Evercircular: Names

Cambridge District Scout Archive

This pages lists all the people named in the Evercircular letters.   

Participants

Narvik

• W T Thurbon               Bill                   Failed medical Protected role at St John’s
• K P G North                 Ken                  Pte. Royal Army Pay Corps
• T Craske                      Tom                 Tank transport ME
• F W Feary                    Fred                 (Skipper)(SM)(GSM) Seriously injured WW1
• W H Miller      Dusty   (Walter)          Gnr. Lt AA Regt RA      later 1^st Army
• A J Covell                     John                 Peripatetic Acting Headmaster (ex CM)
• T C Germany               Tom                 Working in local factories munitions and aircraft
• R F Thompson             Roland             Invalided out of Sherwood Foresters
• A M Thompson            Mervyn            Army Signaller later RAF Observer –
• AWN Tribe                  Padre               RAF Chaplin

Dunkirk

• W T Thurbon               Bill                  
• F Feary                                    Fred         (Skipper)(SM)(GSM) Seriously injured WW1
• W H D Wolfe               William           Signaller?
• E W Carter                  Bill                   L/Bd
• L Chapman                  Les
• A E Samson Esq           Arthur              Reserved Occupation in Liverpool
• R A Wallis                     Ron(ald Arthur)           Fusilier
• B F Moss                      Basil                Cambridge
• A Oliver                       Arthur (Snowy)            Signaller RAF, AC2 late Sudan

Later

• S J Phillip                       Stan                 Failed medical for Active service
• A J Covell                     John                 Peripatetic Acting Headmaster

Guests

• Howard Mallett          DC                  
• Sidney Odell                (Bish)               Royal Army Chaplains Dept

New patrol (suggested name Crete possibly called Cats)   No letters remain

• W T Thurbon               Bill                  
• F W Feary                    Fred    
• A J Covell                     John                 Peripatetic Acting Headmaster
• H Thaxter                    Harold
• J Fenn                          Jack                 now a corporal
• E J Gillingham             Edgar   (Eddy)  if so a RAF driver

‘Brains Trust’ trio who wrote in all three Evercirculars after the re arrangement

• W T Thurbon               Bill                   Reserved Occupation
• F Feary                          Fred                 Serious injured WW1
• A J Covell                     John                 Peripatetic Acting Headmaster

Non participants, mentioned in one or both Evercirculars

• Cecil                            Suez Canal – later Commissioned
• Doug Clark                  Aden
• Jack Pearce                 Cairo
• Ken Medcalfe              HMT Hortensia           Minesweeper Lowestoft SM 11th pre war
• Ted Russell                  Egypt
• Kath Thaxter               killed whilst Fire Watching
• George Braithwaite   
• Hans                            ) three
• Henry                          ) refugees who became members of the Crew and were
• Ernest                          ) initially interned but later worked in the Pioneer Corps    
• George Nunn
• Miss Long
• Frank Gigney               Giggs or Giggo                        died in an air accident
• Harold Pettit
• Frank Pettit
• Clifford Sims               (of Christs) helping with the Group
• Don Oakman               Royal Army Pay Corp in Leicester
• Bert White
• Mr Flack                      Caretaker at Grafton Street HQ
• Bert White (Bill?)        Sometimes in Russia
• Jack Russell                 Egypt
• Doug Chappell Intelligence Corps Oxford
• Dirk Dunn (as read)  Mine sweeping Lowestoft (probably Dick or Dickie)
• Eric Orris
• Ron Bailey
• Jack Cousins
• Ken Bell                       Bomb Disposal Squad stationed at Cambridge
• Rev Food?                    New Vicar at St Matthews Church
• Ken or Len Sagger       At BP Memorial service
• Edgar Tilly/ Lilly          At BP Memorial service
• Reg Smith                    At BP Memorial service
• Alec Whitby                 29^th
• Edgar
• Jimmie Leonard          RA
• Terry Chapman           in the navy, going for signals
• Harold Thaxter
• Charlie (or Percy) Doughty     Twins – Charlie in Naval signals
• Rons brother   Jack Wallis      in Scotland after several small excursions
• McKenzie                    of the 11^th        in the Navy
• Rev C T Wood             CC ex DC         in relation to final purchase of Grafton Street
• ‘Ruffingham’               nickname of Prof T G Room mathematician and working for Bletchly Park in Australia

Some dropped out of the letters as they were shipped abroad.  Those joining the Royal or Merchant Navy could not participate.

• Nobby  Clark                is in Aden
• Bill Carter                   re-mustered (RAF for posted) abroad
• Snowy Oliver               re-mustered    AC2
• Basil Moss                   re-mustered
• Tom Craske                 off to Kenya

Named in the Dunkirk Patrol EC

• Dick Lofty of the 11th
• Ted Russell                  In egypt
• Jack Fenn                     Now a corporal           Later Sgt and now married
• Alec Whitby 29th
• Walter Miller
• Bill Caster                   Port Elizabeth
• Skipper Cann               IC WSS
• Lesley  WTT wife?
• Gerald and Reggies nephew Neville Rumblelow
• John Alexander new son of Roland
• A Edley Willings          Rev.  Ex Crew and new correspondent Sept 1942
• Michael son of WTT
• Mackrow
• Neville Summerfield
• Tony Loades and son David
• Dick Whittington         ?
• Jimmy Wilson  old County Rovers
• Cpl Cecil Tatham        RAF MEF
• Gordon Russell            Fleet Air Arm              (another possible radio man)
• Jack Wallis                  SM and SS leader
• Jim                               To army possibly RAOC
• Eric Ayres                    Lt in the Navy ex 23^rd
• Hilda Samson              Sunday School
• Ron Emmines
• Gerry Catchpole
• Eric Pindar-Ayres Naval Officer
• Jack Gilbert
• Sid Odom ex Curate St Matthews

JWR Archivist Sept 2019