4755272 Private Arthur Charles Harrowell of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment), died on the 14th August 1943 in Sicily. He was 33 years old, a Londoner, and was the husband of Harriet Harrowell of Leyton, Essex (now East London). He is buried in the Catania War Cemetery on the island of Sicily.
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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14 August 2010
6 June 2010
14666034 Pte Jack Donohue, 6th Bn, Green Howards
D-day 1944. Eighteen year old 14666034 Private Jack Donoghue of the 6th Battalion, Green Howards died on the 6th June 1944 in Northern France. He was eighteen years old, the son of John and Edith Donohue of Todmorden, Yorkshire. He is buried in Bayeux 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
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
16 March 2010
4751983 L/Cpl John Purdue, 7th Bn, Green Howards
4751983 Lance-Corporal John Purdue of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire regiment), died in North Africa on the 16th March 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of Harold Edwin and Mabel Alice Rose Purdue of Histon, Cambridgeshire. John was born in East London and living in Essex when he enlisted. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial in Tunisia.
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
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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