Thomas Oliver
Thomas Watson Oliver (1910-1991) Tom was born in Sheffield but the family moved to London when he was four. He was an only child. He won a scholarship to Tonbridge School, where he thrived academically and in sport. Tom left school at 15 to work in his father’s business, Henry...
Timothy Maskell
Timothy John Maskell (1961 – 2019) was born in Rotherfield, the younger child of Margaret and Fred. He had an elder sister, Sandra. The family moved to Crowborough when Tim was seven, where he attended the Beacon School. He left school at 16 and trained as an engineer. He became...
Tony Prout
Tony Prout (1953-2018) was born in London and was educated at Eastbourne Grammar School. In 1972, Tony joined the Police Service in Sussex, a career spanning 30 years, during which he rose to the rank of inspector. Tony was also a self-defence and judo instructor. His two sporting passions were...
Ursula Rhodes
Ursula Henriette Barbara Rhodes (1923-2011) was born in Germany but was sent to England, aged 15, when Germany became unsafe for the Jewish community. Sadly her parents, Gertrud and Heinrich Michel and her younger sister, Lilli, did not survive WWII. She was adopted by the Hawthorne Family and gained a...
Ute Bass
Ute Bass (1951 – 2019) had a simple rural childhood in the village of Juhrdenerfeld in northwest Germany. She studied at Hamburg University, and won a Fulbright Scholarship to study literature at the University of Texas, travelling extensively in the USA and Canada. Returning to Hamburg University, she gained an...
Valerio Augusto Lucchesi
Dr Valerio Augusto Lucchesi (1927-2018) was born in war-time Italy to Evelina and Mario. He had one sister, Anna. He was largely self-educated, and learned English from British and American troops. He was accepted by the University of Florence where he took his doctoral degree in English. He moved to...
Veronica Towler
Veronica Towler (1941 – 2018) was born on 12 June, an only child. She studied at the London University for a degree in general estate management and then at Exeter University for a degree in social work. She worked briefly as a social worker and then returned to surveying, becoming...
Victor (Vic) Joseph Pike
Victor (Vic) Joseph Pike (1946 – 2024) was born on 9 June 1946 in Amersham to Maggie and Joe Pike, their second child. Valerie was his older sister, Michael and Josie his younger brother and sister. Returning to London, the family initially lived in Deptford before moving to a new...
Victor Martin
Victor Martin (1940 – 2019) was born in Glasgow on 24th September 1940. He was an only child with a largely absent father. He had a tough childhood, growing up in a tenement building with no bathroom and a shared outside toilet. Vic was, however, an intelligent boy and won...
Victor Woolley
Victor James Woolley (1941–2018) grew up in Sheffield, with his mum and dad, Evelyn and James, and his younger siblings Ian, David and Cheryl. He joined the RAF Linguistics School and worked translating intercepted messages from spy planes flying over East Germany and quickly became fluent in Russian. After five...
Wendy Cook
Wendy Elaine Cook (1958-2018) was born in Cardiff, the youngest of four children born to Desmond and Betty Lewis, with siblings, John, Diane and Thurza. She attended Whitchurch School. Wendy was married and had two sons whilst still young. After her second m arriage ended, Wendy moved to Llanharan and...
William (Bill) Lesley Harbord
Bill was born in Lambeth, London, on February 4th 1933 to Bill and Renee Harbord. Jacqueline, his sister was born eleven years later. Bill went to Loughborough Junction school until the family briefly moved to Whitstable to escape the bombing, and then to Galt, Ontario, Canada. In the early 1950s...
William Aldworth
William ‘Bill’ Aldworth (1939-2018) grew up in Willesden with his parents, Ernest and Violet. He had five sisters, Pam, Peg, Maureen, Joan & Barbara. After school, he took up an apprenticeship with a local engineering company. He gained his HNC and became a draftsman until retiring at the age of...
William John Davies
William John Davies (1935 – 2017) was born in Barry on the 7 April, the youngest of two children. He worked first as an apprentice carpenter and then joined the RAF before returning to carpentry once his service was over. Later on, he changed careers and became a Chartered Quantity...
William Western
William James “Billy” Western (1932 – 2020) was born in Cadoxton, South Wales, on 3rd June 1932, to Billy and Nellie. He had seven siblings, Dolly, Mary, Helen, Beatie, Margaret, June and Len. He attended Cadoxton School and played football for the junior and senior teams. Billy left school when...
Wolfgang Marc Schatzberger
Born in Vienna, Wolfgang, or Wolfi as he was known by his family, was the only child of Ida (née Lewinter) and Maximilian Schatzberger. In May 1939, aged 12, he escaped on the Kindertransport for England, and after a short time in foster care lived with an aunt and her...
Yvonne Adams
Yvonne Sandra Ann Adams (1948 – 2019) was born on 27th October 1948 in Henbury, Bristol. It was a time of post-war austerity and many things were still rationed. After leaving school, Yvonne worked for W.D and H.O Wills. After a short courtship she married Stephen and they had three...
