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Central Gunnery School - Gunnery Leader Course Lists
This page gives details of courses undertaken at the Central Gunnery School, RAF Catfoss for Gunnery Leaders. The list are based on graduation photos so trainees who began the course but failed to qualify will not be included.
No 75 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | xx xxx xxxx (at Sutton Bridge) |
Course finished | 14 Mar 1944 |
Rank | Name |
No 76 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 17 Feb 1944 (at Sutton Bridge) |
Course finished | 29 Mar 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Legault |
Fg Off | Brooks |
Fg Off | Horner |
Fg Off | Stilwell |
Fg Off | Winston |
Fg Off | Holding |
Fg Off | McDaniel |
Fg Off | McCall |
Fg Off | Eaves |
Lt | Rogers |
Plt Off | Baker |
Plt Off | Bradbury |
Plt Off | Mitchell |
Plt Off | Pulham |
Plt Off | Moran |
Plt Off | Lane |
Plt Off | Chinery |
WO | Martin |
WO | Reed |
Flt Sgt | Knowles |
Sgt | Boden |
Sgt | Leary |
Sgt | Earhan |
plus 1 other |
No 77 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 16 Mar 1944 |
Course finished | 19 Apr 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Johnson |
Fg Off | Wyand |
Fg Off | Molloy |
Fg Off | Price |
Fg Off | Newson |
Fg Off | Paddock |
Fg Off | Hodson |
Fg Off | Fitzgerald |
Fg Off | Savage |
Fg Off | Taylor |
Fg Off | Fisher |
Fg Off | Brotchie |
Fg Off | Galloway |
Fg Off | Williams |
Fg Off | Beauchamps |
Fg Off | Murray |
Fg Off | Myhill |
Fg Off | Brayton |
Fg Off | McMarr |
Plt Off | Tugwell |
Plt Off | Slocombe |
Plt Off | Davidson |
WO | Marks |
WO | Dewar |
Flt Sgt | Trinder |
Flt Sgt | Hunt |
No 78 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 30 Mar 1944 |
Course finished | 2 May 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Johnson |
Fg Off | Fenning |
Fg Off | Heales |
Fg Off | Etheridge |
Fg Off | Roderick |
Fg Off | Brooker |
Fg Off | Ward |
Fg Off | Walker-Arnott |
Fg Off | Abbott |
Fg Off | Bryant |
Plt Off | Harris |
Plt Off | Carter |
Plt Off | Kelly |
Plt Off | Legato |
Plt Off | Galderbank |
Plt Off | Frost |
Plt Off | Papwitch |
Plt Off | Rudd |
Plt Off | Emanuel |
Plt Off | Russell |
Plt Off | Davey |
Sgt | Drake |
Stf Sgt | Palco (USAAF?) |
Sub Lt | Chalsty |
Sub Lt | Stubbs |
No 79 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 20 Apr 1944 |
Course finished | 17 May 1944? |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Polson |
Fg Off | Scott |
Fg Off | Anderson |
Fg Off | Bentley |
Fg Off | Gumbrill |
Fg Off | Stanley |
Fg Off | Crawford |
Fg Off | Parker |
Fg Off | Durrant |
Fg Off | Brook |
Fg Off | Gee |
Fg Off | Curtis |
Fg Off | Scarth |
Fg Off | Ham |
Plt Off | Pirrie |
Plt Off | Vernon |
Plt Off | Robbins |
Plt Off | Fonseca |
Plt Off | Clarke |
Plt Off | Lacey |
Plt Off | Mason |
Plt Off | Mullholland |
Plt Off | Gardner |
Lt | Histon |
Lt | Jones |
Flt Sgt | Yalnick? |
S/Sgt | Barrow |
No 80 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 4 May 1944 |
Course finished | 7 Jun 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Legace |
Flt Lt | Smith |
Fg Off | Piper |
Fg Off | West |
Fg Off | Claxton |
Fg Off | Parker |
Fg Off | Tweedie |
Fg Off | Marsh |
Fg Off | Bowler |
Fg Off | Addison |
Fg Off | Gay |
Plt Off | Moses |
Plt Off | Turvill |
Plt Off | Eliott |
Plt Off | Sharpe |
Plt Off | Malone |
Plt Off | Rees |
Plt Off | Russell |
WO | Durno |
WO | Clarke |
Flt Sgt | Bryden |
No 81 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 18 May 1944 |
Course finished | 21 Jun 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Shears |
Fg Off | Mandale |
Fg Off | Denwetts |
Fg Off | Melville-Smith |
Fg Off | Ransey |
Fg Off | Bateman |
Plt Off | Mitchinson |
Plt Off | Hammond |
Plt Off | Gershaw |
Plt Off | Munro |
Plt Off | Davey |
Plt Off | Standsey |
Plt Off | Phillips |
Plt Off | Lewis |
Lt | Sherman |
WO | Miles |
WO | MacDonald |
WO | Callander |
WO | Glass |
Flt Sgt | Raymant |
Flt Sgt | Watford |
Flt Sgt | Richmond |
Flt Sgt | Fairless |
Flt Sgt | Moneypenny |
Flt Sgt | Dadie |
No 82 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 22 Jun 1944 |
Course finished | 14 Jul 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Attle |
Fg Off | Welch |
Fg Off | Walker |
Fg Off | Murray |
Fg Off | Williams |
Fg Off | Wolff |
Fg Off | Graves |
Fg Off | Holden |
Fg Off | Gastwick |
Plt Off | Wybrants |
Plt Off | Goodman |
Plt Off | Scaife |
Plt Off | Butson |
Plt Off | Pearson |
Plt Off | Mackay |
Plt Off | Young |
2 Lt | Nissen |
Lt | Nqyss |
WO | Pomeroy |
Flt Sgt | Bence |
Flt Sgt | Leski |
Flt Sgt | Olesnik |
Flt Sgt | Midworth |
No 83 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Hutton |
Fg Off | Drake-Brookman |
Fg Off | Brockera |
Fg Off | Railton |
Fg Off | Wilkinson |
Fg Off | Milton |
Fg Off | Ramsy |
Fg Off | Hislop |
Fg Off | Bartlett |
Fg Off | McDonald |
Fg Off | Hughes |
Fg Off | Maxwell |
Fg Off | Cole |
Plt Off | Valvasori |
Plt Off | Eades |
Plt Off | Dondeswell |
Plt Off | Bennett |
Plt Off | Watson |
Plt Off | Aitken |
WO | Hodson |
WO | Smith |
WO | Butler |
No 84 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | 23 Aug 1944 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Knight |
Fg Off | Muscat |
Fg Off | James |
Fg Off | Smith |
Fg Off | Jones |
Fg Off | Powell |
Fg Off | Swift |
Fg Off | Price |
Fg Off | Goddard |
Fg Off | Eckersley |
Fg Off | Ballinger |
Fg Off | Thomas |
Fg Off | Aspin |
Fg Off | Rawle |
Fg Off | Watkins |
Fg Off | Goddard |
Plt Off | Snow |
Plt Off | Slade |
Plt Off | North |
Plt Off | Webster |
Plt Off | Redden |
Plt Off | Johnson |
Plt Off | Denmark |
Capt | Driscoll |
WO | Standring |
WO | Briggs |
WO | Voll |
WO | Palmer |
No 85 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 3 Aug 1944 |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Rettie |
Flt Lt | Smart |
Fg Off | Douglas |
Fg Off | White |
Fg Off | Bridge |
Fg Off | Harding |
Fg Off | Orr |
Fg Off | Stokes |
Fg Off | Yescombe |
Fg Off | Dicks |
Fg Off | Goodman |
Fg Off | Holderness |
Fg Off | Cusack |
Plt Off | Evans |
Plt Off | Behiels |
Plt Off | Flower |
Plt Off | Shaw |
Plt Off | Boxhall |
Plt Off | Harvey |
Plt Off | Andrews |
Plt Off | Maden |
Plt Off | McLeod |
Plt Off | Walker |
Plt Off | Moore |
WO | Chambers |
WO | Lussier |
Flt Sgt | Blackwell |
No 86 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 24 Aug 1944 |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Fg Off | Hannam |
Fg Off | Banks |
Fg Off | McElroy |
Fg Off | Hunter |
Fg Off | Dunlop |
Fg Off | Bowers |
Fg Off | McCaffery |
Fg Off | Davies |
Fg Off | Bryant |
Fg Off | Butler |
Fg Off | Van Dam Merrett |
Fg Off | Yates |
Fg Off | Woolley |
Fg Off | Allison |
Plt Off | Lambert |
Plt Off | Power |
Plt Off | Hussey |
Plt Off | Grover |
Plt Off | Jones |
Plt Off | Hawksley |
Plt Off | Thompson |
Plt Off | Hughes |
Plt Off | |
WO | Ross |
WO | Grant |
Flt Sgt | Curry |
No 87 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Fg Off | Weaver |
Fg Off | Abbott |
Fg Off | Fyfe |
Fg Off | Fell |
Fg Off | Forbes |
Fg Off | Lofthouse |
Fg Off | Martin |
Fg Off | Roberts |
Fg Off | Mills |
Fg Off | Ogle |
Fg Off | Broughton |
Fg Off | Milburn |
Fg Off | Coley |
Fg Off | Ware |
Fg Off | Pascoe |
Plt Off | Corcoran |
Plt Off | Johnson |
Plt Off | Leach |
Plt Off | Smith |
Plt Off | Walker |
Sub-Lt | Murpurgo |
WO | Danahar |
WO | Burak |
WO | Hall |
WO | Weed |
Sgt | Blackwell |
No 88 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Day |
Flt Lt | Harrison |
Flt Lt | Richardson |
Fg Off | Scroggle |
Fg Off | Kelway |
Fg Off | Knyvett |
Fg Off | Miller |
Fg Off | Morgan |
Fg Off | Holste |
Fg Off | Rearden |
Fg Off | Kethero |
Fg Off | McDonald |
Fg Off | Burns |
Fg Off | Brewer |
Plt Off | Davis |
Plt Off | Lawson |
Plt Off | Jones |
Plt Off | Worth |
Plt Off | Thornhill |
Plt Off | Fish |
Plt Off | O'Meara |
Plt Off | Douglas |
Plt Off | McPherson |
WO | Hanson |
WO | Lunt |
Flt Sgt | Mackie |
Flt Sgt | Owens |
No 89 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | McManus |
Flt Lt | Parker |
Flt Lt | Warren |
Fg Off | Miller |
Fg Off | Hough |
Fg Off | Van Beek |
Fg Off | Hiscox |
Fg Off | Coxhead |
Fg Off | Gray |
Fg Off | Mills |
Fg Off | Gagan? |
Plt Off | Wood? |
Plt Off | Francis |
Plt Off | Roe |
Plt Off | Nicholson |
Plt Off | Stevenson |
Plt Off | Hodgson |
Plt Off | Jefferies |
Plt Off | Garmory? |
Plt Off | Conacher |
Plt Off | Coleman |
Plt Off | Nettlejohn? |
Plt Off | Clarkson |
Plt Off | Milne |
Plt Off | Conway |
Plt Off | Howarth |
? | Owen |
? | Davies |
? | Macintosh |
Sgt | Goodman |
No 90 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Webster |
Fg Off | Robertson |
Fg Off | Delaroy-Hall |
Fg Off | Mange |
Fg Off | Annandale |
Fg Off | Chapman |
Fg Off | Styles |
Fg Off | Twain |
Fg Off | Burnham |
Fg Off | Fenwick |
Fg Off | Barnes |
Fg Off | Hynam |
Fg Off | Ray |
Fg Off | Mackenzie |
Plt Off | Bowden |
Plt Off | Roberts |
Plt Off | Hulbert |
Plt Off | Pratt |
Plt Off | Morgan |
Plt Off | Hawkins |
Plt Off | Taylor |
Plt Off | Harrison |
Plt Off | Simons |
? | Gammon |
? | Nicholson |
? | Schollar |
WO | Jack |
WO | Bradley |
WO | Gould |
Flt Sgt | Truscott |
No 91 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | 17 Jan 1945 |
Rank | Name |
Fg Off | Trimble |
Fg Off | Wheeler |
Fg Off | Bayless |
Fg Off | Dossetter |
Fg Off | Sheel |
Fg Off | Fenwick |
Fg Off | Fraser |
Fg Off | McGregor |
Fg Off | Ovens |
Fg Off | Smith |
Fg Off | Wilkinson |
Fg Off | Myers |
Fg Off | Pryszlek |
Fg Off | Horsfall |
Fg Off | McCabe |
Fg Off | Russell |
Fg Off | Harper |
Fg Off | Baker |
Fg Off | Massey |
Plt Off | Shaw |
Plt Off | Williams |
Plt Off | Timms |
Plt Off | Hall |
Plt Off | Thomas |
Plt Off | Bacon |
Plt Off | Girdle |
Plt Off | Wildman |
Plt Off | Woodruff |
Plt Off | Finlay |
Plt Off | Clawson |
WO | Miller |
Flt Sgt | Wakeman |
No 92 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Barker |
Flt Lt | Perrin |
Fg Off | Whittan |
Fg Off | Pearson |
Fg Off | Whitmore |
Fg Off | Butler |
Fg Off | Hawthorne |
Fg Off | McNeil |
Fg Off | Williams |
Fg Off | Meason |
Fg Off | Kennedy |
Fg Off | Mitchell |
Fg Off | Scammell |
Fg Off | Howes |
Fg Off | Brotherhood |
Fg Off | Pearce |
Fg Off | McCrea |
Fg Off | Fuller |
Fg Off | Church |
Plt Off | Oliver |
Plt Off | Wirbe |
Plt Off | Newing |
Plt Off | Gilbey |
Plt Off | Short |
Plt Off | Tennant |
Plt Off | Sharples |
WO | Baker |
WO | Wilson |
Flt Sgt | Bradley |
Flt Sgt | Pimdner |
Sgt | Berry |
No 93 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 17 Jan 1945 |
Course departed | 7 Mar 1945 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | King |
Fg Off | Jewsbury |
Fg Off | Hutchinson |
Fg Off | Slater |
Fg Off | Nespor |
Fg Off | Oakley |
Fg Off | Boyes |
Fg Off | Croucher |
Fg Off | Clent |
Fg Off | Grey |
Fg Off | Kemp |
Fg Off | McFerran |
Fg Off | Masson |
Fg Off | Beek |
Fg Off | Crighton |
Fg Off | Kitchener |
Fg Off | Nancholas |
Fg Off | Hayes-James |
Fg Off | Smith |
Fg Off | Newnan |
Plt Off | Easterling |
Plt Off | Whitehead |
Plt Off | Harding |
Plt Off | Jones |
Plt Off | Bechoux |
Plt Off | Bender |
Plt Off | Rickman |
Plt Off | Mathews |
Plt Off | Marsh |
WO | Morton |
WO | Walsh |
WO | Dickson |
No 94 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated (Feb 1945?), extension granted 15 Mar 1945 |
Course finished | 28 Mar 1945 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Smart |
Fg Off | Barlow |
Fg Off | Blood |
Fg Off | Parrot |
Fg Off | Hughes |
Fg Off | Strange |
Fg Off | How |
Fg Off | Smith |
Fg Off | Newsome |
Fg Off | James |
Fg Off | Cambridge |
Fg Off | Scheldt |
Fg Off | Dike |
Fg Off | Lansdown |
Fg Off | Halloway |
Fg Off | Bradley |
Fg Off | O'Connor |
Fg Off | Rutt |
Plt Off | Cowden |
Plt Off | Bentley |
Plt Off | Pervinson |
Plt Off | Armstrong |
Plt Off | Galbraith |
Plt Off | Shepherdson |
Plt Off | Sissons |
Plt Off | Spencer-Matthews |
Plt Off | Ralston |
Plt Off | Rogers |
Lt | Fletcher (SAAF) |
WO | Shear |
No 95 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 8 Mar 1945 |
Course finished | 18 Apr 1945 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Gowland |
Fg Off | Wilson |
Fg Off | Mark |
Fg Off | Rebbechi |
Fg Off | Heath |
Fg Off | Gowan |
Fg Off | Brown |
Fg Off | Longston |
Fg Off | Sherwin |
Fg Off | Benham |
Fg Off | Warren |
Plt Off | Slack |
Plt Off | Winslett |
Plt Off | Bere |
Plt Off | Niel |
Plt Off | McLaughlin |
Plt Off | McNaughton |
Plt Off | Owen |
Plt Off | Schwab |
Plt Off | Futer |
Plt Off | Daniels |
Plt Off | Blackert |
Plt Off | West |
Plt Off | Westwater |
Lt | Phillips |
WO | Graham |
WO | Hall |
WO | Mumford |
WO | Allmark |
WO | Jennings |
WO | Reeves |
Sgt | Weystor |
No 96 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated (Mar 1945?), extension granted 23 Apr 1945 |
Course finished | 7 May 1945 |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Beaton |
Flt Lt | Skidmore |
Fg Off | Gregg |
Fg Off | Oakes |
Fg Off | Boxall |
Fg Off | Withecombe |
Fg Off | Rebbechi |
Fg Off | Cox |
Fg Off | Noble |
Plt Off | Self |
Plt Off | Page |
Plt Off | Hannaberg |
Plt Off | Brown |
Plt Off | Smith |
Plt Off | Arrowsmith |
Plt Off | Dexter |
Plt Off | Ball |
WO | Laing |
WO | Gillson |
WO | Arnold |
Flt Sgt | Kelly |
Flt Sgt | Amm |
No 97 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 19 Apr 1945, extended on 16 May 1945 |
Course finished | 28 May 1945 |
Rank | Name |
Fg Off | Crisp |
Fg Off | Barnes |
Fg Off | Cowen |
Fg Off | Jepson |
Fg Off | Jones |
Fg Off | Cotter |
Fg Off | Legge |
Fg Off | Belines |
Fg Off | Holway |
Plt Off | Romback |
Plt Off | Barron |
Plt Off | Harrison |
Plt Off | Arakiel |
Plt Off | Bohanna |
Plt Off | Armitage |
Plt Off | Rennie |
1st Lt | Berman |
CPO | Coebergh Van Den Braak |
Flt Sgt | |
S/Sgt | |
Sgt | |
No 98 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | 10 May 1945 |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Sqn Ldr | Barwell |
Fg Off | Cheshire |
Fg Off | Dankewardt |
Fg Off | Chapman |
Fg Off | Roberts |
Fg Off | Bailey |
Fg Off | Poulter |
Plt Off | Lloyd |
Plt Off | O'Brien |
Plt Off | Slaney |
Plt Off | Murray |
Plt Off | Burrows |
Plt Off | Fisher |
Plt Off | Ransome |
WO | O'Brien |
WO | Caterham |
WO | Tarana |
WO | Neagle |
Flt Sgt | Stott |
Flt Sgt | Cross |
Flt Sgt | Strom |
No 99 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Fg Off | Corkill |
Fg Off | Stone |
Fg Off | Mason |
Fg Off | Treen |
Fg Off | Rickard |
Fg Off | Courtney |
Fg Off | Sheldon |
Fg Off | Service |
Plt Off | Dawson |
Plt Off | Moore |
Plt Off | Mullett |
Plt Off | Stromqvist |
Plt Off | Donnelly |
Plt Off | Laing |
WO | Smith |
WO | Wale |
WO | Wagner |
Sgt | Sutcliffe |
CPO | Pino |
No 100 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Bryson |
Flt Lt | Wicks |
Fg Off | Braithwaite |
Fg Off | Andreas |
Fg Off | Hattersley |
Fg Off | Baker |
Fg Off | Roberts |
Fg Off | Kitt |
Fg Off | Trusty |
Plt Off | Schofield |
Plt Off | Woods |
Plt Off | Nolan |
Plt Off | McCormack |
WO | Hurst |
WO | Durrant |
Flt Sgt | Matthews |
Sgt | Flood |
No 101 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Best |
Fg Off | Vear |
Fg Off | Richardson |
Fg Off | Carling |
Fg Off | Ovendon |
Fg Off | York |
Fg Off | O'Reilly |
Fg Off | Clark |
Plt Off | Pole |
Plt Off | Wood |
Flt Sgt | Kaye |
No 102 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Fg Off | Warr |
Fg Off | Beard |
Fg Off | Wornes |
Fg Off | Salmond |
Fg Off | Aspinal |
Plt Off | Eldrington |
Plt Off | Sexton |
Flt Sgt | Krasker |
Sgt | Edwards |
Sgt | Ainley |
No 103 Gunnery Leaders' Course
Course Commenced | Not stated |
Course finished | Not stated |
Rank | Name |
Flt Lt | Cooper |
Fg Off | Germaine |
Fg Off | Evans |
Fg Off | Beech |
Fg Off | Hoptroff |
Fg Off | Reeve |
Plt Off | Walsh |
Plt Off | Stennet |
Plt Off | White |
Plt Off | Gibson |
Plt Off | Manley |
Sgt | Peters |
CPO | Tanner |
CPO | Prime |
CPO | Sharp |
CPO | Hearnshaw |
CPO | Dooley |
Source - Central Gunnery School ORB
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