(Below) Excerpts from the book "Trinity College School-Old Boys at War"
Published by the Old Boy's Association
Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario. June, 1948
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Trinity College School's contribution to the Second World War
- Those who enlisted 855 (Including twenty former Masters)
- In the Army 453
- In the Navy 188
- In the Air Force 214
- Awards won for gallantry or distinguished service 184
- Those who had served in the First World War 60
(Above) The Memorial Cross at Trinity College School
Stephen Lea was the cousin of my mother, Dorothy Elizabeth (Smith) Buglass, and my uncle, Flight Lieutenant H. Bruce Smith
Burial Information
- Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
- Surrey, United Kingdom
- Grave Reference: Panel 105
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- During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women
of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in
service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian
Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately
one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are
commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at
Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometres by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the
crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates
a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The
cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor,
and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead
are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the
cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen.
Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone
eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side
is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY
THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID
AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND
WESTERN EUROPE In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet
place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
Disbanded in 1919, No. 51 [Squadron] was re-formed in 1937 as a night-bomber
squadron and when war broke out in September 1939, it was flying
Whitleys with the Yorkshire-based No. 4 Group. From May to October 1942, No. 51 Squadron was attached to Coastal
Command and during this period flew anti-submarine patrols from a
station in Devon.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/bombercommandno51squadron.cfm
(Above) Stephen Lea flew as a Sergeant Pilot with 51 Sqn RAF while the squadron was in Bomber Command
(Above) Stephen Lea was reported missing in action while 51 Sqn RAF while the squadron was in Coastal Command.
(Below) An extract from the Honour Roll of 21 Sqn.
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