ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

CORPORAL JAMES PADDISON
Service Number: 4350074
Regiment & Unit/Ship 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 14 August 1944
Age 32 years old

Additional Info Son of Albert and Laura Paddison, of Hull; husband of Winifred Paddison, of Hull.
Personal Inscription IN MEMORY LANE WE WILL MEET AGAIN. NOT GOOD-BYE, DARLING. LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN

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PRIVATE THOMAS MARKLEW
Service Number: 14389096
Regiment & Unit/Ship 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 11 August 1944
Age 40 years old

Additional Info Husband of Dorothy Marklew, of Brownhills, Staffordshire.
Personal Inscription WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE

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PRIVATE ROBERT TAYLOR
Service Number: 3064777
Regiment & Unit/Ship 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date of Death Died 06 August 1944
Age 21 years old

Additional Info Son of Robert and Elizabeth Taylor, of Musselburgh, Midlothian.
Personal Inscription HERE SLEEPS THE ONE WE CAN'T FORGET AND ALWAYS LOVED SO DEAR

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PRIVATE GEORGE ALFRED HANKS
Service Number: 5385776
Regiment & Unit/Ship 10th Bn. Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
Date of Death Died 07 August 1944
Age 30 years old

Additional Info Son of Alfred and Daisy Hanks; husband of Hilda Eileen Hanks, of Oakley, Buckinghamshire.
Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER. HILDA AND ROSEMARY

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Here is a victim of the fighting at Maisoncelles on 3 August 1944
WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II CHARLES ROBERT WOOLLEY
Service Number: 825960
21 Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
Died 03 August 1944
Age 30 years old
Buried or commemorated at
ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
VII. G. 3.
Son of Charles and Emma Woolley; husband of Daisy Woolley, of Aspley, Nottinghamshire.
Personal Inscription A BELOVED HUSBAND & SON HE BELIEVED IN ENGLAND LOVED HER FAITHFULLY DIED TO KEEP HER FREE

Woolley was one of the heroes of Q Battery RA whose M10 SP Guns came to the rescue of 153 Field Regiment when their gun position was over run Panther tanks and infantry. He was the BSM and had been promoted from a No 1 after his actions in Op Epsom resulted in the award of the Military Medal - which was only notified after his death.

 

TROOPER JOSEPH GRANDISON STOCK
Service Number: 7951049
Regiment & Unit/Ship 23rd Hussars Royal Armoured Corps
Date of Death Died 15 August 1944
Age 21 years old

Additional Info Son of Joseph and Katie Stock, of Boston, Lincolnshire.
Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER. MUM AND DAD

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LANCE CORPORAL RICHARD JAMES HART
Service Number: 4079326
Regiment & Unit/Ship 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 14 August 1944
Age 24 years old

Additional Info Son of Harold George and Hannah Cornelia Hart, of Abertillery, Monmouthshire; husband of Bertha Hart.
Personal Inscription SILENT THOUGHTS BRING MANY A TEAR FOR ONE WE LOST AND LOVED SO DEAR

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PRIVATE ALFRED GEORGE HILLMAN
Service Number: 14342657
Regiment & Unit/Ship 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 14 August 1944
Age 28 years old

Additional Info Son of Alfred George and Ellen Hillman, of Newport, Monmouthshire; husband of Agnes Amy Hillman, of Newport.
Personal Inscription JESUS TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS R.I.P.

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SERJEANT BRYNMOR JONES
Service Number: 4081406
Regiment & Unit/Ship 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 14 August 1944
Age 28 years old

Additional Info Son of Thomas Enoch and Rowena Jones; husband of Wilhelmina Jones, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS THE MEMORY IS KEPT OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET

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RIFLEMAN HARRY READ
Service Number: 6917496
Regiment & Unit/Ship 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn Rifle Brigade
Date of Death Died 14 August 1944
Age 28 years old

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TROOPER CYRIL MOORE
Service Number: 7942706
Regiment & Unit/Ship 23rd Hussars Royal Armoured Corps
Date of Death Died 14 August 1944
Age 22 years old

Additional Info Son of John and Julia Moore, of Derby.
Personal Inscription HE TOO LOVED LIFE BUT WHAT HE LOVED HE GAVE. BUT HE'S SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

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RIFLEMAN EDWIN GORDON HIGGINS
Service Number: 6967088
Regiment & Unit/Ship 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn Rifle Brigade
Date of Death Died 07 August 1944
Age 27 years old

Additional Info Son of Thomas and Ada Higgins; husband of Ada Jessie Higgins, of Finsbury, London.
Personal Inscription OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU ALWAYS, DARLING. YOUR EVERLOVING WIFE AND SON

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MAJOR JOHN HENRY FRANCE
Service Number: 105978
Regiment & Unit/Ship 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 06 August 1944
Age 26 years old

Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Ann France; husband of Kathleen Mary France, of Bayston Hill, Shropshire.
Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE

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PRIVATE DOUGLAS HAIG GRIFFITHS
Service Number: 4080128
Regiment & Unit/Ship 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 05 August 1944
Age 26 years old

Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Ellen Griffiths; husband of Alice Margaret Griffiths, of Wrexham, Denbighshire.
Personal Inscription SWEET IS HIS MEMORY DEAR HIS NAME IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN. R.I.P.

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PRIVATE CHARLES SMITH
Service Number: 4042093
Regiment & Unit/Ship 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Date of Death Died 05 August 1944
Age 22 years old

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SERJEANT IVOR EDWARD JONES
Service Number: 4080382
Regiment & Unit/Ship 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 05 August 1944
Age 25 years old

Additional Info Son of John William and Mary Jane Jones, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.
Personal Inscription TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM AND LOVED HIM HIS MEMORY WILL NEVER GROW OLD

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PRIVATE FREDERICK DAVID COX
Service Number: 14677598
Regiment & Unit/Ship 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Date of Death Died 05 August 1944
Age 19 years old

Additional Info Son of Charles Lewis Cox and Dorothy Mary Cox, of Rustington, Sussex.
Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART

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PRIVATE ALBERT IVOR YOUNG
Service Number: 4081222
Regiment & Unit/Ship 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
Date of Death Died 04 August 1944
Age 29 years old

Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Young, of Abertillery, Momnouthshire; husband of Doris May Young, of Cwm Tillery, Momnouthshire.
Personal Inscription MAY THE PLEASURES HE MISSED ON GOD'S HIGHWAY BE HIS IN GOD'S GARDEN OF REST

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CORPORAL LESLIE ARTHUR EVERILL
Service Number: 4037796
Regiment & Unit/Ship 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Date of Death Died 05 August 1944
Age 29 years old

Additional Info Son of Ernest and Edith Everill; husband of Doris Rose Everill, of Perry Common, Birmingham.
Personal Inscription MY BELOVED HUSBAND, DADDY OF SHEILA & ALAN. THIS SACRED SPOT WILL BE FOR EVER ENGLAND

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PRIVATE WILLIAM HAROLD HOLLAND
Service Number: 4034696
Regiment & Unit/Ship King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Date of Death Died 03 August 1944
Age 25 years old

Additional Info Son of Thomas Harold and Jeanette Holland, of Heath End, Staffordshire.
Personal Inscription A HAPPY HOME WE HAD SWEET THE MEMORY STILL BUT A PLACE IS VACANT WE CAN NEVER FILL

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