T/279125 Dvr Francis D Moscardini, RASC

T/279125 Driver Francis D Moscardini of the Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 31st January 1945. He was a Glaswegian, the son of Francis D and Pamela Moscardini of Glasgow; and the husband of Sarah Moscardini, also of Glasgow. He was 23 years old and is buried in Forli War Cemetery in Italy.

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

7047009 Fr Francis McGrane, Royal Irish Fusiliers

7047009 Fusilier Francis McGrane of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, died on the 30th January 1941. He was born in Liverpool and was living there at the time of his enlistment. He was the son of Patrick and Isabella McGrane, of Liverpool and he is buried in Liverpool's Anfield Cemetery.

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

1545121 Gnr Victor Ray Livings, Royal Artillery

1545121 Gunner Victor Ray Livings of 55 (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry), Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 29th January 1940. He was 20 years old and the son of Wilfred Ralph and Amy Elizabeth Livings of Clavering in Essex.

Gunner Livings died in the UK and he is buried in Clavering (Saint Mary and Saint Thomas) Churchyard.

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

88019 Lt Guy Greenhous, Shropshire Lt Infantry

88019 Lieutenant Guy William Normnan Greenhous of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, died on the 28th January 1944. At the time of his death he was 23 years old and attached to the 1st Battalion, Sierra Leone Regiment. He was the son of Arthur Vincent and Jessie Forest Greenhous, of Shoot Hill, Shropshire.

Lieutenant Greenhous has no known grave and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial in Myanmar (formerly, Burma).

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

5831141 Pte Joseph Arthur Bolden, 2nd Bn, Cambridgeshire Regt

5831141 Private Joseph Arthur Bolden of the 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died on the 27th January 1942. He was born in Essex but living in Hertfordshire when he enlisted. He was 25 years old when he died and, having no known grave, is commeorated on the Singapore Memorial in the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore.

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

1763969 Gnr Ernest Frederick Godbeer, Royal Artillery

1763969 Gunner Ernest Frederick Godbeer of 412 Battery, 124 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 26th January 1943. He was the son of William Thomas Godbeer and Mary Ellen Godbeer of Chelsea, and the husband of Doris Mary Godbeer, also of Chelsea. He was 37 years old at the time of his death, and he is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London.

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

89531 Pte Ellen Jared, Auxiliary Territorial Service

89531 Private Ellen Edith Florence Jared of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, died in England on the 25th January 1942. She was born in Monmouthshire but was living in east London when she enlisted. She is buried in the Woodman Road cemetery in Brentwood, Essex.

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

7888181 Tpr Charles Maggs MM, 2nd Royal Tank Regt

7888181 Trooper Charles Henry James Maggs of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 24th January 1941 in Africa. He was 25 years old, the son of Charles Henry and Laura Louisa Maggs and the husband of Evelyn Mary Maud Maggs of Wenhaston, Suffolk.

Charles Maggs, who was the holder of the Military Medal, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.

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

2828250 Pte William Keay, 6th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders

2828250 Private William Keay of the 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, died on the 23rd January 1944. He was 31 years old, the husband of Christina Keay of Alyth, Perthshire. He is buried in Minturno War Cemetery in Italy.

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

65080 Maj Ronald Anderson Gerrard DSO, RE

65080 Major Ronald Anderson Gerrard DSO of 7 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, died on the 22nd January 1943, in Italy. He was born in Hong Kong but living in Bath, Somerset at the time of his enlistment. He was 31 years old, the son of William George and Elizabeth Ann Gerrard, and the husband of Gertrude Molly Justice Gerrard, of Bath. Major Gerrard is buried in the Tripoli War Cemetery.

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

4694120 Pte Harry Moore, 1/4th Bn, KOYLI

4694120 Private Harry Moore of the 1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died in Iceland on the 21st January 1942. Harry was a Yorkshireman, born in Leeds, and was 26 years old when he died.

He was one of a platoon of men men who died when they were hiking in the mountains around Reydarfjordur and got lost in a sudden winter storm. Forty-eight men survived, but Harry was one of eight men who did not. The other men who died are:

105130 Lt John Edwin Bradbury
4692072 Sgt Calliss Cooper
4687015 CSM Ernest Froggatt
4692423 L/Cpl James Goldsborough
4693616 Pte Wilfred Gregory
4693492 Pte John Platt
4692138 Pte Arthur Rollinson

The men are all buried in the Reydarfjordur Cemetery in the east of that country.

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/127206 Pte Cyril John Lukes, RASC

T/127206 Private Cyril John Lukes of 3 Corps Ammunition Park, Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 20th January 1940 in England. He was 20 years old, a Plymouth-born man, and he is buried in Plymouth's Weston Mill Cemetery.

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

2060871 L/Bdr William Oexle, Royal Artillery

2060871 Lance-Bombardier William Arthur Ronald Oexle of 310 Battery, 74th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 19th January 1941. He was 31 years old, the son of Son of William Henry and Edith Mary Oexle of Loughton, Essex. William presumably died in England during the Blitz, and he is buried in Loughton.

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

6985143 Fsr Edward Mooney, 2nd Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

6985143 Fusilier Edward Mooney of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died on the 18th January 1944. He was one of 185 British soldiers to die on this date.

Edward was born in Londonderry and was 21 years old when he died. He has no known grave and is commemorated on panel six of the Cassino Memorial in Italy.

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

Maj Vivian Alexander Chiodetti, 2nd Bn, Manchester Regt

Major Vivian Alexander Chiodetti of the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, but attached to the 3rd Burma Rifles, died on the 17th January 1942 whilst on active service in Burma. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial in the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Rangoon.

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

295610 Tpr Sidney Richard Beacham, Life Guards

295610 Trooper Sidney Richard Beacham of the Life Guards, died on the 16th January 1943. He was 22 years old and the son of Mr and Mrs S G Beacham, of Erith in Kent. He is buried in the Aleppo War Cemetery in Italy.

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

4855360 Gnr Herbert Percival Topham, Royal Artillery

4855360 Gunner Herbert Percival Topham of 330 Battery, 100 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 15th January 1944. He was 31 years old and the husband of Frances Irene Topham of Leicester. He is buried in Minturno War Cemetery in Italy.

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

5823510 Sgt William Edward Tunmore, 4th Bn, Suffolk Regt

5823510 Sergeant William Edward Tunmore of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died on the 14th January 1944. He was 35 years old, the son of William Edward and Rosa Tunmore of Ipswich, Suffolk, and the husband of Hilda May Tunmore, of Ipswich. He is one of nearly 4,000 Commonwealth war dead buried in Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore.

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

5191726 Signalman Edward Victor Druce, Royal Corps of Signals

5191726 Signalman Edward Victor Druce of the 21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, died on the 13 January 1943. He was 33 years old, the son of William and Lavinia Kate Druce, and the husband of Marjorie Ellen Druce, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Edward Druce is buried in the Labuan War Cemetery in Malaysia.

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

2595232 Signalman John William Kappelhof, Royal Corps of Signals

2595232 Signalman John William Kappelhof of the 155 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Signals' Section, Royal Corps of Signals, holds the distinction of being the only Kappelhof commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in either world war. He was 31 years old when he died and was presumably originally of German or eastern European extraction. He died on the 12th January 1943 and is buried in the Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong.

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

6699 Col Reginald Gordon Pulteney Hunter OBE, RE

Fifty-six year-old 6699 Colonel Reginald Gordon Pulteney Hunter OBE of the Royal Engineers, died on the 11th January 1940 in Malta. He was the son of Major General Woodburn Hunter and Marion Hunter and had served with the Royal Engineers during WW1 when he was twice Mentioned in Dispatches. He is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery.

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

886378 Gnr Robert Stanley Hiddleston, Royal Artillery

886378 Gunner Robert Stanley Hiddleston of 80 Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 10th January 1944. He was 24 years old, the son of Robert and Sarah Jane Hiddleston of Whitehaven, Cumberland.

Robert almost certainly died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese and he is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand.

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

7915428 Tpr Walter Henry Milner, Royal Armoured Corps

7915428 Trooper Walter Henry Milner of the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 9th January 1942. He was the son of Mr and Mrs H Milner, of Hackney in London and he is buried in Pietermaritzburg's Fort Napier Cemetery in South Africa. He was 22 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

4131223 Gnr Harold Gilligan, Royal Artillery

Twenty-two year-old 4131223 Gunner Harold Gilligan of the Royal Artillery, died on the 8th January 1943. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission tells us that he was 22 years old; the son of Thomas and Agnes Gilligan, of Manchester, and the young husband of Kathleen Gilligan, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester. He was serving with 87 Battery, the 24th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, ast the time of his death.

Harold Gilligan is buried in Guahati War Cemetery in India, one of 498 identified casualties there.

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

1587677 Gnr Reuben Baum, Royal Artillery

393 British Army personnel died on the 7th January 1943, the vast majority of these (302) at sea. I'm guessing, although I don't know for sure, that the majority of these 302 men therefore, were en route to a war zone and were on a ship or ships which were sunk as a result of enemy action. This is supposition on my part but I'd like to know for sure.

1587677 Gunner Reuben Baum of 252 Battery, 80th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, was lost at sea on this date. He was 28 years old and has no known grave. A west Londoner, Reuben is commemorated on the Medjez-El-Bab Memorial in Tunisia.

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

3328091 Pte John Gormely, 6th Bn, York & Lancs Regt

3328091 Private John Gormely of the 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment, died on the 6th January 1944 in Italy. He was 22 years old, the son of John and Mary Gormely of Cardenden, Fife. John Gormely is buried in Minturno War Cemetery.

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

748096 Gnr Edward Maley, Royal Artillery

37-year-old 748096 Gunner Edward Maley of the 80th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 5th January 1942. He was the son of James and Isabella Maley and the husband of Elizabeth Maley of Glasgow.

Gunner Maley has no known grave and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial in the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore.

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

2070906 Sapper Alfred Richard Spooner, RE

2070906 Sapper Alfred Richard Spooner of 218 Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers, died in Northern Ireland on the 4th January 1941. Sapper Spooner was born in east London and is buried in Antrim New Cemetery in County Antrim.

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

7651544 L/Cpl William Luckett, REME

7651544 Lance-Corporal William Luckett of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, died in England on the 3rd January 1944. He was 34 years old, the son of Thomas and Clara Luckett, of Plaistow, and the husband of Catherine Elizabeth Luckett, also of Plaistow. He is buried in Plaistow cemetery.

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

124688 Capt Charles Grover, Royal Artillery

124688 Captain Charles Anthony Malcolm Grover of the 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, died in Libya on the 2nd January 1943. He was 24 years old and the son of Ehret Ernest and Frieda Grover of Hexham, Northumberland. Captain Grover is buried in the war cemetery at Tripoli.

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

W/9121 Volunteer Eileen Elsie Stimson, Auxiliary Territorial Service

W/9121 Volunteer Eileen Stimson of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, died on the 1st January 1940. She was one of eight UK army personnel to die on New Year's Day in 1940.

Eileen Stimson was 21 years old when she died. She was the daughter of James and Caroline Stimson, of Finsbury Park in London and her brother James John Stimson would also died on active service in 1943 whilst serving with the Buffs.

Eileen Stimson is buried in Highgate Cemetery, London.

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