This year as ever we remember the fallen and within that I count those who served and have since passed to what Tankies call the Green Fields beyond This year has special resonance whereby we remember the dead at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in the year of our Lord 2011 So I reproduce below the poem "For the Fallen" by Binyon. For "England" we should read all the countries who contributed to the war effort to secure a freedom we now take for granted. Please reply to this with the name and any memory of or dedication to anyone we should and will remember at the 11th hour this year, "With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam. But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain.
Private Charles McCann of 11th DLI who fell at Raurey on 26th June 1944 - cousin Lt. Graham Douse - Coriano 17th September '44 Troop Leader Sgt. Trevor Williams - Coriano 17th September '44 -Tank Cmmdr-
26th October 1989 RAF wildenrath. RAF Telecoms Corporal Maheshkumar Islania and his six month daughter. Shot by the IRA.
Martin Long, C/MX126648 Petty Officer Motor Mechanic, Royal Navy. HMLCT 488. 18/19th October 1944. Rest easy Uncle. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-sea/39792-my-uncle-martin-long-loss-hmlct-488-a.html Kirk Redpath, Irish Guards. 8th August 2007. And two graves I saw in Dagenham this week: Martin Kinggett, 4 Rifles. 25th February 2010. Tony Rawson, 1 Anglian. 10th August 2007.
Private 5270 Charles Hill Flanders 31st Battalion AIF Gassed (phosgene) on 29th September 1918 Died at Rouen 3rd October 1918 and buried at St. Severs Cemetery Great Grandfather of my wife always remembered
My brother, Sgt.Rear Gunner Jacob (Jack) Goldstein 166 Squadron R.A.F Bomber Command Died in the skies over Nuremberg, 15th March 1945 Lest we forget Ron
My grand-uncle: Name: DYER, GEORGE FRANK Initials: G F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Unit Text: 1/6th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 28/09/1943 Service No: 6099233 Additional information: Husband of Gladys Violet Dyer, of Witley, Surrey. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 36. Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Private 5270 Charles Hill Flanders 31st Battalion AIF Gassed (phosgene) on 29th September 1918 Died at Rouen 3rd October 1918 and buried at St. Severs Cemetery Great Grandfather of my wife always remembered There are (7) RAAF lads there to keep him company as well as an AFC lad from WW1. NEWTON, STANLEY HERBERT Airman 1st Class 1778 30/10/1918 23 BEUTEL, WILLIAM Flight Sergeant 434288 106sq RAF 25/06/1944 20 BUTT, WARREN HENRY Flight Sergeant 436142 106sq RAF 14/01/1945 21 JOYCE, BRIAN MARTIN Flight Sergeant 421598 50sq RAF 8/07/1944 23 McGREGOR, LESLIE JAMES Flight Sergeant 424536 106sq RAF 25/06/1944 20 McINTOSH, DONALD ROBERT Flying Officer 426234 106sq RAF 14/01/1945 31 NOSEDA, ARTHUR RAYMOND (DFC) Pilot Officer 406029 105sq RAF 9/01/1943 30 WRIGHT, STANLEY MOUNTFORD Pilot Officer 422329 106sq RAF 25/06/1944 21
Fellow Sappers of my fathers unit 6 Field Squadron 1940 -1943 and 626 Field Squadron till disbandment 1946 From Ripon to Klagenfurt, Austria
3 relatives... Name: MARSH Initials: J T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 1st Bn. Date of Death: 25/09/1918 Service No: 3468 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. K. 1. Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY Name: BALL, JAMES Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Welsh Regiment Unit Text: 15th Bn. Date of Death: 10/07/1916 Service No: 20074 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7 A and 10 A. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Name: BALL, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Unit Text: 8th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 30/04/1917 Service No: 30109 Additional information: Husband of Martha Emily Ball, of 35, Milner St., Bolton. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 2. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Not Forgotten
My father. Name: CLARE, SEYMOUR Initials: S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 120 Sqdn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 13/08/1942 Service No: 652303 Additional information: Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Clare, of Etruria, Staffordshire; husband of Nellie Clare, of Etruria. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 80. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
CWGC :: Casualty Details Gunner JOHN GWYNNE 50033, 132nd Bty. 1st Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died age 27 on 09 May 1915 Son of James Draper and Frances Elizabeth Gwynne, of Ballymoney, Rostrevor, Co. Down. His brother William Gwynne also fell. Remembered with honour BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. C. 13. DOW CWGC :: Casualty Details Serjeant WILLIAM GWYNNE 30284, 96th Bty., Royal Field Artillery who died on 12 May 1915 Son of James Draper and Frances Elizabeth Gwynne, of Ballymoney, Rostrevor. Co. Down. His brother John Gwynne also fell. Remembered with honour YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 1. KIA Their nephew CWGC :: Casualty Details Sergeant (Pilot) JOHN DRAPER GWYNNE 742137, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died age 20 on 16 August 1940 Son of David and Evelyn Gwynne, of Denham, Buckinghamshire. Remembered with honour WEST QUANTOXHEAD (ST. ETHELDREDA) CHURCHYARD Crashed during Gunnery practice and died with Sergeant (Air Gnr.) WILLIAM CAMPBELL MUNRO 755916, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve CWGC :: Casualty Details Volunteer BETTY BURLEIGH W/39496, Auxiliary Territorial Service who died age 21 between 15 April 1941 and 16 April 1941 Daughter of William and Mary Burleigh, of Florencecourt. Remembered with honour KILLESHER CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD Belfast Blitz
My Great-Uncle: In Memory of Stoker 2nd Class THOMAS WILLMOTT K/30781, H.M.S. "Indefatigable.", Royal Navy who died on 31 May 1916, Battle of Jutland Remembered with honour PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Robert Stoddart Preston Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: Kings (Liverpool) attached 2 Oxf & Bucks (Airborne) Date of Death: 24/03/1945 Kenneth Stoddart Preston Rank: Sergeant (Obs.) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit: 150 Squadron Date of Death: 06/06/1942 Adolphe Drey MC Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: ASC attached RFC Unit: 58 Squadron Date of Death: 09/05/1917
Jean 'Pyker' Offenberg Whilst on a training flight with a new pilot on 22 January 1942, he was subjected to a mock attack by a pilot of 92 Squadron. The latter's aircraft collided with Offenberg's Spitfire, cutting off the tail, and it crashed vertically into the ground, killing him. Flight Lieutenant Jean Henri Marie 'Peike' 'Pyker' Offenberg DFC Andree Borrel On July 6, 1944, 24-year-old Andrée Borrel and her three compatriots were given lethal injections of Phenol, then incinerated in the Natzweiler's crematorium. Evidence collected immediately after the war by Squadron Officer Vera Atkins and Major Bill Barkworth of the SAS War Crimes investigation team, indicates that Borrel regained consciousness before being placed in the cremation oven and fought to save her life, facially scarring the camp executioner who was placing her in the oven. However, she was unable to escape and was put into the flames whilst still alive. Both the doctor who administered the injection and the camp executioner were later executed by the Allies for war crimes. Andrée Borrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4450472 CORPORAL JOHN WILLIAM SAWYERS GIBSON The 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Killed in Action 14/06/1944 VERRIERES Son of James Patrick and Catherine Gibson(Sawyers), husband of Florence May Henry Gibson, Brother of Mary,Charlie,Nora,Ada and Jenny Section XV. Row G. Grave 1. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY. Also remembering all those who are no longer with us
(my grandma's brother) ERNEST CLEMENTS Lance Bombardier No 775067 B Bty, 245th Bde, Royal Field Artillery died 10th October 1918. Aged 25.
09/11/1939 Harvard N7104 of 10 FTS spun into ground while doing acrobatics for girlfriend in my present sheep fields Hinton on the Green Pilot P/O S P Morris was killed.