VETERANS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICE UK
Supporting the Armed Forces, Merchant Navy and Emergency Services since 2013
ROLL OF HONOUR 2022
The names on this roll of honour are those whose families we have supported through the grief process in various ways and also whose memory we have honoured at their funerals and in the silence across all our supporters
DECEMBER 2022
Peter B G Brookes aged 88 who served in the Merchant Navy
Mark Smith aged 64 who served in the Light Infantry
Wing Commander Christopher Greaves who served in the RAF for 34 years
Ken Cristie aged 79 years who served in the Royal Signals for 37 years
Brian Pritchard aged 84 who proudly served in The Royal Leicestershire regiment as a drummer between 1960-1963
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NOVEMBER 2022
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David Kane who served in the Army
Brian Felton who served in the Royal Navy for 24 years
Mick Appleby who served in the Royal Hampshire Regiment for 18 Years
Lawrence Hodgson aged 98 he served in the Merchant Navy from WW2 for 25 yrs including the Russian Convoys
Martin Richards aged 71 he served in 2623 Squadron RAF Reserves based at RAF Honington
Chief Petty Officer Roger Allan who served for 24 years in the RN Submarine Service
Margaret Perrozzi (nee Brown) aged 88 who served in the WRAC
Frank Austin aged 95yrs who served in the Royal Marines and then REME for 22 yrs
Gordon Daynes aged 90 who served in the Fleet Air Arm 1948 - 1958
Edward Brown aged 85 who served in the Middlesex Regiment as part of his National Service
William Wright aged 81 who enlisted in 1956 with REME and served many years
Tereca Neal aged 98 who served in the Auxilary Territorial Service during World War Two
Patrick Riley who served in te 3rd Parachute Regiment
Kevin Mallon MM aged 72 who served in the Royal Anglian Regiment including tours of Northen Ireland
John Swinbourne aged 85 who served in the Royal Air Force as part of his National Service
David Low aged 72 who served in the Royal Navy for 20 yrs including on HMS Antrim during the Falkland War
John Keyte aged 89 who served in the Royal Engineers in the 1950s including service in Korea
Paul Hale who served in REME
Haswell Avon aged 98 who served in the Merchant Navy during World War Two. He was in involved in the D-Day landings and also the Atlantic Convoys
Audrey Bashford aged 88 who served in the Royal Navy at sometime and had to keave when she got married
James Bromilow aged 61 who served in the Army as a chef for 23 years
Frank Lawton who served in 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in the 50s and 60s
Alan Hannaford aged 80 who served in the Fleet Air Arm
Richard Searles aged 84 who served in the Royal Navy between 1955 - 1973
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OCTOBER 2022
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Keith Boyton who served in REME for 16 years
Clive Bott who served in the Royal Navy during World War Two on HMS Implacable
Marcus Sipson who served for 22yrs in the Royal Corps of Signals
Ronald Chapman aged 74 who served in the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy
William Beard who served in the Royal Navy 1947-1954
James Lawrie aged 73 who served in the Scots Guards
Gordon Twichett aged 97 who served in the Royal Air Force from 1943-1947 and 1950 – 1955
Michael Raybould aged 80 who served in the Royal Air Force
Thomas Knox aged 88 who served in East Yorkshire Ambulance Service for 30 years
Robert Stores who served in the Royal Navy as a Diver
Derek Duffin who was in the Royal Navy and achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer GI
Desmond Norris aged 96 who served in 14th Field Artillery Regiment during World War Two
William Ferguson aged 94 who served in the Royal Navy 1946 -1953
Edward Prendergast aged 98 who served in REME from 1942 – 1954
Leslie Shaw aged 85 who served in the Royal Navy
Henry Clarke who served in the Royal Air Force 1956-1958
Jeffery Brittain aged 80 who served in the 3rd Carbineer’s on the 1950s
Peter Davies aged 81 Master at Arms Royal Navy
Leslie Nicholson aged 67 who served in 49 Field Regiment Royal Artillery
Adrian Hodgkins aged 59 who served in the Blues and Royals in the 1980s
George Webster aged 96 who served in the Royal Navy
Kevin Wall who served in REME for 22yrs and became a Master Welder
Douglas Lewis aged 93 who served in the Royal Artillery during and after WW2
John Harding aged 99 who served in the Royal Army Service Corps during WW2
Barbara Marsh (nee Hunter) aged 64 who served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the 1970s
David Sadler aged 80 who served in the Royal Air Force in the 1950s
Brian Vernon who served 22 years in the Royal Air Force
Brian Frith aged 87 who served in the Royal Army Ordinance Corps
Michael Ovenden aged 82 who served in the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment
SEPTEMBER 2022
Brendan Murray aged 64 who served in the Kings Troop Royal Artillery for 22 years
Julian Van Loo Berne aged 71 who served in the Royal Artillery
Christopher Booker aged 83 who served in the Royal Air Forces in the 1960s
Philip Hunter – Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy
Craig Bond aged 57 served in the Royal Fusiliers during 1991 Gulf War
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second
Howard Starkie who served in the Royal Artillery 1972 -1985
Neil Jarvis who served for 24yrs in REME
Eric Peacock aged 92 who served in the Royal Air Force
Colin Osbourne who served in the Royal Air Forces in the 1950s
Colin Sheldon who served in the 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Derek Radford aged 87 who was Chief Petty Officer in Royal Navy Diver service
AUGUST 2022
Albert Gunn who served in the Royal Air Force during World War Two
Ken Taylor who served in the Royal Air Force
Derrick Fabretti who served in the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment in 1950s
Andrew Stafford aged 62 who served in the Royal Marines for 14 years
Dawn Bull who served in the RAF in the 1950s
Arthur Box aged 90 who served in the Royal Navy and then the 6 Kings Royal Rifles
John Pickering who served in the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment in the 1980s
JULY 2022
Alan Tatlock aged 78 who served as Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy Submarine Service for 27 years
Peter Gowers aged 92 who served in the 3rd Carabiners 1947-1959
Eric Braithwaite aged 84 who served in the Loyal Regiment
Hamish Grant who was a captain in the Merchant Navy and President of the Bristol Branch of the Merchant Navy Association.
Richard Papworth who served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Navy Reserve
James Ashcroft aged 91 who served in the Royal Army Service Corps
Arthur Yates aged 74 who served in the Royal Air Force
John Perry who served in the Royal Air Force
George Lamour who served in 49 Regiment Royal Artillery from 1968-1990
David Brookes aged 86 who served in the Royal Navy
Roy Joliffe who served in the Royal Navy Submarine Service
Dennis Yates aged 74 who served in the Royal Air Force
Ronald Molloy aged 83 who served in the Royal Engineers
Frank Ellis aged 84 who served in the Royal Navy
JUNE 2022
Mark Whiting aged 59 who served in the Royal Anglian Regiment
John Sales aged 80 who served in 45 Commando Royal Marines
William Barnes aged 73 who served in the Royal Navy
Victor Rae who served in the Middlesex Regiment
Peter Davies aged 97 who served as a flight engineer on 104 squadron Royal Air Force during WW2
Victor Freeman aged 90 who served in the Royal Corps of Transport and the Royal Engineers
Harold Pullen who served in the Royal Navy during World War Two
Stan Hannam who served for 32 years in the Royal Air Force
Colin Champken who served in the Royal Corps of Transport and the Territorial Army
Eric Eastland aged 72 who served in the Royal Artillery
David Mallas who was Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy
MAY 2022
Norman Wilson aged 98 who served in the RAF in the 1940s/50s
George Cartmell aged 87 who served in the Royal Armoured Corps
Peggy Lambourne who served with the RAF during WW2
Geoff Bowan who served as a Commander in the Royal Navy
Laura Reed who served in the Womens Auxillary Air Forces 1945 -1948
Bill Bury aged 87 who served in the Kings Own Royal Regiment in 1950s
Gordon Jones aged 86 who served in the Parachute Regiment
Leslie Leng aged 90 who served in the Royal Air Force
Graham Lewis who served in the Royal Army Service Corps
Donald Reason aged 94 who served in Royal Navy
APRIL 2022
Henry Jones who served in 218 Squadron RAF during WW2
Ron Longman aged 92 who served in the Army and Merchant Navy
Angus Cook aged 88 who served in the Royal Signals
Margaret Cole MBE aged 92 who worked tirelessly for the Royal British Legion Womens Section in Winchester for many years and standard bearer for 28
Robert Keddie aged 68 served in RAF 617 Squadron
Andrew Aspinall who served in the Royal Engineers
Gerard Kirkham aged 64 who served in the Royal Navy and Falkland Veteran
John Thompson aged 75 who served in 39 Regiment Royal Artillery
Frederick McQueen aged 100 who served in the Royal Engineers
Peter Fordham aged 84 who served in the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment
William Thompson aged 98 who served in the Royal Tank Regiment
Lt. Cdr Charles Wilson aged 100 who served in the Fleet Air Arm in WW2
Matthew Shields aged 68 who served in the Royal Navy
Clive Sutton aged 78 who served in the Royal Navy on HMS Ark Royal 1963 to 1974
George Mansfield aged 84 who served in the Kings Regiment in the 1950s
Cpl James Inkster aged 40 who served in the Mercian Regiment
James McCulloch aged 58 who served in the Royal Air Force
MARCH 2022
Keith Mason aged 79 who served in 74 Squadron RAF for 12 years
Leslie Penhye who served in the Royal Navy during WW2
Peter Chester aged 82 who served in the Royal Signals
James Witton aged 82 who served in the Merchant Navy
Bob Penfold aged 72 who served in the Kings Royal Hussars
John Edwards aged 73 who served in the Army Air Corps
David Smith who served in the Royal Air Force in the 1950s
FEBRUARY 2022
Daniel Moore aged 78 who served in the 1st Queens Dragoon Guards 1961-1967
Robert Turner aged 80 who served in 45 Commando Royal Marines
John Duckett aged 85 who was Lt. Cdr in the Royal Navy
Allen McKenzie aged 101 who served in the Royal Navy
Daniel Clarke aged 98 who served in the Royal Air Force
John Wright who served in the Royal Air Force
Keith Richardson who served in the Army
James Griffiths aged 88 who served for 22 years in the Royal Navy
Bob Reilly aged 92 who served in the Royal Hampshire Regiment 1947-1955
Harry Parkes aged 81 who served in REME
JANUARY 2022
Harold Brown aged 102 who served in the Royal Engineers
John Beverly aged 79 who served in the Royal Navy
Desmond Smith aged 96 who served in the Royal Engineers
Harold Green aged 96 who served in Burma during World War Two
David Henry aged 92 who served in the Royal Air Force
Christopher Herrity aged 64 who served in the Scots Guards including the Falklands and two tours of Northern Ireland
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