Showing posts with label Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Show all posts

28 November 2010

7624121 Pte Thomas Winn, RAOC

7624121 Private Thomas Winn of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died on the 27th November 1940. He was 25 years old, the son of Thomas Edward and Kate Winn, and the husband of Edna Winn of Grimsby. He is buried in Grimsby's Scartho Road 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

25 October 2010

7622167 Pte James Kevill, RAOC

7622167 Private James Kevill of 18 Ordnance Store Company, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died at sea, presumably as a result of wounds sustained in the North African Campaign, on the 25th October 1941. He was 23 years old, the son of James and Mary Anna Kevill. He is commemorated by name on column 84 of the Alamein Memorial.

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

26 September 2010

7628250 Sgt Ronald H Frapwell, RAOC

7628250 Sergeant Ronald Harrison Frapwell of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died on the 26th September 1943. He was 30 years old, the son of of Arthur and Edith Julia Frapwell, of Fulham, London. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and almost certainly died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.

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

26 July 2010

161714 Lt George Poushkine, RA

161714 Lt George Poushkine of the Royal Artillery, died on the 26th July 1942. At the time of his death he was attached to the 4th Anti-Aircraft Divisional Workshops. He died in the United Kingdom and was cremated at Golders Green crematorium in North London. A memorial there commemorates him by name.

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

13 July 2010

7874428 S/Sgt John Dobie, RAOC

7874428 Staff Sergeant John Dobie of 18 Ordnance Workshop, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died at sea on the 13th July 1942. He was 40 years old, the son of Walter and Agnes Dobie, and the husband of Marjorie Dobie of Sheffield. He is commemorated on panel 18 of the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey.

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

25 June 2010

7611837 L/Cpl Albert Iball, RAOC

7611837 Lance-Corporal Albert Iball of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died on the 25th June 1942. He was 23 years old, the son of Albert W and Edith Iball of Langold, Nottinghamshire. He is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.

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

7611229 Pte Ernest Oakes, RAOC

7611229 Private Ernest Oakes of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died on the 19th April 1940. He was a Manchester-born man, living in the city when he enlisted. Ernest was the son of Edward Thomas Oakes and Margaret Oakes of West Gorton, Manchester, and was 33 years old at the time of his death. He is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery at Thelus in France.

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

17 March 2010

14314503 Pte Denis O'Hara, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

14314503 Private Denis O'Hara of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died in India on the 17th March 1945. He was 21 years old, the son of David and Catherine O'Hara, of Glasgow. He is buried in the Imphal War Cemetery in Manipur.

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