The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 
			1923-1939
			Surnames G
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					| Name | 
					
					GADD, Thomas | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					27158 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer, Flying 
					Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Sale, Cheshire, 
					13 December 1909 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					3 October 1929 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					23 October 1931 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Oct 
					28; transferred to RAFO, Oct 1933; Temp Sqn Ldr, Sep 1941; died 
					Totley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 2 Jan 1976 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GAMBLEN, Douglas Robert | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					39657 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer, Flying 
					Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					
					Gosport, Hampshire, 14 January 1915 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					27 November 1937 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					29 July 1940 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					KIA off Dover, 29 
					July 1940; remembered on Panel 5 of the Runnymede Memorial | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GIBBS, Edward Philip Patrick ‘Gibbo’ | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					32225 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer, Flying 
					Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Singapore, 21 February 
					1910 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					28 August 1933 (att 
					8 Sqn, Aden, 18 Sep-31 Oct 1935) | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					10 March 1936 | 
				 
				
					| Decorations | 
					DFC (1942), MiD 
					(1942) | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Sep 
					1932; transferred to RAFO, Mar 1938; shot down and injured west 
					of Fruges, July 1941, but evaded and reached Gibraltar, Sep 
					1941; retired Feb 1946; relinquished commission, Feb 1955, retaining 
					Wg Cdr; died Westminster, London, 23 Jan 1967 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GILLIES, James 'Jack' | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					519573 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Sergeant Pilot | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Doncaster, 1915 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					1 April 1939 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					21 March 1940 | 
				 
				
					| Decorations | 
					DFM (1941), MC (1944) | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Nov 
					1941; KIA whilst serving with 136 Sqn in South East Asia, 21 
					Apr 1944, aged 29; remembered on Column 431 of the Singapore 
					Memorial, Singapore | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GLOVER, Henry Lawrence Matthews | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					29138 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					New 
					Zealander | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Dunedin, New Zealand, 
					2 February 1907 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					8 September 1931 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					3 January 1932 | 
				 
				
					| Decorations | 
					QCVSA (1958) | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Sep 
					1930; transferred to RAFO, Mar 1937; relinquished commission 
					on cessation of service, Mar 1946; died Christchurch, Dorset, 
					11 December 1974 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GOUGH, William Frederick Rippen 'Bill' | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					17174 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Flying Officer (Hon 
					Flt Lt) | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Manchester, Lancashire, 
					1 April 1898 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					27 April 1925 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					21 July 1925 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned from 
					Royal Navy as Fg Off, Apr 23; relinquished commission, Apr 1930; 
					died Winchester, Hampshire, 6 May 1967 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GRAHAM, Edward ‘Ted’ | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					37449 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, 
					21 June 1911 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					24 April 1936 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					21 March 1937 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Nov 
					1935; transferred to RAFO, Nov 44; permanent commission as Sqn 
					Ldr & transferred to Secretarial Branch, Mar 1947; retired 
					Dec 1958, retaining Gp Capt, & emigrated to Australia, Aug 
					1963; died Canberra ACT, 7 Aug 1999 | 
				 
			 
			 
			GREEN, Gilbert Ware Murlis, 
			see MURLIS-GREEN, Gilbert Ware 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GREY, Phillips Patrick | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					78816 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Pilot Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					British | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Bakewell, Derbyshire, 
					1 July 1903 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					15 December 1924 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					30 December 1924 | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Jan 
					1924; transferred to RAFO, Jan 1929; relinquished commission 
					on cessation of service, Jan 1933; commissioned in RAFVR (18170), 
					Apr 1940; relinquished commission as Sqn Ldr, Feb 1954; died 
					Hindhead, Surrey, 29 Apr 1989 | 
				 
			 
			 
			
				
					| Name | 
					
					GRINDELL, Gordon John | 
				 
				
					| Number | 
					32226 | 
				 
				
					| Rank | 
					Flying Officer | 
				 
				
					| Nationality | 
					New Zealander | 
				 
				
					| Born | 
					Geraldine, New Zealand, 
					20 August 1910 | 
				 
				
					| Arrived | 
					22 September 19935 | 
				 
				
					| Departed | 
					10 March 1936 | 
				 
				
					| Decorations | 
					AFC (1940), DFC 
					(1943), MiD (1944), Bar to AFC (1950) | 
				 
				
					| Notes | 
					Commissioned Sep 
					1932; promoted to Wg Cdr, Oct 1946; died Katanning, Western 
					Australia, 15 Mar 1966 | 
				 
			 
			 
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