14 September 2010

14332748 Fsr Raymond S Overton, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

14332748 Fusilier Raymond Sidney Overton of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, died on the 14th September 1943. He was an East Midlands man, from Leicester, and was 20 years old when he died. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he was the son of Sidney Charles and Doris Ellen Overton of Leicester. He died in the fighting around Monte Cassino and is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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