2621721 Gdsmn Arthur C Beverley, 6th Bn, Grenadier Guards

2621721 Guardsman Arthur C Beverley of the 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards died in Italy on the 14th November 1943. He was 34 years old and the son of George and Sarah Ann Beverley of Peak Dale, Derbyshire. He is buried in the Minturno 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

2607483 CSM Thomas A Teece, 1st Bn, Grenadier Guards

2607483 CSM Thomas Archibald Teece of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on the 29th May 1940. He was 37 years old, the son of Jabez and Eliza Jane Teece, and the husband of D M Teece. Thomas Teece, whose rank was that of a warrant officer class II, was living in south west London when he enlisted. He is buried in the Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension in west Belgium.

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

2622248 L/Cpl Leslie Rakes, 5th Bn, Grenadier Guards

2622248 Lance-Corporal Leslie Francis William Rakes of the 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on the 3rd May 1943. He was born in Bath and was, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the son of Albert and Alice Rakes, and the husband of Constance Rakes, of Dagenham, Essex. He died in the North African Campaign, aged 25, and is buried in the Oued Zarga War Cemetery 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

2615738 L/Sgt Eric Weems, 2nd Bn, Grenadier Guards

2615738 Lance-Sergeant Eric Weems of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on the 3rd April 1945. He was an Oldham man, 28-years-old, and is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

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

2615345 Sgt Patrick John Heffernan, Grenadier Guards

2615345 Sergeant Patrick John Heffernan of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died on 22nd September 1944. He was 25 years old and the son of John and Lilian Heffernan of Redhill, Surrey.

The UK Roll of Honour 1939-45 records Patrick's surname (incorrectly) as Hefferwan and indicates that he was born in Surrey and living in Surrey at the time of his enlistment with the Grenadier Guards. He is buried in Uden War Cemetery in the Netherlands, grave reference 3.I.5. The War Graves Photographic Project holds a photograph of his grave.

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 War Graves Photographic Project