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894 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

The list below is complied from various sources: Commissioned officers are as they appear in the relevant editions of the Navy List [note, because of a time lag between appointments and the publication of the lists some officers are not included]. Names of Telegraphist Air Gunners are primarily drawn from incident reports. Maintenance and other squadron personnel from Admiralty Fleet Orders.

Abbreviations: A = Air Branch, P = Pilot, O = Observer, TAG = Telegraphist Air Gunner, RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, RANVR = Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RCNVR = Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action, MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.

Dates: Dates for commanding officers are taken from Sturtivant, R & Balance, T., (1994)'Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm'  All other dates are taken from the Navy Lists and may not accurately reflect the exact date of appointment. Date of death is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

July 1942 - March 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)

 D. A. Van Epps

15 Jul 42

In command
       
Lieut. Conn. (A) (P) F. R. A. Turnbull DSC RN

17 Jun 43

In command

  C. Walker RN 17 Jan 44

In command

       
Lieut. Conn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) J. Crossman DSO 22 Nov 44

In command

  J. R. Routley 24 Oct 45

In command

  R. M. Crosley DSC 07Jan 46

In command

       
Lieut. ((P) G. D. Agard-Butler 05 Jul 43 Killed, air crash 10.2.45
       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)

 T. H. Palmer 05 Jul 43  
  W. J. Pooley 09 Aug 43  
       
Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) A. D. Fyffe 15 Jul 42 Martlet Pilot
  J. D. D. Robertson  15 Jul 42 Martlet Pilot
  H. S. Mattholie 15 Jul 42 Martlet Pilot
  H. Davies 18 Jul 42 Martlet Pilot
  N. H. Lester 18 Jul 42 Martlet Pilot
  J. A. Lawley-Wakelin 25 Jan 43 Martlet Pilot
  E. Kirkham 27 Feb 43  
  A. B. B. Clark 01 Mar 43  
  M. H. J. Petrie 01 Mar 43  
  P. T. W. Weston 03 Mar 43  
  H. H. Popham 23 Apr 43  
  P. J. M. Canter —Jun 43  
  R. W. Gibb 24 Nov 43  
  P. A. Meakin 24 Nov 43  
  P. D. Gardner —Jan 44  
  I. H. S. Morgan 15 Jan 44  
  N. V. Heppenstall 18 Jan 44 KIA  06.04.45
  R. H. Reynolds 14 Mar 44  
  B. H. Harriss 10 Apr 44  
  P. G. G. Adams 07 May 44  
  D. Mair 18 Oct 44  
  J. W. Hayes 23 Oct 44  
  F. Hockley 23 Oct 44  
  D. G. Byrt 24 Oct 44  
  A. G. Cooper 24 Oct 44 Killed, air crash  27.03.45
  M. J. H. Davey 24 Oct 44  
  K. D. Gall 24 Oct 44  
  D. D. Leighton 24 Oct 44  
  R. C. Kay 16 Nov 44  
  E. Elson 16 Nov 44  
  D. M. Moir 7 Jan 45  
  A. St. C. Belcher 01 May 45  
  B. A. Gentry 09 June 45  
  W. A. V. O'Doni 09 June 45  
  H. Attack — Aug 45  
  G. W. Draper — Aug 45  
  D. N. Duncan — Aug 45  
  R. A. Gotvin — Aug 45  
  D. H. Grime — Aug 45  
  R. W. J. McCahey — Aug 45  
  P. J. Rowell — Aug 45  
   J. W. Saunders ?  Killed, air crash 15.08.44
   J. C. Taylor ? KIA 205.06.45
   S. C. Yarde ? Killed, air crash 27.03.45
       
Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) R. W. D. Forbes 15 Jul 42 Martlet Pilot
Killed, air crash 27.07.43
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) H. S. Mattholie 18 Jul 42  
       
Petty Officer Airman E. Barrow ? Killed, air crash 28.10.44
       

Information drawn from the Navy list August1942 through October 1945

 

List last modified 25 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

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P)  Robert Wilson Derrick FORBES, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

27 July 1943

NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL,
DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND 
Panel 8.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) John Esmond MARSHALL, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

13 February 1944

BELFAST CITY CEMETERY
Glenalina Extn. Sec. D. Grave 30

Petty Officer Airman Edward BARROW, FAA/FX. 91444

CWGC Record

 

 28 October 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 5, Panel 1.

Lieutenant Guy Davenport AGARD-BUTLER, RN

CWGC Record

 

 10 February 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 5, Panel 7.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Anthony Gordon COOPER, RNVR

CWGC Record

 

 27 March 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 5.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Samuel Charles YARDE, RNVR

CWGC Record

 27 March 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 5.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P)   William George GIBSON, RNVR

CWGC Record

 01 April 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 4.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Norman Thomas QUIGLEY, RNVR

CWGC Record

01 April 1945

 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 4.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Norris Vaux HEPPENSTALL, RNVR

CWGC Record

 06 April 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 4.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P)Kenneth Douglas GALL, RNVR

CWGC Record

 26 July 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 4.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Fred HOCKLEY, RNVR

CWGC Record

 15 August 1945 YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Brit. Sec. P. A. 6.

 

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