Hunter, Colin Havard, brother of Francis Trevor Hunter (qv); b. 27 Aug. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (G); left July 1930; an aeronautical engineer, AFRAeS 1933; RAFVR 1940-4 (acting Sqdn Ldr), killed in action 8 May 1944.

Colin Havard Hunter was born at Briton Ferry, Neath, Wales on the 27th of August 1912 the son of His Honour Judge Trevor Havard Hunter KC and Ethel Ruth (nee Griffiths) Hunter of 6, Hereford Mansions, Hereford Road, Paddington in London. He was christened at Briton Ferry on the 29th of September 1911. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from April 1926 to July 1930.
On leaving school he became an aeronautical engineer and qualified AFRAeS in 1933. He was awarded a Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 10534) at the Herts and Essex Aero Club on the 7th of June 1932 while flying a DH Moth aircraft.
He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 14th of September 1940 and was promoted to Flying Officer on the 14th of September 1941. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on the 14th of September 1942. He trained at No. 1654 Conversion Unit prior to becoming operational.
On the night of the 7th/8th of May 1944, Bomber Command dispatched 58 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitos for an attack on an ammunition dump at Salbris as part of ongoing operations in preparation for the planned invasion of France. It was to be his eighteenth operation and he had completed 133.48 hours of operational flying up to that time.
Colin Hunter and his crew took off from RAF Dunholm Lodge at 9.46pm on the 7th of May 1944 in Lancaster Mk III ND741KM-K for the operation. Shortly after midnight the aircraft was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf110 night fighter flown by Leutnant Fred Hromadnik of 9/NJG4 and it caught fire. The crew abandoned the aircraft at low level but only Flight Engineer Fred Cooper’s parachute deployed in time, with the remaining six crew members being killed when they hit the ground. The aircraft crashed at 12.30am into the village of Herbilly, a few kilometres to the west of the River Loire and some twenty kilometres to the north east of Blois. It exploded when it hit the village, destroying several buildings and killing thirteen civilians in their homes. Theirs was the fourth of an eventual six victories for Fred Hromadnik.
The crew was: -
Squadron Leader Colin Havard Hunter (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Richard Colton Alexander (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Alfred Greenwood (Navigator)
Pilot Officer George Robert Miles (Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Salmon (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Gordon Keith Willis RCAF (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Frederick Stanley Cooper (Flight Engineer) (POW No. 13 Dulag Luft)
Theirs was one of seven aircraft which failed to return from the operation.
While Colin Hunter was fighting to control the aircraft to give his crew time to bail out, Fred Cooper escaped from the aircraft out of the top hatch and was the first member of the crew to get out. His parachute opened just in time and he hit the side of the roof of a house before sliding off and landing on a green house where he suffered cuts to his head. He was taken into hiding by locals but when the Germans threatened to begin shooting the villagers he gave himself up and was taken prisoner. He was later taken by the Germans to the crash site where he was able to identify the bodies of George Miles, Colin Hunter and Alfred Greenwood.
He is buried at Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Collective Grave 16-27.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Henry Hurst (b. 1788, qv); b. 1 Jun 1817; adm. 8 Apr 1831 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1836, matr. Mich. 1836; 25th Wrangler 1840; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 29 May 1835, called to bar 25 Nov 1842; South-Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Hastings and Rye from 8 Feb 1863; MP Horsham 1865-8, May 1869-74, Dec 1875 – Feb 1876; Chairman, West Sussex Quarter Sessions; of Horsham Park, Sussex, and Barrington Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire; DL JP Sussex, JP Oxfordshire; m. 28 Apr 1859 Matilda Jane, eldest dau. of James Scott, Rusper, Sussex; d. 12 Feb 1905.

Hurst, Stephen Henry, youngest son of Peter Hurst, of Beckenham, Kent, by Janet, daughter of Henry Hicks, of Weybridge, Surrey; b. June 18, 1890; adm. May 4, 1906 (G); left July 1908; served in France in the 1st London Brigade R.F.A. Aug. 1914 - April 1919; Major Sept. 1, 1916; wounded at St. Julien Oct. 1917; m. 1st April 23, 1924, Nancy, youngest daughter of Frederick Charles Shoesmith, of Harrogate, Yorks; 2nd Peggy Proud.

Imroth, Leslie, only son of G. Imroth, of Kilburn; b. Jan. 17, 1897; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1910; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Hampshire Regt. Dec. 27, 1915, and became Lieut.; served in Great War I and was wounded in action Nov. 30, 1917; d. of his wounds at Johannesburg, S. Africa, Nov. 7, 1918.

Ingrams, Michael Dunham, son of Leonard St Clair Ingrams OBE, banker, of Chelsea, and June, d. of L. L. Dunham of New York, USA; b. 15 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1941; an actor and dir. 1943-55, TV dir. and writer 1955-64, film dir. and writer 1964-70; man. dir. MMA Presentation Ltd. 1970-82; living in France from 1984; m. 1st, 9 May 1949 Rosemarie, d. of Sqdn. Ldr. William Tomlinson RAF of Hillingdon, Middlesex; 2nd, 7 Sept. 1960 Ruth, d. of Cecil Trouncer of Chelsea; 3rd, 23 Sept. 1973 Marie-Ghislaine, d. of A. Fiézard of Hautmont, France; d. 21 Sept. 2009.

JACKSON, ARTHUR MASON TIPPETTS, eldest son of Mason Jackson, wood engraver, art editor The Illustrated London News, and Lucy Berriman, dau. of James Berriman Tippetts, solicitor; b. 30 Dec 1866; adm. 27 May 1880 (G), exhibitioner; Mure Scholar 1883; left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1884; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1884, scholar 1884; 1st cl. Oriental Languages 1888; Boden Scholar 1888; BA 1888; MA 1893; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1885, called to bar 19 Nov 1888; Indian Civil Service 1885; arrived in India 17 Dec 1888; Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Bombay; Assistant Collector and Inspector of Factories, Bombay 1892; Second Assistant, Jul 1895; Under Secretary, Revenue and Financial Departments 1897; First Assistant 1898; Private Secretary to Governor of Bombay 1898-1900; Junior Collector 1902; Senior Collector 1907; Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery; Registrar of Bombay and Commissioner of Income Tax May 1907; Political Agent, Surgana Dec 1907; Collector at Nasik; one of the best Oriental scholars of his day; m. Pensa Finney [presumably Pensa Douglass Finney, dau. of John Douglass Finney]; killed by a Chitpavan Brahmin in theatre at Nasik 21 Dec 1909. DNB (s. v. father). .

Jacomb-Hood, Stanley Frederick Percy, son of Sydney Jacomb-Hood, of Kensington, by Elizabeth, daughter of John Lynch, of Diss, Norfolk; b. May 25, 1902; adm. May 4, 1916 (G); left Easter 1921; an insurance official; m. 1939, Vera, youngest daughter of James Stack Lauder, of London; d. 23 Jan. 1978.

James, Hilary Trevenen, son of Lionel James (qv); b. 21 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (G); left July 1932; a prep. school master; d. 27 Mar. 1990.

Jamieson, John Gordon Hillhouse, son of Robert Hillhouse Jamieson MD, of Sutton, Surrey; b. 12 May 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (G); left Apr. 1930; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1931; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) 1938; served 1939-45 (Maj.); ICI Ltd; FRSA 1970; m. 19 June 1937 Diana Margaret, d. of Rowland Edward Dixon of Leeds; d. 22 Jan. 1984.

JEMMETT, WILLIAM FRANCIS BOND, brother of George Elwick Jemmett (qv); b. 8 Feb 1850; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (G); left Christmas 1866; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Feb 1869, matr. Lent 1869; BA 1872; partner, Pomfret, Burra & Co., Ashford, Kent, bankers 1875-1902; subsequently manager of Ashford branch, Lloyds Bank Ltd, into which his previous banking firm had merged; JP Kent; m. 10 Jul 1875 Edith Augusta, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles John D’Oyly, Rector of Great Chart, Kent; d. 20 May 1917.