tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62287372018690551022024-02-20T00:48:48.370+00:00WW2 Remembrance 1939-1945Remembering the men and women of the British Commonwealth who lost their lives during the Second World War 1939-1945. Please feel free to contact me and suggest a name for inclusion on this WW2 remembrance blog.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-16779048238378053922018-07-31T10:58:00.000+01:002018-08-01T13:54:55.298+01:00One blog closesI'm rationalising my blogs. I have too many to keep them all active and so I'm going to cease posting on some of them. In any event, it's been a while since I posted anything here. I'll still keep the blog open but I just won't post any more content here.
In the meantime though, do visit my my blogs at:<br />
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<b>Paul Nixon </b><br />
<b>31st July 2018
</b>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-74470883020345689012016-11-13T08:24:00.000+00:002016-11-13T08:24:16.141+00:00Remembering Rick Cornish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37936913"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Q5fMbww3-IhN7oKlO7f1FlGmdT_mGFV8tTCU476vSsiRd1UkNUFTEoghzNE-2GLlLcp7wY8IDbCM7PTTa9MW_fJpgUbBd2mRCNlV6JktPJgGlx_ytGOSMxHYhLy_Jw_PERTFV9q4A2EH/s400/Untitled.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read this very poignant story on the BBC News website this morning. Jenny Nater was 21 when she met Eric "Rick" Cornish at Dover in 1941. Rick would not survive the war but the couple's letters do and they make heart-breaking reading. Jenny Nater, now 96-years-old has written her memoirs in Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor which is due out later this month. Click on the image above to read the full story on the BBC News website.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the going down of the Sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.</span></b></div>
Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-16852701191512872772015-11-01T18:01:00.000+00:002015-11-01T18:01:09.287+00:001st November 1943<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remembering the men and women, military and civilian, who lost their lives on the 1st November 1943.
The following data is courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KML/17271 Private Akot Ouku East African Military Labour Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Civilian Reginald Percy Allnutt Civilian War Dead
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2102569 Leading Aircraftwoman Florence Almond 10 Sqdn. Women's Auxiliary Air Force
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SLA/13175 Private Alpha Jalloh African Pioneer Corps (West Africa), R.W.A.F.F.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7653125 Private Leonard Alston Royal Army Ordnance Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second Engineer Officer Walther Andersen Motor Tug CT7, Merchant Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13599 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Alexander Findlay Anderson 43 M.T. Coy. Federated Malay States </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Volunteer Force
Chief Officer Michel Angelikoussis Motor Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14513256 Private Leslie James Artis 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C/SSX20134 Leading Telegraphist Cyril Richard Ashton H.M.S. "Tamar" Royal Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1441498 Gunner Eric Noel Austin 192 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5833215 Private Leslie Bernard Bacon 1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14357684 Craftsman John Baird Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6341023 Serjeant Anthony Ball 466 Bty., 41 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T/217698 Driver Victor William Banks Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2989451 Private Charles Beattie 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7042912 Serjeant Robert Hugh Bell 1 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6346082 Private Robert Benneworth 5th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2931532 Lance Corporal John Joseph Benwell 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">897641 Lance Corporal Maurice Bish Corps of Military Police
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4803697 Private Cyril Bourne 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">911862 Gunner Charles William Brook 125 Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6290580 Private Edward William Brooks 2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1392268 Sergeant Frederick Tom Brown 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2877915 Private James Bruce 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2346584 Serjeant Sidney Henry Buckland Royal Corps of Signals
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2383095 Private Eric James Arthur Burton Pioneer Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7653268 Private Walter Kenneth Burton-Phillipson Royal Army Ordnance Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3854683 Corporal Alfred Busby 2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2822413 Private John Cameron 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5573494 Private James Chapman 4th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5950056 Private Herbert Charles Clark 5th Bn. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6215247 Rifleman Stanley Edward Clarke 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T/107161 Driver John Henry Clegg Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">901938 Signalman Ronald Stanley Cooper Royal Corps of Signals
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3527593 Private Samuel Creighton 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3239443 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Sidney Thomas Darvell 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">148518 Captain Sydney George Gracie Dear 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Able Seaman John Diakogiannis Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">982196 Gunner Albert Ward Donachie 91 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2827299 Private Thomas Donnelly 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chief Engineer Officer Vassilios Dounias Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6089113 Corporal Kenneth Bertie Dowe 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5506662 Serjeant Leslie George Drake 2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4861870 Private Frank Droy 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14214173 Private Ronald Emms 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LN/3480 Private Esambe Eyembe Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1677771 Bombardier Cyril John Everest 6 Maritime Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4447671 Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Farrage 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">S/94008 Corporal Harry Fawn Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3311145 Corporal Stewart Fraser 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1602819 Sergeant William Milo Charles Fuller 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1284050 Sergeant George Harry Marriner Garner Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1387268 Flight Sergeant Leslie John Garrow 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1384516 Flight Sergeant Herbert William Gay 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3854358 Corporal Clarence Mercian Gentles 2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1054931 Flight Sergeant Ernest Harold Gibbon 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
P/KX </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">119408 Leading Stoker Harry Jack Golds H.M.S. Ripley Royal Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1334864 Aircraftman 2nd Class Robert Richard Goulty Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4980507 Lance Corporal Albert George Green 2/6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48467 Captain Arthur Edward Haines Worcestershire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5116561 Private Thomas Halfpenny 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1119302 Flight Sergeant William Joseph Hall 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13035209 Private Charles William Harris Pioneer Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PAL/13636 Private Hassan Ali Abu El Kheir Pioneer Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">788210 Leading Aircraftman Walter Hecht 1 Wing (Czech). Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6096386 Rifleman Edward Leslie Herridge 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3133613 Private James Burns Hoggan 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5625595 Private James Cyril Hollamby 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1057709 Gunner James Hardy Hopper 53 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1805346 Gunner Herbert James Humphrey 52 Coast Observer Det. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">237392 Lieutenant Geoffrey William Hutchinson North Irish Horse Royal Armoured Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4860579 Private Richard Arthur Iliffe 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T/290437 Driver Geoffrey Ralph Jackson 491 Div. Troops Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3528193 Private John Jackson 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1492795 Gunner John Lewis James 7 Coast Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3963797 Private Gwilym John Jenkins 5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1131414 Sergeant Eric Jenkinson 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">268962 Lieutenant Geoffrey Brownlow Wigney Keith Gordon Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T/137954 Driver Leslie George Kidd 53 Inf. Bde. Group Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1793063 Sergeant Robert Frew Kincaid Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6022525 Private Thomas Frederick Lane 1/6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2199464 Warrant Officer Class I Walter Edward Langrick 1010 Docks Operating Coy. Royal Engineers
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">986956 Gunner George Henry Larvin 7 Coast Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">69237 Major Thomas Owen Lawrence 154 Bty., 172 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1101799 Gunner Frederick Thomas Lerwill 7 Medium Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1032059 Sergeant Robert Cooper Lewis Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">135065 Pilot Officer Henry Lowcock Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1451463 Sergeant Jack Lusby 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">325708 Serjeant William Francis Colvin Malloch 156 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1509131 Sergeant John William Mann Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">219204 Lieutenant Ian Scott Marshall Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14409062 Private Thomas Henry Martin 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">125701 Flying Officer Frederick Arthur Mellors 111 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
AS/3728 Private R Mokhothau 1951 (Basuto) Coy. African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2882592 Lance Corporal Alexander Philip Lawrence Murray 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14281986 Rifleman John Archibald Macdonald 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Civilian Dora Blanche Mcavoy Civilian War Dead
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2824561 Private Michael Mccoll 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">41719 Flight Lieutenant Irving Francis Mcdermott 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2934380 Private James Mcglinchey 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1102621 Corporal Harold Douglas Mckay Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T/328906 Corporal John A. Mckie 574 Pack Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2823432 Private James Mclaughlin 5th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3527931 Private George William Mcmillan 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">121085 Flying Officer Ernest George William (Boy) Nash Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master John Niamonitakis Motor Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1331765 Flight Sergeant Albert George Oliver 211 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10533288 Craftsman John Arthur Parsons Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6474763 Rifleman Andrea J. Pauli 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6212991 Private Charles Walter Pegg 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2872962 Corporal Hugh Simpson Petrie 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">859611 Leading Aircraftman Albert Reed 957 Balloon Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1613461 Gunner Arthur Regan 276 Bty., 66 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14214623 Private John Reid 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">159478 Pilot Officer John Leslie Richards 197 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1582564 Aircraftman 2nd Class William Geoffrey Richards Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A/7 Lance Corporal H C Ridsdale Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LT/JX185756 Leading Seaman John Duthie Robb H.M.S. Flatholme. Royal Naval Patrol Service
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1338300 Sergeant Jack Leslie Roll 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16530 Driver Neophytos Savva Cyprus Regiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
6395942 Serjeant Redmond John Scott 5th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AS/9098 Private Sebothe Semaele African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4859394 Lance Bombardier John William Shakespeare 239 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">W/237320 Private Marjorie Olive Sheridan Auxiliary Territorial Service
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sub-Lieutenant Robert Henry Shrubsole H.M.S. Flora. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CEY/6396 Lance Corporal Nasnaram Pattige Julis Silva 1st Ceylon Aux. Pioneer Bn. Ceylon Pioneers
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">948401 Warrant Officer Class II George Walter Douglas Silvia 23 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">561213 Sergeant Edwin Robert Slade Royal Air Force
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1318887 Flight Sergeant Richard Leslie Small 211 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10535175 Craftsman Francis George Smith Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14377772 Gunner James Henry Solomon 141 (The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5833126 Private Percy Harold South 4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1317433 Flight Sergeant Henry Theodore Spurrey 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1851499 Sergeant James Frederick Stubbington 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2581 Serjeant Henry Leonard Thompson Mobile Workshop Sec. Burma Army Ordnance Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3601896 Corporal Charles William Thornhill 9th Bn. Border Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NA/113748 Sapper Timothy Thomas 35 Artisan Works Coy. West African Engineers, R.W.A.F.F.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14593158 Private Alfred Tydeman Royal Berkshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">895579 Gunner Dennis Alexander Vicary 143 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T/216589 Driver Patrick Ward 345 Gen. Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">129045 Flying Officer David Watson 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5574870 Private Herbert Watts 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D/JX 246106 Telegraphist Charles Henry Anthony Wiggett H.M.S. Nile. Royal Navy
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">624898 Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Wilson Royal Air Force
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLY/X113327 Marine Arthur John Wilson Royal Marines
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1351430 Flight Sergeant Cecil John Withers 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Civilian </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick William Wood Civilian War Dead
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3322264 Private Thomas Wood 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14214658 Lance Corporal Matthew Wright 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UML/72285 Private Yosufu Aikomo African Pioneer Corps (East Africa)
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1592540 Gunner William Young 48 Bty., 21 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery</span>
Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-20198290157733788492015-08-07T09:35:00.001+01:002015-08-07T09:35:54.638+01:00Remembering 7th August 1945<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remembering the following men and women who lost their lives seventy years ago today on the 7th August 1945.<br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>His Majesty's Forces - Great Britain</strong><br />
<br />
DN/24678 Private Adani Baskolo, King's African Rifles
<br />
1700399 Gunner Arthur Attewell, Royal Artillery aged 35
<br />
14755540 Private Arthur Bottomley, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry aged 19
<br />
198723 Pilot Officer Colin Rex Branch, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 23
<br />
1556489 Serjeant William Clifford Braybrook, Royal Artillery aged 43
<br />
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Kenneth Victor Breed, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aged 19
<br />
1372824 Leading Aircraftman David Alexander Fraser Bruce, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 33
<br />
1086737 Gunner Sidney Harry Buckley, Royal Artillery aged 26
<br />
14631090 Private Donald Sidney Camp, Hampshire Regiment aged 20
<br />
1131197 Leading Aircraftman John Carter, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 24
<br />
198111 Pilot Officer Charles Richard Chancellor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 21
<br />
D/K 1465 Chief Stoker Philip Henry Chapple, Royal Navy aged 55
<br />
1881620 Sergeant Terence William Clarke, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 38
<br />
14302672 Signalman Donald Stuart Clelland, Royal Corps of Signals aged 21
<br />
1322196 Warrant Officer Douglas Richard Cook, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 21
<br />
1902918 Aircraftman 2nd Class John Cronin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 20
<br />
14716579 Gunner Stanley George Dezell, Royal Artillery aged 21
<br />
1606328 Private William Dobson, Royal Sussex Regiment aged 36
<br />
M/7645 Private Filomen Abel, East African Army Medical Corps
<br />
1277913 Leading Aircraftman William Finch, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 38
<br />
GC/25283 Private A K Fynn, West African Army Service Corps, R.W.A.F.F. <br />
14450923 Private John William Gough, Monmouthshire Regiment
<br />
863362 Gunner Edward M. Greene, Royal Artillery
<br />
4973230 Gunner William Hallam, Royal Artillery 28
<br />
14992173 Private Frank Hammersley, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) aged 20
<br />
14871151 Private Robert George A. Hart, South Staffordshire Regiment aged 22
<br />
2035224 Lance Serjeant Frederick Maurice Head, Royal Artillery
<br />
14715413 Private Ernest Jackson, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) aged 19
<br />
14382816 Gunner James Johnson, Royal Artillery aged 23
<br />
7264858 Corporal David S. Jones, Royal Army Medical Corps aged 30
<br />
FAA/FX. 575500 Leading Airman Neville Mallin Jones, Royal Navy aged 20
<br />
46057 Private Kigure Isaka, East African Electrical and Mechanical Engineers <br />
1801143 Flight Sergeant John Frederick Kirk, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 23
<br />
5110808 Driver Wilfred Lewis, Royal Corps of Signals aged 22
<br />
LT/JX 335890 Seaman Ernest Longden, Royal Naval Patrol Service aged 22
<br />
AS/7602 Private Ramosonko Makhaola, African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.) aged
<br />
Sub-Lieutenant (A) John Derek Marshall, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aged 21
<br />
1508478 Corporal John Meredith, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged <br />
39
958784 Gunner James Molyneux, Royal Artillery aged
<br />
3010802 Sergeant George Mccann, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 20
<br />
270441 Major John Kenneth Mcgarrity, South Staffordshire Regiment aged 30
<br />
6980625 Fusilier Charles Mcgilloway, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers <br />
979660 Gunner Thomas Stanley Clarke Mckee, Royal Artillery aged 28
<br />
LT/JX 258479 Telegraphist John Hamilton Mcnair, Royal Naval Patrol Service aged 32<br />
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Owen Burgess Norwood, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aged 24
<br />
7658315 Serjeant John Patton, Royal Army Pay Corps aged 50
<br />
172785 Flying Officer Norman Sidney Phillips, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 24
<br />
1149494 Leading Aircraftman Ronald Preston, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 37
<br />
1171738 Sergeant William Alfred Ralph, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 27
<br />
3645201 Private Samuel Reid, Pioneer Corps aged 43
<br />
14675465 Corporal Harold Scott, Monmouthshire Regiment aged 20
<br />
4345478 Private Vernon Smith, Royal Army Service Corps aged 26
<br />
1605243 Flight Sergeant Alan Brian Southwick, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 22
<br />
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Phillip Levi Steele, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
<br />
1031809 Corporal Thomas Frederick Sweeney, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 32
<br />
819824 Bombardier John Tate, Royal Artillery aged 28
<br />
1153572 Aircraftman 1st Class Percy Taylor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 25
<br />
5496933 Private Leonard Alfred Llewellyn Thomas, Leicestershire Regiment<br />
893690 Gunner Stanley Trenell, Royal Artillery aged 29
<br />
184312 Major Jacques Theodore Paul Marie Vaillant De Guelis, General List aged 38
<br />
7397964 Private Albert Edward Walton, Pioneer Corps aged 43
<br />
3178274 Private Thomas Wemyss, King's Own Scottish Borderers aged 43
<br />
1722781 Bombardier Sidney Westerby, Royal Artillery aged 38
<br />
2206001 Flight Sergeant John Evan Wilkinson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve aged 23
<br />
Midshipman (A) Gilbert James Woodfield, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aged 19
<br />
6476146 Lance Corporal Walter John Wright, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) aged 34
<br />
7888364 Corporal Richard Wilfred Yearsley, Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. aged 25
<br />
136252 Major Thomas Forbes Young, Royal Engineers <br />
DT/1903 Lance Corporal Yusufu Odina, King's African Rifles
<br />
183869 Captain Zvi Zwilling, Royal Army Medical Corps <br />
<br />
<strong>British Civilian War Dead</strong>
<br />
<br />
Edith Gertrude Hogan, Civilian War Dead aged 73 <br />
E W H Jacques<br />
Civilian Matthew Trotter, Civilian War Dead aged 51 Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-10861234323194342682015-05-30T09:47:00.002+01:002015-05-30T09:50:02.483+01:00Coventry's civilian war dead - November 14th/15th 1940<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
I was in Coventry on Thursday and, having a couple of hours to kill, visited the old cathedral. I also bought a book, Coventry at War, by David McGrory. <br />
<br />
The story of the bombing of Coventry is probably-well known in general terms. David McGrory, writing about the night of the 14th November 1940, fills in the detail:<br />
<br />
"The destruction continued for eleven long hours and blazing Coventry could be seen by bomber crews 150 miles away. The all-clear finally came at 6.15am the following morning. The Luftwaffe had unloaded 500 tons of high explosive bombs, 30,000 incendiaries and 50 land mines on the city. Slowly, the people emerged from their shelters to view the destruction... The Germans created a new word to describe the destruction - <em>Coventrated</em>."<br />
<br />
But of course, not everyone emerged from shelters. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website records the names of 674 civilians who died between the 14th and 15th November 1940 and of those, 461 died in Coventry. More still would die from their injuries in the days that followed.<br />
<br />
The names below are taken from the CWGC website and I have organised them in alphabetical order by date of death. They range in age from 2-month old Robert Danes, killed at 73 Stratford Street along with his 23-month old brother Gordon, his grandmother, Edith Parr, and his aunt Nancy Parr, to 85-year old Elizabeth Tanner, killed at 19 Springfield Road. Eight people died at Stratford Street in the Coventry raid, six of these children.<br />
<br />
A memorial to Coventry's Blitz victims was later erected in the London Road Cemetery, Coventry.<br />
<br />
<strong>Died on 14th November 1940</strong><br />
<br />
Mary Adams aged 64, born circa 1876
<br />
William Adams aged 60, born circa 1880
<br />
Ann Marie Ager aged 59, born circa 1881
<br />
Kathleen Alice Ager aged 21, born circa 1919
<br />
James Ahessy aged 32 born circa 1908
<br />
Jane Allitt aged 68 born circa 1872
<br />
Clara Allport aged 60 born circa 1880
<br />
Phyllis Marguerite Allport aged 22 born circa 1918
<br />
Norman Allton aged 24 born circa 1916
<br />
Charles Archer aged 42 born circa 1898
<br />
David Ashby aged 28 born circa 1912
<br />
Frederick Atkins aged 43 born circa 1897
<br />
Ada Lilian Ball aged 9 born circa 1931<br />
Clara Beatrice Ball aged 37 born circa 1903
<br />
Florence May Ball aged 12 born circa 1928
<br />
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<br />
Raymond Ball aged 3 born circa 1937
<br />
Thomas Edward Ball aged 10 born circa 1930
<br />
William Henry Ball aged 6 born circa 1934
<br />
William Joseph Banyard aged 33 born circa 1907
<br />
Edith Mary Barker aged 57 born circa 1883
<br />
George Fox Barker aged 38 born circa 1902
<br />
James Barker aged 58 born circa 1882
<br />
Joan Barker aged 16 born circa 1924
<br />
Mary Grace Barker aged 14 months born 1939
<br />
Frederick Barratt aged 50 born circa 1890
<br />
Bertram Barrell aged 47 born circa 1893
<br />
Catherine Barritt aged 68 born circa 1872
<br />
Alfred Barron aged 61 born circa 1879
<br />
Herbert Bausor aged 39 born circa 1901
<br />
Albert Ernest Bawden aged 38 born circa 1902
<br />
John Baxter aged 44 born circa 1896
<br />
Irene May Edith Beadle aged 33 born circa 1907
<br />
Agnes Beasley aged 73 born circa 1867
<br />
Arthur Leonard Beasley aged 3 born circa 1937
<br />
Barbara Beasley aged 4 born circa 1936
<br />
Dorothy Beasley aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
Betty Bell aged 14 born circa 1926
<br />
Malvina Bell aged 6 born circa 1934
<br />
Raymond Henry Bell aged 20 born circa 1920
<br />
Christopher Bennett aged 47 born circa 1893
<br />
Elsie Bennett aged 25 born circa 1915
<br />
Florence May Bennett aged 40 born circa 1900
<br />
Walter Bennett aged 60 born circa 1880
<br />
Harry Berry aged 34 born circa 1906
<br />
Aubrey John Billings aged 9 born circa 1931
<br />
Eva Billings aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
Lennard John Billings aged 29 born circa 1911
<br />
Marion Grace Billings aged 5 months born circa 1940
<br />
James Cecil Blagburn aged 39 born circa 1901
<br />
Mary Jane (Polly) Blockley aged 72 born circa 1868
<br />
Arthur William Bown aged 23 born circa 1917
<br />
George Walter Boyles aged 15 born circa 1925
<br />
Bert Bradford aged 43 born circa 1897
<br />
Alan Briers aged 6 born circa 1934
<br />
Doris Jean Briers aged 10 born circa 1930
<br />
Jessie Briers aged 39 born circa 1901
<br />
Sheila Lilian Briers aged 12 born circa 1928
<br />
Alfred Eli Britt aged 46 born circa 1894
<br />
Dennis Brown aged 19 born circa 1921
<br />
Edward George Brown aged 16 born circa 1924
<br />
John Edwin Brown aged 34 born circa 1906
<br />
Joseph Palmer Brown aged 70 born circa 1870
<br />
Walter Henry Edwin Brown aged 58 born circa 1882
<br />
George Buckenham aged 70 born circa 1870
<br />
Lizzie Lewis Buckley aged 40 born circa 1900
<br />
Richard Buckley aged 41 born circa 1899
<br />
Harold Bullock aged 40 born circa 1900
<br />
Dennis Patrick Burns aged 14 born circa 1926
<br />
Annie Louisa Burton aged 72 born circa 1868
<br />
Alfred Butterfield aged 55 born circa 1885
<br />
Dorothy Elizabeth Butterfield aged 59 born circa 1881
<br />
Harold Cain aged 52 born circa 1888
<br />
Emily Carn aged 72 born circa 1868
<br />
Rosina Carvell aged 68 born circa 1872
<br />
Agnes Maud Chinn aged 43 born circa 1897
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<br />
Eric Chinn aged 17 born circa 1923
<br />
Vera Maud Chinn aged 18 born circa 1922
<br />
Harry Clarke aged 39 born circa 1901
<br />
Philip Henry Clarke aged 53 born circa 1887
<br />
William Thomas Clarke aged 42 born circa 1898
<br />
Frank Clutterbuck aged 54 born circa 1886
<br />
Agnes Elizabeth Collett aged 50 born circa 1890
<br />
Cyril Ernest Collett aged 17 born circa 1923
<br />
Hugh Wilfred Collett aged 51 born circa 1889
<br />
Sidney Albert Collett aged 19 born circa 1921
<br />
Harry John Collier MM aged 43 born circa 1897
<br />
Elizabeth Collingridge aged 64 born circa 1876
<br />
Edith Congrave aged 42 born circa 1898
<br />
Frederick Arthur Cooke aged 48 born circa 1892
<br />
George Edmund Cooke aged 59 born circa 1881
<br />
George Frederick Cooke aged 27 born circa 1913
<br />
Louisa Cooke aged 57 born circa 1883
<br />
Florence Lilian Cooper aged 50 born circa 1890
<br />
Henry Cooper aged 13 born circa 1927
<br />
Joseph Cooper aged 54 born circa 1886
<br />
Norah Cooper aged 33 born circa 1907
<br />
Albert Earl Courts aged 56 born circa 1884
<br />
Robert John Crawford aged 47 born circa 1893
<br />
James Cronan aged 50 born circa 1890
<br />
Sarah Lavinia Cronan aged 46 born circa 1894
<br />
Michael Joseph Cronin aged 48 born circa 1892
<br />
George Cuthbertson aged 32 born circa 1908
<br />
Joyce Cuthbertson aged 6 born circa 1934
<br />
Mabel Cuthbertson aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
Ada Daines aged 41 born circa 1899
<br />
Walter Daines aged 68 born circa 1872
<br />
Louis James Daly aged 72 born circa 1868
<br />
Gordon David Danes aged 23 months born 1938
<br />
Robert John Danes aged 2 months born 1940
<br />
John Matthew Davis aged 27 born circa 1913
<br />
Mary Ann Davis aged 39 born circa 1901
<br />
Christopher Patrick Dawson aged 11 born circa 1929
<br />
Kate Dawson aged 40 born circa 1900
<br />
Ida Henrietta Deacon aged 53 born circa 1887
<br />
Walter Alfred Deacon aged 81 born circa 1859
<br />
William James Albert Dennis aged 44 born circa 1896
<br />
Edna May Doyle aged 21 born circa 1919
<br />
Joan Marjorie Eaves aged 7 born circa 1933
<br />
Wesley Allen Edmunds aged 15 born circa 1925
<br />
William Frederick Edmunds aged 60 born circa 1880
<br />
Gordon Edwards aged 16 born circa 1924
<br />
Corbett Egginton aged 46 born circa 1894
<br />
Annie Elliott aged 38 born circa 1902
<br />
Greta Edwina Elliott aged 14 born circa 1926
<br />
Margaret Rose Elliott aged 9 born circa 1931
<br />
Ronald Elliott aged 15 born circa 1925
<br />
Stanley David Endersby aged 30 born circa 1910
<br />
Edna May Evans aged 16 born circa 1924
<br />
George Sidney James Evans aged 29 born circa 1911
<br />
Joan Margaret Millward Farr aged 17 born circa 1923
<br />
Elizabeth Faulkner aged 65 born circa 1875
<br />
William Joseph Faulkner aged 67 born circa 1873
<br />
Reginald Felgate aged 49 born circa 1891
<br />
Wilfred Harold Fern aged 18 born circa 1922
<br />
Martin Florence aged 82 born circa 1858
<br />
Patrick Foley aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
Thomas Muscott Freeman aged 62 born circa 1878
<br />
Eliza Garside aged 41 born circa 1899
<br />
Harry Gaskine aged 45 born circa 1895
<br />
Frederic Golby aged 48 born circa 1892
<br />
Leonard Golby aged 28 born circa 1912
<br />
Harold Goodwin aged 35 born circa 1905
<br />
Walter Gough aged 72 born circa 1868
<br />
Mary Graham aged 26 born circa 1914
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<br />
Dolly Grinham aged 53 born circa 1887
<br />
William Henry Guest aged 80 born circa 1860
<br />
Arthur Edward Hadingham aged 16 months born 1939
<br />
Winifred Blanche Hadingham aged 21 born circa 1919
<br />
Bernard Harbourne aged 15 born circa 1925
<br />
William Henry Harris aged 36 born circa 1904
<br />
David Harrison aged 57 born circa 1883
<br />
Harold Frederick Harrison aged 56 born circa 1884
<br />
William Edward Hartell aged 35 born circa 1905
<br />
Catherine Elizabeth Haynes aged 12 born circa 1928
<br />
John Heath aged 65 born circa 1875
<br />
Ada Elizabeth Henley aged 17 born circa 1923
<br />
Simon William Heynes aged 3 born circa 1937
<br />
Douglas Hill aged 13 born circa 1927
<br />
May Hill aged 49 born circa 1891
<br />
Alan Hiscocks aged 19 born circa 1921
<br />
Hilda May Hoare aged 43 born circa 1897
<br />
John Denham Hoare aged 7 born circa 1933
<br />
Margaret Hoare aged 3 months born circa 1940
<br />
Walter James Denham Hoare aged 35 born circa 1905
<br />
Albert Hobbs aged 70 born circa 1870
<br />
Daisy Hobday aged 21 born circa 1919
<br />
Eliza Hobday aged 64 born circa 1876
<br />
George William Hobday aged 64 born circa 1876
<br />
May Hobday aged 32 born circa 1908
<br />
Almina Holland aged 15 born circa 1925
<br />
Raymond Holland aged 23 born circa 1917
<br />
Harold Benjamin Hughes aged 53 born circa 1887
<br />
William James Hughes aged 47 born circa 1893
<br />
Violet Humphreys aged 16 born circa 1924
<br />
Ernest William Hydon aged 27 born circa 1913
<br />
Agnes Harriett Ince aged 46 born circa 1894
<br />
Mary Hannah Isitt aged 27 born circa 1913
<br />
Charles Edward Jackson aged 72 born circa 1868
<br />
William Alfred Edward Jackson aged 57 born circa 1883
<br />
Constance Mary Jeffery aged 18 born circa 1922
<br />
Reginald Johnstone aged 47 born circa 1893
<br />
Beatrice Ada Mansfield Jones aged 56 born circa 1884
<br />
Edward Jones aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
John Osborne Jones aged 56 born circa 1884
<br />
William Arthur Jones aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
William Henry Jones aged 38 born circa 1902
<br />
Frederick Jowett aged 74 born circa 1866
<br />
Cyril Wyatt Stockton Judd aged 42 born circa 1898
<br />
William Thomas Keay aged 46 born circa 1894
<br />
Robert Kemble aged 78 born circa 1862
<br />
Mary Ann Kendrick aged 59 born circa 1881
<br />
James Kenney aged 29 born circa 1911
<br />
Frederick Kilbuern aged 32 born circa 1908
<br />
William Henry Kimberley aged 41 born circa 1899
<br />
Agnes Laing aged 51 born circa 1889
<br />
Elizabeth Margaret Laing aged 31 born circa 1909
<br />
William Robert Lambe aged 26 born circa 1914
<br />
Doris Lampitt aged 45 born circa 1895
<br />
Dennis Lapworth aged 17 born circa 1923
<br />
Jeremiah Law aged 62 born circa 1878
<br />
George Layton aged 16 born circa 1924
<br />
John Harry Wood Leedham aged 15 born circa 1925
<br />
Jane Leeson aged 24 born circa 1916
<br />
Raymond Leeson aged 25 born circa 1915
<br />
Gwen Ivy Letford aged 15 born circa 1925
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Alec Edward Lewin aged 42 born circa 1898
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Gertrude Emily Lewin aged 44 born circa 1896
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David Geoffrey Harwood Leworthy aged 8 born circa 1932
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John Herbert Leworthy aged 44 born circa 1896
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Christina Mary Liggins aged 23 born circa 1917
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Pamela Mary Littlehales aged 7 born circa 1933
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Bertha Livesey aged 30 born circa 1910
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Ethel Mary Lovell aged 26 born circa 1914
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Maurice William Lovell aged 24 born circa 1916<br />
Arthur Henry Lowe aged 29 born circa 1911
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Thomas Roland Lowry aged 16 born circa 1924
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William Mallard aged 67 born circa 1873
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Herbert Marley aged 56 born circa 1884
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Iris Marley aged 15 born circa 1925
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Olive Lily Marley aged 13 born circa 1927
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Frederic Thomas Marsden aged 50 born circa 1890
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Violet Mason aged 16 born circa 1924
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Clifford David Masser aged 17 born circa 1923
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Henrietta Masters aged 26 born circa 1914
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Horace William Miles aged 30 born circa 1910
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Lilian Olive Miles aged 39 born circa 1901
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Marjorie Elaine Miller aged 17 born circa 1923
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William Mills aged 38 born circa 1902
<br />
Ethel Moody aged 39 born circa 1901
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Percival Clement Moody aged 43 born circa 1897
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Maureen Morrell aged 7 born circa 1933
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Frederick Arthur Morris aged 20 born circa 1920
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Raymond Moss aged 41 born circa 1899
<br />
Edith Murphy aged 42 born circa 1898
<br />
John Irvine Murphy aged 42 born circa 1898
<br />
Alexander Thomas Mcarthur aged 22 born circa 1918
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Arthur Mccormack aged 51 born circa 1889
<br />
Michael Mcgarrity aged 40 born circa 1900
<br />
John George Needle aged 18 born circa 1922
<br />
Fred Neville aged 45 born circa 1895<br />
Richard Arthur Newall aged 39 born circa 1901
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Mavis Evelyn Newson aged 25 born circa 1915
<br />
William Newson aged 62 born circa 1878
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Susannah Nightingale aged 84 born circa 1856
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Timothy Nolan aged 39 born circa 1901
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John Cooper Norman aged 38 born circa 1902
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Lavinia Norman aged 65 born circa 1875
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Edith Evelyn Oliver aged 30 born circa 1910
<br />
Jack Oliver aged 32 born circa 1908
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Colin Orton aged 8 months born 1940
<br />
Olive Ida Orton aged 36 born circa 1904
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Percy Lionel Orton aged 38 born circa 1902
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Thelma Orton aged 10 born circa 1930
<br />
Emily Osborne aged 53 born circa 1887
<br />
Arthur Overbury aged 69 born circa 1871
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Ernest Pargetor aged 42 born circa 1898
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George Thomas Parncutt aged 38 born circa 1902
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Annie Parr aged 54 born circa 1886
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Nancy May Parr aged 16 born circa 1924
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Alfred Harry Edward Parsons aged 38 born circa 1902
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Hilda May Partington aged 27 born circa 1913
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George Francis Payne aged 38 born circa 1902
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Walter Phillips aged 43 born circa 1897
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Reschotti Podesta aged 60 born circa 1880
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Edith Emily Pointon aged 47 born circa 1893
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Mary Porter aged 76 born circa 1864
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Albert Preston aged 52 born circa 1888
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Florence Annie Preston aged 55 born circa 1885
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Delise Price aged 39 born circa 1901
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Graham Charles Price aged 6 months born 1940
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Harold Price aged 41 born circa 1899
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June Patricia Price aged 5 born circa 1935
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Ruth Ann Price aged 3 born circa 1937
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Arthur Print aged 55 born circa 1885
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Doris Kate Proctor aged 31 born circa 1909
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Reginald Proctor aged 37 born circa 1903
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Henry Prosser aged 36 born circa 1904
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Sarah Pugh aged 56 born circa 1884
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William Thomas Pugh aged 58 born circa 1882
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Thomas John Purchase aged 49 born circa 1891<br />
Percy William Pyett aged 31 born circa 1909
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Charles William Randall aged 60 born circa 1880
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Elsie Marjorie Randall aged 23 born circa 1917
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Harriet Redgate aged 68 born circa 1872
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Hilda May Redgate aged 29 born circa 1911
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Eveline Rees aged 35 born circa 1905
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Frank Richardson aged 19 born circa 1921
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Gordon John Richardson aged 23 born circa 1917
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Richard John Richardson aged 40 born circa 1900
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Ethel Riley aged 37 born circa 1903
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Daisy Millicent Ring aged 55 born circa 1885
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John Thomas Ring aged 64 born circa 1876<br />
Audrey Annie Roberts aged 36 born circa 1904
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Audrey Patricia Roberts aged 9 born circa 1931
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Christina May Roberts aged 37 born circa 1903
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Ernest David Roberts aged 14 born circa 1926
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Ernest Eric Roberts aged 13 born circa 1927
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Frederick Roberts aged 50 born circa 1890
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Herbert William Roberts aged 27 born circa 1913
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John Roberts aged 38 born circa 1902
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Leslie Arthur Roberts aged 11 born circa 1929
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Rose May Roberts aged 48 born circa 1892
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Frances Nelly Robinson aged 63 born circa 1877
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Frederick Robinson aged 55 born circa 1885
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Peter Robinson aged 63 born circa 1877
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James Robson aged 31 born circa 1909
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Dorothy May Rogers aged 29 born circa 1911
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Ernest Rogers aged 31 born circa 1909
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Agnes Rollason aged 49 born circa 1891
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John Donald Rollins aged 26 born circa 1914
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Kenneth Charles Rollins aged 30 born circa 1910
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Marion Rollins aged 59 born circa 1881
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Alice Elizabeth Rooke aged 77 born circa 1863
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Charles Arthur Rooms aged 20 born circa 1920
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William Robert Loudon Roper aged 18 born circa 1922
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Ann Rose aged 73 born circa 1867
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Alfred Ernest Roughton aged 41 born circa 1899
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Ernest John Roughton aged 14 born circa 1926
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Emma Amelia Rowson aged 31 born circa 1909
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Florence Lavinia Ruddick aged 37 born circa 1903
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Malcolm George Ruddick aged 4 born circa 1936
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James Rutter aged 73 born circa 1867
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Victor Alexander Satchell aged 38 born circa 1902
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Doris Scott aged 17 born circa 1923
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Stanley Arthur Sear aged 25 born circa 1915
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Eveline Sharrocks aged 29 born circa 1911
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Harriet Mary Shillcock aged 36 born circa 1904<br />
Garnet Shore aged 32 born circa 1908
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Albert Simpson<br />
Joseph Samuel Simpson aged 3 born circa 1937
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Muriel Gwendoline Gladys Simpson aged 11 born circa 1929
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Owen Francis Sims aged 71 born circa 1869
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Ada Sinclair aged 20 born circa 1920
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William Malcolm George Sinclair aged 21 born circa 1919
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Arthur Smith aged 36 born circa 1904
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Arthur Edward Smith aged 58 born circa 1882
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Dennis John Smith aged 14 born circa 1926
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James William Smith aged 34 born circa 1906
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Josephine Ann Smith aged 3 born circa 1937
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Margaret Ettie Smith aged 30 born circa 1910
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Phyllis Cicily Smith aged 30 born circa 1910
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Rose Smith aged 26 born circa 1914
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Walter Smith aged 30 born circa 1910
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Joan Margaret Smyth aged 6 born circa 1934
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Elsie Rebecca Spalding aged 49 born circa 1891
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Isabella Steel aged 52 born circa 1888
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Stephen Steel aged 52 born circa 1888
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Gertrude Annie Stephens aged 61 born circa 1879
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Horace Stephens aged 44 born circa 1896
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William Joseph Stephens aged 63 born circa 1877
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Minnie Stokes aged 71 born circa 1869
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Alice Marjorie Storer aged 35 born circa 1905
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Walter Charles Storer aged 69 born circa 1871
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Arthur John Stubbs aged 61 born circa 1879
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Dorothy Stubbs aged 23 born circa 1917
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Irene Stubbs aged 19 born circa 1921
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Marjorie Stubbs aged 24 born circa 1916
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Edith Mary Sutton aged 35 born circa 1905
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Kenneth Sutton aged 10 born circa 1930
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Edward Tallis aged 64 born circa 1876
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Elizabeth Tanner aged 85 born circa 1855
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John Tansey aged 39 born circa 1901
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Doris Tarver aged 29 born circa 1911
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Harold Asa Tarver aged 57 born circa 1883
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Harry Taylor aged 30 born circa 1910
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Florence Thompson aged 54 born circa 1886
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Walter Thompson aged 54 born circa 1886
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Winifred Joan Thorpe aged 18 born circa 1922
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William Alfred Henry Timms aged 23 born circa 1917
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Alan Tipson aged 3 born circa 1937
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Ellen Tipson aged 39 born circa 1901
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Joan Tipson aged 13 born circa 1927
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Pamela Tipson aged 6 born circa 1934
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Patricia Tipson aged 9 months born 1940
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Daisy Dot Tovey aged 33 born circa 1907
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Doris Tovey aged 15 born circa 1925
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Esther Villiers aged 67 born circa 1873
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Harry Villiers aged 39 born circa 1901
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Edwin Walford aged 32 born circa 1908
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Edwin Walford aged 10 born circa 1930
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Esther Walford aged 32 born circa 1908
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Esther Walford aged 4 born circa 1936
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Norman Walford aged 12 born circa 1928
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Elsie Walsh aged 45 born circa 1895
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Ethel May Walters aged 41 born circa 1899<br />
Richard Walters aged 42 born circa 1898
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Richard Derrick Walters aged 12 born circa 1928
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Clara Ward aged 66 born circa 1874
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Patricia Ward aged 3 born circa 1937
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Margaret Warren aged 9 born circa 1931
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Bertha Ellen Watkins aged 41 born circa 1899
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Alice Watson aged 42 born circa 1898
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George Henry Watson aged 44 born circa 1896
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Elizabeth White aged 71 born circa 1869
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Thomas White aged 67 born circa 1873
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Christine Mary Whitehouse aged 13 born circa 1927
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Herbert Alec Whitehouse aged 45 born circa 1895
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Olive Annie Whitehouse aged 41 born circa 1899
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Catherine Nora Williams aged 31 born circa 1909
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John Emlyn Williams aged 32 born circa 1908
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Mary Ann Williams aged 58 born circa 1882
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Mary Alice Wilson aged 72 born circa 1868<br />
Joan Winterburn aged 2 born circa 1938
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Annie Wiseman aged 25 born circa 1915
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Christine Witcomb aged 7 born circa 1933
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Ethel Witcomb aged 38 born circa 1902
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Joan Witcomb aged 11 born circa 1929
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John Gregory Witcomb aged 47 born circa 1893
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Sylvia Witcomb aged 17 born circa 1923
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Kenneth John Wood aged 23 born circa 1917
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Robert Wilton Wood aged 30 born circa 1910
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Francis John Wright aged 41 born circa 1899
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Ann Yardley aged 56 born circa 1884
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James Harold Yarrow aged 60 born circa 1880
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Elizabeth Yates aged 18 born circa 1922
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Florence Yates aged 59 born circa 1881
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Frederick Samuel Yeomans aged 70 born circa 1870<br />
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<strong>Died on 15th November 1940</strong><br />
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Annie Elizabeth Bass aged 53 born circa 1887
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Clement Alfred Gordon Bass aged 12 born circa 1928
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Doris Hilda Bass aged 21 born circa 1919
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George Arthur Bass aged 14 born circa 1926
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Joan Mary Bass aged 18 born circa 1922
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Leonard James Bass aged 16 born circa 1924
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Thomas William Bass aged 65 born circa 1875
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William Charles Baylis aged 36 born circa 1904
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Alfred Bird aged 44 born circa 1896
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Edna Elsie May Bird aged 16 born circa 1924
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Ernest Leslie Claypole aged 20 born circa 1920
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Nellie Cramp aged 14 born circa 1926
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Colin Arthur Dingley aged 18 born circa 1922
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John Eaves aged 38 born circa 1902
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Thomas Richard Elson aged 55 born circa 1885
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Ethel Frost aged 48 born circa 1892
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Leonard Frost aged 13 born circa 1927
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James Henry Gould aged 33 born circa 1907
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Brenda Alice Green aged 18 born circa 1922
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Anthony Peter Hands aged 4 months born 1940
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Barbara Harrison aged 8 born circa 1932
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John Henry Hipkiss aged 52 born circa 1888
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Brenda Holder aged 22 born circa 1918
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Dennis Howard Holland aged 29 born circa 1911
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Edgar Inman aged 33 born circa 1907
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John Alfred James aged 27 born circa 1913
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Clement Horace Jones aged 35 born circa 1905
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Stephanie Kinzett aged 20 born circa 1920
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Doris May Lenton aged 33 born circa 1907
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Albert Victor Lockett aged 57 born circa 1883
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Leonard Lucien Matthews aged 19 born circa 1921
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Peter Edgar Arthur Robbins aged 16 born circa 1924
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John Ronan aged 64 born circa 1876
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Donald Albert Scarrott aged 8 born circa 1932
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Phyllis Thomas aged 23 born circa 1917
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Roger William Thompsell aged 39 born circa 1901
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Sarah Toney aged 75 born circa 1865
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Wilfred Henry Tong aged 29 born circa 1911
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Oliver Twamley aged 49 born circa 1891, died at Little Park Steet, below<br />
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Walter William Watson aged 72 born circa 1868
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Bertram Whyatt West aged 17 born circa 1923
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Albert Thomas Woodfield aged 33 born circa 1907
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Frances Zena Woodfield aged 35 born circa 1905<br />
Dorothy Wright aged 69 born circa 1871
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Each of the individuals listed above was a life cut-short. Local researcher Jane Hewitt has researched many of these individuals in greater detail and their stories can be read on <a href="http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/Blitz-Victims/Index-of-Blitz-Victims-on-War-Memorial-part-1.html">Jane's family tree research site</a>. Also have a look at the <a href="http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/blitz/the-raid2.php">Coventry's Blitz</a> website. A number of the photos that I have used on this post also appear on this website.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-7712000270818720862015-05-10T10:48:00.001+01:002015-05-10T10:49:21.977+01:00CWGC to publish WW2 casualty archive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced that it intends to publish WW2 casualty documents in August 2015 to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of VJ Day. </span><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2015/5/ww2-casualty-archive-documents-shared-online.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the full story here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-64277652647236006802015-05-04T11:05:00.001+01:002015-05-04T11:05:32.924+01:004th May 1945<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remembering the following British Army officers and men who gave their lives for King and Country seventy years ago today on the 4th May 1945.<br />
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813924 Gunner Watson Baird 28 Field Regt, Royal Artillery
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NA/37812 Private Barnabas Yah 6th Bn, Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
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1774751 Gunner Frederick Proctor Bickley Royal Artillery
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1133757 Lance Bombardier John Maurice Booker 55 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery
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1554749 Gunner John Boyd 242 Bty, 48 Lt, AA Regt, Royal Artillery
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402717 Trooper William Bramhall 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), Royal Armoured Corps
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13091172 Private Frank Robert Bruce Pioneer Corps
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14434365 Rifleman Seamus Buckley 1st (Airborne) Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles
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14677236 Guardsman Robert Burns 3rd Bn, Welsh Guards
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5348635 Trooper Charles Henry Clay 147th (10th Bn, The Hampshire Regt) Regt, Royal Armoured Corps
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14243804 Lance Corporal Leslie Arthur Cole Royal Engineers
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T/258552 Driver Donald Cook 847 Gen, Transport Coy, Royal Army Service Corps
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5621565 Gunner Wilfred Bernard Cook Royal Artillery
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313898 Captain Reginald Harry Mark Curtis General List
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1123931 Gunner Arthur Dodson Royal Artillery
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3456588 Trooper Cyril Duckett 5th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
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4545279 Corporal Samuel Dyson 1st Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
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14203051 Lance Corporal Samuel Fell 13th (2/4th Bn, The South Lancashire Regt) Bn, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
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105906 Captain Walter John Fletcher 112 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery
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1532036 Lance Bombardier Henry James Follett 274 (Northumberland Hussars) Bty, 25 Lt AA Regt, Royal Artillery
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5825867 Corporal Ernest Fountain 1st Bn, Suffolk Regiment
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14444090 Private Bernard George Fowler 1st Bn, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
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4682458 Serjeant Edward Garner Royal Artillery
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2016162 Sapper Sidney Gavin 170 Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers
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2584127 Signalman James Glynn 5th Div Sigs, Royal Corps of Signals
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2128052 Sapper Thomas Golden 7 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers
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S/277945 Staff Serjeant Arthur Bertram Graham Royal Army Service Corps
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S/253248 Private Thomas Gray Royal Army Service Corps
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2723501 Guardsman Ronald Guest 3rd Bn, Irish Guards
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14349512 Private Arthur Hare 9th Bn, Border Regiment
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7877107 Private James Harrison 31st Bn, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
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140753 Captain Joseph Hubbard 115 Field Regt, Royal Artillery<br />
T/14690595 Driver Cyril Walter Hylton 838 Gen, Transport Coy, Royal Army Service Corps
NA/93398 Private Iwoji Erastus 3 Base Workshops West African Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, R.W.A.F.F.
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5111801 Lance Corporal Leslie Jones 2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment
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7616053 Private Reginald John Charles Jones Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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2043020 Gunner Victor George Keefe 567 Searchlight Regt, Royal Artillery
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NA/38150 Private Kichia 9th Bn, Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
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T/14668116 Private James Walker Little Royal Army Service Corps
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1826674 Gunner John Lockhart 21 Lt AA Regt, Royal Artillery
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14902739 Private Kenneth Luby General Service Corps
<br />
811305 Signalman John Reid Macmillan Royal Corps of Signals
<br />
112883 Captain Miles Reginald Rostron Marriott 2nd Bn, Grenadier Guards
<br />
T/66263 Driver Robert Ernest Martin Royal Army Service Corps
<br />
1570036 Lance Bombardier Fred Middleton 202 Bty, 17 Coast Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
1096088 Gunner William Reid Millar 130 Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
14220629 Gunner George Henry Monk 80 (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
M/7830 Private Mwaura Wathuga East African Army Medical Corps
<br />
964623 Lance Bombardier Chris Mccluskey 55 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
1766545 Private Henry Mcintosh Royal Army Medical Corps
<br />
N/25694 Private Ndwati Kurwa 11th Bn, King's African Rifles
<br />
899031 Gunner Edward Maurice Oaten 55 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
1099078 Lance Serjeant James Ottino 74 Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
302428 Lieutenant George Wilfred Parker York and Lancaster Regiment
<br />
14332108 Gunner Thomas Geoffrey Pitt 55 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
2756738 Serjeant Peter Mclean Prentice 5th Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
<br />
14416501 Private Clifford Rees 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers
<br />
14834021 Private William Thomson Reid 10th Bn, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
<br />
241069 Captain Cecil Willoughby Richards Royal Army Medical Corps
<br />
PAL/22664 Sapper Said Osman Ahmad Ismail Royal Engineers
<br />
331773 Lieutenant David Lloyd George Sewell The Inns of Court Regt, Royal Armoured Corps
<br />
1135261 Gunner Colin Shaw 71 Anti-Tank Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
322739 Captain Ronald Charles Shearn General List
<br />
14623985 Lance Corporal Walter Charles Spencer 5th Bn, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
<br />
2342130 Signalman Kenneth William Clarke Stevens Royal Corps of Signals
<br />
1918639 Driver Mervyn Mark Stevens Royal Engineers
<br />
14518356 Private William Strickland 1st Bn, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
<br />
6291755 Bombardier Sydney Jack Taylor 274 (Northumberland Hussars) Bty, 25 Lt AA Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
S/10682589 Serjeant John Edward Tidd Royal Army Service Corps
<br />
14287400 Fusilier Cyril Vickery 11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
<br />
14828800 Private Frederick Albert Wellen 9th Bn, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
<br />
1700980 Signalman Robert Wells Royal Corps of Signals
<br />
265220 Captain Richard Peter Wheaton 145 (The Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
14451654 Driver John Leslie Whittingham 507 Field Coy, Royal Engineers
<br />
1557272 Fusilier Edward Wignall 11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
<br />
1552270 Gunner John Eldred Garsyde Wilson-Williams 27th Field Regt, Royal Artillery
<br />
13007503 Private William Wray Pioneer Corps
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Data courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-62847370281261048082015-03-23T11:15:00.002+00:002015-03-23T11:15:39.914+00:0023rd March 1941<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remembering the men and women who died whilst serving with United Kingdom forces, or as a result of enemy action, on the 23rd March 1941.<br />
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Quartermaster Ah Tee Merchant Navy
<br />
17071 Driver Arikadi Mukasa East African Army Service Corps
<br />
85573 Lieutenant Giles Compton Domville Auchmuty Royal Corps of Signals
<br />
Civilian Louisa Baker Civilian War Dead
<br />
1254405 Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Herbert (Ken) Beale Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
PO/X21545 Marine James Beazley Royal Marines
<br />
Civilian Ethel Florence Berry Civilian War Dead
<br />
1730824 Gunner Samuel George Bishop Royal Artillery
<br />
Second Engineer Officer Emmerson Joseph Black Merchant Navy
<br />
Civilian William Samuel Bowles Civilian War Dead
<br />
Civilian Mary Margaret Helen Burns Civilian War Dead
<br />
D/KX 107842 Stoker 2nd Class Victor Campbell Royal Navy
<br />
Sailor Chan Sun Sang Merchant Navy
<br />
Sailor Chao Ah King Merchant Navy
<br />
Civilian William Derry Chapman Civilian War Dead
<br />
SLA/33 Private Charles Williams West African Army Service Corps, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
Lieutenant Richard Malet Boileau Charter Royal Navy
<br />
Third Hand Charles Chellis Fishing Fleet
<br />
Pumpman Chong Fai Merchant Navy
<br />
Fireman Chong Song Merchant Navy
<br />
Fireman Chong Wo Fook Merchant Navy
<br />
Fireman Choung Hee Merchant Navy
<br />
Civilian Albert Clements Civilian War Dead
<br />
Third Officer Ian Cyril Cunningham Merchant Navy
<br />
Deck Hand James Edward Dann Fishing Fleet
<br />
Civilian Albert William Dove Civilian War Dead
<br />
Civilian Helena Dove Civilian War Dead
<br />
Boy Ee Muay Merchant Navy
Sailor Ee Ong Fatt Merchant Navy
<br />
GC/26393 Private Emmanuel Amponsah Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
745506 Sergeant Cecil Roy Evans Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Pantry Boy Foo Yee Yain Merchant Navy
<br />
1259563 Sergeant Joseph Forster Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
13001692 Private James Foy Pioneer Corps
<br />
123433 Lieutenant Silvester Fudge Royal Army Ordnance Corps
<br />
Fireman Fung Kui Merchant Navy
<br />
60097 Pilot Officer Irvine Scott Owen Gaze Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
755569 Sergeant Frederick Gibbs Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Chief Officer Alfred Gray Merchant Navy
<br />
Skipper Robert James Harper Fishing Fleet
<br />
970533 Sergeant Eric Harold Harvey Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Senior Electrician John Lyon Herd Merchant Navy
<br />
Civilian Annie Hicks Civilian War Dead
<br />
Apprentice Richard James Hilhouse Merchant Navy
<br />
6982574 Fusilier Daniel Holmes Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
<br />
Second Officer William Howard Hume Merchant Navy
<br />
Steward Joe Tin Fatt Merchant Navy
<br />
72685 Flight Lieutenant Sedgebert Herschel Joelson Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Civilian Samuel Charles Jones Civilian War Dead
<br />
Chief Steward Juan Seng Merchant Navy
<br />
6982911 Fusilier James Kennedy Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
<br />
759103 Sergeant Victor Sydney Key Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Sailor Kin Kwang Merchant Navy
<br />
904527 Sergeant Cecil Hubert King Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
745364 Sergeant David Kirkland Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
6914989 Rifleman George Edward Knott Rifle Brigade
<br />
Fireman Lan Kan Merchant Navy<br />
Volunteer Lawrence Home Guard
<br />
Quartermaster Lee Ah Chay Merchant Navy
<br />
Mess Room Boy Lee John San Merchant Navy
<br />
552119 Sergeant C. Francis Xavier Leighton Royal Air Force
<br />
Quartermaster Leng Ah Moy Merchant Navy
<br />
Bimbashi (Major) William Harold Blyth Lesslie Sudan Defence Force
<br />
Fireman Li Kan Merchant Navy
<br />
842310 Lance Serjeant Philip George Lilly Royal Artillery
<br />
Sailor Lim Sin Keng Merchant Navy
<br />
Sailor Lin Loon Merchant Navy
<br />
Civilian Susan Linehan Civilian War Dead
<br />
Cook Ling Ah Chaw Merchant Navy
<br />
4541549 Private Robert Henry Lister West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
<br />
D/30209 Private Frederick Harry Lockhart Devonshire Regiment
<br />
553787 Sergeant George Sutherland Murray Macleod Royal Air Force
<br />
1052363 Aircraftman 2nd Class Harold Major Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Fifth Engineer Officer Peter Hammill Manderville Merchant Navy
<br />
Civilian James Martin Civilian War Dead
<br />
Civilian Albert Frederick Mason Civilian War Dead
<br />
Cook Mew Po Heng Merchant Navy
<br />
Fireman Mik Kia Merchant Navy
<br />
Fourth Engineer Officer Frank Cameron Miller Merchant Navy
<br />
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Peter Mittell Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
<br />
740943 Sergeant John Bernard Molony Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Second Radio Officer Michael Timothy Murphy Merchant Navy
<br />
755142 Sergeant Robert Friar Murphy Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
967874 Sergeant James Dennison Mccallum Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
First Radio Officer Cornelius William Mccarthy Merchant Navy
<br />
Third Engineer Officer Andrew Hughes Mcknight Merchant Navy
<br />
87427 Pilot Officer Anthony William Bright Newman Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Storekeeper Ngai Ah Sai Merchant Navy
<br />
Apprentice Rothes Gerald Novak Merchant Navy
<br />
971337 Gunner Francis Joseph Parsley Royal Artillery
<br />
5380041 Lance Corporal Rupert John Perry Corps of Military Police<br />
630635 Leading Aircraftman Leslie James Prior Royal Air Force
<br />
936508 Leading Aircraftman Arthur Quarmby Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Civilian William Herbert Ramm Civilian War Dead
<br />
Civilian Henry John Reed Civilian War Dead
<br />
P/JX 212249 Sick Berth Attendant Joseph Douglas Rice Royal Navy
<br />
3601417 Private Thomas Riddell Border Regiment
<br />
4465546 Private Frederick Whelans Robson Durham Light Infantry
<br />
4040641 Private Ernest Rowley King's Shropshire Light Infantry
<br />
Mate Abe Davis Sampson Merchant Navy
<br />
4041312 Private Thomas James Sankey Cheshire Regiment
<br />
Civilian John Christopher Seward Civilian War Dead
<br />
Saloon Boy Sim Tee Jong Merchant Navy
<br />
Fireman Siong Wah Merchant Navy
<br />
Master Hubert Stanley Sivell Merchant Navy
<br />
D/JX 238131 Able Seaman Bertram Smith Royal Navy
<br />
Chief Engineer John Murdo Smith Fishing Fleet
<br />
Civilian Henry James Swainsbury Civilian War Dead
<br />
Deck Hand Walter St. Pierre Fishing Fleet
<br />
Chief Cook Tan Tian Teck Merchant Navy
<br />
Sailor Tang Siew Luk Merchant Navy
<br />
12357 Private Taulo Chitenje King's African Rifles
<br />
747821 Sergeant David Arthur Taylor Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Sailor Teong Ah Tay Merchant Navy
<br />
Donkeyman Thoe Foon Merchant Navy
<br />
Deck Hand William Heaton Thompson Fishing Fleet
<br />
Second Engineer William Findley Thomson Fishing Fleet
<br />
Carpenter Tiew Khek Guon Merchant Navy
<br />
Sailor Ting Meng Merchant Navy
<br />
Boatswain Tow Siong Kong Merchant Navy
<br />
6348320 Private Cyril Wade Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
<br />
Fifth Engineer Officer John Walker Merchant Navy
<br />
45188 Flying Officer Clifford Vernon Walters <br />
Royal Air Force
Steward William Weir Fishing Fleet
<br />
Fifth Engineer Officer Frank Wellings Merchant Navy
<br />
LT/KX 107518 Engineman Frederick James Western Royal Naval Patrol Service
<br />
4537577 Lance Corporal Percy White West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
<br />
Deck Hand Thomas Alfred Wilde Fishing Fleet
<br />
Chief Engineer Officer Alfred Leonard Francis Lambert Williams Merchant Navy
<br />
971577 Sergeant Harry Willis Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
C/J 24653 Chief Petty Officer Albert Victor Wincup Royal Navy
<br />
Quartermaster Wong Ah Chong Merchant Navy
<br />
Sailor Wong Ah Tay Merchant Navy
<br />
Cook Wong Choo Merchant Navy
<br />
Boy Wong Tung Kwan Merchant Navy
<br />
1161131 Sergeant Maurice Frederick Woodhams Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
Civilian Giuseppe Zahra Civilian War Dead
<br />
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Image courtesy of <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Battle_of_britain_air_observer.jpg">Wikipedia</a>.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-41963597900539387342015-03-13T13:33:00.000+00:002015-03-13T13:33:30.363+00:00For King and Country<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remembering the following British and Commonwealth citizens who gave their lives for King, King Emperor and Kingdom, 69 years ago this day, on the 13th March 1944. Data supplied by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.<br />
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MTN/929819 Sepoy Abdul Aziz 31 Indian Armd. Div. Transport Coy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
<br />
16557 Lance Naik Abdullah Khan 3rd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment
<br />
MTN/912079 Sepoy Adalat Shah 52 (B) G.P. Transport Coy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
<br />
14424982 Private Leslie Morris Adams 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
17597 Sepoy Ahmad Khan 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
<br />
43590 Lance Naik Ali Akbar 29 Mountain Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery
<br />
30593 Private Ali Juma East African Army Ordnance Corps
<br />
19488 Sepoy Allah Ditta 1st Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment
<br />
3779341 Private William Henry Bill Anders 13th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
LT/JX <br />
224942 Seaman Ernest Andrews H.M.S. Salpa. Royal Naval Patrol Service
<br />
4854912 Private Howard Ashmore Pioneer Corps
<br />
40605 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Sydney Athron Royal Engineers
<br />
24167 Lance Naik Atma Ram King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
<br />
12514 Sepoy Babaji Kadam 1st Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
<br />
5055612 Private Cyril Bailey 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
Fireman Gasper Banjo S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
<br />
42358 Pilot Officer Malcolm Eber Palmer Barriball 487 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
<br />
T/10667759 Driver John James Allen Bates 42nd Inf. Bde. Coy, Royal Army Service Corps
<br />
5055155 Private Thomas William Beardmore 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
787973 Sergeant Herbert Beck 311 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
3600544 Private Phillip Bell 9th Battalion, Border Regiment
<br />
13014845 Private John George Benson Pioneer Corps
<br />
MTN/791929 Sepoy Bhagirath Singh 312 G.P. Transport Coy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
<br />
19227 Rifleman Bhagirath Thapa 4th Battalion, 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
<br />
14585598 Private William Lawson Birch 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
Radio Officer John Harold Birtles S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
<br />
D/JX 550875 Able Seaman Leonard Bonner H.M.S. President III Royal Navy
<br />
NX97238 Private Colin James Bray A.I.F. 7 Div. Pro. Coy, Australian Army Provost Corps
<br />
3912060 Gunner Alfred Broome 313 Battery, 90 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery
<br />
984854 Lance Bombardier Richard Douglas Burgoyne 114 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery<br />
5950913 Private Douglas Sydney Button Pioneer Corps
<br />
3913409 Bombardier Joseph Byrne 313 Battery, 90 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery
<br />
1386500 Flight Sergeant Alexander Vernon Charles Campbell 81 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
IA/249 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Harry Campbell Cdg. 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles
<br />
97049 Rifleman Churamani Khattri 1st Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles
<br />
M/27083 Trooper Charles William Clark 14th Armd. Regiment, Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
<br />
Lieutenant William Maxwell Aitken Corbett Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
<br />
4386935 Corporal Joseph Coulter 1st Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
<br />
T/14554063 Driver William James Coulthard 726 Water Transport Coy, Royal Army Service Corps
<br />
7020392 Private John James Cunningham 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
4059 Lance Naik Damar Sing Thapa 1st Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles
<br />
GC/53910 Lance Bombardier Dampare 2 Lt. Battery, West African Artillery, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
4272653 Lance Serjeant Thomas Davison 410 Battery, 53 (5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
<br />
17455 Havildar Deputy Singh 5th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment
<br />
V/4123 Sowar Dewa 25 Advanced Field Veterinary Hospital. Indian Army Veterinary Corps
<br />
543081V Pupil Pilot Malcolm Dick South African Air Force
<br />
51507 Recruit Dil Bahadur Thapa 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles
<br />
3774279 Sapper John Disley 1002 Docks Operating Coy, Royal Engineers
<br />
14585 Sepoy Duli Chand 3rd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers
<br />
4685084 Serjeant Albert Charles Dyer 2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
<br />
F/602415 Gunner Arthur De Witt Eaton Royal Canadian Artillery
<br />
5770086 Serjeant James Robert Everett 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
<br />
MTN/992851 Lance Naik Faqir 103 G.P. Transport Coy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Lieutenant Gerald Garfield Ferguson Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
<br />
VX1211 Private George Fildes Australian Headquarters
<br />
T/788584 Private James Anthony Flanagan Royal Army Service Corps
<br />
NA/42278 Lance Corporal Gabriel Oti West African Army Service Corps, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
138400 Sweeper Gangadharan Indian Army Medical Corps
Lieut-Commander Douglas John Gavin H.M.S. Victory. Royal Navy
<br />
20119/IO Subadar Ghulam Ahmad 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
<br />
3252384 Private Robert James Gordon 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
<br />
2718653 Guardsman Cecil Graham 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
<br />
NX47400 Private Robert William Griffin A.I.F. 2/20 Battalion, Australian Infantry
<br />
4398392 Private John Halpin 1st Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
<br />
W/130692 Corporal Margaret Halton Auxiliary Territorial Service
<br />
3528829 Private George Hankinson 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
<br />
3602743 Private William Hatton 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment
<br />
41456 Lance Naik Hayat Ali 24 Mountain Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery
<br />
4131283 Private Frederick Hayes 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
<br />
787207 Flight Sergeant Frantisek Hecl 311 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
14309415 Gunner Ronald Heywood 69 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
<br />
D/JX 207959 Leading Seaman George Edwin Hindle H.M.S. President III Royal Navy
<br />
EC/13628 Captain Gordon Hinds 1st Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
<br />
V/4293 Sowar Hira 25 Advanced Field Veterinary Hospital. Indian Army Veterinary Corps
<br />
5059385 Private Cyril Holford 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
C/JX <br />
551763 Able Seaman Charles George Howe S.S. Peleus Royal Navy
<br />
PAL/3737 Corporal Moshe Hurvitz Royal Engineers
<br />
J/43229 Pilot Officer Victor Herman Inderbitzin Royal Canadian Air Force
<br />
Q112639 Private Douglas Earl Inglis A.C.M.F. 15 Battalion, Australian Infantry
<br />
8197/IO Subadar Jabre Pun 1st Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles
<br />
Fireman Jahia Saleh S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
<br />
KML/29216 Private Jairo Libale Wambasa King's African Rifles
<br />
MT/201079 Sweeper Jog Lal Royal Indian Army Service Corps
<br />
14629416 Private Henry Johnson 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
4542825 Gunner James Leslie Johnson 2 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery
C/JX <br />
389931 Ordinary Telegraphist Leonard Harold Johnson H.M.S. Milne Royal Navy
<br />
3714536 Private Frederick Harry Jones 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment
<br />
787308 Warrant Officer Ladislav Kadlec 311 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
O/82977 Sepoy Kaliyappan 223 Base Ordnance Depot Indian Army Ordnance Corps
<br />
22199 Rifleman Kalyan Singh Machine Gun Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
<br />
3907190 Private Michael John Kennedy 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
<br />
18896 Sepoy Khan Muhammad 6th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment
<br />
14609498 Private Norman Brian King 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
<br />
T/139712 Driver William Kirkbride Royal Army Service Corps
<br />
7047432 Private Samuel Kirkland 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
<br />
311979V Private Kraft South African Medical Corps
<br />
127085 Flying Officer Pavel Kubin 311 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
28736 Havildar Labh Singh 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment
<br />
ME/10411 Craftsman Ladava Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
<br />
106488 Rifleman Lal Man Rai 4th Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles
<br />
D/163213 Private Joseph Albert Dollard Noel Lalonde Royal 22e Regiment, R.C.I.C.
<br />
K/62329 Lance Corporal James William Lawrie Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
<br />
M/23575 Private Le Fleur Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces
<br />
V/32595 Petty Officer Gordon Henry Lemessurier H.M.C.S. Givenchy Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
<br />
235952 Lieutenant Arthur Walter Lewis Royal Engineers
<br />
FX582343 Leading Airman Barry Ryder Lewis H.M.S. Canada Royal Navy
<br />
3778120 Private Francis James Lindsay 9th Battalion, Border Regiment
<br />
14212248 Signalman Edgar Martin Littlejohn 118 Lt. A.A. Regiment,, R.A. Sig. Sec. Royal Corps of Signals
<br />
787998 Sergeant Oskar Lojka 311 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
<br />
GA/1579 Private Louis Gomez 1st Battalion, Gambia Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
Sailor Peter Macleod S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
<br />
195 Sepoy Mahbub Khan 1st Battalion, Hyderabad Infantry, Indian States Forces
<br />
O/77402 Sepoy Mallappa Shindur 5 Ordnance Mobile Laundry Indian Army Ordnance Corps
<br />
Boatswain Dimitrios Mamas S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
<br />
17875 Sepoy Mangal Singh 1st Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment
<br />
498 Labourer Mathai Cochin State Civil Labour Unit
<br />
NA/38071 Private Mbowe Binka 12th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
1874152 Serjeant Charles Arthur Melton 225 Field Coy, Royal Engineers
Ordinary Seaman John Henry Melville M.V. Glenstrae (Glasgow) Merchant Navy
<br />
NA/ 46993 Private Michael Olapade Fagbemi West African Army Medical Corps, R.W.A.F.F.
<br />
13069821 Private Alfred Thomas Miller Pioneer Corps
P/JX <br />
335758 Able Seaman George Laidlaw Miller H.M.S. President III Royal Navy
<br />
V/5961 Sowar Mir Mai Ram 25 Advanced Field Veterinary Hospital Indian Army Veterinary Corps
<br />
J/28363 Flying Officer Thomas Ridley Mitchell Royal Canadian Air Force
<br />
14591770 Private Leslie Walter William Mosedale 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
<br />
45764 Sapper Muhammad Aslam 17 Field Coy, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
Sailor James Mcconnach S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
<br />
4127065 Private Douglas Stapleton Mcgreevy 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
<br />
4442120 Warrant Officer Class I John Gregory Mcgurk Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
<br />
36216 Leading Aircraftman Donald Charles Mckenzie Royal Australian Air Force
<br />
7942642 Trooper Thomas Simpson Mckerrow 12th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
<br />
B/37766 Sergeant David Mcmillan Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
<br />
430391 Leading Aircraftman Keith Robert Mcpherson Royal Australian Air Force
<br />
46251 Rifleman Nandaras Gurung 1st Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
<br />
109618 Rifleman Nar Bahadur Rana 4th Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles
<br />
ME/133266 Sepoy Narayan Pillai Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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ISC/61751 Signalman Narayanaswami 6th Indian Air Form. Sigs. Indian Signal Corps
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8951/IO Subadar Narsing Dayal 7th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment
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15762 Sepoy Nawab Khan 202 Base Ordnance Depot Indian Army Ordnance Corps
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FX 83876 Air Mechanic Walter Charles Nicholls Royal Navy
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14400875 Fusilier Robert James Nugent 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
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N/11794 Lance Corporal Oketch Odye King's African Rifles
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A/23435 Lance Corporal William James Orris Royal Canadian Regiment
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1874868 Lance Corporal Dick Palmer 18 Field Park Coy, Royal Engineers
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2370948 Signalman Stanley Paton Royal Corps of Signals
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14628761 Private Ernest Pierce 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
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122091 Flying Officer Charles Harrison Pigg 613 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Steward Alfred Pike S.S. Peleus (Greece) Merchant Navy
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233139 Pioneer Pitti Purti Indian Pioneer Corps
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21336 Sepoy Polu Ram 26th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment
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420487 Pilot Officer David Allan Priddle Royal Australian Air Force
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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander John Loft Pritchard British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.
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21160/IO Jemadar Qurban Ali 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
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ISC/16612 Signalman Rai Chand 7th Indian Div. Sigs. Indian Signal Corps
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786305 Sepoy Ram Bir Parshad 55 G.P. Transport Coy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps<br />
616 Sepoy Ram Singh 1st Battalion, Hyderabad Infantry, Indian States Forces
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NA/125856 Private Ramadan Galo 5th West African Aux. Group West African Army Service Corps, R.W.A.F.F.
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1097227 Lance Bombardier Henry Sidney George Ranson Royal Artillery
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13099079 Signalman George William James Redford Royal Corps of Signals
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R/181611 Sergeant Howard Murray Reed Royal Canadian Air Force
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234820 Corporal Norman Riddle Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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626503 Corporal Fredrick Arthur Roberts Royal Air Force
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198567 Naik Rothar John 604 Supply Sec. Royal Indian Army Service Corps
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7022417 Private Norman Roy 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
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T/286715 Private Thomas Royle Royal Army Service Corps
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MT/787660 Sepoy Sadiq 103 G.P. Transport Coy, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
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43560 Naik Sadiq Husain 24 Mountain Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery
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F/43879 Private James Donald Schofield 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C.
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D/KX 109385 Leading Stoker Walter Scott H.M. Submarine P.512. Royal Navy
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J/22158 Flying Officer David John Shea 41 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
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4189938 Fusilier Frederick Edward Sheady 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
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O/72626 Lance Naik Shivram Sawant Indian Inf. Bde. Workshop Coy, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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SW/1129 Private Shongwe 1991 (Swazi) Smoke Coy, African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)
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5890330 Private Reginald Shorter 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
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14586 Sepoy Siri Chand 3rd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers
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6982270 Bombardier Francis Herbert Smith 4 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery<br />
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4619868 Corporal James Herbert Stokes 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment
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850426 Gunner Frederick Storey 2 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
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5887688 Private James Frederick Straw 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
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37299V Sergeant Samuel Oswald Swailes General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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34992 Sepoy Tara Chand 15th Punjab Regiment
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F/76116 Private Murray Edward Tarr West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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300205 Lieutenant John Douglas Vine Royal Sussex Regiment
285 Pioneer Vithu 1st Central Provinces and Berar Civil Pioneer Force
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6098338 Private Walter Cyril Warner 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
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14336509 Rifleman Frederick A. Whittaker 1st Battalion, The London Irish Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles
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228337 Lieutenant Christopher Moelwyn Strachey Williams-Ellis Welsh Guards
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5572412 Gunner Horace Arthur Wills 2 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery
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173115 Pilot Officer William Joseph Wills 613 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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UML/160267 Private Zedekia Kafero East African Military Labour Corps
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<strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.</strong>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-2416854059890719362015-02-21T07:46:00.000+00:002015-02-21T07:47:21.628+00:00Died in London - 21st February 1944<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The following civilians all died on the 21st February 1944 as a result of enemy action on London. It would appear that some of these 24 civilians died in the line of duty. For instance, Harry Cresswell was serving with the Heavy Rescue Service; Jesse Evans was a volunteer fire-watcher; Winifred Medleycott was working for the British Red Cross Society, James McKenzie working as a fire guard, and Herbert Pill a staff sergeant with the Home Guard.<br />
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James Michael Clark aged 5
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Alfred Patrick Donoghue aged 20
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Jacqueline Donoghue aged 7
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Brian Evans aged 4
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Jesse William Evans aged 60
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George William Gooch aged 38
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Audrey Mary Elaine Hine aged 65
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Edward Stimpson Long aged 74
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Winifred Mary Medleycott aged 54
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Edith Mary Morton aged 66
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Roy Leonard Mcguire aged 28
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James Reid Mckenzie aged 42
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Winifred Rose Nash aged 60
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Martha Newton aged 43
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John Osborne aged 59
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Doris Louisa Penning aged 32
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Herbert Ernest Pill aged 44
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Sophie Pauline Plane aged 76
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Fred Porter aged 50
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Henry Oliver Randall aged 53
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Audrey Stannard aged 11
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Isobel Margaret Marion Thomas aged 39
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Mary Turner aged 47
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The deaths occurred across London but with six of these recorded in Hammersmith and Fulham. I am assuming that all deaths were as a result of bombing raids. Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-70700543728101564922015-02-01T09:44:00.000+00:002015-02-01T09:44:25.180+00:001045805 BQMS William Stephen Holcombe, Royal Artillery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On this day in 1893 my grandfather Walter Leonard Nixon was born. That's him, pictured above in about 1907. Fast forward 51 years and on this day, 1st February 1944, 217 British and Imperial men and women lost their lives in the service of their King and King Emperor. <br />
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1045805 Battery Quartermaster Sergeant William Stephen Holcombe of the 9th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, was one of those 217 men to die on this day in 1944. He was a regular soldier; an Old Contemptible who had enlisted in 1913, served throughout the First World War and who subsequently extended his service. His medal index card (below, courtesy of <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1262&cj=1&o_xid=0003330186&o_lid=0003330186">Ancestry</a>) notes the same regimental number that appears on his headstone in Ilkley Cemetery. <br />
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William was born at South Norwood, Croydon and was a seaman before he enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery</div>
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He extended his colour service at various points ( his number 1045805 dates to February 1919) and re-enlisted on 3rd July 1939</div>
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He married Violet Maud Smith at Woolwich on Christmas Day 1917 and the couple had two children: Francis William Smith (born 28th September 1921) and Reta Violet Smith (born 23rd March 1926).</div>
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that William was the husband of Violet Maud Holcombe of Stratford, Essex which, coming full circle, brings me back again to my grandfather Walter who was born in Stratford in 1893.</div>
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Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-57977776954656949012015-01-02T20:20:00.000+00:002015-01-02T20:20:03.163+00:006088544 Pte Herbert Jeffries, 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 177 men and women serving with United Kingdom forces died on the 2nd January 1945; seventy years ago today. Herbert Jeffries died at home this day and was buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington. He was 24 years old, the son of Henrietta Jeffries of Hackney.<br />
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Abney Park cemetery image borrowed from the <a href="http://janeshootsworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/abney-park-cemetary/">Jane Shoots World blog</a>.</div>
Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-21255109635032190822014-12-14T08:59:00.001+00:002014-12-14T08:59:51.970+00:00531390 Leading Aircraft man David Graham Hodge, 99 Sqdn RAF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that there were 96 fatalities on this day, 14th December 1939. My own mother was a day old at what, in London, must have been a very worrying time for my grandparents.<br />
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Thirty-four of the 96 casualties were amongst members of the Royal Air Force or Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and Leading Aircraftman David Graham Hodge was one of these men. He was 22 years old, the son of Elizabeth Hodge and the foster-son of Margaret Grant of Greenock, Renfrewshire when he was killed whilst serving with 99 Squadron, RAF. David Hodge has no known grave and is commemorated with over twenty thousand others on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede in Surrey. Image above courtesy of: <a href="http://london.indymedia.org/">http://london.indymedia.org</a>.<br />
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<strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.</strong>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-77109477706963279572014-11-30T11:42:00.000+00:002014-11-30T11:42:12.649+00:001101197 Flt Sgt Laurence Helm, 39 Sqdn, RAF VR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remembering today 1101197 Flight Sergeant Laurence Helm of No 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who lost his life on this day, 30th November, 1942. He has no known grave and is commemorated on panel 3, column 2 of the Malta Memorial (pictured above, courtesy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Memorial#mediaviewer/File:Floriana_War_Memorial.jpg">Wikipedia</a>).<br />
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<strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.</strong>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-25423831140273757272014-11-02T10:37:00.002+00:002014-11-02T10:37:44.159+00:00Derek and Henry Cecelin, civilians<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website, 137 service personnel and civilian air raid casualties died on the 2nd November 1940. Amongst the latter, was 15-year-old Derek Anthony Cecelin who died at King's College Hospital. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that his home address was 31 Angell Road, Brixton and that he was the son of Henry Bohuslan Cecelin who also died at the hospital on the same day. He was 51 years old.<br />
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I have not found Henry on the 1911 census but his marriage in 1923 to Lily Blakeney is recorded as is Derek's birth in 1925. Derek was a twin, his brother Kenneth Bohuslan Cecelin's birth also recorded in the third quarter of 1925 in the district of Thanet, Kent. Kenneth Cecelin died in 1985.<br />
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The bomb site website notes that a total of 21 high explosive bombs were dropped in <a href="http://bombsight.org/explore/greater-london/lambeth/brixton-hill/">Brixton Hill</a> between October 1940 and June 1941. Map, below courtesy of <a href="http://www.bombsight.org/">www.bombsight.org</a>; blitz image from <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/WWII_London_Blitz_East_London.jpg">Wikipedia</a>.<br />
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<strong>Remembering Derek and Henry Cecelin.</strong><br />
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Twenty-eight year old Arthur Rouse of the Royal Armoured Corps, 49th (West Riding) Regiment, died seventy years ago today on the 26th October 1944. He was the son of Arthur J and Ellen Rouse, of Smethwick, Staffordshire, and the husband of Frances Beatrice Rouse (nee Davis), of Smethwick. He is buried in Bergen-Op-Zoom war cemetery in the Netherlands.<br />
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Arthur and Francis had been married for less than three years when Arthur was killed.<br />
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Image of Bergen-Op-Zoom courtesy of <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bergen_op_zoom_008.jpg">Wikipedia</a>.</div>
Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-30943444677414370602014-10-12T13:26:00.002+01:002014-10-12T13:49:46.420+01:001806050 Gnr Leonard Bailey, Royal Artillery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1806050 Gunner Leonard Bailey of the Royal Artillery died on this day, 12th October, in 1940. He was 20 years old, the son of John and Florence Bailey, of Earls Barton. At the time of his death he was serving with 432 Battery, 65th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment. He is buried in Earls Barton churchyard.<br />
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Photo of <a href="http://www.highamandrushdenu3a.org/GroupPages/HistoryGroup2012.html">Earls Barton church</a> courtesy of Higham and Rushden U3A.</div>
<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-39644288137572890672014-08-21T06:11:00.004+01:002014-08-21T06:12:29.255+01:003318426 Pte William Brawley, 5th Seaforth Highlanders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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3318426 Private William Brawley of the 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders was one of 705 men and women to die on this day, seventy years ago. He died in France on the 21st August 1944 and is buried in the St Desir War Cemetery in Northern France. I've borrowed the image above from <a href="http://michaelweening.com/2009/05/28/remember-ross-ellsmere-st-desir-cemetery-france/">Michael Weening's blog</a>. About the cemetery, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes:<br />
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"The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.<br />
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"St Desir War Cemetery is the most easterly of the Normandy cemeteries. For the most part, those buried here died in the final stages of the campaign, in pursuit of the German forces towards the Seine.<br />
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"The cemetery contains 598 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. 78 of these graves were brought in from Chartres (St Cheron) Communal Cemetery after the war, together with the four First World War burials now at St Desir."<br />
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Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-34004354624072853322012-04-22T10:19:00.003+01:002015-02-01T14:01:57.191+00:002695025 Dmr Roland F Dunn, 2nd Bn, Scots Guards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2695025 Drummer Roland Frederick Dunn of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards died on the 22nd April 1941. He was the son of Frederick Hunter Dunn and Ada Lucy Dunn (nee Feild) of Walworth, London and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt. Roland's birth was registered in Wandsworth, south London, in the June quarter of 1920 and he was therefore just short of his 21st birthday when he died.<br />
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Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945) <br />
Find My Past - BMDs<br />
The Commonwealth War Graves CommissionPaul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-6049914173172578942012-02-05T15:51:00.000+00:002012-02-05T15:51:46.388+00:007374015 Pte Kenneth Laycock, RAMC<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXlI9F6nwJV7mVLRo02YOS4ahliIL9ZWnkN7nGceTFmPPEsFkdQ-4svuR_ArEOe7uBk32McDl8KnD4Aifd5HY6ouQ5RpnrpHXIewYEps5-xmgqOfdnTGoweGPMYpS97le-8pg2JTZuqff/s1600/Singapore_Memorial__3__2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXlI9F6nwJV7mVLRo02YOS4ahliIL9ZWnkN7nGceTFmPPEsFkdQ-4svuR_ArEOe7uBk32McDl8KnD4Aifd5HY6ouQ5RpnrpHXIewYEps5-xmgqOfdnTGoweGPMYpS97le-8pg2JTZuqff/s320/Singapore_Memorial__3__2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br />
Today marks the seventieth death anniversary of 7374015 Private Kenneth Laycock of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was born in Bradford and was living there when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was serving with the 197th Field Ambulance at the time of his death and that he is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial. The Army Roll of Honour notes that he died whilst serving in Malaya. <br />
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Image of the Singapore Memorial from the 15<a href="http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/html/diary_entries.html">2 (Hyderabad) F Squadron website</a>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-30817008881837444112011-09-29T21:41:00.004+01:002011-09-29T21:52:17.781+01:001119547 Gnr Frank Lee, RA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhya282Gf7sXuJ1OIwp04g-8gduNTh-GetwH0o0NDGgAn_rx9ogHnNjH6WNwiCFZ3cWNTH5b2cRd7GsBaHR18s20HEl-URSqZJGv0mw0PyMk6hG5Obyw2fxZ6QRjM5VyoFOEl4hYGmQxvRY/s1600/madras-war-cemetery.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657887183769476114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhya282Gf7sXuJ1OIwp04g-8gduNTh-GetwH0o0NDGgAn_rx9ogHnNjH6WNwiCFZ3cWNTH5b2cRd7GsBaHR18s20HEl-URSqZJGv0mw0PyMk6hG5Obyw2fxZ6QRjM5VyoFOEl4hYGmQxvRY/s400/madras-war-cemetery.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>1119547 Gunner Frank Lee of the 10th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 29th September 1942, aged 36. He was the son of Thomas Edward and Florence Lee of Morley, Yorkshire, and the husband of Marion Lee, of Morley. He is buried in the Madras War Cemetery in what is now called Chennai, India.<br /><br /><strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Sources:</strong><br /><br />Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)<br />The Commonwealth War Graves Commission<br />Image courtesy of <a href="http://sriramv.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/a-sight-for-sore-eyes/">Madras Heritage</a></div>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-60598453010926658162011-09-21T22:31:00.003+01:002011-09-21T22:39:27.713+01:002588477 Cpl Arthur Eagles, RCS2588477 Corporal Arthur Henry Eagles of the Royal Corps of Signals died on the 21st September 1941 - seventy years ago this day. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his nationality as British although according to the Army Roll of Honour he was born in Australia and living in West London when he enlisted. He is buried in Hatfield Park War Cemetery in Hertfordshire.<br /><br /><strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.</strong> <br /><br /><strong>Sources:</strong> <br /><br />Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945) <br />The Commonwealth War Graves CommissionPaul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-81779010557137864992011-08-28T20:35:00.006+01:002011-09-04T16:03:14.309+01:005769867 Pte Basil E Leggett, 5th Bn, Royal Norfolk Regiment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebr0vAL3YXxOUxVy4yvnvAjnSImrB8negJF8ObwcpttJJNLQoQZsCbIhFOacexJnqFCO5eVlAbKohdlXCQKqN9kkOVOjeIP0pcvqRpEeZ9AHax4toEeegRdq1m8AJ8C6yoi0GWEPjOTWl/s1600/450px-Sai_Wan_War_Cemetary_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebr0vAL3YXxOUxVy4yvnvAjnSImrB8negJF8ObwcpttJJNLQoQZsCbIhFOacexJnqFCO5eVlAbKohdlXCQKqN9kkOVOjeIP0pcvqRpEeZ9AHax4toEeegRdq1m8AJ8C6yoi0GWEPjOTWl/s400/450px-Sai_Wan_War_Cemetary_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648519685240007666" /></a>
<br />5769867 Private Basil Edward Leggett of the 5th Batalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment died on the 28th August 1945. He was 32 years old and the son of Mr and Mrs H. W. Leggett of East Dereham, Norfolk. He is buried in Sai wan war Cemetery in Hong Kong, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission noting, "...the remains of those who died as prisoners in Formosa (now Taiwan) were brought to Hong Kong for burial at Sai Wan in 1946. There are now 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Sai Wan War Cemetery. 444 of the burials are unidentified."
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<br /><a href="http://www.enotes.com/topic/Sai_Wan_War_Cemetery">Wikipedia for the Sai Wan war Cemetery photo</a>.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-20428694056146580682011-04-09T10:38:00.003+01:002011-04-11T06:46:29.622+01:0010687261 Dvr Thomas E Whiskin, ASC10687261 Driver Thomas Edward Whiskin of the Army Service Corps died on the 9th April 1944. He was 20 years old and the son of Ernest William and Eva Jane Whiskin, of Sittingbourne Kent. He is buried in <a href="http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=70502&mode=1">Bari War Cemetery</a> in Italy.<br /><br /><strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.<br /></strong><br /><strong>Sources:<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/offers/uk/learn/trial.aspx?cj=1&o_xid=0003539014&o_lid=0003539014">Ancestry</a> (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)<br /><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/">The Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><strong></strong>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228737201869055102.post-73324861430754848432011-03-09T13:33:00.004+00:002011-03-09T13:41:51.532+00:0014250548 Gnr Roy H Brindley, RA14250548 Gunner Roy Hollick Brindley of the 136th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 9th March 1944. He was 22 years old, the son of James George and Edith Mldred Brindley of Newbury, Berkshire. He is buried in <a href="http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=92002&mode=1">Taukkyan War Cemetery</a> in Myanmar (formerly Burma).<br /><br /><strong>At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.<br /></strong><br /><strong>Sources:<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/offers/uk/learn/trial.aspx?cj=1&o_xid=0003539014&o_lid=0003539014">Ancestry</a> (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)<br /><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/">The Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><strong></strong>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0