A formal list of the names was never issued of the 108 people who died but part of this list was obtained from Peter Forrester who wrote a book, Wings over Somerset on the disaster and compiled a list of crash victims. We have listed all the names we have found with Peter’s information, newspapers and civil death records. Some had ages and the village they came from. We hope this information is correct but as a list wasn’t published it has been drawn from many sources.
If anyone has more information or would like to make a correction please get in touch with us: info@swissairdisaster.uk
20 Passengers from Congresbury who died
- Mrs Aileen Gladys Gill – Age: 48
- Miss Hazel Mary Gill – Age: 9
- Mr Ivor James Gill – Age: 50
- Mrs Maija-Liisa (Marie) Gill – Age: 48
- Mr John Michael Gill – Age: 21
- Mr Raymond Noel Batt – Age: 49
- Mrs Beryl Gertrude Batt – Age: 41
- Mrs Irene Weaver – Age: 48
- Mrs Agnes Eleanor (Ellen) Rawlings – Age: 59
- Mr William Alfred (Bill) Price – Age: 63
- Mrs Dorothy Marie (Dot) Price – Age: 61
- Mrs Myrtle Florence Reakes – Age: 53
- Mrs Sylvia Jean Roynon – Age: 43
- Miss Ellen Mary Roynon – Age: 11
- Mrs Linda Jane Davis -Age: 20
- Mrs Evelyn Maud Davis – Age: 71
- Mrs Grace Louisa Searle – Age 58
- Mrs Rose Evelyn Clark – Age: 74
- Mrs Florence Durman – Age: 71
- Mrs Kathleen May Atwell – Age: 66
7 Passengers from Wrington who died
- Mrs Kathleen Mary Board – Age: 32
- Mrs Rosemary Joan Brooks – Age: 54
- Mrs Arleen Mary Cleeves – Age: 35
- Miss Katrina Joy Coles – Age: 18
- Mrs Mabel Hester Maria Coles – Age: 52
- Josephine Edna Brooks – Age: 49
- Mrs Nancy Frappell – Age: 55
4 Passengers from Redhill Area who died
- Mrs Daisy Jean Bull – Age: 44
- Miss Jacqueline May Cole Age: 18
- Mrs Marjorie Harse – Age: 52
- Mrs Patricia Palmer Age: 37
2 Passengers from Butcombe who died
- Mrs Alexander Anderson McKenzie – Age: 27
- Miss Carol Ann McKenzie – Age: 25
21 Passengers from Axbridge who died
- Mr Douglas Besley – Age: 49
- Mrs Diane Chard -Age: 28
- Mrs Florence Fowler – Age: 47
- Mrs Joan Dorothy Furber -Age: 34
- Mrs Winifred Caroline Glover – Age: 55
- Mrs Brenda Grace Margaret Hopkins – Age: 38
- Mrs Mary Joan Sandford – Age: 48
- Mr Douglas Urch – Age: 57
- Mrs Phyllis Curry – Age: 53
- Mrs Gladys Fish – Age: 51
- Mrs Bertha (Queenie) Fowler – Age: 48
- Mr Gerald Frank Robertson – Age: 61
- Mary Elizabeth Lane – Age: 38
- Mrs Marget Ann Squires – Age 21
- Marlene June Maunders – Age: 35
- Miss Alison Young – Age: 21
- Mrs Marion Mayled – Age: 57
- Mrs Eva Stacey Age: 59
- Mrs Avis Isgar – Age: 59
- Mrs P. Churcher
- Mrs J. Cole
2 Passengers from Axbridge who died in Hospital
- Kay Newman – Age: 27 (died on 17 April 1973, in Basel Hospital)
- Mrs Barbara Brooks – Age: 51 (died on 22 April 1973 at Basel
Hospital)
10 Passengers from Cheddar who died
- Mrs Elizabeth Jean Baker – Age: 31
- Mrs Majorie Mary Edwards – Age: 40
- Mrs Annie Doris Gould – Age: 59
- Mrs Gwenfr Margaret. Heritage – Age: 51
- Mr Charles William Roy Keen – Age: 40
- Mrs Angela Kathleen Latham – Age: 40
- Mrs Marlene Joan Maunders – Age: 34
- Mrs Phyllis Maunders – Age: 60
- Mrs Florence Anne Payne – Age: 52
- Mrs Daisy Violet Young – Age: 28
1 Passenger from Rodney Stoke who died
- Miss Ava Angela Hale – Age: 21
1 Passenger from Westbury-sub-Mendip who died
- Mrs Blanche Eileen Bridge – Age: 56
3 Passengers from Weston & Uphill area who died
- Mrs Kathleen Mary Jenkins – Age: 38
- Mrs Margaret Patricia Moore – Age: – 56
- Mrs Betty May – Age: 38
2 Passengers from Draycott who died
- Mrs G. Carver
- Mrs Audrey Sylvia Holford – Age: 54
2 Passengers from Wells who died
- Mr Charles E. J. Brown – Age: 52
- Mrs Phyllis E. K. Brown – Age: 48
4 Passengers from other areas who died
- Mrs Esme Barbara Chard – Age: 37 – Claverham
- Mrs Violet Lily Avery – Age: 30 – Winscombe
- Mrs Louisa Davis – Age: 62 – Wedmore
- Miss Margaret Ann Squire – Age: 19 – Street
21 Passengers from Bristol who died
- Mrs Elizabeth Jean (Betty) Batt – Bristol – Age; 41
- Miss Jennifer Ann Batt – Age: 16
- Mrs Gertrude May Groves – Age: 68
- Mrs June Rosemary Newell – Age: 35
- Master Mark John Newell – Age: 12
- Rebecca Helen Newell – Age: 11
- Mr James Murch – Age: 71
- Mrs Hilda Kathleen Hunt – Age: 67
- Mrs Olive Venn – Age: 60
- Mrs Shirley Surridge – Age: 36
- Mr David Surridge – Age: 40
- Miss Jane Surridge – Age: 9
- Mr Colin Albert Jones – Age: 37
- Mrs Shirley Rosina Jones – Age: 36
- Master Andrew Mark Jones – Age: 13
- Mrs Myrtle Bridie Wheeler – Age: 45
- Master Andrew John Wheeler – Age: 7
- Master Mark James Wheeler – Age: 13
- Frances Margery Watkins – Age: 56
- Barbara Elsie Shorney – Age: 32
- Aileen Ruby Tayler – Age: 47
4 Pilots & Cabin Crew who died
- Captain Anthony Dorman – Age 34
- Captain Ivor Terry – Age 47
- Stewardess Gillian R Manning – Age 31
- Stewardess Joy Sadler – Age 20
The Known Survivors of the Crash
In the Times dated 13th April 1973, it listed 39 Survivors of the Crash. 2 Survivors of the crash later died in hospital and have been included in the crash victims list above.
- Stewardess Daphne Axton
- Stewardess Elizabeth D Low
- Mrs Ivy Besley
- Master David Besley
- Miss J. Besley
- Mrs Jennifer Bowen
- Master Jonathan Bowen
- Mrs F. M. Carpenter
- Mrs Marilyn Carver
- Mrs Pam Churches
- Mrs A. Clarke
- Mrs Sylvia Cole
- Miss Susan Dyer
- Mrs Eileen Edginton
- Miss Brenda Fish
- Mr Ben Gillow
- Mrs Shireen Hart
- Mrs I. Hooper
- Mrs V. Hughes
- Mrs K. Winscombe
- Mrs J. Ibbs
- Mr N. Ibbs
- Mr B. Jones
- Mrs Hazel Lane
- Mrs Flora. Patch
- Mrs Alice Rodgers
- Mrs Myrtle Sampson
- Mrs K. Scott
- Miss Lena Simmonds
- Mr Horace Stacey
- Mrs Bet Toomer
- Mr Fred Tjolle
- Mrs Maud Wharton
- Master Stephen Wharton
- Mrs Anne Rose White
- Mrs Jean Worsley
- Mrs Nellie Long
A D.C.10 aircraft supplied by Sir Freddie Laker, flew back the survivors of the disaster to RAF Lyneham. Civilian and RAF ambulances took the injured to hospital, while coaches were laid on to return the other survivors to their homes.
On 17 April, a Vanguard airliner flew into Bristol airport containing the coffins of the 106 victims. From there deceased were transported to the RAF Locking, near Weston-super-Mare, and placed in the gymnasium. Throughout the day hearses arrived to collect the deceased and take them across Somerset.
Twenty people from Congresbury lost their lives in this disaster. Many are interred in St Andrew’s churchyard, in the old part of the Church Yard. A vigil was held in the church refectory over 4 days guarded by the Congresbury British Legion and overnight but the Yeo Trogs Venture Scout Group. Initially, a seventeenth-century sundial memorial was donated to the village to commemorate these villagers, but it was stolen two years later. Memorial Benches were installed in 2013 but again these have been vandalised.
In the recreation ground in the village of Wrington, behind Silver Street, a row of Lombardy poplar trees was planted in memory of each person who lost their life in the disaster. A plaque on the outer wall of the social club in the playing fields commemorates the people who lost their lives, but they are not named.
At Abridge, a service for sixteen victims was held, and thirteen were buried side by side. At Cheddar, a service for eleven victims was held. At Yatton, four women from the same family were buried. Eight victims were buried at Redhill, near Abridge. A Memorial for victims of the crash was built at Hochwald; Solothurn, Switzerland.