Royal Engineers War Grave Photos for Reference

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  1. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Sapper GAFNEY, GEORGE FREDERICK THOMAS
    Service Number: 2141472
    Died: 01/07/1944
    Aged: 33
    253 Field Coy.
    Royal Engineers
    Son of George Frederick and Ellen Gafney, of Islington, London; husband of Emily L. Gafney, of Islington.

    CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY

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  2. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Sapper KERR, PETER
    Service Number: 2027348
    Died: 12/07/1944
    Aged: 32
    253 Field Coy.
    Royal Engineers
    Son of Thomas and Helen Kerr, of St. Helens, Lancashire; husband of Mary Irene Kerr, of St. Helens.
    CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY

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  3. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Sapper WEIR, DAVID ROSS
    Service Number: 2003878
    Died: 12/07/1944
    Aged: 24
    255 Field Coy.
    Royal Engineers
    Son of David Ross Weir and Elizabeth Helen Weir, of Glasgow.
    CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY

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  4. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Sapper BENDON, WILLIAM HENRY BIRBECK
    Service Number: 2110406
    Died: 26/09/1944
    Age: 30
    Unit: 503 Field Coy.
    Regiment: Royal Engineers
    Other Information: Son of Henry and Elsie Maud Bendon, of Sefton Park, Liverpool, England.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

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  5. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Lance Serjeant ANDERSON, JAMES
    Service Number: 1941723
    Died: 26/09/1944
    Aged: 28
    Unit: 503 Field Coy.
    Regiment: Royal Engineers
    Other Information: Son of Joseph and Agnes Aderson; husband of Grace Anderson, of Eastham, Cheshire, England.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

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  6. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Sapper BADCOCK, FREDERICK GEORGE
    Service Number: 2130621
    Died: 17/09/1944
    Aged: 35
    Unit: 87 Assault Sqn.
    Regiment: Royal Engineers
    Other Information: Son of Albert Arthur and Eliza Mary Badcock; husband of Mary Catherine Badcock, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

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  7. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Sapper DAWSON, WILLIAM WADE
    Service Number: 14226324
    Died: 26/09/1944
    Aged: 20
    Unit: 503 Field Coy.
    Regiment: Royal Engineers
    Other Information: Son of Daniel and Nellie Dawson, of Ayr, Scotland.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

    DAWSON, W.W (Large).JPG
     
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  8. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Pilot Officer: (Air Bomber) GREENE, PHILIP SANSON

    Service Number : J/87726
    Died: 16/06/1944
    Aged: 22
    Squad ron: 405 Sqdn.
    Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
    Son of the Revd. Heber Hannington Kerr Greene and Jean Emily Esther Greene, of Albert Bay, British Columbia.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

    Flying Officer: (Navigator) GAMSBY, AUSTIN GORDON
    Service Number: J/23114
    Died: 16/06/1944
    Aged: 30
    Squadron: 405 Sqdn.
    Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
    Other Information: Son of Edgar and Jemima Gamsby, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN


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    Pilot Officer (Air Gunner): HUFF, WALTER DONALD


    Service Number: J/89052
    Died: 16/06/1944
    Aged: 19
    Squadron: 405 Sqdn.
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    Unit: Son of Walter and Elizabeth Huff, of Toronto, Ontario.

    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

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    Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) MORRILL, WARREN ARTHUR

    Service Number: J/89461
    Died: 16/06/1944
    Aged: 20
    Squadron: 405 Sqdn.
    Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
    Other Information: Son of Edwin J. and Alice E. Morrill, of Schreiber, Ontario.

    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

    MORRILL, W.A (Large).JPG

    Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer) ROBERTS, CYRIL EDMUND

    Service Numbe: C/91052
    Died: 16/06/1944
    Squadron: 405 Sqdn.
    Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
    Other Information: Son of Edward Irvine Roberts and Kate Roberts, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

    ROBERTS, C.E (Large).JPG


    Pilot Officer (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) VIVIAN, JACK KENNETH

    Service Number: J/87751
    Died: 16/06/1944
    Squadron: 405 Sqdn.
    Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

    CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

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  9. Graeme W

    Graeme W New Member

    See ~ The South Shore Tide Watch: October 2017
     
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  11. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Sapper RAINE, GEORGE
    Service Number 2131715
    Died 02/11/1944
    Aged 37
    Royal Engineers

    Son of William and Martha Ann Raine; husband of Mary Jane Raine, of Shildon, Co. Durham.

    Buried at LAITHKIRK (LUNE CHAPEL) CHURCHYARD

    Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Number of casualties: 4

    Cemetery/memorial reference: N.W. corner.
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  12. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Lance Corporal CATLING, LESLIE GEORGE
    Service Number 2002956
    Died 20/11/1940
    Aged 21
    509 Field Coy.
    Royal Engineers
    Son of Arthur James Catling and Emily Louisa Catling, of Hail Weston, Huntingdonshire.

    Buried at STARTFORTH (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
    Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Cemetery/memorial reference: West side.
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  13. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Serjeant BOYCE, THOMAS JOHN
    Service Number 1908865

    Died 24/02/1941

    Aged 22

    5 Stevedore Coy.
    Royal Engineers

    Son of Thomas John and Ellen May Boyce; husband of Doris Ida Bessie Boyce. of Edgware.
    Buried at EDGWARE (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD

    Location: Middlesex, United Kingdom
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  14. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Sapper KERR, JOHN STEWART
    Service Number 1915139
    Died 04/05/1941
    Aged 24
    669 Artisan Works Coy.
    Royal Engineers
    Son of William John and Jessie Kerr, of Barrow-in-Furness; husband of Bertha Josephine Kerr, of Cockermouth, Cumberland.
    Inscription
    MEMORIES EVER FRAGRANT

    Buried at RAMPSIDE (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
    Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
    Number of casualties: 3
    Cemetery/memorial reference: East Wall. Grave 25.
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  15. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    SAPPER BERNARD BELSON
    Service Number: 2003742
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Royal Engineers

    751 Field Coy.

    Date of Death
    Died 28 April 1942

    Age 24 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    WEST WYCOMBE (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD



    United Kingdom


    • Country of Service United Kingdom
    • Additional Info Son of William John Belson and of Hetty Elsie Belson, of West Wycombe.
    • Personal Inscription INTO THE MOSAIC OF VICTORY WE PLACE THIS PRICELESS JEWEL, OUR ONLY SON
    Download certificate





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  16. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    SAPPER EDWIN FREDERICK DEAN
    Service Number: 2123523
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Royal Engineers

    17 Bomb Disposal Coy.

    Date of Death
    Died 12 December 1942

    Age 31 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    WEST WYCOMBE (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD



    United Kingdom


    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoSon of Mrs. M. A. Dean, of Sands, High Wycombe.
    Download certificate

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  17. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Name: DEAN, EDWIN FREDERICK
    Initials: E F
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Sapper
    Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
    Unit Text: 17 Bomb Disposal Coy.
    Age: 31
    Date of Death: 12/12/1942
    Service No: 2123523
    Additional information: Son of Mrs. M. A. Dean, of Sands, High Wycombe.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
    Name: Edwin F Dean
    Death Age: 31
    Birth Date: abt 1911
    Registration Date: Oct 1942
    [Nov 1942]
    [Dec 1942]
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration District: Maidstone
    Inferred County: Kent
    Volume: 2a
    Page: 1353

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  18. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Headstone in poor condition reported to CWGC

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    SAPPER KENNETH NORMAN JOHNSON
    Service Number: 1916904
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Royal Engineers

    694 Artisan Works Coy.

    Date of Death
    Died 06 June 1941

    Buried or commemorated at
    ABNEY PARK CEMETERY

    Sec. I.3. Grave RN.57373.
    United Kingdom


    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoSon of Charles Edgar and Mabel Matilda Ann Johnson, of Stoke Newington; husband of Doreen Johnson, of Hull.
     
  19. noggin1969

    noggin1969 Well-Known Member

    Shot himself in his bunk at R.E Camp, Newark on Trent.
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  20. CornwallPhil

    CornwallPhil Senior Member

    Two Sappers for you from Cornwall.

    Sapper Hoblyn buried in St Columb Major Cemetery.
    SAPPER CYRIL HOBLYN
    Service Number: 1908608
    Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Engineers 71 Chemical Warfare Coy.
    Date of Death Died 27 May 1942
    Age 22 years old
    Buried or commemorated at ST. COLUMB MAJOR CEMETERY Grave 1376.
    Country of Service United Kingdom
    Additional Info
    Son of Frederick and Hilda Mary Hoblyn, of St. Columb; husband of Alice Maud Hoblyn, of St. Columb.
    Personal Inscription
    IN LOVING MEMORY OF CYRIL DEARLY BELOVED ONLY SON OF FREDERICK AND HILDA M. HOBLYN
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    Sapper WE Horne buried in Looe Cemetery
    SAPPER WILLIAM EDWIN HORNE
    Service Number: 2117644.
    Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Engineers
    Date of Death Died 26 September 1944
    Age 33 years old
    Buried or commemorated at
    LOOE CEMETERY Block C. Grave 292.
    Country of Service United Kingdom
    Additional Info
    Son of Thomas Horne, and of Edith Horne, of Looe.
    Personal Inscription
    HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS ABSENCE OUR SILENT GRIEF
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