They Shall Grow Not Old – Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
1 Rowland Farthing
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981482
Date: 08.12.1942 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Sergeant Farthing was the son of Fred and Annie Farthing of Grimsby. His death is recorded on a date when the battalion was travelling by road at night from Bone to Souq el-Khamis in Tunisia. The journey started at 11pm on 7 December and was completed at 5am on 8 December. The diaries record that a carrier operated by 14 platoon drove off the road and fell 50 feet down a mountain side and there were 14 casualties but no deaths. This information may have been outdated if Farthing had died of his injuries later in the day without the knowledge of the author of the diaries.
4 Richard Clutterbuck
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981938
Date: 11.12.1942 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Rifleman Clutterbuck was the son of Harry and Winifred May of Portskewett, Monmouthshire in Wales.
20 William Farnan
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7012407
Date: 31.12.1942 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Farnan was the son of William and Jean Farnan of Higher Broughton, Salford.
21 Frank Lunn
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6475959
Date: 03.01.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Lunn was killed during a patrol commanded by Lieutenant McCaldin which started on the night of 2 January when the battalion was based in around Goubellat. The patrol was ordered to probe west and to harass, ambush and inflict casualties on German Forces. It was spotted and attacked at around 230am on 4 January. Lunn was shot and died.
22 Robert Carruthers
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 180162
Date: 04.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Dely Ibrahim, Algeria
Lt Carruthers, who was 6 Innisks’ Adjutant and intelligence officer, was hit in the head in a ME 109 attack on the car he was travelling in with the Skins’ commanding officer Lieutenant Terence Macartney-Filgate on the road between El-Aroussa and Bou Arada at 830am on 20 December 1942. He died of his wounds 15 days later at the Thibar dressing station. Macartney-Filgate recovered from his wounds, occupied staff positions and was awarded an OBE in 1945. Carruthers lived in Katesbridge County Down with his wife Doris. His parents were Lieutenant-Commander Robert Carruthers of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and Rose Carruthers of Blindley Heath Surrey.
23 Charles McKee
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 235692
Date: 04.01.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Lieutenant McKee led a patrol dispatched at the same time as that led by Lieutenant McCaldin on the night of 2 January. He was reported overdue at 7am on 5 January. The war diaries record that he and his whole patrol including 20 other ranks “must be considered captured”. McKee had been in fact killed on the night of 4 January in one of the incidents that night. He was the son of Phineas and Helen McKee.
25 Joseph Wilfred Francis Green
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983562
Daate: 06.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
A member of A Company and a bren-gunner, Lance Corporal Joseph (Dodger) Green had used up all his ammunition in a patrol action around Goubellat on 6 January. According to a wounded survivor of the action, Green stood with grenades in both hands “hurling abuse at his assailants in between pulling the pins of the grenades with his teeth. Still defiant, Green inevitably to enemy fire.” Page 23, Chapter 2, Clear the Way by Richard Doherty, 1993. He was the son of Francis and Lydia Green of Burton-on-Trent.
26 Alfred Moore
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7020719
Date: 07.01.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
27 John Varty
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986135
Date: 09.01.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Thibar Seminary, Tunisia
28 John Andrews
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 140028
Date: 10.01.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Lieutenant Andrews of C Company was killed at around 1000 when a truck exploded, presumably as a result of bombing. Corporal Christie was injured in the eye in the same incident. Andrews was the son of Sydney and Jessie Andrews of Kettering Northamptonshire.
29 George Beggs
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6979800
Date: 10.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Beggs was buried on 10 January at 1500. He was killed in the same incident as Lieutenant Andrews (above).
36 Desmond Warren
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 233251
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: Place of burial: Massicault
Lt Warren was killed in the first and failed attack on Two Tree Hill. Other casualties suffered in the attack included Captain Ferris wounded, Lieutenants Buck, George, Strickland and Power also wounded. A total of 11 other ranks were killed (see below) and 55 wounded. The diaries reported 16 missing (and possibly killed). Company sergeant major Stevenson was among the wounded. This suggests the battalion suffered 88-89 casualties during the attack. The Commonwealth War Cemetery records suggest the final toll was 31 dead. This brought its losses since being deployed at the end of December to almost 200.
37 William Higgins
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045064
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Massicault
Fusilier Higgins was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
38 George Sipson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985816
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Massicault
Fusilier Simpson was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
39 Arthur Holbeche
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047659
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: Place of burial: Massicault
Fusilier Holbeche was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
42 William Ellis
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3137691
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Ellis was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
43 Harry Birds
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981574
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Birds was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. His parents were John and Sarah Birds of Youlgreave in Derbyshire.
44 Harry Marlow
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985793
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Marlow was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
45 Joseph Boyle
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044999
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
L/Sgt Boyle was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
46 Edward Alcock
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044543
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Alcock was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
47 Derrick Murphy
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984481
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Murphy was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
48 Bruce Ponton
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044630
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Ponton was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
49 Wilson Pidcock
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981985
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Corporal Pidcock was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
50 John Handley
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981851
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Handley was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
51 John Skinner
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044486
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Skinner was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
52 Frederick Ager
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044987
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Ager was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
53 James Battersby
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3137720
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Battersby was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
54 George Brownlee
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6979999
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Corporal Brownlee was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
55 Francis English
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4459986
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Sgt English was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
56 William Hadden
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984636
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
L/Sgt Hadden was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
57 Daniel McAteer
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982565
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Corporal McAteer was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
58 George Osborn
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045115
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Corporal Osborn was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
59 Kenneth Dumelow
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981946
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Dumelow was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
60 Patrick Fray
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6148430
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Fray was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
61 William King
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 5734148
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier King was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
62 Joseph Martin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982452
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Martin was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
63 William Siviter
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7046348
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Siviter was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
64 William Twells
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4986539
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Twells was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
65 George Tyler
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4398652
Date: 13.01.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Tyler was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.
67 Michael McLaughlin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985698
Date: 15.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
69 Ronald Pinchin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14201669
Date: 17.01.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
70 Frederick Taylor
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3608303
Date: 17.01.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
71 James Voss
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981044
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Massicault
L/Sgt Voss was killed in the German attack on Grandstand. He was the son of Charles and Nelly Voss of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He was married to Norah and lived in Cleethorpes.
72 Herbert Sullivan
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 13086982
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Massicault
Fusilier Sullivan was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
73 Walter Chambers
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981833
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Massicault
Fusilier Chambers was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
74 Raymond Jeffery
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045071
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Massicault
Corporal Jeffrey was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
77 John Kitchen
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981404
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Kitchen was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
78 Eryl Lloyd
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4459898
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Sergeant Lloyd was killed in the German attack on Grandstand. He was the son of Hugh and Sarah Lloyd of Abersoch, Caernarvonshire.
79 William Slater
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981088
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
89 Jack Casswell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985767
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Casswell was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
90 Thomas Dangerfield
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3771594
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Dangerfield was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
91 Kenneth Hodson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045607
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Hodson was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.
93 Edward Spencer
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 235694
Date: 18.01.1943 Age: 35 Place of burial: Massicault
Captain Spencer was killed by a mortar shell at 0845 during an attack on Irish Brigade positions around Grandstand hill by the 1st and 3rd battalions of the Hermann Goering Regiment and IInd Marsh battalion. The war diaries record the Inniskillings suffered nine dead (including Spencer) and 31 wounded. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Spencer and wad married to Sybil Spencer of Kingsbury Middlesex.
94 Timothy Casey
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3777369
Date: 19.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Massicault
Fusilier Casey was one of five Skins killed during the second day of German attack on Grandstand (four others listed below)
95 Kenneth Whalley
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 5124206
Date: 19.01.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
96 John Parry
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers s Service number: 3780995
Date: 19.01.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
100 Leonard Boot
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985761
Date: 19.01.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
101 William Harrison
Rank: L/Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983411
Date: 19.01.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
103 John Livingstone
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984125
Date: 20.01.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
139 Harold Hooper MiD
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 152217
Date: 20.01.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Captain Hooper was from Loughton in Essex and was married to Edith Hooper. His parents were Frank and Lena Hooper.
157 Albert Sills
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045147
Date: 25.01.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Corporal Sills was killed in a shelling attack at 335am. Two royal engineers were also killed in the attack.
159 Alexander Trotter
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6210233
Date: 26.01.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Massicault
160 Roy Thorpe
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4998510
Date: 28.01.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
161 William Swan
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984041
Date: 29.01.1943 Age: 34 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
164 William Kelly
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6976921
Date: 03.02.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Bone
171 Joseph Mansfield
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3775823
Date: 11.02.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
175 Raymond Page
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 166008
Date: 21.02.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Lieutenant Page led a 20-person night patrol in the area of the Mahmoud Gap in the winter of 1942. After resting in a wadi, the patrol was ambushed. The patrol fought off the German attackers, but a new attack came after day-break. Page divided his men into two groups and ordered them to withdraw to the battalion lines, but Page’s own group was spotted by German armoured cars and attacked. Only one of them escaped. Three days later, however, French Spahis (local troops) brought Page in. He had been wounded but hidden by a French farmer. Page was recommended for a Military Cross for his leadership and valour in a battle in which it is estimated about two dozen enemy soldiers were killed or wounded. Page died later of his wounds. He was recommended for the MC. Page was the son of Charles and Hilda May of Tottenham.
179 Ernest Reid
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6979641
Date: 24.02.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
180 Anthony Maguire
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984981
Date: 25.02.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
186 Anthony Boyle
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 174285
Date: 26.02.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Captain Boyle was killed around 430pm in the Skins’ counterattack on Stuka Ridge during fighting on the afternoon of 26 February. He was the son of Alexander and Eileen Boyle of Portnoo, County Donegal.
212 William Daly
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 174288
Date: 02.03.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Captain Daly was killed in a Skins attack on Stop Farm north of Grandstand to the east of the Medjez el-Bab to Goubellat road at 8pm 0n 2 March. The farm was occupied by the Germans and was believed to be the site of munitions including teller mines and used as a forward observation post for checking Grandstand Hill about two miles to the south. Daly led a fighting patrol drawn from the Skin’s career platoon. The attack on the farm started at 8pm. At least four German machine guns opened fire. Daly was hit but continued to direct the patrol until he realised the Germans were too strong and ordered a withdrawal. Attempts were made to move Daly, but he was too badly wounded. Daly died of his wounds at the farm. His body was retrieved by a Skins patrol on 9 March. Daly was married to Olive Daly of Belfast. His parents were Christopher and Alicia Daly.
213 Cubitt Black
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4274785
Date: 02.03.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Lance Corporal Black was killed in the Skins attack on Stop Farm north of Grandstand to the east of the Medjez el-Bab to Goubellat road on the evening of 2 March. He was the son of Robert and Adelaide Black of Hebburn County Durham
214 Ernest Towle
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981289
Date: 02.03.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Towle was killed in the Skins attack on Stop Farm north of Grandstand to the east of the Medjez el-Bab to Goubellat road on the evening of 2 March. Towle was from Spilsby in Lincolnshire. He was married to Agnes Towle and his parents were Thomas and Sarah.
215 Douglas Smart
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4457039
Date: 03.03.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
216 Robert Dougan
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982028
Date: 04.03.1943 Age: 36 Place of burial: Le Petit Lac, Algeria
218 Alfred Daniels
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 2188386
Date: 07.03.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Daniels was killed while part of a 10-man fighting patrol led by Sergeant O’Driscoll which was sent out from the Skins’ base on and around Grandstand Hill to Carrier Farm, which lay west of the Goubellat-Bou Arada road. As Sergeant O’Donnell of the patrol approached the farm at around 9pm, he saw a sentry and opened fire with a machine gun. Several German machine guns replied, including from the west of the road. German soldiers advanced towards the patrol and it withdrew. Daniels was found to be missing and was later found to have died in the skirmish.
221 James Forbes
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3130829
Date: 15.03.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
223a Kenneth Beeching
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached from Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Service number: 156654
Date: 03.04.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Captain Beeching, a Downing College Cambridge University graduate who was educated at Maidstone Grammar School, led a fighting patrol sent to test German defence positions on Djebel Mahdi on the night of 4 April 1943. He was killed with one other member of the patrol (below) when a booby-trap Teller anti-tank mine exploded. He was the son of Hubert Josiah and Anne Beeching; husband of Betty Vera Beeching, of Solihull, Warwickshire. Beeching was the younger brother of Baron Beeching, who was chairman of British Rail in 1961-45.
224 John Rose
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3654324
Date: 04.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
War diaries suggest that Lance Corporal Rose was killed on the night of 4 April during a fighting patrol comprising 16 other ranks and led by Lieutenant Beeching that was sent to test German positions on Djebel Mahdi ahead of the planned Skins’ assault on the mountain.
226 Ernest Brookes
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044883
Date: 06.04.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
227 Charles Allen
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles Service number: 36245
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 37 Place of burial: Beja
Lieutenant Colonel ‘Heaver’ Allen, the CO of the 6th Inniskillings, was killed during the initial assault on Djebel el Mahdi. The battalion attack started in darkness at 4am following an artillery barrage. It reached its objective around 5am. A German machine gun was spotted on the reverse slope that was causing problems for C company. Allen directed a bren gunner who was unable to follow his instructions. He called the gunner to him but before he arrived, Allen looked up and was shot through the head. Allen had been promoted to command the Skins in December 1942 following the wounding of its original commanding officer Terence Macartney-Filgate who was seriously wounded in a strafing attack near Bou Arada. The death of Allen, the Skins’ first fatality on 7 April, was followed by increased enemy mortar fire and casualties. Major John McCann took over command. Allen was the first of 18 fatalities that the Skins suffered on 7 April (others are listed below). They were withdrawn and put under the command of TN Grazebrook. Allen was married to Elizabeth Allen of Barnby Dunn Yorkshire. His parents were Major Henry George Allen and his wife Rosamunde.
228 James McCarthy
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7606610
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Beja
Fusilier McCarthy was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
230 Wilfred Jones
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3775355
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
L/Sgt Jones was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
231 Joseph Hunt
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983418
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Hunt was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
232 Clarence Wootton
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044508
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Wootton was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
233 Albert Tinman
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983317
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Corporal Tinman was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. He was the son of Robert and Fanny Tinman of Portadown County Armagh.
234 Leslie Gidney
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4752524
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Gidney was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
235 Ronald Clough
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3783400
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Clough was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
241 Francis Ford
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044307
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Platoon Sergeant Ford of A Company was killed in the first attack on Jebel el-Mahdi on 7 April. He was replaced by Sergeant Walls.
242 Kenneth Davis
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984825
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
243 Arthur Gower
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982166
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Gower was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
244 William Trimble
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044343
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Trimble was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
245 Mathew Coffey
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985242
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Fusilier Coffey was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
246 George Evans
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3137727
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Fusilier Evans was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
247 Herbert Owen
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3527077
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Sgt Owen was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
248 Joseph Robinson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984687
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Fusilier Robinson was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
249 Edward Pickford
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986045
Date: 07.04.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Fusilier Pickford was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.
251 Harold Ward
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982298
Date: 08.04.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
254 Harold Walls
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982295
Date: 09.04.1943 Age: Place of burial: Beja
Lance Sergeant Walls was killed when he stepped on a mine during the second Skin’s attack on Jebel Mahdi which started with a barrage at 1pm and ended at 6pm when the battalion was again withdrawn after failing to reach all objectives. The Skins suffered two fatalities and 12 wounded on the day. Some happened when three of the companies entered a minefield.
255 Edwin Nicholls
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7849189
Date: 09.04.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Lance Corporal Nicholls was killed during the second Skin’s attack on Jebel Mahdi which started with a barrage at 1pm and ended at 6pm when the battalion was again withdrawn after failing to reach all objectives. The Skins suffered to fatalities and 12 wounded on the day. Some happened when three of the companies entered a minefield.
257 Frank Westerman
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14206941
Date: 11.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Beja
The Skins’ battalion area was bombed on 11 April. One member of the battalion was killed (probably Fusilier Westerman) and two wounded.
263 Henry Mandy
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982514
Date: 16.04.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion’s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin’s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins’ war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Fusilier Mandy, Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Picker and Curzon were killed in the attack.
264 Thomas Picker
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981423
Date: 16.04.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion’s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin’s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins’ war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Fusilier Picker, Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Mandy and Curzon were killed in the attack.
265 Arthur Fenton
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981949
Date: 16.04.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion’s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin’s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins’ war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Mandy, Picker and Curzon were killed in the attack.
270 Robert Curzon
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983374
Date: 16.04.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion’s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin’s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins’ war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Fusilier Curzon, Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Picker and Mandy were killed in the attack.
273 James Grant
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3196442
Date: 17.04.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
274 James McKane
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985820
Date: 17.04.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
289 Samuel Millard
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7860798
Date: 22.04.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
L/Cpl Millard was killed in the assault on Tanngoucha.
290 Clarence Horsfield
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4511678
Date: 22.04.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Horsfield was killed in the assault on Tanngoucha.
291 Henry Vann
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983509
Date: 22.04.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Vann was killed in the second Skins’ attack on Jebel Tanngoucha which started at 9pm on the night of April. He was the son of Frederick and Ada Vann of Warsop Vale, Nottinghamshire.
292 Ronald Graham
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3783861
Date: 22.04.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
L/Cpl Graham was killed in the second assault on Jebel Tanngoucha.
293 Addie Poole
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4546237
Date: 22.04.1943 Age: 18 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Poole was killed in the second assault on Jebel Tanngoucha. He was the son of Frederick and Sarah Poole of Bolton Lancashire.
299 James Irwin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984357
Date: 22.04.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Irwin was killed in the second assault on Jebel Tanngoucha.
306 Richard Bride
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045000
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Lance Sergeant Bride was one of those that died in this period.
307 Harold Hilton
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3195825
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Fusilier Hilton was one of those that died in this period.
308 John Williamson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14206949
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Fusilier Williamson was one of those that died in this period.
309 Edwin Hill
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 103025
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Captain Hill was one of two captains killed in the attack. Edwin Hill was the son of Charles and Ethel Hill. He was married to Joyce Hill and lived in New Malden in Surrey.
311 Ian Megginson
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 121597
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Captain Megginson was one of two Skins’ captains killed in this period. He was the son of Robert Frederick and Gertrude Megginson, of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.
314 Pierce Mahony
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Ulster Rifles, attached to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 201006
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Pierce Mahony was the son of Michael and Marie Mahony and was married to Christina Mahony. He lived in Selkirk in Scotland.
315 Frederick Notley
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045495
Date: 23.04.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Notley was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23/24 April. The battalion suffered eight casualties (all other ranks) on 24 April.
317 Eric Jennings
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14201861
Date: 24.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Lance Corporal Jennings was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23/24 April. The battalion suffered eight casualties (all other ranks) on 24 April.
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318 Francis Bygrave
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045007
Date: 24.04.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Bygrave was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23/24 April. The battalion suffered eight casualties (all other ranks) on 24 April.
319 John Hall
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3607851
Date: 24.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Hall was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23/24 April. The battalion suffered eight casualties (all other ranks) on 24 April.
320 Frederick Hall
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3778804
Date: 24.04.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Lance Corporal Hall was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23/24 April. The battalion suffered eight casualties (all other ranks) on 24 April.
321 Henry Boyd
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6980470
Date: 25.04.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Boyd was one of the casualties suffered by the Skins on the third day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha. The battalion suffered 16 casualties, all other ranks, on 25 April.
334 Thomas McMullan
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983769
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
The Skins’ third attack on high points north of the road to Medjez el-Bab started with an artillery barrage on Kef el-Senach at 1130am on 27 April. Kef el-Senech which is about 1,200 feet above sea level. It consisted of four separate high points, all of which were held by the Germans. The battalion took two of the four by midday. It suffered a total of 13 fatalities on 27 April including Lance Corporal McMullan.
335 Harold Brown
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3718747
Fusilier Brown was killed in the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach.
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
336 John Campbell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3132834
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Campbell was killed in the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach
337 William Heron
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6978607
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Sergeant Heron was killed in the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. Heron was the son of John and Annie Heron of Coagh Country Tyrone
338 Norman Shimwell
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981648
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Lance Sergeant Shimwell was killed in the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. Shimwell was born and raised in Bakewell in Derbyshire.
339 Joseph Connell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3135708
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Connell was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. He was from Glasgow and was married to Mary Connell.
340 John Evans
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3784010
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Evans was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. He was the son of John and Ruth Evans.
341 Robert McLaughlan
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3607860
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier McLaughlan was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. He was from Carlisle and his parents were John and Grace McLaughlan.
342 Frederick Newman
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3607649
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Newman was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. His parents were Joseph and Florence Newman.
343 Ronald Parkinson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3607688
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Parkinson was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. He was the son of Mr and Mrs James Parkinson of Blackburn Lancashire.
344 Frank Persechino
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14206442
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Persechino was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach.
345 Kevin Gabriel Rice
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 5436998
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Rice was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. He was the son of John and Rose Rice of Belfast.
346 George Swanson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3195335
Date: 27.04.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial
Fusilier Rice was killed during the Skins’ attack on Kef el-Senach. He was the son of George and Marion Swanson of Peebles.
347 Reginald Grosse
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983555
Date: 28.04.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Fusilier Rice was the son of Christopher and Ivy Grosse of Newark Nottinghamshire.
353 Edward Green
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6980546
Date: 30.04.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Oued Zarga
Fusilier Green was married to Ellen Green of Londonderry. His parents were George and Mary Green.
357 Frank McAleer
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6976983
Date: 08.05.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Sergeant McAleer achieved notoriety during the Skins’ operations in the Goubellat plain on the morning of 24 January 1943 when he unilaterally and single-handedly went out from his position south of Hill 286 in revenge for the loss of a patrol the previous night. His military mission was information, but his own object was to obtain revenge for the loss of a patrol on night 23/24 Feb 43. He spotted machine gun post, went to the flank of it, surprised the crew of two, collected the gun and disabled the two prisoners. McAleer was awarded a DCM for this action. He was the husband of Grace McAleer of Aldershot. His parents were Frank and Elizabeth McAleer.
366 Albert Myatt
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047556
Date: 05.07.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
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372 Ronald Anthony
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4209641
Date: 19.07.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab
Roll of Honour – Sicily.
376 William Williams
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4187864
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Williams was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
377 Patrick Hanley
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3783571
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
Corporal Hanley was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded. Hanley was from Huyton in Lancashire. His parents were Patrick and Bridget Hanley.
378 William Henry Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4209577
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Williams was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
379 Robert Bates
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981811
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Corporal Bates was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
380 Stanley George Walsh
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985066
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Walsh was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded. He was from Belfast. His parents were William and Malvina Walsh.
381 Haydn Vernon Dackins
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3973004
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Dackins was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
382 Michael John Beer
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3971671
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: Place of burial: Catania
Fusilier Beer was killed in the Skins’ attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins’ fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.
386a John McCrorie
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3135255
Date: 02.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
392 John Loughrey
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6976602
Date: 04.08.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Catania
Lance Sergeant John Loughrey was killed during the crossing of the River Salso north of Centuripe which began on the morning of 4 August.
395 Samuel Morrow
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 279504
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Catania
Leutenant Morrow died from wounds suffered in the assault on Point 708 at Centuripe. He was the son of David and Annie Morrow of Killyleagh County Down. He was married to Marguerite Morrow of Killyleagh.
396 Robert Trainor
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985571
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 18 Place of burial: Catania
Robert Trainor was from Tyrone and was 18 years old when he was killed. He was the son of William and Sarah Trainor, of Castledawson. The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Trainor may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August.
398 Frederick Birch
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Army Catering Corps Service number: 7044723
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania
The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Rifleman Birch may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August. He was married to Edna Birch from Acocks Green in Birmingham. His parents were Thomas and Evelyn Birch.
399 Samuel Wilde
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3712674
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Catania
The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Lance Corporal Wilde may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wilde of St Helens, Lancashire.
400 Kenneth Way
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4198926
Date: 05.08.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Catania
The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Fusilier Way may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe of the Salso on 3-4 August. He was the husband of Dorothy Way of Malpas, Newport in Monmouthshire. He was the son of William and Mabel Way.
435 Harold Scarse
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7021970
Date: 06.08.1943 Age: 17 Place of burial: Catania
448 Peter Savage
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles Service number: 88113
Date: 06.08.43 Age: 28 Place of burial: Catania.
Major Savage was shot by mistake by a member of the Royal Irish Fusiliers on the night of 5 August.
484a George Curphey
Rank: Lieutenant. Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached from Canadian Intelligence Corps Service number:
Date: 14.08.1943. Age: 31. Place of burial: Milan.
Lieutenant Curphey, who was from Nova Scotia in Canada, was captured in February 1943 and died in Italy while a POW. He was the son of William and Violet Curphey of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Roll of Honour – Termoli to the Moro River.
October 1943.
492 Thomas Farrow
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044585
Date: 06.10.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Sangro River
493 William Timmins
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047734
Date: 06.10.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Sangro River
494 William Smith
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6476507
Date: 06.10.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Sangro River
514b Moffat McCormack
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14211645
Date: 06.10.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Sangro River
570 Albert Cockayne
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986257
Date: 28.10.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
571 Henry Pritchard
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3777031
Date: 28.10.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Sangro River
580a Henry Johnson
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3783411
Date: 28.10.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Sangro River
583 Frank Oldham
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4458921
Date: 30.10.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
585 Peter Awcock
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14379912
Date: 31.10.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
590 William Slack
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4460407
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Sangro River
591 Lawrence Bishop
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981365
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Sangro River
592 Henry Camp
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045009
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Sangro River
593 James Byrne
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985405
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
594 George Crocker
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 52604
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Sangro River
595 William Harries
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3976749
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Sangro River
596 Philip Stanley
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14340983
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Sangro River
597 Alfred Cooper
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14360249
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Sangro River
598 Joseph Wild
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4757736
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Sangro River
599 Peter Bain
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14226110
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
600a George Barnes
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986086
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
600b Ernest Hewitt
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 180163
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Sangro River
600c Thomas Jackson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4209457
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 26 Place of burial: Sangro River
600d Alexander Jeffers
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14415058
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Sangro River
600e Emilyn Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3976765
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Sangro River
600f Thomas Law
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045440
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Sangro River
600g Andrew McVeigh
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7020231
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: Place of burial: Sangro River
600h Albert Richardson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4458995
Date: 03.11.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Sangro River
604 Arthur Harrison
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047688
Date: 05.11.1943 Age: 21 Place of burial: Sangro River
609 Thomas Hill
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986022
Date: 12.11.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Cassino
610 Robert Walker
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (2nd Bttn) Service number: 6979926
Date: 12.11.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Cassino
612 Frank Daly
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7019935
Date: 16.11.1943 Age: 22 Place of burial: Sangro River
613 Leslie Young
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982317
Date: 20.11.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Sangro River
618 John Roberts
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 2190664
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
619 Leonard Broadley
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4745144
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Sangro River
620 Joseph Smith
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4192520
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 24 Place of burial: Sangro River
621 Leonard Frater
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14200801
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
622 Thomas Feirn
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 297251
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Sangro River
623 John Brown
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981579
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Sangro River
624 Arthur Flewers
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6482151
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Sangro River
640c William Nicholas
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3913841
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 32 Place of burial: Sangro River
640d John O’Neill
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3240113
Date: 29.11.1943 Age: 36 Place of burial: Sangro River
643a George Huntingdon
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981860
Date: 30.11.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Sangro River
643b Robert Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14200872
Date: 30.11.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
December 1943.
644 Kenneth Chinn
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from ACC Service number: 6981834
Date: 01.12.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Sangro River
645 William Duff
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6979828
Date: 01.12.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
646 Sydney Bunch MC
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Lincolnshire Regiment Service number: 65774
Date: 01.12.1943 Age: 33 Place of burial: Sangro River
650a James McCann
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6980029
Date: 01.12.1943 Age: 23 Place of burial: Moro River
670a Samuel Roberts
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14552025
Date: 02.12.1943 Age: 19 Place of burial: Sangro River
671 Albert Smith
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3195650
Date: 03.12.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Sangro River
672 Grange Carter
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3776463
Date: 03.12.1943 Age: 27 Place of burial: Sangro River
673a Arthur Mitchell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4205660
Date: 03.12.1943 Age: Place of burial: Sangro River
673b Archibald Porter
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982760
Date: 03.12.1943 Age: 28 Place of burial: Sangro River
673c Charles Watts
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982297
Date: 03.12.1943 Age: 30 Place of burial: Sangro River
684a Henry Barfoot
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Service number: 14220205
Date: 05.12.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Sangro River
Roll of Honour – The Apennines to Trasimene.
689 Reginald Hammond
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 13095559
Date: 28.12.1943 Age: 29 Place of burial: Sangro River
690 Joseph Beglin
Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 249845
Date: 30.12.1943 Age: 31 Place of burial: Sangro River
To read Captain Beglin’s story, please click here.
690a David Marshall
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Service number: 7020110
Date: 30.12.1943 Age: 25 Place of burial: Moro River
691 Stephen Carter
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14414720
Date: 31.12.1943 Age: 20 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
693 Thomas Sullivan
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045159
Date: between 31/12/43 and 04/01/44 Age: 28 Place of burial: Moro River
Cpl Paddy Sullivan died at Capracotta.
January 1944.
705 Brendan Doherty
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14434909
Date: 23.03.1944 Age: 20 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
706 Henry Bryan
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7045003
Date: 30.03.1944 Age: 27 Place of burial: Cassino
707 William Delaney
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981943
Date: 30.03.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Cassino
708 Robert McWilliams
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7013179
Date: 30.03.1944 Age: Place of burial: Cassino
711 James Douglass
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14568367
Date: 05.04.1944 Age: 35 Place of burial: Cassino
713 Arthur Stead
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14528719
Date: 07.04.1944 Age: 34 Place of burial: Cassino
715 Robert Gilliland
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3783539
Date: 08.04.1944 Age: 21 Place of burial: Cassino
716 Robert Habington
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14424520
Date: 08.04.1944 Age: 20 Place of burial: Cassino
717 Robert Apling
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044990
Date: 08.04.1944 Age: 27 Place of burial: Cassino
718 Albert Lyttle
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7015490
Date: 08.04.1944 Age: 23 Place of burial: Cassino
722 Bernard Ashfield
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047929
Date: 16.04.1944 Age: 22 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
723 John Marzorati
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986279
Date: 16.04.1944 Age: 21 Place of burial: Cassino
Lance Corporal Marzorati was the son of Giuseppe Marzorati and his wife Maria of Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
724 Sidney Hollinshead
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7044926
Date: 17.04.1944 Age: 31 Place of burial: Cassino
725 Albert Howard
Rank; Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7016884
Date: 17.04.1944 Age: 24 Place of burial: Cassino
726 Eric Heaton
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14202593
Date: 17.04.1944 Age: 22 Place of burial: Cassino
727 Francis France
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14236142
Date: 17.04.1944 Age: 20 Place of burial: Cassino
730 G Bainbridge
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3195580
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 30 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Bainbridge was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
731 Harry Southworth
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3524671
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Southworth was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
732 Thomas Ellison
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 1500074
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 25 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Ellison was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
733 Brian Allen
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7021109
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 21 Place of burial: Cassino
Cpl Allen was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
734 James Johnston
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14401888
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 19 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Johnston was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
735 Maurice Milner
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 255800
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 24 Place of burial: Cassino
Lt Milner was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
736 John Cormican
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6980314
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 26 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Cormican was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
737 Arthur Moore
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14588748
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 34 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Moore was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
738 Thomas Elliott
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983246
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 34 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Elliott was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
739 George Rollins
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14418439
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 19 Place of burial: Cassino
L/Cpl Rollins was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
740 David Milligan
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7018185
Date: 15.05.1944 Age: 22 Place of burial: Cassino
Cpl Milligan was killed in the assault on Monte Tamburrini and Point 86.
755 William Farmelo
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14309952
Datr: 16.5.1944 Age: 23 Place of burial: Cassino
756 Alan Connell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3194789
Date: 16.05.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Cassino
757 Charles Smith
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6980688
Date: 16.05.1944 Age: Place of burial: Cassino
768 John Williamson
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981916
Date: 17.05.1944 Age: Place of burial: Cassino
L/Cpl Williamson was killed in the assault on Piumarola.
769 Victor Moss
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982623
Date: 17.05.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Moss was killed in the assault on Piumarola.
770 John Williams
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981913
Date: 17.05.1944 Age: 30 Place of burial: Cassino
Cpl Williams was killed in the assault on Piumarola.
771 Leslie Hill
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14200837
Date: 17.05.1944 Age: 22 Place of burial: Cassino
772 Basil Curtis-Setchell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from South African Armoured Corps Service number: 53478V
Date: 17.05.1944 Age: 31 Place of burial: Cassino
Fusilier Curtis-Setchell was killed in the assault on Piumarola.
788 John Ravenscroft
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047113
Date: 27.05.1944 Age: 31 Place of burial: Cassino
800 Francis Byrne
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7012887
Date: 30.05.1944 Age: 30 Place of burial: Cassino
June 1944.
802 Francis Girr
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6976967
Date: 01.06.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Cassino
807 Timothy Cullagh
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6148440
Date: 13.06.1944 Age: 25 Place of burial: Orvieto
808 Henry Finch
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7020426
Date: 14.06.1944 Age: 39 Place of burial: Bolsena
809 Thomas Crumley
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14437314
Date: 14.06.1944 Age: 25 Place of burial: Orvieto
810 Thomas Mahoney
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14243939
Date: 14.06.1944 Age: 25 Place of burial: Orvieto
811 John Young
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 1687795
Date: 14.06.1944 Age: 28 Place of burial: Orvieto
818 Ronald Lush
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from ACC Service number: 6337461
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: 38 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
820 Rupert Roche
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles Service number: 304137
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: Place of burial: Orvieto
Lt Roche was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
821 John Onions
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7047714
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: Place of burial: Orvieto
Cpl Onions was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
822 Kenneth Wanklyn
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3912044
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Orvieto
L/Cpl Wanklyn was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
823 Thomas McLaughlin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984348
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: Place of burial: Orvieto
Fusilier McLaughlin was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
824 James McCreary
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7014089
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: 20 Place of burial: Orvieto
Fusilier McCreary was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
825 Verdun England
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 5674895
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: Place of burial: Orvieto
Fusilier England was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
826 Edward Algar
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14339212
Date: 21.06.1944 Age: Place of burial: Orvieto
Fusilier Algar was killed in the attack on Pucciarelli.
841 James Murray
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14222176
Date: 22.06.1944 Age: 35 Place of burial: Orvieto
Fusilier Murray was killed on Pucciarelli ridge.
843 Thomas Gordon
Rank: Company Sergeant Major Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7010877
Date: 23.06.1944 Age: 34 Place of burial: Bolsena
844 James Nelson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14435402
Date: 23.06.1944 Age: 23 Place of burial: Orvieto
Fusilier Nelson was killed on Pucciarelli ridge.
Roll of Honour – High Apennines.
October 1944.
862 Spencer Jones
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981965
Date: 09.10.1944 Age: 31 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
866 Henry McCabe
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983712
Date: 20.10.1944 Age: 27 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
903 Frank Hughes
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981167
Date: 23.10.1944 Age: 26 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
909 George Riley
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981644
Date: 24.10.1944 Age: 28 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
November 1944.
914 Steve Spice
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14512215
Date: 04.11.1944 Age: 22 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
917a George Eastwood
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Service number: 7044849
Date: 22.11.1944 Age: 29 Place of burial: Moro River
920 John Blackmore
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4202410
Date: 28.11.1944 Age: 31 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
921 Douglas Smith
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3773902
Date: 29.11.1944 Age: 26 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
December 1944.
923 Walter Cartledge
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981583
Date: 01.12.1944 Age: 27 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
926 James Plunkett
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14525206
Date: 04.12.1944 Age: 21 Place of burial: Bologna
927 Patrick Joseph Brady
Rank : Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 289889
Date: 04.12.1944 Age: Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
Lieutenant Brady was the son of Terence and Eva Brady of Holloway, London. He was attached to the 1stBattalion of the Royal Irish Rifles in the Tunisian battles in 1943 and fell into a slit trench during darkness on the night of 20 January. He broke his leg. Brady was promoted to the temporary rank of assistant captain on 19 January 1943.
928 Brendan Hickey
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984998
Date: 04.12.1944 Age: 23 Place of burial: Cassino Memorial
929 William Hilliam
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986023
Date: 05.12.1944 Age: 22 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
935 Albert Sutcliffe
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6981504
Date: 23.12.1944 Age: Place of burial: Santerno Valley
936 Norman Russ
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983099
Date: 23.12.1944 Age: Place of burial: Santerno Valley
937 Thomas Conley
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985162
Date: 23.12.1944 Age: 20 Place of burial: Santerno Valley
January 1945.
944 Thomas Kidd
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7046470
Date: 26.01.1945 Age: Place of burial: Santerno Valley
February 1945.
947 John Fitzpatrick
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6976463
Date: 17.02.1945 Age: 37 Place of burial: Florence
Roll of Honour – The Senio to the River Po.
March 1945.
952 Eric Severn
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983183
Date: 17.03.1945 Age: 32 Place of burial: Faenza
954 George Murray
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 309868
Date: 19.03.1945 Age: 27 Place of burial: Faenza
955 Maurice Young
Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 296607
Date: 20.03.1945 Age: 24 Place of burial: Faenza
Read more about Lt Young by clicking here.
956 Victor Pywell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14516398
Date: 22.03.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Faenza
April 1945.
962 Roy Ord
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4394237
Date: 04.04.1945 Age: 29 Place of burial: Faenza
964 Samuel Maddison
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14381465
Date: 13.04.1945 Age: 20 Place of burial: Faenza
965 Timothy O’Farrell
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14222433
Date: 13.04.1945 Age: 25 Place of burial: Faenza
973 Frederick Hyde
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14336994
Date: 17.04.1945 Age: 29 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
974 Alexander Carlin
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985269
Date: 17.04.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Faenza
975 Sydney Knapp
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14232780
Date: 17.04.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Faenza
976 John Edwards
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14381011
Date: 17.04.1945 Age: 20 Place of burial: Faenza
977 John Neary
Rank: Sergeant Unit : Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3880481
Date: 17.04.1945 Age: 29 Place of burial: Faenza
981 David Kay
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4394321
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 30 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
982 John Meredith
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6984401
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 23 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
983 John George
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14214770
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Faenza
984 Laurance Kavanagh
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6980438
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 27 Place of burial: Faenza
985 Charles Parkin
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6985801
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 23 Place of burial: Faenza
986 Harold Bunn
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14549891
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 25 Place of burial: Faenza
987 Dennis Quinney
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6104423
Date: 18.04.1945 Age: 22 Place of burial: Faenza
991 Robert Sharman
Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6982333
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 30 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
992 Kenneth Biggs
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6986248
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
993 Patrick Essling
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14712740
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 20 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
994 William Emmerson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4397694
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 32 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
995 Charles Cornwall
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3772664
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 26 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
996 Clifford Barron
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4752450
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 25 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
997 Robert Monaghan
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7014323
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 25 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
998 George Horton
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7019762
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 25 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
999 John Geoghegan MM
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7043715
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 26 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
To read Sergeant Geoghegan’s story, please click here.
1000 Robert Roberts
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 4199315
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 28 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1001 Alexander Wyllie
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6151488
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1002 Alfred Robinson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14307295
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 21 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1003 Stanley Furmage
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 7018267
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 30 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1004 Alfred Standish
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 5782669
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1005 David Burrell
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3195596
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 31 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1006 Albert Tilson
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14217986
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 20 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1007 Albert Packham
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 14324363
Date: 21.04.1945 Age: 19 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
1013 William Lunn
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6977517
Date: 24.04.1945 Age: 35 Place of burial: Argenta Gap
Roll of Honour – Austria.
May 1945 onwards.
1017 James Kelly
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3129599
Date: 13.05.1945 Age: 30 Place of burial: Klagenfurt
1019 William Livesey
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 3768494
Date: 23.06.1945 Age: 36 Place of burial: Klagenfurt
1020 John Mingle
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6979960
Date: 21.07.1945 Age: 24 Place of burial: Klagenfurt
1021 Ernest Cochrane
Rank: Major Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 66685
Date: 21.07.1945 Age: 32 Place of burial: Klagenfurt
1022 Frederick Gilligan MM
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Service number: 6975565
Date: 01.10.1945 Age: 34 Place of burial: Klagenfurt
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1023 Alexander Trainor
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6978953
Date: 19.12.1945 Age: 31 Place of burial: Padua
1024 David McCullough
Rank: Fusilier Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service number: 6983683
Date: 30.03.1946 Age: 28 Place of burial: Klagenfurt