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1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment Memorial Plaque 1940 - 1943, Malta

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    1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment Memorial Plaque, Malta

    In
    Memory of their
    Comrades who have
    Fallen during the
    Siege of Malta
    1940 - 1943


    1. No. 5726497 Pte BARTLETT W. G.
    2. No. 6539389 Pte BELL J. C.
    3. No. 5725315 Cpl BURNS T. M.
    4. No. 5724554 Cpl CARTER A .J. J.
    5. No. 5725249 L/Cpl CARTER R.E.
    6. No. 117691 2/Lt P. E. H. DALE
    7. No. 5725764 Pte DAVIES G. V.
    8. No. 5497037 Cpl EVANS G. V.
    9. No. 2815185 W. O. II EVANS B. A.
    10. No. 109027 2/Lt G. R. E. FOLLETT
    11. No. 804988 Cpl FOOTE W.C.
    12. No. 5733043 Pte FRENCH E. S.
    13. No. 825185 Pte HOUSE A. R.
    14. No. 5724574 L/Cpl JAMES A. G.
    15. No. 5723015 Pte JAMES F. E.
    16. No. 5725620 Pte LE PREVOST G. E.
    17. No. 5795224 [5495224] Pte MACPHERSON D.
    18. No. 5724730 L/Cpl MALCOLM M. A. W.
    19. No. 5728807 Pte MEADER W.
    20. No. 5724298 Pte PEACE C. C.
    21. No. 5725738 L/Cpl PEARCE C. E.
    22. No. 5728008 Pte PORTER G. F.
    23. No. 5724290 Pte SEVILLE T.
    24. No. 5723854 Pte SMITH F. A.
    25. No. 5728944 Pte TALBOT F. W.
    26. No. 178951 Lt G. E. TREADWELL
    27. No. 5725052 Pte WELLMANN J. L.

    ERECTED 29.1.1950

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    • No. 5726497 Pte BARTLETT W. G.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705025/william-george-bartlett/
    PRIVATE WILLIAM GEORGE BARTLETT
    Service Number: 5726497
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 16 January 1943
    Age 22 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 1. 2. 14.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info
    Son of William A. Bartlett and Annie L. Bartlett, of Church Knowle, Dorsetshire.
    Personal Inscription: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
     
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    • No. 6539389 Pte BELL J. C.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705031/john-charles-bell/
    LANCE CORPORAL JOHN CHARLES BELL
    Service Number: 6539389
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 12 July 1942
    Age 32 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 6. 5. 12.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Edward and Alice Bell; husband of Antoinette Agnes Bell, of Craven Park, Middlesex.
    Personal Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY
     
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    • No. 117691 2/Lt P. E. H. DALE
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705085/peter-ernest-hay-dale/
    SECOND LIEUTENANT PETER ERNEST HAY DALE
    Service Number: 117691
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 12 July 1941
    Age 21 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: 1. 3. 3.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Kenneth Hay Dale and Francesca Sussanna Dale, of Kampala, Uganda.
    Personal Inscription: "SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE"

    London Gazette : 16 February 1940
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34791/supplement/911/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Cadets, from i66tti Officer Cadet Training Unit, to be 2nd Lts. except as otherwise stated. loth Feb. 1940: —
    Dorset R.
    Peter Ernest Hay DALE (117691).
     
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    • No. 5725764 Pte DAVIES G. V.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705087/george-victor-davies/
    PRIVATE GEORGE VICTOR DAVIES
    Service Number: 5725764
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn.
    Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 02 June 1941
    Age 22 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 5. 6. 5.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of George and Lily Davies, of Hockley, Birmingham.
    Personal Inscription: DEATH IS A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL MEMORIES ARE KEEPSAKES NO ONE CAN STEAL
     
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    • No. 2815185 W. O. II EVANS B. A.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705578/berkley-alfred-evans/
    WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II BERKLEY ALFRED EVANS
    Service Number: 2815185
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 01 December 1942
    Age 42 years old
    Buried or commemorated at IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 3. 3. 4.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of John and Emma Jane Evans; husband of Margaret Ann Evans, of Hendford, Yeovil, Somerset.
    Personal Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND, GOD GRANT HIM PEACE, PERFECT PEACE


    Seaforth Highlanders Army Number Block Allocation 2809001 - 2865000
     
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    • No. 109027 2/Lt G. R. E. FOLLETT
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705584/guy-roger-edmund-follett/
    SECOND LIEUTENANT GUY ROGER EDMUND FOLLETT
    Service Number: 109027
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 30 January 1941
    Age 27 years old
    Buried or commemorated at IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: 1. 1A. 8.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Mrs. L. R. Follett, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
    Personal Inscription: R.I.P.


     
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    • No. 804988 Cpl FOOTE W.C.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705117/william-charles-foote/
    CORPORAL WILLIAM CHARLES FOOTE
    Service Number: 804988

    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 01 April 1942
    Age 27 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 1. 3. 25.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Albert Thomas Foote and Florence Louisa Foote, of Parkstone. Dorsetshire.
    Personal Inscription: IN SWEETEST MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON BILL. HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. MUM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS


    Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft) Army Number Block Allocation 721001 - 1842000
     
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    • No. 5733043 Pte FRENCH E. S.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705119/ernest-stanley-french/
    PRIVATE ERNEST STANLEY FRENCH
    Service Number: 5733043
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 01 April 1942
    Age 21 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 1. 3. 17.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of George and Leonora French, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Florence Maud French, of Walthamstow.
    Personal Inscription: "ERNIE" AT GOD'S COMMAND HE FELL HE HAD NO CHANCE TO BID HIS FRIENDS FAREWELL
     
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    • No. 825185 Pte HOUSE A. R.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705620/arthur-reginald-house/
    PRIVATE ARTHUR REGINALD HOUSE
    Service Number: 825185
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn.
    Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 07 July 1940
    Age 25 years old
    Buried or commemorated at IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 4. 1B. 12.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Alfred John and Leah Nora Annie House, of Sparkford, Somerset.
    Personal Inscription: "ABIDE WITH ME WHEN NIGHT IS HIGH, FOR WITHOUT THEE I DARE NOT DIE"


    Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft) Army Number Block Allocation 721001 - 1842000
     
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    • No. 5725620 Pte LE PREVOST G. E.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705641/george-edward-le-prevost/
    PRIVATE GEORGE EDWARD LE PREVOST

    Service Number: 5725620
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 12 July 1940
    Age 24 years old
    Buried or commemorated at IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 4. 1B. 12.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Thomas and Helena Le Prevost, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
    Personal Inscription: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
     
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    • No. 5495224 Pte MACPHERSON D.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705864/donald-macpherson/
    PRIVATE DONALD MACPHERSON
    Service Number: 5495224
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn.
    Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 19 April 1942
    Age 27 years old
    Buried or commemorated at PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave L. 3.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Archibald and Mary Macpherson, of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight.
    Personal Inscription: "SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND" "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"


     
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    • No. 5724730 L/Cpl MALCOLM M. A. W.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/f...tails/1705647/maurice-andrew-william-malcolm/
    LANCE CORPORAL MAURICE ANDREW WILLIAM MALCOLM
    Service Number: 5724730
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 12 July 1940
    Age 26 years old
    Buried or commemorated at IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 4. 1A. 12.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Edward John and Lizzie Florence Malcolm, of Southsea, Hampshire.
    Personal Inscription: NOT JUST TO-DAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE WILL REMEMBER
     
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    • No. 5728807 Pte MEADER W.
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1705652/william-meader/
    PRIVATE WILLIAM MEADER
    Service Number: 5728807
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
    Date of Death: Died 26 May 1942
    Age 24 years old
    Buried or commemorated at IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Coll. grave 3. 3. 1.
    Location: Malta
    Additional Info: Son of Mrs. I. Meader, of Hamworthy, Poole, Dorsetshire.
    Personal Inscription: GOD HAS HIM IN HIS KEEPING WE HAVE HIM IN OUR HEARTS
     
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