British aristocracy losses in WW2

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  1. Peter Clare

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    002 BENN MJW 103589 21 SQDN 23/06/1944 ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE
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    23 June 1944

    21 Squadron.
    Mosquito VI NS837.

    Overshot landing Thorney Island.
     
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    Pilot Officer 3rd Baron ALINGTON 83058, ALIAS who died on 16 September 1940
    See STURT, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY

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    Pilot Officer NAPIER GEORGE HENRY STURT 83058, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 44 on 16 September 1940
    3rd Baron Alington. Son of Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington and Lady Feodorowna Alington; husband of Lady Mary Sibell Alington, of Crichel, Wimbourne, Dorsetshire. Also served in the 1914-18 war.
    Remembered with honour CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Plot E. Grave 221-222.
     
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    Major ALLEN ALGERNON BATHURST D S O, M C, T D 12995, 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps who died age 47 on 17 December 1942
    Lord Apsley. Son of Colonel Seymour Henry Bathurst, C.M.G., T.D., J.P., D.L., 7th Earl Bathurst, and of the Countess Bathurst (nee Borthwick), of Cirencester, Gloucestershire; husband of Lady Apsley, C.B.E (nee Meeking), of Cirencester. Colonel, The Arab Legion. M.A (Oxon); J.P.; Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Gloucestershire; Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1922-1929, and Bristol, 1931-1942; President, United Kingdom Pilots'' Association. He also served in the First World War 1915-1919.
    Remembered with honour MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Prot. Sec. (Officers''). Plot E. Coll Grave 4.

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    Major Lord APSLEY 12995, ALIAS who died on 17 December 1942
    See BATHURST, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
     
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    Flight Lieutenant 6th Baron AUCKLAND A M 74387, ALIAS who died on 16 April 1941
    See EDEN, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

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    Flight Lieutenant FREDERICK COLVIN GEORGE EDEN A M 74387, Royal Air Force who died age 46 on 16 April 1941
    6th Baron Auckland. Son of William Morton Eden, 5th Baron Auckland, and of Lady Auckland (nee Hutton); husband of Lady Auckland (nee Hart).
    Remembered with honour BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETER Y
    Grave/Memorial Reference:25. A. 17.
     
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    Flying Officer 9th Baron, R. A. S. CALTHORPE 45143, ALIAS who died on 09 October 1945
    See GOUGH-CALTHORPE, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour BROOKWOOD CEMETERY

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    Flying Officer RONALD ARTHUR SOMERSET GOUGH-CALTHORPE

    15087, 64 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 21 on 09 October 1945
    9th Baron Calthorpe. Son of the Hon. Frederick Somerset Gough-Calthorpe and of Rose Mary Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe (nee Vernon-Harcourt), of Worplesdon Hill, Woking, Surrey.
    Remembered with honour BROOKWOOD CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:St. Chad's Avenue, 21087.

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    Field Marshal ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT WINDSOR
    K G, K T, K P, G C B, G C S I, G C M G, G C I E, G C V O, G B E, V D, T D General Staff who died age 91 on 16 January 1942
    1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Third son of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.
    Remembered with honour FROGMORE ROYAL BURIAL GROUND

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    Field Marshal 1st Duke of CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN ALIAS who died on 16 January 1942
    See WINDSOR, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour FROGMORE ROYAL BURIAL GROUND
     
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    Lieutenant The Duke of CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN 64562, ALIAS who died age 28 on 26 April 1943
    See WINDSOR, Alistair Arthur Duff, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour MAR LODGE CHAPEL, BRAEMAR, CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR

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    Lieutenant ALASTAIR ARTHUR DUFF WINDSOR 64562, Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), Royal Armoured Corps who died age 28 on 26 April 1943
    2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Son of H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, K.T., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., and of H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught, R.R.C., of Braemar.
    Remembered with honour MAR LODGE CHAPEL, BRAEMAR, CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR
     
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    Captain 4th Marquess of DUFFERIN AND AVA 141136, ALIAS who died on 25 March 1945
    See HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour RANGOON MEMORIAL


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    Captain BASIL SHERIDAN HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD 141136, Royal Horse Guards who died age 35 on 25 March 1945
    4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. Son of Capt Frederick Temple-Blackwood, D.S.O., 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, and of Brenda, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, of Clandeboje, Co. Down, Northern Ireland; husband of Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1937-1940. Director of Empire Division, Ministry of Information, 1941-1942.
    Remembered with honour RANGOON MEMORIAL
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Face 1.
     
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    Major Viscount ELVEDEN 53827, ALIAS who died on 08 February 1945
    See GUINNESS, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

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    Major ARTHUR ONSLOW EDWARD GUINNESS
    53827, 218 Bty., 55 (The Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery
    who died age 32 on 08 February 1945
    Viscount Elveden. Son of Captain Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, C.B., C.M.G., D.L., R.N.V.R. 2nd Earl of Iveagh, and of the Countess of Iveagh, C.B.E., of Elveden, Suffolk; husband of Elizabeth, Viscountess Elveden, of Regents Park, London.
    Remembered with honour JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:21. B. 7.
     
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    Pilot Officer PETER DONALD FARRAGUT 60081, ALIAS who died on 02 July 1941
    See Peter Donald MacALISTER, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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    Pilot Officer PETER DONALD MACALISTER 60081, 12 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 24 on 02 July 1941
    (served as FARRAGUT, Pilot Offr. PETER DONALD, 60081). Son of Sir George Ian MacAlister, Kt., M.A., and Lady MacAlister, of Tonbridge, Kent; husband of Mab MacAlister.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 33.

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    Brigadier Viscount GARMOYLE ALIAS who died on 03 July 1942
    See CAIRNS, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

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    Brigadier HUGH WILFRED JOHN CAIRNS D S O and Bar 38311, Cdg. 7th Motor Bde. Group, General Staff and Rifle Brigade who died age 35 on 03 July 1942
    Viscount Garmoyle. Son of Lt.-Col. Wilfred Dallas Cairns, C.M.G., 4th Earl Cairns and Olive, Countess Cairns, of Bath, Somerset; husband of Barbara Elisabeth, Viscountess Garmoyle (nee Franklyn), of Shedfield, Hampshire.
    Remembered with honour EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:XXVII. H. 23.
     
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    Flying Officer 2nd Baron SHUTTLEWORTH 70356, ALIAS who died on 08 August 1940
    See KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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    Flying Officer RICHARD UGHTRED PAUL KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH 70356, 145 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 27 on 08 August 1940
    (Served as SHUTTLEWORTH. R.U.P.). 2nd Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe. Son of Capt. the Hon. Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth, R.F.A., J.P., and of the Hon. Mrs. Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth, of South Kensington, London.J.P. His brother Ronald Orlando Lawrence, 3rd Baron Shuttleworth, also fell.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 6.


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    Edit: See #83 for further information from Spidge
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    Captain 3rd Baron SHUTTLEWORTH 96912, ALIAS who died on 17 November 1942
    See KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY

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    RONALD ORLANDO LAWRENCE KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH 96912, 138 Field Regt., Royal Artillery who died age 25 on 17 November 1942
    (Served as SHUTTLEWORTH. R.O.L.). 3rd Baron Shuttlewoth of Gawthorpe. Son of Capt. the Hon. Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth, R.F.A., J.P., and of the Hon. Mrs. Kay-Shuttleworth (nee Bridgeman), of South Kensington, London. B.A. (Oxon.): Balliol College. His brother Richard Ughtred Paul, 2nd Baron Shuttleworth, also fell.
    Remembered with honour TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:4. D. 2.
     
  13. colinhotham

    colinhotham Senior Member

    Killed at 3 Commando Bridge, Sicily, on Wednesday 14th July 1943 during Operation Husky.
     

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  14. Paul Reed

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    Colin - I've posted that man's details below. What's his connection to the aristocracy?

    Name: BUTLER, ANTHONY DANVERS CAVENDISH Initials: A D C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps Secondary Regiment: Commando Secondary Unit Text: and No. 3 Age: 27 Date of Death: 14/07/1943 Service No: 103008 Additional information: Son of Henry Cavendish Butler and Blanche Cavendish Butler, of Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 16. Cemetery: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
     
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    Paul,
    I can't find mention of him in peerage, but poss. a relative of this man posted earlier?

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    Captain PATRICK HENRY STANLEY DANVERS BUTLER 200106, 1st Bn., Scots Guards who died on 28 February 1944
    Son of Henry Cavendish Butler, eighth Earl of Lanesborough, and of Grace Lilian Butler (nee Abdy) Countess of Lanesborough, of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
    Remembered with honour BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
    Grave Ref: V. H. 2
     
  16. Peter Clare

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    Flying Officer 9th Baron, R. A. S. CALTHORPE 45143, ALIAS who died on 09 October 1945
    See GOUGH-CALTHORPE, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour BROOKWOOD CEMETERY

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    Flying Officer RONALD ARTHUR SOMERSET GOUGH-CALTHORPE

    15087, 64 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 21 on 09 October 1945
    9th Baron Calthorpe. Son of the Hon. Frederick Somerset Gough-Calthorpe and of Rose Mary Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe (nee Vernon-Harcourt), of Worplesdon Hill, Woking, Surrey.
    Remembered with honour BROOKWOOD CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference:St. Chad's Avenue, 21087.


    9 October 1945
    64 Squadron
    Mustang III HB867.
    Place. Blythborough, Suffolk.

    F/O. Gough-Calthorpe was engaged in an interception exercise and had been dog fighting. The aircraft entered a power dive from between 15,000 to 20,000 feet and the pilot did not respond to any radio calls from his leader. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed but the cause of the loss remains conjecture.

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    F/O. Gough-Calthorpe survived a mid-air collision on 23 May 1945......

    64 Squadron
    Place. Cantley, Norfolk

    The pilot of Mustang III FB135, F/L. J E A. Hartill (killed) and the pilot of Mustang III KH566, F/O. R A S. Gough-Calthorpe, were dog-fighting at 8,000 feet as part of an air fighting and low flying sortie. F/L. Hartill dived onto the other aircraft but misjudged the attack and they collided and crashed, catching fire. F/O. Gough-Calthorpe managed to bale out safely.


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    Pilot Officer PETER DONALD FARRAGUT 60081, ALIAS who died on 02 July 1941
    See Peter Donald MacALISTER, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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    Pilot Officer PETER DONALD MACALISTER 60081, 12 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 24 on 02 July 1941
    (served as FARRAGUT, Pilot Offr. PETER DONALD, 60081). Son of Sir George Ian MacAlister, Kt., M.A., and Lady MacAlister, of Tonbridge, Kent; husband of Mab MacAlister.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 33.

    2-3 July 1941
    12 Squadron
    Wellington II W5419
    Op. Bremen

    F/L. W B. Baxter +
    P/O. P D. Farragut +
    F/S. G D. Mansel +
    Sgt. P I. Ferebee +
    F/S. B. Crocker +
    F/S. E F. Porter +

    Took off 2235 hrs Binbrook. Presumed crashed in the sea. F/S. Crocker is buried in Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, the remainder of the crew are commemorated on The Runnymede Memorial.

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  18. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    Flying Officer 2nd Baron SHUTTLEWORTH 70356, ALIAS who died on 08 August 1940
    See KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH, the true family name.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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    Flying Officer RICHARD UGHTRED PAUL KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH 70356, 145 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 27 on 08 August 1940
    (Served as SHUTTLEWORTH. R.U.P.). 2nd Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe. Son of Capt. the Hon. Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth, R.F.A., J.P., and of the Hon. Mrs. Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth, of South Kensington, London.J.P. His brother Ronald Orlando Lawrence, 3rd Baron Shuttleworth, also fell.
    Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 6.

    8 August 1940
    145 Squadron
    Hurricane I P3163

    Patrol. Shot down by Me109 off the Isle of Wight appox 0950 hrs.

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    This man is listed in the Peerage ... does he qualify?

    Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Beauchamp Henry Butler was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
    Lieutenant-Colonel Butler’s task was to secure the right half of the river Simeto bridgehead, and much depended on this operation’s success.
    This officer led his battalion with great gallantry. Throughout a hard day’s fighting he was tireless in his efforts to ensure success, personally directing the fire of his anti-tank guns and mortars at centres of resistance; launching attacks and never giving a desperate and determined enemy any loophole. Lieutenant-Colonel Butler was under continuous and accurate short-range machine-gun and rifle fire and mortar fire for many hours, but his complete disregard of danger and his inspiring example to his battalion ensured the success of the operation.

    This officer has also rendered distinguished service in the attack on Centuripe and in the crossing of the River Salso.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Butler was born in Rathvilly, Co. Carlow.


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    Lt.-Col. Beauchamp Henry Butler was born on 7 January 1902. He was the son of Charles Richard Butler and Ethel Elizabeth Jane Newton. He married Vera May Stewart, daughter of Major William Stewart, on 8 June 1938. He died on 27 October 1943 at age 41, killed in action.

    Lt.-Col. Beauchamp Henry Butler fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was decorated with the award of Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).


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    Name Butler, Beauchamp Henry
    Rank: Major,Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
    Service No: P.17713
    Regiment: The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached 1 Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers
    Theatre of Combat or Operation: Sicily
    Award: Distinguished Service Order
    Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 18 November 1943
    Date 1943-1944
    Catalogue reference WO 373/3
    16 November 1943


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    Lieutenant Colonel BEAUCHAMP HENRY BUTLER D S O, 17713, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Cdg. 1st Bn., Royal Irish Fusiliers who died age 41 on 27 October 1943
    Son of Charles R. and Ethel E. J. Butler; husband of Vera May Butler, of Clogher, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
    Remembered with honour SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. D. 29.
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    See this thread for ref:
    http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/research-material/19413-volunteers-eire-who-have-won-distinctions.html#post195852
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  20. spidge

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    Found this one when going through some Beaufighter details.

    In Memory of
    Flight Lieutenant THE HON. GEORGE WILLIAM RODNEY

    61384, 46 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died age 24
    on 18 September 1942
    Son of George Bridges Harley Guest Rodney, 8th Baron Rodney, and Lady Marjorie Rodney, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
    Remembered with honour
    ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

    FRASER, Colin Angel (Pilot Officer) 416115

    *Beaufighter of RAF 46SQN /

    Place: Kafr el Deu war, North Africa
    18-Sep-42
    46SQN -
    HOLME-SUMNER, BERKELEY DAY (Flying Officer) 102155 RAF /

    SUTCLIFFE, JOHN FARRAR Reverend Chaplain (Squadron Leader) 38089 RAF /

    NAYLOR, Gordon (Sergeant) 1017142 RAF /

    RODNEY, THE HON. GEORGE WILLIAM (Flight Lieutenant) 61383 RAF
     

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