14706556 Pte Kenneth Ings, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

Nineteen year old 14706556 Private Kenneth Ings of the 1st Battalion, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died on the 30th September 1944. He was the son of William Bertie and Elsie May Ings, of Snelston, Derbyshire. He is buried in Valkenswaard War Cemetery in the Netherlands; grave reference II.C.20.

According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Valkenswaard was the first village to be liberated on the main line of the British advance into Holland in September 1944. The cemetery, which lies in a pinewood, contains over 220 graves, almost all of them are those of men who fell in the fighting in the woods around Valkenswaard during that month. All the men buried here belonged to the forces of the United Kingdom."

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

T/73020 Driver Fred Martindale, Royal Army Service Corps

T/73020 Driver Fred Martindale of the Royal Army Service Corps died on 29th September 1943. He was 38 years old, the son of Herbert and Clara Helen Martindale, of Bradford, Yorkshire, and the husband of Edith Martindale of Manningham, Bradford.

Fred was born in Bradford and living there when he joined up. He was serving with the 18th Divisional Transport Company at the time of his death, and is buried in Thanbyuzayat Cemetery in Malyasia, grave reference B6.M.8.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

T/36636 Cpl Ronald James Post, Royal Army Service Corps

30 year old Ronald James Post of the Royal Army Service Corps, died on 28th September 1942. He was a corporal and held the number T/36636.

Ronald was born in Bristol and living in Bristol when he enlisted. He was the son of Arthur James and Elizabeth Post and is buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt; grave reference 3.J.4.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

192462 Cpl William Purdue, Royal Army Service Corps

192462 Corporal William Purdue of the Royal Army Service Corps died on 27th September 1941. He was 25 years old, the son of Thomas and Francis Purdue and the husband of Agnes Purdue of Glasgow.

The UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 notes that he was born in Glasgow and living in Airdrie when he enlisted. He is buried in St Kentigern's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Glasgow.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

246610 Captain Joseph Cochrane, Royal Engineers

246610 Captain Joseph Cochrane of the Royal Engineers, died on the 26th September 1945. He was 43 years old and was, says the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), the son of Walter and Esther Cochrane and the husband of H M (Wyn) Cochrane, of Bromley, Kent.

The UK Army Roll of Honour for 1939-45 records that Joseph was born in Staffordshire but living in Kent when he enlisted. He died in India and is buried in the Madras War Cemetery in what is today, Chennai.

The CWGC has this to say about the cemetery:

"MADRAS WAR CEMETERY was created to receive Second World War graves from many civil and cantonment cemeteries in the south and east of India where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 856 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The MADRAS 1914-1918 MEMORIAL is situated at the rear of the cemetery. It bears the names of more than 1,000 servicemen who died during the First World War who lie in many civil and cantonment cemeteries in various parts of India where it is not possible to maintain their graves in perpetuity."

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

5608454 Sgt William Thompson, 2nd Bn, Devonshire Regiment

5608454 Sergeant William Thompson of the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died on this day - 25th September - in 1939. He is buried in Pembroke Military Cemetery on the island of Malta and was, presumably, either stationed there when war broke out, or a very early arrival on the island after war had been declared. Given the date if his death and his rank, it seems almost certain that William Thompson was a regular soldier.

William was born in County Durham and living in Sunderland at the time of his enlistment. His grave reference is 1.3.1.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

3962118 Sgt Dennis Alfred Hicks, Royal Artillery

3962118 Sergeant Dennis Alfred Hicks of the 3/2nd Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, died at sea on the 24th September 1915. He was the son of Lily Hicks of Newport, Monmouthshire and the UK Army Roll of Honour shows that he was born in Monmouth and living there when he enlisted.

Dennis Hocks was 20 years old when he died and he is commemorated on panel 72, column 1 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. The memorial commemorates 24,586 men, nearly 15,000 of whom are Second World War casualties.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

4081581 Pte Henry Pierpoint, 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment

4081581 Private Henry Pierpoint of the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, died on the 23rd September 1944. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) records that he was 29 years old and the son of William James Pierpoint and Anne Jane Pierpoint of Liverpool, and the husband of Audrey Pierpoint.

Henry was born in Liverpool and living there at the time of his enlistment. He is buried in Mierlo War Cemetery in the Netherlands; grave reference I.B.2. This from the CWGC:

"The cemetery was started in the spring of 1945 when graves were brought in from the surrounding district, most of them being casualties of September-November 1944. At that time the main fighting was concerned with clearing the region south and west of the Maas and with opening up the Scheldt estuary further west. Helmond itself was occupied on 25 September, 1944. Mierlo War Cemetery now contains 664 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them unidentified, and one Dutch war grave."

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

2615345 Sgt Patrick John Heffernan, Grenadier Guards

2615345 Sergeant Patrick John Heffernan of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on 22nd September 1944. He was 25 years old and the son of John and Lilian Heffernan of Redhill, Surrey.

The UK Roll of Honour 1939-45 records Patrick's surname (incorrectly) as Hefferwan and indicates that he was born in Surrey and living in Surrey at the time of his enlistment with the Grenadier Guards. He is buried in Uden War Cemetery in the Netherlands, grave reference 3.I.5. The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photograph of his grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

1602962 Gunner Alan Richard Short, Royal Artillery

1602962 Gunner Alan Richard Short of the 3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 21st September 1943. Born in Hampshire, he was also living in the county when he enlisted.

Alan was 24 years old when he died and he is buried in Kanchanaburi cemetery in Malaysia; grave reference 2.G.25.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Captain William Ernest Wanstall Beerling, Indian Army Ordnance Corps

Captain William Ernest Wanstall Beerling of the Indian Army Ordnance Corps died on 20th September 1941. He was born in Kent but living in Dundee when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was 38 years old when he died and was the son of William and Kate Beerling and the husband of Gladys Harald Beerling of Broughty Ferry, Angus.

William Beerling died in India and is buried in Delhi War Cemetery; grave reference 1.A.9.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

7942787 Trooper Maurice Beadle, Royal Tank Regiment

37 year olf 7942787 Trooper Maurice Beadle of the 8th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on 19th September 1944 whilst serving in Italy. He is buried in Ancona War Cemetery; grave ref II.L.10.

Maurice was born in Londonderry but living in Middlesex when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the "son of Henry John Beadle, formerly R.Q.M.S., The Middlesex Regiment, and Amy Matilda Beadle; husband of Ivy Lillian Beadle."

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

905035 Lance-Bombardier Raymond Broughton, Royal Artillery

905035 Lance-Bombardier Raymond Broughton of the 137th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 18th September 1942. He was born in Oldham and living in Lancashire when he enlisted. He is buried in Kranji War Cemetery in Malaysia; grave reference: 10.C.16. The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photo of his last resting place.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

5887400 Pte John Christopher Spademan, 2nd Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment

5887400 Private John Christopher Spademan of the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment died on 17th September 1940. He was born in Northampton and living there when he enlisted in his county regiment. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) notes that he was the son of Marian E Spademan of Kingsthorpe, Northampton.

John Spademan is buried in Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery (grave ref 6.A.14). This from the CWGC page on Malbork cemetery:

"The town of Malbork (formerly known as Marienburg) lies in the north of Poland approx 60kms south east of Gdansk [formerly known as Danzig]...

"The Second World War burials at Malbork are mostly of men who died while prisoners of war in the nearby camps. Stalag XXB was a camp of some size at Malbork itself, Stalag lA was situated at Stablack, between Malbork and Gdansk, Stalag 2A at Starogard, a few kilometres south of Stablack, and Stalag XXA, at Torun (Thorn), about 120 kilometres south of Malbork. When hostilities had ceased, the graves service of the British Army of the Rhine moved the graves from the local burial grounds to this war cemetery, together with other Commonwealth graves in outlying places in the area where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The largest number came from Torun, and the next largest from burial grounds in Malbork itself and Gdansk...

"[The cemetery] contains 232 Second World War burials. There are also 13 First World War burials which were moved from Gdansk (Danzig) Garrison Cemetery in 1960."

The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photo of John Spademan's grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

13803398 Pte Viktor Herrmann, Pioneer Corps

Austrian-born 13803398 Pte Viktor Herrmann of the Pioneer Corps died on 16th September 1941 whilst stationed in Peebles, Scotland. He was living in Shropshire when he enlisted and according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission he was the son of Heinrich and Sofie Herrmann. He was 33 years old when he died and is buried in Peebles Cemetery, grave 3368. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of Hermann's last resting place.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

I/26673 Gunner Owen Carey, 1/4th Field Regt, Royal Artillery

I/26673 Gunner Owen Carey of the 1/4th Field Regt, Royal Artillery died on the 15th September 1942. He was a Glaswegian (born in Glasgow and living in Glasgow at the time of his enlistment) and he is buried in the Kanatte General Cemetery in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon at the time of his death). Own Carey was 38 years old when he died. The War Graves Photographic Project carries a photo of his grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

257470 Captain John Macalister, Intelligence Corps

257470Captain John Macalister of the Intelligence Corps was a Canadian-born officer who died on 14th September 1944; one of 309 soldiers to die on active service on this day during the Second World War. At the time of his death he was attached to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and, as he has no known grave, is commemorated on panel 21 of the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds the additional information that Captain Macalister was 30 years old when he died and that he was the son of Alexander and Celestine MacAlister and the husband of Jeannine MacAlister of Paris, France.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6351892 L/Cpl Anthony Wilson Shemmonds, Royal West Kent Regt

Twenty-one year old 6351892 L/Cpl Anthony Wilson Shemmonds of the Royal West Kent Regiment died on 13th September 1943 in Italy. He is commemorated by name on panel nine of the war memorial at Cassino. The Allies had invaded the Italian mainland on 3rd September 1943 and Anthony Shemmonds was an early casualty.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission holds the additional information that L/Cpl Shemmonds also served with No 2 Commando and that he was the son of Harold Arthur and Eva Shemmonds of Forest Hall, Northumberland. The UK Army Roll of Honour though, records that Anthony was born in Middlesex and was living there at the time of his enlistment.

The War Graves Photographic Project holds a copy of Anthony Shemmonds's name on the Cassino War Memorial.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

236418 Signalman Louis Mammone MM, Royal Corps of Signals

236418 Signalman Louis Mammone of the Royal Corps of Signals, died in England on this day - 12th September - 1940. He is buried in Norwich Cemetery in Norfolk. This from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

"The cemetery was laid out in 1856 and casualties of the South African War were buried in the oldest part. Nearly half of the 1914-1918 burials are to be found in two military plots; one in the North-Eastern part and the other in the Western part of the burial ground. Ground immediately adjoining the latter was reserved for service burials of the 1939-1945 War and is now combined with it to form the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 War Graves Plot. The Cross of Sacrifice, which honours the servicemen of both Wars who are buried in the cemetery, stands in the plot, and carved upon two of the panels of its base are the dates 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. There are now nearly 350, 1914-1918 and nearly 200, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site. In addition, a special memorial is erected to one soldier buried among civilian air raid victims in a grave on which it was not possible to erect a headstone."

CWGC indicates that Louis Mammone, who was born in Norwich and living there at the time of his enlistment, held the Military Medal. The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photo of his grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

5669917 Pte Edgar John Gillingham, Somerset Light Infantry

5669917 Pte Edgar John Gillingham of the Somerset Light Infantry died on this day, 11th September 1942. At the time of his death he was attached to the 151st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps (AAC). He was born in Dorset and living in Somerset when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the son of Ralph James Gillingham and Lucy Jane Gillingham, of Wincanton, Somerset.

Edgar Gillingham is buried in Delhi War Cemetery; grave reference 1.B.12. He was 28 years old when he died.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

4456519 L/Cpl John Richardi, 6th Bn, Durham Light Infantry

4456519 L/Cpl John Richardi of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry was one of 302 British Army soldiers to die on this day - 10th September - in 1944. He was 30 years old, had been born in north wet London and was living in London when he enlisted.

John Richardi is buried in Geel War Cemetery in Belgium. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives more detail about the likely events surrounding John's death:

"In the early part of September 1944, Geel was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting encountered by Commonwealth troops since they had left Normandy. The 50th (Northumbrian) Division and the 15th Scottish Division were both involved here in the forcing of crossings of the Albert Canal and the Meuse-Escaut Canal, necessary for the advance into Holland. Some of the casualties they suffered were originally buried in a meadow near the centre of the commune, and some in the St. Dymphna civil cemetery; these graves were later moved into Geel War Cemetery. The cemetery contains 400 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, six of them unidentified."

The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of John Richardi's grave HERE.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

1594942 Bombardier Harold Gofton, Royal Artillery

Yorkshireman 1594942 Bombardier Harold Gofton of 78 Battery, 35 Lt. Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery, died on this day - 9th September - in 1945. He was 31 years old, the son of Frederick Robert and Mary Louisa Gofton and the husband of Lilian Gofton of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire.

Harold was born in York and living in York when he enlisted. He is buried in Labuan War Cemetery in Malyasia (Malaya, at the time he died); grave reference: L.C.1.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has this to say about the cemetery:

"Labuan (part of Sabah, Malaysia) is a small island in Brunei Bay, off the coast of north-west Borneo. The island is best reached by air from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, from where there are daily flights. There are also flights from Singapore and Manila. The cemetery lies on the Jalan Tanjong Batu road which leads from the airport to the town. It is less than a kilometre from the airport and about 3 kilometres from the Island's town; Victoria. Within the Cemetery will be found the Labuan Memorial and the Labuan Cremation Memorial."

The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of Harold's grave. As can be seen from the photo above the headstones are not those that we would typically associate with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission but rather plaques mounted on stone slabs.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project
Labuan Tourism for the photograph

3442645 Sgt Joseph Hogan, 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers

3442645 Sgt Joseph Hogan of the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers died on this day, 8th September, 1940. The UK, Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 states that he was born in Wigan and living in Wigan when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission holds the information that he was 37 years old when he died and was the son of Thomas and Susan Hogan and the husband of Annie Hogan of Wigan, Lancashire.

Sergeant Hogan is buried in Brussels Town Cemetery, grave reference X.12.15. The Commonwealth War Graves has this to say about the cemetery:

"Brussels was in German hands from 20 August 1914 to the date of the Armistice. Plot X of the cemetery contains the graves of 54 Commonwealth casualties, 50 of which were prisoners of war whose bodies were brought back from Germany by the Canadian Corps in April 1919. The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. Most of the Second World War casualties buried in the town cemetery died on lines of communication duties after the liberation of Brussels at the beginning of September 1944, but a few date from the brief period that the BEF spent in Belgium in May 1940. Brussels Town Cemetery contains 54 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and a further 590 from the Second World War, 4 of which are unidentified. There are also 35 Foreign National burials here."

The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photograph of Joseph Hogan's grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

1043849 Pte Wilfred Noah Kirk Huskinson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Thirty-nine year old 1043849 Pte Wilfred Noah Kirk Huskinson of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died in England on 7th September 1940. He was the son of Noah and Elizabeth Kirk Huskinson and the husband of Louisa Huskinson of Radford, Nottingham.

Wilfred is one of 22 Commonwealth War Grave burials at Corsham (St Bartholomew) Church Burial Ground, Ladbrook Lane in Wiltshire.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6020746 Pte Herbert George Grimwade, 4th Bn Suffolk Regt

6020746 Pte Herbert George Grimwade of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regt, died on 6th September 1943; 66 years ago today. He was 27 years old and the son of Son of George John and Olive Ellen Grimwade of my home town - Chelmsford in Essex.

Herbert was captured by the Japanese and put to work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. He was one of an estimated 13,000 prisoners of war who died during its construction and he is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in what is now Myanmar but which was Burma until a few years ago. His grave reference is B1.D.5.

There's a moving tribute to the men who worked on the Burma-Siam railway by ex POW Bill Haskell HERE.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project
Image of Allied POWs on the Burma-Siam railways taken from the informative Thailand-Burma Railway Centre.

14719795 Pte Philip Marlow, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment

35 year old 4719795 Pte Philip Marlow of the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment, died in Burma on this day, 5th September, in 1945. He was the husband of Lilian Grace Marlow of Market Harborough, Leicestershire and he is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar; grave reference 26.F.24. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of his grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project
iGuide for the Taukkyan War Cemetery photo

14390959 Rfm Rex Austin, 10th Bn, Rifle Brigade

14390959 Rifleman Rex Austin of the 10th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade (also known as the 2nd Battalion, The Tower Hamlets Rifles) died in Italy on the this day, 4th September, 1944. He was 20 years old and the son of Cecil Albert and Ellen Austin of Shiregreen, Sheffield.

According to the UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945, Rex was born in Yorkshire and living in Sheffield when he enlisted. He is buried in Florence War Cemetery; grave reference II.E.4. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of his grave (above).

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project

4037174 Sergeant Charles Eggington Pennock, 9th Bn, Durham Light Infantry

4037174 Charles Eggington Pennock of the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry died on this day, 3rd September, 1942. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his age as 25 and holds the additional information that he was the son of Pte. Frank Pennock, Yorkshire Regt. (died on active service, 15th November, 1947) and Ethel Pennock, and the husband of Joan Lomas Pennock of Tideswell, Derbyshire.

The 1939-1945 UK Roll of Honour (which omits his middle name) notes that he was born in Sheffield and living in Derbyshire at the time of his enlistment.

Charles Pennock is buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt; grave reference: 3.F.6. The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photo of his grave.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The War Graves Photographic Project
Hadra image courtesy of the WW1 Cemeteries website.