In Memoriam 2025

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 2025:

December 2025

Flight lieutenant Julian Brett

Mr Michael R Crawford

Flight Lieutenant John L Crichton

Squadron Leader Adrian P Dalby

Squadron Leader Howard T Devlin

Squadron Leader Antony C H Farnath

Group Captain Russell A Foster-Jones

Mrs Mary E W Gidman

Mr Brian D Goodfellow

Mr George D Gwilt

Mrs Beth Harris

Mrs Betty Hattersley

Squadron Leader John K Hogg

Squadron Leader Jolyon Maclaine

Squadron Leader Stuart A Mitchell

Mrs Diane E Y Morgan

Mrs Barbara E Neve

Mrs Mary-Jo Pearson

Group Captain Anthony R Read

Wing Commander Max N Richards

Lady Rosalie Trefgarne

Mr Michael Turner

Mrs Helen E Turner

Mrs Marie L Wanless

November 2025

Dr Peter R Boulind

Mrs Sally E Bradley

Mrs Heather K Bratt

Rt Hon The Lord Walter M Campbell

Wing Commander John A Carter

Mr John C Chesterton

Flight Lieutenant Christopher Coughlin

Squadron Leader Francis W Daley

Wing Commander Robert Dyche

Mr Henry L Emden

Wing Commander William Floydd

Wing Commander Alan Ford

Mr Robin R Garran

Squadron Leader Roger Green

Flying Officer Lynn J Hawkins

Mrs Lynda Howlett

Mrs Delia Hudson

Dr Brian J Hughes

Flight Lieutenant Michael D Hurrell

Flight Lieutenant Michael Igglesdon

Lieutenant Colonel Kent Johnson

Mrs Jean M Kendrick

Captain Robert M Krahulec

Squadron Leader Brian Lawn

Mrs Eleanor A Lockhart

Mrs S Longstaff

Mrs Zoe Z Payne

Flight Lieutenant Vi Phuong

Mrs Isobel J Roe

Mrs Clair Z Salisbury

Group Captain David J Stanley

Mrs Carol A Symons

Flying Officer Geoffrey Thorp

October 2025

Pilot Officer Robin A Baker

Group Captain Roger H Beazley

Air Commodore Reg D Brittain

Flight Lieutenant Tony J Brown

Air Commodore William R J Fewing

Mrs Margaret M Fieldhouse

Mrs Edna M Golder

Squadron Leader Graham J Hand

Flight Lieutenant Philip E Hodgson

Wing Commander Tony Howells

Flight Lieutenant James W Jackson

Pilot Officer Antony F Jones-Lloyd

Flying Officer Dennis R A Mather

Pilot Officer Lionel D Maule

Mrs Marion Pitt

Mrs Alice Sinel

Squadron Leader Richard P Slogrove

Squadron Leader Adrian L Wall

September 2025

Squadron Leader Brian Dent

Mr Andrew S Drwiega

Flight lieutenant John D Griffiths

Wing Commander David A Hamilton

Group Captain Brian J Hunter

Mrs Ursula Karbe

Mrs Valerie J Knight

Squadron Leader Mike J Lawrance

Squadron Leader Gery Levett

Wing Commander Tony Mallett

August 2025

Squadron Leader Andrew F Allen

Squadron Leader William N Browne

Air Commodore Richard M Butler

Flying Officer Clifford A Cassidy

Squadron Leader David J M Edmondston

Air Vice-Marshal Brian N Halfpenny

Lady Jill Hine

Group Captain Victor B Kendrick

Mrs Helen J Millar

Mr John H Pascoe

Squadron Leader Michael A Perrins

Flight Lieutenant Frank A Strang

Flying Officer Diana E Stuart

Dr Nigel W Warwick

July 2025

Group Captain Nigel E L Beresford

Squadron Leader Stephen J Cotton

Squadron Leader Adrian H Davis

Flight Lieutenant Jim Hall

Mrs Kathleen M MacIver

Wing Commander Alan J Mawby

Mrs Elizabeth E McCall

Mr Geoffrey Molloy

Mr Thomas C Mullen

Flying Officer Brian Nunney

Mrs Jennifer Oakley

Mrs Janet E Tattersall

Flying Officer James W Thornton

Squadron Leader Julian Tyson-Woodcock

June 2025

Air Commodore Bruce G Benstead

Mrs Patricia S Bushe

Mrs June V Edwards

Pilot Officer Michael J Fuller

Flight Lieutenant James B Gibbons

Squadron Leader Ross Goldsworthy

Mrs Anne-Marguerite F Hanslip

Mrs Diana M Hill

Mr Clifford King

Flight Lieutenant Dennis King

Mrs Carol Lambert

Flight Lieutenant Keith I MacKenzie

Flying Officer Ralph J Melhuish

Air Vice-Marshal Barry H Newton

Mrs Bernice Oxlee

Squadron Leader Ramon Willans

Flight lieutenant Paul Wilson

Group Captain David P Yates

May 2025

Sir Roger Birch

Squadron Leader John R Blatch

Mrs Barbara R Bunker

Mrs Shirley Chalmers

Squadron Leader Ian E Dearn

Squadron Leader Ivor C Gibbs

Mrs Myrtle D Gilbert

Mrs Joan M Guiver

Wing Commander Frank E Hartnett

Wing Commander John Horrocks

Dr John A Huddlestone

Mr George Innes

Flight Lieutenant Harold E Jordan

Squadron Leader Allan Kendrew

Squadron Leader Richard Kingston

Dr Montague F Marshall

Flight Lieutenant John Maunsell-Thomas

Flight Lieutenant David C McLurcan

Captain John D Penrose

Air Commodore Desmond M Richard

Lieutenant General Ihsan H Shurdom

Squadron Leader Michael S Tyne

Mr Graham R Withers

April 2025

Mrs Teresa Bencke

Air Vice-Marshal John Browne

Mrs Lesley Cowling

Mrs P A Hales

Lieutenant Colonel John Hayes

Dr John Lunn

Mrs Judith Lywood

Flying Officer John Massey

Mr Richard Model

Mrs Pamela Mumford

Squadron Leader Gordon Parry

Squadron Leader Robert Robertson

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Sadler

Colonel Michael Shoemaker

Mrs Rosemary Skinner

Wing Commander Brian Watt

Mrs Margaret Wilkinson

March 2025

Air Commodore Dennis E Caldwell

Mrs M J Caldwell

Mrs Janet M De Burgh

Squadron Leader Richard P Dye

Mr Richard Flenley

Air Commodore Richard H Gould

Squadron Leader Simon D Harrison

Mr Frederick J Hobbs

Ms Patricia M Hutchinson

Mr Brian W Lay

Sir Kenneth MacDonald

Lady MacDonald

Mr William J D Moberly

Wing Commander Ian L Morgan

Mrs Patricia A Skea

Lady Stuart-Paul

Mr Alan L Warman

Pilot Officer Alan R Wylie

Squadron Leader Allan R E Yapp

February 2025

Mrs Susan Bailey

Flight Lieutenant Dudley M Bruton

Wing Commander Stewart Cresswell OBE

Air Vice-Marshal Carl W Dixon CB OBE

Squadron Leader Robert B W A George

Pilot Officer Douglas J F Gurney

Flying Officer Albert J Hanley Browne

Group Captain John E Jeffrey

Flight Lieutenant Paul A Jenner

Sqn Ldr Terrence Jones

Flt Lt Francis B Kirkland

Reverend James W Knights

Colonel Daniel Meyers

Dr Grevile R Newson-Smith

Flying Officer Nicola J Ogilvie

Group Captain Roger C Parker

Mrs Christine A Parry

Dr John B M Pattison OBE

Mrs Pamela H Primavesi

Mr Richard E Sotnick

Mr Michael J Sparrow

Pilot Officer George L Tasker

Air Marshal Sir Colin Terry KBE CB

Mrs Shirley G Tritton

Air Marshal Sir John Walker KCB CBE AFC

Mr Ronald K Walker

Mr John V T Wheeler

Mr John Widdall

Squadron Leader Allan R Yapp

Flight Lieutenant John C Yule

January 2025

Group Captain David Archibald

Mr Michael B Brunton

Flight Lieutenant Thomas K Colbourne

Squadron Leader Michael A B Collin

Flying Officer Jim Hutchinson

Squadron Leader Nick C Lamb

Air Commodore Ian A McBride

Flight Lieutenant David S Mitchell

Mr David R E Morris

Flight Lieutenant John J Muldoon

Squadron Leader John A Relf

Squadron Leader John H Rogers

Mr John H Ross

Flight Lieutenant Roger B Smith

Mr Val Ventham

Wing Commander John R Wheeler