780600 Battery QMS Murdo Gillies, RA

780600 Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Murdo Gillies of the 39th Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 30th September 1941. He was 31 years old, the son of Donald and Catherine Gillies of Greenock, Renfrewshire. 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

11265539 Cpl Albert Wiggins, RASC

11265539 Corporal Albert Wiggins of the Royal Army Service Corps died on the 29th September 1945. He was 33 years old, the son of James and Elizabeth Wiggins of Blackburn, Lancashire, and the husband of Alice Wiggins, of Blackburn. He is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey.

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

1794599 Gnr Alfred S Jenks, RA

1794599 Gunner Alfred Smith Jenks of 238 Battery, 77th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, the Royal Artillery, died in Singapore on thr 28th September 1945. He was a Yorkshireman by birth, 24 years old, the son of Herbert Smith Jenks and Rose Jenks of Moor Top, Yorkshire. He is buried in Kranji 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

13094834 Pte Mostyn H George, Pioneer Corps

13094834 Private Mostyn Harold George of the Pioneer Corps died in North Africa on the 27th September 1943. He was 40 years old, the son of George George and Susan Marian George (nee Howes), and the husband of Doris Lillian George, of West Croydon, Surrey. 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 (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

7628250 Sgt Ronald H Frapwell, RAOC

7628250 Sergeant Ronald Harrison Frapwell of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died on the 26th September 1943. He was 30 years old, the son of of Arthur and Edith Julia Frapwell, of Fulham, London. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and almost certainly died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

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

131113 Capt William T Bevan, General List

131113 Captain William Thomas Bevan died in England on the 25th September 1941. He is buried in Ormskirk 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

6209855 Pte John Carmody, 5th Bn, DCLI

6209855 Pte John Carmody of the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, died in the fighting in Holland on the 24th September 1944. Allied forces had entered the Netherlands twelve days earlier and so John Carmody was an early casualty of this particular campaign. He was born in Eire and was living in London when he enlisted.

John Carmody was 26 years old when he died. He is buried in the Groesbeek Canadian 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

2391183 Pte Herbert A Lefever, 16th Bn, DLI

2391183 Pte Herbert Anthony Lefever, of the 16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died in the fighting around Monte Cassino in Italy on the 23rd September 1943. He was born in east London and was living in London when he enlisted. He has no known grave and is one of over four thousand men commemorated on the Cassino 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

357061 2nd Lt Eric Jones, RE

357061 Second Lieutenant Eric Jones of the Royal Engineers, died on the 22nd September 1945. At the time of his death he was serving with Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners. He was 19 years old, the son of William Arthur and Lilian Jones of Mayfield, Staffordshire. He is buried in the Madras 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

3527464 Pte Frank Jay, 1st Bn, Manchester Regt

Nine hundred and seventy British Army officers and men died on this single day in 1944; a heavy toll and approximately three times the number of British soldiers killed to date in Afghanistan in the last nine years.

3527464 Private Frank Jay of the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, lost his life on the 21st September 1944, almost certainly whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He was 29 years old, the son of Jane A Jay of Rochdale, Lancashire. 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

1481188 Gnr Eric McEvoy Gunning MC, RA

1481188 Gunner Eric McEvoy Gunning of 310 Battery, 72nd (The Hampshire Yeomanry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 20th September 1939. He was born in India and living in Dorset when he enlisted.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the "son of Captain Charles Francis Gunning, formerly of the Durham Light Infantry and Mrs. Gunning; nephew of the Reverend Canon Joseph Oldham Gunning of St Mawgan-in-Pydar Rectory, Newquay, Cornwall. Formerly Captain in the Rifle Brigade in the 1914-18 War." Gunner McEvoy is buried in Netley Military Cemetery in Hampshire.

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

1900106 WO Cl II Norman Grundy, RE

1900106 Company Sergeant Major Norman Grundy of the 5th Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers died on the 19th September 1941. He was born in Lancashire (probably Bolton) and was living in Bolton when he enlisted. He was 43 years old, the son of Walter and Frances Grundy, and the husband of Lottie Grundy, of Swinton. He is buried in Peel Green Cemetery in Lancashire.

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

6105567 Pte George Kirkham, 2/5th Bn, Queen's Royal Regt (West Surrey)

6105567 Private George Kirkham of the 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) died on the 18th September 1943. He was the son of Mr and Mrs S F Kirkham, and the husband of P R Kirkham of Boston, Lincolnshire. He is buried in Salerno 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/81118 Dvr Alfred Moul, RASC

Two hundred and eighty-three men died on this single day in 1944, 105 of these in Italy. T/81118 Driver Alfred Moul of the Royal Army Service Corps lost his life on the 17th September. He was 26 years old, the son of Arthur William and Edith Elizabeth Moul, and the husband of Rose Moul of Clapham, London. He is buried in the Coriano Ridge 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

5829642 Pte Victor J Devonshire, 4th Bn, Suffolk Regt

5829642 Private Victor James Devonshire of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died at sea on the 16th September 1944. He was presumably also buried at sea and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial. He was 25 years old, the son of James and Ada Devonshire of Upper Holloway, London.

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

2352402 L/Cpl Frank J Rixon, Royal Corps of Signals

2352402 Lance-Corporal Frank James Rixon of the Royal Corps of Signals, died on the 15th September 1942. He was born in Bolton and was living in Bolton when he enlisted. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the son of William and Lily Ellen Rixon and that he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial 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

14332748 Fsr Raymond S Overton, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

14332748 Fusilier Raymond Sidney Overton of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, died on the 14th September 1943. He was an East Midlands man, from Leicester, and was 20 years old when he died. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he was the son of Sidney Charles and Doris Ellen Overton of Leicester. He died in the fighting around Monte Cassino and is commemorated on the Cassino 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

7886135 Tpr Louis R Gliddon, RTR

7886135 Trooper Louis Richard Gliddon of the 5th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 13th September 1939. He was 21 years old, the son of George and Frances Gliddon, of Underwood, Plympton. He is buried in Plympton's St Mary's 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

39184 Major Gustavus H M Phillips DSO, MBE; RA

According to the British Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945, Major Gustavus Henry March Phillips DSO, MBE of the Royal Artillery, died on the 12th September 1942 at the age of 34. I have been unable to locate this man on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Roll of Honour website but see from other sources that he is buried in St Laurent Sur Mer Churchyard in France.

Major Phillips was a decorated British officer who died whilst serving with the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Although his parent unit was the Royal Artillery, he died in a Commando raid whilst serving with 62 Commando, and had previously served with 7 Commando. He was the son of Lisle and Isabel Forbes March-Phillipps and the husband of Marjorie Frances Esclairmonde (nee Stewart) March-Phillipps of Chelsea, London. As well as the DSO and MBE, Major Phillips was also Mentioned in Dispatches.

Also read about Major Phillips's role in Operation Postmaster.

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
Special Forces Roll - biography and photo

11000695 Gnr Ernest J Greenhead, RA

11000695 Gunner Ernest John Greenhead of 434 Battery, 15th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 11th September 1942. He was the son of Alfred and Edith Greenhead and the husband of Lilian Jane Greenhead of Greenwich, London. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery in the Lebanese Republic.

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

6089720 Pte George H Josland, 2/7th Queen's Royal Regt

6089720 Private George H Josland of the 2/7th Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died in England on the 10th September 1940. He was the son of Sydney Charles and Hannah Josland, of West Grinstead, Sussex and he is buried in Maidstone Cemetery in Kent.

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

13036629 Pte Samuel R Quarrel, 2/6th Bn, The Queen's

13036629 Private Samuel Ralph Quarrel of the 2/6th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died on the 9th September 1943. He was 25 years old, the son of Alfred White Quarrell and Edith Gertrude Quarrell of Evershot. Dorsetshire. He is buried in the Salerno 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

3534658 Pte Willard F Dunham, 1st Bn, Manchester Regt

3534658 Private Willard Fred Dunham of the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, died on the 8th September 1943. He was 27 years old and was from Manchester. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery which implies he died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

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

909320 Gnr Edward Wilfred Pawley, RA

909320 Gunner Edward W Pawley of 118 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on the 7th September 1943. He was born in south west London but living in south east London when he enlisted. He was 22 years old and is one of nearly 7000 men 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

112500 Maj Alan G Robinson, RE

112500 Major Alan Graham Robinson of 1008 Docks Operating Company, Royal Engineers, died on the 6th September 1941. He was 34 years old, the son of Benjamin and Annie Robinson. He was born and raised in Glasgow and he is buried in Khayat Beach 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

1511752 Sgt Leslie S Birse, RA

1511752 Sergeant Leslie Seymour Birse of the Royal Artillery, died on the 5th September 1943. At the time of his death he was serving with 6 Battery, 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. He was 25 years old and had been born in Chester but was living in Denbighshire when he enlisted. He is buried in Johannesburg's West Park Cemetery in South 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

5628855 Pte Charles E F Lemoignan, Hants Regt

According to the UK Army Roll of Honour, 5628855 Private Charles E F Lemoignan of the Hampshire Regiment, died on the 4th September 1944. He was born in Jersey and was still living there when he enlisted. I have been unable to locate him on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website.

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

50881 Dvr John B Cosheril, RASC

50881 Driver John Batiste Cosheril of the 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps died in Scotland on the 3rd September 1939. He was born in the Channel Islands and was living there at the time of his enlistment. The Commonwealth war Graves Commission notes that he was 27 years old, the son of Batiste and Mary Cosheril, and the husband of Lilian Cosheril of Glasgow. He is buried in Edinburgh's Comely Bank 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

14383465 Pte George Perrie, 5/7th Gordon Highlanders

14383465 Private George Perrie of the 5/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, died on the 2nd September 1944. He was the son of Peter and Margaret Perrie and the husband of Jessie M C Perrie of Spynie, Morayshire. He is buried in St Desir 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

902311 Gnr Michael D Duggan, Royal Artillery

902311 Gunner Michael Desmond Duggan of 118 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on the 1st September 1943. He was 23 years old, the son of John Gerald and Annie Duggan of Eltham, London. 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