Directories

List of Names of the Coup De Main Party for the Capture of the Caen Canal and River Orne Bridges.

Glider No 1, Serial No PF800 

(Chalk No 91)

S/Sgt Jim Wallwork

S/Sgt Ainsworth

25 Platoon, ‘D’ Coy

Lt Denholm Brotheridge

Sgt Ollis

Cpl ‘Cobber’ Caine

Cpl Webb

Cpl Jack ‘Bill’ Bailey

L/Cpl Tom Packwood

L/Cpl Frank Minns

Pte ‘Swill’ Baalam

Pte Bates

Pte Frank Bourlet

Pte Leslie Chamberlain

Pte Dennis Edwards

Pte Bill Gray

Pte ‘Gus’ Gardner

Pte O’Donnell

Pte Wally Parr

Pte ‘Tex’ Tilbury

Pte Stan Watson

Pte White

Pte Windsor

Pte Jackson 08

Major John Howard

Cpl Ted Tappenden

Royal Engineers

Cpl Watson

Spr Danson

Spr Ramsey

Spr Hugh Wheeler

Spr Yates

Glider No 2, Serial No LH943

(Chalk No 92) 

S/Sgt Oliver Boland

Sgt Phillip Hobbs

24 Platoon, ‘D’ Coy 

Lt David Wood

Sgt Leather

Cpl Godbold

Cpl Cowperthwaite

Cpl Ilsley

L/Cpl Roberts

L/Cpl ‘Smacker’ Drew

Pte Chatfield

Pte Lewis

Pte Cheesley

Pte Waters

Pte Clarke 33

Pte Pete Musty

Pte Den Dancey

Pte Harman

Pte Warmington

Pte Leonard 

Pte Fred Weaver

Pte Radford

Pte HW ‘Nobby’ Clark (48)

Pte Dennis Pepperall

Pte Malpas

L/Cpl Harris

Capt Henry ‘Jock’ Neilson

Spr Conley

Spr Lockhart

Spr Fred Shorey

Spr Cyril Haslett

Glider No 3, Serial No LH469

(Chalk No 93)

S/Sgt Geoff Barkway

Sgt Peter Boyle

14 Platoon, ‘B’ Coy

Lt Richard ‘Sandy’ Smith

Sgt Harrison

Cpl Higgs

Cpl Stan Evans

Cpl Aris

L/Cpl Madge

L/Cpl Cohen

Pte Fred Greenhalgh

Pte Albert ‘Tug’ Wilson

Pte Hook

Pte Stewart

Pte Keane

Pte Noble

Pte Crocker

Pte Basham

Pte Watts

Pte Anton

Pte Tibbs

Pte Slade

Pte Burns

Pte Pat Turner

Pte Golden

Dr John Vaughan

L/Cpl Waring

Spr Clarke

Spr Fleming

Spr Green

Spr Preece

Glider No 4, Serial No PF723

(Chalk No 94) 

S/Sgt ‘Lofty’ Lawrence

S/Sgt ‘Shorty’ Shorter

22 Platoon, ‘D’ Coy 

Lt Tony Hooper 

Sgt Pete Barwick

Cpl Goodsir

Cpl David Bateman

L/Sgt Raymond ‘Tich’ Rayner

L/Cpl Bob Ambrose

L/Cpl Hunt

L/Cpl Bill Lambley

Pte Allwood

Pte Wilson

Pte William Hedges

Pte Eric Everett

Pte St Clair

Pte Waite

Pte Felix Clive

Pte Timms

Pte Whitford

Pte Johnson

Pte John Lathbury

Pte Hammond

Pte Gardner 08

Pte Jeffrey

Capt Brian Priday

Royal Engineers

L/Sgt Brown

Spr Deighton

Spr Guest

Spr Paget 

Spr Roberts

Glider No 5, Serial No LJ326 (Chalk No 95)

S/Sgt Stan Pearson

S/Sgt Len Guthrie

23 Platoon, ‘D’ Coy 

Lt Henry ‘Tod’ Sweeney 

Sgt Gooch

Cpl Murton

Cpl Bill ‘Smokey’ Howard

Cpl Jennings

L/Cpl Porter

L/Cpl Stacey

Pte Dougie Allen

Pte Percy Bowden

Pte Buller

Pte Peter ‘Rocky’ Bright

Pte Bleach

Pte Clark 46

Pte Galbraith

Pte Jackson 59

Pte Roach

Pte Arthur Roberts 94

Pte Read

Pte Tibbett

Pte Wixon

Pte Les Wood

Pte Colin Willcocks

Lt Macdonald (7 Para Bn)

Cpl Straw

Spr Bradford

Spr Carter

Spr Field

Spr Wilkinson

Glider No 6, Serial No PF791

(Chalk No 96)

S/Sgt Roy Howard

S/Sgt Freddie Baacke

17 Platoon, ‘B’ Coy

Lt Dennis Fox

Sgt ‘Wagger’ Thornton

Cpl Reynolds

Cpl Lally

Cpl Burns

L/Cpl Loveday

Pte Collett

Pte Halbert

Pte Tommy Clare

Pte Peverill

Pte Pope

Pte Thomas Whitehouse

Pte Alfred Whitbread

Pte Lawton

Pte Rudge

Pte Dermot O’Shaughnessy

Pte Eddie Annetts

Pte Arthur Summersby

Pte Woods

Pte Wyatt

Pte Ward

Pte John Starr

L/Cpl Lawson

WS Lt Jack Bence

Spr Burns

Spr CW Larkin

Spr CH Larkin

Spr Maxted

There is a Private Wale on Major Howard’s original list for No 1 Glider and also on the Evader Report of Leslie Chamberlain.

Information supplied by the late Dennis Edwards, Coup de Main Glider 91.