3713433 Pte Mark Hutton, 5th Bn, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

3713433 Private Mark Hutton of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), died on the 30th June 1940. He was 21 years old, the son of John James Hutton and Ann Hutton of Askam-in-Furness, Lancashire. He is buried in Brigge Central 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

3446249 Pte George K Lord, RAOC

I was a day ahead of myself yesterday, consequently here's what I should have written:

3446249 Private George Kenneth Lord of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died in the Fare East on the 28th June 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of James and Sarah Lord, and the husband of Elizabeth Ellen Lord, of Yeadon, Yorkshire. He was part of the 18th Divisional Ordnance Workshop and presumably died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

2761350 Pte Robert E A Doig, 8th Bn, Black Watch

2761350 Private Robert Erskine Anderson Doig of the 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), died in Scotland on the 29th June 1940. He was 45 years old, the son of Robert and Agnes Doig, and the husband of Margaret Doig, of Leven. He is buried in Scoonie Cemetery in Fifeshire.

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

14838064 Craftsman Donald Farrar, REME

14838064 Craftsman Donald Farrar of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, died on the 27th June 1945. He is buried in Batley Cemetery in Yorkshire.

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

14343871 Rfm Ronald Marchant, KRRC

The UK Army Roll of Honour notes that 14343871 Rifleman Ronald Marchant of the Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles, died on the 26th June 1941. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, however, records that he served with the 12th (2nd Bn. The Queen's Westminsters) Battalion,King's Royal Rifle Corps and died on the 26th June 1944. He was 21 years old, the son of Alfred and Angelina Marchant of Brighton, Sussex and the husband of Constance Freda Marchant of Brighton. He is buried in St. Manvieu War Cemetery in Cheux, France.

Coincidentally, another R Marchant also died on the 26th June. R/92040 Flight Sergeant Robert Cresswell Marchant of the Royal Canadian Air Force died on the same day in 1942. He was 23 years old, the son of Herbert and Nellie Marchant of Shalalth, British Columbia, Canada. He is buried in Terschelling (West Terschelling)General Cemetery in Friesland, Holland.

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

7611837 L/Cpl Albert Iball, RAOC

7611837 Lance-Corporal Albert Iball of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died on the 25th June 1942. He was 23 years old, the son of Albert W and Edith Iball of Langold, Nottinghamshire. He is buried in the El Alamein 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

T/6986274 Dvr Cyril Knighton, RASC

6986274 Driver Cyril Knighton of 299 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 24th June 1944. He was 20 years old, the son of Samuel Knighton and of Mary E Knighton, of Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. He is buried in Hermanville War 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

1470551 Gnr Adrian M Anthonisz, RA

1470551 Gunner Adrian Martainsz Anthonisz of 3 HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 23rd June 1944. He was a Singapore National, the husband of R S Anthonisz of Singapore. Adrian was 22 years old when he died, and he is commemorated on the Singapore 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

7371739 Sgt Harold Loates, RAMC

7371739 Sergeant Harold Loates of the Royal Army Medical Corps, died on the 22nd June 1944. He was 27 years old and the husband of Margaret Loates of Peckham in south London. He is buried in the Tel El Kebir War Memorial 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

13059071 Pte Samuel G Straiton, Pioneer Corps

13059071 Private Samuel George Straiton of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 21st June 1945. He was 31 years old, the son of James Scott Straiton and Margaret Allen Straiton, and the husband of Beatrice May Straiton, of Newbury, Berkshire. He died in Holland and is buried in the Almelo General Cemetery in Overijssel. He is one of 19 Commonwealth dead buried 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

818583 Gnr John E Hardisty, RA

818583 Gunner John Edward Hardisty of the 25th Field Regiment died on the 20th June 1942. He was 33 years old, the son of of Amos Harry and Mary Hardisty of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

70733 Capt Leicester Little, RA

70733 Captain Leicester Little of the Royal Artillery, died on the 19th June 1944. At the time of his death, aged 29, he was attached to 662 A.O.P. Squadron, Royal Air Force. He was the son of Arthur and Mary Jane Little and the husband of Verna Elizabeth Little of Sunderland, County Durham. He is buried in Bayeux War 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

1892093 Spr Norman R Manicom, RE

According to the UK Roll of Honour 1939-1945, 1892093 Sapper Norman Richard Manicom of 262 Field Company, Royal Engineers, died on the 18th June 1941. The Commonwealth war Graves Commission gives 18th June 1940. He was 22 years old, the son of Edward J Manicom and Ethel M Manicom of Woking in Surrey. He is buried in Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery in Poland.

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

277672 Capt Patrick Toolan MM, 1/7th Queen's Royal Regt

277672 Captain Patrick Toolan MM of the 1/7th Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died on the 17th June 1944. He was born in Belfast and was living there when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission states that he was serving with the Gordon Highlanders and was attached to the Queen's Royal Regiment. He was 26 years old when he died, and was the son of Bernard and Catherine Toolan of Belfast. He is buried in Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery in France. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of his 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
WW1 Cemeteries for the image on this post

851151 Gnr Cecil A E Canelle, RA

851151 Gunner Cecil Albert Edward Canelle of the 9the Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 16th June 1943. He was 28 years old, the son of Frederick and Harriet Canelle of Lower Tooting, Surrey. He is buried in Kanchaanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand.

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

5566506 Pte John Lewis Rockett, 2d Bn, Wilts Regt

5566506 Private John L Rockett of the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, died in England on the 15th June 1940. He was 32 years old, the son of Henry (Harry) W T Rockett and Matilda Ann Rockett, and the husband of Hilda May Rockett of Creech St Michael. He is buried in St Michael Creech 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

905149 Gnr Thomas R Holliday, RA

905149 Gunner Thomas Reid Holliday of 203 Battery, 51st (The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery died on the 14th June 1941. Thomas was from Cumberland, the son of Gladstone and Mary Little Holliday, of Workington. He was 21 years old when he died. He is buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery in North Africa.

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

550638 Sgt George F Gramson, RAC

550638 Sergeant George Frederick Gramson of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) Royal Armoured Corps, died in North Africa on the 13th June 1942. He was 28 years old and from south east London. He is commemorated on the Alamein 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

7015875 L/Cpl Victor G Pratt, 2nd Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles

7015875 Lance-Corporal Victor George Pratt of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles died on the 12th June 1944. He was the son of George Albert and Edith Florence Pratt, and the husband of Florence Beatrice Pratt, of West Norwood, London. He is buried in La Delivrande War Cemetery in Douvres.

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

856840 Bdr Douglas Whyte, RA

856840 Bombardier Douglas Whyte of the 90th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died in England on the 11th June 1942. Douglas was born in Coatbridge and living in Perth when he enlisted. He is buried in Brighton's Bear Road City 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

7942036 Cpl Samuel Foxon, RAC

7942036 Corporal Samuel Nevil Foxon of the 26th Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died in India on the 10th June 1943. He was 32 years old, the son of Samuel and Rhoda Louisa Foxon of Leicester, and the husband of Hilda Foxon, of Humberstone, Leicestershire. He is buried in the Madras War Cemetery in Chennai.

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

408550 Pte William Clouston, Parachute Regt

D-Day + 3. Another 248 men died on the 9th June 1944 and 408550 Private William Clouston of the Parachute Regiment (South Lancashire Regiment, Prince of Wales' Volunteers)was one of those men. He had originally enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps (14th/20th King's Hussars) and later transferred to the Paras. He was born in Clackmannanshire and died in France. He was 28 years old, the son of James and Marion Clouston of Coalsnaughton, Clackmannanshire. He is buried in Ranville 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

4917259 Sgt John Shorthose, 7th Bn, South Staffordshire Regt

D-Day + 2. The UK Army Roll of Honour notes that 4917259 Sergeant John F Shorthose died on the 8th June 1944. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission however, notes that John Edward Shorthose, the son of William and Annie Shorthose, of Burntwood, Staffordshire, died on the 8th July 1944. He was 23 years old and is buried in Brouay 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

7016376 Cpl Albert J E Kohler, 2nd Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles

D-Day + 1. 7016376 Corporal Albert John Edward Kohler of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, died in northern France on the 7th June 1944. He was 24 years old, the son of Albert Edward and Daisy Ethel Kohler, and the husband of Doris Hilda Kohler, of Bethnal Green, London. He is buried in La Delivrande War Cemetery in Douvres. The Commonwealth war Graves Commission writes:

"The burials in La Delivrande War Cemetery mainly date from 6 June and the landings on Sword beach, particularly Oboe and Peter sectors. Others were brought in later from the battlefields between the coast and Caen. There are now 942 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 63 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains 180 German graves."

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

14666034 Pte Jack Donohue, 6th Bn, Green Howards

D-day 1944. Eighteen year old 14666034 Private Jack Donoghue of the 6th Battalion, Green Howards died on the 6th June 1944 in Northern France. He was eighteen years old, the son of John and Edith Donohue of Todmorden, Yorkshire. He is buried in Bayeux 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/5569274 Driver Frank Malin, RASC

T/5569274 Driver Frank Malin of the Royal Army Service Corps died on the 5th June 1945. He was 26 years old, the son of Samuel and Florence Malin of Birmingham, and the husband of Doris Malin of Hay Mills, Birmingham. He is buried in Munster Heath 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

I am posting this one day early as I will be travelling on the anniversary of Frank Malin's death.

2813560 L/Cpl Hugh Morgan, 8th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders

2813560 Lance-Corporal Hugh Morgan of the 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, died in Scotland on the 4th June 1941. He was born in Lancashire but living in Glasgow when he enlisted. He was 40 years old, the son of Hugh and Elizabeth Morgan, and the husband of Elizabeth Morgan of Brora, Sutherlandshire. He is buried in St Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Glasgow.

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

896884 Gnr John P Jaques, RHA

896884 Gunner John Philip Jaques of the 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, died in north Africa on the 3rd June 1942. He was born in Northamptonshire but living in London when he enlisted. John Jaques was 21 years old when he died. He was the son of Harry Francis and Margaret Matilda Jaques, of Rushden, Northamptonshire. He is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma 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

1092860 Gnr Cecil H Folk, RA

1092860 Gunner Cecil Henry Folk of the 135th (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on the 2nd June 1943. He was 37 years old, the son of Charles and Leah Folk of Norwich, and the husband of May Violet Folk, of Lakenham, Norwich. He is buried in the Chungkai War Cemetery inThailand.

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

6460892 Fsr Paul Scrutton, 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers

6460892 Fusilier Paul Scrutton of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) died on the 1st June 1940. He was born in west London and living in Kent when he enlisted. He is one of five United Kingdom casulaties buried in Comines 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