THE MILITARY CHRISTMAS TREE

GHELUVELT PARK 2025

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ROLL OF RECOGNITION

The illuminated tree by the memorial recognises past or present service of anyone in the services. Proceeds from the donations will be shared amongst local charities supporting military personnel and families. The following people have been recognised this year. There are no ranks and the order is the order of when the donation was made.

Name

          Service

John Charles Agar

RAF

Military Police

Daniel Edward Cronin

RAF

Navigator

Alfred John Pooley

ARP

Fire Watcher

Sidney Christopher Chapman

ARP

Heavy Rescue

Charles W S Spencer

Army

Royal Engineers

John D Stone

Navy

Royal Marine Commando

Arthur Campbell

RAMC

Stretcher bearer

Joseph C. Campbell

Army

Royal Artillery

Maxwell Murrey Steele

Army

Royal Signals

John Eric George Fennell

RAF

Pilot

Robin Hector

RAF & TA

Air Traffic Control & Signaller

Walter Whittington

Army

Royal Engineers

Harald C Banks

Army

Worcestershire/Lincolnshire

George James Layton

Army

Worcestershire Regiment

Frank Bellamy

Army

1st Worcestershire Regiment

E J Baylis

Navy

Fleet Air Arm

Henry Willard Setzer

US Army

 

Frank George Spence

Army

Royal Engineers

William James Brown

Army

Ulster Defence Regiment

Harold Moore

Army

REME

Edna Moore

Army

Land Girl

John Burton

Army

RAMC - Surgeon

Albert Victor Sonley

Army

Transport

Phillip Cockeril

RAF

Rear Gunner

Ronald A Spencer

Army

 

Ronald Kirke

Army

 

Christopher Robert Lestrange Orme

Army

RAMC - Medic

Keith Thomson

ARP

 

Frederick Westall

RAF

Aircraft Maintenance

Eveline Westall

ARP

Fire Watcher

William Pettigrew

Army

Australian Imperial Infantry

Stephen Collins

Navy

Aircraft Engineer

John (Jack) James Norgrove

Navy

 

Norman Hodges

RAF

 

Francis Hodges

Navy

Telegraphist

William Ruck

Army

 

Alfred Heath

Army

Black Watch/Grenadier Guards

Robert James Brown

Army

Royal Green Jackets (TA)

Kenneth James Marsh

Navy

Marine

John Spence

Army

London Irish Rifles/Ulster Rifles

Ronald Spence

Army

 

Derek Walker

RAF

 

Raymond Frost

Army

Trainer – Sailsbury Plain

Scott Royce Murrey Steele

Army

Royal Signals

Catherine MacKellar Steele

RAF

Dental Branch

Stanley Kiff

Army

Gloucester Regiment

David E J Hobbs

Army

Infantry

George Hepburn Norris

Army

Grenadier Guards

Jim Fish

Army

Airborne

Ted Fish

Army

Royal Artillery

Jack Fish

Army

Royal Artillery

Charlie Fish

Army

East African Rifles

Jack Fish

Army

10th Btt. Worcestershire Regiment

Harry Massam

Army

1st Btt Worcestershire Regiment

Maurice Smith

Army

7th Btt Worcestershire Regiment

Owen “Woody” Woodman

Died December 2025

Army

Royal Signals

Conal Andrew Carney

Army

Irish Guards

Philip Andrew Carney

Army

Medical Corps

John Henry Dutson

RAF

Aircraft maintenance

Ivor Parkes

RFC

 

Arthur Parkes

RAF

 

Raymond Parkes

RAF

 

Aubery West

Army

 

Norman Clarke

Navy

 

Walter Colton

Army

Tank Crew

George Tyas

Army

REME - Radar

William Temple

Army

Worcestershire Regiment

Anthony Jackson

Army

Worcestershire Regiment

James Featherstone

Army

Royal Engineers

Frederick William Bywater

Army

Military Police

Derek Bennett

Army

Sapper

Keith Jeavons

Army

Worcester & Mercian Regiments

Jason Williams

Killed in Afghanistan

Army

Mercian Regiment