2695025 Dmr Roland F Dunn, 2nd Bn, Scots Guards

2695025 Drummer Roland Frederick Dunn of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards died on the 22nd April 1941. He was the son of Frederick Hunter Dunn and Ada Lucy Dunn (nee Feild) of Walworth, London and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.  Roland's birth was registered in Wandsworth, south London, in the June quarter of 1920 and he was therefore just short of his 21st birthday when he died.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

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

1086577 Gnr Stanley H Sheppard, RA

1086577 Gunner Stanley Harold Sheppard of the 8th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery died on the 1st December 1941. He was 29 years old and the son of Harold William and Harriet Ada Sheppard, of Walkern, Hertfordshire. 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

7622167 Pte James Kevill, RAOC

7622167 Private James Kevill of 18 Ordnance Store Company, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died at sea, presumably as a result of wounds sustained in the North African Campaign, on the 25th October 1941. He was 23 years old, the son of James and Mary Anna Kevill. He is commemorated by name on column 84 of 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

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

187017 2nd Lt Arthur B Pinning, 6th Bn, Yorkshire Regt

187017 2nd Lt Arthur Benjamin Pinning of the 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, died on the 22nd July 1942. He was 29 years old, the son of William John Thomas Pinning and Florence Gertrude Pinning of Whitby, Yorkshire. 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

7884205 Sgt Arthur A McFegan, RAC

7884205 Serjeant Arthur Ainsley McFegan of the 44th (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 17th July 1942. He was 28 years old, the son of Robert and Helen McFegan, and the husband of Kathleen Phyllis McFegan of Chase Cross, Romford, Essex. 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

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

320389 Cpl Harry Winnard, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, RAC

320389 Corporal Harry Winnard of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 10th February 1943. He was 23 years old, the son of Charles and Mary Winnard and the husband of Joan Winnard of Dunnington, Yorkshire.

Harry Winnard has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

7888181 Tpr Charles Maggs MM, 2nd Royal Tank Regt

7888181 Trooper Charles Henry James Maggs of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 24th January 1941 in Africa. He was 25 years old, the son of Charles Henry and Laura Louisa Maggs and the husband of Evelyn Mary Maud Maggs of Wenhaston, Suffolk.

Charles Maggs, who was the holder of the Military Medal, has no known grave and 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.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

1036679 Sgt James Bell MM, Royal Artillery

Dundee-born 1036679 Sergeant James Bell MM of the Royal Artillery, died on the 20th December 1941. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that at the time of his death he was 45 years old and serving with the 102nd (The Northumberland Hussars) Light A.A./Anti-Tank Regiment. Sergeant Bell, a Military Medal recipient, was also the husband of Ethel Bell of Chilham in Kent. He has no known grave and 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.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6285786 L/Cpl Ernest Thomas Ellender, 1st Bn, The Buffs

6285786 Lance-Corporal Ernest Thomas Ellender of the 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), died in the fighting in North Africa on the 15th December 1941. He was 24 years old and the son of Maurice and Lydia Ellender of Eastry in Kent. Ernest has no known grave and is one of nearly 12,000 men commemorated on the Alamein Memorial at the entrance to the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission