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BAINES, James
Gunner, 14234365, Royal Artillery, 1st Maritime Regiment serving as a DEMS gunner
16/08/1943, 29 years
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 80 Column 2
BAKER, Alfred
Flight Sergeant Engineer, 1087406, 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force VR
25/04/1944, 21 years
Durnbach War Cemetery Bayern Column Grave 7 J 12-15
BAKER, Jack
Flight Sergeant, 1354329, 143 Squadron, Royal Air Force VR
01/05/1943, 25 years
Blackburn Cemetery C/E M7200
BAMBER, Ernest

Lance Corporal, 3391555, 144th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
23/08/1944, 30 years
St Desir War Cemetery Calvados V F 7
BANCROFT, Kenneth Reeve

Sergeant Pilot, 1113921, 1404 Meteorological Flight, Royal Air Force VR
18/12/1942, 30 years
Runnymede Memorial Panel 77
BARHAM, Jack

Private, 474676, 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
12/03/1944
Beachy Head War Cemetery Anzio XXI F3
BARKER, Harry

Private, 3781341, 2/6th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment
04/01/1945, 34 years
Faenza War Cemetery VIII C 2
BARLOW, Fred

Rifleman, B/126350, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
18/07/1944, 30 years
Betteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Calvados XXVII F5
BARNES, George Norman
Corporal, 3320615, 5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
22/04/1945, 27 years
Becklingen War Cemetery Niedersachsen 7 H 3
BARNES, Hugh Preston
Corporal, D/36405, 11th (Home Defence) Battalion, Manchester Regiment
21/09/1945, 58 years
Blackburn Cemetery B N/C 547
BARON, Frank
Lieutenant, 256846, Royal Engineers
28/08/1944, 23 years
St Desir War Cemetery VI B10
BARRETT, Joseph
Gunner, 1801244, Royal Artillery
02/10/1943, 22 years
Yokohama War Memorial British Section AA 11
BARTON, George

Private, 3386518, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
15/01/1945, 25 years
Rangoon Memorial Face 12
BARTON, Robert

Corporal, 13090297, Pioneer Corps
03/08/1944, 40 years
Blackburn (Pleasington) Cemetery C 71
BATEMAN, Leonard

Craftsman, 14307311, Royal Electrical & Mechanic Engineers
22/06/1944, 20 years
Bayeux War Cemetery Calvados X C1
BATESON, John

Aircraftman, 533911, 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force
28/09/1939, 24 years
Runnymede Memorial Panel 2
BEARDWOOD, George

Sergeant, 526936, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force10/05/1940, 27 years
Gravenzande General Cemetery Zuid Holland-Column Grave
BEARDSWORTH, Henry
Gunner, 14373307, 107th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
31/07/1944, 20 years
Ranville War Cemetery Calvados IV C 15
BEATTIE, Thomas
Lance Bombardier, 1801362, 262nd Battery Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery
13/05/1945
Hamburg Cemetery 1A C 4
BEAUMONT, Alfred
Private, 2188368, 73rd Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
17/06/1940, 31 years
Dunkirk memorial Cemetery 149
BECKETT, Arthur
Aircraftman 2nd Class, 1689370, Royal Air Force VR
08/11/1942, 33 years
Blackburn Cemetery X C/E 281
BELL, Alan David
Guardsman, 2623944, Grenadier Guards
03/09/1944, 19 years
Lille South Cemetery Nord Plot 5 Row B Grave 19
BELL, Stanley Victor

Ordinary Telegraphist, P/JX220082, Royal Navy serving on HMS Barham
25/11/1941, 21 years
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 52 Column 3
BERESFORD, Charles
Sapper, 14337048, 295th Field Company, Royal Engineers
05/12/1944
Jonkerbos War Cemetery Gelderland 15 F 4
BEST, Ronald
Driver, T/14713211, Royal Army Service Corps
18/01/1947, 21 years
Hamburg Cemetery 3A M 4
BETTANEY, John William

Private, 4744357, 1st Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment
10/07/1943, 29 years
Syracuse War Cemetery II E 16
BIBBY, Patrick Joseph John
Gunner, 3386407, 5/3 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery
22/09/1942, 22 years
Chatham War Memorial Panel 67 Column 1
BICKERDIKE, William Lewis

Lieutenant, 293744, 161st Reconnaissance Corps RAC
28/07/1944, 20 years
Arezzo War Cemetery I A29
BILTCLIFFE, William Edward
Leading Aircraftman, 951259, Royal Air Force VR
04/10/1943, 25 years
Freetown King Tom Cemetery 5 E 8
BIRTWELL, Harold

Fusilier, 14573277, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
14/03/1944, 27 years
Beachy Head War Cemetery Anzio I E2
BIRTWISTLE, Frank

Private, 3713322, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
14/11/1942, 28 years
Alamein Memorial Column 55
BIRTWISTLE, Frank
Private
We are unable to confirm our identification of this man with the available information
BIRTWISTLE, Thomas

Warrant Officer Class II, 5050066, North Staffordshire Regiment attached 3/6th Battalion, King’s African Rifles
23/11/1944, 28 years
Rangoon War Cemetery 6 B 10
BLACKBURN, Stanley

Pilot Officer, 55647, 113 Wing, Royal Air Force
11/04/1944, 23 years
Georgetown Rabbit Walk Cemetery Grave 8
BLAND, Walter

Fusilier, 3386717, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
04/06/1944, 31 years
Tuakkyan War Cemetery 14 F3
BOLTON, Arthur
Gunner, 11051813, 249th Battery, Royal Artillery
05/10/1941, 19 years
Blackburn Cemetery XX C/E 2629
BOLTON, Harry

Gunner, 14234098, 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
12/05/1944, 36 years
Cassino War Cemetery Italy VIII C14
BOLTON, James

Guardsman, 2618801, Grenadier Guards
13/09/1944, 24 years
St Desir War Cemetery Calvados VI E5
BOLTON, James Alfred

Gunner, 1143705, 98th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
13/08/1944
Ramleh War Cemetery 5 G 1
BOLTON, Joseph
Signalman, 2348929, 4th Armoured Brigade Signal Section
14/11/1942, 22 years
Alamein Memorial Column 51
BOLTON, Stephen Whittaker

Sapper, 2018318, Royal Engineers
14/11/1942, 23 years
Alamein Memorial Column 46
BOOTH, Christopher

Stoker, P/KX115600, Royal Navy serving on HMS Gladiolus
21/10/1941, 19 years
Portsmouth Naval Memorial 56 Column 1
BOOTH, Edmund
Gunner, 950869, Royal Artillery
25/08/1942, 24 years
Blackburn Cemetery 1 C/E 5975
BOOTH, Norman

Private, 2185508, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
17/06/1940, 27 years
Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery Ille-et-Vilaine Section 18 Plot A Row A Grave 56
BOW, Malcolm

Fusilier, 3456420, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
07/04/1943, 28 years
Rangoon Memorial Face 11
BOYD, Albert
Sergeant, 3385839, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
05/02/1945, 27 years
St Sever Cemetery Ext. Rouen Block S Plot 1 Row G Grave 20
BOYLE, Douglas
Flight Lieutenant, 122350, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15/06/1944, 32 years
Melilla Cemetery Spanish Morocco Column Grave
BOYLE, James Francis Andrew

Private, 3388034, East Lancashire Regiment
19/11/1944, 25 years
Rangoon Memorial Face 12
BRADSHAW, James

Private, 4203661, 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
12/09/1943, 26 years
Solemo War Cemetery IV 8
BRADSHAW, William

Flight Sergeant, 1673635, 1662 HCU, Royal Air Force VR
01/09/1943, 20 years
Blackburn Cemetery Section X C/E 226
BRENNAND, Thomas Nicholson
Deck Boy, Merchant Navy (MV Stentor)
27/10/1942, 18 years
Tower Hill Memorial Panel 101
BRIDER, William
Private, 3389973, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
05/09/1944, 27 years
Kirkee War Cemetery 10 D10
BRINDLE, Richard
Private, 4394107, 5th Battalion (Green Howards), Yorkshire Regiment
01/08/1944, 32 years
Milan War Cemetery I D 13
BROAD, Thomas
Lance Sergeant, 3714360, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
31/05/1944, 27 years
Gauhati War Cemetery 1 G 26
BROOKS, James

Corporal, S/272813, Royal Army Service Corps
22/12/1943, 29 years
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery B 6 Y5
BROWN, Eric

Flight Lieutenant, 102143, 136 Squadron, Royal Air Force VR
15/02/1944, 35 years
Singapore Memorial Column 431
BROWN, John Raymond
Sergeant Pilot, 745568, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
30/10/1940, 20 years
Blackburn Cemetery Section J C/E Grave 11385
BROWN, John Wilson ‘Jack ‘
Stoker 2nd Class, D/KX13430, Royal Navy serving on HMS Scorpion
13/02/1942, 19 years
Plymouth Naval Memorial Plot 70 Col 3
BROWN, Richard
Sergeant, 978265, 18 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force VR
01/06/1942
Rheinberg War Cemetery Nordrhein-Westfalen Column 8 2 A 9-10
BROWNLOW, Ralph
Ordinary Seaman, C/JX373112, Royal Navy serving on HMS Welshman
01/02/1943, 25 years
Chatham Naval Memorial 70 2
BUCKLEY, Richard
Civilian
14/11/1940, 41 years
Coventry County Borough
BUCKLEY, Lizzie Lewis
Civilian
14/11/1940, 40 years
Coventry County Borough
BULLEN, Henry
Private, 6142388, 1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
30/05/1940, 21 years
Oostduinkerke Community Cemetery West Vlaanderen Row A Grave 2
BULLOCK, Eric
Motor mechanic, D/MX74652, Royal Navy serving on HMS Drake
21/04/1941, 20 years
Plymouth (Western Hill) Cemetery Sec C Cons Grave 17958
BURGESS, Edward James

Corporal, 321839, 12th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
06/06/1944, 27 years
Herouvillette New Community Cemetery Calvados Grave 5
BURNS, Robert

Lance Corporal, 2662886, Coldstream Guards
14/03/1945, 22 years
Blackburn Cemetery Pleasington Section J Grave 62
BURROW, John (Jack)

Sergeant, 551597, 77 Sqdn, Royal Air Force.
15/08/1940, 19 years
Fawley (All Saints) Churchyard, Old Portion. Row 2 Joint grave 9
BURROWS, Robert Brandwood

Flying Officer, 145033, 464 (RAAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force VR
06/10/1944, 33 years
Lille Southern Cemetery Nord Plot 6 Row C Grave 8
BURROWS, William Brandwood

Pilot Officer, 69423, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force
28/07/1941, 21 years
Runnymede Memorial Panel 21
BURTON, Edward George
Sergeant, 2696586, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
20/10/1944, 23 years
Castiglione South African Cemetery II E23
BURTON, Norman
Sergeant, 3458936, 143rd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
30/04/1943, 29 years
Blackburn Cemetery Section X C/E 246
BUSHELL, William – served as Wilcock

3rd Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy
20/07/1944
Malta Capuccini Naval Cemetery Section (Officers) Plot E Column Grave B
BYRNE, Brian
Lieutenant, 228385, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
18/01/1945, 23 years
Taukkyan War Cemetery 27 B 5
BYRNE, Grayham Bancroft
Sergeant, 1547072, 138 Squadron, Royal Air Force VR
19/07/1944, 21 years
Marigny-L’Eglise Communal Cemetery Column Grave 2
BYROM, Ernest
Gunner, 11007343, 508th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
19/06/1943, 32 years
Blackburn Cemetery Section J C/E 10551