Remembering Today : George William PEACOCK, 5th Bn., Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regimen

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Private George William PEACOCK, 5th Bn., Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, who died 25.12.1944. age 35. PADUA WAR CEMETERY, Italy

From CWGC:
On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side. The Allied advance was stalled for two successive winters: in 1943 on the German defensive position known as the Gustav Line, stretching from the river Gargliano in the west to the Sangro in the east, and in 1944 on the Gothic Line in the northern Appenine mountains. At the beginning of April 1945, the Allies launched their final offensive against the German positions spread out in a line across Italy, south of Bologna. German resistance was by now beginning to disintegrate and the Allies were able to fan out rapidly across the Po valley. Padua War Cemetery lies in the zone of the Allied breakthrough in the spring of 1945 when, despite some resistance, the town was captured by Indian troops. The cemetery contains 513 commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 32 of them unidentified. There are also four war graves of other nationalities and one non-war burial.

 

Geoff

Thanks for a very timely reminder

Ron

 

He's got a good neighbour, as my friend's brother is there as well.

J22099 F/O Thorp, Burnham John Malcom 178 Sqn 441004 IV, C, 7

We will remember them.

 

Continuing an old thread, remembered today on Geoff's Search Engine:


Tindal HAIDAR ALI, S.S. Jumna (London), Indian Merchant Navy, who died 25.12.1940. age 37. BOMBAY / CHITTAGONG 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS

Name: HAIDAR ALI
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Tindal
Regiment/Service: Indian Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Jumna (London)
Age: 37
Date of Death: 25/12/1940
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: BOMBAY / CHITTAGONG 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS

S.S. Jumna was sunk by Admiral Hipper, while the cruiser was returning to Brest from a mostly unsuccessful attack on troop convoy WS-5A

Aslo found, crew members:

001 ABDUL AZIZ - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
002 ABDUL GHAFUR - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
003 ABDUL HAQ - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
004 ABDUL HAQ - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
005 ABDUL KARIM - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
006 ABDUL MUBARAK - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
007 ABDUL NABI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
008 ABDUL RAHMAN - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
009 ABDUL RAZAQ - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
010 ABISHEKAM - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
011 AKLAF MIAN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
012 ALA BUN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
013 ALLAH BAKHSH - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
014 AMIZ ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
015 ANWAR ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
016 ASAD ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
017 ASAD-UL-HAQ - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
018 ASKAR ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
019 ASRATH ULLAH - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
020 ATAR ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
021 ATAR ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
022 AYUB MIAN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
023 AZI ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
024 BASHIR ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
025 BIDESHI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
026 CHAKU - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
027 CHAMRU - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
028 CHAND MIAN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
029 CHAND MIAN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
030 ENTAZ-UD-DIN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
031 FATHU ALLAN-UD-DIN - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
032 HAIDAR ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
033 HAMDU MIAN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
034 HAMID ULLAH KHAN - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
035 HIRA LAL - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
036 ISA HAQ - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
037 JABID ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
038 JALAL AHMAD - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
039 JOZDHAR - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
040 KOTONE ULLAH - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
041 MOZUMDA ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
042 MUHAMMAD AMRIK - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
043 MUHAMMAD NUR - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
044 MUHAMMAD SAMIN - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
045 MUHAMMAD SHAKUR - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
046 NABI HUSAIN - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
047 SADIQ ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
048 SAJID ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
049 SAYID ULLAH - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
050 SHAMS-UL-HAQ - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
051 SHEIKH ISRAIL - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
052 SHEIKH MUIN-UD-DIN - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
053 SHEIKH YUSUF - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
054 SULTAN AHMAD - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
055 SULTAN MUHAMMAD - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
056 TAFAZZUL KHAN - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
057 USMAN ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
058 YAQIN ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY
059 YUSUF ALI - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 INDIAN MERCHANT NAVY



001 AH CHOON - - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
002 ANDERSON DA - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
003 BRADBURY GH C/JX 186242 SS JUMNA 25/12/1940 ROYAL NAVY
004 BRADFORD DE - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
005 BURGESS NR - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
006 CRYSTAL CW C/JX 186252 SS JUMNA 25/12/1940 ROYAL NAVY
007 DAVIDSON JF - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
008 DUNDAS CT - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
009 EDGLEY NG - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
010 GREIG WH - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
011 JORDAN JH - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
012 KIRKHAM A - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
013 MACDONALD J - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
014 MIDDLETON FW - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
015 NOTLEY ACS - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
016 ROBERTSON DP - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
017 SHACKELL GS - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY
018 TURNER GA - SS JUMNA LONDON 25/12/1940 MERCHANT NAVY

 

Remembered today on Geoff's Search Engine:

Name: JALAL AHMAD
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Seaman
Regiment/Service: Indian Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Jumna (London)
Age: 30
Date of Death: 25/12/1940
Memorial: BOMBAY / CHITTAGONG 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS


(see post #4)

 

Remembered today on Geoff's Search Engine.

Name: BURKE, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Engineers
Age: 30
Date of Death: 25/12/1940
Service No: 28637
Additional information: Son of William and Mary Rose Burke, of Bristol, England.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 75.16.
Cemetery: NELSON (WAKAPUAKA) CEMETERY

 

Name: JACKSON, WILLIAM JAMES
Initials: W J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
Unit Text: 70th Bn.
Date of Death: 25/12/1942
Service No: 4461772
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 126.
Cemetery: HEBBURN CEMETERY

 

Remembered today on Geoff's Search Engine.

Name: BURKE, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Engineers
Age: 30
Date of Death: 25/12/1940
Service No: 28637
Additional information: Son of William and Mary Rose Burke, of Bristol, England.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 75.16.
Cemetery: NELSON (WAKAPUAKA) CEMETERY

hello Geoff I posted this chap today

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/remembering-today/41703-remembering-today-25-12-40-sapper-william-burke-28637-new.html

regards
Clive