Stewart, Charles Duncan Stuart, son of Col. Charles Victor Stewart OBE MC RE, architect, of Sidcup, Kent; b. 19 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1932; Sgt Pilot Bomber Command RAF; killed in action Jan. 1942.

Charles Duncan Stuart Stewart was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of April 1918 the elder son of Colonel Charles Victor Stewart OBE, MC, Royal Engineers, later an architect, and Doris Stuart (nee Kettelwell) Stewart of 12, Cottesmore Gardens, Kensington. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1931 to July 1932.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
On the night of the 25th/26th of January 1942, Bomber Command dispatched 61 aircraft to attack enemy warships in Brest Harbour. 49 Squadron dispatched seventeen aircraft for the raid and they began taking off at 4.50pm. When they arrived over the target it was found to be covered by 10/10th cloud with most of the aircraft attacking alternate targets in the area of the docks, while eight returned without making an attack at all. All the aircraft returned to base.
Charles Stewart and his crew took off from RAF Scampton at 5.12pm on the 25th of January 1942 in Hampden AT129 EA-O for the operation. The aircraft was carrying a load of bombs and pyrotechnics. At the time, he had accumulated 238.20 hours of total solo flying time of which 159.20 were on Hampden aircraft. Two minutes after lifting off the aircraft crashed to the west of the airfield at the hamlet of Bransby, between the villages of Sturton and Saxilby at 5.10pm killing the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Charles Duncan Stuart Stewart (Pilot)
Sergeant Albert Hibbet (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kenneth Edward Northrop (Observer)
Sergeant Leonard Arthur Jardine (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
It is thought that the cause of the crash was due to ice having collected on the flying surfaces.
His funeral took place on the 31st of January 1942.
The crew are commemorated on a memorial in a wooden shelter at the Bransby Equestrian Centre.
He is buried at Sutton Cemetery, Section B, Grave 35.

Stevenson, Derek Leyland, son of Capt. Francis Herbert Leyland Stevenson HLI, Governor HM Prison, Brixton, and his second wife Eileen Gertrude Mary, d. of Maj. Alexander Villiers Briscoe RA, Governor HM Prison, Wormwood Scrubs; b. 13 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left Dec. 1939; joined RAF Sept. 1940, PO 1941, DFC July 1945, retd as Sqdn Ldr Oct. 1969; lives in Switzerland; author of Five Crashes later: the story of a Fighter Pilot 1988; m. 1st 10 July 1942 Joyce Monk; 2nd 20 Dec. 1952 Lorna Ann Wall; 3rd 22 Dec. 1970 Elisabeth Maria, d. of Josef Maria Kammerling, engineer; d. 9 May 2008.

Stevens, James Cyril, son of J. Stevens, of Ealing, Middlesex; b. Sept. 27, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left July 1919; m.; d. May 4, 1960.

Steen, Brian Robert Munn Hunter, son of James Hunter Steen of Cupar, Fife, and Phyllis Isobel, d. of Robert Andrew Munn, marine superintendent Union Castle Line; b. 23 Mar. 1917; adm. May 1930 (A); left Dec. 1935; AFRAeS 1938, CEng MRAeS; aircraft designer De Havilland Aircraft Co. 1939-60, in team which designed Mosquito, Comet and Trident; in charge gradu­ate recruitment De Havilland, later Hawker-Siddeley Aviation, finally all aircraft group factories of British Aerospace, 1960-82; retd 1982; m. 26 June 1943 Mary Harriman, d. of Wil­liam Harriman Moss, co. man. director, of Watton-at-Stone, Herts.

STAPLETON, THOMAS, third son of Hon. John Stapleton MP, Berwick Hill, Northumberland, barrister, and Frances Dorothea, dau. of Edward Bolton King MP, Chadshunt, Warwicks.; b. 31 May 1869; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (A); left Aug 1885; King’s Coll. London, adm. 29 Sep 1885; Colonial Coll., Hollesley Bay, Suffolk, adm. 3 Aug 1888; emigrated to North Queensland 11 Jan 1890, becoming a farmer there; returned to England 1895; emigrated to South Africa 1896; served Border Mounted Rifles, as Trooper in Boer War, and as Sergeant in Natal rebellion; Rifleman, 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade 13 Oct 1914; Western Front Nov 1914; killed in action at Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders 19 Dec 1914, unm. Great War Memorial.

Stapleton, Louis Henry, brother of Thomas Stapleton (q.v.); b. July 25, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (A); left April 1891; Oxford Military Coll., Cowley 1891; served in the Matabele War 1893; was wounded in Jameson's Raid 1895; served in the South African War 1899-1900, and in Palestine in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. March 2, 1918; m. July 2, 1908, An­netta Lima Smith, eldest daughter of Achille Perossi; d. Feb. 9, 1949.

Spurgin, Anthony Martin, son of Percy Bertram Spurgin MRCS and Hilda Gertrude, d. of Wil­liam Mildred of Chigwell, Essex; b. 11 Nov. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929; took part in notable OUDS productions of Shakespeare 1931-2; appeared in Giles Playfair's "Oxford Blazers" 1932-3; Roy. Coll. of Music 1934-6; a composer and per­former; original pianist for "Ridgway's Late Joys" at the Players' Theatre; RA in WW2, drafted into "Stars in Battledress", touring European bases 1944-5; has composed sundry works for orchestra, brass and military bands, including an orchestral setting in waltz time of the song "Nos Elizae laudibus nomen cumulamus" for performance at a Westminster Ball; m. 1st 23 Feb. 1943 Eileen Stanton, Sgt ATS, of Topsham, Devon; 2nd 11 Nov. 1960 Lily Louise, d. of Charles Alexander Narvige, master butcher, of Paddington; d. 6 Feb. 2001.

Spiller, Reginald Harvey, son of Harvey Benjamin Spiller, of Limpsfield, Surrey, by Edith Mary, daughter of Edward Wells Reynolds, of Worthing, Sussex; b. May 19, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (A); left Easter 1921; London Univ.; Royal Coll. of Science; A.R.C.S. 1924; D.I.C. 1927; chemist with I.C.I. Ltd.; m. Nov. 21, 1942, Margaret, daughter of B. Percy, of Stevenage, Herts.; d. 31 Mar. 1982.

Spiers, Ronald Hayne, son of Sidney Nelson Spiers (qv); b. 14 Sept. 1919; adm. May 1933 (A); left July 1935; d. after an accident 1939.

Spain, John Ormonde Patrick, son of S. O. Spain of London; b. 11 Sept. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left Dec. 1936; Reconnaissance Corps in WW2 (Capt.).