7881120 Pte Walter Wallace Keyter, 11th Bn, King's

7881120 Private Walter Wallace Keyter of the 11th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), died on the 31st March 1941. He was 37 years old, the son of the Reverend Charles Keyter and Hannah Keyter, and the husband of Mary Keyter, of Speke, Liverpool. Walter Keyter died at home and is buried in Liverpool's Anfield Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

4615837 Pte Joel Enion, 2nd Bn, West Riding Regt

4615837 Private Joel Enion of the 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment, died on the 30th March 1942. He was born in Cheshire and living in Lancashire when he enlisted. He was 23 years old when he died, and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial in Myanmar.

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

Sources:

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

2760765 Cpl Bertie Bex, 1st Bn, Black Watch

2760765 Corporal Bertie Bex of the 1st Battalion, Black Watch, died on the 29th March 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of Bertie and Martha Ann Bex, and the husband of Eve Bex of Shildon, County Durham. He is buried in the Heliopolis War Cemetery in Egypt.

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

Sources:

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

3136353 Pte James McQuillan, 2nd Bn, KOSB

3136353 Private James McQuillan of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, died on the 28th March 1944. He was 32 years old and is buried in Chittagong War Cemetery in Bangladesh.

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Sources:

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

W/29277 Sub-Leader Iris Forbes Knapton, Auxiliary Territorial Service

W/29277 Sub-Leader Iris Forbes Knapton of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, died in England on the 27th March 1940. Iris, the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H A F Knapton (formerly of the Indian Medical Service and the 90th Punjabis during World war One) and Mrs Knapton of Lynton in Devon, had been born in India. She was 30 years old when she died and she is buried in Lynton Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

953106 Gnr Arthur Chisnall, RA

953106 Gunner Arthur Chisnall of the 67th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 26th March 1942. He was the son of Charles and Alice Chisnall of Ipswich in Suffolk and was 22 years old at the time of his death. He is buried in Tobruk War Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

228367 Capt Clive Moncrieff, 2nd Airborne Bn

228367 Captain Clive Moncrieff was attached to the 2nd Airborne Battalion when he died in Euroope on the 25th March 1944. He was 23 years old, the son of Alan and Lilian Moncrieff of Wadhurst in Sussex. He'd originally joined the Leicestershire Regiment, transferred to the Ox and Bucks and was then attache dto the 2nd Airborne. He died in the fighting in Germany and is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

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Sources:

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

46396 Maj Victor Saxon, RASC

As a lieutenant and acting major with the Kent Cyclist Battalion during the First World War, Victor Duncan John Saxon had been Mentioned in Dispatches in 1917. It's possible that he carved out a career for himself with the army after the First World War ended, but in any event he was certainly a major at the time of his death on the 24th March 1941.

Victor Saxon was born in Kent in 1887, his birth registered in the Sheppey district in the September quarter of that year. He was the son of John and Emily Saxon and the husband of Elizabeth Mabel Saxon (nee Rhodes). He had married Elizabeth in Canterbury in 1916.

Victor Saxon is buried in Ismailia War memorial Cemetery in Egypt.

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Sources:

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

6105456 Pte Richard Ronnie Raggett, 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders

6105456 Private Richard Ronnie Raggett of the 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, died on the 23rd March 1944. He was 20 years old, the son of Charles Victor and Nellie Raggett of Farncombe, Surrey. He is buried in Imphal War Cemetery in India.

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

Sources:

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

3444059 Cpl Walter Haworth, 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers

3444059 Corporal Walter Haworth of the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died on the 22nd March 1940 in France. He was 30 years old, the son of James Alfred and Rose Haworth of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester. He is buried in Choloy War Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

6977420 Fsr William Mooney, 2nd Bn, Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers

6977420 Fusilier William Mooney, 2nd Battalion, Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers, died on the 21st March 1944. He was 29 years old and came from Londonderry. He is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial in Italy.

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Sources:

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

7916304 Tpr Charles Henry Joseph Maltby, RAC

7916304 Trooper Charles Maltby of the 3rd Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 20th March 1943. He was born in Chester and living in Doncaster when he enlisted. He was 32 years old at the time of his death and, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, was the son of John Joseph and Margaret Maltby, of Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire; husband of Edna Maltby, of Bentley.

Charles Maltby has no known grave and 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

843527 Gnr William James Thirkeld, RA

843527 Gunner William Thirkeld of the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 19th March 1941 in Eritrea. William was 26 years old, the son of John and Maria Thirkeld of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is buried in Keren War Cemetery.

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Sources:

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

4859972 L/Sgt Douglas David Spence, 2/5th Leics Regt

4859972 Lance-Sergeant Douglas David Spence of the 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment died in North Africa on the 18th March 1943. He was 24 years old, the son of Tom and Elizabeth Spence of Narborough, Leicestershire. He is buried in Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery in Tunisia.

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

Sources:

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

14314503 Pte Denis O'Hara, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

14314503 Private Denis O'Hara of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died in India on the 17th March 1945. He was 21 years old, the son of David and Catherine O'Hara, of Glasgow. He is buried in the Imphal War Cemetery in Manipur.

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

Sources:

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

4751983 L/Cpl John Purdue, 7th Bn, Green Howards

4751983 Lance-Corporal John Purdue of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire regiment), died in North Africa on the 16th March 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of Harold Edwin and Mabel Alice Rose Purdue of Histon, Cambridgeshire. John was born in East London and living in Essex when he enlisted. He has no known grave and 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

2818461 Fsr Joseph Falcus, 9th Bn, Royal Northumnberland Fusiliers

2818461 Fusilier Joseph Falcus of the 9th Battalion, Royal Northumnberland Fusiliers, died on the 15th March 1942. He was 32 years old, the son of Alfred Ernest and Mary Charlotte Falcus of Sunderland, Co. Durham, and the husband of Margaret Elty Grace Falcus of Roker, Sunderland. 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

13115804 Pte James William Frisken, Pioneer Corps

13115804 Private James William Frisken of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 14th March 1944. He was 31 years old, the son of George Barker Frisken and Frances Annie Frisken, and the husband of Doris Frisken, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He is buried in the Beach Head War Cemetery at Anzio.

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

Sources:

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

3252384 Pte Robert J Gordon, 2nd Bn, South Lancs Regt

3252384 Private Robert James Gordon of the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, died on the 13th March 1944. He was 30 years old and the son of Alexander and Susan Gordon of Coatbridge, Lancashire. He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar.

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

Sources:

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

D/5046963 L/Cpl Albert Edward Smith, 8th Bn, Cheshire Regt

D/5046963 Lance-Corporal Albert Edward Smith of the 8th (Home Defence) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, died on the 12th March 1941. The UK Army Roll of Honour states that he originally enlisted with the North Staffordshire Regiment and transferred at some point to the Cheshire Regiment.

Albert Smith was born in Rotherham and enlisted at Nottingham. He is buried in Birkenhead's Landican Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

5774113 Pte Cecil Frank Hall, 5th Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt

5774113 Private Cecil Frank Hall of the 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment died on the 11th March 1944. He was a Norfolk-born man but was living in south-east London at the time of his enlistment.

Cecil Hall is buried in Yokohma War Cemetery in Japan. 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

5619925 L/Sgt Christopher Kiff, 1st Bn, Devonshire Regt

5619925 Lance-Sergeant Christopher Kiff of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died on the 10th March 1945. He was a Devonshire man who died In Burma, possibly as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

W/52953 Pte Elsie Higgs, Auxiliary Territorial Services

W/52953 Private Elsie Higgs of the Auxiliary Territorial Services, died on the 9th March 1940 in England. Elsie was a Manchester-born girl and was just 18 when she died. She was the daughter of Frederick and Esther Hannah Higgs, of Gorton in Manchester and she is buried in Manchester's Gorton Cemetery,

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

Sources:

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

4974184 L/Cpl George Longden, 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters

4974184 Lance-Corporal George Longden of the 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, died on the 8th March 1940 in Israel. He was 23 years old and was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire. He is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery.

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

Sources:

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

1778545 Gnr Ernest Park, Royal Artillery

1778545 Gunner Ernest Park of the Royal Artillery, died on the 7th March 1943. He was 22 years old and was serving with 171 Battery, 57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment when he died. He was the son of Arthur and Kate Park of Briantspuddle, Dorchester in Dorset and 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

210875 Lt Oliver Womack, RE

210875 Lieutenant Oliver Frederick Oswald Womack of the 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers, died on the 6th March 1944 in Burma. Oliver, born in Ceylon, was 21 years old and the son of Oswald Cedric and Agnes Christian Womack of Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial in Burma.


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Sources:

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

5831241 Pte Charles Kitchener Stiff, 2nd Bn, Cambridgeshire Regt

5831241 Pte Charles Kitchener Stiff of the 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died in Malaya on the 5th March 1942. Charles was a Suffolk man, the son of James and Elizabeth Stiff of Beyton in Suffolk. He was 25 years olf and is buried in Kuala Lumpur (Cheras Road) Civil Cemetery in Malaysia.

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

Sources:

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

5624742 Pte John Venn Ellis, Devonshire Regt

5624742 Private John Venn Ellis of the Devonshire Regiment, died in England on the 4th March 1940. He is buried in Torquay cemetery and extension in Devon.

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

Sources:

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

2885208 Pte Stanley Meikle, 6th Bn, Gordon Highlanders

2885208 Private Stanley Meikle of the 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, died on the 3rd March 1944. He was 28 years old, the son of Andrew and Mary Meikle of Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Stanley Meikle is buried in the Beach Head War Cemetery in Anzio.

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

Sources:

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

4696167 Gnr Peter Roche, RA

4696167 Gunner Peter Roche of 3 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, died at sea on the 2nd March 1945. He was the son of Robert Henry and Annie Roche of Knaresborough in Yorkshire, and the husband of Edith Roche.

Peter Roche has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

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

Sources:

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