1879520 Sapper Leonard V Poulter, RE

1879520 Sapper Leonard Victor Poulter of 210 Field Company, Royal Engineers, died on the 14th November 1942. He was 23 years old and the son of James K and Nellie Poulter, of Leatherhead, Surrey. He is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.

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

6202817 Sgt Francis E Bolitho, Middx Regt

6202817 Sgt Francis Ernest Bolitho of the 1/7th Middlesex Regiment died in North Africa, according to the CWGC, between the 23rd and 24th of October 1942, although the UK Army Roll of Honour gives the 23rd. He was 26 years old, the son of Francis James Bolitho and Minnie Bolitho of Edmonton, Middlesex. He is buried in the El Alamein 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

409287 Tpr Douglas A Prigmore, RAC

409287 Trooper Douglas Arthur Prigmore, of the 1st Battalion, Royal Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps, died in North Africa on the 12th July 1942. He was 22 years old, the son of Fredrick Arthur and Edith Elizabeth Prigmore of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. He is buried in El Alamein 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

7611837 L/Cpl Albert Iball, RAOC

7611837 Lance-Corporal Albert Iball of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died on the 25th June 1942. He was 23 years old, the son of Albert W and Edith Iball of Langold, Nottinghamshire. He is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.

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

6285786 L/Cpl Ernest Thomas Ellender, 1st Bn, The Buffs

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

6402919 L/Cpl Stanley Britt, 4th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt

25 year old 6402919 Lance-Corporal Stanley Britt of the 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment died on the 28th October 1942 in North Africa. He was the son of Eli and Annie Britt of Cross-in-Hand in Sussex and he died inthe fighting around El Alamein in Egypt. He is buried in the El Alamein 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

7020831 Pte David Gillender, 7th Bn, Black Watch

According to the UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-45, 7020831 Pte David Gillender of the 7th Battalion, The Black Watch died on the 23rd October 1942. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is less certain and records only that he died between the 23rd and 24th October 1942.

David was the son of Robert and Jane Gillender of Belfast, Northern Ireland and he died in the fighting around El Alamein. He is buried in the El Alamein 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