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Dedication Wall
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Let those who come after see to it that these people be honoured and their hardships not forgotten
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Cyril Kenneth Miller
ASDIC Rating
1926 - 2014
Grandad, known as Ken or "Dusty", served in the Royal Navy during WW2, including taking part in the Arctic Convoys. None of us will really know what his young eyes saw or what horrors he experienced but we will never forget what he did.
Submitted by: Sarah Searle
Richard Down
Royal Armoured Corps, Trooper, Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
My Great Uncle Richard Down died aged 24 on 30.5.42, Husband of Violet May Down, Middlesex. Brother of my Great nan Florence Down (nee Bolding).
Lost his life for future generations.
Submitted by: Julie Wratten
Sidney Harding
12th Battalion South Wales Borderers/ Private
Son of George & Ann Harding of Aylesbury Road, Wendover, Bucks.
Died 11th March 1917,aged 23. Killed in action near Clery-sur-Somme, France, when the HQ he was in received a direct hit by enemy mortar.
We shall remember him.
Submitted by: Graham Pare
Calum Iain (Malcolm John) Monk
Pvt.
In memory of Calum Iain Monk, A Lovat Scout, wounded in battle in Salerno, Italy, returned to Redford Barracks Edinburgh and returned to Italy. Trained in Whistler, Canada. Fought Monte Casino, Salerno and Normandy. d.1997. Falkirk, Pic-Balmoral '44
Submitted by: Peter Hamilton
George Fielding Parkinson
Captain, 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
My grand father. Fallen hero from the battle of Normandy, died July 16th 1944, aged 31. I never knew you, but i carry you in my heart.
Burial:
Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery
Basse-Normandie,
Submitted by: Tracy Parkinson
Edward Thomas Harding
1st Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry/ Private
Son of George & Ann Harding of Aylesbury Road, Wendover, Bucks.
Enlisted on 31st December 1907, aged just 19.
Died on or about the 20th June 1916, in captivity following the Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
We will remember him.
Submitted by: Graham Pare
George Fielding Parkinson
Captain, 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
My grand father. Fallen hero from the battle of Normandy, died July 16th 1944, aged 31. I never knew you, but i carry you in my heart.
Burial:
Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery
Basse-Normandie,
Submitted by: Tracy Parkinson
Richard James Chapman
6145793 Private 1st Btn Easy Surrey Regiment
Loving husband of Winnifred and father of Robert & Peter. Died age 26 burried with those he fought beside, gone but never forgotten.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them
Submitted by: Richard Chapman
James Francis Mullen
Corporal Royal Marines
WW2 Royal Marines - Europe, North Africa/Italy. Attached to 8th Army on LD Convoys behind enemy lines. All that you did may never be known, you rarely spoke about it & still secret. God bless men like you who sacrificed your youth for our freedom
Submitted by: Eileen Seal
David Griffiths
Lance Corporal, 13977 Royal Welsh Fusiliers; 24/08/1918 age 24. KIA Battle of Albert, Flanders.
David, my grandfather's brother, fought in several great battles of WW1. He never came home to his family in Glanamman, S Wales and is buried at Longuevalle in France. I wish I had his photograph but my father, born 4 years later is named after him.
Submitted by: Lynne Grey
Thomas Henderson
Private, ist Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Thomas was one of five brothers to serve in the Great War and the older brother of three who died in the conflict, and the first to fall. Thomas was killed in action on 15.07.1915 at Dardanelles. His name shall live forevermore. Rest in Peace.
Submitted by: Laura Butler
Richard Down
Royal Armoured Corps, Trooper. Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
To my Great Uncle, Husband of Violet May Down, of North London. Brother of my Great Grandmother Flo Bolding (nee Down).
Died age 24 in Middle East.
Gave his life for the next generations.
Submitted by: Julie Wratten
Richard Down
Royal Armoured Corps, Trooper. Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
To my Great Uncle, Husband of Violet May Down, of North London. Brother of my Great Grandmother Flo Bolding (nee Down).
Died age 24 in Middle East.
Gave his life for the next generations.
Submitted by: Julie Wratten
David Cairncross Johnstone
Black Watch Royal Highlanders 4th Bn Lance Corporal 3598
In memory of Great Uncle David who died on the 23rd October 1916 in France and whose name is on the Thiepval Memorial which I visited back in 2006. I also placed a cross on the Memorial Wall at the local Black Watch museum. Lest We Forget.
Submitted by: Lesley Wale