The Wormhoudt Masacre today in 1940….see below…

 

100 years ago today 28/5/1917: Lance Corporal James Sherret Moss (Age 34) 12th Bn. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.

 

WW2:

1940 Private Frederick George Barnhouse (Age 34) La Bernerie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Emily Jane Barnhouse, of Swansea; husband of Mary Ann Barnhouse, of Town Hill, Swansea.

1940 Private Norman Bell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

1940 Private John Blackwell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France.

1940 Private Ernest Arthur Braithwaite (Age 34) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Husband of Winifred May Braithwaite, of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

1940 Private Kenneth Fowden (Age 20) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Henry and Felicia Mary Fowden, of Burton, Cheshire.

1940 Lieutenant Basil Thomas Robertson Glasspool (Age 24) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Son of Reginald Thomas Booth Glasspool and Frances Louisa Glasspool, of Street, Somerset.

1940 Private Joseph William Hines (Age 20) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Joseph and Emily Hines.

1940 Corporal Charles George Jones (Age 31) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Jones, of Neston, Cheshire; husband of Kate Jones, of Neston.

1940 Lance Corporal Arthur Kirby (Age 33) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France.

1940 Private Ronald Linegar (Age 19) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Harold and Jessie Linegar, of Castle, Northwich, Cheshire.

1940 Private Charles Lockett (Age 20) 4th Bn. Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Rachel Lockett, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. His Brother also died on service.

1940 Lance Corporal Thomas Mcnally (Age 35) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France.

1940 Private Henry Moffatt (Age 20) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Son of Robert George and Rose Moffatt, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

1940 Private Claude William Parrish 7th Bn. Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Parrish, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

1940 Private Joseph Ernest Roberts (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of William and Ann Jane Roberts, of New Ferry, Cheshire.

1940 Private Robert Smith (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium.

1940 Corporal James Weston (Age 28) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Robert and Mary Weston, of New Ferry, Cheshire; husband of Ann Frances Weston, of New Ferry.

1940 Serjeant Robert Weston (Age 29) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

The Wormhoudt Masacre today in 1940….POWs hurded into barn which was then set on fire then grenades thrown in, any escapers shot…..Lest we forget.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7753912/Wormhoudt-Every-day-I-thank-God-we-did-our-duty.html

The Wormhoudt massacre, the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler