|
Ronald
|
Discharged
|
|
584014
|
Jackson
|
D R
|
Derek
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
584071
|
Jackson
|
J
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
583948
|
James
|
B E
|
Jimmy
|
Association Member
|
|
584060
|
Jepson
|
H
|
Harry
|
|
|
584028
|
King
|
D
|
David, AKA "Dave"
|
Association Member
|
|
583883
|
King
|
J A
|
John
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
583914
|
Kirkham
|
B
|
Barry
|
Discharged
|
|
583563
|
Lamming
|
B E
|
Brian
|
Joined with 55th Entry. Deceased Lapsed
Association Member (3rd Sep 1998)
|
|
584022
|
Lawn
|
J A
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
583820
|
Leggott
|
R H
|
Bob
|
Association Member
|
|
583892
|
Leighton
|
H L
|
Les, AKA "Herbert, Ginger"
|
Association Member
|
|
583979
|
Littleboy
|
J E
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
583911
|
Livesley
|
T
|
Terrance
|
FT'd to 57th then Passed Out
|
|
584081
|
Lloyd
|
R G
|
Ralph
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
583864
|
Long
|
R C
|
Richard, AKA "Dickey"
|
Lapsed Association Member
|
|
584112
|
Lynam
|
D L
|
Dennis
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
583627
|
Martin
|
M A
|
|
Joined with 55th Entry
|
|
584049
|
Mathers
|
J E R
|
John
|
|
|
584066
|
Merriott
|
J F
|
John
|
Discharged
|
|
584149
|
Mill
|
D C
|
Dennis
|
|
|
583950
|
Mitchell
|
J W
|
John
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
584175
|
Moore
|
M B
|
Michael
|
Deceased Lapsed Association Member (21st
Mar 2004)
|
|
584054
|
Moore
|
R D
|
Roy
|
Deceased Association Member (23rd Feb
2005
|
|
583899
|
Morrell
|
P G
|
Peter
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
584052
|
Mowbray
|
A W
|
Allan, AKA "Lofty"
|
Association Member
|
|
584168
|
Munro
|
A J
|
|
|
|
583893
|
Nash
|
D J
|
David
|
Discharged
|
|
584048
|
Nash
|
M
|
Michael
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
584040
|
Norman
|
P B
|
Peter
|
|
|
584169
|
Orwell
|
R F J
|
Roy
|
Association Member
|
|
584012
|
Osbourne
|
D G
|
Donal
|
Deceased date N/K
|
|
583968
|
Osman
|
W F C
|
Bill
|
Deceased Association Member (9th July
1999)
|
|
584087
|
Outteridge
|
R H
|
Roger
|
Discharged
|
|
583937
|
Parker
|
J R
|
Jack
|
Association Member
|
|
583725
|
Patrick
|
T N
|
Tom, AKA "Paddie"
|
Joined with 55th Entry
|
|
584184
|
Prodger
|
F
|
Frederick
|
|
|
584117
|
Prosser
|
B
|
Brian
|
Discharged
|
|
584058
|
Robbins
|
M D
|
Melvyn
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
583822
|
Rogers
|
D J
|
Derrick
|
Association Member
|
|
584225
|
Russell
|
R
|
Roy
|
|
|
583666
|
Salter
|
R A
|
|
Joined with 55th Entry
|
|
583637
|
Scrivener
|
D E
|
Derek
|
Joined with 55th Entry. Deceased
1997
|
|
583895
|
Skinner
|
J R
|
John
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
584126
|
Small
|
J W A
|
John
|
Discharged. Deceased Association
Member (1st May 2003)
|
|
584095
|
Smith
|
A
|
Alan
|
|
|
583825
|
Smith
|
J P
|
John
|
|
|
584191
|
Smith
|
L R
|
Leslie
|
|
|
584188
|
Smith
|
L J
|
Lawrence
|
|
|
583569
|
Sparks
|
D B
|
|
Joined with 55th Entry
|
|
584131
|
Squire
|
G
|
Geof, AKA "Geoffrey"
|
Association Member
|
|
584132
|
Stanley
|
D J
|
Derek
|
|
|
583936
|
Stevens
|
K G
|
Ken
|
Association Member
|
|
584065
|
Stone
|
R R
|
Roy
|
Discharged
|
|
584234
|
Sturt
|
P J
|
Peter
|
Discharged
|
|
583904
|
Swaby
|
P J
|
Peter
|
Discharged
|
|
584001
|
Talbot
|
D
|
Dennis
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out
|
|
583923
|
Tate
|
M
|
Maurice
|
Discharged
|
|
583984
|
Taverner
|
M D
|
Mervyn
|
Lapsed Association Member
|
|
584155
|
Taylor
|
D
|
David
|
Association Member
|
|
584136
|
Taylor
|
G
|
Geoffrey
|
|
|
584084
|
Thompson
|
B
|
Brian
|
|
|
584080
|
Toll
|
J
|
James
|
Discharged
|
|
583860
|
Topping
|
K J
|
Kenneth
|
Discharged
|
|
584104
|
Waddell
|
W
|
William
|
FT'd to 57th Entry then Passed Out.
Deceased 8th Jul 2004
|
|
584230
|
Waterhouse
|
A W J
|
Albert
|
Discharged
|
|
583848
|
White
|
F J N
|
Francis
|
Discharged
|
|
583874
|
Whitecross
|
R N
|
Robert
|
|
|
584139
|
Widdows
|
D
|
David
|
Association Member
|
|
584167
|
Williams
|
A S
|
Allen
|
Deceased Association Member (1st Jul
1995)
|
|
583849
|
Wolley
|
H
|
Hector
|
Lapsed Association Member
|
|
583986
|
Wren
|
C W
|
Clive
|
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