World War II

Birkenhead Institute and Second World War, 1939–1945

The Second World War had a further impact on Birkenhead Institute. Once again, former pupils and staff served in all branches of the armed forces, and many paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Roll of Honour

The following former pupils of Birkenhead Institute lost their lives during the Second World War.

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Old Boys Fallen 1939–1945 War
Frederick Redfearn Ainley	Norman Arthur *	Dennis Kenneth Ashton *	H. Austin
David Reginald Barker *	John Keel Barker *	George Clifford Barrett	Edward Lawton Bartley
John Godfrey Beckett *	J.A. Billings	Lionel Black *	Howard John Bozier *
Charles Edward Thomas Bryan *	Charles Richard Canday *	William Anthony Casey *	Leslie Francis Clarke *
Leslie Selkirk Coathup *	Colin Murray Coffey *	John Kenneth Cooke	Leslie Herbert Cooper *
J.K. Cooper	William David Crail	David Armour Cumming	Kenneth William Dean
Henry Charles Dent	George Neville Downing	Gwylim Rees Edwards *	Malcolm Douglas Forshaw *
James McGregor Freckleton DFM *	Leonard Henry Gallagher DSC *	Alfred Roy Gibbons *	John Nicol Gullan *
George Frederick Hadley *	James Graham Hardie	William Ronald Hardie *	R.A. Harland
Peter Hayward *	Ronald Henshaw	Eric Williams Hirst	S. Hughes
George Arthur Hunt *	Edward Millar Iveson *	Laurence William Jones *	T.A. Jones
Walter Espley Jones *	W.H. Jones	William James Jones *	William Leslie Leeman *
J.A. Lees	R. Leyland	Ronald Lidgate	Donald George Malley *
George Ernest Malley	Edwin James Matthews *	H.A. McIvor	Donald Iven McKenzie
Leonard Meakin	Richey Rutherford Meneely *	Sidney Moore	Alan Moss
George Vaughan Ovens *	Ernest Francis Pegg *	Frederick Douglas Phoenix	Captain Walter Henry Poole *
G. Pringle	Ronald Ralph Reekstin *	Norman William Rees *	Victor Herbert Roberts *
Harold Edward Rogers	Philip Eaton Rollins *	Clifford John Rowlands *	James Dowling Sampson *
Arthur Edward Harrington Sargent	Thomas Smart DFC *	A. Smith	J. Smith
Gordon Sproat	Robert Graham Sutherland	R.W. Sutton	Robert Douglas Tarbuck *
C.F. Taylor	Charles Gordon Todd *	John Tomlinson *	Francis Basil Townson *
Alexander Douglas Turner *	Herbert Lansbury Ward *	Reginald Wilde *	Alfred Cecil Williams *
John Alan Williams MM	J.H. Williams	Thomas Henry Williams *	E.H. Wilson
Harold Edward Wilson *	William Kenneth Wood *	Paul Raymond Wylde *

* Indicates records updated with information from Tracey van Oeffelen, November 2024.

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World War II

Roll of Honour

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