Showing posts with label Yorkshire Regiment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yorkshire Regiment. Show all posts

14 August 2010

4755272 Pte Arthur C Harrowell, 7th Bn, Green Howards

4755272 Private Arthur Charles Harrowell of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment), died on the 14th August 1943 in Sicily. He was 33 years old, a Londoner, and was the husband of Harriet Harrowell of Leyton, Essex (now East London). He is buried in the Catania War Cemetery on the island of Sicily.

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

22 July 2010

187017 2nd Lt Arthur B Pinning, 6th Bn, Yorkshire Regt

187017 2nd Lt Arthur Benjamin Pinning of the 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, died on the 22nd July 1942. He was 29 years old, the son of William John Thomas Pinning and Florence Gertrude Pinning of Whitby, Yorkshire. He is commemorated on 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

16 March 2010

4751983 L/Cpl John Purdue, 7th Bn, Green Howards

4751983 Lance-Corporal John Purdue of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire regiment), died in North Africa on the 16th March 1943. He was 27 years old, the son of Harold Edwin and Mabel Alice Rose Purdue of Histon, Cambridgeshire. John was born in East London and living in Essex when he enlisted. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial in Tunisia.

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