780600 Battery QMS Murdo Gillies, RA

780600 Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Murdo Gillies of the 39th Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 30th September 1941. He was 31 years old, the son of Donald and Catherine Gillies of Greenock, Renfrewshire. He is buried in Tobruk 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

905149 Gnr Thomas R Holliday, RA

905149 Gunner Thomas Reid Holliday of 203 Battery, 51st (The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery died on the 14th June 1941. Thomas was from Cumberland, the son of Gladstone and Mary Little Holliday, of Workington. He was 21 years old when he died. He is buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery in North Africa.

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

2066363 Spr Eric Spear, RE

Cornishman, 2066363 Sapper Eric Garfield Spear of the Royal Engineers, died in North Africa on the 18th May 1942. He was 20 years old, the son of William John and Harriet Spear of Lostwithiel, Cornwall. He is buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery in Libya.

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

T/202102 Dvr Albert Gadsden, RASC

T/202102 Driver Albert Gadsden of the Royal Army Service Corps, died in North Africa on the 16th April 1941. He is buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery in Libya.

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

953106 Gnr Arthur Chisnall, RA

953106 Gunner Arthur Chisnall of the 67th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 26th March 1942. He was the son of Charles and Alice Chisnall of Ipswich in Suffolk and was 22 years old at the time of his death. He is buried in Tobruk 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

3596849 Sgt John Joseph Clemenston, 4th Bn, Border Regt

3596849 Sergeant John Joseph Clemenston of the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment, died on the 5th December 1941. He was 26 years old; the Son of Frederick and Edith Clementson of Penrith, Cumberland, and the husband of Linda Clementson, of Penrith. He is buried in Tobruk War Cemetery.

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

4856259 Cpl Jesse Caldwell, 2nd Bn, Leicestershire Regt

I was travelling yesterday and had no access to the internet, hence I was unable to update this blog for the 25th.

4856259 Corporal Jesse Caldwell of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regt, died on the 25th November 1941. He was the son of Jesse Reuben and Lucie Caldwell and he was from Leicester, although born in Bolton. He is buried in Tobruk War Cemetery.

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

6913196 Rfm Joseph Frederick Minta, 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade

6913196 Rifleman Joseph Frederick Minta of the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, died on 15th November 1942. He was 28 years old and the son of Elizabeth Jackson of Walworth, London. He is buried in Tobruk War Cemetery.

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