Air Gunner Jim Squires

Early day motion 855, tabled 26 February 2025 by Ian Roome (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 15 members.

That this House pays tribute to the life and wartime service of the late Jim Squires, formerly of No. 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and a Lancaster bomber Air Gunner who survived more than 35 sorties during the Second World War; recognises an extraordinary life lived to 99 years of age; acknowledges the low survival rates and remarkable bravery of RAF bomber crews; honours the few remaining WW2 RAF veterans; and salutes those to whom so much is owed in defence of freedom.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 10, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Labour 1.