Friday, 23 February 2018

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

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