AJEX Headstones

Name: GREENBERG, LEONARD
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 30/07/1944
Service No: 14207348
Additional information: Son of Benjamin and Esther Greenberg; husband of Brenda Greenberg, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. E. 13.
Cemetery: HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SIMMONS, JACK
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Dorsetshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/06/1944
Service No: 14634893
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Rachel Simmons, of Stepney, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 13.
Cemetery: HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: HARRIS, ALFRED
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 106 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 01/11/1944
Service No: 900315
Additional information: Son of Hyman and Rose Harris; husband of Kate Harris, of Hatch End, Middlesex, England.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 6. G. 5-9.
Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

 

From the Sanguinius collection on Flikr

Name: KLUSKY, GERALD
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 214 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 29/08/1941
Service No: 915976
Additional information: Son of Jack and Lily Klusky, of Neasden, Middlesex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row B. Grave 4.
Cemetery: FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY

 

Rob

You have been busy !

As always, many thanks, now I've got to analyse them and get them on to a spreadsheet before passing them on.

Best regards

Ron

 

You're welcome Ron.

 

Name: WISE, ASHER
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Pioneer Corps
Unit Text: 280 Coy.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 03/08/1944
Service No: 13113630
Additional information: Son of Morris and Belle Wise; husband of Debby Wise, of St. George in the East, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 1.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

 

Name: BROOKS, NATHANIEL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Unit Text: 1/6th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 03/08/1944
Service No: 14691207
Additional information: Son of L. and Eva Brooks, of Hackney, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. D. 19.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: GROSSMAN, JACK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade
Unit Text: 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 31/07/1944
Service No: 6923093
Additional information: Son of Nathan and Hannah Grossman; husband of Anna Grossman, of Brighton, Sussex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. K. 5.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: MASTING, PAUL DIETER
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Hampshire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/07/1944
Service No: 13046518
Additional information: Son of Charles S. Masting and of Cecile Masting (nee Weile), of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. L. 17.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Noted with thanks Rob

Ron

ps
Have just passed on the latest update to AJEX and you might be interested to know that you lovely chaps have supplied no less than 275 photos !!!

Well done mates !

Ron

 

This photo was posted by Stormbird in a thread about the cemetery where M Cohen is buried. Popped a copy here for the Ajex project.

Name: COHEN, MAURICE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 35 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 31/03/1942
Service No: 655080
Additional information: Son of Moss and Marie Cohen, of Edgware, Middlesex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A IV British. C. 6.
Cemetery: TRONDHEIM (STAVNE) CEMETERY

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67422&d=1321738883

 

MARCUS, DEREK JULIUS

Rank:
Sergeant
Trade:
W.Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:
1360363
Date of Death:
05/12/1941
Age:
25
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference
Block J. Joint grave 76.
Cemetery
KEMPSTON CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Rudolph Benjamin Marcus and of Lottie May Marcus (nee Miller); husband of Regina Amelia Marcus (nee Fooks), of Maida Vale, London.

 

Acknowledged with, as always, many thanks

Ron

 

Name: NICKOLAY, GEORGE ARTHUR WILLIAM
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1817324
Date of Death: 16/04/1945
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 3 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.
Grave Reference: 4. G. 40.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frederick Joseph and Emily Nickolay; husband of Mary Hawena Nickolay, of Chilworth, Surrey.

(Photo from Findagrave)

 

Name: COHEN, H
Rank: Private
Service No: 4622606
Date of Death: 06/10/1942
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Unit: 2/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: 12. BB. 10.
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Ada Cohen; husband of Mary H. Cohen, of Marylebone, London.

 

Rob

As always, much obliged !

Ron

 

HENRIQUEZ, ALFRED GEORGE

Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Trade:
Pilot.
Service No:
171932
Date of Death:
17/08/1944
Age:
28
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

630 Sqdn.
Grave Reference
Coll. grave 6. B. 2-8.
Cemetery
POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Alfred St. Elmo Henriquez and Linda May Henriquez; husband of Essie Adeline Henriquez (nee Silvera), of Buff Bay, Jamaica.

thanks to g_adios

 

I hope these shots are of use - taken in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia recently.





Corporal POLLOCK, HARRY N77644 Australian Army Pay Corps born 21 Sep 1893 in SEVEN HILLS, ENGLAND. Enlisted 20 Aug 1940 died 13 Nov 1946 / discharged 11 Oct 1944 (info from the WW2 nominal roll).

His headstone states that he was in the infantry.

Cause of death from the AWM ROH is illness. His pers file has not been digitised by the NAA.

Photo in the AWM collection shows him having a smoke while watching a game of Chinese Checkers. His rank at the time is given as Staff Sergeant

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Description HAY, NSW. 1944-01-18. A GAME OF CHINESE CHECKERS DRAWS AN AUDIENCE AT THE SERGEANTS MESS OF THE 16TH GARRISON BATTALION PRISONER OF WAR DETENTION CAMP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: N245561 SERGEANT A. R. YEATES (1); N70359 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 1 F. J. MACMAHON (2); N274156 SERGEANT J. H. RUDD (3); N389313 SERGEANT A. E. GOUGH (4); N68451 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 F. GAERTNER (5); N106105 STAFF SERGEANT H. D. GRANT (6); N106154 STAFF SERGEANT A. E. SUTTOR (7); N75855 STAFF SERGEANT P. BROWN (8); N68446 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 A. F. COOK (9); N77644 STAFF SERGEANT H. POLLOCK (10); N70353 STAFF SERGEANT H. C. HENDERSON (11); NX146838 SERGEANT S. M. HOWELL (12).


His CWGC entry makes sense compared to the AWM photo - "A.C.M.F. 7th P.W. Guard Coy"

 

Private DENISON, JOHN VX55729 Australian Army born 24 Nov 1904 in ROUMANIA. Enlisted 13 May 1941 died 14 Sep 1941 (info from the WW2 nominal roll)

Extra info from the AWM ROH – Actual rank was Trooper and he was with 8 Armoured Regiment. His entry on the on-line ROH unusually has a space in the middle of his service number, so I didn’t locate him at first – then searched by surname…….

No cause of death on his ROH entry and his pers file has not been digitised by the NAA.

The newspapers of the day show that he died when he fell from a Sydney ferry and drowned. He is buried in the Botany cemetery (Eastern Suburbs cemetery).


His headstone reads:

ONE OF MANY
A VICTIM OF DICTATORSHIP AND PERSECUTION
NEVER FORGOTTEN