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The following photographs were kindly provided
by Neville Ager of the 0M1 (55th) Entry
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RAF Halton Jan 1947
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Last day in civilian clothes
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"C" Flt March 1947
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Entry Football Team 1948/49
Stan
McKie, Dennis Brennan, Chunky Cornell, Bill Mawdsley,
Jeff Hamnett, Jock Wardrop, Neveille Ager, Terry McIntyre,
Les Duhigg, M Martin and Bill Holloway
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Summer Camp
Mablethorpe 1949
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Summer Camp
Mablethorpe 1949
Entry
& Staff
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Summer Camp
Mablethorpe 1949
Potato
peeling, Rod Lowrence & Neville Ager
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Summer Camp
Mablethorpe 1949
Washing-up
time, Neville Ager, Rod Lowrence, Don Bennell
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Summer Camp
Mablethorpe 1949
More
potato peeling, Don Bennell, Rod Lowrence, Neville
Ager, Tony Kent, Bill Maddox with freshly caught rabbit!!
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Bill Maddox, Dave Harries, Neville
Ager, and Pete Gregory in front
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John Churcher, Pete Gregory and Neville
Ager ready for anything
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Passing Out Parade
December 1949
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Apprentice Wing Coach
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RAF Yatesbury May 1952
Neville
Ager & Pete Gregory on SAC Fitters course to J/T
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The following photographs were kindly provided by Peter
Shallcross of the 7M9 49th Entry
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Winning Team
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Winning Team
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Athletics Team
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NOTE.
In the following pictures:
Williamson*,
in the Hockey team, was to become Sir Keith Williamson
GCB AFC FRAeS
Rogers** in the 7M9
Entry Photo and 7M9 Gymnasts was to become Air Ch Mshl
Sir John Rogers KCB CBE FRAeS RAF (Ret'd) and
Dunn***
in the Rugby team was to become Air Mshl Sir Eric Dunn
KBE CB BEM CEng FRAeS RAF (Ret'd) our Association Patron.
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7M9 (49th) ENTRY
Back Row - Martin,
Little, Thomas, Ferrigan, Newton, McFarlane, Whitehead,
Bayliss, Leveson, Lloyd, Williamson, and Drake.
Middle
Row - Pomeroy, Stagg, Glasper, Paynter, Whitehead, Lawrence,
Joice, Wright, Richards, Lawson, Woods and Shallcross
Front
Row - Howard, Dannatt-Brader, Ford, Balance, Short, Blacklock,
Rogers**, Winchester, Stevenson, Ward, Maughan, Bradshaw
and Maunder
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Soccer Team - 1946
Watson, Whittington
and Blacklock
Knight, Shepheard, Heathershaw, Boakes
and Price
?? , Allerston, Jones, Buckley, Wg Cdr
Melvin
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Hockey Team - 1946
Williamson*,
Preston, Stevenson, Rankin, Brailey, Shallcross, and
??
Maunder, Miller, Widdicombe, ?? , Holden and Deboo
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Rugby Team - 1946
Matheson, Goodyear,
Wilson, and Leveson
Baxter , McLeod, Marsden , Hutchins, Clements, and Thompson
Parkinson, ??, Dunn***, Wg Cdr Melvin, and Roberts
Nevin, Thomson, and Emmet
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7M9 Gymnasts
Marshall, Lawrence,
Norris, Cleaves, Whitehead, Lawson, Whitehead, Bradshaw,
Froggatt, Ward, Drake and WO Bell
Martin, Newton,
Shallcross, Wright, Maughan, Maunder, Ferrigan, Pomeroy,
Leveson and Burnett
Joice, Ford, Brailey, Howard,
?? , Knight, Rogers**, Stagg and Richards
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Air Experience Flights
Lawrence,
Ferrigan, Froggatt, Bradshaw, Holcroft, Ford and Pomeroy
??
, and Dalziel
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The following photos were kindly
provided by Hendy Newey of the 4M3 (44th) Entry
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The following photo was provided by Brian Montgomery
of the 4M9 (69th) Entry
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Can anyone please help to fill in
the missing names?
Back Row: Hassell (69th), ?,
?, Andrews (67th)?, ?, Kill
(67th),
?, and Coleman.
Middle Row:
?, ?, ?, Kime
(67th), Gaskell (69th), ?, and
Tony Wilkin (67th).
Front Row: ?, Montgomery, Education Officer, Education
Officer, Cole Bailey, and ?.
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The following photos were provided by Rocky Thompson
4M9 (69th) Entry
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70th Anniversary
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Wg Cdr Thompson, then RAFCAA Chairman,
Air Mshl Sir Eric Dunn
KBE CB BEM CEng FRAeS, Patron RAFCAA, Air
Mshl Sir John Fitzpatrick 56th Entry, Halton,
and MRAF Sir Keith Williamson GCB AFC FRAeS
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Wg Cdr Thompson, then RAFCAA Chairman,
Air Mshl Sir Eric Dunn
KBE CB BEM CEng FRAeS, Patron RAFCAA, MRAF Sir Keith Williamson
GCB AFC FRAeS and Air Mshl Sir John Fitzpatrick 56th Entry, Halton
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Wg Cdr Thompson and Mrs Maureen Thompson
in conversation with Peter Cornelius of the 4M9 (69th)
Entry
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80th Anniversary
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Eric Bowden RAFBEA, Flt Lt Guard
Commander, Jim Wilcox Admin Apps, Air Mshl Sir Eric Dunn
KBE CB BEM CEng FRAeS, Not Known, Arthur Rynkiewicz
Polish Apprentices, Not Known, Rocky Thompson, Gp Capt
Ian Blunt Chairman Halton Apprentices, Wg Cdr Bert Davies
in wheelchair,
Chairman Locking Apprentices.
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The following photo of the DH110 crash at Farnborough
in 1953 was provided by Rocky Thompson of the 69th
Entry
Cranwell Brats, including some from the 69th,
were told off to guard the crash site as they were "in
uniform".
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The following photo of the Apprentice Wing Band
in November 1951 was provided by Brian Titchener of
the 65th Entry
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The following photos were provided by Peter Magnall
of the 67th Entry
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"C" Squadron Rugby Team
1952
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Back Row: Jim Marsden (68),
Alan Carter (NZ68), Keith Smith (NZ68), Paddy Worthy
(65), Lionel Smith (65), Bisley (65), Eusty Todd (67),
Ted Lee (69), ? (64), Bill Pratt (67)
Centre
Row: FS Price, Reg Solman (69), ? (64), Henry
Kill (67), Lionel Smith (65), Peter Magnall (67), George
Watt (67), Fox ?
Front Row: Jim Parsons (67),
Don Foord (67)
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PT Display Team - 1952
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Back Row: Peter Magnall (67),
Dave Roderick (68), ?,
2nd Row: Tony LeRoy (68),
Ted O'Marah (68), Mac Wilson (68), ?, Ron Lugmayer (68),
?, Sid Hanson (68)
Centre Row: W.O.
Jacobs, Reg Solman (69), ?, ?, Roy Babington (65,66,67),
Jim Hayward (68,69), ?, Bob Flegg (68,69), Dave Bye
(68)
4th Row: Jim Willacy?
(69), ? (65), Alan Shaw (67), Stuart Foulstone (68), Colin
Knight (68,69), ?, ?
Front
Row: Bill Baker (66), ?, ?, Roley Young (68), Malcolm
Scott (68)
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Princess Margaret - Locking 1953
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Guard of Honour commanded by Sqn
Ldr Sweetlove
Peter Magnall insists that it is his
hat that is immediately behind Princess Margaret.
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Cranwell Wing Rugby Team 1951-52
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Rear: Jim Killin (68), Paddy Worthy
(65), ??, Allan Kime(67), Lionel Smith (65), ??, ??,
and ??.
Front: Jock Kill?(67), ??, ??, ??, ??, George
Watt(67), ??, Nogger Pressling(67), and Rusty Todd(67)
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Wing Rugby - 1952-53
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Back Row: Sam Hifle (71), Dennier (70),
Lionel Smith (65), Allan Kime (67), Bisley (65), Paddy
Worthy (65), ?
Front Row: Ted Lee (68,69),
John Pressling (67), ?, Ron Cumming (68), Rusty Todd (67), Spence (70),
Killin (68)
You will notice that only 14 are
present. Peter tells me that he together
with Bill Pratt (67), Reg Solman (69), and George Watt
(67) also played for the team that season.
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Peter forwarded this photograph beliving
it to be a "near duplicate" of the photo on
the 58th Photos page entitled "Some of Our Masters".
Closer examination has shown that this is
not so. So who are these three and who were
they in-charge of?
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These 4 photographs were provided
by John Godfrey of the 58th Entry
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Apprentice Brass Band. The
CAA to left of the Bandmaster is "Spud" Adams
57th Entry
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Tom Girtley, our respected Bandmaster
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Apprentice Band - at Leadingham?
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Royal Visit to Cranwell July 1948
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The following photograph, showing
the Oath of Attestation taken by Apprentices, was provided
by Vic Mitchell 4M5 (68th) Entry
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The following 2 photographs were
provided by Nick Nelson 1M5 (59th) Entry
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Wing Atheletics Team 1950
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Wing Rugby Team 1950-51
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The following photograph was
sent to us by Mrs K Woodward (nee Dear)
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The photo shows some of the 5th Entry
E & W School Flowerdown (which we know as the 8th
Entry)
364075 W J Dear, the father of Mrs Woodward, is
at left hand end of the middle row.
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The following two photos were
kindly sent to us by Maj R Murphy Canadian Air Force
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This photograph shows the E&W
School Cranwell Football Team - 1929.
563571 Robert
Murphy - 20th Entry, the father of Maj Murphy, is
first on right in the front row.
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Cranwell parade circa 1929
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