Showing posts with label Ramleh War Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ramleh War Cemetery. Show all posts

15 July 2010

134094 Dvr James D Holman, RASC

134094 Driver James Douglas Holman of the Royal Army Service Corps, died on the 15th July 1941. James was born in east London and living in north London when he enlisted. He was 24 years old at the time of his death; he is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel.

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

20 April 2010

533671 Staff Sgt Robert Metherell, RAC

533671 Staff Sergeant Robert Metherell of the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 20th April 1940. He was 43 years old, the son of Robert and Jessie Metherell, and the husband of Dorothy Metherell, of Clifton, York. He is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel.

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

8 March 2010

4974184 L/Cpl George Longden, 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters

4974184 Lance-Corporal George Longden of the 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, died on the 8th March 1940 in Israel. He was 23 years old and was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire. He is buried in the Ramleh 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