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F/O. Ronald Garside
Royal Air Force
from:Lancashire
Ronald Garside was the elder son of Robert Taylor Garside who has served on WW1 with the 22nd Manchesters. Ronald enlisted in the RAF, was promoted to Flying Officer, he was captured when Crete was lost. He was a POW at Stalag Luft 3 (POW no. 3425 L3). Apparently he became a scratch golfer during that time. Ronald Garside married Louise M M Harland of the WAAF on the 28th of June 1947 at Conway House, Dunmurry NI. After the war, Ronald was Chief Air Traffic Controller at Nairobi airport.