4470213 L/Cpl Kenneth Byrom, 16th Bn, DLI

4470213 L/Cpl Kenneth Byrom of the 16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died on the 1st March 1943. He was 22 yewars old and the son of Ernest and Alice Ann Byrom of Blackburn, Lancashire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Face 28 of the Mejdez-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

14321644 Gnr John Heptonstall, RA

14321644 Gunner John Heptonstall of 31 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery died on the 28th February 1944. He was the son of John and Helena Heptonstall of Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire.

John Heptonstall was 19 years old when he died. He is buried in the Casino 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

6851135 Rfm George David Inns, 2nd Bn, KRRC

S6851135 Rifleman George David Inns of the 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps died on the 27th February 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of Alfred David and Selina Inns, and the husband of May Rosina Inns, of Forest Gate, Essex. He is buried in the Medjez-El-Bab cemetery 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

1725509 Gnr John Whitter, RA

1725509 Gunner John Whitter of 7 Battery, 4th Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery died - presumably at sea - on the 26th February 1942. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval 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

947602 Bdr George Herbert Haslem, RA

947602 Bombardier George Herbert Haslem of 129 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 25th February 1944. A native of Halifax, George was the son of Harold and Beatrice Maud Haslem, and the husband of Muriel Haslem of Gomersal in Yorkshire. He was 25 years old at the time of his death and is buried in Imphal War Cemetery in Manipur, India.

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

S/58167 Pte Reginald Tyas, RASC

S/58167 Private Reginald Tyas of the Royal Army Service Corps was 31 years old when he died on the 24th February 1941. Reginald - or probably "Reg" to those who knew him - was born in Middlesex but living in Sheffield when he enlisted. He was the son of William and Alice Tyas, of Sheffield and he is buried in the City of Westminster (Paddington) Cemetery in Mill Hill, 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

1416589 Pte Eric Sydney Kelsall, Military Police

Staffordshire-born 1416589 Pte Eric Sydney Kelsall of the Corps of Military Police, died in England on the 23rd February 1943. He was 46 years old, the son of Sydney and Emily Ann Kelsall, and the husband of Violet Emily Kelsall, of Cliftonville, Kent. The UK Army Roll of Honour notes that his place of residence was Middlesex.

Eric Kelsall served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Engineers during the First World War, arriving overseas in August 1915. He is buried in Norwich Cemetery in Norfolk.

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

281345 Lieutenant Robert Yeoman Egdell, General List

281345 Lieutenant Robert Yeoman Egdell; on the Army General List, died on the 22nd February 1944. He was 33 years old and the son of Henry James Egdell and Isabella Egdell. He was also married; the husband of Winifred Egdell of Colgrain, Dunbartonshire. He is buried in Pembroke Military Cemetery in Malta.

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

1861541 S Sgt Thomas Munford, RE

1861541 Staff Sergeant Thomas Alexander Munford of 8 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers, died in England on the 21st February 1941. He was 33 years old, the son of Mr and Mrs J A Munford, and the husband of Gladys Edith Munford.

Thomas Munford was born in Angus, Scotland, but living in Plymouth when he enlisted. He is buried in Plymouth's Efford 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

168755 Lt Thomas George Quilter, RE

168755 Lieutenant Thomas George Quilter of the Royal Engineers, died on the 20th February 1943. He was a native of New Zealand and, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Quilter, and the husband of Clara Quilter of Mataura, Southland, New Zealand.

Thomas Quilter is buried in Bone War Cemetery, Annaba in Algeria.

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Sources:

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

T/2205875 CQMS Frank Axon, RASC

T/2205875 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Frank Axon of the Royal Army Service Corps died in England on the 19th February 1945. He was born in south East London but living in Minehead when he joined the army. At the time of his death he was 43 years old and was, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the son of William Henry and Louisa Axon, and the husband of Catherine Agnes Axon, of Kentish Town, London.

Frank Axon is buried in the Roman Catholic section of Minehead Cemetery in Somerset.

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

269264 2nd Lt William Megaw, Somerset Light Infantry

269264 Second Lieutenant William Laurence Megaw of the Somerset Light Infantry had been seconded to the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died on the 18th February 1943. He was 19 years old and the son of the Reverend William Rutledge Megaw and Mabel Megaw of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

William Megaw has no known grave and is commemrorated on the Rangoon Memorial in Myanmar.

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

5774337 L/Cpl Jack Raymond Leamon, 4th Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt

5774337 Lance-Corporal Jack Raymond Leamon of the 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, died on the 17th February 1942. He was 21 years old and a native of Norwich. He is 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

80362 Lt John Sharman Franey MC, Royal Artillery

80362 Lieutenant John Sharman Franey MC of the Royal Artillery, died on the 16th February 1940. He was the son of John Sharman Franey and Mary Ethelind Franey and was a career soldier, having served as a Lieutenant, and later acting captain, with the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War. His surviving medal index card at the National Archives indicates that he had been overseas since the 15th January 1915 and the award of the Military Cross dates to the Great War. It was gazetted on the 31st May 1918.

Lt Franey died in England and is buried in Effingham (Our Lady of Sorrows) Roman Catholic 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

5825877 Cpl Victor Albert Flatt, 4th Bn, Suffolk Regt

5825877 Corporal Victor Albert Flatt of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died on the 15th February 1943. He was 35 years old and died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He is buried in Chunkai 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

6408458 L/Cpl Herbert Pile, 1st Bn, Royal Sussex Regt

6408458 L/Cpl Herbert Pile of the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, died on the 14th February 1944. He was 26 years old, the son of Sidney and Gertrude Pile of Beddingham in Sussex. He is buried in the Cassino 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

T/231275 Dvr John Theodore Sakne, RASC

Two hundred and eighty British Army officers and men died on this single day in 1942 and John Sakne was one of these men. He was 29 years old and attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps at the time of his death. He was the son of Theodore and Elizabeth Sakne of Liverpool, and the husband of Ivy Sakne, of Waterloo, Liverpool. He is buried in the Kranji 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

2819738 Cpl James Alexander Jappy, 7th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders

2819738 Corporal James Alexander Jappy of the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, died on the 12th February 1945. He was 24 years old and the son of James and Jamesina Jappy of Woodside, Aberdeen.

James Jappy was born in Banffshire and living in Moray when he enlisted. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.

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

318096 Sgt Thomas Tighe, 9th Bn, KOYLI

318096 Sergeant Thomas Tighe of the 9th (The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died on the 11th February 1944. He was 23 years old and the son of Brian Joseph and Emily Amelia Tighe of Goole, Yorkshire. He is buried in the El Alia cemetery in Algeria.

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

320389 Cpl Harry Winnard, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, RAC

320389 Corporal Harry Winnard of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 10th February 1943. He was 23 years old, the son of Charles and Mary Winnard and the husband of Joan Winnard of Dunnington, Yorkshire.

Harry Winnard has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein 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

2082504 L/Sgt Hubert Cowell Mulkern, Royal Artillery

2082504 Lance-Sergeant Hubert Cowell Mulkern of the 5th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 9th February 1942. He was 24 years old and the son of Alfred Courtney Mulkern and Adeline Marguerite Mulkern of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. He had originally enlisted with the Royal Engineers and later transferred to the Royal Artillery.

Hubert Mulkern has no known grave and is commemorated on the Singapore 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

6028695 Pte Leonard Daunter, 4th Bn, Suffolk Regt

Two hundred and sixty seven British soldiers died on this single day in 1944. 6028695 Private Leonard Daunter of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was one of those casualties. He was 32 years old, the son of William Thomas Daunter and Emily Daunter of Taynton, Gloucestershire. He died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese and is buried in Chungkai 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

5731171 Pte Edward L Vandenberg, Dorset Regt

5731171 Private Edward L Vandenberg of the Dorsetshire Regiment, died on the 7th February 1941. He was born in south east London and was living in Kent at the time of his enlistment. I have been unable to find him commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's roll of honour.

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

Source:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)

T/238161 Dvr Irving John Childs, RASC

Sussex-born T/238161 Driver Irving John Childs of the Royal Army Service Corps, died in Africa on the 6th February 1943. He is buried in Tripoli War Cemetery in Libya.

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

183499 Lt John Sandell, RA

183499 Lieutenant (Quartermaster) John Sandells, RA183499 Lt John Sydney Ryles Sandell of the Royal Artillery, died on the 5th February 1942. He was born in Plymouth and was living there at the time of his enlistment. He is buried in Pembroke Military Cemetery on the island of Malta.

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

2720909 Guardsman Sydney Geering, 1st Bn, Irish Guards

2720909 Guardsman Sydney Geering of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, died on the 4th February 1944. He was 28 years old and the son of George and Emma Geering of Goole, Yorkshire. He is buried in the Anzio 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

T/221322 Dvr Edward Arthur Mizon, RASC

T/221322 Driver Edward Arthur Mizon of the 52nd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 3rd February 1942. He was 32 years old, the son of Mr and Mrs George Mizon, and the husband of Alice Mizon, of Whepstead, Suffolk, England. He died in South Africa and is buried in the Pietermaritzburg (Fort Napier) 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

6922583 Rfm Felix Alfred Walter Moutell, 7th Bn, Rifle Brigade

6922583 Rifleman Felix Alfred Walter Moutell of the 7th Battalion (1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade), The Rifle Brigade, died on the 2nd February 1943. He was the son of Alfred Joseph and Ida Amy Moutell of Stepney in east London.

Felix Moutell died whilst on active service in North Africa, and he is buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery in Acroma, Libya.

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

1899946 Dvr John Rymer, Royal Engineers

Bootle-born, 1899946 Driver John Rymer of 68 Chemical Warfare Company, Royal Engineers died on the 1st February 1942. He was 38 years old; the son of John and Hannah Emily Rymer, and the husband of Bessie Rymer of High Park, Stockport. John Rymer died in England and is buried in St Cuthbert's churchyard in Southport.

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