Please note that some of these men may have died of wounds received on an earlier date. 3 BN IG CASUALTIES BY CWGC CEMETERY Cemetery: AALTEN (BERKENHOVE) GENERAL CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: The town of Aalten is situated to the east of Arnhem on the N318 at the junction with the N313. From this road junction follow the N318 in the direction of Varsseveld along the ringweg. Take the sixth turning on the right, called Romienendijk, and the cemetery is on the right.
No. of Identified Casualties: 17
Photos courtesy of Forum member Philip
BREEN, THOMAS Sergeant 2716778, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 30 March 1945
Son of James and Mary Breen, of Killena, Co. Wexford, Irish Republic; husband of Sarah Ellen Breen, of Killena.
Remembered with honour
AALTEN (BERKENHOVE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave 586/1.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...ES/BreenIG.jpg FRANCIS, FREDERICK VICTOR Lance Sergeant 2719797, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27
on 30 March 1945
Son of Alfred Albert William and Elsie Beatrice Francis; husband of Marion Frances Francis, of Beckenham, Kent.
Remembered with honour
AALTEN (BERKENHOVE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave 586/1.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l.../FrancisIG.jpg ========= Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200 Location Information: Arnhem is in the eastern Netherlands. Oosterbeek lies 7 Kms west of Arnhem on the road to Wageningen. From the Utrechtseweg, turn on to the Stationsweg heading for Oosterbeek Station. At the railway station, turn right on to Van Limburg Stirumweg. The entrance to the cemetery is a short distance along this road opposite the town cemetery.
Historical Information: Following the Normandy landings of June 1944, the Allied advance through northern Europe was extraordinarily rapid and on 11 September 1944, the Second Army entered the Netherlands just south of Eindhoven, the first Allied troops to set foot in the country since its fall in May 1940. Their next aim was to cross the Rhine before the Germans had time to reorganise after their recent setbacks, securing crossings over the rivers and canals that stood in their path at Grave, Nijmegen and Arnhem. 'Operation Market Garden' would involve the United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the Commonwealth 1st Airborne Division and the Polish Parachute Brigade. On 17 September 1944, the 1st Airborne Division began landing west of Arnhem, but German resistance, bad weather and problems with supplies and reinforcements led to heavy losses, and their objectives were not taken. They were forced to form a perimeter at Oosterbeek which they held stubbornly until 25 September, when it was decided to withdraw the remnants of the division across the lower Rhine. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery contains the graves of most of those killed during the September landings, and many of those killed in later fighting in the area. There are now 1,680 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 245 of the burials are unidentified and two casualties are commemorated by special memorials. There are also 73 Polish, three Dutch and three non-war (former Commission employees) graves in the cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1514
Photos for Oosterbeek, courtesy of Forum member Philip.
Here is a photo of the headstone of an Unnamed Irish Guardsman buried at Arnhem Oosterbeek; there is no date inscribed on the stone; he may have served with either the 2nd or 3rd Battalions:
A soldier of the 1939-1945 War, Irish Guards, Known Unto God
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG26.jpg RENDELL, VICTOR CLARENCE GEORGE Guardsman 2721321, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27
on 28 September 1944
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 2.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG40.jpg MATHER, THOMAS Guardsman 2723405, 3rd. Bn, Irish Guards who died age 21 on 02 October 1944
Son of James and Maria Mather, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 3.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG39.jpg PERRY, JOHN, Lance Serjeant 2717309, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 02 October 1944
Son of Charles and Kate Elizabeth Perry; husband of Doris May Perry, of Radstock, Somerset.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 4.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG38.jpg MCSORLEY, MATTHEW, Lance Serjeant 2722803, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 28 September 1944
Son of David and Margaret McSorley, of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 5.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG37.jpg BENT, HARRY EDWARD, Lance Corporal 2719254, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 28 September 1944
Son of Harry and Elizebeth Bent, of Nottingham.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 6.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG36.jpg BOGGIS, BASIL JOHN, Lance Corporal 14664830, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 02 October 1944
Son of John Sydney and Violet Edith Boggis; husband of Hilda Victoria Boggis of Hatfield Peverell, Essex.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG35.jpg GREEN, ERIC, Guardsman 2722509, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 02 October 1944
Son of Leonard and Ada Green, of Bramhall, Cheshire. His brother Leonard Leslie also died on service.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 8.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG34.jpg TOWERS, JAMES FREDERICK Guardsman 2724368, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 01 October 1944
Son of William James Towers and Mary Elizebeth Ellen Towers, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 13.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG31.jpg FORRY, JOHN Guardsman 2724354, 3rd. Bn., Irish Guards who died age 18 on 01 October 1944
Son of Owen and Emily Forry, of Salford, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 15.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG29.jpg KENNY, EDWARD RICHARD NOEL, Lance Corporal 2723969, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 01 October 1944
Son of the Revd. William Edward Kenny, B.A., and of May Kenny, of Clonaslee Rectory, Leix Co., Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. A. 14.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG30.jpg DOYLE, JOHN, Lance Corporal 2718840, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 22 September 1944
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. B. 6.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG23.jpg TODD, CYRIL Guardsman 2721301, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 22 September 1944
Son of Albert Edward and Mary Todd, of York; husband of Elsie May Todd, of Heworth Green, York.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. B. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG22.jpg GREENHILL, ALBERT Guardsman 2723975, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 September 1944
Son of Florence Greenhill, of Redditch, Worcestershire.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. B. 14.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG15.jpg BALL, KENNETH JOHN, Lance Serjeant 2721832, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 32 on 22 September 1944
Son of Herbert John and Elizabeth Agnes Ball, of Higher Blackley, Manchester; husband of Julia Ball.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. B. 16.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG13.jpg MOORE, GEORGE Guardsman 2719793, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 22 September 1944
Son of Arthur and Martha Ann Moore, of Birmingham; husband of Catherine Frances Moore, of Alum Rock, Birmingham.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. B. 17.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG12.jpg THISTLETON, MARK Guardsman 14693730, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 22 September 1944
Son of Mark and Eliza Thistleton, of Firby, Whitwell, Yorkshire.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 1.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG1.jpg BRODERICK, FRANCIS JOSEPH Guardsman 2718263, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 22 September 1944
Son of Michael Corcoran Broderick and Mary Broderick; nephew of Maud E. Cousins, of Edmonton, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 3.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG3.jpg VARLEY, RONALD Guardsman 2616031, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 01 October 1944
Son of Ernest Arthur Varley and of Ethel Varley (nee Blake); husband of Peggy Varley, of South Norwood, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG4.jpg FOX, ROBERT OWEN Guardsman 2722593, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 01 October 1944
Son of William S. and Sarah C. Fox, of Warrington, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 8.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG5.jpg MILLER, SYDNEY JOHN, Lance Corporal 2722057, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 01 October 1944
Son of Frederick Allan and Lilian Miller, of Brighton, Sussex.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 9.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG6.jpg CONNOR, JOHN, Lance Corporal 2723341, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 01 October 1944
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Connor, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 10.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG7.jpg DOBSON, FRANK ARTHUR Guardsman 2723804, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 28 September 1944
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 11.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG8.jpg LE BER, WILLIAM Guardsman 2720484, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 28 September 1944
Son of Henry Charles and Delia Le Ber, of St Saviours, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 12.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG9.jpg CARRUTHERS, JOHN Guardsman 2722126, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 01 October 1944
Son of John and Janet Carruthers, of Bootle, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 13.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG10.jpg SINGLETON, FRANK, Guardsman 2722516, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 28 September 1944
Son of Frank and Nellie Singleton, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Bessie Singleton, of Cheadle Heath, Stockport.
Remembered with honour
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. C. 14.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/IG11.jpg ====== Cemetery: BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: Banneville-la-Campagne is a village in Normandy, which is 10 kilometres east of Caen. The cemetery lies 100 metres south of the main road (the N175) between Caen and Pont L'Eveque, about 8 kilometres east of Caen.
Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. For the most part, the men buried at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery were killed in the fighting from the second week of July 1944, when Caen was captured, to the last week in August, when the Falaise Gap had been closed and the Allied forces were preparing their advance beyond the Seine. The cemetery contains 2,170 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 140 of them unidentified, and five Polish graves.
No. of Identified Casualties: 2035
STOKES, MICHAEL JOSEPH, Guardsman 2716637, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 35 on 19 July 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Joseph Stokes; husband of Mary Kate Stokes, of Coventry.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. A. 17.
ALLEN, WILLIE, Guardsman, 2719151, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 22 July 1944
Son of Joseph and Sarah Allen, of Sheffield.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 8.
MITCHELL, FREDERICK, GUARDSMAN 2721196, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 22 July 1944
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 10.
WILLIAMS, DONALD, Guardsman 2723802, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 18 July 1944
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 23.
BAMFORD, HUGH, Lance Corporal 2721250, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24
on 18 July 1944
Son of Arthur and Ellen Bamford; husband of Agnes Mary Bamford, of Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 25.
GRAHAM, ALBERT LIONEL, Lance Serjeant 2721431, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 18 July 1944
Son of Harry and Veronica Graham, of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Peggy Graham, of Watford.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 27.
HUNTER, WILLIAM, Guardsman 2721509, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 18 July 1944
Son of William and Frances Dora Hunter; husband of Ivy Margaret Hunter, of Ruislip Manor, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. A. 19.
FARROW, ARTHUR FRANK, Guardsman 2722649, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 19 July 1944
Son of Arthur and Ellen Maud Farrow; husband of Edna May Farrow, of Holloway, London.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. A. 21.
STOCK, DOUGLAS HURNDELL, Lance Corporal 2720228, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 19 July 1944
Husband of Florence Eileen Stock, of Bulmer, Essex.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. A. 24.
HOPPER, HAROLD, Serjeant 2720624, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24
on 01 August 1944
Son of William and Gertrude Hopper, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Mary Elizabeth Hopper, of Leeds.
Remembered with honour
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. A. 5.
============== Cemetery: BAYEUX MEMORIAL Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. On the opposite side of the road to the Bayeux War Cemetery, situated in the south-western outskirts of the town on the by-pass which is named Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, is the Bayeux Memorial.
Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The BAYEUX MEMORIAL stands opposite the cemetery and bears the names of more than 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in Normandy itself, and during the advance to the River Seine in August. There was little actual fighting in Bayeux although it was the first French town of importance to be liberated. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and contains burials brought in from the surrounding districts and from hospitals that were located nearby. The cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also 505 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1801
FOGARTY, JOHN, Guardsman 2723585, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 19 July 1944
Son of John and Marget Fogarty, of Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
MCCARTHY-PHILLIPS, PATRICK GEORGE, Lance Corporal 2722781, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards
died age 21 on 22 July 1944
Son of George Robert and Annie Phillips; nephew of Winifred M. Phillips, of Mevagissey, Cornwall.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
KIRKPATRICK, ERIC, Guardsman 2722562, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 07 August 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kirkpatrick; husband of Evelyn Kirkpatrick, of Cheadle, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
============== Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town on the by-pass, which is named Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial.
Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. There was little actual fighting in Bayeux although it was the first French town of importance to be liberated. Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and contains burials brought in from the surrounding districts and from hospitals that were located nearby. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also over 500 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German. The BAYEUX MEMORIAL stands opposite the cemetery and bears the names of more than 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in Normandy itself, and during the advance to the River Seine in August.
No. of Identified Casualties: 4265
MADDEN, HENRY FRANCIS, Guardsman 2723657, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 05 August 1944
Son of William Madden, and of Ada Elizabeth Madden, of Chadwell St. Mary, Essex.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. K. 11.
O'HANLON, JAMES PATRICK JOSEPH, Guardsman 2723994, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23
on 24 July 1944
Son of Patrick and Mary Anne O'Hanlon; husband of Kathleen O'Hanlon, of Bessbrook, Co. Armagh. Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. H. 13.
STAFFORD-KING-HARMAN, THOMAS EDWARD, Lieutenant 200112, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 04 August 1944
Son of Sir Cecil William Francis Stafford King-Harman, 2nd Bt., and of Lady Stafford King-Harman (nee Acland), of Rockingham, Co. Roscommon, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XV. E. 23.
MAHER, PATRICK FRANCIS, Guardsman 2722878, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 11 August 1944
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. E. 3.
DINGWALL, DAVID Guardsman 2723623, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 18 August 1944
Son of John and Catherine Dingwall.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. E. 3.
BUCKINGHAM, DENNIS HENRY PERCY, Guardsman 2722034, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24
on 11 August 1944
Son of Percy Buckingham, and of Rose Buckingham, of Henstead, Suffolk.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. E. 4.
POTTS, ARTHUR, Guardsman 2724063, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 11 August 1944
Son of Stewart and Annie Potts, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. E. 19.
FERGUSON, GEORGE STEWART, Guardsman 2723795, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 08 August 1944
Son of David Doig Ferguson and Pauline Ferguson, of Fulham, London.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. C. 16.
WIMBRIDGE, LIONEL LESLIE, Guardsman 2721323, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 30 on 09 August 1944
Son of John William and Fanny Agnes Wimbridge; husband of Ethel Mary Gwendoline Wimbridge, of Yeovil, Somerset.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. E. 8.
BRIGGS, JOSEPH, Guardsman 2722611, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 12 August 1944
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. E. 15.
TYRRELL, THOMAS Guardsman 2724014, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 13 August 1944
Son of Peter and Mary Ellen Tyrrell, of Cabra, Dublin, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. E. 16.
WHITBY, FRANK REGINALD, Guardsman 2721800, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 32 on 12 August 1944
Son of Mrs. K. Whitby, of Congleton, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. E. 20.
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Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Country: Germany
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to the site is possible, but may be by an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200
Location Information: Becklingen War Cemetery is 13 kilometres south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover. From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 kilometres until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road. On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 kilometres from the motorway junction.
Historical Information: The site of Becklingen War Cemetery was chosen for the position on a hillside overlooking Luneburg Heath, where Field-Marshal Montgomery accepted the German surrender from Admiral Doenitz on 4 May 1945. Burials were brought into the cemetery from isolated sites in the countryside, small German cemeteries and prisoner of war camps cemeteries, including the Fallingbostel cemetery, within a radius of about 80 kilometres. Most of those buried in the cemetery died during the last two months of the war. Becklingen War Cemetery contains 2,374 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 97 of them unidentified. There are also 27 war graves of other nationalities, many of them Polish. No. of Identified Casualties: 2299
HOGG, WILLIAM HALLAM JOHN, Lieutenant 269227, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 29 April 1945
Son of William Banks Hogg and Muriel Dancer Hogg, of Hassocks, Sussex. B.A. (Cantab.).
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. A. 1.
FEE, JAMES Guardsman 2724794, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 29 April 1945
Son of William and Matilda Fee, of Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. A. 2.
BOWERS, FRED Guardsman 2721681, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 01 May 1945
Son of George Robert and Harriet Bowers, of Chadderton, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. B 12.
RICKETT, ARTHUR ROBERT JACK Guardsman 2723275, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22
on 13 April 1945
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. K. 10.
BOOTH, SIDNEY JAMES, Lance Serjeant 2720609, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 20 April 1945
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 7.
FORD, ROBERT, Lance Corporal 2724198, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 April 1945
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 8.
GREETHAM, GERALD Guardsman 2724041, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 April 1945
Son of Harry and Ellen Mary Greetham, of Osbournby, Lincolnshire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 9.
MCCARTHY, CYRIL Guardsman 2724535, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 April 1945
Son of William and Alice McCarthy, of Preston, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 10.
CLANCY, RICHARD Guardsman 2724529, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 April 1945
Son of Richard and Mary Clancy, of Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 11.
DAWSON, SYDNEY Guardsman 2724353, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 April 1945
Son of Samuel and Margaret Ann Dawson, of Wigan, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 12.
DOWNEY, RICHARD Lance Corporal 2723744, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 April 1945
Son of Richard and Clara Downey, of Plaistow, Essex; nephew of Jeanette Downey, of Plaistow.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 13.
GLENDINNING, NORMAN WILLIAM Guardsman 2721562, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 32 on 21 April 1945
Son of William David and Elizabeth Ann Glendinning, of Sheerness, Kent; husband of Doris Ethel Victoria Glendinning, of Sheerness.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. A. 14.
MCANENY, PATRICK Guardsman 2720423, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 23 April 1945
Son of James McAneny, and of Mary McAneny, of Coventry.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. B. 8.
OAKHAM, FREDERICK WILLIAM Guardsman 2724765, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 April 1945
Son of Frederick and Isobel Maud Oakham, of Shoreditch. London.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. B. 9.
CATLING R W Guardsman 2724872, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 21 April 1945
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. B. 14.
WELLS, WILLIAM HASTE Guardsman 2724624, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 22 April 1945
Son of Thomas Wilson Wells and Margaret Wells, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. F. 2.
MARSH, EDWARD CHARLES Guardsman 14784080, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 02 May 1945
Son of Thomas and Maria Jane Marsh, of Walton-on-the-Hill, Tadworth, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. A. 9.
BUCKLAND, REGINALD EDWARD Guardsman 14581915, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 27 April 1945
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. A. 10.
O'BRIEN, REGINALD (REGGIE) Lance Corporal 2718553, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 13 April 1945
Son of Christopher Barry O'Brien and Beatrice O'Brien, of Fairfield, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. G. 1.
GAME, THOMAS EDWIN Lance Corporal 2724703, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 12 April 1945
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Game, of Hertford.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. G. 4.
TRICKETT, WILLIAM HENRY Guardsman 2720462, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 09 April 1945
Son of William Augustine Trickett and Margaret Trickett, of Blackpool Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. J. 14.
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Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to site possible, but may be by an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
Location Information: Bergen-op-Zoom is a town in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, 40 kilometres north-west of Antwerp (Belgium). Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery and Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery are almost next to one another, 3 kilometres east of the town centre, on a road named Ruytershoveweg, which runs parallel with the A58 Bergen-op-Zoom to Roosendaal motorway. The cemeteries can be reached from the motorway by taking the Bergen-op-Zoom exit, which leads on to Rooseveltlaan. At the first crossroads the cemeteries are signposted to the right. There is a further signposted right turn after 1 kilometre, and the cemeteries are 2 kilometres along this road on the left-hand side.
Historical Information: Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery contains 1,284 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the Second World War. 116 of the burials are unidentified. There are also seven First World War burials (one airman and six unknown sailors) and 21 war graves of other nationalities.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1189
Photos courtesy of Forum member PhilipARBG
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...GRAVES/083.jpg GRAYSTON, CHRISTOPHER WALKER, Lance Serjeant 2721896, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24
on 01 October 1944
Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Grayston; husband of Gwendoline Grayston, of Christleton, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. A. 5.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...IGGrayston.jpg BRACEGIRDLE, HENRY Guardsman 2724349, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 30 September 1944
Son of Henry and Ivy Victoria Bracegirdle, of Warrington, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. A. 6.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...cegirdleIG.jpg ========= Cemetery: BOLTON (HEATON) CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
No. of Identified Casualties: 220
COLE, ERNEST, Lance Sergeant 2720772, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 21 October 1944
Son of Henry and Sarah Betsy Cole, of Herne Bay, Kent.
Remembered with honour
BOLTON (HEATON) CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Div. 3. Sec. Y.7. C. of E. Grave 14.
======== Cemetery: BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY Country: Belgium
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: The Cemetery Opening Hours are:- Closed on Mondays. Open every other day: 0830 - 1630. Please Note: Information received from the local authorities at Brussels states that "In accordance with their regulations it is forbidden to photograph headstones, in order to guarantee the anonymity and out of respect to the dead, without prior approval of the local alderman responsible for funerals and burials." However, as the Commission has no objections to photographs being taken or to the filming of our war graves, it is suggested that visitors wishing to do so should make this known to the staff in the office at the entrance of the cemetery. Wheelchair access to site is possible, but may be an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information: Brussels Town Cemetery is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere. Follow the E40 Brussels-Liege road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19, signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 metres along the avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the Town Cemetery is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.
Historical Information: Brussels was in German hands from 20 August 1914 to the date of the Armistice. Plot X of the cemetery contains the graves of 54 Commonwealth casualties, 50 of which were prisoners of war whose bodies were brought back from Germany by the Canadian Corps in April 1919. The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. Most of the Second World War casualties buried in the town cemetery died on lines of communication duties after the liberation of Brussels at the beginning of September 1944, but a few date from the brief period that the BEF spent in Belgium in May 1940. Brussels Town Cemetery contains 54 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and a further 590 from the Second World War, 4 of which are unidentified. There are also 35 Foreign National burials here.
No. of Identified Casualties: 685
MURPHY, PATRICK JOSEPH Guardsman 2723579, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 28 April 1945
Remembered with honour
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. 21. 10.
MCKEEGAN, LAWRENCE Guardsman 2719287, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 29 April 1945
Son of Charles McKeegan, and of Margerate McKeegan, of Deansgate, Manchester.
Remembered with honour
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. 21. 50.
GILMORE, LAWRENCE Guardsman 2724101, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 15 September 1944
Son of Charles and Mary Gilmore, of Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. 22. 21.
ALLDIS, ALBERT VICTOR Guardsman 2724119, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 08 September 1944
Son of Albert Victor and Edith Florence Alldis, of Peckham, London.
Remembered with honour
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. 25. 5.
SHAW, SYDNEY Guardsman 2723413, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 11 September 1944
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Shaw, of Knotty Ash, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. 25. 9.
======== Cemetery: COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Country: Germany
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: OPENING TIMES: April to October: 07.00 to 20.00 November to March: 08.00 to 17.00 Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200. Location Information: Cologne Southern Cemetery lies within a large civil cemetery known locally as Koln Sudfriedhof. Koln Sudfriedhof is about 5 kilometres south of the centre of Cologne, on the Honigerweg. The cemetery may also be approached from the E40 (A4) motorway, by taking Junction 11 towards Koln-Klettenberg. Turn right onto the Luxemburger Strasse (B265) for 750 metres, then at the first traffic lights, near the railway, turn right onto the Militarringstrasse. Follow the Militarringstrasse for about 2.5 kilometres, then at the traffic lights turn left onto Bruhler Strasse. After 750 metres turn left onto Markusstrasse. The entrance to the Koln Sudfriedhof cemetery will be seen on the left when entering Honinger Platz. On entering Koln Sudfriedhof, follow the main cemetery road which leads to Cologne War Cemetery.
Historical Information: Cologne was entered by Commonwealth forces on 6 December 1918 and occupied under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles until January 1926. COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY was used during the war for the burial of more than 1,000 Allied prisoners, as well as German servicemen. After the Armistice it was used by the occupying garrison. In 1922 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. Cologne Southern was one of those chosen and the following year, graves were brought in from 183 burial grounds* in Hanover, Hesse, the Rhine and Westphalia. There are now 2,482 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the Commonwealth plots at Cologne. The total includes special memorials to a number of casualties buried in other cemeteries in Germany whose graves could not be found. The Commonwealth section of the cemetery also contains 132 Second World War graves, mostly those of servicemen who died with the occupying forces. There are, in addition, 676 non-war graves and 29 burials of other nationalities. The COLOGNE MEMORIAL takes the form of panels set inside the north shelter building at the entrance to the Commonweatlh plots in Cologne Southern Cemetery. It commemorates 25 servicemen of the United Kingdom who died in Germany and who have no known grave. Of these, 19 are known to have died as prisoners and their places of burial are not recorded. The other six died after the Armistice by drowning and their bodies were not recovered. *The following cemeteries are among those from which graves were brought to Cologne: AACHEN MILITARY CEMETERY, 197 burials of sailors 1914-1919. BONN (POPPELSDORF) CEMETERY, 133 service and one civilian burial, all of 1919. The 47th General Hospital and the 21st Casualty Clearing Station were posted at Bonn. BUDERICH (FORT BLUCHER) PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, 39 burials of 1914-1919. COBLENZ FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, KARTHAUSE, 59 burials of 1915-1918. Coblenz was occupied by United States troops in December 1918. DORTMUND SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, 53 burials of 1914-1918. DUISBURG TOWN CEMETERY, 35 burials of 1914-1919. DULMEN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, 96 burials of 1915-1918. DUREN NEW TOWN CEMETERY, 79 burials, mostly of 1919. The 11th Stationary Hospital and the 17th Casualty Clearing Station were posted at Duren. DUSSELDORF NORTH CEMETERY, 24 burials of 1915-1918. ESSEN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, 21 burials of 1917-1918. EUSKIRCHEN NEW TOWN CEMETERY, 75 service and one civilian burials of 1918-1919. The 42nd Stationary Hospital and the 47th Casualty Clearing Station were posted at Euskirchen. FRIEDRICHSFELD PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, 70 burials of 1916-1918. FRIEMERSHEIM CEMETERY, 20 burials of 1918. GELSENKIRCHEN WEST CEMETERY, 21 burials of 1917-1918. GEROLSTEIN MILITARY CEMETERY, 25 burials of 1918. JULICH MILITARY, 39 burials of 1915-1918. MULHEIM-AM-RUHR OLD TOWN CEMETERY, 49 burials of 1915-1918. MUNSTER (HAUSPITAL) PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, 161 burials of 1914-1918. RECKLINGHAUSEN PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC AND SOUTH CEMETERIES, 26 burials of 1916-1918. TRIER TOWN CEMETERY, 48 burials of 1917-1918.
No. of Identified Casualties: 3294
JOHNSTON, STANLEY HERBERT Guardsman 2719691, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 24 October 1945
Remembered with honour
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Row F. Grave 7.
CLUSKEY, PATRICK Guardsman 2719556, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 21 August 1945
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cluskey; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Cluskey, of Northwood, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 7. Row F. Grave 21.
======= Cemetery: EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY Country: Netherlands Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number: 01628 507200
Location Information: Eindhoven is located 31 kilometres south-east of s'Hertogenbosch and 14 kilometres south-west of Helmond. The Cemetery is in Baffinlaan in the suburb of Woensel in the northern part of the town. From the E34 motorway turn off at the junction with N69 and follow the N69 in the direction of Eindhoven. At the second crossroads, turn right into Leostraat which forms part of the Eindhoven ring. Follow the ring along Piuslaan, Hugo van der Goeslaan, Jeroen Boschlaan, Insulindelaan and onto the N270; Onze Lieve Vrouwestraat. At the junction with the N265; the John F Kennedylaan, go straight over to the next junction with the Veldmaarschalk Montgomerylaan. Turn right here and follow this road to the crossroads. Turn right at the crossroads into Europalaan and take the second turning on the right into Baffinlaan. The cemetery is along here on the right hand side.
Historical Information: Almost four-fifths of the men buried here belonged to the air forces, and lost their lives in raids over this part of Holland or in returning from Germany, between 1941 and 1944. Men of the land forces who are buried here died between September 1944 and May 1945. The 79th and 86th British General Hospitals were located at Eindhoven during almost all that period. There are now nearly 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
No. of Identified Casualties: 679
Photo courtesy of Forum member Philip
HOLMES, RAYMOND, Guardsman 14673282, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 02 October 1944
Remembered with honour
EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot KK. Grave 138.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...S/IGHolmes.jpg ======= Cemetery: ENSCHEDE EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Please note that this cemetery closes at 16.00. Location Information: Enchede is a large town in the Province of Overijssel, in the north-eastern part of the Netherlands, close to the German border. The cemetery is located in Noord Esmarkerrondweg opposite Lipperkerkstraat, on the eastern side of the town. The entrance is opposite a tyre replacement firm. The Second World War Commonwealth Plot is in the north-western part of the cemetery. The First World War Commonwealth Plot will be found by turning right past the building and following the first gravel path to Plot 12.
Historical Information: Enschede Eastern General Cemetery contains 11 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Second World War burials number 50, about half of them airmen, the rest members of the Commonwealth land forces, killed in the final stages of the war in Holland.
No. of Identified Casualties: 59
HARRIGAN, JAMES PATRICK Sergeant 2720971, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 02 April 1945
Son of Daniel and Mary Harrigan; husband of Adelaide Harrigan, of Lee Green, London. B.A. (Oxon.).
Remembered with honour
ENSCHEDE EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 203A.
ALBON, MAURICE BRIAN Guardsman 2724774, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 02 April 1945
Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Albon, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour
ENSCHEDE EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 205A.
====== Cemetery: ESTON CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: Eston is on the northern boundary of the North Riding near the mouth of the Tees. The town is 240 miles north-west of London and 5 miles south-east of Middlesborough. The cemetery is situated a quarter of a mile north of Normanby on the road to South Bank. Historical Information: Eston Cemetery, was formed in 1863, and includes the old Church and Churchyard of St. Helen. Until 1935 it belonged to the Eston and Normanby Burial Board and was then taken over by Eston and Normanby Urban District Council. There is a group of 22 Second World War graves in Section P in the centre of the cemetery, one of which is the non-war grave of a Merchant Navy seaman whose death was not due to war service. There are 55 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 43, including 1 unidentified R.N. sailor, of the 1939-45 war here. The Cross is erected in front of the West Lodge.
No. of Identified Casualties: 98
Photos courtesy of Forum member Marcus69x
BARRY, EDWARD ANTHONY, Guardsman 2717534, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 30
on 16 May 1943
Son of Edward and Bridget Barry, of Grangetown.
Remembered with honour ESTON CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. L. Grave 50.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...VES/P-0099.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...VES/P-0092.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...VES/P-0098.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...VES/P-0093.jpg =========== Cemetery: GEEL WAR CEMETERY Country: Belgium
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information: Geel is located midway between Antwerpen (46 kilometres), Hasselt (38 kilometres) and Leuven. From St Amands Church on the Grote Markt in Geel proceed for 600 metres down Nieuwstraat to the end of De Billemontstraat. Turn left onto Sint Dimpnaplein, passing Sint Dimpnakerk on your right, and drive 600 metres down along 'Rijn' leading you eventually onto Molseweg. 600 metres after entering Molseweg you will see a sign indicating that Geel War Cemetery is another 300 metres to the left. This takes you onto Stalpaart. At the end of Stalpaart turn right into Tweeboomkes, and 50 metres further on the left is Geel War Cemetery.
Historical Information: The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. In the early part of September 1944, Geel was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting encountered by Commonwealth troops since they had left Normandy. The 50th (Northumbrian) Division and the 15th Scottish Division were both involved here in the forcing of crossings of the Albert Canal and the Meuse-Escaut Canal, necessary for the advance into Holland. Some of the casualties they suffered were originally buried in a meadow near the centre of the commune, and some in the St. Dymphna civil cemetery; these graves were later moved into Geel War Cemetery. The cemetery contains 400 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, six of them unidentified.
No. of Identified Casualties: 394
DAVIDSON, THOMAS, Lance Serjeant 2721108, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 07 September 1944
Son of Thomas Lambert Davidson and Mary Davidson, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; husband of Nora Davidson, of Nottingham.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.B.25.
STONE, RUDOLPH EDWIN JOHN, Guardsman 2723891, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 07 September 1944
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.C.3.
PROE, JOHN J LANCE, Serjeant2719998, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 07 September 1944
Son of John William Proe, and of Maud Beatrice Proe, of Whiston, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.C.16.
[No. 1 Company]
HUTCHMAN, LAWRENCE Guardsman 2717595, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 35 on 14 September 1944
Son of Alexander and Kathren Hutchman; husband of Lenora Hutchman, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.D.1.
KENNARD, HUMPHREY OSCAR COLERIDGE, Lieutenant 253922, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 14 September 1944
Son of John Adam Gaskell Kennard and Lenore Mary Kennard, of Chelsea, London.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.D.2.
SHEARER, EDWARD Guardsman 2723868, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 14 September 1944
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.D.3.
O'NEILL, JOHN JAMES, Lance Corporal 2723823, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 14 September 1944
Son of Marie T. O'Neill, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.D.4.
HOUGHTON, WILFRED, Lance Corporal 2720034, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 14 September 1944
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II.D.19.
JOHNS, TOM, Serjeant 2720945, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 07 September 1944
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV.C.11.
BRUCE, WILLIAM REGINALD RICHARD, Captain 176774, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 32 on 07 September 1944
Son of Reginald Archibald Stewart Bruce and Julia Vivian Bruce; husband of Mirabel Melville Gray Bruce.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV.C.13.
SIMPSON, WILLIAM ABRAHAM, Guardsman 2723525, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 07 September 1944
Son of William and Deborah Simpson, of Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV.C.14.
BRESLIN, EDWARD JOSEPH, Guardsman 2721333, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 07 September 1944
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV.C.15.
PARSONS, ALAN Guardsman 14681745, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 07 September 1944
Son of Sydney James Parsons and Hilda Maud Parsons, of Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire.
Remembered with honour
GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV.C.16.
============ Cemetery: GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to cemetery possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information: Groesbeek is located 10 kilometres south east of the town of Nijmegen close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Memorial stands in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery which is 3 kilometres north of the village and 1.5 kilometres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt-Mook-Groesbeek, follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery, continue to the village of Groesbeek to a roundabout. Turn left at the roundabout onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery lies 1 kilometre after entering this road on the right hand side of the road. The memorial stands within the cemetery.
Historical Information: Allied forces entered the Netherlands on 12 September 1944. Airborne operations later that month established a bridgehead at Nijmegen and in the following months, coastal areas and ports were cleared and secured, but it was not until the German initiated offensive in the Ardennes had been repulsed that the drive into Germany could begin. Most of those buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY were Canadians, many of whom died in the Battle of the Rhineland, when the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division took part in the drive southwards from Nijmegen to clear the territory between the Maas and the Rhine in February and March 1945. Others buried here died earlier or later in the southern part of the Netherlands and in the Rhineland. The cemetery contains 2,610 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and nine war graves of other nationalities. Within the cemetery stands the GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, which commemorates by name more than 1,000 members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe, and whose graves are not known.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1030
FRAIN, ANDREW FRANCIS, Guardsman 2719622, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 02 October 1944
Son of Thomas and Margaret Frain; husband of Joan A. Frain, of East Grinstead, Sussex.
Remembered with honour
GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
HENDERSON, CYRIL, Guardsman 2720683, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 07 December 1944
Remembered with honour
GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
MAXWELL, WILLIAM ALEXANDER Guardsman 14678822, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19
on 02 October 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell, of Dumfries.
Remembered with honour
GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
THORNLEY, JOHN CHARLES Guardsman 2723262, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 01 October 1944 [Brother Allan, 3 Bn., also killed, 7 June 1943]
Son of George and Jessie Thornley, of Liverpool. His brother Gdsmn. Allan Thornley died in the United Kingdom.
Remembered with honour
GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
============ Cemetery: HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY Country: Belgium
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200. Location Information: Heverlee War Cemetery is located 30 kilometres from Brussels and 3 kilometres south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest (ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251), signposted Namen, Waver and Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerspelstraat. Continue down the Kerspelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the cemetery is located.
Historical Information: The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. The original burial ground at Heverlee was on the opposite side of the lane. It was used after the liberation for burials from the 101st British General Hospital, which was then housed in Heverlee Girl's School close by. In July 1946, the present cemetery was started and was used for burials brought in from a wide area round about. The cemetery now contains 977 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 37 of them unidentified. There are also 29 First World War burials which were brought into the cemetery from a number of communal cemeteries* in the area, where their security and maintenance could not be guaranteed. In addition to the Commonwealth burials, the cemetery also contains the graves of one American and 11 Polish airmen. * Wetteren Communal Cemetery, Gouvy Churchyard, Linerle, Uccle Communal Cemetery, Boneffe Churchyard, Luttre Communal Cemetery, Anderlecht Communal Cemetery, Sclayn Communal Cemetery, Tubize Communal Cemetery, Gerozstein German Military Cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties: 981
MORAN, PATRICK EDWARD, Serjeant 2719817, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 02 January 1945
Son of Charles and Nora Moran; husband of Kathleen Mary Moran, of Chaldon, Caterham, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. F. 1.
WALKER, PETER Guardsman 2718774, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 14 September 1944
Son of William and Elizabeth Walker; husband of Marjorie Winnifred Walker, of Westminster, London.
Remembered with honour
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. H. 2.
===== Cemetery: HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: Hottot-les-Bagues is a village 14 kilometres south-east of Bayeux. This cemetery can be reached from Bayeux by taking the D6 south-eastwards. After about 13 kilometres and after passing through Tilly-sur-Seulles, turn right (westwards) at Juvigny onto the main road (the D9) that runs from Caen towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery will be found after a few hundred metres on the right hand side on rising ground.
Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Most of the burials in Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery were brought in from the surrounding district, where there was much heavy fighting through June and July 1944 as Commonwealth forces tried to press on from Bayeux in an encircling movement to the south of Caen. The cemetery contains 1,005 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 56 of them unidentified, and 132 German graves.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1036
WILLIAMS, ALBERT EDWARD, Guardsman 2722670, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 03 August 1944
Son of William and Maud Amy Williams, of Gosfield, Essex.
Remembered with honour
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 7.
============================== Cemetery: JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
Location Information: The town of Nijmegen is located south of Arnhem and Jonkerbos War Cemetery is situated in the south west part of the town. From the A73/E31 motorway turn off at "Knooppunt Lindenholt", the junction with the A326/N326. Follow the N326 in the direction of Nijmegen over two roundabouts to a crossroads and at the crossroads turn right into Weg Door Jonkerbos. Follow this road under the railway and round a right hand bend. Just after the bend turn left into Burgemeester Daleslaan and the cemetery is a short way along here on the right.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. Nijmegen was a front line town from 17 September 1944 until February 1945.
The cemetery, which was created by No. 3 Casualty Clearing station, is in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch, from which it took its name. Jonkerbos War Cemetery contains 1,629 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 99 of them unidentified, and 13 war graves of other nationalities.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1543
DOYLE, WILLIAM JAMES Guardsman 14441956, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 01 October 1944
Son of Anthony and Catherine Doyle, of Rosslare Strand, Co. Wexford, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 13. C. 7.
Photos courtesy of Forum member Philip
KENT, FRED Guardsman 2722363, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 15 February 1945
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 3.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/kentIG.jpg DULLARD, PATRICK Lance Sergeant 2716800, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 25 October 1944
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 5.
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died age 22 on 28 October 1944
Son of Edwin Geoffrey Sarsfield-Hall and of Ethel Robin Sarsfield-Hall (nee Clowes), of Keswick, Cumberland. B.A. (Oxon.).
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 6.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/sarsfieldIG.jpg GILHAM, LESLIE JOHN Guardsman 14679953, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 01 October 1944
Son of William Gilham, and of Helena Maud Gilham, of Higham, Kent.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/gilhamIG.jpg O'NEILL, THOMAS C. Lance Serjeant 2720233,
2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died on 20 September 1944
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. B. 4.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/oneillIG.jpg PEMBERTON, PETER Guardsman 14677526, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 22 September 1944
Son of Frank and Dorothy Pemberton, of Wem, Shropshire.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. B. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/pembertonIG.jpg MEDLEY, PATRICK JOHN Guardsman 2719049, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 22 September 1944
Son of John and Nora Medley; husband of Frances Vivian Medley, of Broseley, Shropshire.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. B. 8.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/medleyIG.jpg MARLER, CHARLES HENRY JOHN Guardsman 2722006, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 01 October 1944
Son of S. J. and Nellie Marler; husband of Elsie Doris Marler, of Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. C. 2.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/marlerIG.jpg GALE, JAMES ALFRED Guardsman 2723527, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 22 September 1944
Son of Harry and Elizabeth Annie Gale, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. A. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/GaleIG.jpg MULLEN, WILLIAM JOHN Serjeant 2719369,
2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 36 on 03 November 1944
Son of Ellen Kelly, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. B. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/MullenIG.jpg ROURKE, WILLIAM Guardsman 2720320, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 29 September 1944
Son of Edward and Alice Rourke.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. C. 6.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/rourkeIG.jpg SAMPEY, THOMAS, Guardsman 2720546, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 30 on 03 October 1944
Son of Thomas and Harriet Sampey, of Manchester; husband of Winifred Sampey, of Manchester.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. D. 2.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/sampeyIG.jpg WATTS, ALFRED JOHN, Guardsman 2720212, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 04 October 1944
Son of William and Hannah Elizabeth Watts, of Ewell, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. D. 3.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/wattsIG.jpg POTTER, JOSEPH, Lance Serjeant 2722319, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 15 February 1945
Son of Thomas and Louisa Potter, of Widnes, Lancashire; husband of Ethel Mary Potter, of Widnes.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. E. 8.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/potterIG.jpg SMITH, STANLEY ERIC THOMAS Guardsman 2724018, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 14 February 1945
Son of George Thomas Smith and Florence Maud Smith, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. F. 2.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/smithIG.jpg OWTRAM, RICHARD MICHAEL, Guardsman 2722863, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 15 February 1945
Son of the Revd. Cyril Owtram, and of Olive Owtram, of Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. F. 3.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/owtramIG.jpg DUNNE, MICHAEL, Serjeant, 3 times Mentioned in Despatches 2718093, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards
who died age 33 on 15 February 1945
Son of Joseph and Mary Dunne; husband of Margaret Barbara Anne Dunne, of Emsworth, Hampshire.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. F. 7.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/dunneIG.jpg DOWNEY, WILLIAM, Guardsman 2724254, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 24 September 1944
Son of Charles Henry and Eleanor Downey, of Liverpool; husband of Marie Elizabeth Downey, of Walton, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. G. 8.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/downeyIG.jpg ======= Cemetery: LEIGH CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
No. of Identified Casualties: 102
ROTCHFORD, THOMAS Guardsman 2722987, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 03 May 1945
Son of Patrick and Catherine Rotchford; husband of Constance Rotchford, of Leigh.
Remembered with honour
LEIGH CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 28. Grave B. 32.
======= Cemetery: LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Country: Belgium
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number: 01628 507200
Location Information: Leopoldsburg (also known as Bourg-Leopold) is located 58 Kms north-east of Leuven on the N73. Follow the N73 into Leopoldsburg town centre. Follow the one-way system round the town and at the junction of the Koning Albert I Plein the cemetery is signposted. Follow the direction of the signpost to the right into Koning Albert I Plein. At the crossroads turn left into Priester Poppelaan and at the T junction turn right into Koning Leopold III Laan. At the crossroads turn left into Koning Leopold II Laan and the cemetery is sited 200 metres along on the right.
Historical Information: The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. There are about 35 original burials in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery associated with isolated engagements in or near the town in May 1940. Of the remainder, some are burials from a military hospital which was established at Leopoldsburg during the latter part of 1944 and others were brought into the cemetery from the surrounding district. There are now 767 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War in the cemetery, 16 of them unidentified, and a number of Polish and Dutch war graves.
No. of Identified Casualties: 782
DEE, PATRICK BRIAN Guardsman 2723495, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 14 September 1944
Son of William Arthur and Edith Maude Dee, of Loughton, Essex.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 3.
WALLACE, MICHAEL Guardsman 2724056, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 11 September 1944
Son of William and Christina Wallace, of Thomondgate, Limerick, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 4.
PRENDERGAST, JOHN, Serjeant 2719534, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 11 September 1944
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 5.
RAWLENCE, EDWARD ERNEST, Captain 219069, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 11 September 1944
Son of George Norman and Sarah Margaret Fitzgerald Rawlence, of Bemerton, Salisbury.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 6.
WILLIAMS, WALTER HAMILTON, Serjeant 2718183, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 17 September 1944
Son of Walter and Sarah Williams; husband of Kathleen Williams, of Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 7.
SPARLING, PATRICK JOSEPH Guardsman 2720492, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 11 September 1944
Son of Thomas and Annie Sparling; husband of Thelma Constance Sparling, of Pinner, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 8.
WHEATLEY, ROY Guardsman 2721019, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 19 September 1944
Son of John Thomas Wheatley and Louisa Wheatley, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 19.
REID, SIDNEY S LANCE, Corporal 2721583, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 16 September 1944
Son of William and Mary Jane Reid; husband of Queenie Reid, of Watford, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 10.
DUNN, JOHN, Lance Serjeant 2719614, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 10 September 1944
Son of Thomas and Margaret Dunn; husband of Helen Paterson Dunn, of Rankinstone, Ayrshire.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 12.
ALLEN, ROBERT EDWIN, Serjeant 2718779, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 09 September 1944
Son of Alfred and Rubina Allen; husband of Violet Allen, of Bolton, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 7.
DONNELLY, JAMES Guardsman 2724294, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 09 September 1944
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 8.
MCCORMACK, NICHOLAS JAMES Guardsman 2723725, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 09 September 1944
Son of Nicholas and Kathleen McCormack, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 9.
HOULAHAN, JOHN, Serjeant 2719554, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 09 September 1944
Son of John and Mary Houlahan; husband of Clarie Elsie Houlahan, of Brighton, Sussex.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 6.
MOGEY, JAMES Guardsman 2718447, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 09 September 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mogey; husband of Alma Dorothy Mary Mogey, of West Harrow, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 10.
SHAW, STANLEY Guardsman 2723125, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 08 September 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Shaw, of Anfield, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 20.
RICHARDSON, CYRIL JOSEPH, Lance Serjeant 2720044, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 18 September 1944
Son of Gertrude Richardson, of Liverpool; husband of Edna Richardson, of Wavertree, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. C. 2.
MCKIBBIN, WILLIAM JOHN, Lance Serjeant 2720351, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 19 September 1944
Son of Langtry and Agnes McKibbin; husband of Sarah J. McKibbin, of Waterside, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. E. 13.
====== Cemetery: LITTLE SHELFORD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Historical Information: There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 1 of the 1939-1945 war here.
No. of Identified Casualties: 3
POOLEY, DEREK ARTHUR Guardsman 2723861, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 18 May 1945
Son of Arthur William and Cecilia Mary Pooley, of Little Shelford.
Remembered with honour
LITTLE SHELFORD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD ===== Cemetery: LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Historical Information: In December 1914, Liverpool became one of the 21 Auxiliary Patrol Bases and in February 1915, the base of the 10th Cruiser Squadron. During the Second World War, Liverpool was headquarters of Western Approaches Command and a manning depot for officers and men of the Merchant Navy who agreed to serve with the Royal Navy for the duration of the war. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery contains burials of both wars. The majority are in two war graves plots in Section 5, with Screen Walls bearing the names of those buried there. The rest of the war burials are scattered throughout the cemetery. There are 445 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Included in this total are 17 casualties who are commemorated by name on the Screen Wall as their graves in Bootle (St Mary) Churchyard and Liverpool (St James) Cemetery could no longer be maintained. Second World War burials number 459 including 2 unidentified British soldiers. There is also another Screen Wall memorial to those whose burials are not marked by headstones. There are also 67 war graves of other nationalities, the majority of them Dutch and Norwegian Merchant seamen, and there are 9 non war service burials here.
No. of Identified Casualties: 979
BOWEN, W ILLIAM, Guardsman 2723089, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 14 October 1943
Son of Albert Ernest and Jane Bowen, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 22. C. of E. Grave 2246.
=============== Cemetery: LIVERPOOL (WEST DERBY) CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Historical Information: There are 108 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 129 of the 1939-1945 war here. Those whose graves are not marked by headstones are named on 2 denominational Screen Wall memorials. The graves are scattered throughout the cemetery in denominational plots. There are also 2 Foreign National war burials.
No. of Identified Casualties: 240
THORNLEY, ALLAN, Guardsman 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 07 June 1943
Son of George and Jessie Henderson Thornley, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour LIVERPOOL (WEST DERBY) CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. C. of E. Grave 73.
[His brother John Charles 3 Bn, also died on service, 1 Oct 1944]
============ Cemetery: MAARHEEZE (STERKSEL MONASTERY) CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Parking is available for most visitors able to walk from the Monastery to the cemetery itself. For disabled visitors access to the cemetery entrance by car is possible by driving through the Hospital site. Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information: Sterksel is a village approximately 20 kilometres south east of Eindhoven. The Cemetery is best approached via the villages of Geldrop and Heeze, which lie to the east of Eindhoven. Approximately 4 kilometres south of the village of Heeze before entering Sterksel lies the signpost indicating the left hand turning to the cemetery in the Albertlaan. The vistors car park is at the end of the Albertlaan. From the car park follow the path that runs to the right along the front of the building and past the football field, turn right into the beech avenue and the cemetery is along here on the left.
Historical Information: The cemetery is within the grounds of the Monastery, which was used as a hospital by the British Army from September 18th, 1944, for about a year.
No. of Identified Casualties: 42
LALLY, JOHN PATRICK Lance Corporal 2723077, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 09 October 1944
Son of James and Julia Lally; husband of Bridget Ann Lally, of Huddersfield.
Remembered with honour
MAARHEEZE (STERKSEL MONASTERY) CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 4.
========== Cemetery: MANCHESTER (GORTON) CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Historical Information: During the First World War, Manchester contained between thirty and forty war hospitals, including the 2nd Western General Hospital and the Nell Lane Military Hospital for prisoners of war. Many of those buried in the cemeteries and churchyards of the city died in these hospitals. During the Second World War, there was a Royal Air Force Station at Heaton Park, Manchester. There are now 69 First World War casualties and 88 from the Second World War buried or commemorated in Manchester (Gorton) Cemetery. The burials are scattered throughout the cemetery and a Screen Wall bears the names of 15 First World War casualties whose graves could not be individually marked. There are also three Special Memorials commemorating casualties whose graves in Gorton (Brookfield) Unitarian Chapelyard can no longer be maintained. The cemetery also has a Cross of Sacrifice.
No. of Identified Casualties: 158
LEES, ARTHUR, Lance Corporal 2722513, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 10 November 1944
Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Lees, of Manchester; husband of Evelyn Lees, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour
MANCHESTER (GORTON) CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. X. Grave 105.
======== Cemetery: MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
Location Information: Milsbeek is a village 15 kilometres from Nijmegen. Leave the A73 at the junction Overasselt-Mook-Groesbeek in the direction of Mook along the N271. 8 kilometres after passing through the village of Mook lies the village of Milsbeek. Signposts in Milsbeek indicate the direction of the church with the Commission cemetery at the rear of the churchyard. Signposts direct visitors from the N271 Rijksweg onto the Zwarteweg. Turning left at the second road junction leads onto the Pastoor Hoefnagelstraat. At the end of this road turn right into Kerkstraat and the cemetery is behind the church on your left.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. With a few exceptions, burials at Milsbeek War Cemetery date from February and March 1945, the days of the advance into Germany. They include men from the 51st (Highland) Division, the 52nd (Lowland) Division, and the
3rd Battalion Irish Guards. The cemetery contains 210 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
No. of Identified Casualties: 210
LYONS, JOHN JOSEPH, Serjeant 2717698, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 6.
UNSWORTH, THOMAS, Lance Serjeant 2719613, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 21 February 1945
Husband of Jessie Unsworth, of Gorton, Manchester.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 7.
PENFOLD, JOHN, Guardsman 2724283, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 February 1945
Son of John and Olive Penfold, of Chobham, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 8.
ALLBUTT, LESLIE LEONARD, Guardsman 2724407, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 1.
TORR, STANLEY JAMES Guardsman 2724288, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Son of George and Jane Torr, of Hoxton, London.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 2.
HUBBARD, ERIC RONALD, Guardsman 2724279, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Son of Jesse Samuel and Rose Hubbard, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 3.
KENNEDY, DARBY MICHAEL [John], Major, M.C., 94576, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 4.
[Book written about him by his nephew; have MC card.]
FISHER-ROWE, GUY EDWARD, Major 102718, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 5.
STEPHENSON, THOMAS HENRY T H Lance Corporal 14665889, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28
on 21 February 1945
Son of Thomas Henry and Magdalene Stephenson; husband of Olive Beatrice Stephenson (nee Ions), of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 1.
SMITH, STANLEY JOHN, Guardsman 2722871, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 21 February 1945
Son of Benjamin and Cecilia Smith, of Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 3.
KELLY, CLIFFORD, Guardsman 2719839, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 4.
ORMOND, JOHN MICHAEL Guardsman 2723438, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 February 1945
Son of John and Anne Ormond, of Rainhill, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 5.
MURRAY, JAMES ALFRED, Lance Corporal 2723538, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 6.
WILLSHAW, JACK, Lance Corporal 2722238, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 21 February 1945
Son of Alfred and Janet Willshaw; husband of Ivy Elizabeth Willshaw, of Edgware, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 7.
IFOULD, JOHN ARTHUR, Guardsman 2724336, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Son of Albert and Alice Lillian Ifould, of Chichester Sussex.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 8.
GILES, GILBERT GEORGE, Guardsman 2724458, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 32 on 21 February 1945
Son of Frederick and Alice Giles; husband of Olive Giles.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 9.
BOLAND, MICHAEL PATRICK, Guardsman 2721083, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 21 February 1945
Son of Michael Francis and Violet Fanny Boland, of Bicester, Oxfordshire. Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 10.
[His brother Lional Albert also died on service.
LIONAL ALBERT BOLAND, Guardsman 5347756, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 04 August 1944
Son of Michael Francis and Violet Fanny Boland, of Bicester, Oxfordshire. His brother Michael Patrick also died on service.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.]
POOK, WALTER EDWARD Guardsman 2724202, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 21 February 1945
Son of Thomas and Florence Pook, of Peckham, London.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 11.
KEEN, ALBERT LEONARD, Guardsman 14581944, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 21 February 1945
Son of Tom and Amy Keen, of Notting Hill, London.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 12.
LAYDE, REDMOND, Lance Corporal 2723768, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 February 1945
Son of Daniel Layde and of Mary Layde (nee O'Hanlon), of West Kensington, London.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 13.
PAVEY, ERNEST WALTER Guardsman 14680268, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 February 1945
Son of Charles and Lily Pavey, of Codmoore Hill, Sussex.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 14.
KANE, JAMES, Lance Corporal 2717050, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 15.
PENNINGTON, THOMAS Guardsman 2720550, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 5.
FOLLIS, ARTHUR JAMES Guardsman 2719918, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 21 February 1945
Son of John and Gertrude Beatrice Follis, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 6.
MYERS, GORDON, Lance Serjeant 2722988, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 21 February 1945
Son of Thomas Oscar and Annie Myers, of Ripon, Yorkshire.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 8.
ASHWORTH, EDWARD, Guardsman 2722895, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 21 February 1945
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashworth, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 9.
GILMORE, GEORGE, Lance Corporal 2717800, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 29 on 21 February 1945
Husband of Georgina Gilmore, of Ballynahinch, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 10.
BOSWELL, THOMAS, Lance Serjeant 2721313, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 14 February 1945
Son of Thomas and Martha Ellen Boswell; husband of Ann Boswell, of Gorton, Manchester.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 3.
ASHTON, JOHN, Serjeant 2721176, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 21 February 1945
Son of Albert Victor and Therese Ashton, of Morecambe, Lancashire; husband of Enid Ashton, of Morecambe.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 4.
BARRY, GERALD, Guardsman 2722072, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 21 February 1945
Son of Nicholas and Anastatia Barry, of Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 5.
KEATINGE, WILLIAM ALFRED Guardsman 2722891, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 15 February 1945
Son of William and Sophia Keatinge, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 6.
WHITE, HENRY, Lance Corporal 2722121, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 14 February 1945
Son of Elizabeth White, of Gorton, Manchester.
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 13.
VENN, THOMAS Guardsman 14669019, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Remembered with honour
MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 14.
======== Cemetery: MOOK WAR CEMETERY Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to site possible - may be by an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number: 01628 507200 Location Information: Mook is a village on the main road from Nijmegen to Venlo and Maastricht, 11 kilometres south of Nijmegen. The War Cemetery lies on the road from Mook to Groesbeek. From the A73 motorway take the exit at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek. Follow the N271 towards Mook village itself from which the cemetery is signposted, the Cemetery being situated on the Groesbeekseweg.
Historical Information: The village was entered by parachutists of the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division on 17th September, 1944; fighting continued in and around the village for four or five days until British armoured troops completed its liberation. The men buried in this cemetery died for the most part either during the fighting in the vicinity in September and October 1944, or at the time of the advance into Germany in February 1945; a few were casualties during the intervening period of artillery and patrol activity. There are now 311, 1939-1945 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site, of these 15 are unidentified. Also commemorated here are 11 Foreign National casualties.
No. of Identified Casualties: 307
Photos courtesy of Forum member Philip
BROWN, ARTHUR THOMAS, Guardsman 2724382, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 05 March 1945 Son of David and Ellen Brown, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 9. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/brownIG.jpg HEWITT, JAMES EDWARD Guardsman 2720527, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 05 March 1945 Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 16. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/HewittIG.jpg FEARNYOUGH, JOHN WILLIAM Guardsman 2723100, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 05 March 1945 Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 19. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/fearnyoughIG.jpg GREENALL, HARRY EDWARD Guardsman2723676, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 06 March 1945 Son of Harry and Esther Greenall, of Wallasey, Cheshire. Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 20. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/greenallIG.jpg DOYLE, JAMES AUGUSTINE Guardsman 14436399, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 February 1945 Son of James and Mary Ellen Doyle, of Dublin, Irish Republic. Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 20. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/doyleIG.jpg BURTON, JOSEPH Guardsman 2722889, [3rd Bn., according to the IG WWII History] Irish Guards died age 23 on 21 February 1945 Son of Joseph and Annie Burton, of Carshalton, Surrey. Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 21. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/burtonIG.jpg SEPHTON, JAMES, Guardsman 2724075, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 16 February 1945 Remembered with honour MOOK WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 15. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll119/dbf_bucket/WAR%20GRAVES/sephtonIG.jpg ======= Cemetery: NEERPELT COMMUNAL CEMETERY Country: Belgium
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: The village of Neerpelt is located north-east of the town of Mol on the N712. From the motorway E313 which runs between Antwerpen and Liege turn off at junction 23 Geel-West and onto the N19 direction Geel, follow the N19 to the junction with the N71 and turn onto the N71 direction Turnhout. Follow the N71 to the junction with the N712 and turn onto the N712 direction Overpelt. Follow the N712 through Overpelt and just before the railway crossing turn left into Clercxhoevestraat, at the end turn right into Nieuwstraat and the cemetery is along on the right. The graves are located towards the left hand side of the cemetery.
Historical Information: The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. Neerpelt Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
No. of Identified Casualties: 3
STEVENSON, JAMES, Lance Corporal 2723810, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 11 September 1944
Son of James William and Elsie Stevenson, of Cloughfold, Rossendale, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
NEERPELT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: South East Part.
====== Cemetery: NORTHWOOD CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Historical Information: During the two world wars, the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe. There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease. The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials, will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. Many of the 63 Second World War Commonwealth burials at Northwood Cemetery were from the Royal Air Force station at Northolt, the premier fighter station for the defence of London and a famous Battle of Britain station. A wing of the Polish Air Force operated from Northolt at this time and 54 Polish airmen are also buried in the cemetery. Many of the Second World War graves will be found in the war graves plot in section H, the rest are scattered throughout the cemetery. Northwood Cemetery also contains five graves from the First World War.
No. of Identified Casualties: 123
GREY, ARTHUR BARRETT, Lieutenant, 156084, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 17 October 1942
Son of Walter Barrett Joseph and Dorothy Grey, of St. John's Wood, London.
Remembered with honour
NORTHWOOD CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Grave 320.
======= Cemetery: OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley Interchange (A34-A420 junction). From the raised roundabout take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights at the bottom of the slipway, bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. After about 100 metres the lane bends sharp left. The entrance to the Cemetery is about 50 metres beyond the sharp bend on the right hand side. Vehicle access is permitted into the Cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is at the end of the driveway behind the Chapel.
Historical Information: During the two world wars, the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe. There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease. The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials, will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. During the First World War, the 3rd Southern General Hospital (an Oxfordshire Territorial Unit) was housed in the Examination Schools and a number of other buildings in Oxford. Oxford (Botley) Cemetery contains 156 burials from the First World War, all in the war graves plot in section I/1. The cemetery was designated a Royal Air Force regional cemetery during the Second World War and was used by RAF stations in Berkshire and neighbouring counties. Practically all of the 516 Second World War burials (one of them unidentified) are in the war graves plot, which was extended from the section used during the First World War. In addition to the Commonwealth war graves, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery contains almost 70 war graves of other nationalities.
No. of Identified Casualties: 741
Photos courtesy of Forum member Captain Sensible
VERNEDE, JOHN GRIFFITH Lance Corporal 2723535, 3rd Bn., I