May 1942 - March 1946

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	G. R. Callingham	01 May 42	In command
	D W. Kirke	29 Aug 42	In command Lieut.-Corn.(P) from 29 Aug 43

Lieut. Conn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	B. F. Wiggington, DSC	22 Nov 44	In command
	A. J. Thompson, DSC	14 Jan 44 as Sub- Lieut.	In command
	G. Dennison	27 Sep 45	In command

Lieut.- Com. (A), (P)	N.G. Hallett DSC & Bar		In command

Lieut. ((P)	F.L. Haynes	?	MPK 19.9.44

Lieutenant (A), R.A.N. (P)	A.H. Brydon	?
	D. T. Keene	?
	J. O. Briggs	23 Nov 43

Lieut. (E), (P)	P. F. Clayton	11 Nov 43

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	W. L. M. Daubrey	03 Mar 43
	J. D. Alexander	12 Feb 45	KIA 30.7.45
	M. L de C. Stretton	?	KIA 14.8.45

Tpy. *Sub-Lieut.* (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	E. A. S. Chipperfield	01 May 42
	J. T. Basley	01 May 42
	P. H. Knowler	03 June 42
	R. D. Viney	07 Dec 42
	A. D. Hawkins-King	22 Mar 43	MPK 22.5.44
	W. L. M. Daubney	03 Mar 43
	W. J. F. Beever	03 Mar 43
	J. E. Fordham	04 Oct 43
	J. W. Saunders	13 Dec 43
	M. Tolstoy	15 Jan 44
	H. W. Ostergaard	24 Jan 44	Killed 20.12.44
	D. J. Demus	14 Jan 44
	I. Sargent	14 Mar 44	POW 22.8.44
	J. H. Kernahan	04 Apr 44
	R. D. Lygo.	1 Jul 44
	J. H. Halliwell	22 Oct 44
	I. G. Hepworth	23 Oct 44
	A. G. G. Knight	24 Oct 44
	D.T. Challick	?

Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	J. R. Mathers	13 May 42	Killed 24.12.42
	J. Birtle	22 Oct 44
	E. W. Cowle	22 Oct 44
	A. E. Turner d	22 Oct 44
	M. J. Brown	23 Oct 44
	S. F. A. Gambles	26 Oct 44
	M. P. Sutton	24 Oct 44
	G. W. Hartlan	24 Oct 44
	F. G. Hurlock	24 Oct 44
	C. Miseldine	24 Oct 44
	L. A. Bradbury	24 Oct 44
	T. G. Innes	12 Feb 45
	A. S. Macleod D.S.C.	12 Feb 45
	G. J. Murphy	27 Apr 45
	E. O Owen	28 Apr 45
	J. V. Brooke	?	Killed 20.11.44
	P. D. Norman	?	KMPK 21.11.44
	O. W. Draper	?
	R. F. M. Darlington	?
	L I.G . Hatton	27 Apr 45	Killed 18.2.46
	E. O. Atkin	?
	J. H. Miller	?
	T. P. Hawker	09 June 45
	R. A.H. Beaton	?
	D. Pywell	?
	J. Birtle	?
	V. S. Lowden	27 Apr 45
	W. I. Williams	27 Apr 45
	A. Marriott	?
	F. Hockley	?
	R.A. Beaty	?
	R. W. Lewis	?
	R G.F.H. Humev	?
	C. R. Thomas	?
	J. W. Hayes	?
	R. C. Kay	?
	T. D. Lucey	?
	W. T. Russell	09 June 45
	B. R. Taylor	09 June 45
	A. R. McEvoy	27 Apr 45
	J. M. Sturrock	27 Apr 45
	C. O. Atkins	27 Apr 45

*Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)***	H. A. Foote	15 June 42
	W. G. Coleman	18 Aug 42
	D. L. Olds	23 Mar 43
	F. G. Reid	29 Nov 43	KIA 12.30.44
	J. E. Sheeran	07 May 44	Killed 08.02.46
	J. J. Urlich	?	KIA 09.09.43

Mid. (A), R.N.V.R. (P)	J. D. Pnell	10 Sept 44	Sub-Lieut 9 Jan 45}
	J. E. Jones	10 Sept 44	{Sub-Lieut 10 Sept 44}
	E. Kverndal	10 Sept 44	{Sub-Lieut 10 Oct 44}
	W. A. Armstrong	09 June 45	{Sub-Lieut 10 Oct 44}

Chief Petty Officer Airman	I.B. Bird	?
	M.A.C. Levett	?
	W. Daniel	?

Petty Officer Airman	F.J Shaw	?	KIA 2.8.42

Information drawn from the Navy list August 1942 through October 1945

List last modified 26 March 2023

In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.

Details taken from the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Name & Rank	CWGC details	Date of death	Cemetery/Memorial
Petty Officer Airman Frederick James SHAW, FAA/FX 79970	CWGC Record	02 August 1942	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 3, Panel 2.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) William FOSTER, RNVR	CWGC Record	24 November 1942	BELFAST CITY CEMETERY Glenalina Extn. Sec. D. Joint grave 22
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) John Richeard MATHERS, RNVR	CWGC Record	25 November 1942	BELFAST CITY CEMETERY Glenalina Extn. D. Joint grave 22
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Joseph John URLICH, RNZNVR	CWGC Record	09 September 1943	NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND Panel 9.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Francis Graham REID, RNZNVR	CWGC Record	12 March 1944	NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND Panel 9.
Lieutenant (A) (P) Anthony Dennis HAWKINS-KING, RNVR	CWGC Record	12 May 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 4.
Lieutenant (A) (P) Frank Lankester HAYNES, RN	CWGC Record	19 September 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 1.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) John Vincent BROOKE, RNVR	CWGC Record	20 November 1944	ARNOLD CEMETERY Class A. Cons. Grave 4211.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Peter Derek NORMAN, RNVR	CWGC Record	21 November 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 7.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Horace Winston OSTERGAARD, RNVR	CWGC Record	20 December 1944	COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY 8. F. 11
Lieutenant (A) (P) James Douglas ALEXANDER, RNVR	CWGC Record	30 July 1945	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 6, Panel 4.
Lieutenant. (A) (P) Michael Lynam de Courcy STRETTON, RNVR	CWGC Record	14 August 1945	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 3, Panel 6.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Ian Garbutt HATTON, RNVR	CWGC Record	18 February 1946	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 6, Panel 6.

887 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

May 1942 - March 1946

In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.

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