CONTACT DETAILS
We need this information for the following reasons:
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To clarify any information you send to us about your nominee;
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To put your first and last name on the Roll of Honor Certificate as the person nominating them
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To email or mail the Roll of Honor Certificate to you
Lance Corporal Reginald Simcox
British Army, World War Two
Courtesy Stephen Caldwell, Grandson
ACCURACY AND PERMISSIONS
Please make sure you have independent verification of any rank, honor, or award made to your nominee. Please make sure any information you supply is accurate and that any web page referred to has accurate details. Please make sure the web link works and there is open access (no password or account needed). If the nominee is still living, you need permission from them or their legal guardian / representative for information to be published. If the nominee is deceased, you must have permission from an immediate family member e.g. spouse, son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter. If you have one, Please email a World War Two era photograph (must be a jpeg file) to us at: briteventsnw@gmail.com
Please state your full name and the name of your honoree in the message body. We assume permission as described above.
Sample Roll of Honor Certificate
ROLL OF HONOR ARRANGEMENTS
You will informed once your submission is accepted. Your honoree will appear on this page on or around Aug 15th 2025 (the form and these notes having been removed). You will share the page with other honorees in an order solely at the discretion of Britevents Northwest.
Depending on how you indicated you wished to receive the Roll of Honor certificate it will be emailed or mailed to you by August 31st 2025. For Parchment copies and framed copies, you will receive a payment link by email on or around August 15th with 14 days terms. The payment is to cover our design, printing, handling and shipping costs only. We will also donate 1 UK Pound to the Royal British Legion for every framed copy paid for. Britevents Northwest is not responsible for damage in transit but will pursue an insurance claim with the shipper to reimburse your payment.
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
Announcement of JW Roundhill as "Special Honoree" at the D-Day at 75 event held on June 6th 2019 in Seattle (Courtesy Britevents Northwest)
WORLD WAR 2 MEMORIAL ROLL OF HONOR LISTING
OUR HONOREES WERE:
Trooper Louis H BAKER, British 1st Special Air Service
Jack BARDSLEY, Royal Air Force
Private Arthur BAXTER, The Gordon Highlanders
Herbert James BRAMLEY, British Army
PFC Edward (Ted) COLBURN, United States Army
QMS Charles (Alfred) GALLAGHER, British Army
CPO Albert (Bert) HARRIS, Royal Navy
Warrant Officer Thomas S.F. KING, Royal Air Force
Sgt Andrew LAZARUS, US Army Air Force
Kenneth L MORFORD, US Army Airborne
Sgt William READY, United States Army
Cpl Geoffrey ROBINSON, Royal Air Force
Cpl Lesley ROBINSON, British Army
Staff Sgt Joseph W ROUNDHILL, US Air Force*
Lance Cpl Reginald SIMCOX, British Army
Bertha STAPELY, Women's Royal Air Force
Robert WEEKS, United States Army
*Honorary Member VIP Club (Deceased)
D-DAY STORY
On "D" Day JW was a crewmember on a B-17 Bomber flying out of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire.
England. That day his plane bombed the Conde Sur Noiuer crossroads and bridge leading to the beachhead. Because JW had enlisted with the USAF in England, he was a "float" or spare gunner. JW had been hanging around the Operations Room for several hours but had not been called up to a crew. Eventually, with 30 minutes notice, he was assigned to a crew which included a pilot only flying his second mission. Their mission was part of the second wave of bombings on the evening of June 6th and was to disrupt a key set of buildings, a bridge and roadways known as a "Choke Point". The destruction would disrupt the German counter offensive on the Allied forces moving inland. JW's bomber group would fired on by German artillery and one of his bunk mates, on another plane in the formation, was wounded.
FOLLOWING D-DAY
JW flew ten more missions over Western Europe during the rest of June and July 1944. Unknown to JW he had developed asthma and suffered a severe attack which left him hospitalized and did not see further action in the War. JW went on to work for Boeing for 33 years. His medals include the Distinguished Flying Cross and, in 2014, he received the French Legion D'Honneuer from the French Government.
READ MORE about JW at the American Air Museum in Britain website