13027894 Cpl Robert Gray, Pioneer Corps

13027894 Corporal Robert Gray of the Puioneer Corps died on the 22nd November 1942. He was 43 years old, the son of John and Jean Neil Gray, and the husband of H. M. P. Gray, of Edinburgh. He is buried in Urmston Cemetery in Manchester.

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

13108360 Cpl Reuben Batchelor, Pioneer Corps

13108360 Corporal Reuben Batchelor of the Pioneer Corps died on the 13th November 1943. He was 43 years old, the son of Fredrick and Agnes Emma Batchelor, and the husband of Edith Batchelor, of Stanmore, Middlesex. He is buried in thr Harrow (Wealdstone) 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

13094834 Pte Mostyn H George, Pioneer Corps

13094834 Private Mostyn Harold George of the Pioneer Corps died in North Africa on the 27th September 1943. He was 40 years old, the son of George George and Susan Marian George (nee Howes), and the husband of Doris Lillian George, of West Croydon, Surrey. He is buried in the El Alia Cemetery in Algeria.

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

13045853 Pte Emyr Prytherch, Pioneer Corps

13045853 Private Emyr Prytherch of the Pioneer Corps died at sea on the 7th August 1940. He was 26 years old, the son of John and Margaret Prytherch, of Holyhead, Anglesey. He is buried in Doohomma Catholic Graveyard in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

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

13059071 Pte Samuel G Straiton, Pioneer Corps

13059071 Private Samuel George Straiton of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 21st June 1945. He was 31 years old, the son of James Scott Straiton and Margaret Allen Straiton, and the husband of Beatrice May Straiton, of Newbury, Berkshire. He died in Holland and is buried in the Almelo General Cemetery in Overijssel. He is one of 19 Commonwealth dead buried there.

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

14382113 Pte Thomas Frederick Dodd, Pioneer Corps

14382113 Private Thomas Frederick Dodd of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 29th April 1944. He was the son of George Frederick and Florence Beatrice Dodd of Enfield, Middlesex. He is buried in the Buchanan Churchyard Extension in Stirlingshire.

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

13115804 Pte James William Frisken, Pioneer Corps

13115804 Private James William Frisken of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 14th March 1944. He was 31 years old, the son of George Barker Frisken and Frances Annie Frisken, and the husband of Doris Frisken, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He is buried in the Beach Head War Cemetery at Anzio.

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

13802477 Pte Antonio Guittierrez, Pioneer Corps

Spaniard 13802477 Private Antonio Guittierrez of the Pioneer Corps, died on the 11th November 1943. He is buried in Bodmin Cemetery in Cornwall.

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

13027335 Cpl James William Oddy, Pioneer Corps

13027335 Corporal James William Oddy of the Pioneer Corps died on the 20th October 1943 whilst serving near Haifa in Palestine. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website had this to say about Khayat Beach War Cemetery where James is buried:

"Haifa was of great strategic importance during the Second World War because of its deep water harbour and airfield. It was also the terminus of the railway line from Egypt and of the Kirkuk-Haifa oil pipeline. Haifa became one of the main supply bases and arms depots serving the Middle East forces and a large naval depot was established at Haifa Bay. The cemetery was prepared in 1941 for the burial of service war dead in northern Palestine (now Israel) but graves were also brought in from Haifa (Sharon) British Civil Cemetery, from Mafrog Cemetery in the former Trans-Jordan and from Dafna Cemetery in Syria. Among the Merchant Navy seamen buried in the cemetery are those who lost their lives when the SS 'Zealand' was torpedoed off the coast of Palestine on 28 June 1942. The cemetery now contains 691 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and 91 war graves of other nationalities. Among the 95 non-war burials in the cemetery are some of men of the Merchant Navy who died during the war, but whose deaths were not due to war service. However, the majority of the non-war graves are of soldiers who died during disturbances preceding the end of the British Mandate in Palestine in May 1948."

James Oddy was born in Leeds and living in Leeds when he enlisted. He was 40 years old at the time of his death. The War Graves Photographic project has a photo 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

13081433 Pte Gerald Victor Roy Slattery, Pioneer Corps

13081433 Private Gerald Victor Roy Slattery of the Pioneer Corps died on 2nd October 1943. He was born in Devon and living in Plymouth when he enlisted.

Gerald is buried in Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, plot 1. row B. joint grave 4.

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

13803398 Pte Viktor Herrmann, Pioneer Corps

Austrian-born 13803398 Pte Viktor Herrmann of the Pioneer Corps died on 16th September 1941 whilst stationed in Peebles, Scotland. He was living in Shropshire when he enlisted and according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission he was the son of Heinrich and Sofie Herrmann. He was 33 years old when he died and is buried in Peebles Cemetery, grave 3368. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of Hermann's last resting place.

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