Tunisia visit - any requests?

I am visiting Tunisia, hopefully in October and November. Any requests e.g. grave photos or particular sites on battlefields? I will be in Sfax, Wadi Akarit, Mareth, Medenine, Wilders Gap, El Hamma, Matmata mountain passes. If enough time I will also visit Maknassy and Fondouk.

 

Any chance you would be at Bordj-Cedria German Cemetery? if so could I have a photo of Franz Schmitz inscription - Ossuary 2 Plate 20, no problem if you can't

 

I would be interested in seeing photos of Wilder's Gap and Tebaga Gap!

 

I echo this interest, and would like to add El Hamma, especially the Tomb of Sidi Abd En Nomi, and the area of the Mareth Line where Operation Walk occurred. I attach a link to my attempt to xplain/detail the action. Operation Walk 16 and 17 March 1943

Thank you for your offer.

Mark

 

Will you be visiting Massicault War Cemetery in Tunisia at all?

I am looking for a new headstone for this chap:-
Sgt Harry Salt 5050828
1st Reconnaissance Corps
V.G. 9
Serjeant Harry Salt | War Casualty Details 2196997 | CWGC


His headstone previously read 51 Recce but I managed to get the MOD to alter it online to 1 Recce. I'm not sure we ever got a new photo of the headstone.
Would be most grateful if you are near there.

Lesley

 

sorry that's too far north. But will try on one of my trips in 2023/4

 

me too, can't wait!

 

I have many requests for Tunisia. Not sure if you are going near any of them. Full list below.

BEJA WAR CEMETERY 1 missing

1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

Corporal LOUIS NIE 2. F. 6.

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY [29]
1st Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper DOUGLAS CLEMENTS VI. C. 2.
Trooper HARRY CUMBERWORTH I. B. 5.
Lance Serjeant RONALD FREEMAN CUTLER IV. L. 20.
Lance Serjeant GEORGE EDWARD GLOVER V. C. 1.
Trooper LEONARD JOSELYN MAY III. H. 3.
Trooper WILFRED CHARLES ORME V. K. 20
Serjeant HARRY SALT V. G. 9 REPLACE
Trooper HENRY CHARLES SAYER III. H. 2
Lance Serjeant SELWYN TRENGROVE SYMMS V. C. 4.
Trooper MERVYN THOMPSON V. C. 3.
Lieutenant ROBERT ANDREW YOUNG V. G. 19
Trooper HAROLD ALFRED FOSTER IV. K. 4.

4th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Corporal KENNETH BERRY V. E. 2.
Major MICHAEL ANTONY THOMAS BURKE I. N. 16.
Lance Corporal BENJAMIN HOPKINS V. M. 7.
Corporal HAROLD GEORGE MOORE IV. K. 3
Trooper SIDNEY WILLIAM PAUL II. J. 20
Trooper ALAN EWART WOOD IV. K. 2

56th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper ALLAN BROWN V. K. 15
Trooper ALFRED ERNEST CASWELL Joint grave IV. D. 3-4.
Serjeant GEORGE EDWARD CHILLMAN Joint grave IV. D. 3-4
Corporal ARTHUR DENNIS EGGLESHAW IV.D.2
Trooper ROY DOUGLAS FRASER Joint grave IV. M. 6-7
Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. PHILIP STAPLETON HORDERN IV. M. 2.
Trooper CECIL PODMORE 1. A. 16
Trooper ANDREW REID I. B. 6.
Trooper SIDNEY TAYLOR V. M. 20.
Trooper WILLIAM REES THOMAS IV. M. 8
Trooper WILLIAM WOOD Joint grave IV. M. 6-7.
Trooper KENNETH LUTHER WATKISS II. J. 7.

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY [8]

1st Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Trooper JOHN NICHOLAS KEVIN KING 18. B. 19

56th Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Lance Corporal VICTORY ERNEST DEAR 8. A. 11
Lieutenant FRANK HENRY HUGHES 5. F. 7
Trooper MAURICE SEWELL LOWSON 11. F. 4
Trooper GEOFFREY JOHN RUBBINS 16. C. 8
Trooper ERNEST SIMPSON 16. B. 10
Lance Serjeant HORACE VINCENT 15. E. 14.

59th Regt Reconnaissance Corps
Trooper RONALD THOMAS HEMMING 18. D. 8.

SFAX WAR CEMETERY [2]
Unknown Regt Reconnaissance Corps

Captain IAN DRUMMOND MACKENZIE III. E. 5.
Lance Corporal EDWIN HARRIS XI. D. 1. 5th, Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY [11]
46th Regt Reconnaissance Corps
Trooper WILLIAM JOHN BASS 3. E. 15
Trooper GEORGE RICHARD FIELD 3. E. 11
Serjeant ROBERT FREDERICK FINBOW 4. A. 24
Trooper LESLIE HOULDEN 2. E. 13.
Trooper GEORGE THOMAS RICHARD MARTIN 3. E. 3
Trooper FREDERICK MARTIN 3. E. 1
Trooper EDWARD OATHAM 3. E. 12
Corporal DAVID OVERBURY 2. C. 11
Lance Corporal STANLEY HAIG PRYOR 3. E. 4.
Trooper CHARLES GEORGE SMITH 4. A. 25
Corporal ALBERT JAMES WHY 2. C. 9.

Even one cemetery would be appreciated

Cheers Paul

 

Hi Mark, I walked all over the Horseshoe features in 2020 just before covid. got some photos I can send. BTW that's not a Tomb I have heard of before, do you have a GPS location?

 

can do Sfax for you, no problem. I have other Recce Regt graves including Tabarka from previous trips, shall I post them here or message you?

 

that's too far north for this trip. I will try again in 2023

 

Thanks for the quick reply. Message me about what Recce Regt photos you have.

Cheers
Paul

 

No problem, cheers for getting back to me and enjoy your trip

 

I would appreciate the images of the Horsehoe, then you can strike that off my request. I shall DM my email address, thank you.

I shall see what I can do about the Tomb and get back to you.

Mark

 

Morning,

If you could get ANY of the below I would be most grateful (all from Walsall)

Sfax War Cemetery
Patrick KEENAN Grave II.B.12
Charles Reginald SCHOFIELD Grave XIII.E.8

Massicault War Cemetery
Charles Thomas COLLIS in Grave I.D.7
Charles BALL Grave III.E.15
Leonard Joselyn MAY in Grave III.H.3
Frank Glyndwr WOOLFE Grave V.B.2
Edwin OAKLEY Grave V.E.15
William Harry PARKER Grave VI.H.20

Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery
Frank Edward HEWLETT in Grave 2.D.1
James FERGUSSON in Grave 4.D.10
Frank Kenneth PLATT in Grave 4.E.18
Arnold Alfred MARSON in Grave 7.D.13
John Wade POXON in Grave 12.A.19
Samuel Horace RAY in Grave 15.E.4
William HATFIELD in Grave 16.H.18

Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery
Harry Edwin HUSKISSON Grave 3.D.21
William BLOOD in Grave 4.A.14

Have great trip,

Regards,

Graeme

(oops, strike Massicault, just seen your reply)

 

No problem thanks for replying so quickly.

 

I've checked and I have quite a few in my photo archive, I'll email them now

 

Email address sent to you

Cheers
Paul

 

If you have been previously or are planning to go to Medjez-El-Bab Cemetery, a photo of the grave of the following would be much appreciated:

Gnr GARDNER, Robert Arthur, Date of death: 15/09/1943, Service No: 826661, buried Tunisia, MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, plot 6. F. 6.
(Son of William Henry and Edith Mary Gardner; husband of Mary Lavinia Gardner, of Brixton Hill, London).

 

"But Praise's voice is muted,
Seek no record of his fame--
The poor boy died at Medjez
And not at Alamein."---W.G. Holloway