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
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15 December 2009
4 October 2009
6285686 L/Cpl Maurice D Sheppard, 1st Bn, The Buffs
6285686 L/Cpl Maurice D Sheppard of the 1st Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) is buried in Prague War Cemetery in the Czech Republic. He died on 4th October 1942.
The UK Army Roll of Honour notes that he was born in Rotherham and living in Kent when he enlisted. It also states that the theatre of war he was serving in when killed was North Africa. This is clearly incorrect.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that Maurice Sheppard was 26 years old and the son of George Clement Sheppard and Sarah Sheppard, of Elvington, Dover.
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 UK Army Roll of Honour notes that he was born in Rotherham and living in Kent when he enlisted. It also states that the theatre of war he was serving in when killed was North Africa. This is clearly incorrect.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that Maurice Sheppard was 26 years old and the son of George Clement Sheppard and Sarah Sheppard, of Elvington, Dover.
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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