AJEX Headstones

Driver JOSEF WITRIOL

PAL/30755, 462 Gen. Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
who died
on 01 May 1943

Remembered with honour
BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

 

Driver KARL KURT ZWILLING

PAL/1534, 462 Gen. Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
who died
on 01 May 1943

Remembered with honour
BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

 

Name: PEARCE, WILLIAM ERNEST
Initials: W E
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 23
Date of Death: 09/04/1942
Service No: 402825
Additional information: Son of William Ernest and Phoebe Pearce; husband of Lesley Norma Pearce, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. E. 13.
Cemetery: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY



402825 Sergeant PEARCE, William Ernest
Source:
AWM 237 (65) NAA : A705, 163/150/159 Commonwealth War Graves records
Aircraft Type: Hurricane
Serial number: Z 5533
Radio call sign:
Unit: ATTD 261 SQN RAF
Summary:
On 9th April 1942, Sapphire Section was patrolling base at 15,000 feet, and the Section
Leader dived to attack a formation of Japanese Navy 0 fighters at about 12,000 feet, with
Pearce No 2 and No 3 in line astern After this nothing was seen of Pearce but his aircraft
was found 40 miles west close to Dambulla, on Trincomalee Road. The Pilot was killed.
Crew:
RAAF 402825 Sgt W E Pearce, (Pilot)
PO Pearce is buried in the Trincomalee War Cemetery, Sri Lanka.
251

 

Thanks a lot chaps !

This last batch will take some time to enter onto my spreadsheet but don't let it stop you entering more of the same, as you find them.

Ron

 

oops - duplicated one too

 

Some more from Arnhem Oosterbeek


Sergeant Ernest 'Sim' Simion, son of Eva Simion, of Hampstead, London, was a German-Jew, originally from Berlin. He served as a Sergeant with 16 Flight, F Sqn, 2nd Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment and took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.
On 17 September 1944, he flew as second pilot to S/Sgt Ron Gibson in a Horsa Glider to Arnhem as part of the First Lift. The Horsa carried a six-pounder Anti-Tank gun, a jeep, and two members of the Anti-Tank Platoon of 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment.
Later in the battle, as a consequence of the move of the South Staffordshire Regt down toward the road bridge in Arnhem, 2 Wing GPR were employed as infantry holding a section of the 1 Airlanding Brigade area of the Oosterbeek perimeter. On 19 Sept 44 ‘F’ Sqn were involved in particularly fierce fighting. Ernest Simion was killed in a trench as he fought alongside other Glider pilots and infantry during a well co-ordinated infantry assault mounted by SS troops.
Sergeant Simion died on 20 September 1944, aged 24 years old. He is now buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem.
Compiled with assistance from Mike Peters via Paradata

 

Whilst obtaining photos at Stonefall cemetery I noticed small stones on top
of graves upon inspection I found they were AJEX graves and remembering this thread
I took photos which I shall upload as and when I get time.

Please inform me of the significance of the stones and their representation

Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer) Robert Philip MARKS
161746 426 (R.C.A.F) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Who died aged 22 on 16 December 1943
Son of Moss and Sarah Marks of London
Remembered with Honour Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery

 

Oldman
Whilst obtaining photos at Stonefall cemetery I noticed small stones on top
of graves upon inspection I found they were AJEX graves and remembering this thread
I took photos which I shall upload as and when I get time.
Please inform me of the significance of the stones and their representation




Brian once asked me the same question, to which I replied:

It is indeed a Jewish custom when visiting a gravesite to leave a pebble on the gravestone to signify that a visit has been made and a pebble can in fact be seen on the top of Cpl.Shutz's headstone.
The origins of this custom are discussed here:
Jewish Graveyard Rabbit: Jewish cemeteries: Why do visitors leave stones?
As regard to changing religions, you are of course quite correct if you mean during their lifetime, but in the case of Cpl.Shutz, hardly likely.

The wooden markers however are inevitably supplied by Ex-Service organisations such as the British Legion or, as I've already mentioned, by AJEX. (Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women).

The whole thread can be found here:
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-grave-photographs/29436-respect-fallen.html

Regards

Ron

 

Ron
Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I diid not want to put my
size 12 in it so to speak.

 

The prime example of that would be at the end of the film "Schindlers List" where the survivors honoured his grave.

 

May I respectfully ask why you highlighted this and what does 214 Coy mean?

Many thanks

Name:BUBB, COPEL
Initials:C
Nationality:United Kingdom
Rank:Private
Regiment/Service:Pioneer Corps
Unit Text:214 Coy.
Age:35
Date of Death:19/07/1944
Service No:13076150
Additional information:Son of Abraham Isaac and Pepi Bubb, of Manchester.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:VI. L. 6.
Cemetery:LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

CWGC :: Casualty Details

 

May I respectfully ask why you highlighted this and what does 214 Coy mean?

Many thanks

Please see this post which explains what the AJEX headstones are and why they are posted here by Forum Members.

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-grave-photographs/25027-ajex-headstones-2.html#post275404

Coy is an abbreviation of the word Company.

If you wonder what a Pioneer is, a link to a short history about them.

Royal Pioneer Corps & Royal Pioneer Association

Regards - Rob

 

Raymondms

Welcome aboard !

I'm glad to see that Rob has already supplied you with a prompt and adequate explanation concerning the origins of this thread.

Ron

ps
Should anyone ever wish to contact me to discuss any personal aspect of information shown on this thread, my profile:
Blogger: User Profile: Ron Goldstein
gives my e-mail address.

 

For the benefit of newcomers to the forum I copy below something I recently posted on another thread.

Thought I'd bring this thread up to date with a link to the new Jewish War Graves site Jewish War Graves

Set up by a youngster named Daniel Levy, for the first time, Cemetery information regarding Jewish war graves is now online for easy research.

Because of the size of the operation it still has to be updated to include info provided by many kind forum members on the AJEX HEADSTONES thread.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-gra...eadstones.html

 

Thank you for this information on my Mum's uncle. Is there a web site to find out excatly how he died. My mother thinks he was on a ship in the English Channel returning to England when the ship was hit by German Planes?

Raymond Solomon

 

hello Raymond

you could apply for his service records
link below

Ministry of Defence | About Defence | What we do | Personnel | Service Records | Making a Request for Information held on the Personnel Records of Deceased Service Personnel

 

Thank you CL1

 

Name: GENUSSOW, ISRAEL SOLOMON
Initials: I S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Secondary Regiment: King's African Rifles
Secondary Unit Text: attd.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 30/07/1944
Service No: 177633
Additional information: B.Sc.(Leeds). Born Durban, South Africa. Son of Manuel Leo and Zipporah Genussow of Moshav Hayovel, Petach Likvah, Israel.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. F. 1.
Cemetery: DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY

 

Trooper ABRAHAM HIRSHMAN
5623071
Who died age 24 on 27 September 1943
Son of Morris and Deborah Hirshman; husband of Hannah Hirshman, of Edgware, Middlesex.
SALERNO WAR CEMETERY III. E. 9.


Photo supplied by [FONT=&quot]Dr. Danila Bracaglia / Francesco De Cesare[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]Cheers[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Paul
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EnglandPhil & Paul

Thank you both for the fresh data.

Just to give you an idea how your data is processed you might be interested to know that Paul's "HIRSCHMAN, Abraham" is already on the AJEX database, Jewish War Graves
(Simply use the CASUALTIES box & search for Hirschman and up it will come)

By contrast, EnglandPhil's "GENUSSOW" is not in the Ajex book of remembrance nor in the first addendum and so I will draw their attention to this entry. It may yet be in their 2nd addendum (that I don't have a copy) but we will see.

Best regards

Ron