1st November 1943

Remembering the men and women, military and civilian, who lost their lives on the 1st November 1943. The following data is courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

KML/17271 Private Akot Ouku East African Military Labour Corps
Civilian Reginald Percy Allnutt Civilian War Dead
2102569 Leading Aircraftwoman Florence Almond 10 Sqdn. Women's Auxiliary Air Force
SLA/13175 Private Alpha Jalloh African Pioneer Corps (West Africa), R.W.A.F.F.
7653125 Private Leonard Alston Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Second Engineer Officer Walther Andersen Motor Tug CT7, Merchant Navy
13599 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Alexander Findlay Anderson 43 M.T. Coy. Federated Malay States
Volunteer Force Chief Officer Michel Angelikoussis Motor Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
14513256 Private Leslie James Artis 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
C/SSX20134 Leading Telegraphist Cyril Richard Ashton H.M.S. "Tamar" Royal Navy
1441498 Gunner Eric Noel Austin 192 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
5833215 Private Leslie Bernard Bacon 1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment
14357684 Craftsman John Baird Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
6341023 Serjeant Anthony Ball 466 Bty., 41 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
T/217698 Driver Victor William Banks Royal Army Service Corps
2989451 Private Charles Beattie 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
7042912 Serjeant Robert Hugh Bell 1 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
6346082 Private Robert Benneworth 5th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
2931532 Lance Corporal John Joseph Benwell 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
897641 Lance Corporal Maurice Bish Corps of Military Police
4803697 Private Cyril Bourne 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
911862 Gunner Charles William Brook 125 Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
6290580 Private Edward William Brooks 2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
1392268 Sergeant Frederick Tom Brown 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
2877915 Private James Bruce 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
2346584 Serjeant Sidney Henry Buckland Royal Corps of Signals
2383095 Private Eric James Arthur Burton Pioneer Corps
7653268 Private Walter Kenneth Burton-Phillipson Royal Army Ordnance Corps
3854683 Corporal Alfred Busby 2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
2822413 Private John Cameron 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
5573494 Private James Chapman 4th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment
5950056 Private Herbert Charles Clark 5th Bn. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
6215247 Rifleman Stanley Edward Clarke 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
T/107161 Driver John Henry Clegg Royal Army Service Corps
901938 Signalman Ronald Stanley Cooper Royal Corps of Signals
3527593 Private Samuel Creighton 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
3239443 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Sidney Thomas Darvell 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
148518 Captain Sydney George Gracie Dear 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Able Seaman John Diakogiannis Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
982196 Gunner Albert Ward Donachie 91 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
2827299 Private Thomas Donnelly 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Chief Engineer Officer Vassilios Dounias Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
6089113 Corporal Kenneth Bertie Dowe 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
5506662 Serjeant Leslie George Drake 2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
4861870 Private Frank Droy 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
14214173 Private Ronald Emms 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
LN/3480 Private Esambe Eyembe Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
1677771 Bombardier Cyril John Everest 6 Maritime Regt. Royal Artillery
4447671 Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Farrage 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
S/94008 Corporal Harry Fawn Royal Army Service Corps
3311145 Corporal Stewart Fraser 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1602819 Sergeant William Milo Charles Fuller 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1284050 Sergeant George Harry Marriner Garner Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1387268 Flight Sergeant Leslie John Garrow 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1384516 Flight Sergeant Herbert William Gay 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
3854358 Corporal Clarence Mercian Gentles 2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
1054931 Flight Sergeant Ernest Harold Gibbon 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve P/KX
119408 Leading Stoker Harry Jack Golds H.M.S. Ripley Royal Navy
1334864 Aircraftman 2nd Class Robert Richard Goulty Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4980507 Lance Corporal Albert George Green 2/6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
48467 Captain Arthur Edward Haines Worcestershire Regiment
5116561 Private Thomas Halfpenny 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1119302 Flight Sergeant William Joseph Hall 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13035209 Private Charles William Harris Pioneer Corps
PAL/13636 Private Hassan Ali Abu El Kheir Pioneer Corps
788210 Leading Aircraftman Walter Hecht 1 Wing (Czech). Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
6096386 Rifleman Edward Leslie Herridge 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
3133613 Private James Burns Hoggan 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
5625595 Private James Cyril Hollamby 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1057709 Gunner James Hardy Hopper 53 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
1805346 Gunner Herbert James Humphrey 52 Coast Observer Det. Royal Artillery
237392 Lieutenant Geoffrey William Hutchinson North Irish Horse Royal Armoured Corps
4860579 Private Richard Arthur Iliffe 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
T/290437 Driver Geoffrey Ralph Jackson 491 Div. Troops Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
3528193 Private John Jackson 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
1492795 Gunner John Lewis James 7 Coast Regt. Royal Artillery
3963797 Private Gwilym John Jenkins 5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
1131414 Sergeant Eric Jenkinson 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
268962 Lieutenant Geoffrey Brownlow Wigney Keith Gordon Highlanders
T/137954 Driver Leslie George Kidd 53 Inf. Bde. Group Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
1793063 Sergeant Robert Frew Kincaid Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
6022525 Private Thomas Frederick Lane 1/6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
2199464 Warrant Officer Class I Walter Edward Langrick 1010 Docks Operating Coy. Royal Engineers
986956 Gunner George Henry Larvin 7 Coast Regt. Royal Artillery
69237 Major Thomas Owen Lawrence 154 Bty., 172 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
1101799 Gunner Frederick Thomas Lerwill 7 Medium Regt. Royal Artillery
1032059 Sergeant Robert Cooper Lewis Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
135065 Pilot Officer Henry Lowcock Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1451463 Sergeant Jack Lusby 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
325708 Serjeant William Francis Colvin Malloch 156 (The Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
1509131 Sergeant John William Mann Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
219204 Lieutenant Ian Scott Marshall Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
14409062 Private Thomas Henry Martin 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
125701 Flying Officer Frederick Arthur Mellors 111 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve AS/3728 Private R Mokhothau 1951 (Basuto) Coy. African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)
2882592 Lance Corporal Alexander Philip Lawrence Murray 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
14281986 Rifleman John Archibald Macdonald 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
 Civilian Dora Blanche Mcavoy Civilian War Dead
2824561 Private Michael Mccoll 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
41719 Flight Lieutenant Irving Francis Mcdermott 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
2934380 Private James Mcglinchey 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
1102621 Corporal Harold Douglas Mckay Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
T/328906 Corporal John A. Mckie 574 Pack Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
2823432 Private James Mclaughlin 5th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
3527931 Private George William Mcmillan 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
121085 Flying Officer Ernest George William (Boy) Nash Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Master John Niamonitakis Motor Tug C.T.7. Merchant Navy
1331765 Flight Sergeant Albert George Oliver 211 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10533288 Craftsman John Arthur Parsons Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
6474763 Rifleman Andrea J. Pauli 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
6212991 Private Charles Walter Pegg 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
2872962 Corporal Hugh Simpson Petrie 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
859611 Leading Aircraftman Albert Reed 957 Balloon Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
1613461 Gunner Arthur Regan 276 Bty., 66 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
14214623 Private John Reid 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
159478 Pilot Officer John Leslie Richards 197 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1582564 Aircraftman 2nd Class William Geoffrey Richards Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
A/7 Lance Corporal H C Ridsdale Royal Army Service Corps
LT/JX185756 Leading Seaman John Duthie Robb H.M.S. Flatholme. Royal Naval Patrol Service
1338300 Sergeant Jack Leslie Roll 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16530 Driver Neophytos Savva Cyprus Regiment
6395942 Serjeant Redmond John Scott 5th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
AS/9098 Private Sebothe Semaele African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)
4859394 Lance Bombardier John William Shakespeare 239 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
W/237320 Private Marjorie Olive Sheridan Auxiliary Territorial Service
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Henry Shrubsole H.M.S. Flora. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
CEY/6396 Lance Corporal Nasnaram Pattige Julis Silva 1st Ceylon Aux. Pioneer Bn. Ceylon Pioneers
948401 Warrant Officer Class II George Walter Douglas Silvia 23 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
561213 Sergeant Edwin Robert Slade Royal Air Force
1318887 Flight Sergeant Richard Leslie Small 211 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10535175 Craftsman Francis George Smith Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
14377772 Gunner James Henry Solomon 141 (The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
5833126 Private Percy Harold South 4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
1317433 Flight Sergeant Henry Theodore Spurrey 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1851499 Sergeant James Frederick Stubbington 104 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
2581 Serjeant Henry Leonard Thompson Mobile Workshop Sec. Burma Army Ordnance Corps
3601896 Corporal Charles William Thornhill 9th Bn. Border Regiment
NA/113748 Sapper Timothy Thomas 35 Artisan Works Coy. West African Engineers, R.W.A.F.F.
14593158 Private Alfred Tydeman Royal Berkshire Regiment
895579 Gunner Dennis Alexander Vicary 143 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
T/216589 Driver Patrick Ward 345 Gen. Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
129045 Flying Officer David Watson 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
5574870 Private Herbert Watts 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
D/JX 246106 Telegraphist Charles Henry Anthony Wiggett H.M.S. Nile. Royal Navy
624898 Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Wilson Royal Air Force
PLY/X113327 Marine Arthur John Wilson Royal Marines
1351430 Flight Sergeant Cecil John Withers 203 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Civilian
Frederick William Wood Civilian War Dead
3322264 Private Thomas Wood 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
14214658 Lance Corporal Matthew Wright 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
UML/72285 Private Yosufu Aikomo African Pioneer Corps (East Africa)
1592540 Gunner William Young 48 Bty., 21 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery