Roll of Honour - Ruardean section WW2 (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, December 12, 2008, 01:52 (5920 days ago) @ slowhands

Second World War:

William Roger Bennett, R249229 Marconi Man, Merchant Marine, Special Ops for Liberation of Europe, torpedoed on the tanker Javanese Prince, May 20, 1941.

Gerald Brain, Royal Service Corps, India and Far East, 1944-47.

Leslie Joseph Brain, 25, Gunner 1533866, Royal Artillery, April 1943, War Grave.

Ronald J Brain, 30, 14745159, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1946, War Grave.

River Jordon Davis, wounded June 1940, 5th Glosters in the British Expedition Force, Dunkirk.

Stanley William Edward Davies, 28, 6028580 Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion, died June 30, 1943, possibly Chungkai War Cemetery.

Geoffrey Howard Duberley, 36, Cpl 7523598 Royal Army Medical Corps, 63 Field Hygiene Section, died March 12, 1944, Johannesburg Cemetery.

Hubert Evans, 1409929 Leading Aircraftman, RAF, 1941-46, served abroad in various countries, born The Pludds.

Allen Fisher, Gunner Royal Navy J105686, Able Seaman on HMS Impregnable, aboard HMS Rodney during sinking of Bismarck, May 27, 1941.

John Cornelius Gardiner, Gunner 1534021, Royal Artillery, 1939-46, served France, Holland and El Alamein.

Reginald George Gardiner, Gunner 1097302, Royal Artillery, motor transport communications dispatch rider, 1939-45.

Merrick George, Capt, Tank Corps.

Harold Hale, Dorset Regiment.

Merlin Hale, 10th Glosters.

Ben Harper, prisoner of war, Tobruk, Libya, June 2, 1942.

Arthur Ronald Jones, Maj, Royal Artillery.

Hector Jones, Royal Flying Corps First World War, RAF in Second World War.

Henry Daniel John Jones, Cpl, Royal Veterinary Corps and Military Police, restricted airfield construction 1941-45 then Germany.

Bruce Knight, RAF, India.

Donald Merrick Knight, 20, 14518940, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, killed in action July 1,1944, St Manvieu Cemetery, Cheux.

William Knight, Leading Aircraftsman, RAF, 1939-45.

Garth Miles, REME, 1940-45.

Douglas Robert John Pritchard, 2017293 Royal Engineers, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Italy France and Holland, 1940-46.

Arthur Robinson, RAF, escaped from Singapore.

William Isaac Robinson, 923366, RAF, Service Medal, 1939-45.

Sidney Reid, Pte 5186744, 1st Glosters, fought Japanese during their retreat from Mingaladon close to Rangoon, Burma, to Assam and India.

Nimrod Stephens, Guardsman 2665795 Coldstream Guards, died October 7, 1944, Faenza War Cemetery, lived Highbeech, Ruardean.

Robert John Williams, Seaman JX 326133, March 18, 1942 to June 1946, HMS Eland, Cinderhill House, Ruardean

Ralph Thomas Roy Watkins, Trooper 14248076, Royal Armoured Corps 108th 1/5 Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action.

Luke Alfred Wilce, 14610140, 1/5 Welch Regiment, killed in action August 12, 1944, buried Banneville-La-Campagne.

Albert Edward Wilks, Sapper 2132323, Royal Engineers, 756 Field Company, killed in action.

Wilfred Yemm, Shropshire Light Infantry.

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