5619925 L/Sgt Christopher Kiff, 1st Bn, Devonshire Regt

5619925 Lance-Sergeant Christopher Kiff of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died on the 10th March 1945. He was a Devonshire man who died In Burma, possibly as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He is buried in Taukkyan War 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

5624742 Pte John Venn Ellis, Devonshire Regt

5624742 Private John Venn Ellis of the Devonshire Regiment, died in England on the 4th March 1940. He is buried in Torquay cemetery and extension in Devon.

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

Sources:

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

5621163 Pte Harold Ralph Rainbow, 9th Bn, Devonshire Regt

5621163 Private Harold Ralph Rainbow of the 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died on the 26th December 1939. He was the son of Montague and Mable Rainbow of Ilfracombe, Devon; and he is buried in the town's Marlborough Road cemetery. Harold was just 19 years old when he died.

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

5608454 Sgt William Thompson, 2nd Bn, Devonshire Regiment

5608454 Sergeant William Thompson of the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died on this day - 25th September - in 1939. He is buried in Pembroke Military Cemetery on the island of Malta and was, presumably, either stationed there when war broke out, or a very early arrival on the island after war had been declared. Given the date if his death and his rank, it seems almost certain that William Thompson was a regular soldier.

William was born in County Durham and living in Sunderland at the time of his enlistment. His grave reference is 1.3.1.

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