Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery - Roll of Honour, 1939-47

Bombardier HARRIS, JOHN THOMAS
Service Number: 784790
Died: 26/05/1940
Aged: 29
Regiment: 24 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of Jacob and Bridget Harris; husband of Sadie Harris, of Wolverhampton.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 10. Row A. Grave 11.

 

Gunner HARRISON, WILLIAM ASHLEY
Service Number: 1490001
Died: 12/03/1940
Aged: 29
Regiment: 10 Bty., 3 Searchlight Regt.
Royal Artillery
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 32.

 

Bombardier HUNT, JOHN WILLIAM
Service Number: 916636
Died :01/10/1944
Aged: 25
Regiment: 107 (The South Notts. Hussars) Regt.
Royal Horse Artillery
Son of William and Helen Elizabeth Hunt, of Needham, Market. Suffolk.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 6. Row A. Grave 1.

 

Serjeant JERRAM, JOHN EDWARD
Service Number: 725970
Died: 02/06/1940
Aged: 35
Regiment: 98 (The Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 9.

 

Gunner KENNY, JOHN
Service Number: 1537460
Died: 27/12/1944
Aged: 27
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Son of Patrick and Sarah Ann Kenny, of Cleland, Lanarkshire.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row B. Grave 53.

 

Gunner LUCK, WILLIAM EDWARD
Service Number: 866496
Died: 23/05/1940
Aged: 24
Regiment: 92 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of William Thomas Luck, an Evelyn Clara Luck, of Brixton, London.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row B. Grave 4.

 

Gunner MANNING, REGINALD JOHN
Service Number: 786647
Died: Between 27/05/1940 and 02/06/1940
Aged: 33
Regiment: 5 Regt.
Royal Horse Artillery
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 20.

 

Gunner McCABE, GERALD
Service Number: 809904
Died: 21/05/1940
Aged: 27
Regiment: 1 Medium Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of John and Kathleen McCabe, of Wells, Somerset.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row B. Grave 24.

 

Major MILTON, EDWARD ALFRED
Service Number: 20618
Died: 31/05/1940
Aged: 47
Regiment: 140 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Awards: T D
Son of Alfred Joseph and Minnie Caroline Elizabeth Milton; husband of Ivy Florence Milton, of Romford, Essex.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 4.

 

Gunner MURPHY, EDWARD
Service Number: 901943
Died: 30/05/1940
Aged: 20
Regiment: 140 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of Edward Murphy, and of Violet Amy Murphy, of North Woolwich, Essex.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 14.

 

Gunner NICHOLSON, LEWIS WILLIAM GEORGE
Service Number: 5499001
Died: 12/06/1940
Aged: 20
Regiment: 2 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt.
Royal Artillery
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 47.

 

Bombardier NORMAN, JOHN WILLIAM
Service Number: 820921
Died: Between 10/05/1940 and 01/06/1940
Aged: 26
Regiment: 140 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of George and Florence Norman; husband of Lilian Violet Norman, of Blackheath, London.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 3.

 

Gunner OAKLEY, ARTHUR JOHN
Service Number: 902104
Died: 28/05/1940
Aged: 29
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Son of Arthur and Caroline Lucy Oakley, of Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row B. Grave 60.

 

Gunner O'KELLY, LEO CYRIL FRANK
Service Numbe:r 945511
Died: Between 10/05/1940 and 01/06/1940
Aged: 21
Regiment: 140 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of Francis Ernest and Eva Grace O'Kelly, of Putney, London.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 19.

 

Lance Serjeant CATTON, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Service Numbe:r 3651764
Died: 28/09/1947
Aged: 32
Regiment: 432 Bty., 61 (5th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Searchlight Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of William and Agnes Mary Catton, of Widnes.
Buried at WIDNES CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. 6R. Grave 3606.

(Photo sent to me by Englandphil in 2010, but not posted before)

 

Gunner PETTIT, WALTER SAMUEL
Service Number: 920293
Died: 30/05/1940
Aged: 21
Regiment: 140 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of Walter Pettit, and of Emily Elizabeth May Pettit, of Shoeburyness, Essex.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 44.

 

Bombardier PIPER, REGINALD ARTHUR
Service Number: 1460151
Died: Between 10/05/1940 and 02/06/1940
Aged: 28
Regiment: 151 Bty., 51 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of Arthur and Beatrice Piper, of Exeter; husband of Gwendoline Alberta Piper, of Exeter.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 50.

 

Gunner POPLETT, JAMES WILLIAM CHARLES
Service Number: 6135624
Died: Between 29/05/1940 and 31/05/1940
Aged: 35
Regiment: 226 Bty., 57 (1/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of James and Matilda Poplett; husband of Kathleen Gwendoline Poplett, of Cheam, Surrey.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 29.

 

Gunner REDWOOD, ROBERT JOHN ALBERT
Service Number: 1509399
Died: 22/05/1940
Aged: 21
Regiment: 6 Bty., 2 Searchlight Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of Joseph Robert and Florence Beatrice Redwood, of Perry Bar, Birmingham.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 8. Row B. Grave 64.

 

Bombardier ROSS, ARTHUR
Service Number: 898195
Died: 03/06/1940
Aged: 22
Regiment: 140 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
Son of George and Mary Ann Ross, of Forest Gate, Essex.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 9. Row A. Grave 7.