Nice one. What about running a daily thread about the servicemen featured where we flag up what we know about them when/where they died? Great idea! The 8th was a Home Guard Battalion. 8th Battalion (Dursley) - HQ Dursley Court. "A" Company - Aston Down "B" Company - Minchinhampton "C" Company - Nailsworth "D" Company - Dursley "E" Company - Stonehouse "F" Company - Berkeley "G" Company - Sharpness "H" Company - Stonehouse Home Guard Battalions
Casualty Private JONES, THOMAS ALEXANDER Service Number D/21542 Died 07/09/1940 Aged 55 8th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment Son of Alexander and Hannah Jones; husband of Ethel Martha Freda Jones, of Kinver, Staffordshire. Buried at the time in Bristol (Ridgeway) Cemetery, but whose grave is now lost. INSCRIPTION: BURIED IN BRISTOL (RIDGEWAY PARK) CEMETERY SECTION A. GRAVE 3050 SWEET IS THE MEMORY, THAT WILL NEVER FADE, OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE Buried at BRISTOL (GREENBANK) CEMETERY Location: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 339 Cemetery/memorial reference: XX. 439C. Spec. Memorial. See cemetery plan Split this off from the thread announcing the 'remembering today' box. Hopefully it'll be interesting seeing people practicing their 'casualty-hunting' skills in a small act of remembrance for these randomly selected fallen. And maybe it'll add a few more useful details to the Internet story of WW2 losses.