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Cheshire Regiment WW2 fatalities

1939

3/09/1939 Corporal Harry Kenneth Barnes Age 28 1st Bn ‘4121901’ Khartoum War Cemetery Sudan 2. D. 6.

10/09/1939 Serjeant Harold Burton Age 30 1st Bn ‘4121609’ Khartoum War Cemetery Sudan 10. A. 5. Son of William John and Amelia Burton, of Liverpool.

11/09/1939 Private William Needham 6th Bn ‘4129273’ Norbury (St. Thomas) Churchyard United Kingdom Sec. H. Grave 78.

17/09/1939 Colour Serjeant John Robinson 2nd Bn ‘4115359’ Macclesfield Cemetery United Kingdom Plot A. Grave 736.

19/09/1939 Private John Pendleton Age 33 5th Bn ‘4124095’ Runcorn Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 16. Grave 200. Son of Charles and Mary Pendleton, of Runcorn; husband of Edith Ann Pendleton, of Crewe.

24/09/1939 Private William Herbert Cork Age 25 6th Bn ‘817580’ Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. V. Grave 13898. Son of William Herbert Cork, and of Hannah Cork, of Levenshulme, Manchester.

29/09/1939 Lance Corporal Henry Harrison 2nd Bn ‘3651080’ Sees Communal Cemetery France Plot 3. Row 22. Grave 8.

7/10/1939 Corporal Cansfield Booth Age 36 8th Bn ‘4119360’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. J.A. Grave 142. Son of Cansfield and Emma Booth; husband of Sabina Booth, of Edgeley, Stockport.

10/10/1939 Private John Scanlan Age 25 5th Bn ‘4125105’ Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. New Portion. Grave 48. Son of Mary K. Scanlan, and stepson of William Wilson, of Boughton, Chester.

17/12/1939 Private Joseph Glyn Clarke Age 22 1st Bn ‘4123860’ Khartoum War Cemetery Sudan 2. D. 7. Son of William and Elizabeth Knappett, of Churton, Cheshire.

18/12/1939 Private Frederick Slade Age 20 5th Bn ‘4127936’ Helsby Cemetery United Kingdom Cons. North Grave 130. Son of William Thomas Slade and Nancy Slade, of Helsby.

25/12/1939 Private Johnston Frederick Reynolds Age 49 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/33088’ Elton (All Saints) Churchyard, Lancashire United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 52. Son of Frederic Johnston Reynolds and Arabella Margaret Reynolds, of Elton, Bury; husband of Alice Reynolds, of Ainsworth.

29/12/1939 Lance Corporal Percival William Walter Hookway Age 37 2nd Bn ‘4114502’ Tiverton Cemetery United Kingdom XA.11.39. Son of Walter Venton Hookway and Alice Maud Hookway, of Tiverton; stepson of Mrs. A. B. A. Hookway, of Tiverton.

1940

10/01/1940 Lance Corporal Francis D. Day Age 21 ‘4127744’ Derrington (St. Matthew) Churchyard United Kingdom S.E. of church. Son of Edward and Emma Day, of Derrington.

16/01/1940 Major William Arthur Webster Age 52 ‘38950’ Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. F. New Portion. Grave 39. Husband of Beatrice Ellen Webster, of Chester.

22/01/1940 Private Ralph Marsh Age 39 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/33824’ Leigh Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 40. Grave I. 6. Son of Richard and Esther Marsh; husband of Mary Marsh, of Leigh.

9/02/1940 Private Thomas Latham Age 48 South Lancs Regiment Cheshire Regiment 6th Bn formerly 8th (H.D.) Bn. ‘D/18418’ Ormskirk (Ss. Peter And Paul) Churchyard United Kingdom Grave 1158. Son of Eli and Mary Latham, of Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Anne Latham, of Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent.

22/02/1940 Private William John Howes Age 55 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/33821’ Deane (St. Mary) Churchyard United Kingdom Sec. A.C. Grave 26. Husband of Margaret Ellen Howes, of Bolton.

14/04/1940 Private Louis Brewer Age 19 ‘3856541’ Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery United Kingdom Div. 3. Sec. I.3. R.C. Grave 32. Son of Louis and Rosa Brewer, of Bolton.

24/04/1940 Private George Richard Cocker Age 18 6th Bn ‘4128014’ Cheadle And Gatley Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 12. Grave 23. Son of John Richard and Martha Cocker of Heald Green, Cheadle.

2/05/1940 Private Gordon Thomas Hodgkinson Age 19 5th Bn ‘4125525’ Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. F. New Portion. Grave 36. Son of W. G. Hodgkinson and Dora Hodgkinson, of Huntington.

10/05/1940 Private Thomas Edward Connell Age 21 4th Bn ‘4125556’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row D. Grave 4.

10/05/1940 Private Mark Garnett Age 19 4th Bn ‘3529508’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of John William and Edith Annie Garnett.

10/05/1940 Corporal James O’Neil Age 33 4th Bn ‘4384834’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of James and Elizabeth O’Neil; husband of Mary O’Neil, of Byker, Northumberland.

11/05/1940 Second Lieutenant Denis Barrett 7th Bn ‘75689’ O.-L.-V.-Lombeek Churchyard Belgium Grave 2.

12/05/1940 Private James Walsh Age 25 7th Bn ‘4128036’ O.-L.-V.-Lombeek Churchyard Belgium Grave 1. Son of James and Esther Ann Walsh j husband of Vera Walsh, of Altrincham, Cheshire.

14/05/1940 Lance Corporal Thomas Gavin Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4122275’ Huldenberg Churchyard Belgium British Plot, Grave 1. Son of Patrick and Mary Gavin; husband of Christina Gavin, of Sutton Leach, St. Helens, Lancashire.

16/05/1940 Lance Corporal George Hayes Age 37 2nd Bn ‘4122677’ Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension Belgium VI. B. 7. Son of James and Sarah Alice Hayes, of Stockport, Cheshire.

17/05/1940 Private Douglas Henry Atherton Age 22 4th Bn ‘4128160’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9. Son of Henry Percy and Alice Esther Atherton, of Chester.

17/05/1940 Warrant Officer Class II James Davenport Age 35 2nd Bn ‘4118948’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of James William and Clara Davenport; husband of Laura Kathleen Davenport, of Ludgershall, Hampshire.

18/05/1940 Private Thomas Woodburn Johnson Age 20 4th Bn ‘4128600’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9. Son of Thomas and Annie Johnson, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

18/05/1940 Private Percy Alexander Mccormick Age 21 4th Bn ‘4128606’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9. Son of George Alexander McCormick and Frederica Louise McCormick, of Wallasey, Cheshire; husband of Margaret Elaine McCormick, of Wallasey.

19/05/1940 Private Ernest James Austin Age 22 4th Bn ‘4125198’ Lessines New Communal Cemetery Belgium Plot A Grave 4. Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Austin, of Rudheath, Cheshire.

19/05/1940 Private Arthur Hoggett Age 20 4th Bn ‘4128671’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9.

19/05/1940 Captain Kenneth Stephen Bamfylde Lucking 4th Bn ‘42126’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9.

19/05/1940 Corporal George Haltby Nursaw Age 33 4th Bn ‘4124961’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9.

19/05/1940 Private Sydney Thomas Taylor Age 25 4th Bn ‘4128499’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9. Son of John and Jessie Taylor; husband of Charlotte Jennie Taylor, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead.

19/05/1940 Second Lieutenant Major Ronald Williams Age 24 4th Bn ‘38500’ Isieres Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-9. Son of Jesse and Evelyn Williams, of Meols, Hoylake, Cheshire.

20/05/1940 Private Samuel Clews Age 21 4th Bn ‘4127412’ Mouchin Communal Cemetery France Son of John and Mary Clews, of Stockport, Cheshire.

20/05/1940 Private George Batty Shaw Age 22 4th Bn ‘4128682’ Lapugnoy Military Cemetery France Plot 12. Row A. Grave 9. Son of Charles and Eliza Shaw, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

21/05/1940 Corporal Alexander Charles Falconer Age 28 4th Bn ‘4124591’ Esquelbecq Military Cemetery France Sp. Mem. Coll. grave 3. F. 25-32.

21/05/1940 Bandsman James Laird 4th Bn ‘4124910’ Bruyelle War Cemetery Belgium II. B. 15.

21/05/1940 Private James Mason Age 24 4th Bn ‘4125178’ Esquelbecq Military Cemetery France Sp. Mem. 3. F. 25-32. Son of James and Jane Mason.

21/05/1940 Private James Toal Age 26 4th Bn ‘3528833’ Hondschoote Communal Cemetery France Row C. Grave 3. Son of Thomas and Julia Toal, of Wythenshawe, Manchester.

21/05/1940 Private Douglas Charles Walden Age 20 4th Bn ‘4128665’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Charles Walter and Annie Walden.

22/05/1940 Serjeant George Bayley Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4122794’ Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul France Plot 3. Row A. Grave 6.

22/05/1940 Private Peter Colin Francis John Pratt Age 21 4th Bn ‘4127485’ Bruyelle War Cemetery Belgium I. C. 10. Son of Mrs. A. A. Pratt, of Davenport, Stockport, Cheshire.

22/05/1940 Serjeant Leonard Horace Pursell Age 36 2nd Bn ‘4119772’ Pecq Communal Cemetery Belgium Row F, grave 1. Son of George and Beatrice Pursell; husband of Florence Louise Pursell, of Ruislip Manor, Middlesex.

23/05/1940 Private Gordon Frederick Eustace Hewett Age 20 2nd Bn ‘4123238’ Ramegnies-Chin Churchyard Belgium Row B. Grave 8. Son of Eleanor Mabel Hewett, of Reading, Berkshire.

24/05/1940 Private John Patrick O’Connor Age 19 2nd Bn ‘4126078’ Hondschoote Communal Cemetery France Row B. Grave 14.

25/05/1940 Private Frederick Leary Age 19 4th Bn ‘4127130’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row A. Grave 12. Son of Edwin and Maud Leary, of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire.

27/05/1940 Private Raymond Allday Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4127165’ Hondschoote Communal Cemetery France Row A. Grave 10. Husband of Emily Allday, of Huyton, Lancashire.

27/05/1940 Private Thomas John Austin Age 28 6th Bn attd. H.Q. I. Corps. ‘4121678’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Austin; husband of May Theresa Austin, of Pitstone, Buckinghamshire.

27/05/1940 Private George Davison 4th Bn ‘4384989’ Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension France Spec. Mem. Row A. Grave 4.

27/05/1940 Lance Corporal George Henry Devenport Age 35 4th Bn ‘4119595’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of James and Polly Devenport; husband of Kathleen Devenport, of Chester.

27/05/1940 Private William Hodgkinson Age 30 attd. H.Q. I Corps ‘4121734’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of John and Maria Hodgkinson; husband of Lily Hodgkinson.

27/05/1940 Private Donald Iven Mckenzie Age 24 4th Bn ‘4128608’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Robert and Beatrice McKenzie, and stepson of Norah J. McKenzie, of Higher Bebington, Cheshire.

27/05/1940 Private Patrick Joseph Murray Age 30 attd. H.Q. 1 Corps. ‘4121936’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52.

27/05/1940 Private Samuel Mutch Age 25 4th Bn ‘3524948’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row A. Grave 9. Son of Ernest and A. A. Mutch, of Audenshaw, Lancashire.

27/05/1940 Lance Corporal Harold Swetnam Age 21 4th Bn ‘4127504’ Socx Churchyard France Son of Herbert and Martha Swetnam, of Liverpool.

27/05/1940 Lance Serjeant Edward Thompson Age 33 4th Bn ‘4384647’ Esquelbecq Military Cemetery France Sp. Mem. 3. F. 25-32. Son of Matthew and Rebecca Thompson; husband of Annie Thompson, of East Howdon-on-Tyne, Northumberland.

27/05/1940 Lance Corporal William Francis Thornton Age 23 4th Bn ‘4125559’ Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension France Row B. Grave 2. Son of William and Margaret Thornton, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

27/05/1940 Private James Turner Age 21 4th Bn ‘4127510’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row D. Grave 11. Son of James and Jane Turner, of Bolton. Lancashire.

27/05/1940 Private Harry William Williams Age 21 4th Bn ‘4128627’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Harry William and Florence Mary Williams; nephew of Mrs. M. Lawton, of Birkenhead.

28/05/1940 Private Frederick George Barnhouse Age 34 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4188009’ La Bernerie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery France Row A. Grave 7. Son of Thomas and Emily Jane Barnhouse, of Swansea; husband of Mary Ann Barnhouse, of Town Hill, Swansea.

28/05/1940 Private Norman Bell Age 21 4th Bn ‘4128369’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row A. Grave 8.

28/05/1940 Private John Blackwell Age 21 4th Bn ‘4127394’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52.

28/05/1940 Private Ernest Arthur Braithwaite Age 34 4th Bn ‘4797071’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row A. Grave 8. Husband of Winifred May Braithwaite, of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

28/05/1940 Private Kenneth Fowden Age 20 4th Bn ‘4129310’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row A. Grave 9. Son of Henry and Felicia Mary Fowden, of Burton, Cheshire.

28/05/1940 Lieutenant Basil Thomas Robertson Glasspool Age 24 4th Bn ‘66433’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row A. Grave 6. Son of Reginald Thomas Booth Glasspool and Frances Louisa Glasspool, of Street, Somerset.

28/05/1940 Private Joseph William Hines Age 20 4th Bn ‘4127448’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Joseph and Emily Hines.

28/05/1940 Corporal Charles George Jones Age 31 4th Bn ‘4121737’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row D. Grave 3. Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Jones, of Neston, Cheshire; husband of Kate Jones, of Neston.

28/05/1940 Lance Corporal Arthur Kirby Age 33 4th Bn ‘4124433’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row A. Grave 12.

28/05/1940 Private Ronald Linegar Age 19 4th Bn ‘4128603’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Harold and Jessie Linegar, of Castle, Northwich, Cheshire.

28/05/1940 Private Charles Lockett Age 20 4th Bn ‘4127464’ Esquelbecq Military Cemetery France Sp. Mem. 3. F. 25-32. Son of Charles and Rachel Lockett, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. His Brother also died on service.

28/05/1940 Lance Corporal Thomas Mcnally Age 35 4th Bn ‘3239344’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52.

28/05/1940 Private Henry Moffatt Age 20 4th Bn ‘4125841’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row A. Grave 2. Son of Robert George and Rose Moffatt, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

28/05/1940 Private Eric Hilton Oldham Age 25 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment 1/8th Bn formerly of the 6th Bn. ‘4129274’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 116. Son of Edward Hilton Oldham and Harriet Oldham, of Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire.

28/05/1940 Private Claude William Parrish 7th Bn ‘4126082’ Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery Belgium Row B. Grave 8. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Parrish, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

28/05/1940 Private Joseph Ernest Roberts Age 21 4th Bn ‘4125282’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row D. Grave 2. Son of William and Ann Jane Roberts, of New Ferry, Cheshire.

28/05/1940 Private Robert Smith Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4122849’ Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension Belgium VI. B. 12.

28/05/1940 Corporal James Weston Age 28 4th Bn ‘4124036’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Robert and Mary Weston, of New Ferry, Cheshire; husband of Ann Frances Weston, of New Ferry.

28/05/1940 Serjeant Robert Weston Age 29 4th Bn ‘4124027’ Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery France Row F. Grave 2.

29/05/1940 Private John Joseph Allen Costall Age 27 4th Bn ‘4125889’ Oye-Plage Communal Cemetery France Row 4. Grave 11. Husband of Ethel May Adelaide Costall, of Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire.

29/05/1940 Private Gwynfryn Cunnah Age 29 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4190085’ La Plaine-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery France Grave 8.

29/05/1940 Private Patrick John Hamilton Age 21 4th Bn ‘4124694’ Coxyde Military Cemetery Belgium VI. A. 1. Son of Patrick and Mary Hamilton, of Port Sunlight, Birkenhead.

29/05/1940 Lance Corporal Norman Douglas Ingham Age 20 4th Bn ‘4128068’ West Cappel Churchyard France Row A. Grave 11. Son of William and Ada Annie Ingham, of Hoylake, Cheshire.

29/05/1940 Private Frank Morris Age 21 4th Bn ‘4127469’ Marquise Communal Cemetery France Plot 1. Row D. Grave 5. Son of Arthur and Florence Morris, of Hadfield, Derbyshire.

29/05/1940 Second Lieutenant Robert Fraser Reid 4th Bn ‘115015’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 51.

29/05/1940 Private John Smith Age 36 4th Bn ‘4966948’ Ledringhem Churchyard France Row C. Grave 9. Son of George and Lucy Smith; husband of Olive Smith, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

30/05/1940 Second Lieutenant Francis Stafford Golland Age 21 4th Bn ‘90570’ Hotton War Cemetery Belgium XI. C. 1. Son of Wilfrid and Alice Stella May Golland, of West Kirby, Cheshire.

30/05/1940 Private Frank Richardson Age 23 4th Bn ‘4125623’ De Panne Communal Cemetery Belgium Plot 3. Row A. Grave 65. Son of Joseph and Alice Richardson, of Runcorn, Cheshire; husband of Molly Richardson, of Runcorn.

30/05/1940 Private Robert Henry Scarisbrick Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4125842’ Les Moeres Communal Cemetery France Row B. Grave 47.

30/05/1940 Warrant Officer Class II Robert Ernest Charles Shiells Age 34 MiD 4th Bn ‘4119930’ Hotton War Cemetery Belgium IX. B. 1. Son of Robert Andrew and Amelia Emily Shiells; husband of Annie Shiells, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

30/05/1940 Private Henry Aloysius Smith Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4122614’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52.

31/05/1940 Private John Henry Smith 7th Bn ‘4912360’ Colchester Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. Div. B. Grave 69.

31/05/1940 Private Edwin Talbot Age 21 7th Bn ‘4125723’ Colchester Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. Div. B. Grave 73. Son of Frederick and Rebecca Talbot, of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.

31/05/1940 Serjeant Horace Edwin Taylor Age 30 2nd Bn ‘6912031’ Dunkirk Town Cemetery France Plot 2 Row 13 Grave 2.

31/05/1940 Second Lieutenant John Hugh Watkin Age 20 MC 2nd Bn ‘95272’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 51. Son of Capt. Hugh Geoffrey Watkin and of Evelyn Catherine Watkin (nee Hardiacre); stepson of Air Vice Marshall Geoffrey Arthur Henzell Pidcock, C.B.E., C.B., of Anna Valley, Hampshire.

1/06/1940 Private Frederick Samuel Deakin Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4122366’ Hondschoote Communal Cemetery France Row B. Grave 12. Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Deakin.

1/06/1940 Corporal James Dickinson 2nd Bn ‘4123586’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. J.B. Grave 2.

2/06/1940 Private John Henry Strawbridge Age 26 ‘4189583’ St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen France Block “S”. Plot 4. Row O. Grave 5. Son of Francis Charles and Annie Jane Strawbridge, of Swansea.

3/06/1940 Private Joseph Johnson Age 29 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4189755’ St. Aubin-Les-Elbeuf Communal Cemetery France Sec. E. Grave 182. Son of Fred and Edith Johnson, of Ruabon, Denbighshire; husband of Amy Johnson, of Ruabon.

4/06/1940 Private Albert Strange Age 20 4th Bn ‘3855490’ Etaples Military Cemetery France 46. B. 14. Son of Thomas and Jane Strange, of Tong Moor, Bolton, Lancashire.

7/06/1940 Serjeant Frederick Beer Age 34 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4185994’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Frederick and Mary Beer; husband of Phyllis Beer, of Mayhill, Swansea.

8/06/1940 Private Charles Leah ‘4189181’ Grainville-Sur-Ry Churchyard France

9/06/1940 Private James Wood Age 26 2nd Bn ‘3525474’ Manchester (Gorton) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. H. Grave 413. Son of George and Grace Wood, of Longsight, Manchester.

10/06/1940 Private John Newton Keirle Age 35 ‘4121967’ Pornic War Cemetery France 1. H. 18. Son of Charles and Gwladys Ann Keirle, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.

13/06/1940 Private John Stanley Rogers Age 25 ‘4131499’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3. Son of James and Abigail Rogers.

17/06/1940 Colour Serjeant Harry Lawrence Hibbins Age 32 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4119665’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of John Hibbins, and of Rose Hibbins (nee Ford); husband of Winifred E. Hibbins, of Hanton Bridge, Hertfordshire.

17/06/1940 Private Horace James Age 34 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4189138’ La Bernerie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery France Row C Grave 16.

17/06/1940 Private Arthur Keenan Age 31 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4188090’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Arthur Keenan, and of Bridget Keenan (nee McCasey).

17/06/1940 Private Albert Lewis Age 38 ‘4188602’ Pornic War Cemetery France 1. C. 6. Son of Mark and Sarah Lewis.

17/06/1940 Lance Corporal David Smith Age 31 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4122024’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Mary Ellen Smith, of Birkenhead.

17/06/1940 Private Isaac Frederick Woodland Age 32 Pioneer Corps attd. Aux. Mil. ‘4186887’ Les Moutiers-En-Retz Communal Cemetery France Coll. grave 8. (Screen Wall Panel 60.). Son of Bert and Rebecca Woodland; husband of Edith Constance Woodland, of Isleworth, Middlesex.

17/06/1940 Private Alfred Wright Age 32 Pioneer Corps attd. 13 Coy., Aux. Mil. ‘4121385’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Wright; husband of Gweneth Wright, of Aberfan, Glamorgan.

25/06/1940 Major Edmund Ivan Gore-Hickman Age 41 4th Bn ‘12278’ Brugge General Cemetery Belgium Plot 63. Row 2. Grave 15. Son of Francis William and Elizabeth Browne Gore-Hickman, of Ballsbridge, Dublin, Irish Republic.

25/06/1940 Lance Corporal Sydney Taylor Age 24 5th Bn ‘4124858’ Northwich Cemetery United Kingdom C. of E Sec. Grave 17.

23/07/1940 Lance Corporal Frederick Dennis Foyster Age 20 6th Bn ‘4128960’ Hyde Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 1234. Son of Frederick and Theodora Foyster, of Hyde.

30/07/1940 Private Percy James Broughton Age 22 4th Bn ‘4127403’ Crewe Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. A. Grave 269. Son of Alfred John and Mary Elizabeth Broughton, of Crewe.

10/08/1940 Private Vincent Stanley Quinn Age 22 1st Bn ‘4123738’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXX. J. 19. Son of John and Ivy Quinn, of Salemoor, Cheshire. His brother John also died on service.

11/08/1940 Private John Edward Stevenson Age 20 ‘4131892’ Tilston (St. Mary) Churchyard United Kingdom Row 6. Grave 4. Son of Albert Henry and Margaret Stevenson, of Tilston.

5/09/1940 Private Leslie Peter Mccarthy Age 20 2nd Bn ‘4123820’ Lille Southern Cemetery France Plot 5. Row B. Grave 31.

8/09/1940 Private George Ankers 5th Bn ‘4125455’ Runcorn Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 16. Grave 134. Son of Thomas Henry and Helena Ankers, of Runcorn.

8/09/1940 Drummer Harry Lee Griffiths Age 20 2nd Bn ‘7888717’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 6. Nonconformist. Grave 688. Son of Charles and Ada I. Griffiths, of Everton, Liverpool.

8/09/1940 Drummer Robert Daniel Walker Age 26 2nd Bn ‘4123621’ Manchester Southern Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. Q. Coll. grave 226. (Screen Wall. Panel 29). Son of Fred Walker and of Minnie Walker, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester.

22/09/1940 Private Harry Ashworth Age 52 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/33804’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. E.N. Grave 280. Son of Richard and Esther Ashworth, of Stockport; husband of Florence Ashworth, of Heaton Norris, Stockport.

24/09/1940 Private William George Williams Age 20 4th Bn ‘4125469’ Bebington Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. E. Non-Conformist. Grave 161. Son of Thomas and Dora Agnes Williams, of Bebington.

1/10/1940 Lance Corporal John Kenneth Ormesher Age 23 ‘4130222’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Gen. Sec. B. Grave 809. Son of Arthur and Lily Ormesher, of Great Moor. Stockport.

3/10/1940 Private John Alfred Hitchen Age 22 4th Bn ‘4129669’ Bredbury (St. Mark) Churchyard United Kingdom New ground. Grave 300. Son of Elija and Mary Ellen Hitchen.

18/10/1940 Private Alfred Palin Age 21 4th Bn ‘4126741’ Crewe Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. New Ground. Grave 526. Son of Arthur and Ann Palin, of Crewe.

5/11/1940 Private William Burns 4th Bn ‘4127237’ Liverpool (Ford) Roman Catholic Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A.F. Grave 242.

17/11/1940 Private William Edgeley Age 34 6th Bn ‘4120174’ Cleckheaton New Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 793. Son of Mark and Annie Edgeley; husband of Alice Edgeley, of South Elmsall.

21/11/1940 Private Horace Rawcliffe Age 29 ‘4133270’ Sale Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. T. Grave 4555. Son of James and Marianne Rawcliffe, of Sale.

28/11/1940 Private John Dare Age 20 ‘4130868’ Guilden Sutton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard United Kingdom West part. Son of David and Margaret Dare, of Guilden Sutton.

29/11/1940 Private John Nugent ‘4132862’ Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery United Kingdom R.C. Plot Section P Row 13 Grave 30.

29/11/1940 Private Victor Henry Turner 8th (HD) Bn ‘5051330’ Leeds (Lawnswood) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 3. Grave 65.

10/12/1940 Private John Hough Age 24 1st Bn ‘4123360’ Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Egypt 8. H. 4. Son of Maurice Hough, and of Florence May Hough, of Porthill, Staffordshire.

10/12/1940 Private Richard Leslie Knowles Age 21 1st Bn ‘4130323’ Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Egypt 8. H. 5. Son of Samuel and Irene Knowles, of Hyde, Cheshire.

10/12/1940 Private Patrick Power 1st Bn ‘4130372’ Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Egypt 8. H. 3.

11/12/1940 Private Thomas Shaw Age 23 1st Bn ‘4130845’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62. Son of Thomas Shaw, and of Mary Shaw, of Marple, Cheshire.

12/12/1940 Private Reginald George Collins Age 30 ‘4132833’ Bradford-On-Avon Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. T. Grave 86. Son of Arthur Edward and Emily Annie Collins, of Bradford-on-Avon.

12/12/1940 Private William Leslie Harris Age 31 ‘4132840’ Treleigh (St. Stephen) Churchyard United Kingdom Son of William and Emily Harris, of Redruth; husband of Gwendoline Doreen Harris, of Redruth.

12/12/1940 Private Mervyn Reg George Lacey ‘4132770’ West Coker (St. Martin) Churchyard United Kingdom New ground. South Of church. Husband of V. L. M. Lacey, of West Coker.

12/12/1940 Private Frank Robert Lillington ‘4132772’ Poole (Branksome) Cemetery United Kingdom Row H. Grave 9. Son of Frank Robert and Mary Lillington, of Parkstone.

12/12/1940 Private Eric Charles Morgan Age 26 ‘4132828’ Bristol (Canford) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. OO. Grave 463. Son of Edward and Kate Morgan of Clifton, Bristol.

12/12/1940 Private William Morris Age 29 ‘4132775’ Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery United Kingdom Plot RR. Grave 342. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Morris, of Ashton Gate, Bristol.

13/12/1940 Private Josiah Frederick Fry Age 20 ‘4132768’ Filleigh (St. Paul) Churchyard United Kingdom Son of William James Mitchell Fry and Florence Louisa Fry, of Molland Botreaux.

15/12/1940 Private Jack Eakers Age 29 ‘4132836’ Crediton Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 103. Husband of Dorothy Louisa Eakers of Crediton.

17/12/1940 Private William Henry Blease Age 20 5th Bn ‘4129304’ Northwich Cemetery United Kingdom C. of E. Sec. Grave 1510A. Son of Harry and Ellen Blease, of Greenbank, Northwich.

23/12/1940 Private Albert Edward Trueman Age 35 4th Bn ‘4966730’ Worksop (Retford Road) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 19. Grave 355. Son of John Edward and Clara Trueman, of Worksop; husband of Annie Elizabeth Trueman, of Worksop.

27/12/1940 Private Kenneth John Brooke Rowley Age 17 ‘4127032’ Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery United Kingdom New Portion. Grave 4055. Son of Edmund Brooke Rowley and Louisa Margaret Rowley, of Guildford, Surrey.

29/12/1940 Lance Corporal William Joseph Albert Mcgowan Age 22 1st Bn ‘4123602’ Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Egypt 8. E. 1. Son of William and Annie McGowan, of Birkenhead.

30/12/1940 Lance Serjeant William Robert Somerville 1st Bn ‘4123034’ Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Egypt 8. B. 4.

1941

5/01/1941 Private Samuel Edwin Slaney Age 34 8th (HD) Bn ‘4124811’ Congleton (St. Stephen) Churchyard United Kingdom North side. Son of Edward and Sarah Ellen Slaney, of Congleton.

15/01/1941 Lance Corporal Clifford Gregory Age 25 1st Bn ‘4123272’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXIX. J. 20.

23/01/1941 Private Albert Edward Watkins 4th Bn ‘3530559’ Manchester Southern Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. X. C. of E. Grave 2011.

29/01/1941 Private Frank M. Balmforth Age 30 ‘4129305’ Northwich Cemetery United Kingdom C. of E. Sec. Grave 144. Son of Samuel Maurice and Martha Balmforth, of Northwich; husband of Florence Balmforth, of Lostock Gralam, Northwich.

29/01/1941 Private Thomas Herbert Ellis 1st Bn ‘4123389’ Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery Egypt N. 123.

29/01/1941 Private Ronald Stubbs Age 24 4th Bn ‘3527043’ Ipswich Old Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. C. Div. 31. Grave 27.

8/02/1941 Private John Stewart Age 33 7th Bn ‘4130457’ Carrickfergus (St. Nicholas) Church Of Ireland Churchyard United Kingdom Grave 137. Son of Samuel and Mary Stewart, of Carrickfergus.

9/02/1941 Private Tommy Cooper ‘2040934’ Stoke-On-Trent (Burslem) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. V. Grave 18121. Son of Thomas and Ann Cooper, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

12/02/1941 Lance Corporal Arthur Jones Age 34 4th Bn ‘4120709’ Neston Cemetery United Kingdom Plot 2. Div. C. Grave 22. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Jones, of Ness; husband of Lucy Anne Jones.

2/03/1941 Private Harry Cattell Age 49 ‘4909351’ Walsall (Ryecroft) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 1. Grave 32. Son of Thomas and Jane Cattell, of Walsall; husband of Clara Cattell, of Bloxwich, Walsall.

4/03/1941 Private Francis George Parkinson Age 21 4th Bn ‘4123258’ Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery Poland 5. E. 4. Son of Fred and Florence Parkinson, of Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire.

5/03/1941 Captain Henry Shelmerdine Frost Age 27 MiD Commando and No. 51 M.E. ‘51425’ Keren War Cemetery Eritrea 4. D. 1. Son of Lt.-Col. John Meadows Frost, D.S.O., and Olivia Frost. of Chester.

9/03/1941 Private John Melia Age 29 ‘4133266’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. C.B. Grave 270. Son of Edward and Mary Melia, of Stockport.

9/03/1941 Private Ronald John Screech Age 27 5th Bn ‘4133354’ St. Stephen’S-By-Saltash (St. Stephen) Churchyard United Kingdom Grave 2645. Son of John and Marion Kate Screech, of Saltash.

12/03/1941 Private William John Amos 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/4037836’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave C.3.

12/03/1941 Lance Corporal Donald William T. Beasley 8th (HD) Bn ‘5252740’ Evesham (Bengeworth) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. K. Grave 127. Son of Mrs. F.S.A. Beasley, of Evesham.

12/03/1941 Corporal Edward James Bell Age 20 8th (HD) Bn ‘4126030’ Liverpool (Yew Tree) Roman Catholic Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 1176. Son of James and Margaret Bell, of Everton, Liverpool.

12/03/1941 Private John Berry 8th (HD) Bn ‘5246397’ Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 40. Chapel. Class D. Grave 17867. Husband of Annie Berry, of Handsworth, Birmingham.

12/03/1941 Private Arthur Boardman 8th (HD) Bn ‘4124630’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. D.N. Grave 182. Husband of Elsa Boardman, of Dowlais Glamorgan.

12/03/1941 Private Harry Casey 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/2569602’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave D.3.

12/03/1941 Private Carl Robert Coulstring Age 23 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/5049661’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave H.3. Son of Arthur Alex and Minnie May Coulstring, of Wellington Station, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

12/03/1941 Private Alec Dale 8th (HD) Bn ‘4125240’ Sandbach (St. Mary) Churchyard United Kingdom S.E. of church.

12/03/1941 Private James Henry Osmond Dodd 8th (HD) Bn ‘4128683’ Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 1. Non-Conformist. Grave 318.

12/03/1941 Private William Gilbert 8th (HD) Bn ‘5047073’ Audley (St. James) Churchyard United Kingdom East part. Grave 15.

12/03/1941 Private Denis Frederick Glazier Age 19 8th (HD) Bn ‘6205365’ Hampton Cemetery United Kingdom Class C. West. Cons. Grave 305. Son of George William and Gladys Mary Glazier, of Hampton.

12/03/1941 Private Thomas Edgar Hamlin Age 36 8th (HD) Bn ‘5245914’ Gloucester Old Cemetery United Kingdom War Graves Plot B. Grave 8904. Son of Ralph and Fanny Hamlin, of Gloucester; husband of Edith Sylvia Hamlin, of Gloucester.

12/03/1941 Private Joseph William Harper Age 35 8th (HD) Bn ‘4041072’ Abney Park Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. M.5. Jt. Grv. 57128. Screen wall. Panel 11. Son of Joseph W. Harper and Jane Harper, of Islington; husband of Florence Amy Harper, of Islington.

12/03/1941 Private Frederick Albert Holgate Age 19 8th (HD) Bn ‘5256253’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave F.3.

12/03/1941 Private Joseph Hoye 8th (HD) Bn ‘4119361’ Macclesfield Cemetery United Kingdom Plot H. Grave 6310.

12/03/1941 Private William Walter Humm Age 34 8th (HD) Bn ‘4041091’ Harrow Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 36. Grave 5777. Son of William Henry and Eleanor Louisa Humm, of Harrow; husband of Mildred Humm. of Poplar, London.

12/03/1941 Private John Henry Hyndman 8th (HD) Bn ‘4386119’ Middlesbrough (Linthorpe) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. C. Grave 10263.

12/03/1941 Private Joseph Lamb 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/4124994’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave 3.

12/03/1941 Private Sidney Lee Age 25 8th (HD) Bn ‘4131324’ Fairfield (St. Peter) Churchyard United Kingdom Row 5. Grave 7. Son of Frank William and Florence Lee, of Fairfield, Buxton.

12/03/1941 Private Norman Leigh 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/4119487’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave L.3.

12/03/1941 Private William Albert Price Age 33 8th (HD) Bn ‘5246724’ Worcester (St. John’S) Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 2224. Son of Geraldine Price, of St. John’s, Worcester.

12/03/1941 Private Harold Robinson 8th (HD) Bn ‘4798841’ Hutton Henry Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 6. Grave 60.U. Husband of Olive Robinson, of Rainton Gate.

12/03/1941 Captain Francis Thomas Russell Age 47 8th (HD) Bn ‘49457’ Glossop Cemetery United Kingdom R.C. Sec. Grave C11. Son of Joseph and Catherine Russell, of Glossop; husband of Lizzie Russell, of Glossop.

12/03/1941 Lance Corporal Albert Edward Smith 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/5046963’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave J.3.

12/03/1941 Private Geoffrey Leonard Smith 8th (HD) Bn ‘4041320’ Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 41202.

12/03/1941 Private William Smith Age 32 8th (HD) Bn ‘4911302’ Clay Cross Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 517. Son of William and Matilda Smith, of Clay Cross.

12/03/1941 Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Stages Age 40 8th (HD) Bn ‘4115140’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave I.3. Son of John and Veronica Stages; husband of Enid Langford Stages, of Birkenhead.

12/03/1941 Serjeant Alfred Stone 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/4205193’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave B.3.

12/03/1941 Private George Ernest Henry Symes Age 24 8th (HD) Bn ‘5255646’ Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 47057. Son of George Henry and Edith Rosina Symes, of Birmingham.

12/03/1941 Private George Tomkinson Age 22 8th (HD) Bn ‘5055483’ Blurton Church Cemetery United Kingdom Row B. Grave 15. Son of George and Ada Tomkinson; husband of Gladys Tomkinson, of Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent.

12/03/1941 Private Sydney John Watts Age 18 8th (HD) Bn ‘4128197’ Crewe Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. A. Grave 225. Son of Joseph and Emily Watts, of Crewe.

12/03/1941 Private Jack Whittaker Age 41 8th (HD) Bn ‘4117733’ Macclesfield Cemetery United Kingdom Plot H. Grave 6296. Son of Charles and Ada Whittaker, of Macclesfield; husband of Elizabeth Whittaker of Tipton, Staffordshire.

13/03/1941 Private William Brown Age 28 8th Bn ‘4129341’ Cheadle And Gatley Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 17. Grave 46. Son of Charles and Alice Brown, of Cheadle.

13/03/1941 Serjeant Charles Williscroft 8th (HD) Bn ‘5047404’ Rugeley (Wolseley Road) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A.9. Grave 241.

14/03/1941 Private Richard Dalton Age 28 8th (HD) Bn ‘3853475’ Portlaoighise (Ss. Peter And Paul) Cemetery Ireland, Republic of Grave 7.E.200. Son of James and Mary Dalton; husband of Mary Kate Dalton, of St. Thomas, Oxford.

14/03/1941 Private George James Hinkley Age 35 8th (HD) Bn ‘4041083’ Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery United Kingdom Non-Conformist. Sec. 6. Grave E.3. Son of George James Hinkley and Edith Amelia Hinkley; husband of Rosina Hinkley, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

22/03/1941 Private Robert Watson Age 34 ‘4125110’ Wharton (Christ Church) Churchyard United Kingdom Sec. C. Row 4. Grave 23. Son of John and Fanny Watson, of Winsford.

23/03/1941 Private Thomas James Sankey Age 32 8th (HD) Bn ‘4041312’ Wenlock (Broseley) Cemetery United Kingdom Cons. Grave 1297. Son of James and Annie Sankey; husband of Elizabeth Sankey, of Broseley.

26/03/1941 Private Thomas Charles Hargreaves Age 25 1st Bn ‘4123361’ Phaleron War Cemetery Greece 15. E. 2. Son of William Henry and Myra M. Hargreaves, of Southport, Lancashire.

15/04/1941 Corporal George Albert Tinkler Age 24 5th Bn ‘4128127’ Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery United Kingdom New Portion. Grave 3838. Son of Allen and Abigail Tinkler, of Chester.

2/05/1941 Private Herbert Thomas Age 28 ‘4133844’ Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 22. C. of E. Grave 1313. Son of Edwin and Eliza Thomas, of Waterloo, Liverpool.

4/05/1941 Private Sidney Hopkins Age 21 ‘4132797’ Swindon (Christ Church) Burial Ground United Kingdom Northern. Grave 375. Son of Annie Hopkins, of Swindon.

5/05/1941 Private Joseph Tobin Age 38 5th Bn ‘4125286’ Runcorn Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 13. Grave 112. Son of James and Julia Tobin, husband of Frances Stanley Tobin, of Runcorn.

7/05/1941 Private Alfred Atkin Age 34 6th Bn ‘4909239’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 7. Noncon. Grave 927. Screen Wall. Panel 1. Son of William Henry and Jane Atkin.

7/05/1941 Private James King Age 28 ‘4133098’ Glossop Cemetery United Kingdom R.C. Sec. Grave 2598. Son of John W. King and Mary A. King, of Hadfield; husband of Frances E. King, of Hadfield.

7/05/1941 Private Bertram Windsor Age 26 ‘4131857’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 5. C of E Coll. grave 80. Screen Wall Panel 8 Son of Robert and Annie Windsor; husband of Helen Windsor, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

7/05/1941 Private Bernard Young ‘4123786’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 7. Noncon. Grave 764. Screen Wall Panel 8. Son of John and Annie Young, of Higher Wych, Cheshire.

10/05/1941 Private Albert Blay Age 34 ‘4132497’ Maidenhead (All Saints) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. Row W. Grave 34. Son of Frederick and Louisa Blay, of Maidenhead; husband of Phyllis Ida Blay, of Maidenhead.

17/06/1941 Private Frank Alexander Whittaker 4th Bn ‘4125643’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 5. C of E Coll. grave 80. Screen Wall Panel 8

18/07/1941 Private Stephen Byrne Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4126009’ Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery Egypt 3. N. 8. Son of John and Catherine Byrne, of Nelson, Lancashire.

7/08/1941 Private Fred Hatton Age 29 8th Bn ‘4133711’ Northwich Cemetery United Kingdom C. of E. Sec. Grave 1176. Son of Samuel and Annie Hatton, of Northwich husband of Eva Hatton. of Northwich.

9/08/1941 Private Eric Baker Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4126028’ Nicosia War Cemetery Cyprus 5. B. 7. Son of James Albert and Elsie May Baker, of Burton-on-Trent.

15/08/1941 Serjeant Robert George Henry Moffatt Age 32 4/5th Bn ‘4120812’ Bury St. Edmunds Cemetery United Kingdom Compt. 56. Grave 148. Son of Robert George and Rose Moffatt; husband of Jane Isabel Reed Moffatt, of Eastham, Cheshire.

18/10/1941 Private James Kenneth Oakley Age 23 6th Bn ‘4126205’ Bredbury (Highfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. Blue. Grave 119. Son of James and Minnie Oakley, of Bredbury.

25/10/1941 Private William Leonard Age 48 ‘D/16636’ Liverpool (Ford) Roman Catholic Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A.F. Grave 479. Son of Michael and Alice Leonard, of Bootle; husband of Elizabeth C. Leonard, of Bootle.

29/10/1941 Lance Corporal George Kellett Age 42 8th (HD) Bn ‘4119380’ Crewe Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. Grave 533. Son of John and Harriet Kellett husband of Lily May Kellett, of Crewe.

7/11/1941 Private Fred Lamb Age 25 5th Bn ‘4131089’ Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. S. Grave 12430. Son of James W. Lamb and Annie Lamb, of Stockport; husband of Ethel Marjorie Lamb, of North Reddish, Stockport.

8/11/1941 Captain John Edward Holland Age 27 6th Bn ‘89420’ Charing (Kent County) Crematorium United Kingdom Son of Robert P. Holland and Flora D. Holland, of Davenport, Stockport, Cheshire.

28/11/1941 Private William Henry Harry Age 40 8th (HD) Bn ‘7605441’ Tumble (Bethania) Congregational Chapelyard United Kingdom Son of David Harry and Jane Harry, of Tumble.

23/12/1941 Private Ronald Yates Age 23 1st Bn ‘4129635’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 1. 3. 8. Son of Charles and Jane M. Yates, of Buglawton, Cheshire.

26/12/1941 Lance Corporal Frank Connor Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4122610’ Khayat Beach War Cemetery Israel (incl. Gaza) B. F. 4.

27/12/1941 Private James William Hicks Commando and No. 3 ‘4132073’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3.

1942

15/02/1942 Private Francis W. Byers Age 22 1st Bn ‘4126001’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 5. 6. 9. Son of William and Emily Byers, of Distington, Cumberland.

15/02/1942 Private Frank Wilson Age 29 1st Bn ‘4123514’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 1. 3. 13. Son of John J. Wilson and Mary E. Wilson, of Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire.

16/02/1942 Private Percival James Cutler Age 32 30th Bn ‘4130954’ St. Helens Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 50. Grave 408. Son of Frederick Charles and Florence Augusta Cutler.

18/02/1942 Private Alex Hawksley Age 22 1st Bn ‘4127788’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 1. 4. 16. Son of Mr and Mrs J. H. Hawksley, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.

23/02/1942 Private Albert Dawson 2nd Bn ‘4123778’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of Thomas and Sarah Dawson; husband of Frances Mabel Dawson, of Waterloo, Liverpool.

7/03/1942 Private James Rogers Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4127172’ Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt 1. F. 26.

9/03/1942 Private William Eli Jones Age 22 1st Bn ‘4130773’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 5. 3. 1. Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Jones, of Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire.

12/03/1942 Private John Mcging Age 22 ‘4127329’ Newcastle-Under-Lyme Cemetery United Kingdom R.C. New part. Grave 17403. Son of Austin and Ellen McGing, of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

18/03/1942 Private James Mcintyre Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4127133’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 8. E. 10. Son of Hugh and Ellen McIntyre, of Kirkdale, Liverpool.

22/03/1942 Private Brian Wood Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4130403’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 16. C. 18. Son of John Richard and Annie Wood, of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.

28/03/1942 Lieutenant Robert James Glover Burtinshaw Age 25 MiD Commando 6th Bn and No. 5 ‘89395’ Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery France 1. D. 6. Son of Sydney James Glover Burtinshaw and Lilian Beatrice Burtinshaw, of Bramhall, Cheshire. Lawyer.

9/04/1942 Serjeant John Richard Hannon Age 23 1st Bn ‘4122959’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave J. 13.

9/04/1942 Private William Charles Lawson Age 30 2nd Bn ‘4132187’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 3. F. 4. Son of Charles Alfred and Ivy Lawson, of Dingle, Liverpool.

12/04/1942 Private Frank Webb 2nd Bn ‘4123769’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 3. F. 16.

18/04/1942 Warrant Officer Class II Arthur Jones Age 48 MM ‘4116416’ Knutsford Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 2681. Husband of Annie Jones, of Knutsford.

19/04/1942 Private Henry Livingstone Age 32 1st Bn ‘4123584’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave L. 3. Son of William H. Livingstone and Harriet Ann Livingstone, of Bebington, Cheshire.

24/04/1942 Private Francis Jepson Age 24 1st Bn ‘4123711’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3. Son of Francis and Helena Jepson, of Liverpool.

24/04/1942 Private Eric Jones Age 31 1st Bn ‘4122756’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3. Husband of Hannah E. Jones, of Newton Hyde, Cheshire.

25/04/1942 Corporal Albert Henry Johnson Age 28 1st Bn ‘4122825’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave I. 7. Son of Frederic Edmund and Mary Agnes Johnson.

28/04/1942 Private Arthur John Taylor Age 28 1st Bn ‘4122844’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave F. 23.

29/04/1942 Corporal William Ernest Matthews Age 36 7th Bn ‘5103072’ Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 93. Grave 53316. Son of Charles and Florence Priscilla Matthews, of Birmingham; husband of Jennie Matthews, of Broad, Birmingham.

3/05/1942 Warrant Officer Class II Reginald Ravenscroft Age 23 King’s African Rifles attd. 2/6th Bn. ‘4127741’ Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery Kenya Prot. Service Plot. Row E. Grave 25. Son of Jonathan Ravenscroft, and of Mary Harriett Ravenscroft, of Calveley, Cheshire.

8/05/1942 Private Thomas Edwards Age 22 1st Bn ‘4130237’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave E. 17. Son of Frederick Arthur and Martha Edwards, of Boughton, Chester.

8/05/1942 Private Henry Owen Lodwick Age 25 1st Bn ‘4130814’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave E. 17. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owen Lodwick; husband of Marjorie Lodwick, of Little Sutton, Cheshire.

9/05/1942 Private Leonard Harvey Age 31 1st Bn ‘4121603’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave F. 19.

9/05/1942 Private Lindon Lever Age 25 1st Bn ‘4130692’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave F. 19.

9/05/1942 Corporal Thomas Patrick Maloney Age 35 1st Bn ‘4122349’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave F. 23. Son of Thomas and Cathrine Maloney, of Ballinagore, Co. West Meath, Irish Republic.

9/05/1942 Private Raymond Small Age 23 1st Bn ‘4126274’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave F. 19. Son of Leonard and Edith Elizabeth Lucy Small, of Alvaston, Derby. His brother Leonard also died on service.

10/05/1942 Private Stephen Scholey Age 25 1st Bn ‘4130693’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave E. 17. Son of Stephen and Isabella Scholey, of Oldham, Lancashire.

31/05/1942 Private Victor Norbert William Blanchard Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4123909’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of John Norbert Blanchard, and of Irene Gladys Blanchard, of New Durham, Co. Durham.

31/05/1942 Private Robert Davies Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4122581’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of Ambrose Preston Davies and Amy Davies; husband of Gladys Davies, of Egremont, Wallasey, Cheshire.

31/05/1942 Lance Corporal Edward Hartley Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4124715’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of Edward and Sarah Jane Hartley; husband of Iris Winnifred Hartley.

1/06/1942 Private James Hennerley 2nd Bn ‘4124280’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 16. E. 4.

1/06/1942 Private William Kivell Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4133149’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 16. B. 14. Son of Michael and Elizabeth Hannah Kivell, of Stockport, Cheshire.

1/06/1942 Corporal Walter Sharp Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4122370’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 16. E. 1. Son of William and Margaret Sharp, of Kirkdale, Liverpool; husband of Mary Catherine Sharp, of Kirkdale.

5/06/1942 Lance Corporal George Hatfield Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4122757’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of Sidney and Elisebeth Hatfield; husband of M. Hatfield, of Crumlin, Monmouthshire.

5/06/1942 Lieutenant William Richard Ferdinand Thomas Corps of Military Police ‘135865’ Barnston (Christ Church) Churchyard United Kingdom S.W. of church.

7/06/1942 Private Frederick James Alcock Age 18 6th Bn ‘4127294’ Woolwich Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 7. Coll. Grave 838. Son of Samuel and Mildred Florence Maud Alcock, of Woolwich; grandson of Samuel Alcock, of Woolwich,.

7/06/1942 Private Anthony Conterio Age 27 7th Bn ‘4132579’ Ranchi War Cemetery India 4. D. 7.

10/06/1942 Private Arthur Graley Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4126919’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 2. J. 21. Son of John and Annie Gertrude Graley, of St. Helen’s, Lancashire.

15/06/1942 Private Martin Mcmanus Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4132477’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of Martin and Catherine McManus; husband of Anne McManus, of Davyhulme, Lancashire.

15/06/1942 Private Joseph Whittaker Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4130398’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62. Son of Joseph and Annie Whittaker, of Stockport, Cheshire.

17/06/1942 Corporal George Ashbrooke Age 29 5th Bn ‘4125604’ Weaverham (St. Mary) Churchyard United Kingdom Grave 2091. Son of Annie Ashbrooke, and stepson of Harry Broadhurst, of Weaverham; husband of Hilda Ashbrooke, of Northwich.

20/06/1942 Lieutenant Harry Davies 1st Bn ‘216548’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Joint grave K. 13.

23/06/1942 Serjeant John Harold Crawford Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4125021’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy III, B, 4. Son of John James Crawford and Caroline Crawford; husband of Florence Annie Crawford, of Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire.

26/06/1942 Private Frederick Alfred Charles Dinham Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4127001’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61.

26/06/1942 Private Frederick Moore Age 26 2nd Bn ‘4126796’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62. Son of Arthur and Lily Moore.

26/06/1942 Private Alfred Rowbotham Age 33 2nd Bn ‘3853134’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62. Son of Henry and Ellen Rowbotham; husband of Edith Rowbotham, of Droylsden, Lancashire.

27/06/1942 Private Ernest Lloyd Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4121433’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XIX. G. 22. Husband of Muriel Eliza Lloyd, of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.

28/06/1942 Private Arnold Cross Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4130356’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60.

28/06/1942 Lieutenant Gordon Francis Elliott Age 24 2nd Bn ‘134685’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 59. Son of Harold Graham Elliott and Gladys Elliott, of Hove, Sussex.

28/06/1942 Corporal Henry Ernest Granby Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4122919’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 59. Son of Charles Frederick and Margaret Iris Granby; husband of Eliza Jane Granby, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

28/06/1942 Private William Reay Age 30 2nd Bn ‘4132479’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62.

28/06/1942 Lance Corporal Arthur William Smith 2nd Bn ‘4120353’ Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Libya 11. D. 10.

29/06/1942 Private Cyril Demaine Hanson Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4132662’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXXIII. F. 10. Son of John William and Agnes Hanson; husband of Elizabeth Jane Hanson, of Warrington, Lancashire.

29/06/1942 Corporal Donald Mcmillian Age 28 MM 2nd Bn ‘4122743’ Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Egypt 5. F. 1. Son of William and Eliza McMillian; husband of Edna McMillian, of Lanchester, Co. Durham.

2/07/1942 Private Joseph Brown 1st Bn ‘R/4131429’ Imtarfa Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 3. 3. 2. Of Southern Rhodesia.

5/07/1942 Private John Arthur Dixon Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4132466’ Tobruk War Cemetery Libya 2. F. 34. Son of Edward Clayton Dixon and Florence Dixon, of Lancaster; nephew of Mr. W. Dixon, of Lancaster.

8/07/1942 Private Thomas Johnston Harbinson Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4127221’ Khayat Beach War Cemetery Israel (incl. Gaza) A. F. 6. Son of William and Ellen Harbinson, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

12/07/1942 Private William Josiah Smith Age 20 2nd Bn ‘4125642’ Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery Egypt 3. B. 10. Son of Josiah and Mary Smith, of Birkenhead.

15/07/1942 Serjeant Samuel Patrick Conlon Age 26 1st Bn ‘4189697’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 6. 6. 14. Husband of Ivy Conlon, of Mashaba, Southern Rhodesia.

19/07/1942 Private Albert Williams Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4123554’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Williams, of Oldham, Lancashire.

24/07/1942 Corporal George Foale Bickley Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4122887’ Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt 2. D. 5. Son of William Foale Bickley and Ann Frances Bickley, of Handbridge, Cheshire.

27/07/1942 Private Stanley Lewis Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4130271’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61.

27/07/1942 Lieutenant Mark Antony Elston Lomas Age 29 2nd Bn ‘140056’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt IV. G. 28. Son of Lt.-Col. A. D. Lomas, T.D., F.S.I., and of Jane Steward Lomas (nee Linaker). Chartered Accountant.

27/07/1942 Private Bernard Sidney Majilton Age 27 MiD 2nd Bn ‘4122868’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt IV. A. 16. Son of Theresa Majilton, of Birkenhead.

3/08/1942 Private Bert O’Connor Age 36 2nd Bn ‘756486’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy IV, B, 18. Son of John Patrick and Rose O’Connor; husband of Elsie Lucretia O’Connor, of Brynmill, Swansea.

15/08/1942 Private Ernest Tomkinson Age 22 7th Bn ‘4131348’ Ranchi War Cemetery India 4. E. 4. Son of Ernest and Ada Tomkinson, of Willaston, Cheshire.

18/08/1942 Sergeant Charles Black Age 29 RAF Volunteer Reserve Cheshire Regiment 12 Sqdn. formerly of ‘1125069’ Frederikshavn Cemetery Denmark Allied Plot. grave 24. Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Black, of Liverpool.

19/08/1942 Private John Broster Commando and No. 3 ‘4132075’ Newhaven Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 625.

29/08/1942 Private Frank Brownsword 2nd Bn ‘4126246’ Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery Egypt 3. F. 17.

29/08/1942 Private Eric Ralph Green Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4132666’ Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery Egypt 3. F. 15. Son of Ralph and Helen Green, of Firswood, Manchester.

31/08/1942 Private Edward Corkhill ‘D/37660’ Douglas Cemetery, Isle Of Man United Kingdom Block H. Grave 107.

3/09/1942 Corporal James Hitchen Age 29 6th Bn ‘4128323’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXI. A. 14. Son of George Arthur and Alice Hitchen, of Cheadle, Cheshire; husband of Eunice Ethel Hitchen, of Cheadle.

3/09/1942 Private Alfred William Niblett Age 28 6th Bn ‘4131633’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXI. A. 8. Son of Ernest V. and Alice Niblett, of Totterdown, Bristol.

3/09/1942 Private Robert Stubbert Age 32 6th Bn ‘4133056’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62.

3/09/1942 Corporal Jack Arthur Yates 6th Bn ‘6206858’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXI. C. 9.

4/09/1942 Corporal Frederick Dundas Age 30 6th Bn ‘4122254’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XIII. E. 21. Son of Sidney Francis and Hannah Jane Dundas, of Birkenhead; husband of Eveline Dundas, of Birkenhead.

4/09/1942 Lance Serjeant Raymond Arthur Pennington Age 29 6th Bn ‘4123060’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXVI. C. 2. Son of Wallace and Marrion Alice Pennington; husband of Doris Rose Pennington, of Wembley, Middlesex.

6/09/1942 Serjeant Edward Broster Fallows Age 37 6th Bn ‘4119256’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XIII. D. 3.

14/09/1942 Private John Clough Age 26 6th Bn ‘4131151’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXV. B. 21. Son of John and Elizibeth Alice Clough, of Thornton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

16/09/1942 Captain James Henry Massey 5th Bn ‘65582’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3.

26/09/1942 Private Ernest Clarke Age 37 6th Bn ‘4129028’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXI. D. 7. Son of Arthur and Eliza Clarke, of Timperley, Cheshire.

30/09/1942 Private John Gittings Age 26 ‘4036938’ Chasetown (St. Anne) Churchyard United Kingdom New Sec. Row L. Grave 1699. Son of John and Ellen Gittings, of Chase Terrace, Burntwood.

1/10/1942 Private Wilfred Mckiver Age 22 6th Bn ‘6209362’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XIII. C. 13. Son of Felix and Mary McKiver, of Stanley, Co. Durham.

8/10/1942 Lieutenant Alfred Leigh Mather Age 23 2nd Bn ‘117351’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXI. E. 16. Son of the Revd. Edward Leigh Mather, M.A., and of Sophie Gladys Mather (nee Appleton), of Halsall Rectory, Lancashire. B.A. (Oxon.): New College.

24/10/1942 Major Robert Tudor Smith Age 35 OBE ‘36877’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXI. G. 17. Son of Thomas and Ann Mary Smith.

25/10/1942 Lance Corporal Cecil Leslie John Hart Age 20 6th Bn ‘6204005’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 59. Son of Thomas and Alice Hart, of Hampton, Middlesex.

25/10/1942 Private Joseph Andrew Thompson Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4133189’ Milan War Cemetery Italy V. C. 15.

31/10/1942 Lance Corporal Gerald Algene Gray Tarr Age 24 1st Bn ‘4131396’ Pieta Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave L. 13. Son of Henry Melverton Tarr and Mary Jane Tarr.

2/11/1942 Private Harold Pooler Age 23 7th Bn ‘4127754’ Basra War Cemetery Iraq 7. K. 1. Son of James and Harriet Pooler; husband of Grace Vallender Pooler, of Horsehay, Shropshire.

3/11/1942 Lieutenant Stanley Howard Hardy Age 25 2nd Bn ‘140067’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXV. F. 12. Son of Fred and Gertrude Hardy, of Harborne, Birmingham. M.Com.(Birmingham).

8/11/1942 Captain Alistair Kenneth Mcleod Mackenzie Age 23 Commando and No. 6 ‘95271’ Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery Algeria 3. K. 10. Son of Lt.-Col. and Mrs. K. McL. Mackenzie; husband of F. L. Mackenzie, of Arkholme, Lancashire.

8/11/1942 Private William Anthony Whatmough Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4133441’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXV. B. 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whatmough; husband of Vera Whatmough, of Oldham, Lancashire.

13/11/1942 Lieutenant John Stuart Alexander Age 22 2nd Bn ‘151802’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XIX. D. 14. Son of Harold Gemmell Alexander and Winifred Ada Alexander, of Heswall, Cheshire.

14/11/1942 Private Samuel Cooper Bates Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4130229’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of Samuel and Jemima E. Bates; husband of Ena Bates, of New Mills, Derbyshire.

14/11/1942 Private James Deakin Age 28 2nd Bn ‘3652069’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60.

14/11/1942 Private Levi Edge Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4123979’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Edge, of Tattenhall, Cheshire.

14/11/1942 Private William Fisher Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4127575’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of William and Charlotte Fisher, of Wigan, Lancashire.

14/11/1942 Lance Corporal Charles Norman Gawne Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4127028’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 59. Son of Charles M. and Florence H. Gawne, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead.

14/11/1942 Serjeant William Edward Hibberd Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4121902’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 59. Son of Joe and Clara Hibberd; husband of Mary Hibberd, of Skegness, Lincolnshire.

14/11/1942 Private Fred James Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4132593’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of Cornelius and Annie James; husband of Kathleen James, of South Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.

14/11/1942 Private James Jordan Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4131794’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of John and Ellen Jordan, of Widnes, Lancashire.

14/11/1942 Private John Ledgerton Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4123998’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 61. Son of Henry and Margaret Ledgerton; husband of Elizabeth Ledgerton, of Hunt’s Cross, Lancashire.

14/11/1942 Lance Corporal Wilfred Joseph Rhodes Age 27 2nd Bn ‘2027042’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 60. Son of William and Bessie Alice Rhodes; husband of Dorothy May Rhodes, of Manchester.

14/11/1942 Private William Ryan Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4126792’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62.

14/11/1942 Private John Southern Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4127637’ Alamein Memorial Egypt Column 62. Son of Thomas Hitchen Southern and Frances Southern, of Northwich, Cheshire.

17/11/1942 Serjeant David Joseph Macpherson Age 32 6th Bn ‘4122387’ El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt XXVII. H. 17. Son of David Archibald Macpherson and of Teresa Macpherson (nee Martin); husband of Johanna Christina Macpherson, of Higher Broughton, Salford, Lancashire.

23/11/1942 Serjeant Louis Ashworth Age 33 2nd Bn ‘4122870’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy III. A. 4. Son of Louie and Elizabeth Ashworth, of Manchester.

25/11/1942 Private Frank Cheetham Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4133170’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy III. A. 7. Son of Charles Edward and Bertha Cheetham, of Milnrow, Lancashire.

4/12/1942 Lance Corporal Arthur Fitzroy Sutcliffe Age 24 6th Bn ‘4126194’ Bari War Cemetery Italy II. E. 22. Son of Arthur Fitzroy Sutcliffe, and of Emily Sutcliffe, of Bredbury, Cheshire.

6/12/1942 Private Frederick Hurford Rimmer Age 27 1st Bn ‘4122992’ Pembroke Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 5. 4. 5. Husband of Gladys Rimmer, of Gzira.

14/12/1942 Lance Corporal Albert Edward Atherton Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4121792’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy III, E, 15. Son of George and Mary Atherton, of Birkenhead; husband of E. M. Atherton, of Birkenhead.

15/12/1942 Private Harold Morgan Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4125598’ Tobruk War Cemetery Libya 1. E. 2. Son of Daniel and Ellen Morgan, of Chester.

31/12/1942 Private George Lowndes Age 23 2nd Bn ‘882983’ Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery Egypt 4. H. 14. Son of Mrs. S. Lowndes, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

1943

6/01/1943 Private Arthur Slater Age 25 Commando and No. 6 ‘4128169’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19. Son of William and Agnes Slater; husband of Margaret S. K. Slater.

6/01/1943 Private Henry Wright Age 30 Commando and No. 6 ‘3525264’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19. Son of Tom and Kathleen Wright; husband of Hilda Wright, of Ramsgate, Kent.

13/01/1943 Private Walter George Barrow Age 24 ‘4125512’ Crewe Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. B. Grave 330. Son of Walter and Elsie Barrow, of Crewe.

31/01/1943 Corporal George Hector Worrall Age 31 5th Bn ‘4128461’ Kirkee War Cemetery India 12. B. 12. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Worrall, of Knutsford, Cheshire; husband of Ethel Maud Worrall, of Knutsford.

6/02/1943 Private Arthur Gilman Age 23 7th Bn ‘4128694’ Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Iraq 23. D. 9.

9/02/1943 Private John Bradbury Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4127843’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy IV, C, 13. Son of James and Bertha Bradbury; husband of Emily Bradbury, of Bryn, Lancashire.

24/02/1943 Corporal Richard Ayres Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4122075’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy III. C. 18. Son of Richard and Annie Ayres; husband of Rosella Ayres.

24/02/1943 Private W Christie Age 29 30th Bn ‘4464053’ Bathgate (Boghead) Cemetery United Kingdom Compt. B. Grave 17. Son of William and Mary Ellen Christie; husband of Margaret Christie, of Blackridge.

26/02/1943 Lance Corporal Vincent Joseph Burns Age 22 Commando and No. 6 ‘4128376’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19.

28/02/1943 Private Walter Ramond Mannquel Manley Age 34 2nd Bn ‘4122587’ Benghazi War Cemetery Libya 7. C. 33. Husband of Harriet Manley, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

7/03/1943 Private John William Hill 30th Bn ‘4134172’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3.

17/03/1943 Serjeant George Thomas Ball Age 36 2nd Bn ‘4119860’ Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Tunisia 14. F. 12. Son of Thomas and Margaret Ball; husband of Lilian Ball, of Brentford, Middlesex.

17/03/1943 Serjeant Frank Johnson Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4130267’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 18. Son of Margaret Johnson, and stepson of T. Williamson. of Nantwich, Cheshire.

17/03/1943 Serjeant Alexander Sherriff Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4121937’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 18.

22/03/1943 Serjeant William Foy Age 32 2nd Bn ‘3443272’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 6. Son of William and Christina Foy; husband of Dorothy Grace Foy, of Cemaes Bay, Anglesey.

22/03/1943 Private George Edward Howard Age 23 2nd Bn ‘5350466’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 3. Son of William John Howard, and of Minnie Howard, of Felpham, Bognor Regis, Sussex.

22/03/1943 Serjeant Jack Hulme Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4123739’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. E. 32. Son of May Hulme; husband of Dorothy Hulme.

22/03/1943 Private Thomas Edmund Larvor Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4132034’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 5. Son of Charles Edmond and Henrietta Larvor, of Edge Hill, Liverpool.

22/03/1943 Private Thomas David Salisbury 2nd Bn ‘6854183’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 7.

22/03/1943 Private Norman Thorley Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4123718’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19.

23/03/1943 Private Gordon Charles Austin Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4127324’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. C. 12. Son of Charles Henry and Gertrude Austin, of Altrincham, Cheshire.

23/03/1943 Private John Bell Age 32 2nd Bn ‘6341483’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19.

23/03/1943 Private Thomas Broomhead Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4127173’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. E. 30. Son of Thomas and A. Broomhead, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.

23/03/1943 Private Harold Dodd 2nd Bn ‘4127421’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 1. Son of Mary Dodd, of Saltney, Flintshire.

23/03/1943 Private Joseph Flood 2nd Bn ‘4120620’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 2. Son of Benjamin and Anne Ellen Flood, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Margaret Ellen Flood, of Cheadle Heath, Stockport.

23/03/1943 Private Patrick Frederick Ford Age 33 2nd Bn ‘4121377’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19.

23/03/1943 Private Edward Hanlon Age 42 2nd Bn ‘4132511’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia V. C. 26. Son of James Thomas Hanlon and Margaret Hanlon.

23/03/1943 Private Reginald Charles Lockie Age 26 2nd Bn ‘6211810’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19. Son of Mrs. L. A. Lockie.

23/03/1943 Private Anthony Harold Mercer Age 26 2nd Bn ‘4123225’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia I. F. 4. Husband of Edna Mercer, of Bootle, Lancashire.

23/03/1943 Lance Serjeant Albert William Snutch Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4127095’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 18.

2/04/1943 Warrant Officer Class II Richard Llewellyn Davies Age 36 DCM 7th Bn ‘3765158’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3. Son of George and Emily Davies; husband of May Davies, of Walton, Liverpool.

6/04/1943 Private James Gerald Carter Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4132074’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia XIV. F. 6. Son of Samuel and Catherine Carter, of Liverpool.

6/04/1943 Private George Quayle Gill 2nd Bn ‘4127275’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia VII. E. 5. Son of Robert and Hannah Mayers Gill, of Birkenhead.

6/04/1943 Private Alfred William Laurence Age 30 2nd Bn ‘6200395’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia VII. A. 10. Son of Thomas Francis and Louise Laurence; husband of Georgina Mary Laurence, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

6/04/1943 Private Eric Alfred Lay Age 22 2nd Bn ‘5337565’ Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Tunisia Face 19. Son of George and Alice Lay, of Tottenham, Middlesex.

6/04/1943 Private George Miles Age 26 2nd Bn ‘4129686’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia VII. E. 2. Son of John and Anne Miles.

6/04/1943 Private Walter Oakes Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4129228’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia VII. E. 4. Son of Owen and Emma Oakes, of Anderton, Cheshire.

6/04/1943 Lance Corporal Ralph Parry Age 26 2nd Bn ‘3962040’ Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Tunisia Sp. Mem. 17. H. 16. Son of Arthur and Jessie Parry, of Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan.

6/04/1943 Private Ronald Reynolds Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4127189’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia VII. E. 3. Son of Edward and Rose Reynolds, of Liverpool.

7/04/1943 Corporal Stanley Morris Age 23 2nd Bn ‘6897863’ Sfax War Cemetery Tunisia XIV. D. 11. Son of Ernest and Annie Eleanor Morris, of Blackpool, Lancashire.

11/04/1943 Private John Wilson Taylor Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4132495’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy II. G. 19. Son of Joseph and Annie Isabella Dora Taylor, of Kendal, Westmorland.

12/04/1943 Captain William Edward Sutton Lees Age 26 6th Bn ‘89463’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 10. C. 8. Son of William and Kathleen A. Lees, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

12/04/1943 Private Albert Thomas Stockley Age 22 6th Bn ‘6208025’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 10. C. 9. Son of Frederick John and Nell Stockley, of Feltham. Middlesex.

26/04/1943 Private Walter Carley Age 37 2nd Bn ‘4121077’ Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery Egypt 4. L. 5. Son of William and Bridget Carley; husband of Catherine Carley, of Coventry.

27/04/1943 Private John James Connolly Age 29 6th Bn ‘4132340’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia VI. E. 24. Son of John and Mary Anne Connolly; husband of Norah Connolly, of Rockferry, Birkenhead.

27/04/1943 Private Dennis Duffy Age 22 6th Bn ‘3531653’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia II. B. 30. Son of Arthur and R. E. Bocock, of Shaw, Lancashire.

29/04/1943 Corporal Ronald Alexander Williams Age 30 6th Bn ‘4128198’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia IV. A. 27. Son of Samuel Ralph Lewis Williams and of Gertrude Williams, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

3/05/1943 Lance Corporal Fred Slater Brooke Age 25 6th Bn ‘4130736’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia VII. E. 13. Son of Fred and Emma Brooke, of Glossop, Derbyshire.

9/05/1943 Private Frederick Francis Snape Age 21 6th Bn ‘3771407’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia VIII. E. 30.

11/05/1943 Private Frederick Oakes Age 22 30th Bn ‘4456170’ Pelton Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. E. Grave 39. Son of Frederick and Margaret Oakes, of Pelton.

12/05/1943 Private Herbert Stevenson Age 31 7th Bn ‘4121551’ Delhi War Cemetery India 6. F. 4.

15/05/1943 Private Stephen Henry Cowell Age 42 ‘D/35123’ Douglas Cemetery, Isle Of Man United Kingdom Block N.H. Grave 269. Son of William and Eliza Cowell, of Douglas; husband of Eva Cowell, of Douglas.

17/05/1943 Private Charles Carruthers 6th Bn ‘4132739’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3.

19/05/1943 Private Ben Evanson Age 23 6th Bn ‘4129566’ Enfidaville War Cemetery Tunisia VII. F. 21. Son of Fredrick William and Harriett Mary Evanson, of Crewe, Cheshire; husband of Violet Evanson, of Crewe.

6/06/1943 Private Alfred Harold Evans Age 26 4th Bn ‘4128162’ Ellesmere Port (Overpool) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. F. Grave 112. Son of Samuel and Annie Evans, of Ellesmere Port; husband of Violet Mary Evans, of Ellesmere Port.

11/06/1943 Private Harry Parker Age 41 4th Bn ‘4380117’ Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Germany 11. J. 18. Husband of Jane Ann Parker, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

17/06/1943 Private Keith Charles Dransfield Age 28 Commando and No. 3 ‘4126461’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dransfield, of Blundellsands, Liverpool.

22/06/1943 Private Charles William Rhodes 4th Bn ‘14332529’ Horsley (St. Clement) Churchyard United Kingdom Son of Charles W. Rhodes and Jane S. Rhodes, of Kilburn.

10/07/1943 Private James Joseph Richardson Age 21 2nd Bn ‘3782740’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 6. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson, of Hulme, Manchester.

13/07/1943 Corporal Thomas Gordon Davies Age 31 REME Cheshire Regiment L.A.D. attd. 2nd Bn. ‘7590729’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 13.

13/07/1943 Lance Corporal Frederick Ronald Gant Age 31 REME Cheshire Regiment L.A.D. attd. 2nd Bn. ‘7588907’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 13. Son of James and Minnie Gant, of Boxford, Suffolk; husband of Ethel Mary Gant, of Nayland, Suffolk.

14/07/1943 Major Astley John Cooper Age 31 AFC The Glider Pilot Regt AAC attd. 1st Bn. ‘52601’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. J. 22. Son of Maj. A. S. Cooper and Evelyn E. Cooper, of Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.

14/07/1943 Private Norman Albert George Cox Age 20 2nd Bn ‘5350414’ Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Italy Coll. grave V. H. 1-4.

14/07/1943 Private John Donald Elson Age 21 2nd Bn ‘5350431’ Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Italy Coll. grave V. H. 1-4. Son of Charles William and Lily Elson, of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire.

14/07/1943 Private Thomas Gibson Age 30 2nd Bn ‘6854955’ Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Italy VII. C. 9. Son of Alexander and Mary Gibson, of Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

14/07/1943 Private William Henry Goosey Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4862230’ Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Italy Coll. grave V. H. 1-4.

14/07/1943 Private James Walter Way Age 27 2nd Bn ‘5337232’ Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Italy Coll. grave V. H. 1-4. Son of Harriet Amelia Way, of Clapton, London.

15/07/1943 Private Harold Joseph Hornby Age 22 2nd Bn ‘4128415’ Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Italy IV. F. 11. Son of Frederick William and Sarah Jane Hornby, of Lostock Gralam, Cheshire. His brother, Dvr. Frederick William Hornby, died in England.

16/07/1943 Private Roy Bernard Izzard Age 21 2nd Bn ‘5350470’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. B. 49. Son of Bernard George and Rebecca Izzard, of Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire.

16/07/1943 Private George Edward Shakespeare Age 25 7th Bn ‘3533768’ Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt 5. E. 9. Son of Edward and Lily Asenath Shakespeare; husband of Mary Shakespeare, of Bolton Lancashire.

17/07/1943 Private Percy Bowen Age 21 2nd Bn ‘4134041’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. D. 25. Son of Hugh and Sarah Anne Bowen, of Chester.

17/07/1943 Corporal Samuel Alfred Latham Age 20 2nd Bn ‘4123851’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy I. G. 12. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Latham, of Liverpool.

17/07/1943 Private Charles Matton Age 30 2nd Bn ‘6855596’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. B. 45. Son of Richard Henry and Hilda Matton, of Islington, London; husband of Grace Hilda Matton, of Islington.

17/07/1943 Serjeant Thomas John Pierce Age 34 2nd Bn ‘778841’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy I. G. 13. Son of J. Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth A. Pierce, of Widnes, Lancashire; husband of Florence Pierce, of Widnes.

18/07/1943 Lance Corporal John Keavney Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4128922’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy I. C. 47. Son of John Keavney, and of Lily Keavney (nee Price).

20/07/1943 Private Samuel Sherriff Age 21 7th Bn ‘3537056’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy I. B. 7. Son of James Arthur and Elizabeth Hellen Sherriff; husband of Violet Sherriff, of Openshaw, Manchester.

23/07/1943 Serjeant John Oswald Hamman Age 36 2nd Bn ‘4128730’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. D. 19. Son of James William and Mary Ann Hamman, of Knutsford, Cheshire; husband of Gladys Margaret Hamman, of Shaw Heath, Knutsford.

25/07/1943 Private John William Mckechnie ‘4115071’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. H.N. Grave 72. Husband of Fanny McKechnie, of Portwood, Stockport.

27/07/1943 Lance Corporal Frank Cooper Age 25 2nd Bn ‘5340730’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 6. B. 13. Son of Joseph and May Cooper, of Plumstead Common. London.

28/07/1943 Private John George Edwards Age 29 7th Bn ‘4133650’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy IV. J. 1. Son of John George and Florence Edwards; husband of Mary A. Edwards, of Fazakerley, Liverpool.

28/07/1943 Private David Rimmer Age 31 7th Bn ‘4122510’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy IV. J. 2. Son of Thomas and Prudence Rimmer, of Birkenhead; husband of Annie Rimmer, of Birkenhead.

30/07/1943 Private Denis Whitty Age 26 2nd Bn ‘4134180’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy I. E. 29. Son of Denis and Ann Mary Whitty, of Tranmere, Birkenhead.

4/08/1943 Private Stanley Joseph Greer Age 23 7th Bn ‘4129529’ Imtarfa Military Cemetery Malta Coll. grave 3. 3. 23. Son of Richard and Alice E. Greer, of Wistaston Green, Cheshire.

4/08/1943 Private George William Mills Age 22 2nd Bn ‘6854774’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. C. 38. Son of William and Janet Victoria Mills, of Tottenham, Middlesex.

5/08/1943 Serjeant Charles Edward Holton 7th Bn ‘3854319’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy III. H. 15.

5/08/1943 Private Levi Sutton Age 25 7th Bn ‘4130387’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy III. H. 14. Son of Levi and Annie Sutton, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.

6/08/1943 Lieutenant Allen Forsythe Gillinder Age 27 Royal Northumberland Fus Cheshire Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. ‘287766’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy IV. C. 21. Son of George and Eleanor Gillinder; husband of Dorothy Edith Gillinder, of Fernhill Heath. Worcestershire.

10/08/1943 Lieutenant John David Gillott Age 23 GM 7th Bn ‘170453’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy IV. A. 17. Son of John Francis and Evelyn Mary Gillott, of Effingham, Surrey. B.A. (Oxon.): Scholar of Oriel College.

11/08/1943 Private Albert William Bryon 5th Bn ‘14524452’ Churchill (All Saints) Old Churchyard United Kingdom Son of Mrs. R. Bryon, of Churchill.

16/08/1943 Lieutenant David Hemersham Cox Age 23 2nd Bn ‘174732’ Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy II. A. 49. Son of A. Gordon Cox, and of Menna Cox, of Clifton. Bristol.

22/08/1943 Private Ronald Williams Craven Age 25 6th Bn ‘4129732’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 7. B. 21. Son of George Thomas Craven and Annie Craven; husband of Betsy Craven.

9/09/1943 Private George Angus Age 26 6th Bn ‘2379083’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. A. 5. Son of Adam L. Angus, and of Margaret Angus, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

9/09/1943 Private Thomas Barrow Age 22 6th Bn ‘4125594’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. A. 48. Son of John William and Florence Annie Barrow, of Frodsham, Cheshire.

9/09/1943 Lance Corporal Patrick Carney Age 21 6th Bn ‘4127362’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. A. 46. Son of James and Johanna Carney, of Liverpool.

9/09/1943 Private William Henry Evans Age 28 6th Bn ‘4131486’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. A. 2. Son of Joseph Reid Evans, formerly Pte., R.A.S.C., and Lena Evans, of Liverpool.

9/09/1943 Private George Hill Age 25 6th Bn ‘4128479’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy IV. A. 44. Son of George and Mary Hill, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

9/09/1943 Private James Miller Inglis Age 22 6th Bn ‘2379114’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy IV. A. 22. Son of William, and Margaret M. Inglis, of Halfway, Lanarkshire.

9/09/1943 Lance Serjeant William Murphy Age 27 6th Bn ‘4131108’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. A. 6. Son of Charles and Beatrice Murphy, of Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire; husband of Elizabeth Murphy, of Padiham.

9/09/1943 Private Samuel Tilston Age 31 6th Bn ‘4133846’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. A. 27. Son of Francis Henry and Catherine Mary Tilston; husband of Eileen Tilston, of Liverpool.

9/09/1943 Private Ernest Victor Wilson 6th Bn ‘4127827’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy IV. A. 45. Son of Wilby Victor and Mabel Wilson, of Northampton.

11/09/1943 Lieutenant David Russell Pollard Age 24 ‘235188’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. F. 45. Son of Donald Farnham Pollard and Emily Nicholls Pollard, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

12/09/1943 Private James Platt Age 26 6th Bn ‘4130370’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. C. 16. Son of John William and Martha Alice Platt, of Northwich, Cheshire.

13/09/1943 Private Cornelius Brennan Age 21 6th Bn ‘4133926’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. C. 23. Son of Owen and Margaret Brennan, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

14/09/1943 Private William Hodson Age 35 6th Bn ‘4122344’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. C. 21. Son of Albert and Alice Hodson, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Miriam Hodson, of Reddish, Stockport.

15/09/1943 Lieutenant Edwin Eustace Ball Age 31 MiD 6th Bn ‘220376’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. F. 17. Son of Frederick and May Ball; husband of Patricia Ball, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

15/09/1943 Private Arthur Thomas Yates Age 26 6th Bn ‘3533787’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. C. 14. Son of Thomas and Martha Yates, of Southport, Lancashire; husband of Mary Yates.

16/09/1943 Serjeant Harry Davies Age 25 6th Bn ‘3653291’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. D. 4.

16/09/1943 Lance Corporal Thomas O’Connor Age 30 6th Bn ‘4130709’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. D. 5. Son of Michael and Margaret Ann O’Connor; husband of Ann O’Connor, of Huyton, Lancashire.

16/09/1943 Lance Corporal Ronald Price Age 23 6th Bn ‘4130731’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. C. 29. Son of William and Gwladys Price, of Birkenhead.

16/09/1943 Private Leslie Widdows Age 23 6th Bn ‘4128333’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. D. 9. Son of Harry and Agnes May Widdows, of Stockport, Cheshire.

17/09/1943 Private Louis Joseph Gerard Dalton Age 33 6th Bn ‘4128121’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. C. 7. Son of John Constantine Dalton and Hannah Dalton, of Chester; husband of Phyllis May Dalton, of Chester.

17/09/1943 Private Alfred Thomas Lewis 6th Bn ‘6026183’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. B. 16.

17/09/1943 Private Arthur William Morgan Age 22 6th Bn ‘4131955’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. A. 42. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Morgan, of Birkenhead; husband of Dorothy Morgan, of Oxton, Birkenhead.

19/09/1943 Private Alan Heath Age 27 6th Bn ‘4129581’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. A. 7. Son of Jonathon and Elizebeth Heath, of Crewe, Cheshire.

20/09/1943 Lance Corporal Charles Henry John Ansell Age 25 6th Bn ‘6210773’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. D. 12. Son of Charles T. and Rose H. Ansell, of Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex.

23/09/1943 Serjeant John Brown Age 39 6th Bn ‘39076’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy VI. A. 18.

23/09/1943 Private Thomas William Mcculloch Age 27 6th Bn ‘4125143’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy VI. A. 17.

28/09/1943 Private Roger William Taylor Age 26 30th Bn ‘4036107’ Eaton Bishop (St. Michael) Churchyard Extension United Kingdom Row 9. Grave 4. Son of William Charles and Jane Taylor; husband of Elizabeth May Taylor, of Eaton Bishop.

29/09/1943 Lance Corporal Francis Sylvestre Delucchi 4th Bn ‘4133814’ Crewe Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. C. Grave 976. Son of Mrs. C. Delucchi, of Crewe.

30/09/1943 Lance Corporal Joseph Davenport Age 32 1st Bn ‘4122933’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy II. D. 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davenport, of Winsford, Cheshire.

30/09/1943 Corporal George Allan Lunt Age 31 1st Bn ‘4122803’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy V. D. 4. Son of George and Amy Lunt, of Liverpool; husband of Ivy Lunt, of Walton, Liverpool.

2/10/1943 Private William Edgington Age 22 6th Bn ‘4131592’ Bone War Cemetery, Annaba Algeria V. F. 13. Son of Richard and Mary Edgington, of Warrington, Lancashire.

9/10/1943 Private Harold Sykes Age 32 6th Bn ‘4133137’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy III, E, 11. Son of Frederick and Ethel Sykes; husband of Margaret Sykes, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.

11/10/1943 Private Robert Edward Gateley Age 31 7th Bn ‘4133122’ Sangro River War Cemetery Italy XIV. C. 30. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Gateley, of Birkenhead; husband of Esther Gateley, of Birkenhead.

11/10/1943 Private Fred Higgs Age 24 7th Bn ‘4126306’ Sangro River War Cemetery Italy XIV. C. 31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Higgs, of Willenhall, Staffordshire.

11/10/1943 Private James Hubert Howarth Age 26 7th Bn ‘4128252’ Sangro River War Cemetery Italy XIV. C. 32. Son of James Herbert and Edith Howarth, of Knutsford, Cheshire; husband of Violet Howarth, of Knutsford.

11/10/1943 Lieutenant Hugh Charles Lea-Wilson Age 27 ‘78175’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, D, 24. Son of the Revd. Cuthbert Arthur Lea-Wilson, M.A., and of Margaret Edith Annette Lea-Wilson, of Kirk Michael, Isle of Man.

13/10/1943 Private John Smith Age 23 7th Bn ‘4132697’ Bari War Cemetery Italy X. C. 35. Son of John and Doris Smith.

14/10/1943 Private John G. Dooley Age 20 6th Bn ‘4128004’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy III, E, 7. Son of Martin and Mary A. Dooley, of Sale, Cheshire.

15/10/1943 Private James Dicken Age 28 6th Bn ‘4132374’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, A, 9. Son of Arthur and Mary Dicken; husband of Henrietta Dicken, of Selby, Yorkshire.

15/10/1943 Private John James Kelly Age 21 6th Bn ‘4131974’ Naples War Cemetery Italy I. P. 12. Son of Walter and Henrietta Kelly, of Liverpool.

21/10/1943 Major Joseph William Brady Age 59 MC Home Guard Cheshire Regiment 41st Cty of London Bn formerly ” Loughton Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. G. Joint grave 1337. Son of Joseph and Mary Brady; husband of Ethel May Brady, of Loughton. His son Terence John Brady also died in service.

22/10/1943 Lieutenant Robert Henry King Age 30 MM 1st Bn ‘266885’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, B, 10. Son of Frederick William and Eliza King; husband of Winifred Miles King, of Retford, Nottinghamshire.

22/10/1943 Captain Stanley Westerman Age 40 6th Bn ‘163014’ Naples War Cemetery Italy I. N. 5. Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Westerman; husband of Doris Westerman, of Withington, Manchester.

23/10/1943 Private Herbert Arthur Platford Age 19 4th Bn ‘14519982’ Bodham (All Saints) Churchyard United Kingdom North Side. Son of Mark and Bessie Platford, of Hempstead.

30/10/1943 Private George Burgham Age 21 7th Bn ‘4134076’ Cassino War Cemetery Italy VII. J. 20. Son of William John and Nellie Burgham, of Congleton, Cheshire.

30/10/1943 Corporal J McMahon Age 24 7th Bn ‘4126960’ Cassino War Cemetery Italy VII. J. 21. Son of John Charles and Minnie McMahon, of Chester.

30/10/1943 Private John Thomas Tydd Age 24 7th Bn ‘4127927’ Cassino War Cemetery Italy VII. J. 19. Husband of May Edith Tydd, of Fordcombe, Kent.

30/10/1943 Lieutenant Harry John Tarbrett Worley Age 27 ‘151801’ Cassino War Cemetery Italy VIII. H. 10. Son of Dorothy Worley; husband of Joan F. Worley, of Acton, Middlesex.

11/11/1943 Private Ernest Andrew Age 23 6th Bn ‘3531476’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy IV, J, 19. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Andrew, of Denton, Lancashire.

11/11/1943 Private John Birchall Age 25 6th Bn ‘4126927’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 6. Husband of Nora Birchall, of Liverpool.

11/11/1943 Private William Mckone Age 24 6th Bn ‘6214871’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy IV, F, 23. Son of Thomas and Eliza McKone, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

16/11/1943 Major Richard Harold Dixon Age 29 MC ‘62606’ Leros War Cemetery Greece 4. D. 5. Son of the Revd. Canon Alfred Cecil Dixon, B.A., and of Blanche Marguerite Dixon, of Little Sutton, Cheshire.

6/12/1943 Private Joseph Turley Age 22 6th Bn ‘4129010’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy I, F, 21. Son of Kate Turley, of Denton, Lancashire.

18/12/1943 Private Egbert Keall Age 25 7th Bn ‘4274828’ Sangro River War Cemetery Italy XI. C. 32. Son of John and Margaret Keall, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.

21/12/1943 Second Lieutenant Victor William Wood Age 26 Corps of Military Police attd. 1st (Airborne) Div Provost Coy., ‘305255’ Sangro River War Cemetery Italy X. C. 22. Son of Irene Ruth Wood; husband of Marjorie Alice Wood, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.

25/12/1943 Corporal John Darlington Age 25 6th Bn ‘4127417’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, A, 16. Son of Alexander and Eliza Darlington, of Sutton, St. Helens, Lancashire.

25/12/1943 Private Joseph Henry Johns Age 23 6th Bn ‘4131176’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, A, 15. Son of Thomas Reed Johns and Annie Johns; husband of Phyllis Rosalind Johns, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall.

26/12/1943 Corporal Francis Richardson Age 32 30th Bn ‘4267765’ Radstock (St. Nicholas) Churchyard Extension United Kingdom Grave 52A. Son of Francis and Elizabeth Maud Richardson; husband of Gwendoline May Richardson, of Radstock.

27/12/1943 Private Richard J. Connor Age 33 22nd Bn ‘4133035’ Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 11.R. Grave 801. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Connor, of Wallasey.

1944

2/01/1944 Private Percival Turner Age 34 MiD 4th Bn ‘4386543’ Prague War Cemetery Czech Republic III. C. 10. Son of George and Winnifred Turner, of Loftus, Yorkshire.

13/01/1944 Serjeant Frederick Ord Age 43 6th Bn ‘2608334’ Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. K. Grave 5706. Son of John and Ellen Ord; husband of Lily Ord, of Cheadle Heath, Stockport.

17/01/1944 Lieutenant William Richard Morton Age 29 6th Bn ‘89475’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, E, 12. Son of William and Jessie Morton, of Hyde, Cheshire. Chartered Accountant.

17/01/1944 Private Albert Edward Tiltman Age 29 7th Bn ‘4856328’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, B, 15. Son of Alfred Edward Tiltman, and of Violet Ethel Tiltman, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

18/01/1944 Lieutenant Norman John George Bowring Age 28 7th Bn ‘220379’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy II, J, 23. Son of George and Florence Bowring; husband of Muriel Emma Bowring, of Acton, Middlesex.

18/01/1944 Private David Mitchell Age 28 7th Bn ‘6212335’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy II, J, 25. Son of Barnett and Annie Mitchell; husband of Dorothy May Mitchell, of Wandsworth, London.

18/01/1944 Private William Christopher Seeley Age 23 6th Bn ‘6854826’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, G, 4. Son of Samuel and Jessie Seeley, of Stamford Hill, London.

18/01/1944 Private Frederick Taylor Age 26 7th Bn ‘3533817’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, G, 3. Son of Fredrick and Ellen Taylor, of Manchester; husband of Joan Violet Taylor, of West Gorton, Manchester.

18/01/1944 Private Leslie Wabe Age 38 7th Bn ‘14519856’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, G, 2. Son of William and Anne Wabe; husband of Margery Wabe. of Marham. Norfolk.

18/01/1944 Private James Christopher Wood Age 27 7th Bn ‘3533778’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VII, G, 5. Son of Maj. Dain Wood and Martha Elizabeth Wood, of Bradford, Manchester.

19/01/1944 Corporal John Hind Age 25 7th Bn ‘4127987’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, E, 16. Son of Herbert and Emma Hind, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Elsie Hind, of Stockport.

19/01/1944 Private Frank Lawton Age 41 7th Bn ‘4120527’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, E, 17. Son of William and Mary Ester Lawton.

19/01/1944 Private John Leeson Age 27 7th Bn ‘4131325’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, E, 18. Son of John Thomas Leeson and Jane Leeson; husband of Ivy Leeson, of Wheelock, Cheshire.

19/01/1944 Private Joshua Thomas Whitehouse Age 38 7th Bn ‘6216916’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, E, 15. Son of Arthur and Rachel Whitehouse; husband of Rhoda Whitehouse, of Bellingham, London.

21/01/1944 Private Albert Burgess Age 23 6th Bn ‘4125843’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, F, 18. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Burgess, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

21/01/1944 Lieutenant John Brett Davey Age 25 7th Bn ‘189297’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, B, 5. Son of Lt.-Col. Charles William Brett Davey and Patricia Davey, of Woodmancote, Gloucestershire.

23/01/1944 Serjeant Albert Edwin Cunliffe Age 25 7th Bn ‘4129357’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, H, 19. Son of James Percy and Charlotte Elizabeth Cunlilfe, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Marjorie Cunliffe, of Stockport.

23/01/1944 Lance Serjeant Frederick James Dodd Age 23 7th Bn ‘4128771’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, A, 21. Son of Joseph and Frances Elizabeth Dodd, of Winsford, Cheshire.

24/01/1944 Private Albert Grindey Age 24 7th Bn ‘4127132’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy II, C, 12. Son of Ernest William and Isabell May Grindey, of Upper Hulme, Staffordshire.

27/01/1944 Private William John Whapshott Age 36 7th Bn ‘14505205’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy I, D, 25. Husband of Ada Whapshott, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

29/01/1944 Lieutenant Edward Roderick Barnett Age 29 Middlesex Regiment attd. 2/7th Bn. ‘267188’ Anzio War Cemetery Italy III, A, 5. Son of Ernest Roderick and Elizabeth Barnett; husband of Meryll C. Barnett, of Edinburgh.

29/01/1944 Lance Serjeant Joseph Bowness Age 21 6th Bn ‘4127055’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VIII, F, 12. Son of William and Sarah Jane Bowness, of Liverpool.

1/02/1944 Private Leslie Hadaway Age 31 Army Catering Corps Cheshire Regiment attd. 7th Bn. ‘4125931’ Naples War Cemetery Italy II. D. 5. Son of James Ernest and Mary Annie Hadaway, of Crewe, Cheshire; husband of Annie May Hadaway, of Crewe.

1/02/1944 Private Gerald O’Reilly Age 38 7th Bn ‘1712280’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, E, 7. Husband of Louise O’Reilly, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

1/02/1944 Private William Eric Wildgoose Age 19 Commando and No. 9 ‘4132967’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy V, A, 4. Son of Ernest and Mary Wildgoose, of Colyhurst, Manchester.

2/02/1944 Private George Edward Williamson Age 22 7th Bn ‘3604041’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, C, 21. Son of Joseph and Daisy Williamson, of Saltney, Flintshire.

5/02/1944 Private Lloyd Parry Age 22 7th Bn ‘4126120’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy III, E, 6. Son of Edward and Nellie Parry, of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.

6/02/1944 Corporal Robert Mcshane Age 30 7th Bn ‘4610390’ Huddersfield (Edgerton) Cemetery United Kingdom R.C. Gen. Sec. 63. Grave 18. Son of James and Sarah Elizabeth McShane, of Lockwood Scar, Huddersfield.

12/02/1944 Private Rowland Carr Age 32 7th Bn ‘4132402’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy VI, F, 2. Son of Alice J. Carr, of Horwich, Lancashire.

15/02/1944 Private Herbert Gross Age 19 6th Bn ‘14517149’ Caserta War Cemetery Italy V, A, 20. Son of Mendel Gross, and of Bessie Gross, of Willesden, London.

15/02/1944 Private Norman Richardson Age 24 7th Bn ‘4129942’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy I, H, 1. Son of William Henry and Harriet Richardson; husband of Winifred Emmeline Richardson, of Tonbridge, Kent.

15/02/1944 Lance Corporal Harry Wynne Age 26 7th Bn ‘4125689’ Minturno War Cemetery Italy I, H, 2. Son of Harry and Mary Wynne, of Macclesfield, Cheshire; husband of Annie Wynne, of Macclesfield.

16/02/1944 Lance Corporal Wilfred Hodgkinson Age 23 6th Bn ‘4129055’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XXII. D. 9. Son of George H. and Ruth Hodgkinson, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.

16/02/1944 Private Rex Edwin Howkins Age 19 6th Bn ‘14534985’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 6. Son of John T. and Emma E. Howkins, of Bedford.

19/02/1944 Private Angus Kennedy Age 31 6th Bn ‘6214398’ Anzio War Cemetery Italy II, R, 1. Son of Angus and Mary Jane Kennedy, of Rothesay, Buteshire.

19/02/1944 Lance Corporal Harold Trevor Marshall Age 25 6th Bn ‘4129610’ Anzio War Cemetery Italy I, K, 12. Son of George and Esther Pauline Marshall; husband of Doris Marshall, of Stockport, Cheshire.

20/02/1944 Private Harry Thomas Age 24 MM 6th Bn ‘4131836’ Anzio War Cemetery Italy I, K, 11. Son of Harry Thomas, and of Lucy Thomas (nee Goodwin), of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Joan Thomas (nee Albinson), of Edgeley, Stockport.

24/02/1944 Corporal John Allen Age 33 6th Bn ‘4122188’ Anzio War Cemetery Italy II, R, 6.

24/02/1944 Private William Henry Thompson Age 24 6th Bn ‘4125440’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XVIII. C. 4. Son of Albert and E. Thompson, of Saltney, Chester.

25/02/1944 Private Charles Brandon Age 20 6th Bn ‘4125582’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy V. C. 4.

25/02/1944 Lieutenant Colonel George William Fredric Leicester Age 48 Royal Air Force attd. R.A.F. Regt. ‘8680’ Chester (Blacon) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. H. Grave 53. Son of William Frederic and Mary Lilian Leicester; husband of Katharine Anne Leicester, of Camberley, Surrey.

26/02/1944 Private Frank Barber Age 25 6th Bn ‘4126184’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy I. D. 12. Son of Hannah Barber, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.

27/02/1944 Private William Leslie Sneyd 6th Bn ‘14344316’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIV. D. 7. Son of Mabel Sneyd; husband of Edith Sneyd, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

28/02/1944 Serjeant Frank Louis Baines Age 27 6th Bn ‘4126029’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XVIII. A. 7. Son of George and Ethel Baines; husband of Mary Katherine Baines, of Waringstown, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

28/02/1944 Private Joseph Higginson Age 20 6th Bn ‘4205968’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIV. G. 6. Son of Thomas and Ethel Higginson, of Knutsford, Cheshire.

28/02/1944 Private Alan Tom Sanders Age 22 6th Bn ‘4132512’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 6. Son of Tom and Emily Sanders; husband of Margaret Ellen Sanders, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

28/02/1944 Private Arthur Edward Wright Age 23 6th Bn ‘4127216’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIV. H. 4. Son of John Samuel and Bridget Wright, of Newcastle, Staffordshire.

5/03/1944 Private George Harvey Tattersall Age 35 4th Bn ‘3522367’ Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery Poland 4. B. 9.

7/03/1944 Serjeant Robert Thomas Benson Age 30 6th Bn ‘4121828’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 6. Son of Robert and Laura Benson, of Woolwich, London; husband of Doreen Benson, of Marylebone, London.

7/03/1944 Private John Evans Age 26 6th Bn ‘4130239’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 6. Son of Edward and Jane Evans, of Stockport, Cheshire.

13/03/1944 Private Frederick Hayes Age 28 7th Bn ‘4131283’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy IX. H. 6. Son of Frederick and Marie Hayes, of Stockport, Cheshire.

13/03/1944 Private Douglas Stapleton Mcgreevy Age 21 7th Bn ‘4127065’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy VII. H. 6. Son of George Herbert and Frances McGreevy, of West Kirby, Cheshire.

14/03/1944 Corporal John Berry Age 37 7th Bn ‘3523570’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy VII. E. 8. Son of Samuel and Ann Berry, of Wigan, Lancashire; husband of Florence Berry, of Wigan.

19/03/1944 Lieutenant Ronald Arthur Ulph Age 26 Essex Regiment Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Bn seconded to ‘203093’ Cassino Memorial Italy Panel 8. Son of Frederick Charles and Elsie Ulph, of Woodford Green, Essex.

27/03/1944 Private Thomas Huxley Age 31 6th Bn ‘4124333’ Bari War Cemetery Italy XV. A. 22. Son of George and Helen Huxley, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Lily Huxley, of Edgeley, Stockport.

28/03/1944 Private Joseph Wright Age 22 7th Bn ‘14553007’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy VIII. D. 8. Son of John and Edith Wright, of Tipton, Staffordshire.

2/04/1944 Warrant Officer Class II Charles Spencer Age 33 7th Bn ‘4121814’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy VIII. G. 12. Son of John and Alice Spencer; husband of Dorothy Spencer, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

12/04/1944 Lance Serjeant George Summer Hewitt Age 25 7th Bn ‘4127578’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIV. F. 11. Son of George Edward and Eva Eliza Hewitt, of Hoole, Chester. Freeman of the City of Chester.

24/04/1944 Serjeant David Ledson Age 30 7th Bn ‘4133779’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy I. E. 10. Son of David and Eleanor Ledson, of Liverpool; husband of Ruth Abbinett Ledson, of Liverpool.

29/04/1944 Major Samuel Thomas Smither Age 53 MC 2bar 30th Bn ‘139292’ Naples War Cemetery Italy II. G. 16. Son of Samuel Thomas Smither and Jessie Smither; husband of Kathleen Ada Smither, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

1/05/1944 Private Walter Henry Birtles Age 24 7th Bn ‘4125822’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIII. G. 4. Son of Alfred and Florence Clarissa Birtles, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.

1/05/1944 Major Hugh John Stephen Mcshane Age 26 Middlesex Regiment 7th Bn formerly of the 8th Bn. ‘85124’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIII. G. 12. Son of Maj. Hugh Joseph McShane and Alice Maud McShane, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

4/05/1944 Warrant Officer Class II B L Preston Age 36 ‘4121499’ Cardiff (Llandaff) Cemetery United Kingdom Row 120. Grave 82. Son of Bertram John Leonard and Eliza Preston, of Cardiff.

5/05/1944 Corporal Sydney Broom Age 24 7th Bn ‘4277580’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XIII. F. 10. Son of William and Edith Broom, of Desborough, Northamptonshire.

14/05/1944 Second Lieutenant John Christopher Gribble Age 22 4th Bn ‘307040’ St. Austell Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. F. Row 9. Grave 11. Son of Leslie E. C. Gribble and Phyllis Gribble, of St. Austell.

23/05/1944 Private William North Age 31 MiD 7th Bn ‘14543609’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy XI. D. 10.

31/05/1944 Private James Brass Age 21 7th Bn ‘4279557’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy III. E. 4. Son of James and Hannah Brass, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

1/06/1944 Private John Auger Age 24 7th Bn ‘5620990’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy II. B. 11. Son of John Samuel Auger, and of Catherine Mary Auger, of Banthan, Devon.

1/06/1944 Private Leonard Thomas Price Age 25 7th Bn ‘4128492’ Rome War Cemetery Italy I, B, 20. Son of Richard and Frances Elizabeth Price, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. His brother Richard also died on service.

3/06/1944 Private Peter Bell Age 30 7th Bn ‘4123050’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy II. B. 9. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bell; husband of Margaret Lilian Violet Bell, of Enfield, Middlesex.

3/06/1944 Private William Daniels Age 28 7th Bn ‘4131306’ Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Italy II. B. 7. Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Daniels, of Hyde, Cheshire.

4/06/1944 Private James Henry Hodgkiss 7th Bn ‘3854240’ Naples War Cemetery Italy I. R. 12.

6/06/1944 Private Robert Wilfred Hargreaves Age 33 2nd Bn ‘4133145’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XIV. E. 8. Son of Ernest Sawyer Hargreaves and Laura Hargreaves, of Stockport, Cheshire.

10/06/1944 Private John Mccarthy Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4276535’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XIV. K. 21. Son of John McCarthy (killed in France, 1915) and Isabella McCarthy, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

10/06/1944 Private Walter Oldham Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4130290’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XI. K. 7. Son of Walter and Eliza Oldham; husband of Elizabeth Oldham, of Romiley, Cheshire.

10/06/1944 Lance Serjeant George Price Age 25 Commando and No. 6 ‘4127619’ Hermanville War Cemetery France 1. E. 18. Son of George Stubbs Price and Florence Price, of Walney, Lancashire.

10/06/1944 Private Joseph Royle Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4125918’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XI. K. 8. Son of Joseph and Mary Royle, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

10/06/1944 Private Ralph Sherwin Age 23 7th Bn ‘4134088’ Salerno War Cemetery Italy I. E. 46. Son of Ralph and Beatrice Sherwin, of Hyde, Cheshire; husband of Lily Mary Sherwin, of Gee Cross, Hyde.

11/06/1944 Private William Borrow Age 25 2nd Bn ‘6205299’ Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery France I. E. 8. Son of Jack and Ann Borrow; husband of Catherine Borrow, of Everton, Lancashire.

16/06/1944 Private Arthur Peach Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4126086’ Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery France III. H. 5. Son of Arthur and Annie Peach, of Walsall, Staffordshire; husband of Doris Minnie May Peach, of Coal Pool, Walsall.

16/06/1944 Private Leonard Stanley Weedon Age 28 2nd Bn ‘5616977’ Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery France VII. H. 15. Son of George Henry and Lilian Weedon; husband of Alice Weedon, of New Malden, Surrey.

17/06/1944 Private Joseph Fidler Bannister Age 31 2nd Bn ‘4131672’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XIV. H. 15. Son of Fred and Sarah Ann Bannister, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire.

17/06/1944 Private George Makin Age 32 2nd Bn ‘4122945’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XIV. H. 13. Son of Thomas and Helen Makin; husband of Rose Elizabeth Makin, of Hayes, Middlesex.

18/06/1944 Private John Alwyn Bliss Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4132369’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XV. E. 26. Son of David Charles and Martha Ann Bliss; husband of Bertha Bliss, of Widnes, Lancashire.

18/06/1944 Corporal Fred Gidman Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4127256’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XIV. G. 9. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gidman; husband of Ethel Gidman, of Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent.

18/06/1944 Private John George Slone Age 28 2nd Bn ‘4276550’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XV. E. 25. Son of Thomas and Margaret Lawrence Christmas Carr Slone; husband of Eileen Slone, of Howdon-on-Tyne, Northumberland.

19/06/1944 Private Douglas William Keel Age 32 2nd Bn ‘5630611’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XI. M. 12. Son of William and Charlotte Minnie Keel; husband of Elsie Lilian Keel, of Fishponds, Gloucestershire.

19/06/1944 Private Stanley Noden Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4125386’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XI. M. 14.

19/06/1944 Private William Roughley Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4132219’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XV. H. 26. Son of Harry and Margaret Feilding Roughley; husband of Doris Roughley, of Atherton, Lancashire.

19/06/1944 Private Frederick William Wright Age 33 2nd Bn ‘6854903’ Bayeux War Cemetery France XI. M. 13. Son of Frederick William and Jane Eliza Wright; husband of Alice Wright, of Woodford Green, Essex.

23/06/1944 Private William Leslie Etherington Age 21 2nd Bn ‘5350435’ Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery France VII. A. 6. Son of William John and Lily Etherington, of Liss, Hampshire.

23/06/1944 Private Edwin Howarth Age 36 2nd Bn ‘4132720’ Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery France IV. C. 5. Son of John Joseph and Edith Jane Howarth; husband of Doris Howarth, of Rochdale, Lancashire.

25/06/1944 Lieutenant David Ronald Evans Age 27 KOYLI attd. 1/4th Bn. ‘277982’ Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery France IV. C. 9. Son of D. Ernest and Hilda Evans, of Chester.

27/06/1944 Captain Thomas Joseph Kennedy Age 34 MiD, DCM SOE attd. Force 399 ‘167510’ Bari War Cemetery Italy XI. E. 10. Husband of Catherine Kennedy, of Ranelagh, Dublin, Irish Republic.

4/07/1944 Private Andrew Carey Rule Age 23 Royal Northumberland Fus 2nd Bn formley 5th Bn. The Argyll Sutherland Highlanders ‘2983922’ Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery France X. D. 7. Son of Alexander Muir Rule and of Robina Crawford Rule (nee Carey), of Paisley, Renfrewshire.

7/07/1944 Private Leslie Jones Age 29 2nd Bn ‘4126804’ Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery France III. J. 13. Son of Richard and Catherine Jones; husband of Dorothy Barbara Jones, of Chester.

8/07/1944 Private Ronald Harry Baker Age 21 2nd Bn ‘5350366’ Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville France IV. E. 1. Son of Harry and Rose Clara Baker; husband of Gladys Irene Baker, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

8/07/1944 Corporal David Reginald Barker Age 25 2nd Bn ‘4128049’ Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery France I. C. 2. Son of William Reginald and Elsie Marion Barker, of Heswall, Cheshire.

15/07/1944 Private Harry Cowell Kewley Age 43 30th Bn ‘D/40967’ Rome War Cemetery Italy I, B, 35. Son of Charles E. and Louisa Kewley, of Douglas. Isle of Man; husband of Florence Winifred Kewley, of Douglas. His son Charles Henry Kewley also died on service.

21/07/1944 Private Joseph Bancroft Age 28 6th Bn ‘4131059’ Prague War Cemetery Czech Republic I. D. 6. Son of Arthur and Florence Bancroft, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire.

29/07/1944 Lance Corporal John Cyril Eyres 6th Bn ‘4129171’ Manchester Crematorium United Kingdom Panel 11. Son of John and Mabel Eyres, of Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire.

30/07/1944 Second Lieutenant Donald Mackillop Ridgway Age 24 1st Bn ‘307025’ Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. G. Grave 264 South. Son of Alfred Ridgway and of Anna Ridgway (nee MacKillop). Member of the Pharmaceutical Society, (M.P.S.).

2/08/1944 Private Patrick Fagan Age 49 2nd Bn ‘4681071’ Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt 6. N. 2.

9/08/1944 Private Thomas Perry Age 27 2nd Bn ‘4123928’ Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery France V. E. 6. Son of William and Beatrice May Perry, of Birkenhead.

17/08/1944 Private James Ryan 30th Bn ‘3533773’ Rome War Cemetery Italy II, F, 3.

17/08/1944 Private Douglas Allan Winskill Age 26 4th Bn ‘4126921’ Bootle Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 7. C. of E. Grave 557. Son of James and Bertha Winskill, of Bootle; husband of Mary Winskill, of Walton, Liverpool.

1/09/1944 Private William Thomas Simmons Age 35 6th Bn ‘14356452’ Montecchio War Cemetery Italy II. H. 17. Son of John Nicholas and Susie Simmons; husband of Barbara Frances Simmons, of Ladock, Cornwall.

2/09/1944 Lance Serjeant John West Age 31 6th Bn ‘4122922’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 76. Son of Charles Henry and Eliza West, of Bootle, Liverpool.

2/09/1944 Private Ernest Walter Wilkes Age 20 6th Bn ‘14387379’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 77. Son of Ernest and Winifred Wilkes; husband of Irene Mary Wilkes, of Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan.

7/09/1944 Private Thomas Edward I. Pritchard Age 24 6th Bn ‘6208021’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy IV, E, 9. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Pritchard, of Feltham. Middlesex.

10/09/1944 Private Albert Bennett Age 33 Army Catering Corps Cheshire Regiment ‘14234092’ Geel War Cemetery Belgium II.B.14.

10/09/1944 Private Geoffrey Roland Godfrey Age 21 6th Bn ‘14535287’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy IV, E, 11. Son of James John and Nora Godfrey, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

10/09/1944 Private John William Kitchen Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4461346’ Geel War Cemetery Belgium II.A.14. Son of Robert and Jane Kitchen, of Roker, Sunderland. Co. Durham.

10/09/1944 Private William Oswald Price Age 25 4th Bn ‘3527862’ Geel War Cemetery Belgium II.A.13. Son of John Oswald Price, and of Ethel Price, of Audenshaw, Lancashire.

11/09/1944 Private Frank Hammond Age 24 6th Bn ‘4127207’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy Coll. grave XII, C, 10. Son of Herbert and Ellen Hammond, of Stockport, Cheshire.

11/09/1944 Serjeant William John Sadler Age 32 6th Bn ‘4687773’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy Coll. grave XII, C, 10.

11/09/1944 Private John Matley Wright Age 25 6th Bn ‘4126224’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy Coll. grave XII, C, 10. Son of James John and Edith Mary Wright, of Manchester.

12/09/1944 Private William Gildea Age 39 2nd Bn ‘4120186’ Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Germany 11. B. 13.

12/09/1944 Serjeant James Robert Smith Age 37 6th Bn ‘4132513’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 78. Son of James and Susan Smith; husband of Ida Eleanor Mary Smith.

13/09/1944 Serjeant Albert Edwin Griffiths Fielding Age 26 6th Bn ‘4126158’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 72. Son of Herbert and Amy Hannah Fielding; husband of Doris Fielding.

13/09/1944 Private Isaac Charles Linden Age 26 6th Bn ‘6211450’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 71. Son of Joseph and Rebecca Linden; husband of Leah Linden, of Stamford Hill, London.

13/09/1944 Private Jack Snary Age 33 6th Bn ‘14354714’ Montecchio War Cemetery Italy IV. A. 8. Son of Thomas Richard and Ellen Snary, of Wyke, Yorkshire.

14/09/1944 Corporal Arthur Raymond Hitchen Age 29 6th Bn ‘4128352’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 73. Son of George Arthur Hitchen, and of Alice Hitchen, of Cheadle, Cheshire.

16/09/1944 Lieutenant Peter Allison Moran Age 20 Royal Ulster Rifles attd. 1st Bn The London Irish Rifles ‘295611’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy II, E, 70. Son of Peter and Rosalind Moran, of West Didsbury, Manchester.

16/09/1944 Private Jack Vincent Tebb Age 26 6th Bn ‘4129349’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 74. Son of Fred and Alice Tebb, of Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire.

17/09/1944 Private William Kennerley Age 22 2nd Bn ‘14532293’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy IV. C. 15. Son of James and Elisabeth Ann Kennerley, of Bowdon, Cheshire.

18/09/1944 Private Ivor Lewis Evans Age 21 6th Bn ‘14541568’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XIX, M, 4.

18/09/1944 Captain John Keith Forgan Age 23 6th Bn ‘180593’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XIX, M, 5. Son of Donald Sydney Keith and Winifred Forgan.

18/09/1944 Private Joseph Miller Age 21 6th Bn ‘4128983’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XVII, G, 12. Son of William and Ethel Miller, of Godley, Cheshire.

18/09/1944 Private James Muldoon 6th Bn ‘4132892’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XIX, M, 3. Husband of Dorothy Mary Muldoon, of Sheffield.

18/09/1944 Private Arthur Myers Age 26 6th Bn ‘4130848’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XVII, G, 11.

19/09/1944 Lance Serjeant Jack Fildes Age 26 1st Bn ‘4127574’ Leopoldsburg War Cemetery Belgium I. E. 17.

19/09/1944 Private Francis Reid Age 42 30th Bn ‘32341’ Naples War Cemetery Italy I. J. 15. Son of James Reid and of Julia Reid (nee Hardman), of Liverpool; husband of Caroline Reid, of Liverpool.

20/09/1944 Private James Edward Watley Malam Age 24 6th Bn ‘4132752’ Gradara War Cemetery Italy I, C, 75. Son of William and Florence Malam.

26/09/1944 Corporal Vernon Hodkinson Age 28 6th Bn ‘4129170’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XVIII, D, 10. Son of Joseph and Lilian Hodkinson, of Cheadle Heath, Cheshire.

30/09/1944 Company Quartermaster Serjeant George Mort Age 34 6th Bn ‘4122196’ Cesena War Cemetery Italy VI, E, 13. Son of George and Alice Mort, of Altrincham, Cheshire.

30/09/1944 Lance Serjeant Walter Ernest Owen Age 29 6th Bn ‘4128989’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XVI, C, 2. Son of Walter E. G. and Nellie Owen, of Dukinfield, Cheshire.

3/10/1944 Private Robert Lionel Bain Age 32 6th Bn ‘6844761’ Cesena War Cemetery Italy VII, G, 8. Son of William and Florence Bain; husband of Elsie Florence Bain, of Leyton, Essex.

4/10/1944 Corporal Leslie Howe Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4134174’ Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Netherlands 13. B. 8. Son of Samuel and Emma Howe, of Pensby, Cheshire.

10/10/1944 Private Charles Jack Cleal Age 20 2nd Bn ‘14405789’ Jonkerbos War Cemetery Netherlands 11. A. 2. Son of Richard E. A. and Edith Cleal; husband of Freda P. Cleal, of Cinderford, Gloucestershire.

13/10/1944 Corporal John Cameron Age 51 ‘18347’ Heswall (St. Peter) Churchyard United Kingdom West Extn. Sec. 14. Row 8. Grave 1. Son of Alexander and Margaret Cameron; husband of Edith Mary Cameron, of Heswall.

15/10/1944 Lieutenant Colonel Norman Travers Hankin Age 34 ‘130624’ Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt 4. A. 17. Son of Seymer and Ethel Hankin; husband of Sonia Rodney Hankin. B.A.(Oxon.).

16/10/1944 Lieutenant James Rimmer Age 25 ‘256143’ Faenza War Cemetery Italy VII. G. 20. Son of Thomas and Florence Rimmer; husband of Dorothy Rimmer, of Hoole, Cheshire.

28/10/1944 Private Frank Mcnamara Age 30 6th Bn ‘4131552’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy IV. C. 17. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth McNamara, of Chester.

2/11/1944 Captain John Bromley Davenport Age 24 Manchester Regiment 5th Bn attd. 1st Bn. ‘92107’ Leopoldsburg War Cemetery Belgium III. E. 8. Son of Walter Arthur Bromley Davenport, and of Lilian Emily Isabel Jane Bromley Davenport, of Capesthorne, Cheshire.

4/11/1944 Private Albert Edmund William Butler Age 21 6th Bn ‘6216489’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy IV. D. 10. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Butler, of Southall, Middlesex.

8/11/1944 Private Henry Wood Age 36 2nd Bn ‘4120522’ Klagenfurt War Cemetery Austria 1. E. 9. Son of Abel Evans Wood and Martha Wood, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Florence Wood, of Edgeley, Stockport.

19/11/1944 Private Fred Wright Age 34 2nd Bn ‘4134158’ Jonkerbos War Cemetery Netherlands 6. B. 3. Son of James and Catherine Wright; husband of Mary Elizabeth Wright, of Newton Hyde, Cheshire.

23/11/1944 Private Leonard Sharples Acton Age 36 2nd Bn ‘4134069’ Jonkerbos War Cemetery Netherlands 19. E. 1. Son of Leonard Wade Acton and Emily Acton, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Ethel Acton, of Heaton Chapel, Stockport.

29/11/1944 Private Harold Hooper Age 26 6th Bn ‘4126185’ Ancona War Cemetery Italy II. B. 17. Son of Joshua and Annie Hooper, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.

1/12/1944 Private Henry Hardman Age 23 2nd Bn ‘4277750’ Goirle Roman Catholic Cemetery Netherlands Row 2. Grave 3. Son of Ethel Hardman, of Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Rhoda Hardman.

3/12/1944 Corporal George Roberts 1st Bn ‘4123257’ Ashton-Hayes (St. John) Churchyard United Kingdom Spec. Memorial.

9/12/1944 Lance Serjeant William Pilling Age 23 6th Bn ‘3535610’ Forli War Cemetery Italy I, A, 20. Son of Fred and Annie Pilling, of Timperley, Cheshire.

17/12/1944 Serjeant Walter George Burwell Age 27 ‘4122688’ Darlington North Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. F. Row 3.Z. Grave 82. Husband of Elnora Burwell, of Darlington.

24/12/1944 Private Frank John Quinnell Age 18 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment attd. 5th Bn. ‘14443491’ Harrow Weald Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. E. Grave 38. Son of Frank and Ellen May Quinnell, of Wealdstone, Harrow.

25/12/1944 Corporal Maurice Cadden Age 24 2nd Bn ‘3864587’ Leopoldsburg War Cemetery Belgium I. A. 11. Son of Joseph and Elsie Cadden, of Bury, Lancashire.

25/12/1944 Corporal Albert James Green Age 24 2nd Bn ‘4278423’ Leopoldsburg War Cemetery Belgium I. A. 12. Son of Albert Edward and Mary Jane Green, of Monkseaton, Northumberland.

28/12/1944 Private Norman William Housley Age 26 6th Bn ‘1512205’ Forli War Cemetery Italy III, B, 13. Son of Charles and Mary Housley, of Normacot, Staffordshire.

31/12/1944 Private James Lee Age 25 6th Bn ‘4127287’ Forli War Cemetery Italy III, C, 4. Son of William and Mary Lee, of Stockport, Cheshire.

1945

1/01/1945 Private John White Edwards Age 28 6th Bn ‘1681404’ Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Italy XV, G, 7. Son of Edward and Hilda Bertha Edwards, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; husband of Betty Rose Edwards, of High Wycombe.

3/01/1945 Private Oscar Launcelot Tempest ‘D/9439’ Kirk Christ Rushen (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Extension United Kingdom Grave 765.

6/01/1945 Lieutenant Lewis Arnold Moore Age 26 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment attd. 5th Bn. ‘311249’ Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery Kenya Prot. Service Plot. Row M. Grave 37. Son of Lewis Robert and Jessica Moore; husband of Joan Spiers Moore, of Dundee.

13/01/1945 Serjeant Philip Lamb Age 43 2nd Bn ‘4114494’ Chester (Blacon) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. H. Grave 72.

15/01/1945 Captain Harry Theo Favier Age 53 General List Cheshire Regiment formerly 1st Bn. ‘246590’ Ellesmere Port (Overpool) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. V. Grave 54. Son of Dominic Anthony and Theresa Favier; husband of Pauline Favier, of Whitby, Ellesmere Port.

18/01/1945 Corporal William Edward Kelly Age 41 RASC ‘4115215’ Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial United Kingdom Panel 10. Column 3.

18/01/1945 Corporal Louis Henry Sparks Age 26 ‘5622152’ Whipton (All Saints) Churchyard United Kingdom Son of Walter George and Kathleen Sparks, of St. Thomas, Exeter.

19/01/1945 Private Alexander Trevor Loveday Age 19 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. ‘14772341’ Swindon (Christ Church) Burial Ground United Kingdom Extn. Grave 222. Son of Frederick William and Louisa Loveday, of Swindon.

19/01/1945 Private Lionel Victor Milton Age 19 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. ‘14773069’ Cottenham Dissenters Cemetery United Kingdom Row 6. Grave 5. Son of Victor Brentwood Milton and Florence May Milton, of Cottenham.

20/01/1945 Private Robert Taylor Age 39 Pioneer Corps ‘4187915’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52.

30/01/1945 Private John Fredrick Morrall Age 18 ‘14771046’ Redditch (Abbey Road) Cemetery United Kingdom Plot 4. Row A K. Grave 38. Son of G. H. Morrall and Edith M. Morrall, of Redditch.

31/01/1945 Private William Henry Payne Age 29 6th Bn ‘6215188’ Forli War Cemetery Italy V, A, 11. Son of Henry and Alice Payne; husband of Florence Emily Payne, of Shoreditch, London.

11/02/1945 Private David William Dodds Age 44 30th Bn ‘4468984’ Rome War Cemetery Italy II, D, 2. Son of James and Mary Ann Dodds, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; husband of Edith Dodds, of Stockton-on-Tees.

12/02/1945 Lance Corporal John Michael Mullin Age 28 1st Bn ‘4130723’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 9. R.C. Grave 600. Son of James and Mary Mullin, of Liverpool.

17/02/1945 Private Henry Barnes Age 40 ‘4384765’ Brighton (Downs) Crematorium United Kingdom Panel 1. Son of Jonas and Bessie Barnes, husband of May Barnes, of Brighton.

19/02/1945 Private William Guy Mann Age 39 ‘4185355’ Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Germany 14. F. 10. Son of William Edward and Fanny Eunice Mann; husband of Evelyn Mann, of Shepherd’s Bush, London.

20/02/1945 Lieutenant Fred Dawson Age 36 TD ‘75760’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 45. D. 5. Son of Fred and Sarah Ellen Dawson, of Prestatyn, Flintshire; husband of Margaret Dawson.

24/02/1945 Lieutenant John Wynne Rowlands Age 25 Royal Welch Fusiliers attd. 6th Bn. ‘165983’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 51. C. 12. Son of William John and Ethel Wynne Rowlands, of Barry, Glamorgan.

27/02/1945 Corporal Joseph William Davey Age 31 1st Bn ‘4131788’ Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Netherlands XII. F. 11. Son of Richard Nicholas Davey and Margaret Davey, of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England.

5/03/1945 Private Ernest Webber Age 38 ‘4186794’ Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Germany 11. C. 11.

11/03/1945 Serjeant Arthur Barber Age 35 6th Bn ‘4121655’ Forli War Cemetery Italy VII, B, 2. Son of Herbert Pownall Barber and Florence Barber; husband of Bertha Barber, of Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire.

11/03/1945 Private Albert George Woodhouse Age 34 6th Bn ‘4133028’ Forli War Cemetery Italy VII, B, 3. Son of Walter William and Hannah Sophia Woodhouse, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.

15/03/1945 Private Ernest James Grendall Age 26 4th Bn ‘4127886’ Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Germany 10. F. 6 Son of William Grendall, and of Lily May Grendall, of Coney Hill, Gloucester.

18/03/1945 Private Esmond Witts Beckett Age 18 1st Bn ‘14807797’ Venray War Cemetery Netherlands I. C. 2. Son of William Arthur and Florence Nellie Beckett, of Hednesford, Staffordshire.

18/03/1945 Private John William Hemmings Age 19 1st Bn ‘14812271’ Venray War Cemetery Netherlands I. C. 1. Son of William Fredrick and Gertrude Maud Hemmings, of Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.

21/03/1945 Private Edward Dean Age 31 1st Bn ‘4131676’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 56. B. 19.

25/03/1945 Private George Derbyshire Age 25 1st Bn ‘4130364’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 54. F. 11. Son of David Derbyshire, and of Florence Derbyshire, of Congleton, Cheshire.

25/03/1945 Lieutenant Carl Gerwin Age 32 1st Bn ‘189090’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 54. F. 13. Son of Frederick and Gertrude Marian Gerwin, of Birmingham; husband of Olive May Gerwin, of Ullenhall, Birmingham.

25/03/1945 Lance Corporal George Miles Age 25 1st Bn ‘5339285’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 54. F. 14. Son of Alfred George and Annie Jane Miles, of Clapton, London.

25/03/1945 Private David Frederick Ward Age 26 1st Bn ‘4127870’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 54. F. 12. Son of David and Florence Pamela Lily Ward, of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

3/04/1945 Private Bernard Littler Age 34 ‘3766969’ Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 1.R. Grave 156. Son of John and Annie Littler, of Liscard, Wallasey; husband of Barbara Littler, of Liscard, Wallasey.

6/04/1945 Private Walter William Mansell ‘4120743’ Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Germany 11. B. 9. Son of Frederick and Sally Mansell; husband of Elizabeth Mansell, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

6/04/1945 Private Thomas Mcmullen ‘4130957’ Liverpool (Ford) Roman Catholic Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A.H. Grave 205.

8/04/1945 Private John Hayes Age 31 1st Bn ‘4124339’ Hanover War Cemetery Germany 16. A. 7. Son of Robert Wills Hayes and Sarah Ann Hayes; husband of Florence Elizabeth Hayes, of Chester.

8/04/1945 Private Christopher Murphy Age 31 1st Bn ‘5250989’ Hanover War Cemetery Germany 15. A. 8. Son of David and Ellen Murphy, of Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.

8/04/1945 Private Harry Trevor Age 22 1st Bn ‘14791696’ Hanover War Cemetery Germany 16. A. 1.

9/04/1945 Lieutenant Eric Esmond Scourfield Barnes ‘174717’ Sage War Cemetery Germany 6. F. 8.

11/04/1945 Private Alexander Barrett Age 24 4th Bn ‘3529682’ Durnbach War Cemetery Germany 3. B. 14. Son of James Edward and Annie Barrett, of Moss Side, Manchester.

11/04/1945 Private Arthur Leslie Freear Age 26 1st Bn ‘4127855’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 7. E. 8.

12/04/1945 Private Harry Broadley Age 23 1st Bn ‘1132316’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 7. E. 9. Son of Harry and Holly Broadley, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.

12/04/1945 Lieutenant Leslie Hilton Kershaw Age 27 MiD East Lancashire Regiment seconded to 1st Bn. ‘251507’ Groesbeek Memorial Netherlands Panel 3. Son of Wilfred and Elizabeth Edna Kershaw, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.

12/04/1945 Private Thomas Maguire Age 26 1st Bn ‘4130682’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. J. 12. Son of T. G. and Martha H. Maguire, of Warrington, Lancashire.

12/04/1945 Private Leonard Cyril Rookes Age 18 1st Bn ‘14819097’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 7. E. 13.

12/04/1945 Private Sam Wright Age 18 1st Bn ‘14819151’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 7. E. 10. Son of Beatrice Wright, of Osmondthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire.

14/04/1945 Corporal Edwin Brown Age 31 1st Bn ‘4122862’ Hamburg Cemetery Germany 2A. C. 3. Husband of Ethel Brown, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.

14/04/1945 Private Sidney Joseph Cawley Age 32 1st Bn ‘1775375’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. B. 9. Son of James and Ursula Cawley, of York; husband of Mabel Cawley, of York.

14/04/1945 Private Bert Ronald Clements Age 31 1st Bn ‘14349126’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. B. 8. Son of Alfred John and Elizabeth Clements, of Kingswood, Gloucestershire; husband of Cecilia Kathleen Clements, of Kingswood.

14/04/1945 Private Edward Walker Field Age 23 1st Bn ‘6294500’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 1. H. 7. Son of Charles and Dinah Field; husband of Florence Kathleen Field, of Bermondsey, London.

14/04/1945 Captain Frederick John Francis ‘121545’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 1. H. 8.

14/04/1945 Private Charles Higham Age 29 1st Bn ‘4123475’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 7. E. 11. Son of Charley and Annie Higham, of Liverpool.

14/04/1945 Private George Jones Age 19 1st Bn ‘14788588’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 1. H. 12.

14/04/1945 Lance Corporal Stanley George Lovatt Age 25 1st Bn ‘4036998’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. B. 7.

14/04/1945 Private Thomas Madden Age 29 1st Bn ‘1541966’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 1. H. 9.

14/04/1945 Private Thomas Shaw Age 32 1st Bn ‘4124265’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 1. H. 11. Son of Matthew and Elizabeth Shaw; husband of Doris Shaw, of Winsford, Cheshire.

14/04/1945 Private John Wells Age 28 1st Bn ‘956140’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 1. H. 10.

14/04/1945 Private Cecil Alfred Whitton Age 29 1st Bn ‘4347412’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 7. E. 12. Son of Frederick and Elisa Whitton; husband of Annie Whitton, of Skipton, Yorkshire.

14/04/1945 Lieutenant Max Mendel Wolpert Age 23 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment attd. 1st Bn. ‘326598’ Hamburg Cemetery Germany 2A. C. 4. Son of Ben-Sion and Rachael Wolpert; husband of Joy Wolpert, of Higham’s Park, Essex. M.P.S.

15/04/1945 Private Harry Boswell Age 26 1st Bn ‘4123800’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. B. 5.

15/04/1945 Private Donald Kane Age 19 1st Bn ‘14707335’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. J. 11. Son of Alexander and Mary Kane, of Glasgow.

15/04/1945 Lance Corporal Joseph William Lawley Age 25 6th Bn ‘1516891’ Ravenna War Cemetery Italy I. C. 15. Son of Clarence and Esther Anne Lawley, of Wolverhampton; husband of Iris May Lawley, of Springfields, Wolverhampton.

16/04/1945 Lance Corporal Charles Alexander Barlow Age 37 1st Bn ‘3522978’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 10. B. 11.

17/04/1945 Private William Crook Age 29 1st Bn ‘1082727’ Hamburg Cemetery Germany 4A. M. 1. Husband of Annie Crook, of Pemberton, Lancashire.

24/04/1945 Private William Douglas Campbell Age 28 1st Bn ‘4122977’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 2. J. 11.

24/04/1945 Private Thomas Malcolm Edwards Age 27 4th Bn ‘4128063’ Dunkirk Memorial France Column 52. Son of Edward Lloyd Edwards and Lucy Edwards, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

25/04/1945 Private George H. Thompson Age 25 6th Bn ‘4129009’ Argenta Gap War Cemetery Italy II, E, 21. Son of Joseph and Fanny Gertrude Thompson, of Stockport, Cheshire.

29/04/1945 Private John Charles Mcguire 7th Bn ‘6981549’ Becklingen War Cemetery Germany 17. E. 8.

29/04/1945 Lieutenant Ross Thomas Edward Waggett Age 21 Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment ‘326612’ Celle War Cemetery Germany 1. C. 2. Son of Reginald Carter Ross Waggett and Edith Mary Waggett, of Finchley, Middlesex.

30/04/1945 Serjeant Arnold Percy Leaitherland Age 30 ‘4688465’ Haley Hill (All Souls) Church Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B. Grave 221. Son of Herbert G. Leaitherland and Sara Ann Leaitherland; husband of Laura Ann Leaitherland, of Boothtown, Halifax.

1/05/1945 Private Howell Jenkin Pickrell 1st Bn ‘3973227’ Hamburg Cemetery Germany 8A. D. 15.

1/05/1945 Private Charles Vaughan Age 33 1st Bn ‘4122751’ Hamburg Cemetery Germany 8A. D. 13. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Vaughan; husband of Mary C. Vaughan, of Valletta, Malta, G.C.

7/05/1945 Private John Gibson 30th Bn ‘3133861’ Rome War Cemetery Italy II, D, 22. Son of Thomas and Charlotte Gibson, of Ayr; husband of Annie Gibson, of Bedale, Yorkshire.

8/05/1945 Private Walter Henry Henshaw Age 44 ‘4257374’ Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 126. Row G. Grave 9. Son of James and Eliza Jane Henshaw, of Grimsby; husband of Edith Mary Henshaw, of Grimsby.

8/05/1945 Private Robert Raymond Skuce Age 20 1st Bn ‘893115’ Hamburg Cemetery Germany 3A. N. 8.

16/05/1945 Lieutenant John Newby Craddock Age 21 ‘304989’ Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany 53. E. 4. Son of Reginald Walter and Margaret Eva Craddock, of Darlington, Co. Durham.

18/06/1945 Serjeant Herbert Thomas Jermy Age 30 MiD ‘4122793’ Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk United Kingdom Sec. 54. Grave 173. Son of Charles and Kate Jermy; husband of Kathleen Mary Jermy, of Norwich.

18/07/1945 Private William Naylor Age 35 6th Bn ‘4133072’ Klagenfurt War Cemetery Austria 3. H. 6. Son of James and Bertha Naylor; husband of Constance Naylor, of Littleborough, Lancashire.

8/08/1945 Private Albert Victor Aston Age 32 7th Bn ‘5122034’ Celle War Cemetery Germany 2. C. 6. Son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Aston, of Coventry; husband of Ella Eunice Aston, of Coventry.

9/08/1945 Private William Hodkinson Age 27 1st Bn ‘4130656’ Stockport Borough Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. C.J. Grave 200. Husband of Irene Hodkinson, of Brinksway, Stockport.

11/08/1945 Private George Ronald Simmons Age 31 2nd Bn ‘6200549’ Padua War Cemetery Italy III. C. 2. Husband of Bessie Simmons, of Hendon, Middlesex.

6/09/1945 Private Jonah Caddick Age 39 ‘5247778’ Erith (Brook Street) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A.A. Grave 380. Son of Jonah and Amelia Caddick; husband of Elizabeth Lawson Caddick, of Erith.

23/09/1945 Private Frederick Buttell Age 33 ‘4122600’ Kirk Christ Lezayre (Holy Trinity) Churchyard United Kingdom Block D. Grave 38. Son of Joseph and Eliza Buttell; husband of Eleanor Buttell, of Ramsey.

27/09/1945 Fusilier Harry Gwilliam Age 18 Royal Northumberland Fus Cheshire Regiment attd. 5th Bn. ‘14888173’ Huddersfield (Edgerton) Cemetery United Kingdom Gen. Sec. 22. Grave 41. Son of Pryce Gilmour Gwilliam and Eva Gwilliam, of Huddersfield.

27/09/1945 Serjeant Harry Turner Slingsby 5th Bn ‘4128858’ Holyhead (Maeshyfryd) Burial Board Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 3. Grave 312.

27/09/1945 Private Ronald Smith Age 21 5th Bn ‘14884852’ Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. U.U. Grave 144. Son of Ada Smith, of Leicester; husband of Nora Smith, of Leicester.

25/11/1945 Private Arthur James Bass ‘14781805’ Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery United Kingdom Screen Wall. Panel 1. Square 30. Grave 41623.

1/12/1945 Private William Copp Age 27 6th Bn ‘6211967’ Udine War Cemetery Italy III. C. 12. Son of William and Margaret Copp, of Pimlico, London.

1/12/1945 Private Alexander Aberdeen Gray Army Catering Corps Cheshire Regiment attd. 6th Bn. ‘1723838’ Udine War Cemetery Italy III. C. 14.

1/12/1945 Private Robert Charles Norman Age 37 6th Bn ‘14612871’ Udine War Cemetery Italy III. C. 13. Son of Charles Palmer Norman and Martha Norman, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

1946

11/01/1946 Private Robert Lyons Age 22 30th Bn ‘14223715’ Rome War Cemetery Italy II, C, 18. Son of Robert and Margaret Lyons, of Swinton, Nottinghamshire.

17/01/1946 Private John Edward Challen Age 30 MiD Middlesex Regiment Cheshire Regiment attd. 4th Bn. ‘6404537’ Lancing And Sompting Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 380. Son of Charles J. Challen, and of Mary Agnes Challen, of Lancing husband of Evelyn Challen.

6/02/1946 Private Leslie Ernest Barber Age 26 ‘4864703’ Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery Algeria 2. J. 8. Son of John and Beatrice Barber, of Thrapston, Northamptonshire; husband of Joan Celestine Barber, of Thrapston.

6/02/1946 Private Richard Price Age 28 ‘4125929’ Ellesmere Port (Overpool) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. A. Grave 43. Son of Richard and Frances Elizabeth Price, of Ellesmere Port; husband of Annie Alice Rumsey Price, of Ellesmere Port. His brother, Leonard Thomas Price, also died on service.

13/02/1946 Serjeant Arthur Barugh ‘4389284’ Wolviston (St. Peter) Churchyard United Kingdom N.E. of church. Row 1. Grave 3. Husband of M. Barugh, of Marley, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.

14/02/1946 Warrant Officer Class I John Stewart Steele Age 41 7th Bn ‘4118287’ Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 20.C. Grave 173. Son of John Stewart Steele and Mary Ann Steele; stepson of Mary Florence Steele, of Seacombe, Wallasey.

15/02/1946 Private Thomas Garner Bamber ‘4132609’ Bebington Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. G. C. of E. Grave 109. Son of John Fredrick and Mary Jane Bamber, of Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead.

16/02/1946 Private Leslie Hitchen Age 25 ‘4125364’ Bunbury (St. Boniface) Churchyard Extension United Kingdom Grave 376. Son of Enoch and Maria Hitchen; husband of Joyce Hitchen, of Haughton.

17/02/1946 Corporal Edward Openshaw Age 33 ‘4124013’ Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 19. C. Grave 593. Son of Harry and Alice Openshaw, of Wallasey; husband of Margaret Openshaw.

3/03/1946 Private Charles Bonner Age 34 2nd Bn ‘4122477’ Liverpool (Yew Tree) Roman Catholic Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 3D. Grave 64. Son of Thomas and Helena Bonner, of Liverpool; husband of Dorothy Winifred Bonner, of Fairfield, Liverpool.

26/03/1946 Major Clifford Sydney Philpott Age 42 ‘28117’ Burntwood (Christ Church) Churchyard United Kingdom Sec. C. Grave 1192. Son of Francis Sydney and Helen Philpott; husband of Gwyneth Margaret Philpott, of Bude, Cornwall.

24/05/1946 Private Joseph Sprague Age 34 ‘3662156’ Widnes Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 7R. Grave 1987.

11/06/1946 Private Leonard Holman Age 31 ‘14663426’ Atherton Cemetery United Kingdom Ground 4. Grave 51. Son of Edgar and Lizzie Holman, of Leigh; husband of Dora Holman, of Leigh.

17/07/1946 Private Samuel Whiteley Age 30 ‘4132576’ Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 22. C. of E. Grave 745. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whiteley, of Tue Brook, Liverpool.

22/07/1946 Captain Ivan Jones-Parry Age 26 MiD ‘170462’ Suda Bay War Cemetery Greece 14. C. 1. Son of William and Margaret Jones-Parry, of Pen-y-Groes, Caernarvonshire.

8/08/1946 Private Bramwell Bulmer Age 32 ‘4922114’ Spennymoor Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. D. Grave 213. Son of Thomas Edward and Maria Bulmer, of Spennymoor; husband of Eva Bulmer. of Spennymoor.

20/09/1946 Private J E Halliday Age 24 ‘77001’ Leeds (Hunslet New) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 3B. Grave 1516. Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Halliday, of Bell Isle, Leeds.

27/09/1946 Major R E Bracken The King’s Regt (Liverpool) Cheshire Regiment attd. 30th Bn. ‘127835’ Klagenfurt War Cemetery Austria 6. F. 18.

5/10/1946 Private Edwin Bailey Age 33 ‘3456910’ Ashton-In-Makerfield (St. Thomas) Churchyard, Heath Road Ext United Kingdom Line 13. Grave 19.

18/10/1946 Private Frederick Hodgson Age 25 4th Bn ‘4132030’ Hull Northern Cemetery United Kingdom Compt. 359. Grave 71. Son of William James Hodgson and Lillian Hodgson; husband of Edith Gwendoline Hodgson, of Spring Bank, Hull.

17/12/1946 Serjeant A Latham Age 44 ‘528733’ Rome War Cemetery Italy II, A, 36. Son of John and Elizabeth Latham; husband of Selina Latham of Leicester.

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19/01/1947 Private Frederick Siddall ‘14766496’ Munster Heath War Cemetery Germany 1. C. 2.

4/02/1947 Private Henry Herbert Armes Age 43 7th Bn ‘4120789’ Timperley (Christ Church) Churchyard United Kingdom Grave X.190. Son of William Henry and Rose Ann Armes; husband of Elsie Armes, of Altrincham.

22/02/1947 Private B B Griffiths Age 22 1st Bn ‘14513597’ Hanover War Cemetery Germany 14. F. 8. Son of Isaac James Griffiths and Minnie Mary Griffiths, of Brynmawr, Brecknockshire.

22/02/1947 Private Alfred Ray Age 33 ‘4122464’ Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 2G. C. of E. Grave 258. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ray; husband of Doris Ray, of Dingle, Liverpool.

28/02/1947 Private Joseph William Massey Age 41 ‘4119766’ Feltham Cemetery United Kingdom Extn. 2. Cons. Grave G.61. Son of George and Emily Massey; husband of Rosaline Massey, of Feltham.

3/03/1947 Private Samuel Wilson Age 43 8th (HD) Bn ‘D/41185’ Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. B.4. Grave 227. Son of Thomas and Katherine Wilson, of Belfast; husband of Beatrice Wilson, of Belfast.

23/03/1947 Private William Small ‘4132733’ St. Helens Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 61. Grave 713. Son of George and Mary Jane Small; husband of Annie Small, of St. Helens.

24/05/1947 Private Harold Bishop Age 43 ‘33834’ Bacup (Fairwell) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. G. Cons. Grave 430.

30/05/1947 Private Samuel Joseph Aldersea Age 25 1st Bn ‘14756091’ Munster Heath War Cemetery Germany 1. D. 11. Son of S. J. and Margaret Aldersea; nephew of Mr. W. Aldersea, of Wolverhampton.

29/06/1947 Corporal H Loynes 2nd Bn ‘14850401’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 13. B. 9.

30/06/1947 Serjeant William John Perry Age 62 ‘D/3060’ Shore (St. Barnabas) Churchyard United Kingdom Row 54. Grave 4. Son of William and Sarah Ann Perry; husband of Flora Perry, of Werneth, Oldham.

7/07/1947 Private Alan Tosdevine Age 21 2nd Bn ‘14985103’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 13. B. 10. Son of William James Tosdevine and Alice Sarah Tosdevine, of Buckland, Portsmouth.

16/08/1947 Private Robert William Anderson Wilson Age 21 2nd Bn ‘14832547’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 13. B. 11. Son of William and Beatrice Alice Wilson, of Netherton, Liverpool.

5/09/1947 Serjeant Raymond Ernest Dickson Age 22 ‘14674452’ Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 16.G. Grave 641. Son of Irene Dickson, of Wallasey.

11/09/1947 Private George Lamprey Age 28 1st Bn ‘3710834’ Munster Heath War Cemetery Germany 3. B. 16. Son of John William and Eliza Jane Lamprey; husband of Irmgard Lamprey, of Post Mehrhoog uber Wesel, Germany.

16/09/1947 Private John Turner Age 30 ‘3770522’ Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery United Kingdom Sec. 128. Row E. Grave 18. Son of Enoch and Elisabeth Turner; husband of Norah Turner, of Grimsby.

25/09/1947 Private Thomas Wright Age 30 4th Bn ‘4130409’ Nantwich (All Saints) Church Cemetery United Kingdom Grave 956. Son of John Thomas Wright and Elizabeth Wright, of Nantwich, husband of Gladys Wright, of Nantwich.

22/10/1947 Private J E Wilkes Age 20 2nd Bn ‘14956690’ Tripoli War Cemetery Libya 13. B. 14. Son of Joseph Edward and Norah Wilkes, of Cheddleton. Staffordshire.