1553149 Leonard CHILLINGWORTH, 218 Battery, 73 LAA Regiment, Royal Artillery: 09/11/1942

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CHILLINGWORTH, LEONARD
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1553149
Date of Death: 09/11/1942
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 218 Bty., 73 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Grave Reference: Sec. W. Grave 56.
Cemetery: EDMONTON CEMETERY, MIDDLESEX
Additional Information: Husband of B. Chillingworth. of Lower Edmonton.

318 Battery, 73 LAA Regiment, Royal Artillery trench incident, Dover: 09/11/1942

 

Chillingworth, L.
Len Chillingworth, left, was one of eleven men from [SIZE=12pt]the Royal Artillery, 218 Battery, 73 Lt AA Regiment who were killed at St Margaret's when a shell hit their trench on 9 November.[/SIZE]
A shelling warning was received from Dover at 19.59. Some twenty shells were fired, with about a dozen close to the town of Dover. Three burst in the air, six fell in the harbour, others at the rear of 22 Pencester Road, Clarence Lawn, and on the beach opposite Marine Place.
At 21.14 the ARP at St Margaret's received a message that a trench opposite the Reach Court turning had received a hit, and that it was believed there were 11 casualties. Ambulances were dispatched and at 21.45 a lorry with digging equipment was requested. By 22.05 it was confirmed all casualties had been buried and a search was attempting to locate them. Half an hour later four bodies had been found and after a further hour another three, with an eighth body just being uncovered. By five past midnight it was confirmed that eleven men had died. The bodies had been recovered and sent to the Tower Hamlets mortuary.
The men were:
Gunner Daniel Lehane age 26 son of Cornelius and Mary Lehane Ballyvourney churchyard, County Cork

Gunner Bertram Harriss Fowler age 24 son of Mr and Mrs F Fowler of Bournemouth Bournemouth East cemetery, plot V row 2 grave 218

Gunner Peter Loudon age 25 son of Peter and Mary Loudon of Clydebank Dalnottar Cemetery, Dunbartonshire, D 429

Gunner Frederick Horace Kelly age 42 son of William and Eliza Ann Kelly and husband of Ethel Victoria Kelly of Leytonstone Leytonstone (St Patrick's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, plot 11B row 67 grave 30

Gunner Ronald Goodchild age 22 son of Mr and Mrs C Goodchild of Bledlow Bledlow, Buckinghamshire (Holy Trinity) New Churchyard

Gunner Leonard Chillingworth age 22 husband of B Chillingworth, and son of Charles and Rose Chillingworth
Edmonton cemetery, Middlesex, W 56

Gunner Norman Ballantyne* age 22 son of Joseph and Jane Ballantyne of Crawcrook Ryton cemetery sec J grave 121

Gunner John Abbott age 35 son of Albert Edward and Emma Abbott, husband of Phyllis Jemima Abbott, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire Stanground South Cemetery 146

Gunner William Hutchison age 34 son of Matthew and Annie Hutchison of Glasgow, husband of Margaret Ann Baird Hutchison of Glasgow Glasgow (St Kentigern's) Roman Catholic cemetery

Gunner Ernest Parratt age 37 son of Ernest William and Florence Parratt, husband of Ivy Parratt of Harrow Harrow (Pinner) new cemetery sec B6 grave 112

Gunner William Turner age 41 son of Mr and Mrs John Frederick Turner, husband of Bridget Turner of Sittingbourne Sittingbourne cemetery, old ground sec K grave 358

http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/Casualties/WWIInotinbook/ServMore.htm

 

Thanks Rob

I had 2 of the chaps in my Royal Artillery Headstone Photos


regards
Clive