AJEX Headstones

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Name: LEWIS, LOUIS MONTAGUE
    Initials: L M
    Nationality:United KingdomRank:Sergeant (Observer)Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Unit Text:26 O.T.U.
    Age:22
    Date of Death:30/08/1943
    Service No:1394840
    Additional information:Son of William and Julia Lewis, of Holborn, London.
    Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Plot 4. Row AA. Grave 14.
    Cemetery:LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

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  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Name: FOREMAN, ABRAHAM MICHAEL
    Initials:A M
    Nationality:United Kingdom
    Rank:Gunner
    Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery
    Unit Text:118 H.A.A. Regt.
    Age:21Date of Death:20/05/1945
    Service No:14393063
    Additional information:Son of Charles and Rebecca Foreman, of Romford, Essex.
    Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Plot 4. Row AA. Grave 33.
    Cemetery:LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

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  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Name: COHEN, ERNEST
    Initials:E
    Nationality:United Kingdom
    Rank:Private
    Regiment/Service:The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
    Age:28
    Date of Death:27/12/1944
    Service No:3776976
    Additional information:Son of Max and Jane Cohen, of Fairfield, Liverpool.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:Plot 8. Row B. Grave 55.Cemetery:LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

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  4. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Andy

    Many thanks !

    All above this line have been duly indexed.

    Only today I have received an e-mail thanking me for the info I have passed on so far, some of which is completely new to AJEX and I am passing these thanks straight on to you and all those who have contributed to this thread.

    Well done chaps !

    Ron
     
  5. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

  6. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

  7. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Hi Ron,

    I wondered if his family was know within your community-They seemed to be well know even within the Battalion.

    Cheers
    Andy
     
  8. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Andy

    Without wishing to detract from that lovely piece about Cecil, "Bottie" as I'm sure he must have been called, I need to point out what I would term as call geographical and age limitations.

    Bottie was killed in 1940 when I would have been just 16 years old, living in Hove and commuting daily up to London. It was not until recent years, in 1995 in fact, that I became actively engaged in researching the Jewish fallen in WW2 and that was mainly because I was researching the death of my older brother Jack in Bomber Command.

    It was AJEX and particulaly Martin Sugarman, their senior Archivist, who helped me in my quest at that time and as a result I have been involved in this area of research ever since.

    I hope you don't mind if I reproduce "Bottie"s story here where it rightfully belongs;


    2nd Lt. Botibol was born in North London and he was a Shepardi Jew and a member of the Bevis Marks Synagogue congregation. He came from a well known family who were importers of cigars and other fine and luxury items. Before the war 2nd Lt. Botibol served in the ranks with the Honourable Artillery Company which was known, and still is today for providing officers to other regiments. 2nd Lt. Botibol was one of those that was commisioned and he joined the Leicestershire Regiment.



    2nd Lt. Botibol was affectionately known as 'Bot' to his comrades. Shortly after joining the regiment he attended a Weapons Training Course and became the Battalion's Weapon Training Officer (WPO) and later became the Battalion's Intelligence Officer (IO).



    On the 26th May 1940 the battalion was fighting in and around Carvin, France, parts of the battalion were withdrawing from the village when a shell burst within a few yards of 2nd Lt. Botibol severely wounding him in the stomach. A ambulance was just a short distance away and reached him within 2 to 3 minutes. He was taken away and seen around an hour later passing through Brigade HQ and was not seen or heard of again for around 2 months. It was hoped by his comrads that he had been taken prisoner and was now alive and well in a PoW camp. Eventually news arrived via a French Officer that 2nd Lt. Botibol was taken to a French hospital just outside Dunkirk (I think it may have been at Zuydcoote). Sadly 2nd Lt. Botibol had died of his wounds 2 days later on 28th May 1940.



    The unknown French Officer contacted officers of 2/5 Battalion and handed over his letters and personal papers. He also told the officers that he was buried in Malo-les-Bains with full military honours with a number of French officers at his burial.



    Extract from his Obituary:



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    Many of his brother officers will always hold the fondest memories of other off duty occasions spent in his delightful and ever generous company. He was generous to a degree, and many will long remember the super cigars that he invariably produced through the kindness of an uncle in the trade.




    After the war the family tragedy continued. 2nd Lt. Botibol's parents never got over the loss of their only son and were divorced in the 1950's.


    Tigers at Dunkirk - Matthew Richardson

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  9. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Hi Ron,

    Not sure if you have these or not as I have not marked the ones that I have given you.

    Cheers

    Geoff

    Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

    In Memory of
    Flight Sergeant ALEXANDER ELIAS KAN

    409716, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 24
    on 02 December 1943
    Son of Hartog and Rachel Kan, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

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    In Memory of
    Flight Sergeant DAVID SYDNEY ALEXANDER

    420109, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 21
    on 29 January 1944
    Son of Leonard Wellington Alexander and Elsie Alexander, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

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  10. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Hi Ron,

    These also from Durnbach War Cemetery

    Cheers

    Geoff

    In Memory of
    Pilot Officer PHILIP MYERSON

    432398, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 20
    on 29 January 1945
    Son of Emanuel and Elsie Myerson, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

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    In Memory of
    Flight Sergeant LIONEL WILFRED FLOHM

    427760, Royal Australian Air Force
    who died age 21
    on 21 November 1944
    Son of Jacob and Rose Flohm; husband of Dorothy Gertrude Eliza Flohm, of Carlisle, Western Australia.
    Remembered with honour
    DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

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  11. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Geoff


    RAAF Headstones in Germany
    Hi Ron,
    Not sure if you have these or not as I have not marked the ones that I have given you.
    Cheers
    Geoff
    Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery





    Not previously posted but now updated and indexed.

    Because I put all these entries onto a spreadsheet (Excel) it is no problem to check for duplicates, so I would appeal to all concerned never to be put off posting just because you think you it has already been done.

    Please keep them coming !

    Ron
     
  12. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Geoff

    As I was posting on #151 I spotted the Durnbach headstones.

    I thought for one moment you had posted my brother Jack's gravesite but as I see this was not the case, that would have been too much of a coincidence, I now post this myself. This thread tells his story:
    BBC - WW2 People's War - The night my father was killed in action

    Ron
     

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  13. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Hi Ron,

    Another from Hanover War Cemetery you may not have.

    In Memory of
    Warrant Officer LIONEL MANUEL GOLDSMITH

    40919, 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal New Zealand Air Force
    who died age 27
    on 22 September 1943
    Son of Joseph Isaac and Deborah Goldsmith, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
    Remembered with honour
    HANOVER WAR CEMETERY



    Goldsmith_LM.JPG

    Cheers

    Geoff
     
  14. CL1

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

    hello Ron

    Photo courtesy of Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

    Heinz Abraham, Corporal, 13801220, Pioneer Corps. Heinz was the Son of Adolf and Erna Abraham, of The Bronx, New York City, U.S.A. Most probably a German Jew, he travelled to Britain to enlist into the British Army, and was posted to the Pioneer Corps. Many men of German origin served in the British Army, but were posted to non-combatant units such as the Pioneer Corps. Heinz died at Pembroke Dock on 28 April 1942 aged 23.
     

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  15. CL1

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

    Hello Ron

    Photo courtesy of Pembroke County War Memorial - Pembroke Dock Mil. Cemetery

    Heinz Schwartze, Private, 13801014, Pioneer Corps. Heinz was the Son of Nanny Schlerinsky, of Camden Town, London. He was probably one of the many German Jews that had enlisted for service with the British Army, and was posted to a non combatant unit, the Pioneer Corps. Heinz was one of the nineteen men killed during the mine explosion at the defensible barracks on 29 April 1942. He was 22 years old.
     

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  16. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Geoff & CL1

    Thanks for these latest entries.

    As always, I've looked them up for "duplicates" and none have been posted before.

    Just as a matter of interest, Lionel Goldsmith, as a New Zealander, is not in the AJEX book because that is limited to British nationals but both Abraham & Schwartze are mentioned.

    Best regards

    Ron
     
  17. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Name:ROSENBERG, HERBERT
    Initials:H
    Nationality:United Kingdom
    Rank:Trooper
    Regiment/Service:Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
    Unit Text:'B' Sqn. 3rd
    Age:21
    Date of Death:19/07/1944
    Service No:13106628
    Additional information: (Served as Robert RUSSELL). Son of Heinrich and Gertrude Rosenberg, of Vienna, Austria.
    Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:2. O. 12.
    Cemetery:HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY


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  18. Owen

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    Name:BERGER, GERALD
    Initials:G
    Nationality:United Kingdom
    Rank:Trooper
    Regiment/Service:Royal Armoured Corps
    Unit Text:11th Hussars.
    Age:20
    Date of Death:07/08/1944
    Service No:14322863
    Additional information:Son of Ely and Celia Berger, of Liverpool.
    Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:XXIV. C. 20.
    Cemetery:BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

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  19. Owen

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    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

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  20. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    [Ron, I remembered to put a stone on top of this one.]

    Name:ZIMMERMAN, WOLFE
    Initials:W
    Nationality:United Kingdom
    Rank:Lance Serjeant
    Regiment/Service:Royal Engineers
    Unit Text:79 Assault Sqn.
    Age:24
    Date of Death:09/06/1944
    Service No:2118863
    Additional information:Son of Morris and Rachel Zimmerman, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
    Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference:VI. E. 2.
    Cemetery:LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

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