Obituary Thread

[Oldsmobile-88]

“Algy” Ward(63) Alasdair Ward(63) Musician.
Best known as Bassist in Aussie new wave band The Saints, then with The Damned in 1979 when their finest album(imo) Machine Gun Etiquette was recorded & released.

 

[DB9]

A fitting farewell to a very brave man, He was going to be cremated alone with no one present but after a plea put out on SM he got the send off he deserved, Flew 5 bombing missions before the age of 20!. RIP sir and thank you for your service.

Flt Sgt Peter Brown: Hundreds attend funeral of WW2 RAF airman

Flt Sgt Peter Brown's funeral took place in Westminster after a campaign for a "fitting send-off".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Alistair20000]

A fitting farewell to a very brave man, He was going to be cremated alone with no one present but after a plea put out on SM he got the send off he deserved, Flew 5 bombing missions before the age of 20!. RIP sir and thank you for your service.

Flt Sgt Peter Brown: Hundreds attend funeral of WW2 RAF airman

Flt Sgt Peter Brown's funeral took place in Westminster after a campaign for a "fitting send-off".

www.bbc.co.uk

We said DB.

We owe those brave service men and women so much.

RIP Sir.

 

[STURTZ]

Those turret gunners on Lancasters must have had the deadliest jobs in WW2, sitting targets for enemy fighter planes.

 

[Alistair20000]

Those turret gunners on Lancasters must have had the deadliest jobs in WW2, sitting targets for enemy fighter planes.

Bomber Command generally had a 44% death casualty rate in WWII

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Emily Morgan(45) ITN reporter. Health Editior.

 

[iscalad]

Actor George Maharis. I remember Route 66 as an entertaining series.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Ed Ames(95) Actor/Singer.

Played Mingo in the US TV Series Daniel Boone(1965-70)
Was the last surviving member of the Ames Brothers singing quartet.

 

[iscalad]

Mike McFarlane: Tributes paid as Olympic silver and Commonwealth gold medallist passes away (msn.com)

 

[Hants_red]

This is just so incredibly sad. A body was found in the River Exe this morning.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1664265235677556738