Service Members
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✈ The Few — Battle of Britain
2,488 airmen in the database who flew with RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (10 July – 31 October 1940) and qualified for the Battle of Britain clasp. Listed alphabetically.
| Name | 📖 Bio | Rank | Service number | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield, Herbert Kenneth ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Wakeham, Ernest Cecil John ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 41883 | 8 Aug 1940 | — |
| Wakeling, Sidney Richard Ernest ✈ | — | Sergeant | 741505 | 25 Aug 1940 | 21 |
| Walch, Stuart Crosby ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 40063 | 11 Aug 1940 | 23 |
| Walker, George Arthur ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Walker, James Ian Bradley ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Walker, Robert James ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Walker, William Louis Buchanan ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Walker, James Arthur ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 40768 | 8 Feb 1944 | 25 |
| Walker, James Richard ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 41500 | 16 Nov 1940 | 20 |
| Walker, John Harold Gilbert ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | 40036 | 9 May 1942 | 23 |
| Walker, Norman Macdonald ✈ | — | Sergeant | 745818 | 2 Jun 1941 | — |
| Walker, Stanley ✈ | — | Flight Sergeant | 751643 | 12 Feb 1942 | — |
| Walker-smith, Francis Richard ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 741213 | 13 Mar 1941 | 24 |
| Wallace, Clarence Alfred Blake ✈ | — | Flying Officer | C/1371 | 27 Oct 1941 | — |
| Wallen, Dennis Stanley ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | — | — | — |
| Wallens, Ronald Walter ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Waller, George Alfred ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Wallis, Donald Sylvester ✈ | — | Sergeant | 754744 | 22 Feb 1941 | 20 |
| Walmsley, Harold William ✈ | — | Sergeant | 755997 | 13 Dec 1940 | 24 |
| Walsh, Edmund ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Walsh, Robert William Meade ✈ | — | Sub Lt (FAA) | — | — | — |
| Walsh, John Patrick ✈ | — | Sergeant | 754138 | 4 Aug 1940 | 20 |
| Walton, Herbert ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Want, William Hudson ✈ | — | Sergeant | 745927 | 19 Aug 1940 | 28 |
| Ward, The Hon Edward Frederick ✈ | — | Squadron Leader | — | — | — |
| Ward, Derek Harland ✈ | 📖 | Squadron Leader | 40786 | 17 Jun 1942 | 24 |
| Ward, John Lewis ✈ | — | Flying Officer | 84018 | 20 Mar 1942 | 26 |
| Ward, Rufus Arthur ✈ | — | Sergeant | 740913 | 8 Oct 1940 | — |
| Warden, Noel Proctor ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 100592 | 1 Oct 1941 | — |
| Ward-smith, Peter ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Ware, Ralph Taverham ✈ 🎖 | — | Flying Officer | 52938 | 21 Jan 1945 | 30 |
| Wareing, Philip Thomas ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Waring, William ✈ | — | Sergeant | 1438563 | 26 Mar 1943 | 29 |
| Warren, Thornton Arrowsmith ✈ | — | Sergeant | — | — | — |
| Warren, Charles ✈ | — | — | 33482 | — | — |
| Warren, Douglas Albert Palmer ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 78259 | 9 Feb 1941 | 24 |
| Warren, John Benjamin William ✈ | — | Aircraftman 1st Class | 628804 | 8 Aug 1940 | 19 |
| Warren, Stanley ✈ | — | Sergeant | 754879 | 9 Oct 1940 | 22 |
| Watkins, Douglas Herbert ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Watkinson, Arthur Basil ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Watling, William Charles ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 44186 | 7 Feb 1941 | 20 |
| Watson, Evan Owens ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Watson, John Gordon ✈ | — | AC2 | — | — | — |
| Watson, Lionel George ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | — | — | — |
| Watson, Rafael F ✈ | — | Flying Officer | — | — | — |
| Watson, Arthur Roy ✈ | — | Pilot Officer | 44187 | 28 Nov 1940 | 19 |
| Watson, Edward James ✈ | — | Flight Lieutenant | 81374 | 26 Feb 1942 | — |
| Watson-parker, Patrick Ian ✈ | — | Sergeant | 741433 | 13 Jul 1940 | — |
| Watters, Joseph ✈ | — | — | 44123 | — | — |