If anyone could give me info as to the circumstances of death to the following casualties who are listed on the Brookwood Memorial I would be very grateful Name:BROWNRIGG, HERBERT RONALDInitials:H RNationality:United KingdomRank:PrivateRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:8th Bn.Age:19Date of Death:13/06/1943Service No:5125520Additional information:Son of Robert and Margaret Brownrigg.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name:HALES, ROBERT HENRYInitials:R HNationality:United KingdomRank:PrivateRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:11th Bn.Age:22Date of Death:08/04/1944Service No:4976906Additional information:Son of Edith Hales; husband of Doris Gwendoline Hales, of Cross Hills, Keighley, Yorkshire.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name:HANDFORD, JOHN FREDERICKInitials:J FNationality:United KingdomRank:PrivateRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:2nd Bn.Age:28Date of Death:09/11/1942Service No:4973360Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name:LEWIS, HAYDN VICTORInitials:H VNationality:United KingdomRank:PrivateRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:1st Bn.Age:31Date of Death:23/07/1943Service No:5956316Additional information:Son of David Lewis, and of Mabel S. Lewis, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name:MOSSOP, JAMES WILLIAMInitials:J WNationality:United KingdomRank:PrivateRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:1st Bn.Date of Death:20/04/1947Service No:19013992Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Cheers Chris
Name:HANDFORD, JOHN FREDERICKInitials:J FNationality:United KingdomRank:PrivateRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:2nd Bn.Age:28Date of Death:09/11/1942Service No:4973360Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memoria Private John Frederick Handford served with 2nd Parachute Battalion. He had embarked with the Battalion to North Africa, where they were due to take part in Operation Torch. Pte Handford took part in a Boxing tournament arranged on the troop ship Scythia, but was badly injured during one of the contests, and died shortly afterwards. The Battalion war diary reports he was buried at sea on 9 November, 1600hrs.
Name:BROWNRIGG, HERBERT RONALD Initials:H RNationality:United Kingdom Rank:PrivateRegiment/ Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:8th Bn. Age:19 Date of Death:13/06/1943 Service No:5125520 Additional information:Son of Robert and Margaret Brownrigg. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name: Herbert Brownrigg Given Initials: H R Rank: Private Death Date: 13 Jun 1943 Number: 5125520 Birth Place: Rotherham Residence: Sheffield Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Parachute Regiment (not otherwise specified) Branch at Death: Army Air Corps Interestingly Theatre of War is given as UK, but the death is not registered in the UK.
Name:HALES, ROBERT HENRY Initials:R H Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Private Regiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Unit Text:11th Bn. Age:22 Date of Death:08/04/1944 Service No:4976906 Additional information:Son of Edith Hales; husband of Doris Gwendoline Hales, of Cross Hills, Keighley, Yorkshire. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name: Robert Hales Given Initials: R H Rank: Private Death Date: 8 Apr 1944 Number: 4976906 Birth Place: Lincoln Residence: Yorkshire Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Army Air Corps Branch at Death: Army Air Corps Again, death not registered in the UK
Phil I will have a look at Scottish deaths except if you have already had a look Chris No, Ive not got access to Scottish records Chris
Name:LEWIS, HAYDN VICTOR Initials:H V Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Private Regiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Unit Text:1st Bn. Age:31 Date of Death:23/07/1943 Service No:5956316 Additional information:Son of David Lewis, and of Mabel S. Lewis, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Name: Hayden Lewis Given Initials: H V Rank: Private Death Date: 23 Jul 1943 Number: 5956316 Birth Place: Glamorgan Residence: Hertfordshire Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: North Africa Regiment at Death: Parachute Regiment (not otherwise specified) Branch at Death: Army Air Corps Listed as North Africa
Name:MOSSOP, JAMES WILLIAM Initials:J W Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Private Regiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Unit Text:1st Bn. Date of Death:20/04/1947 Service No:19013992 Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Outside of dates for Army ROH No age given, but possible death recorded in Preston Name: James W Mossop Death Registration Month/Year: 1947 Age at death (estimated): 21 Registration district: Preston Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 10f Page: 272
Name: Herbert Brownrigg Given Initials: H R Rank: Private Death Date: 13 Jun 1943 Number: 5125520 Birth Place: Rotherham Residence: Sheffield Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Parachute Regiment (not otherwise specified) Branch at Death: Army Air Corps Interestingly Theatre of War is given as UK, but the death is not registered in the UK. Phil registered in Scotland presumed drowned in the River Tay near Belmirno died in the same incident was Name:AMBLER, THOMAS DENISONInitials:T DNationality:United KingdomRank:LieutenantRegiment/Service:Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.Unit Text:8th Bn.Age:22Date of Death:13/06/1943Service No:94809Additional information:Son of Thomas Ingle Ambler and Constance Margaret Ambler; husband of Margaret Priscilla Ambler, of Coventry.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:Panel 15. Column 1.Memorial:BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL death certificate shows that the bodies were not recovered Chris
Name: Robert Hales Given Initials: R H Rank: Private Death Date: 8 Apr 1944 Number: 4976906 Birth Place: Lincoln Residence: Yorkshire Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Army Air Corps Branch at Death: Army Air Corps Again, death not registered in the UK Phil nothing in Scotland Thanks for all of your help with these lads Chris
Perhaps a stupid thought but as these guys are on Brookwood it means the bodies 'have potentially' been lost it might be that one or two were killed in training accidents - the famous blown apart and nothing could be found.......
Not come across any of them yet, but plenty of soldiers dying in on water incidents where the bodies were not recovered Chris
This is an old thread but you may still like to know that the men who died on 13 june 43 in the UK landed in the river Tay when misdropped from an aircraft on a training exercise. Some casualties were recovered dead m one survived when wind caught his chute and pulled him across the water to land