List of surviving British Empire veterans of World War II
This is a list of notable surviving British Empire veterans of World War II (1939–1945).
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veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
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Ken Adam |
Film production designer; Dr. No, Goldfinger |
Royal Air Force |
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Richard Adams |
Author; Watership Down |
British Army |
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Brian Aldiss |
Science fiction novelist & short story author |
British Army |
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David Alexander |
1926 |
British general, Director of the English-Speaking Union, & Commandant of the Scottish Police College |
Royal Marines |
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Frank Allen |
Australian rules football player |
Royal Australian Navy |
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Nicholas Amer |
Actor |
Royal Navy |
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Brad Anderson |
Cartoonist; Marmaduke |
United States Navy |
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Michael Anderson |
Film director; Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run |
British Army |
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Peter Armitage |
Statistician |
Ministry of Supply |
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Edward Ashmore |
Admiral of the Fleet |
Royal Navy |
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Harold Atcherley |
Businessman, public figure, & arts administrator |
British Army |
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William Henry Atkinson |
Preeminent Canadian fighter ace of World War II |
Royal Canadian Navy |
C
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arnold Callin |
Manx politician |
Royal Navy |
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Edward du Cann |
Politician |
Royal Navy |
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William Keir Carr |
Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978) |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
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Peter Carrington |
Politician; Father of the House of Lords (2007–present) |
Grenadier Guards |
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George Cole |
Actor |
Royal Air Force |
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Jim Conacher |
Hockey player |
Canadian Army |
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Robert Conquest |
Poet and historian; Stalin: Breaker of Nations |
British Army; Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
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Parzival Copes |
Economist |
Dutch Resistance |
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John Cruickshank |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
Royal Air Force, 1939–1946 |
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Peter Cundall |
Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008) |
British Army |
D
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Dawson |
Football player |
Australian Army |
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Melvin Day |
Artist & art historian |
New Zealand Army & Royal New Zealand Air Force |
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Peter Dimmock |
Sports broadcaster |
Royal Air Force |
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Haddon Donald |
Politician |
Lieutenant-Colonel in the 22nd Battalion; awarded the D.S.O. and M.C. |
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Roy Dotrice |
Actor (TV's Dickens of London, Beauty and the Beast) |
Royal Air Force |
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David W. Doyle |
1924 |
Author |
British Army |
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veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J. F. R. Jacob |
General in the Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 |
Fought in Burma for the British in WW2 |
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Kenneth Jacobs |
Judge; Justice of the High Court of Australia (1974–1979) |
Second Australian Imperial Force |
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Norman Jewison |
Filmmaker |
Royal Canadian Navy |
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Merv Johnson |
Politician |
Canadian Army |
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Richard Johnson |
Actor |
Royal Navy |
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Raymond Jones |
Architect |
Royal Australian Navy |
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James Jungius |
Admiral |
Royal Navy |
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Alex Jupp |
Politician |
Canadian Army, 1944–46 |
O
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald O'Brien |
Politician |
Royal New Zealand Air Force |
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William O'Brien |
Admiral |
Royal Navy |
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Kevin O'Leary |
Judge |
Second Australian Imperial Force & Royal Australian Air Force |
U
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alistair Urquhart |
Businessman & author |
British Army |
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Brian Urquhart |
Soldier & diplomat |
British Army |
V
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Valentine |
1924 |
Bombe operator |
Royal Navy |
W
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Waddy |
Author & military advisor |
British Army |
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Murray Walker |
Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist |
British Army |
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John Waller |
Bishop |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
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Maxwell "Max" William Ward |
Aviator |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
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Chick Webster |
Hockey player |
Canadian Army |
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Geoffrey Wellum |
Author & aviator |
Royal Air Force |
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John Wells |
Politician |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
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John White |
1924 |
Art historian |
Royal Air Force |
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Richard Whittington-Egan |
1924 |
Writer & criminologist |
British Army |
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Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram |
Lieutenant Colonel |
British Army |
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David Willcocks |
Choral director, organist, and composer |
British Army |
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Douglas Wilmer |
Actor |
British Army |
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William Winegard |
Politician |
Royal Canadian Navy |
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Graham Winteringham |
Architect |
Royal Navy |
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Nicholas Winton |
Humanitarian; saved the lives of 669 Czech children during the Holocaust |
Royal Air Force |
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Michael John Wise |
Academic |
British Army |
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Steve Wochy |
Hockey player |
Canadian Army |
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Peregrine Worsthorne |
Journalist, writer, & broadcaster |
British Army |
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Allan Wright |
Aviator |
Royal Air Force |
Y
veterans
Veteran |
Birth |
Notability |
Service |
Country |
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Jimmy Young |
Singer, DJ, & radio personality |
British Army |