David Henry Hazard
David was born 28th November 1930 in Stepney and lived there with his younger sister Joan (born 1935) through the early war years until their house was blasted out but they soon returned to the East End, living in new flats in West India Dock Road and then moving into...
David Hydes
David Frank Hydes (1948–2018) was born in Leeds to Albert and Ada. He had two brothers, Michael and Graham. David won a place at Leeds Grammar School and represented the school at rugby and swimming. He then studied English and Geography at Liverpool University. After teacher training, his first teaching...
David Ibry
David Ibry (1926 – 2017) was born in Haifa, then in Palestine, on 26 August. After his parents’ divorce and his father’s subsequent death, he moved to Milan and remained in Italy for the rest of his childhood. In later life, he worked as a manager for the typewriter firm...
David Kirkwood
David Francis Kirkwood (1927-2018) was born in Perth, Scotland. He had two brothers, Jack and Neil. David attended many schools, but left aged 13 to go into private service, rising to footman at Alloa House. He did his National Service in 1946, training as a parachutist with a spell in...
David Knight
David Lawrence Knight (1955 – 2019) was born on 12 July 1955 in Leyton, East London, to Dora and Dave. He had one brother, John. David married Anne when they were 20 and 17 respectively. They had two children together, Joe and Ellie. David trained as a social worker, specialising...
David Lindley
David Lindley (1938 – 2018) was born in Worthing on 29 March, the eldest of three children. After two years of National Service, he joined the then GPO (now BT) as a telephone engineer and later manager. David enjoyed doing DIY and dreamed of building his own home. He was...
David Michael Morris
David Michael ‘Mike’ Morris (1941–2018) was born in Trethomas, the eldest child of David Pryce Morris and Lily May. Mike attended Bedwellty Secondary Modern where his lifelong passion for rugby started. It continued through Machen Rugby Club where he played, coached, refereed and helped run the club. Mike was awarded...
David Murray
David Murray (1928 – 2018) was born on 14 December in Newport, the youngest of three children. He served as an Air Raid Precautions messenger during World War Two and then as an apprentice draughtsman once he had left school. He later qualified as a Chartered Engineer and worked for...
David Peacock
David Peacock (1956 – 2018) was born in Cassington to parents Lionel and Eileen. He had five siblings but was particularly close to his elder sister, Jessica. David attended the village school in Cassington, and then Bartholomew School in Eynsham, where he showed himself to be a bright student. After...
David Pollock
David Pollock (1942–2023) was born in February 1942 and turned out to be the eldest of four brothers in a large and loving extended middle class family with progressive tendencies. He had many happy and vivid memories from his childhood, which was secure and supportive, including of a much loved...
David Richards
David Richards (1948-2017) was born in Oldham to Hilda and David. He had two older sisters, Emily and Evelyn. David attended Leicester College of Art and then Coventry College of Art for his National Diploma in Fine Art. His career in TV began at Granada Television in Manchester. He had...
David Taylor
David Taylor (1943 – 2024), was born in Bolton to Charles and Nellie Taylor on 17th August 1943, an older brother to Anne-Marie. Leaving school at sixteen, David qualified first as a Civil Engineer, then as a Chartered Civil and also a Chartered Structural Engineer. Moving to Huddersfield, David worked...
David Williams
David Williams (1946–2018) was born in Merthyr Tydfil, the only child of Haydn and Anne. He attended Georgetown Primary School, followed by the County Grammar School in Merthyr. He started work for the Royal Mail as a postman, aged seventeen. David married Mary in 1969 and they moved to Swansea....
Deborah Elizabeth Smith
Deborah Elizabeth Smith was born in Tanzania on 3rd November 1958, to Harry and Doreen. She had two older brothers, Nicholas and Gregory. She grew up in Africa, where her father worked, until the age of ten. She attended a boarding school in England when she was seven but she...
Denis Williams
Denis Williams (1942 – 2018) was born in Morriston on 18 November, one of five children. He started an apprenticeship as a carpenter but then switched to working as a labourer before moving to a job at Griff Fender Removals. After leaving them, he worked variously as a crane driver...
Dennis Raishbrook
Dennis Raishbrook (1931 – 2022) was born on 22nd April 1931 in London and had younger brothers Dave and Terry. When he was eight, the family were evacuated to South Molton, Devon. The family returned to Balham, London where Dennis attended Bec Grammar School, Tooting. After leaving school at sixteen...
Dennis Taylor
Dennis Taylor (1943 – 2019) was born on the 18th of October in 1943 in Belfast, the fourth of five boys born to David and Jane Taylor. On leaving school, he started working in a greengrocer’s shop. He was lead vocalist and guitarist in a band called the “Blue Orchids”....
Denton Brockway
Denton Wells Brockway (1944 – 2019) was born on 20th March 1944 in Kingston-on-Thames. He was a bright youngster with an uncertain start in life but loved by his mum and grandmother, with whom he lived on the south coast in Pevensey Bay. He had a sense of adventure, was...
Derek ‘Del’ Thomas
Derek “Del” James Thomas (1936- 2018) was born in Hornsey, North London, to Edwin and Alice. He was the youngest of three boys with brothers David and Reggie. When Del was about six, he was evacuated to Wales until the end of the war. Del left school at 14 and...
Derek Ede
Derek Royston Ede (1927 –2019) was born to Grace and Alfred Ede. He had an elder brother, Frances. He grew up in Welling, Kent. As a teenager, he became a messenger for the air raid wardens. After Dartford Grammar School, he joined the Merchant Navy. One of the ships he...
Derek Pearce
Derek Anthony Pearce (1946-2018) was born in Barry to Frederick and Betty, joining elder sister Patricia. Brother Stephen was born in 1953. In 1961 Derek went to Barry Tech College where he met Gaynor, who would later become his wife, a relationship that lasted 52 years. In 1967 he joined...
Desmond Jones
Desmond Charles Jones (1948 – 2019) was born in Cefn Fforest to Ivor and Miriam Jones. He grew up in South Wales and attended grammar school. In his early teens he attended the ATC and joined the RAF at the age of fifteen. He did his apprenticeship at RAF Hereford,...
Donald Bannister
Donald Bannister (1943 – 2017) was born on 15 April in Slough, one of four children. He started out as a groundsman for Slough Council before becoming an engineer for BT and then a self-employed gardener until his retirement. Donald loved animals and the outdoors. He married Carol in 1965...
Donald Victor Goldsworthy
Donald Victor Goldsworthy (1928-2018) was born on 27th February 1928 in Leytonstone, the younger of two brothers. During the Second World War he lived with his grandparents in Colchester which led to him attending the prestigious Colchester Royal Grammar School. Donald Joined the Royal Air Force in 1945 and after...
