In Memoriam 2026

We remain grateful to those Members who have left a legacy gift to the RAF Club in their will.

The following deaths were notified during 2026:

September 2026

Mr Peter Black
Air Commodore Norman Bonnor
Flying Officer Derek J Brown
Mrs Judith A Connell
Wing Commander Denise Dexter
Flight Lieutenant Nicholas A Ford
Flight Lieutenant Sunanda Jayaratne
Mrs Jean E Lobley
Mrs Sallie L Lockwood
Colonel Michael C Ryan
Wing Commander George Taylor
Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Wade 
Squadron Leader David Wheeler

August 2026

Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas A Alister-Jones
Mrs Olga M Calder
Mr James N Collier
Squadron Leader Anthony G Ettridge
Mrs Marianne F Finch
Flight Lieutenant Adrian Gjertsen
Group Captain Edgar W Hare
Group Captain Desmond J Hollis
Flight Lieutenant Michael Humphrey
Flight Lieutenant Robert M Iles
Mrs Meredith McFadden
Flying Officer Ian D Peacock
Mrs Joanna H Peacock
Mrs Eve E Robinson

July 2026

Wing Commander Timothy James
Wing Commander George Campbell
Wing Commander Steve M Cuthill
Wing Commander Peter S Daughtrey
Wing Commander Michael W Grigson
Air Commodore Peter Timothy Walter Leaning
Mrs Elizabeth Mary Mahoney
Captain B A Mitchell
Squadron Leader David Henry Moore
Flight Lieutenant William Reginald Read
Air Vice Marshal David John Saunders
Squadron Leader John Staples
Mr Peter Geoffrey Thorne
Air Commodore Malcolm G F White
The Right Honourable Ann Widdecombe

June 2026

Mrs Rata Beattie
Mr David M Brockett
Squadron Leader Virginia C Burlton
Flight Lieutenant Peter D Calnan
Mr Terence Connell
Flying Officer Ernest David
Squadron Leader Paul R Delahunt-Rimmer
Flight Lieutenant Henrietta E Ewart
Flight Lieutenant Anthony G Fitzpatrick
Squadron Leader Frank M Holmes
Mr John J Hunter
Mrs Honoria E E Ladyman
Mr John V Marsh
Group Captain Peter N Presland
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth J Stedman
Sir Neville Trotter
Wing Commander Kenneth I Watson
Ms Susan Weaver

May 2026

Flying Officer Paul Albrecht
Squadron Leader Donald A W Barnes
Flying Officer Geoffrey S Beccle
Mrs Gillian S Belton
Flight Lieutenant Alwyn K Boulby
Wing Commander Christopher Carrington
Flight Lieutenant Ronald M Cox
Mr Stanley C Davey
Wing Comander Kenneth J Dix
Captain Clive E Elton
Mrs L M Fewtrell
Mrs Kaethe H Foster
Mr Peter Lennon
Flight Lieutenant John McLaren
Air Commodore K H Minton
Mr Colin Mitchell

April 2026

Air Commodore Simon Baldwin
Wing Commander John I Davies
Mr Edmund P Dawkes 
Flight Lieutenant Daniel E Evans
Squadron Leader John Fairgrieve
Mrs Maureen Griffin
Mrs Penny Jenkins
Wing Commander Alice M Orr
Mr Michael L Oulton
Mr George Pritchard
Mrs Margaret E  Reilly
Flying Officer Susan J Spooner

March 2026

Mr John M Cunningham
Group Captain Richard T Dixon
Group Captain John V Firth
Wing Commander Robin W Guy
Mr Joe Hardstaff
Wing Commander John H Hyde
Sqn Ldr Brian Hillen-Moore
Flight Lieutenant Bryn Jones
Acting Pilot Officer Alexander S MacDonald
Squadron Leader Donald A P Merriman
Squadron Leader Terrence P Newman
Wing Commander William L Smyth
Flight Lieutenant James Watson
Squadron Leader Robert C Wilkey

February 2026

Mr P E Berriman
Group Captain Clifford A Bolton
Mr Henry C Braund
Air Commodore Roger A Capps
Flying Officer Joe Dible
Miss Patricia Feldman
Squadron Leader Brent L Henry
Flight Lieutenant Harry A Hickling
Wing Commander Michael Jenkins
Flight Lieutenant Neville G Long
Air Vice-Marshal Manus Moran 
Mrs Elizabeth M Norris
Air Commodore William J J Northmore
Dr John F Rainey 
Mr Kenneth O Rowe
Mrs Barbara S Thores

January 2026

Mr Geoffrey T Adams
Squadron Leader Roger E Atkinson
Wing Commander Jim Bates
Wing Commander John Brown
Flight Lieutenant John C Chitson
Mrs Joan M Foster
Mrs Audrey Green
Flight Lieutenant Gerald C Hackemer
Mrs Kathleen Hooks
Air Vice-Marshal Robert K Hooks
Flight Lieutenant Garth M Hulme
Group Captain Tony W Jones
Flight Lieutenant Daniel B McCann
Wing Commander Roy McCluskey
Squadron Leader Stephen E McDonnell
Mrs Mary A Miller
Wing Commander Lionel W R Parkin
Mrs Anne E Picton
Wing Commander Peter Royle
Group Captain Frank M Simpson
Flying Officer Anthony Walker