Liverpool Blitz

During World War Two , Liverpool and Merseyside was heavily bombed . A series of enemy raids in May became infamous as the May blitz when Liverpool city centre was destroyed .

Throughout this ordeal the citizens of Liverpool and Merseyside continued to go about their daily lives many volunteering for the emergency services it was these citizens serving in the A.R.P. and Auxiliary Fire Service that bore the brunt of these raids .

Dunkirk casualties June 1940

In the early part of June 1940 the British Expeditionary Force withdrew to the channel ports , Dunkirk became the most famous of them . I have identified some of the men from Liverpool and Merseyside who became casualties in the evacuation .

Gunner John Teed 828996  Royal Artillery  k.i.a. 10/6/1940  he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 15

Sergeant P J Hamilton  4124694 Cheshire Regiment  k.i.a. 29/5/1940  he is buried at Coxyde Military cemetery VI . A . 1.

Private Leslie Holt 4915288  East Lancashire Regiment k.i.a. 1/6/1940 he is buried at Warhem Communal cemetery A.13.

Sapper William Jones 2183179  Royal Engineers k.i.a. 3/6/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 26

Sapper H Valient 2184329 Royal Engineers k.i.a. 3/6/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 28

Lance Corporal R.F.Cross 3650580 Royal Engineers k.i.a. 3/6/1940 he is buried at Ste Marie cemetery Le Havre 67. B. 6.

Trooper J Small  7899761 10 Hussars k.i.a. 8/6/1940 he is buried at St Pierre du Vauvray communal cemetery G 5

Private G Niblock 5674256  2/5 Queen's Regiment k.i.a. 16/6/1940  he is buried at Etaples Military cemetery 69 . B . 2 . 

Telegraphist J J Garner D/MDX2065  H.M.Trawler Argyllshire k.i.a. 1/6/1940 he is remembered at the Plymouth Naval memorial Panel 44 Column 1

Lance Corporal F Attwood  Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is buried at Dunkirk Town cemetery Plot 2 Row 18 Grave 10

Private A Callaghan 3449781  Lancashire Fusiliers  k.i.a. 31/5/1940-30/6/1940 he is buried at Malo les Bains communal cemetery Plot 2 Row A Grave 29

Private E E Davies 2191495 Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial Column 150

Private J Evans S/73506 Royal Army Ordinance Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 140

Gunner A Kavanagh 876533 Royal Artillery k.i.a. 1/6/1940  he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 12

Private C Maylor 7613358 Royal Army Ordinance Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is buried at Rennes Eastern Communal cemetery 18 . 1 . A .

Sapper F G Britt 311142 Royal Engineers k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is buried at Rennes Eastern Communal cemetery 18. 1.A

Able Seaman G Young P/KXT6367  H.M.S. Acasta  k.i.a. 8/6/1940 he is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval memorial Panel 41 Column 3

Private J Grice S/97531 Royal Army Service Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is buried at Le Clion sur Mer Communal cemetery collective grave 4

Private J H Worrall S/105368 Royal Army Service Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940 he is buried at Yves Communal cemetery G 4

Private T H Hulks  3519172  Manchester Regiment k.i.a. 9/6/1940  he is buried at Etaples Military cemetery 46 . B . 18 .

Private J Tynan 13003783 Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps k.i.a. 17/6/1940  he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial Column 154

Private R Moth 4185388 Royal Welch Fusiliers k.i.a. 10/6/1940  he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial Column 53

Private S T Roberts 3713181 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment  k.i.a. 1/6/1940  he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial Column 39

Sapper W H Murphy 2185326  Royal Engineers k.i.a. 3/6/1940 he is buried at Ste Marie cemetery Le Havre 67 . A. G9

Dunkirk casualties May 1940

The France and Belgium campaign 1939-40 began with the " phoney war " and ended with the withdrawal from Dunkirk . Many men from Liverpool and Merseyside were engaged in this campaign I have identified some of the casualties from May 1940 as reported in the Evening Express newspaper .

Captain Kenneth Lucking  4/ Cheshire regiment k.i.a. 19/5/1940 he is buried at Isieres communal cemetery collective grave 1 - 9

Fusilier James Cunningham 3773698 1/6 Lancashire Fusiliers k.i.a. 24/5/1940 he is buried at Tournai communal cemetery allied extension VI . A . 15 

Private George Robert Armstrong 3652944 1/ South Lancashire regiment k.i.a 29/5/1940  he is buried at De Panne communal cemetery Plot 3 Row A Grave 26

Major George Allan Cromwell Royal Engineers k.i.a. 28/5/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial Column 20

Fusilier Thomas Jones 3774302 Royal Irish Fusiliers k.i.a. 24/5/1940 he is buried at Annelin communal cemetery 4 A

Private Ernest Coller  5108883 Royal Warwickshire regiment k.i.a. 21/5/1940 he is buried at Hollain churchyard Row E Grave 2

Gunner James Lunt  934340 Royal Artillery k.i.a. 26/5/1940 he is buried at Nieukerke churchyard Plot 2 Row A Grave 6 

Private Gerard Mooney 4458481 9/ Durham Light Infantry k.i.a. 10/5/1940 - 23/5/1940 he is buried at Bulskamp churchyard Grave 3

Private Arthur Kirby 4124433 Cheshire regiment k.i.a 28/5/1940 - 23/6/1940 he is buried at Ledringhem churchyard Row A Grave 12

Private Edward Frank Corby 5049637 k.i.a. 27/5/1940 - 4/6/1940 he is buried at Comines communal cemetery British plot Grave 25 

2Lt George Weightman Glosters k.i.a. 29/5/1940 he is buried at Cassel communal cemetery Row C Grave 6

Private Leslie Cohen 6088564 Queen's Regiment k.i.a. 26/5/1940 he is buried at Meteren Mont du Cats communal cemetery Grave 2

Private Harry Arnold 5110254 Royal Warwickshire Regiment k.i.a. 22/5/1940 he is buried at Esquelbec military cemetery Grave 3

Private Thomas Donegan 1918068 Royal Engineers  k.i.a. 31/5/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 24

Private William Hewitt  5049734 North Staffordshire Regiment  k.i.a. 10/5/1940 - 4/6/1940 he is buried at Oosterverne Wood cemetery VI . AA . 9 .

Private Stanley Devonport 4458381  Durham Light Infantry  k.i.a. 26/5/1940 he is buried at Lille Southern cemetery 6 . A . 6 .

Private Robert Hough 3654673 South Lancashire Regiment  k.i.a. 29/5/1940  he is buried at Beveren Ijzer churchyard Grave 2

Private Henry Badger 3655424 South Lancashire Regiment k.i.a. 22/5/1940 he is buried at Heverlee war cemetery 7 . A . 3 .

Private Peter Carroll 3654460 South Lancashire Regiment k.i.a. 29/5/1940 he is buried at Oostdunkerke cemetery communal grave C Row G . 154

Private James Hore 3771109 East Lancashire Regiment k.i.a. 22/5/1940 he is buried at Tournai communal cemetery allied extension VI . A . 2  Private James Connor  3766984 South Lancashire Regiment k.i.a. 20/5/1940 he is buried at Adeghem Canadian war cemetery V . AA . 2

Trooper Thomas Lohrenz  782227 Royal Armoured Corps  k.i.a. 25/5/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 3

Gunner Herbert Taylor 896378  Royal Artillery  k.i.a 21/5/1940  he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 15

Corporal Alan Moorhouse 7885636 Royal Tank Regiment k.i.a. 21/5/1940 he is buried at Dunkirk town cemetery Plot 2 Row 7 Grave 47

Gunner Charles Ponting 794147 Royal Artillery k.i.a. 28/5/1940 he is remembered at the Dunkirk memorial column 14

Gunner Anthony White 886291 Royal Artillery k.i.a. 21/5/1940 he is buried at Lille southern cemetery Plot 5 Row E Grave 39

Private James Walters 7599995 Royal Army Ordanance Corps k.i.a. 27/5/1940  he is buried at St James' cemetery Dover Row H Grave 25

Lieutenant Marmaduke Blenner Hassett R.N.V.R.  H.M.S. Greyhound k.i.a. 25/5/1940 he is buried at St James' cemetery Dover Row E Grave 3

Pilot Officer Arnold Wilson R.A.F. k.i.a. 31/5/1940 he is buried at Eringhem churchyard 21.G.2

Captain Lord Frederick Cambridge k.i.a. 15/5/1940 he is buried at Heverlee war cemetery II . D . 3 .

Driver Frank Dunn T/69617 Royal Army Service Corps k.i.a. 4/5/1940 he is buried at Douai communal cemetery Row J Grave 4