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

875064 Gunner ROLAND KEITH WOOLFORD,
Initials: R K Nationality:
United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 12 Medium Regt.
Age: 26 Date of Death: 02/06/1947
Additional information: Son of Mrs. K. V. Woolford, of Basingstoke; grandson of Mrs. E. Woolford, of Basingstoke.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot A. Grave 53.
Cemetery: BASINGSTOKE (WORTING ROAD) CEMETERY

 

1071255 Sgt JOHN HENRY GOLDSBROUGH,
Initials: J H Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 61 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 35 Date of Death: 24/10/1942
Service No: 1071255 Additional information: Son of Margerett E. Goldsbrough, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; husband of Lily Goldsbrough, of Stockton-on-Tees.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. B. 28. Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

 

798024 GNR BRINLEY JONES,
Initials: B Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 4 Regt.
Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/12/1940
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 20. E. 6.
Cemetery: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

 

2516 Lieutenant Colonel GEOFFREY HERBERT SWIFT,
Initials: G H Nationality: United Kingdom
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 146 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 46 Date of Death: 10/07/1942
Awards: T D
Additional information: Son of Herbert Leeds Swift and Bertha Swift, of York. B.A. (Cantab.). Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot A. Grave 32.
Cemetery: BASINGSTOKE (WORTING ROAD) CEMETERY


Rob last four photos sent in a mixed batch along with some DLI cannot confirm photographer but user name of supplier is `Randolph`so thats the only credit I can give.

 

Name: WARREN, PETER GEORGE FRANCIS
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 21 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 18/09/1944
Service No: 1107291
Additional information: Son of Peter and Lydia Ann Warren; husband of Rose Bertha Warren, of South Tottenham, Middlesex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 16.
Cemetery: VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY

 

Thanks Jim

 

Commemorated at Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire

Gunner CLIFFORD REGINALD LOVETT

887566, 99 (The Royal Bucks.Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 20
on 27 May 1940
Son of Sarah Lovett, and stepson of Arthur Gomme, of Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire.
Remembered with honour
MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

 

Commemorated at Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire


Gunner DAVID ALAN CHARLES HOLMES

919517, 99 (The Royal Bucks.Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 20
on 27 May 1940
Son of William and Gertrude Holmes, of Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire; husband of Joan Holmes.
Remembered with honour
MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

 

Commemorated at Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire

Gunner DONALD FRANCIS BATTLE

1623234, 392 Bty., 48 Searchlight Regt., Royal Artillery
who died
on 15 March 1941

Remembered with honour
CHALFONT ST. PETER (ST. PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY

 

Commemorated at Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire

Lance Bombardier KENNETH EDWARD COLLIER

914186, 99 (The Royal Bucks.Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 27
on 27 May 1940
Son of Edward and Daisy Collier; husband of Myrtle Irene Collier, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour
HAVERSKERQUE BRITISH CEMETERY

 

Name: McEWAN, WILLIAM MACKAY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 127 Field Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 28/10/1944
Service No: 965009
Additional information: Son of James and Catherine McEwan, of Falkland, Fife. Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. B. 5.
Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: ASHER, JOHN
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 79 Field Regt.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 08/11/1944
Service No: 1149206
Additional information: Son of John Asher and of Catherine Asher (nee MacKinnon), of Auldearn, Nairnshire, husband of Florence Asher (nee Sinclair).
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. B. 21.
Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

 

3 men of 247 Battery, 62 Anti-Tank Regiment were killed on a night patrol.

Name: BROWN, JOHN LITTLE
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 62 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 17/01/1945
Service No: 1087963
Additional information: Son of James and Eleanor Brown; husband of Grace Queenie Brown, of Watford, Hertfordshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 134.
Cemetery: ST. ANNALAND GENERAL CEMETERY



Name: CALLAN, EDWARD
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 62 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 17/01/1945
Service No: 14607452
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Ann McManus Callan. of Baillieston, Lanarkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 135.
Cemetery: ST. ANNALAND GENERAL CEMETERY



Name: RAPLEY, VICTOR STANLEY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 62 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 17/01/1945
Service No: 999223
Additional information: Son of Horace Richard and Grace Rapley, of Greenwich, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 133.
Cemetery: ST. ANNALAND GENERAL CEMETERY



The 3 men together



A special memorial to the 3 who were killed.



The war dairy of 247 Battery, 62 AT Regt which recorded the circumstances of their deaths.

 

Name: THICKNESSE, HENRY JOHN ANTHONY
Initials: H J A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Brigadier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Secondary Regiment: General Staff
Secondary Unit Text: and Commands and Staff
Age: 44
Date of Death: 23/10/1944
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of John Audley Thicknesse and Phyllis Margaret Thicknesse, husband of Joyce Margaret Thicknesse, of West Wickham, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 3.
Cemetery: DORDRECHT GENERAL CEMETERY

 

Name: WHEELER, LEONARD SYDNEY GEORGE
Initials: L S G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14268701
Additional information: Son of Sydney Percival and Alice Maud Wheeler, of Welling, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 33.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY

 

Name: LOWMAN, PERCY
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14247784
Additional information: Son of William and Ellen Lowman, of Kingswood, Bristol.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 32.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY

 

Name: GROOMBRIDGE, STANLEY HERBERT JAMES
Initials: S H J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14651007
Additional information: Son of George and Ellen Groombridge; husband of Phyllis Beatrice Groombridge, of Wallington, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 31.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY

 

Name: BROWES, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14259909
Additional information: Son of Ernest and Sarah Browes; husband of Maggie Browes, of Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 30.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY

 

Name: MONK, HENRY MARTIN
Initials: H M
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 7 Bty., 2 Field Regt.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: K/12078
Additional information: Son of Henry and Bertha Monk; husband of Marjorie Monk, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 29.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY



Rob,

I know he is from the Royal Canadian Artillery, but I did also post his headstone and records, as they all five died at 20 May 1945. I wonder what happened to these men. At 20 May 1945, the war was already over for about two weeks. Zwartewaal was, at the moment of the armistice, far beyond the frontline in German occupied territory. So they can't have died of wounds in a field hospital. Perhaps an accident?

 

Thanks for those Peter. Dordrecht was on my list to do last month, but I ran out of time.