65th WW2 Deaths

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ANDREWS, FREDERICK
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 31/08/1942
Service No: 1104121
Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. G. 2. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

BALLARD, ERNEST BENJAMIN
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 258 Bty., 65 Field Regt.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Air Force
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 655 A.O.P. Sqdn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 18/05/1943
Service No: 72398
Additional information: Son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann Ballard; husband of Kathleen Florence Ballard, of Wokingham, Berkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. A. Grave 1380. HORNCHURCH CEMETERY

BAYLISS, ARCHIBALD
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 08/11/1943
Service No: 1123414
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Sarah Bayliss, of Liverpool.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIX. C. 23. CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

BELCHER, REGINALD JOHN
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 19/05/1940
Service No: 894522
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 10. DUNKIRK MEMORIAL

BENNETT, RUPERT ARTHUR
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 03/03/1944
Service No: 855210
Additional information: Son of William and Emily Bennett; husband of Kathleen N. Bennett, of Newport, Isle of Wight.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. M. 6. NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

BLAKE, ALFRED
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 30/10/1942
Service No: 1078815
Additional information: Son of Alfred Henry and Lily Blake, of Sheffield.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 12. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

BOKEN, PATRICK
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Date of Death: 29/02/1944
Service No: 1132240
Additional information: Son of James and Mary Kate Boken; husband of Elizabeth Boken, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. A. 4. BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

BOWEN, LESLIE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: between 29/05/1940 and 04/06/1940
Service No: 941811
Additional information: Son of Ernest and Ellen Bowen, of Northampton.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 2. Row B. Grave 36. MALO-LES-BAINS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

BOWER, JAMES
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 09/12/1944
Service No: 816789
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Bower, of Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I, A, 19. FORLI WAR CEMETERY

BRINDLEY, JAMES BERNARD
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 26/04/1943
Service No: 1132242
Additional information: Son of George and Hellen Brindley, of Glossop, Derbyshire; husband of Leonora Alice Brindley, of Glossop.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. E. 7. ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

BURKIN, SYDNEY
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 25/01/1944
Service No: 777205
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Burkin; husband of Annie Burkin, of Leadgate, Co. Durham.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II, H, 14. MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

BURTON, REGGIE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 04/10/1944
Service No: 949601
Additional information: Son of Alfred and Kate Burton, of Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI, B, 11. CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

CARSLAW, ALBERT
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 17/02/1944
Service No: 14349922
Additional information: Foster-son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carlin; husband of Annie Carslaw, of Barrhead, Renfrewshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III, M, 11. ANZIO WAR CEMETERY

CLAYDON, ERNEST WILLIAM
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Date of Death: 14/11/1944
Service No: 1126432
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI, D, 10. CESENA WAR CEMETERY

COGGER, ROBERT SEWEL
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 23/05/1940
Service No: 74138
Additional information: Son of Robert Cogger and of Gertrude Frances Cogger (nee Buttifant-Sewel); husband of Dulcie Cogger, of Bromley, Kent.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 3. Row B. Grave 36. OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL

COLES, PERCY EDWIN
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 24/04/1943
Service No: 1112066
Additional information: Husband of Lilian Ada Coles, of Ilford, Essex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 20. ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

COLLINS, WILLIAM JESSE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 06/09/1944
Service No: 1130436
Additional information: Son of George and May Susan Jane Collins, of Worcester.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II, B, 41. GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

CRANHAM, CECIL EDWARD
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 10/09/1942
Service No: 1134027
Additional information: Son of Frederick Charles and Lucy Kate Cranham, of Arundel, Sussex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVI. C. 9. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

CRATCHLEY, THOMAS
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 31/08/1942
Service No: 857656
Additional information: Son of Charles and Mary Cratchley; husband of Lydia Rhoda Cratchley, of Catford, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. H. 25. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

CRIPPS, LAURENCE AUGUSTIN
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 19/05/1940
Service No: 885883
Additional information: Son of Augustin Robert and Alice Maud Cripps, of Woolwich, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 38. OUDENAARDE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

DAVIES, VINCENT
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 14505132
Additional information: Son of William and Annie Davies, of Caergwrle, Denbighshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I, E, 35. GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

DODD, JOHN CHARLES
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 21/01/1944
Service No: 14512693
Additional information: Son of Hector Donald and Barbara Dodd, of Handbridge, Chester.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III, B, 20. MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

DRABBLE, DAVID WILLIAM
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 22/03/1943
Service No: 143772
Additional information: Son of Arthur Brownell Drabble, and of Josephine Drabble, of Bayswater, London. B.A. (Cantab.): Trinity College.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 6. Memorial: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL

EDWARDS, LEONARD
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/03/1944
Service No: 1118508
Additional information: Son of John and Sarah Hannah Edwards, of Ardwick, Manchester.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. A. 9. BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

EVANS, TEGWYN
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 16/10/1943
Service No: 897067
Additional information: Son of H. and Mary Jane Evans, of Cefn Mawr, Denbighshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV, F, 6. MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

FORBES, HUGH THOMAS CHRISTOPHER
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 257 Bty., 65 Field Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 13/03/1943
Service No: 1130883
Additional information: Son of Thomas Forbes, and of Annie Forbes, of Aberdeen.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. D. 16. SFAX WAR CEMETERY

GAIGER, ALBERT THOMAS
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/09/1943
Service No: 1132121
Additional information: Son of Alfred James Gaiger and Harriet Hannah Gaiger, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 28. SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

GIBBS, THOMAS EDWARD
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 09/05/1943
Service No: 770902
Additional information: Son of Thomas Lawley Gibbs and Ruth Gibbs; husband of Emily Elizabeth Gibbs, of Lee, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 24. ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

GILLARD, JAMES FREDERICK
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 07/02/1944
Service No: 882833
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gillard, of Bedford.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2. CASSINO MEMORIAL

GOLD, RODNEY WYMAN
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 24/02/1944
Service No: 89362
Additional information: Son of Maj. Guy Gilbey Gold and Maud Mary Gold, of Shalford, Essex; husband of Rosemary Gold, of Tadcaster, Yorkshire. M.A. (Cantab.).
Grave/Memorial Reference: IA. A. 3. BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

GRAY, REGINALD THOMAS
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 01/09/1942
Service No: 895061
Additional information: Son of Thomas Johnson Gray and Violet Beatrice Gray; husband of Joan Lucie Gray, of West Dulwich, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. G. 5. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

GRIFFITHS, VERNON SPENCER
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 39
Date of Death: 29/05/1940
Service No: 1044167
Additional information: Son of William Henry and Florence Leah Griffiths; husband of Ivy Maria Griffiths, of Brighton, Sussex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 5. Row B. Grave 4. LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

HANSON, ARTHUR RICHARD
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 31/08/1942
Service No: 814066
Additional information: Son of Charles Richard and Maggie Florence Hanson, of Greenwich, London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. G. 14. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

HEARN, FRANK WALTER
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 06/05/1943
Service No: 1134003
Additional information: Son of George and Bertha Hearn; husband of Edith Mary Hearn, of Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 23. ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

HEWARD, PHILIP FRANCIS
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 11/09/1944
Service No: 164959
Additional information: Son of Harold and Grace Heward; husband of Elizabeth Heward, of Selsdon, Surrey.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I, A, 57. GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

HOLLIDAY, HARRY MARCHANT
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 28/02/1944
Service No: 203987
Additional information: Son of E. James and May Elizabeth Holliday, of Sevenoaks, Kent.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 4. BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

HOME, JOHN GEOFFREY WYVILLE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 445 Bty., 65 Field Regt.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 31/08/1944
Service No: 902286
Additional information: Son of Geoffrey Wyville Home and Ethel Constance Home.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II, B, 4. GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

INCH, ALEC
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: between 29/05/1940 and 30/06/1940
Service No: 934211
Additional information: Son of Ernest William and Harriett Ethel Inch, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 2. Row B. Grave 34. MALO-LES-BAINS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

JONES, DANIEL MORGAN RHYS
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 445 Bty., 65 Field Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 16/10/1943
Service No: 67597
Additional information: Son of Owen Davies Jones and Mary Anne Jones; husband of Mary Jones, of East Croydon, Surrey. A.C.I.I.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV, F, 5. MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

KAY, HARRY
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 08/05/1943
Service No: 864127
Additional information: Son of Harry and Mary Winifred Kay; husband of Marjorie Hetty Kay, of Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 19. ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

KINDNESS, GEORGE DAVIDSON
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/09/1943
Service No: 896137
Additional information: Son of Maggie Kindness, and stepson of Robert Mitchell, of Montrose, Angus.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 23. SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

LAWES, REGINALD JAMES
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 22/03/1943
Service No: 993875
Additional information: Son of Harry and Rosa Lawes.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 7. MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL

LEVERTON, GORDON THOMAS GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 09/04/1944
Service No: 14334525
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Constance Leverton, of Devonport.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 12. NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

LIDDLE, GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Date of Death: 27/02/1944
Service No: 1132585
Additional information: Son of George and Janet Small Liddle, of Leith, Edinburgh; husband of Isabella Liddle, of Edinburgh.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 5. BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

LISTER, ALFRED
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 65 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 16/01/1944
Service No: 4698579
Additional information: Son of Bertie and Emily Lister, of Eccleshill, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II, G, 5. MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

LOWNDES, HERBERT LESLIE
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 445 Bty., 65 Field Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 04/12/1942
Service No: 933496
Additional information: Son of Herbert and Hannah Lowndes, of Romily, Cheshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIX. D. 23. EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

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