2663479 Gdsmn Harold Grundy, Coldstream Guards

2663479 Guardsman Harold Grundy of the Coldstream Guards (no battalion is given on either the CWGC site or the UK Army Roll of Honour) died in England on the 19th December 1940. He was born in Nottingham and living in Leicester when he enlisted, the 22 year old stepson of William G Bunker of Leicester. He is buried in Leicester's Gilroes 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

2665039 Gdsmn Robert Forester, 1st Bn, Coldstream Gds

2665039 Guardsman Robert Forester of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards gave his life for his King and Country on the 29th November 1944. He was 23 years old, the son of Robert and Annie Isabella Forester, of Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne. He is buried in Sittard General Cemetery in the Netherlands.

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

2657397 L/Cpl Malcolm Rabjohns, Coldstream Guards

2657397 Lance-Corporal Malcolm Robert Rabjohns of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, died in England on the 17th May 1943. He was 21 years old, the son of Son of Charles and Lillian Rabjohns, and the husband of Mary Madeleine Rabjohns of Yeovil. He is buried in Barwick (St Mary Magdalene) New 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

2654827 L/Sgt Martin Warrior, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards

2654827 Lance-Sergeant Martin Warrior of the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, died in Italy on the 19th December 1943. He was 30 years old and the husband of Constance May Warrior form Middlesborough. The UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-45 gives Martin Warrior's rank as Guardsman and notes that he was born in and enlisted in Middlesborough. He is buried in Minturno War Cemetery.

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

229117 Lt Reginald Loungueville, Coldstream Guards

Twenty-one year old 229117 Lieutenant Reginald Loungueville of the Coldstream Guards had already been mentioned in dispatches when he died on the 12th October 1944. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Longueville, D.S.O., M.C. (also of the Coldstream Guards and also mentioned in dispatches during WW1) and Gertrude Beatrice Longueville, of Forthampton, Gloucestershire.

Reginald was born in Shropshire but living in Gloucestershire when he enlisted. He is buried in Overloon War Cemetery in the Netherlands. The Commonwealth war Graves Commission states that:

"There was severe fighting in the vicinity of Overloon in October-November 1944, when the Germans were being cleared out of the region south and west of the Maas in preparation for the final attack on the Rhineland. Most of the burials in Overloon War Cemetery are of men who died during these months. The cemetery contains 280 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and one Dutch war grave."

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