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Tilson, Barnard, son of Howard Tilson, mech. engineer, of Boston, MA, USA, and Margaret Barnard; b. 2 Jan. 1929; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1947; Cornell Univ., USA, BA; for 33 years with Connecticut Gen. Life Insurance Co., latterly as dir. strategic marketing; resident at Avon, CT, USA; m. 12 May 1950 Ann Thacher, d. of Thacher Jenney, of Lincoln, MA, USA; d. 28 Oct. 2004.

Town, John Francis, son of Aubrey Francis Town LDS, dental surgeon, of Hammersmith, and Marjorie Maude, d. of Frank Rudolph Gascoine of Boxted, Essex; b. 26 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1952; d. 14 Feb. 2014.

Turnbull, Colin Macmillan, son of John Rutherford Turnbull MC, chartered accountant, of Warnham, Sussex, and Dorothy Helena Wellesley, d. of Rev. Arthur Wellesley Chapman BD, of Toronto, Canada; b. 23 Nov. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1947, MA 1949; Sub-Lieut. RNVR Nov. 1944; Dip. Ed. (Lond. ) 1948; res. student Benares Hindu Univ., India 1950; Dip. Social Anthropology (Oxon. ) 1956, BLitt 1957, DPhil 1964; asst. curator Dept. of Anthropology American Museum of Nat. History, New York, USA 1959-69; Prof. Anthropology, George Washington Univ., Washington DC, USA 1976-85; author of The Forest People 1961, The People of Africa 1962; exchanged marriage vows with Joseph Allen Towles, ethnographer, in 1960; d. 1 Nov. 1994.

Tyler, Eric Douglas, son of Henry Herbert Tyler, shoe factor, of Leicester, and Agnes Cleopatra, d. of Frederic Sharpe of Sileby, Leics.; b. 30 Mar. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1934; dyeing industry; Flt Sgt RAF Bomber Command, killed in action over Germany 8 July 1941.

Eric Douglas Tyler was born at Leicester, Leicestershire on the 30th of March 1917 the son of Henry Herbert Tyler, a shoe factory manager and company director, and Agnes Cleopatra (nee Sharpe) Tyler of “High Barn”, The Broadway, Stoughton Drive, South Oadby in Leicestershire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from January 1931 to December 1934. On leaving school he worked in the dyeing industry. He was serving a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the outbreak of war and was later promoted to Flight Sergeant.
On the night of the 12th/13th of May 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 42 Wellingtons, 41 Hampdens, 17 Whitley and 4 Manchesters for an operation on Mannheim and Ludwigshaven. It is thought that only 10 aircraft from the attacking force had bombed the two targets with damage being light. 5 people were killed on the ground during the raid with a further 3 injured. 26 aircraft reported that they had bombed alternative targets with Cologne reporting industrial buildings and an army barracks being hit with the death of 92 soldiers at the barracks.
Eric Tyler and his crew took off from RAF Waddington at 10pm on the 12th of May 1941 in Hampden Mk I X2982 KM - for the operation. Having completed their mission they were returning to base the aircraft was diverted to another airfield to the north. During this leg of their journey the aircraft ran out of fuel and the crew were forced to bail out. The aircraft crashed at 6.52am close to Catterick Bridge.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Eric Douglas Tyler (Pilot) (Killed in action 8th July 1941)
Sergeant Charles Forrest Greig (2nd Pilot) (Killed on active service 19th June 1941)
Sergeant Kenneth George Betts (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) (Killed in action 8th July 1941)
Sergeant Campbell (Wireless Operator)
On the night of the 8th/9th of July 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 45 Hampdens and 28 Whitleys for an operation on the railway marshalling yards at Hamm. In the event only 31 aircraft reported to have bombed the target.
Eric Tyler and his crew took off from RAF Waddington at 10pm on the 8th of July 1941 in Hampden Mk I AE153 KM- for the operation. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after takeoff and it is thought to have crashed into the sea with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Foster Wilson Black (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Douglas Tyler (Pilot)
Sergeant Mortimer Livis RCAF (Observer)
Sergeant Kenneth George Betts (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of seven aircraft which were lost during the operation.
Foster Black’s body found in the sea by the German Patrol Boat 1207 on the 18th of August 1941 and was recovered. After identification, it was recommitted to the sea with full military honours.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 37.

Underwood, Stanley Gurney Browne, son of Frederick Sydney Gurney Underwood of East Molesey, Surrey, and Ethel, d. of William Skilton; b. 4 Nov. 1925; adm. May 1939 (B); left Dec: 1941; St Catharine’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1949, MA 1951; RN 1944-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1954; practised in East Molesey; sec. The Southern Scrap Assn. 1957-86; liveryman Horners’ Company 1948, Broderers’ Company 1976; sec. Leander Club 1973-4; pres. Molesey Amateur Regatta 1987; m. 12 Sept. 1957 Pamela Phyllis May, d. of Archibald Hunt of East Molesey; d. 18 Oct. 2014.

Usher, Charles Glyn, son of Gilbert Lewis Dumper of St Cross, Winchester, Hants, and Hilda Dorothea, d. of Col. Gerald Henry Farrell of Alverston Hall, Cheshire; b. 12 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), (KS) 1939; left July 1943; assumed the name of Usher in lieu of Dumper 1943; RNVR in WW2; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1950; joined Lloyd’s 1950; dep. sec. Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1953; man. T&N Ltd. Bombay, India 1956; sen. admin. officer BSI 1966; m. 1967 Diana, d. of Nigel Oliver Willoughby Steward OBE, HM Foreign Service, of Beckley, Oxford; d. 16 Feb 2010.

Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander, son of lona von Ustinov, journalist, and Nadia, d. of Louis Benois of St Petersburg; b. 16 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B), (A) Sept. 1935; left July 1937; London The­atre Studio; Roy. Sussex Regt in WW2, seconded RAOC (Army Film Service); a playwright, author, film director, actor and entertainer; Benjamin Franklin Medal RSA 1958; FRSA FRSL; Rector Dundee Univ. 1968-73; Order of Yugoslav Flag (with Golden Laurels) 1974; hon. degrees at many universities; a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; CBE 197 5; Kt June 1990; Chancellor Durham Univ. J 992; author of plays The Love of Four Colonels, Romanoff and Juliet, Photo Finish, and autobiography Dear Me 1977; m. 1st 8 Aug. 1940 Isolde Denham; 2nd 15 Feb. 1954 Suzanne, d. of Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printerto the Canadian Govt; 3rd 17 June 1972 Hélène du Lau d' Allemans; d. 28 Mar. 2004.

Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, brother of Denis Sydney Foster Vernon (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1916; adm. May 1930 (B); left Apr. 1934; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.), seconded Political Warfare Executive; staff of British Inst. Rome, later of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Geneva; international staff NATO 1952, dep. Dir. of Infor­mation 1978; OBE 1982; m. 21 May 1949 Susanna Mary Josephine Catherine, d. of Maj.-Gen. Boleslaw Wienawa Dlugoszowski, Polish Ambassador to Rome; d. 15 Oct. 2011.

Wainwright, Lewis Edgar William Worthington, son of Edgar Worthington Wainwright, shipbroker, of Hampstead, and Alice Maude, d. of Reuben James La Mude; b. 6 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (B); left. July 1927; a chartered shipbroker, FICS; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Capt.), MI8 GHQ MEF; joined HM Foreign Service 1945; m. 20 May 1950 Helga Louise, d. of Harro E. Treplin of Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein; d. 1 July 1991.

Wall, John Richard Waddel, son of William Richard Wall OBE, Commissioner of Income Tax, Indian Civil Service, and Violet, d. of George Arthur Waddel; b. 9 Oct. 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; a publisher 1953-66; administrator in further education 1966-84; d. 22 Apr. 2006.