Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery - Roll of Honour, 1939-47

Name: ROLLINSON, WILLIAM HENRY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 203 Bty., 68 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 07/08/1944
Service No: 11269961
Additional information: Son of Herbert Rollinson and of Emily F. E. Rollinson (nee Frame); husband of Beatrice D. Rollinson, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXII. E. 15.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Remembered Ware,Hertfordshire

Gunner BENJAMIN JOHN HOLTBY

974532, 124 Field Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 22
on 29 September 1942
Son of Albert and Lily Holtby, of Ware, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

 

Remembered Ware,Hertfordshire

Gunner ERNEST CHARLES LUCK

11407392, 226 Bty., 101 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 23
on 18 April 1945
Son of Alfred and Sarah Elizabeth Luck, of Ware, Hertfordshire; husband of Gladys M. Luck, of Ware.
Remembered with honour
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

 

Remembered Ware,Hertfordshire

Gunner ERNEST WILLIAM CHAPPELL

14271774, Royal Artillery
attd. 301 Field Regt., East African Artillery
who died age 22
on 12 February 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Chappell, of Ware, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour
EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL

 

Remembered Ware,Hertfordshire

Gunner JOHN WILLIAM THOMAS WRIGHT

14270126, 1 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 21
on 08 July 1945
Son of George William Thomas Wright and Mary Ann Wright, of Ware, Hertfordshire. His brother Sidney Charles also died on service.
Remembered with honour
PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: ROONEY, ALFRED
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/06/1944
Service No: 1135258
Additional information: Son of Alfred and Eunice Rooney, of Ancoats, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. H. 12.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: RUSSELL, FRANK GEORGE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 84 Medium Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 15/08/1944
Service No: 865722
Additional information: Son of William and Florence Elizebeth Russell; husband of Amy Russell, of Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 24.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SAGGERS, ALBERT EDWARD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 25 Field Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/07/1944
Service No: 14244743
Additional information: Son of Herbert Leonard and Julia Saggers, of Roydon, Hertfordshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 5.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SANKEY, SAMUEL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 03/08/1944
Service No: 1156894
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Harriet Sankey, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Mary Sankey, of Oldham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. C. 2.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: SAWYER, VICTOR ALBERT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 112 (7th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 31/07/1944
Service No: 14305626
Additional information: Son of Harry and Elsie Sawyer, of Alresford, Hampshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 7.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SHARP, WILLIAM HENRY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 7 Field Regt.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 08/08/1944
Service No: 4751485
Additional information: Son of James and Hannah Maria Sharp, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Elizabeth Ann Sharp, of Bradford.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. F. 5.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SHERBORNE, PERCY FREDERICK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 5 Maritime Regt.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 10/06/1944
Service No: 6471772
Additional information: Son of Frank Henry and Florence Sherborne.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. M. 4.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SIM, ROBERT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 185 Field Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 18/06/1944
Service No: 1122927
Additional information: Son of James and Mary A. Sim, of Burnbank, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIV. F. 5.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SIMPSON, ZACCHARUS ERNEST
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 107 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Service No: 1529500
Additional information: Husband of Kathleen N. Simpson, of Beckenham, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 6.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: SERGEANT, VICTOR GEORGE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 53 Medium Regt.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 08/07/1940
Service No: 895990
Additional information: Son of George E. Sergeant and Edith F. Sergeant, of Wood Green.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 34.
Cemetery: TOTTENHAM CEMETERY

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Name: SPARKS, WILLIAM THOMAS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 68 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 11/08/1944
Service No: 1432405
Additional information: Son of William Thomas Sparks and Anne Sparks; husband of Beatrice Helen Sparks, of Halfway Houses, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXIII. F. 23.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: STARK, PETER ANTHONY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Age: 22
Date of Death: 12/09/1944
Service No: 5126694
Additional information: Son of Walter Harold and Nellie Eliza Stark, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 7.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: STARKS, CYRIL JOHN RICHARD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Unit
Text: 75 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 06/08/1944
Service No: 1465108
Additional information: Son of Edward Alfred and Lily Tilly Starks; husband of Ellen Elizabeth Starks, of Whiston, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. B. 16.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: STIRLING, HUGH MURDOCH
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 16/06/1944
Service No: 1464802
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Stirling, of Glasgow; husband of Ivy Hilda Stirling, of Bridgeton, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. B. 23.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY