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In Memory Of


The Not Forgotten team are deeply saddened by the loss of many supporters and beneficiaries, and we extend our thoughts to the friends and families of those we have lost. We would like to use this page to give special mention to a few friends who have had an outstanding impact on our work.


Bunny Ennis

Bunny took on the mighty task of being a Rear
Gunner in the Royal Air Force during World
War II when he was only 19 years old. Several
decades later, he – along with the very kind Ennis
family – continued to raise funds and awareness
to support his fellow veterans, including being
the poster child of our Forgot You Not nationwide
campaign to find and thank WWII veterans.


Dame Vera Lynn

Dame Vera’s regular presence at our events
brought immeasurable joy to our veterans,
whom she always affectionately referred to as
‘my boys’. Her link with The Not Forgotten had
been steadfast since WWII and we consider it
a great honour to have been a charity she loved
and cared for. In 2020, Dame Vera wrote us a
letter to commemorate VE Day and voiced her
support for our work and veterans. Our CEO
read this letter out during our special VE Day
episode of The Best Seat in the House.


Shirley Goldthorpe

Shirley was a long-standing trustee of
The Not Forgotten throughout the 80’s and
90’s, who generously gave her time to the
charity, while working as the Director of the
St John and Red Cross DMWS. Her selfless
service and dedication to supporting wounded
service personnel and injured veterans will not
be forgotten.


Air Vice-Marshall Bary Newton CB CVO OBE

As a Flight Lieutenant, Barry Newton was one of
only three pilots who flew a Canberra bomber
through a radio-active cloud shortly after Britain
had tested a nuclear bomb in South Australia.
A year later, he was at Christmas Island for the
drop of the first hydrogen bomb. After a series
of tours, and roles in the MoD and Cabinet
Office, we were very fortunate to have Barry
as a Vice-President at The Not Forgotten for
4 years after the passing of his wife, Lavinia, who
was an esteemed trustee of ours for 16 years.


Bill Brentnall

Bill was 20 when he stood behind the wheel of a Landing Craft Tank 980 which landed on Sword Beach on D-Day.⠀


Billy Ness

Billy was 19 when he parachuted into France in 1944 as part of ‘Operation Tonga’. He was shot and wounded twice but still returned to active duty.⠀


Harry Bailey

Bill was 20 when he stood behind the wheel of a Landing Craft Tank 980 which landed on Sword Beach on D-Day.⠀


Billy Ness

Billy was 19 when he parachuted into France in 1944 as part of ‘Operation Tonga’. He was shot and wounded twice but still returned to active duty.⠀