952784 Bdr Edmund B Doran, RA

952784 Bombardier Edmund Boardley Doran of 24 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 31st May 1944 in Italy. He was 27 years old, the son of John and Hannah Doran and the husband of Elsie Doran, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Edmund was born in Walsall but living in Blackpool when he enlisted. 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

2607483 CSM Thomas A Teece, 1st Bn, Grenadier Guards

2607483 CSM Thomas Archibald Teece of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on the 29th May 1940. He was 37 years old, the son of Jabez and Eliza Jane Teece, and the husband of D M Teece. Thomas Teece, whose rank was that of a warrant officer class II, was living in south west London when he enlisted. He is buried in the Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension in west Belgium.

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

6196811 Pte Victor Farebrother, 1/7th Bn, Middlesex Regt

6196811 Private Victor Farebrother of the 1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment died on the 29th May 1940. He was 37 years old, the son of Victor and Kate Farebrother, and the husband of Dorothy Mary Farebrother of Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex. He is buried in Oostduinkerke Communal Cemetery in Belgium.

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

7887335 Tpr William Ostler, RAC

As Britain, with its back to the English Channel, fought a rearguard action against the German Army on the 28th May 1940, another 549 men died on this day. 7887335 Trooper William Ostler of the 1st East Riding Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, died on this date. He was 23 years old, the son of William and Louisa Ostler of Hull. He is buried in Hotton War Cemetery in Belgium.

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

4976583 Pte Gilbert H Bilbie, 2/5th Bn, Sherwood Foresters

4976583 Private Gilbert Herbert Bilbie of the 2/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, died on the 27th May 1940, one of 849 British Army officers and men to die on this date. Herbert was 19 years old, the son of Herbert and Annie Mary Bilbie of Hallam Fields, Ilkeston. Derbyshire. He is buried in Oignies Communal Cemetery 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

6395870 Sgt Harry Rackham, 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regt

The Commonwealth war Graves Commission gives Harry Rackham's date of death as between 26th May 1940 and 4th June 1940. He was 6395870 Sergeant Harry Rackham of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment and he was killed - or died of wounds - during the desperate days in May and April 1940 when the British Army was pinned to the coastline in northern France. Had Harry managed to survive, he may well have been one of the many thousands of men rescued from the Dunkirk beaches by an unlikely flotilla of military, merchant and private vessels. As it was, he died seventy years ago today (according to the UK Roll of Honour) and is buried in Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery in Morbecque.

Harry was born in Suffolk and was living at Great Yarmouth when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he was 36 years old, the son of Edith Kindred of Hopton, Suffolk.

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

52363 Lt Edward Nutley, 2nd Bn, DLI

52363 Lieutenant Edward Nutley of the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died at Dunkirk on the 25th May 1940. He was 30 years old, the son of Edward and Mary Nutley, and the husband of Mary Caroline Nutley of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was a Bachelor of Science (Dunelm).

Lieutenant Nutley has no known grave and is one of 4506 names commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial 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

3909314 Pte John A Rabey, 1st Bn, SWB

3909314 Private John Alwyn Rabey of the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, died on the 24th May 1945. He was 25 years old, the son of David and Violet Rabey of Morriston, Swansea. He is buried in the Odessa 2nd Christian Cemetery in the Ukraine, the only CWGC commemoration buried or commemorated there.

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

6023627 Pte Leslie H V Carline, 2nd Bn, Leics Regt

6023627 Private Leslie Harold Victor Carline of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, died on the 23rd May 1941. Leslie, who was born in, and was living in, east London when he enlisted, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Athens 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

7532504 L/Cpl Martin P Klyne, RAMC

7532504 Lance-Corporal Martin Phillip Klyne of the Royal Army Medical Corps, died on the 22nd May 1943. He was born in Malaya and was living there when Britain went to war. He died whilst serving with the 1st (Malay) Field Ambulance and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial. He was the son of Mr and Mrs H M Klyne of 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

303893 Lt Edward Clough, RASC

303893 Lieutenant Edward Clough of the Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 21st May 1944. He was born in Derby but living in Southport when he enlisted. He is buried in the Nicosia War Cemetery in Cyprus.

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

4453331 Pte Cecil J Larter MM, DLI

4453331 Private Cecil J Larter MM, of the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died on the 20th May 1943. He was 20 years old, the son of Mrs A M Male of Hinckley, Leicestershire. Cecil Larter was born in Norwich and living in Leicester when he enlisted. He is buried in the 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

6970040 Cpl Albert John Clapp, 10th Bn, Rifle Brigade

6970040 Corporal Albert John Clapp of the 10th Battalion (Tower Hamlets Rifles), Rifle Brigade, died in England on the 19th May 1942. He was 22 years old, the son of of Edward and Maud Clapp of Feltham, and the husband of Grace Kate Clapp. He is buried in Feltham 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

2066363 Spr Eric Spear, RE

Cornishman, 2066363 Sapper Eric Garfield Spear of the Royal Engineers, died in North Africa on the 18th May 1942. He was 20 years old, the son of William John and Harriet Spear of Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 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

2657397 L/Cpl Malcolm Rabjohns, Coldstream Guards

2657397 Lance-Corporal Malcolm Robert Rabjohns of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, died in England on the 17th May 1943. He was 21 years old, the son of Son of Charles and Lillian Rabjohns, and the husband of Mary Madeleine Rabjohns of Yeovil. He is buried in Barwick (St Mary Magdalene) New Churchyard in Somerset.

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

109567 2nd Lt Robert C Meikle, 1st Bn, DLI

109567 Second Lieutenant Robert Coulson Meikle of the 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died on the 16th May 1941. He was 24 years old, a chartered accountant by profession, and the son of Archie Miller Meikle and Emily Meikle of Monkseaton, Northumberland. He is buried in the Halfaya Sollum 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

2584896 L/Cpl Raymond Lewry MM, Royal Corps of Signals

2584896 Lance-Corporal Raymond William Lewry MM, of the Royal Corps of Signals, died on the 25th May 1943. He was 21 years old, the son of Wilfred Warden Lewry and Hilda Mary Lewry, of South Harrow, Middlesex. He 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

5055082 L/Bdr Francis Lockett, RA

5055082 Lance Bombardier Francis Ashley Lockett of the Royal Artillery, died on the 14th May 1943. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his unit as 441 Battery 64 (1/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment. He was 23 years old, the son of James Ashley Lockett and Elizabeth Ann Lockett of Silverdale. He is buried in the Silverdale Cemetery in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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

5183651 Pte Charles Vance, 5th Bn, Gloucs Regt

5183651 Private Charles Vance of the 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, died in France on the 13th May 1940. He was the son of Charles Henry and Henrietta Vance of Gloucester. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial. Charles was 20 years old at the time of his death.

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

1782273 Gnr Cyril Munnock, Royal Artillery

1782273 Gnr Cyril Munnock of the Royal Artillery, died on the 12th May 1942. He was born in County Durham but living in Yorkshire when he enlisted. Cyril was 21years old when he died. He was serving with the 3/2 Maritime Regiment and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval 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

4272151 Bdr John Robert Dinning, RA

4272151 Bombardier John Robert Dinning of the Royal Artillery, died on the 11th May 1944. He was serving with 100 (8th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft / Anti-Tank Regiment at the time of his death and he is buried in Kohima War Cemetery in Nagaland, India. He was 22 years old, the son of John Robert and Jane Dinning, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

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

3973373 L/Bdr Leslie Horobin, RA

3973373 Lance-Bombardier Leslie Horobin of the 3/2 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, died at sea on the 10th May 1941. He was 20 years old, the son of Son of Joseph H and Harriet Ann Horobin of Longnor, Staffordshire. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval 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

14613002 Pte Crispin Spiers, 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders

14613002 Private Crispin Spiers of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (London Scottish), died on the 9th May 1944. He was 29 years old and the son of Herbert John and Jane Spiers, of Sheffield. He is buried in Padua 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

2750050 Sgt John McGuggon, Army Catering Corps

Dundee-born 2750050 Sergeant John Anderson McGuggon of the Army Catering Corps, attached to the 15th Battalion, The Black Watch, died on the 8th May 1943. He is commemorated on the Suez War 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

74973 Lt Col George W Shore OBE, RAMC

74973 Lieutenant Colonel George William Shore OBE, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, died on the 7th May 1940. He was a qualified doctor and died in the UK. He is buried in Wokingham (All Saints) Churchyard.

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

3129588 Fusilier George Leggat, 1st Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers

3129588 Fusilier George Leggat of the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, died in Madagascar on the 6th May 1942. He was from Ayrshire and is buried in the Diego Suarez 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

T/272009 Dvr Reginald Peat, RASC

T/272009 Driver Reginald William Peat of the Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 5th May 1945. He was 31 years old, the son of William Wilby Peat and Emma Peat, and the husband of Mabel Peat of Leeds, Yorkshire. He is buried in Labuan War Cemetery in Malaysia.

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

4928776 Pte Alfred T Malin, 1st Bn, Lincs Regt

4928776 Private Alfred Thomas Malin of the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, doied on the 4th May 1944. He was 21 years old, the husband of Beatrice M Malin of Weoley Castle, Birmingham. He has no known grave and is one of nearly 27,000 men 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

2622248 L/Cpl Leslie Rakes, 5th Bn, Grenadier Guards

2622248 Lance-Corporal Leslie Francis William Rakes of the 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on the 3rd May 1943. He was born in Bath and was, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the son of Albert and Alice Rakes, and the husband of Constance Rakes, of Dagenham, Essex. He died in the North African Campaign, aged 25, and is buried in the Oued Zarga 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

251826 Dvr Robert Peart, RASC

251826 Driver Robert Peart of the Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 2nd May 1941. I have been unable to find this man on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, although the UK Atmy Roll of Honour states that he was born and lived in Durham.

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

2587634 L/Cpl Raymond Hall, Royal Corps of Signals

2587634 Lance-Corporal Raymond Hall of the Royal Corps of Signals died on the 1st May 1943. He was 22 years old, the son of William Henry and Ruth Hall of Darlington, County Durham. He 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