D/5046963 L/Cpl Albert Edward Smith, 8th Bn, Cheshire Regt

D/5046963 Lance-Corporal Albert Edward Smith of the 8th (Home Defence) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, died on the 12th March 1941. The UK Army Roll of Honour states that he originally enlisted with the North Staffordshire Regiment and transferred at some point to the Cheshire Regiment.

Albert Smith was born in Rotherham and enlisted at Nottingham. He is buried in Birkenhead's Landican 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

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