Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 138

W ORLD W AR II

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name PETER HARDEY BLAKE (Pilot Officer)

Lef SES 1939

Roll Number 3025 Died 01:04:1941

Set / House G

Arrive SES 1935

Where NEAR HUNSTANTON, NORFOLK Serving with 235 SQD, BOMBER CMD, R.A.F.V.R.

Age 20

Buried Great Bircham Cemetery, Norfolk Remembered The St. Edward’s School WW2 Memorial

Born 1921 in Lambeth, London, the younger of two SES brothers and the grandson of another. House Prefect, 2nd Rowing VIII, L/Cpl OTC, Lower VIth Form He was called up immediately on leaving the School and joined 235 Squadron, Bomber Command RAFVR (Blenheims) 1941, qualifying as a Pilot. He was killed, in action over Norfolk in April 1941 and no further information is known. He was buried at Great Bircham Cemetery, Norfolk. ‘He was always so full of energy and life. Some pictures of him will always stand out in my memory - sitting chin in hand in form: making a low hard tackle at football; coming into my room with a tall tale about a broken window’ (Gerry Sugar, his House Master).