2090176 Sgt John Basher Barnicoat, RE

2090176 Sergeant John Basher Barnicoat of 573 Field Company, Royal Engineers, died on the 30th April 1943. He was 32 years old, the son of Thomas and Lily Barnicoat, and the husband of Marie Louise Barnicoat, of St. Mawes, Cornwall. He died in North Africa and is buried in the Enfidaville 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

14382113 Pte Thomas Frederick Dodd, Pioneer Corps

14382113 Private Thomas Frederick Dodd of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 29th April 1944. He was the son of George Frederick and Florence Beatrice Dodd of Enfield, Middlesex. He is buried in the Buchanan Churchyard Extension in Stirlingshire.

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

6344099 Sgt James Ernest Hawkins, 1st Bn, Royal West Kent Regt

6344099 Sergeant James E Hawkins of the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died on the 28th April 1943. He was the son of Charles John and Mary Victoria Hawkins of Farnham, Surrey, and the husband of Mary Hawkins, of Hampstead Norris, Berkshire. He has no known gave and is commemorated on the Mejdez-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

49424 Pte Agatha M Speechly, Auxiliary Territorial Service

49424 Pte Agatha Muriel Speechly of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, died on the 27th April 1942. The UK Army Roll of Honour spells her name as SPEECHELEY. She was 35 years old, the daughter of Tom Burge Speechly and Jessie Speechly, of Horrabridge. She is buried in the St John The Baptist Churchyard at Horrabridge, Devon.

Capt Bernard Oates Kime, 1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regt

Captain Bernard Oates Kime of the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, died on the 26th April 1945. He was born in Leeds and was living in Kent when he enlisted. At the tiem of his deah he was 41 years old, the husband of Ethel Kime of Dover. Captain Kime, who was Mentioned in Dispatches, died in the European Campaign and is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery in Germany.

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

3390726 Pte Richard W Park, 7th Bn, East Lancs Regt

3390726 Private Richard W Park of the 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, died in England on the 25th April 1941. He was born in Lancashire and was living in Barrow-in-Furness when he enlisted. He was the son of Timothy James Park and Mary Hannah Park of Coniston, and the husband of G R Park of Leicester.

Richard Park was 24 years old when he died. He is buried in St Andrew's Church cemetery at Coniston in the Lake District.

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

4034604 Pte Alfred Welsby, 1st Bn, King's Shropshire LI

4034604 Private Alfred Leslie Welsby of the 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, died on the 24th April 1943. He was 24 years old, the son of Ernest and Annie Welsby of Frankwell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) indicates that he had been Mentioned in Dispatches.

Alfred Welsby is buried in the Massicault War Cemetery in Tunisia; CWGC gives some background:

"In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. The campaign began on 8 November 1942, when Commonwealth and American troops made a series of landings in Algeria and Morocco. The Germans responded immediately by sending a force from Sicily to northern Tunisia, which checked the Allied advance east in early December. Meanwhile, in the south, the Axis forces defeated at El Alamein were withdrawing into Tunisia along the coast through Libya, pursued by the Allied Eighth Army. By mid April 1943, the combined Axis force was hemmed into a small corner of north-eastern Tunisia and the Allies were grouped for their final offensive. Many of those buried at Massicault War Cemetery died in the preparation for the final drive to Tunis in April 1943 and in that advance at the beginning of May. The cemetery contains 1,576 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 130 of them unidentified."

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Sources:

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

2010497 Sapper Robert Purdie, RE

2010497 Sapper Robert Purdie of 1003 Docks Operating Company,Royal Engineers, died on the 23rd April 1943. He was born in Kircudbrightshire and was living in Dumfriesshire when he enlisted.

Robert was the son of William and Emily Purdie, and the husband of Elizabeth M. Purdie of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. He was 25 years old when he died and he is commemorated on Face 4 of the Athens Memorial; one of nealy 3000 men remembered here. The memorial stands within Phaleron War Cemetery and commemorates members of the land forces of the Commonwealth who lost their lives during the campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 and 1944-1945, in the Dodecanese Islands in 1943-1945 and in Yugoslavia in 1943-1945, and who have no known grave.

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

14546218 Pte Harry Jarvis, 2nd Bn, West Yorks Regt

14546218 Private Harry John Jarvis of the 2nd Battalion, West Yorks Regiment, died on the 22nd April 1944. He was the son of Harry and Kate Janis, of Settrington, Yorkshire, and was 20 years old when he died. He hs no known grave and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial.

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

6969230 Rfm Frederick James Padwick, 10th Bn, Rifle Brigade

6969230 Rifleman Frederick James Padwick of the 10th Battalion (2nd Battalion, The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Rifle Brigade, died on the 21st April 1942. He was the son of Percival and Matilda Padwick, and the husband of Muriel Hilda Padwick, of East Ham. He is buried in the City of London Cemetery at Manor Park.

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

533671 Staff Sgt Robert Metherell, RAC

533671 Staff Sergeant Robert Metherell of the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 20th April 1940. He was 43 years old, the son of Robert and Jessie Metherell, and the husband of Dorothy Metherell, of Clifton, York. He is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel.

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

7611229 Pte Ernest Oakes, RAOC

7611229 Private Ernest Oakes of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died on the 19th April 1940. He was a Manchester-born man, living in the city when he enlisted. Ernest was the son of Edward Thomas Oakes and Margaret Oakes of West Gorton, Manchester, and was 33 years old at the time of his death. He is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery at Thelus in France.

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

6985801 Sgt Charles Parkin, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

6985801 Sergeant Charles Reginald Parkin of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers died on the 18th April 1943. He was 23 years old, the son of Robert and Florence Ellen Parkin. of Skillington, Lincolnshire. He is buried in Faenza War Cemetery in Italy.

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

132903 Lt-Col Ivor Birts, RA

132903 Lieutenant-Colonel Ivor Watkins Birts of the Royal Artillery, died in England on the 17th April 1944. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives the following additional information:

"Son of William Lomas Watkins Birts and of Lilian Grace Birts (nee Stephens); husband of Marie Josephine Birts (nee Bain), of Westminster, London. B.A. (Oxon.). Barrister."

Lt-Colonel Watkins is buried in Newquay's Fairpark 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

T/202102 Dvr Albert Gadsden, RASC

T/202102 Driver Albert Gadsden of the Royal Army Service Corps, died in North Africa on the 16th April 1941. He is buried in the Tobruk 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

3053489 Cpl William Goudie, Suffolk Regt

3053489 Corporal William Goudie of the Suffolk Regiment died on the 15th April 1944. He was 31 years old, Glasgow born and bred, and had originally enlisted with the Royal Scots. He is buried in Imphal 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

5831449 L/Cpl Alfred Edwin Daniell, The Queen's Royal Regiment, West Surrey

5831449 Lance-Corporal Alfred Edwin Daniell of The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died on the 14th April 1944. He was 28 years old, the son of Edwin and Fanny Daniell of Lewisham, and the husband of Nellie May Daniell, of Guildford. Surrey. He is buried in Lewisham (Hither Green) 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

5346790 L/Cpl David Quinn, 6th Bn, Royal West Kent Regt

5346790 Lance-Corporal David Quinn of the 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died on the 13th April 1945. He was 24 years old, the foster-son of Mr and Mrs E G Greenway, of West Croydon, Surrey. He was was born in Glamorgan but was living in Croydon when he enlisted. He is buried in Faenza War Cemetery in Italy.

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

6846812 Rfm Stanley Charles Keem, 9th Bn, KRRC

6846812 Rifleman Stanley Charles Keem of the 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, died on the 12th April 1941 during the Crete and Greece campaign. He was 22 years old, the son of Charles and Caroline Keem of Shepherd's Bush, London, and he is commemorated on the Athens Memorial in the Phaleron 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

6479554 L/Cpl Charles Trussler, 4th Bn, Royal West Kent Regt

6479554 Lance-Corporal Charles Roy Trussler of the 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died on the 11th April 1944. He was 23 years old, the son of John and Eliza Trussler, and the husband of Jane Elizabeth Trussler, of Perivale, Middlesex. He is buried in Kohima 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

145714 Lt Reginald Jutsum, RA

145714 Lieutenant Reginald Jutsum of 5 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 10th April 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of Kingsland and Edith Annie Jutsum of Anchor Head, Somerset, and the husband of Constance Jutsum, of Knightsbridge, London. The UK Army Roll of Honour notes that he was living in Birmingham when he enlisted and that he was a deputy company commander.

Lieutenant Jutsum is buried in the Medjez-el-Bab 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

15872 Lt Col Donald Bryan DSO, 7th Bn, Royal West Kent Regt

15872 Liuetenant-Colonel Donald Charles Seymour Bryan DSO, the commanding officer of the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died in England on the 9th April 1942. He was the son of William and Edith Mary Bryan, and the husband of Joan Bryan, of Sutton, Surrey. As well as his DSO he had also been mentioned in dispatches. He is buried in Brookwood Military 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

7015490 Cpl Albert Lyttle MM, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

7015490 Corporal Albert Lyttle MM of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died on the 8th April 1944. He was 23 years old, the husband of Margaret Lyttle of Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He is buried in the Cassino 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

5670617 Pte Cecil Callar, 2nd Bn, Somerset Light Infantry

5670617 Private Cecil Callar of the 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, died on the 7th April 1943. He was a local man, 28 years old, the son of William T and Kate Callar of Tolland, Somerset. 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

3195155 Pte Gordon Strowger, 5th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders

Four hundred and sixty-six men died on the 6th April 1943. Twenty-seven year old 3195155 Private Gordon Strowger of the 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders lost his life in North Africa. He was a Manchester-born man, living in Manchester when he joined up. He was the son of Ernest and Elizabeth Freeman, and the husband of Ivy Strowger of Lower Broughton, Salford, Lancashire. He is buried in the Sfax War Cemetery in Tunisia.

The Commonwealth War Gaves Commission states:

"In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. In the south, the Axis forces, defeated in Egypt at El Alamein, withdrew into Tunisia along the coast through Libya, pursued by the Allied Eighth Army. Most of those buried in Sfax War Cemetery died in attacks on successive Axis positions at Medenine, the Marith Line and Wadi Akarit, in March and April 1943. The cemetery contains 1,253 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 52 of them unidentified."

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

7614961 Pte James Hullah, RAOC

7614961 Private James Hullah of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died on the 5th April 1942. He was a 23 year old Yorkshireman from Leeds and he died in Egypt. He is buried in Port Said War Memorial 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

234455 Dvr Antonio Mastaglio, RASC

234455 Driver Antonio Mastaglio of the Royal Army Service Corps, the son of Antonio Augustus and Helena Mastaglio, and the husband of Helen Anderson Mastaglio, of Glasgow, died on the 4th April 1941. He was 34 years old and is buried in Glasgow's St Kentigern's Roman Catholic 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

2615738 L/Sgt Eric Weems, 2nd Bn, Grenadier Guards

2615738 Lance-Sergeant Eric Weems of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on the 3rd April 1945. He was an Oldham man, 28-years-old, and is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

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

2078531 Sapper Frederick Cherry, RE

2078531 Sapper Frederick James Bernard Cherry of the Royal Engineers, died on the 2nd April 1940. He was 26 years old, the son of of Alfred and Rose Cherry of Stagsden, Bedfordshire, and the husband of Isobel Margaret Cherry of Roath Park, Cardiff. He is buried in St Leonard's Churchyard in Stagsden.

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

2569458 Sjt Edward Arthur Pexton, Royal Corps of Signals

2569458 Serjeant Edward Arthur Pexton of the Royal Corps of Signals, died in Italy on the 1st April 1944. He was 29 years old, the son of Sidney Chatham Pexton and Nellie Pexton of Stratford in Essex. He is buried in the Cassino War Cemetery, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome.

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