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Bereavements

Name

Date of Bereavement

Comments

Institution Member

Blythe Sapper

Date Posted

457281 Brig (Retd)  M J F Stephens 10 January 2026 Aged 87 Witney Yes 14/01/2026
23964218 Spr Terence Kelly 01 January 2026 Aged 81 14/01/2026
23478365 SSgt George Duncan BEM 18 December 2025 Aged 89  Andover 14/01/2026
22367636 Howard Alfred Bird 08 January 2026 Aged 93 Stafford 14/01/2026
22775389 Spr Terence Allen 27 December 2025 Aged 91 Kingston upon Thames 14/01/2026
484037 Maj Brian Taylor Unknown Aged 80 Broadstairs Yes 06/01/2026
24221907 WO2 William Samuel 26 November 2025 Aged 72 Surrey Quays  05/01/2026
25209158 Richard Watkins 14 December 2025 Aged 39  05/01/2026
23890281 Cpl James Timlin 17 November 2025 Aged 85 Swindon  17/12/2025
23987337 Spr Norman Grundy 20 April 2025 Aged 75 Hull  17/12/2025
22395206 Fernley (Frank) Glanfield 14 December 2025 Aged 93  17/12/2025
446015 Lt Col (Retd) Graham Victor James Weston 03 December 2025 Aged 91 Tonbridge  Yes 17/12/2025
479439 Maj (Retd) Guy Lucas MBE  15 December 2025 Aged 79 Tonbridge Wells Yes 17/12/2025
533635 Maj (Retd) James Kendall (Jim) Lockhart 28 November 2025 Aged 60 Bishopsteignton – Head Mentor for CEng and IEng applicants Yes 09/12/2025
24120456 WO1 Michael William Hennessey 03 December 2025 Aged 74 Fleet 08/12/2025
491535 Maj (Retd) John F Smale 26 November 2025 Aged 75 Salisbury Yes 05/12/2025
23981878 WO2 Robert William Matthews 22 November 2025 Aged 81 Richmond 02/12/2025
24147594 Richard Axon 15 November 2025 Aged 72 Chester 02/12/2025
23856995/ 513516 Capt Brian Geoffrey Hemstock RE 23 November 2025 Aged 80 Andover 01/12/2025
23709406 Robert Davison 23 October 2025 Aged 84 West Malling 26/11/2025
24878360 John Adams 10 October 2025 Aged 56 Southampton 26/11/2025
Mrs J Fursdon, widow of the late Maj Gen Fursdon 16 July 2025 Aged 97 Oxted 17/11/2025
23787314 LCpl Robert Stevenson 30 October 2025 Aged 89 Edinburgh 17/11/2025
24360048 Sgt John Gilbert 11 November 2025 Aged 68 Nantwich 14/11/2025
23497726 William Farquhar Bruce 03 November 2025 Aged 87 Haughs of Ballinshoe 10/11/2025
24613664 Cpl Simon Stuart Angel MBE 19 October 2025 Aged 61 Pembury 10/11/2025
22445812 Lyndon Stanley Brooks 29 October 2025 Hereford 10/11/2025
24042697 Sgt Larry Greenaway 31 October 2025 Aged 76 10/11/2025
23548219 Thomas Chapman 02 November 2025 Aged 85 Normanton 10/11/2025
418347 Lt Col (Retd) Jonathan Richard Nias 30 October 2025 Aged 94 Helston Yes 10/11/2025
24019253 – 531373 Capt Alan Ronald Moreton 22 October 2025 Aged 82 07/11/2025
426940 Maj Michael Frederick Luetchford 23 October 2025 Aged 93 Somerset Yes 05/11/2025
Mrs Brenda Carter, wife of the late Brig G Carter Not Known Yes 05/11/2025
24751493 Nigel Liley 31 March 2025 Aged 55 05/11/2025
24596544 Cpl Steven Windle 22 October 2025 Aged 63 05/11/2025
22364785 Brian Sidney Brown 25 October 2025 Aged 93 Liskeard 05/11/2025
Sir William Francis 27 September 2025 Aged 99 Shrewsbury Yes 30/10/2025
487442 Lt Col (Retd) Philip Mark Armstrong 20 October 2025 Aged 76 Folkestone Yes 30/10/2025
24657701 Wayne Starkey 09 October 2025 Aged 60 Poole 29/10/2025
22246255 SSgt John Mitchell 07 October 2025 Aged 92 29/10/2025
524502 Maj (Retd) John Steel RE 13 October 2025 Aged 81 Trowbridge Yes 27/10/2025
23234229 Spr Neville Thomas Middleton Oliver 16 October 2025 Aged 86 Wakefield 27/10/2025
Mrs Kathleen Cox, wife of Col Barry Cox 21 October 2025 Livarot-Pays-d’Auge 27/10/2025
524100 Capt John William Richard Hammond 03 October 2025 Not known 23/10/2025
24731882 SSgt George Robert Lamplough 10 October 2025 Aged 58 Leek 22/10/2025
22231030 SSgt Edward Owens 06 October 2025 Aged 85 Maidstone 21/10/2025
24133209 SSgt Gerald Gilbert Hernandez 18 October 2025 Aged 75 Billingham 21/10/2025
24061491 Sgt Richard Farrar 12 October 2025 Aged 79 Walmer 21/10/2025
470076 Maj (Retd) Patrick William Anthony Griffin  06 October 2025 Aged 84 Bodmin Yes 20/10/2025
543043 Maj (Retd) Philip Clemens 09 October 2025 Aged 73 Minster-on-Sea Yes 20/10/2025
22124157 Ernest Cox 23 September 2025 Aged 94 17/10/2025
23698870 Allan Mellor 03 October 2025 Aged 85 Barborough 17/10/2025
23872455 Leslie John Marrable 14 September 2025 Aged 81 Isleworth 09/10/2025
453274 Barry Brian Reid 25 August 2025 Aged 90 09/10/2025
24783017 Cpl Paul Leaker 03 October 2025 Aged 58 Swansea 09/10/2025
23837622 WO2 Robert John Smith 07 September 2025 Aged 79 Sedbury 29/09/2025
22174937 Spr William Leslie West 10 September 2025 Aged 94 Trowbridge 29/09/2025
24486970 Spr Anthony Cheney 25 July 2025 Aged 64 Hartlepool 29/09/2025
467704 Maj John Holmes Alexander 17 August 2025 Aged 88 Lymington – Service at St Lukes Church Sway 15/10/25 at 1130 Yes 24/09/2025
481918 Lt Col Richard Morton Johnston RE 19 August 2025 Aged 79 Newbury Yes 22/09/2025
478213 Brian Samuel Raymond Whitten 20 July 2025 Aged 84 22/09/2025
22775325 Frederick Valantine Andrews 13 September 2025 Aged 91 Portslade 22/09/2025
23859056 Alec David White 16 August 2025 Aged 84 11/09/2025
24601786 LCpl Timothy Edward Leslie 30 April 2025 Aged 60 11/09/2025
30277821 LCpl Jacques Abley 19 August 2025 Aged 28 Verwood Yes 08/09/2025
23954795 Peter Granville Wilkinson 02 September 2025 Aged 81 Trescott 08/09/2025
226294 Col Adrian Henry Warren Sandes 01 September 2025 Aged 104 Amesbury Yes 04/09/2025
487095 Maj David Shaw 22 August 2025 Aged 90 Salisbury Yes 04/09/2025
24047376 WO2 Graham Clark 08 May 2025 Aged 76 Wishaw 04/09/2025
23263179 Michael Joseph Smith 23 August 2025 Aged 88 Cradley Heath 01/09/2025
23099434 Frederick Henderson 23 August 2025 Aged 89 Ryton 01/09/2025
24243002 WO2 William McIntosh 17 August 2025 Aged 88 Arbroath 01/09/2025
24511131 Rick Vine 16 August 2025 Aged 65 Wakefield 27/08/2025
Lt Col (Retd) David Pen Jessop 22 August 2025 Aged 93 Guildford Yes 27/08/2025
24502973 Cpl Russell John Hayes 07 August 2025 Aged 62 Birchington 14/08/2025
481848 Col (Retd) Michael Dennis (Mike) Reynolds 12 August 2025 Aged 79 Ashby De La Zouch Yes 13/08/2025
443589 Capt (Retd) Carl West-Meads Not Known Aged 90 London Yes 13/08/2025
19042254 Cpl Basil Twist 26 June 2025 Aged 95 Upton on Severn 11/08/2025
24077407 SSgt Alan Fenn 30 July 2025 Aged 80 Durham 07/08/2025
22543253 Patrick George Shears 24 July 2025 Aged 89 Plymouth 06/08/2025
24824395 Raymond MacAffer 26 July 2025 Aged 54 05/08/2025
23872225 LCpl Jeffrey Newbridge Jee 23 July 2025 Aged 82 Rochester 04/08/2025
24147873 John Cochrane 04 May 2025 Belfast 04/08/2025
24345750 Stephen Robert Adams 17 May 2025 Aged 69 Newtownabbey 04/08/2025
528783 Capt Joe Houlston 23 July 2025 Aged 80 Washington 04/08/2025
453447 Maj Gen (Retd) Leslie Francis Harry Busk CB Not Known Aged 87 Watlington Yes 31/07/2025
23468433 Arthur Ball 13 July 2025 Aged 89 25/07/2025
23921359 WO2 Iain Harper 10 July 2025 Aged 78 25/07/2025
24147306 Allan Desmond Taylor 12 July 2025 Aged 72 Frinton On Sea 21/07/2025
24687827 Spr Colin Brian Marks 13 July 2025 Aged 59 Manchester 21/07/2025
22246211 WO2 Brian Reeder 30 June 2025 Aged 92 Winchester 17/07/2025
483865 Lt Col (Retd) Sam A Brown 10 July 2025 Aged 77 Salisbury Yes 16/07/2025
24310761 SSgt Lyndon Mark Jones 10 July 2025 Aged 67 Birmingham 14/07/2025
23548387 SSgt Alan Henry Higgins 12 June 2025 Aged 86 Kings Norton 10/07/2025
24627179 Capt Peter Douglas Bradshaw 03 June 2025 Aged 59 09/07/2025
14469661 WO1 Ronald Reginald Marie 16 June 2025 Aged 94  07/07/2025
24218650 Eric Peter Tyson 08 June 2025 Aged 70 Ripon 07/07/2025
24168279 Nigel Howard Daly 27 June 2025 Aged 71 Falstone  01/07/2025
518991 Maj (Retd) John William Benefield 10 June 2025 Aged 80 Beccles  Yes 25/06/2025
Mrs Hazel Beringer, Widow of the late LT Col (Retd) Fred Beringer 18 June 2025 Aged 95 High Halstow 25/06/2025
24562366 Spr Tim Hartnell 25 May 2025 Aged 68 Southampton 24/06/2025
521226 Lt (Retd) Richard Cairns Unknown Aged 67 Kilmarnock 24/06/2025
14060457 Lawrence James Murphy 26 May 2025 Aged 97 Benfleet 24/06/2025
23993371 Hunter Ingram 06 June 2025 12/06/2025
24317556 Jonathan Wallace 26 May 2025 Aged 68 Lightwater 11/06/2025
14809452 Norman Trickett Legion d’honneur 19 May 2025 Aged 99 Portsmouth

11/06/2025
24432862 Norman Paul Azzopardi 18 May 2025 Aged 65 Uckfield 04/06/2025
22591617 Kenneth Charles Roberts 25 May 2025 Aged 91 Monmouth 03/06/2025
307718 Brig Stephen E M Goodall OBE MC 27 May 2025 Aged 102 East Charleton Yes 03/06/2025
527438 Brig Andrew James Hoon 09 May 2025 Aged 70 East Challow Yes 03/06/2025