Deddington Royal Observer Corps crew
I am most grateful to Clive Sanders who supplied this photograph of his father Walter (No 6 back row) and other members of the Deddington crew of the ROC taken in 1943/44. They are identified below from left to right.
Back row: (1)Jack Malcher, (2) Charlie Fuller, (3) Arthur Humphries, (4) Arthur Newell, (5) Gill, (6) Walter Sanders, (7) Frank Garret, (8) Fred Deeley, (9) George Clark, (10) Perce Franklin.
Front row: (11) Bill Berry, (12) George Cotteral, (13) Bill Holiday, (14) George Deeley (Ldg Observer & 2 i/c), (15) Observer Officer (later Observer Lieutenant) K W J Grigg, (16) Chief Observer Douglas Hopcraft, (17) Smith, (18) Ernie Dodd, (19) Bob Churchill.
Back row: (1)Jack Malcher, (2) Charlie Fuller, (3) Arthur Humphries, (4) Arthur Newell, (5) Gill, (6) Walter Sanders, (7) Frank Garret, (8) Fred Deeley, (9) George Clark, (10) Perce Franklin.
Front row: (11) Bill Berry, (12) George Cotteral, (13) Bill Holiday, (14) George Deeley (Ldg Observer & 2 i/c), (15) Observer Officer (later Observer Lieutenant) K W J Grigg, (16) Chief Observer Douglas Hopcraft, (17) Smith, (18) Ernie Dodd, (19) Bob Churchill.