I found this Obituaries page while doing some research.
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/RollofHonour/Obituaries/Summary_Obituaries.htm

Some famous names among them. Here's a few examples.

This hardly seems a sufficient tribute a legendary pilot. I believe he was made an honorary member of the FAA during WWII which might explain it.
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I had an idea he flew operationally with the RAF during the BoB. As I understood it he was given an honorary rank in the FAA when testing the Seafire.
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http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/seafire/sea-info/sea_info.htm

Remind me to tell you an interesting little story about the amazing Jeffrey Quill.

I'll post it here. This will have to wait till later as it will be from memory. I lost the book I read it in many years ago.

Here's my story as promised. This was published in a collection of short stories by well-known test pilots describing memorable moments in their careers. Unfortunately it was lost many years ago so I'll be as faithful to the original as I can.

The contribution by Jeffrey Quill, legendary chief test pilot of Supermarine Aviation, was entitled The Day I Rendered My A25. (Form A25 had to be rendered in the event of an accident with a FAA aircraft.)

At some time during WWII Jeffrey Quill had been asked to report aboard HMS Argus to sort out problems with the Seafire. He had earlier been given the rank of RNVR Lieutenant-Commander in the Fleet Air Arm & completed a deck-landing course. HMS Argus was the first real aircraft carrier in the world, starting life as the passenger liner Conte Rosso & converted with a full-length flight deck. Commissioned in September 1918 she had no superstructure or island like later carriers & was a real flat-top. She was now used for training & ferrying aircraft.

On arrival at the shore base for further instructions Quill was offered the use of a Sea Hurricane that was also required aboard the carrier. This aircraft was unusual in the fact that it had originally been intended for the French Navy & the throttle worked in the reverse direction to normal. The weather was too bad for the usual ADDL's (Aerodrome Dummy Deck Landings) to be carried out but as Mr Quill was a highly experienced test pilot, already familiar with deck landings & also required urgently it was decided to dispense with this formality.

Unbeknown to him the deck landing instructor aboard Argus was the formidable Cmdr R.N. Everett, the most experienced batsman in the Royal Navy. He had been notified of his old friend Jeffrey Quill's impending arrival & decided to put on a demonstration of how it should be done for his pupils' benefit. What happened next proves that Sod's Law (Murphy's Law in the US) is ready to strike even the most experienced amongst us. All went well until Quill approached the carrier. He made the elementary mistake of leaving the throttle friction nut tightened. After a flawless approach & when "Bats" signalled Cut he made his second mistake. Forgetting it was reversed he instinctively pulled the throttle back - this required more effort than normal to overcome the increased friction. The engine ran flat out & before he could do anything about it he ended up entangled in the safety net.

Fortunately Quill was uninjured apart from his pride. He said that it would have been better if he had been slightly hurt as then he might have been treated more sympathetically. On leaping out of the poor old Hurricane he found that everyone had mysteriously disappeared. Not being familiar with this unusual carrier he had no idea how to go below decks. On wandering around the flight deck he found himself looking down at the Captain & other officers in the pit that served as a bridge. Everyone studiously ignored him & he was becoming more embarrassed by the minute. He was contemplating whether or not to leap down into this pit when a kindly junior officer led him away & showed him the correct way down. Needless to say he had to render an A25. Cmdr. Everett never forgave him & they didn't speak to each other for years afterwards.

These things always seem to happen when everyone is watching. It was common practice for everyone not on duty to watch anything interesting going on & news spread quickly on board a ship. The spectators on carriers were called "Goofers". I imagine there were plenty there to witness this sad incident. They all managed to hurriedly disappear when it all went wrong.

I was disappointed at the lack of info on the WWW on Cmdr Everett. He was a legendary character with unconventional methods. When he was on the bats the pilot was left in no doubt as to who was in charge. He would abandon the comparative safety of the batsman's position & conduct the landings from the flight deck itself. He used his whole body to signal rather than just the bats & often had to duck under the wing of the landing aircraft at the last moment to avoid being hit.

Cmdr Everett was the obvious choice of batsman for the first ever jet landing on a RN carrier. This was with the prototype Sea Vampire on HMS Ocean on 3 December 1945. Unfortunately he is not shown in this photo. Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown was the pilot on this occasion, another legend. You can see the assembled Goofers witnessing the event.



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http://www.setp.org/EBrown.htm