3864587 Corporal Maurice Cadden of the 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment was one of 62 British Army personnel to die on Christmas Day 1944. He was 24 years old, the son of Joseph and Elsie Cadden of Bury in Lancashire. Maurice is buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Belgium.
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
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.
Showing posts with label Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Show all posts
25 December 2009
16 October 2009
5050430 Trooper Harold John Nickells, Royal Armoured Corps
5050430 Trooper Harold John Nickells of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) died on the 16th October 1944. He was 23 years old and from Staffordshire. He had originally joined the North Staffordshire Regiment but later transferred to the RAC and was serving with C Squadron, 49th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps when he was killed. He was the son of Frederick Nickells and Ada Annie Nickells of Bonehill, Staffordshire and he is buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Belgium.
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
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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Harold Nickells,
Leopoldsburg War Cemetery,
North Staffordshire Regiment,
Royal Armoured Corps,
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