818583 Gnr John E Hardisty, RA

818583 Gunner John Edward Hardisty of the 25th Field Regiment died on the 20th June 1942. He was 33 years old, the son of of Amos Harry and Mary Hardisty of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. He is buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery in Acroma, Libya.

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

896884 Gnr John P Jaques, RHA

896884 Gunner John Philip Jaques of the 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, died in north Africa on the 3rd June 1942. He was born in Northamptonshire but living in London when he enlisted. John Jaques was 21 years old when he died. He was the son of Harry Francis and Margaret Matilda Jaques, of Rushden, Northamptonshire. He is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma in Libya.

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

6922583 Rfm Felix Alfred Walter Moutell, 7th Bn, Rifle Brigade

6922583 Rifleman Felix Alfred Walter Moutell of the 7th Battalion (1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade), The Rifle Brigade, died on the 2nd February 1943. He was the son of Alfred Joseph and Ida Amy Moutell of Stepney in east London.

Felix Moutell died whilst on active service in North Africa, and he is buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery in Acroma, Libya.

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

7911042 Tpr Wilfred Orton, 8th Bn, Royal Tank Regt

7911042 Trooper Wilfred Orton of the 8th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 8th November 1941. He was born in west London and was living in Surrey when he enlisted. At the time of his death he was 21 years old and, as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission informs us, the son of Frank Edward and Winifred May Orton, of Cowden, Kent. He is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma in Libya.

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

7887122 Cpl Allan Sharman, Royal Tank Regt, Royal Armoured Corps

7887122 Corporal Allan Sharman of the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 20th November 1942. He was born in Sunderland and living in Durham when he enlisted. Apart from that though, I know nothing further about this man.

Allan Sharman is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery in Acroma, Libya. The following information comes from the Commonwealth war Graves Commission:

"The defence against Rommel's drive across Cyrenaica towards Suez consisted of a number of irregularly spaced strong points or 'boxes' linked by deep minefields. Those nearest the Axis forces were held by infantry, while those further back served as reserve static positions and as bases from which the armour could operate. The chief 'box', known as Knightsbridge, was round a junction of tracks about 20 kilometres west of Tobruk and 16 kilometres south of Acroma, commanding all the tracks by which supplies came up to the front. The Eighth Army's advance fuelling stations and airfields were at Acroma, El Adem, El Duda, Sidi Rezegh and Gambut, while by February 1941, Gazala aerodrome, taken from the Italians early in the campaign, housed two Commonwealth squadrons. Knightsbridge was thus a key position, and the pivot on which the armour manoeuvred during the heavy fighting which commenced in late May 1942. Fierce actions were fought at all these places, and a battlefield cemetery was created at each for the burial of the dead. The graves of many of those who gave their lives during the campaign in Libya were later gathered into Knightsbridge War Cemetery from the battlefield burial grounds and from scattered desert sites. The men who fought and died with them, but have no known grave, are commemorated on The Alamein Memorial which stands in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. There are now 3,651 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in Knightsbridge War Cemetery. 993 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them."

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