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
Remembering the men and women of the British Commonwealth who lost their lives during the Second World War 1939-1945. Please feel free to contact me and suggest a name for inclusion on this WW2 remembrance blog.
Showing posts with label Brookwood Memorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brookwood Memorial. Show all posts
29 September 2010
26 July 2010
3450560 Fsr Leonard Dawson, Lancashire Fusiliers
3450560 Fusilier Leonard Dawson of the 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died on the 25th July 1940. 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
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
13 July 2010
7874428 S/Sgt John Dobie, RAOC
7874428 Staff Sergeant John Dobie of 18 Ordnance Workshop, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died at sea on the 13th July 1942. He was 40 years old, the son of Walter and Agnes Dobie, and the husband of Marjorie Dobie of Sheffield. He is commemorated on panel 18 of 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
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
14 September 2009
257470 Captain John Macalister, Intelligence Corps
257470Captain John Macalister of the Intelligence Corps was a Canadian-born officer who died on 14th September 1944; one of 309 soldiers to die on active service on this day during the Second World War. At the time of his death he was attached to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and, as he has no known grave, is commemorated on panel 21 of the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds the additional information that Captain Macalister was 30 years old when he died and that he was the son of Alexander and Celestine MacAlister and the husband of Jeannine MacAlister of Paris, France.
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
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds the additional information that Captain Macalister was 30 years old when he died and that he was the son of Alexander and Celestine MacAlister and the husband of Jeannine MacAlister of Paris, France.
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
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