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
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.
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24 September 2010
25 May 2010
52363 Lt Edward Nutley, 2nd Bn, DLI
52363 Lieutenant Edward Nutley of the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died at Dunkirk on the 25th May 1940. He was 30 years old, the son of Edward and Mary Nutley, and the husband of Mary Caroline Nutley of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was a Bachelor of Science (Dunelm).
Lieutenant Nutley has no known grave and is one of 4506 names commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial 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
Lieutenant Nutley has no known grave and is one of 4506 names commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial 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
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