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– Possibly, but wrong rank –
Name: ALLEN, JAMES FREDERICK
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Northamptonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 24/05/1944
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Emily Allen; husband of Francis Edith Allen, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XV. B. 9.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Name: BARNES, CHARLES FRANK
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 13/08/1944
Additional information: Son of Walter and Mary Ann Barnes, of Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 10.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Name: CLARKE, STANLEY
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit Text: 310 Armd. Bde. Coy.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 20/09/1944
Additional information: Son of William and Sarah Ann Clarke.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 9.
Memorial: GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Name: COLKIN, EDWARD SAMUEL BERNARD
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit Text: 3 Amb. Car Coy.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 24/10/1940
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Kate E. Colkin, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. A. 3.
Cemetery: MALBORK COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Name: COMER, SIDNEY CHARLES
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Hampshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1/4th Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 15/09/1944
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sidney Comer; husband of Cicely Daisy Comer, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II, E, 44.
Cemetery: GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Name: CRUMP, EDWARD THOMAS
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Age: 36
Date of Death: 16/01/1941
Additional information: Husband of Elizabeth S. Crump, of Dunton Bassett.
Cemetery: DUNTON BASSETT (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
– see my Dunton Bassett church photo set –
Name: COMER, DENNIS
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Northamptonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 29/11/1942
Additional information: Son of Sidney Michael and Ada Comer; husband of Mary Tamar Comer, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. A. 11.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Name: DAVIES, VICTOR CHARLES
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 275 Field Coy.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 06/03/1943
Additional information: Husband of Kathleen Amelia Davies, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 16.
Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Name: DOBSON, HARRY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 420 Bty. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regt
Age: 24
Date of Death: 11/12/1943
Additional information: Son of John E. Dobson, and of Eleanor Dobson, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. C. 63.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Name: HARRISON, GEORGE
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 03/06/1944
Additional information: Son of William and Louise Harrison; husband of Eveline Joyce Harrison, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 13. E. 8.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Name: HOLYOAK, FRANK
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 2/5th Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 22/02/1943
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Eliza Holyoak, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 13.
Cemetery: ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Name: HOWARTH, FREDERICK JOHN
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 03/09/1940
Additional information: Son of Harry and Alice Howarth, of Burbage.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 9. Grave 13.
Cemetery: BURBAGE (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Name: HOWKINS, FREDERICK HAROLD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 23/08/1944
Additional information: Son of Herbert Harold and Kate Howkins; husband of Joan Marguerite Howkins, of Ryton, Warwickshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 10.
Cemetery: ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Name: JARVIS, PERCY
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Excellent II.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 23/11/1942
Additional information: Son of James and Mary Jarvis, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. F. 22.
Cemetery: DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY
Excellent II – JARVIS, Percy P, Able Seaman, P/JX 231329, killed
The following day 10 signalmen were killed on Excellent II and also buried in Algiers
Name: JONES, LESLIE DAVID
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit Text: H.Q. 1 Airborne Div.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/09/1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 16. A. 12.
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Name: KELLAWAY, SIDNEY EDWARD
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 45
Date of Death: 24/10/1946
Awards: 3 times Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of Percy Warburton Kellaway and Harriet Mary Kellaway; husband of Barbara Kellaway, of Hinckley.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 3. Grave 2.
Cemetery: BURBAGE (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Name: LETTS, HAROLD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Corps of Military Police (India)
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 3 Corps Provost Coy
Age: 29
Date of Death: 09/10/1943
Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. B. 12.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
No matching K B Lockton records
Name: LORD, JOHN
Rank: Warrant Officer
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 22/04/1945
Additional information: Son of Ernest and Ada M. Lord, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. N. 7.
Cemetery: BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Wellington Z8344 Information
Squadron 405 LQ-F
Operation – Stettin
Airborne 2222 19Sep41 from Pocklington. Cause of this loss and crash-site not established. All of crew became PoW.
Two of the crew, Sgt Lord and Sgt Clayden, were involved in the erroneous strafing attacks on PoW columns by an RAF Typhoon on 19Apr45. Sgt Clayden died 19Apr45. Sgt Lord died in Hospital on the 22Apr45 from injuries received on 19Apr45. Both are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.
– initials SM are SR –
Name: LOUNT, STANLEY RICHARD
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 19
Date of Death: 17/02/1941
Additional information: Son of Thomas William and Ethel Winifred Lount of Burbage, Hinckley.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 1, Grave 1.
Cemetery: ASTON FLAMVILLE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
– see Aston Flamville church photo set –
Name: MOORE, FRANK
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Age: 32
Date of Death: 10/07/1945
Additional information: Son of George Harold Murray Moore, and of Lucy Moore, of Burbage.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 2. Grave 3.
Cemetery: BURBAGE (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Name: NICKERSON, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Age: 44
Date of Death: 31/07/1943
Awards: M M
Additional information: Husband of Mrs. F. M. Nickerson, of Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N. Lot 94. Grave 3.
Cemetery: MONTGOMERY (OAKWOOD) CEMETERY ANNEXE
Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe contains 78 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, all airmen who died while training in Alabama under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Name: PRITCHARD, FRANCIS
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 06/09/1944
Additional information: Son of Harry and Lilian Pritchard; husband of Doris Mary Pritchard, of Hertford.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V, D, 1.
Cemetery: CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Name: SHAW, SYDNEY HARRY
Rank: Civilian
Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead
Age: 47
Date of Death: 09/04/1941
Additional information: Husband of Elizabeth Shaw, of 21 Flamville Road, Burbage, Leicestershire. Died at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital.
Casualty Type: Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority: COVENTRY, COUNTY BOROUGH
Name: SMITH, THOMAS FRANK
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 51 Medium Regt.
Age: 37
Date of Death: 12/05/1943
Additional information: Son of Frederick George and May Smith; husband of Daisy May Smith, of Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 5.
Cemetery: ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Name: THATCHER, BERT EDWARD
Rank: Trooper
Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps
Unit Text: 4th Queen’s Own Hussars
Age: 33
Date of Death: 09/02/1945
Additional information: Son of Bertie Edward and Kate Thatcher, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. E. 1.
Cemetery: KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
Name: TITE, JEFFERY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/09/1943
Additional information: Son of Arthur and Harriett Tite, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. N. 1.
Cemetery: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
– R Irish or R Inniskilling –
Name: WHITE, WALTER
Rank: Fusilier
Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/04/1943
Additional information: Son of Annie M. Strutt, of Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot O. Row G. Grave 35.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
Name: WOOD, DOUGLAS ARTHUR
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Northamptonshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 22/02/1945
Additional information: Son of Albert and Charlotte Wood; husband of Kate Wood, of Burbage, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 27. H. 1-17.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Name: HADLEY, HORACE
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.M.L. 445
Date of Death: 06/05/1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: 80, 3.
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
ML.445 HADLEY, Horace, Able Seaman, Missing Presumed Killed
Name: KEARNS, RICHARD JOSEPH
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Unit Text: 2/5th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 26/02/1944
Additional information: Son of Richard and Mary Kearns, of Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. G. 9.
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
