JAMES ERIC AITCHISON age 29 Capt Royal Artillery 19 Field Regt. 4th Feb 1944

Buried at Anzio

 

J. BOYES


DENNIS BROATCH Maj R.A.O.C. 14th June 1943

Son of Mrs. H. Broatch, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick


GEORGE ERIC TIPLADY BROWN age 28 Lt Border Rgt ( 1st Airborne ) 23rd Sept 1944

Son of Mrs. Katherine J. Brown, of High Moss, Portinscale, Keswick, Cumberland. Killed in action at Arnem

 

JOHN WILSON BROWNRIGG age 24 Sgt Royal Artillery 19th March 1941

Son of William and Sarah Agnes Brownrigg; husband of Rene Brownrigg, of Knutsford.

 

VICTOR CANNING   age 20   Lt 5th Btn Grenadier Guards   6th may 1944

The Hon.. Son of Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning, D.L., J.P., 4th Baron Garvagh, and of Lady Garvagh (nee Parker), of Keswick, Cumberland. Buried at Cassino, Italy

 

GEORGE CARTMELL age 22   Pte 4th Border Rgt     1st march 1941


WILLIAM N. DAWSON  age   28 C.Q.M.Sgt 2nd Border Rgt    1st december 1944

Son of John and Louisa Dawson. No known grave, killed in Burma.


OWEN DENNISON  age 19   Pte  9th Btn Durham Light Infantry   12th August 1944

Son of Owen and Annie Dennison, of Keswick, Cumberland. killed in the fighting round Caen.


ERNEST DIXON  age 22  3rd County of London Yeomanry  Royal Armoured Cor 19th Nov 1941

Son of Mrs. J. Dixon, of Braithwaite, Cumberland. Alamein Memorial



EDWIN EVANS  age 28    9th Royal Fusiliers 19th Febuary 1944

Son of the late Edwin and Annie Evans, of Keswick, Cumberland; husband of Velma Evans, of Keswick. Buried at Rome Military Cemetery.


FRANK DERWENT GATES  age 30  Lt  Kings Liverpool Rgt   25th April 1945

Son of Alfred and Margaret Gates Ladstock House, Thornthwaite ; husband of Muriel Gates, of Keswick, Cumberland

 

ISAAC W. GREEN age 26 Sapper Royal Engineers 14th July 1941

Son of Folder and Martha Green, of Keswick; husband of Mary Isabella Green, of Keswick. Buried at Crosthwaite. Isaac was with No3 Bomb Disposal Company who were based in Nottingham.


RONALD HERD  age 19 L/Bombadier  321 Bty Searchlight Rgt  21 April 1941

Son of Alexander S. Herd and Jessie A. Herd, of Low Portinscale Cumberland.

 

ROBERT MEAKIN HILLAND age   36 Gnr Royal Artillery    19th march 1944

Son of Fredric and Eleanor Hilland husband of Mary Eleanor Hilland, of Keswick. Buried at Crosthwaite

 

JOHN BIRKETT HINDMOOR age 21 Pte Kings Own Scottish Borderers 8th August 1944

Son of William Abraham and Elizabeth Ann Hindmoor, of Threlkeld, Cumberland. Killed in Normandy

 

 ROBERT HOLMES age 38 Pte R.A.O.C. 6th October 1942

Son of Mrs. E. Holmes, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick

 

RUPERT L. T. JOHNSTON  age 28  Lt Royal Armoured Corps  22nd Dragoons 10th Nov 1942

Son of Lionel A. T. Johnson and Evelyn Johnson, of Abbots Bay, Portinscale, Cumberland.  Alexandrea military cemetery.

 

WILLIAM LISTON age 24 Pte South Lancs - 6 commando bgd 11th June 1944

 

JOHN .J. MCNICHOL age 21 Lcpl 6th Border Rgt 23rd September 1939

Nephew of Mr. J. H. McNichol, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick


JOHN MCNALLY age 34 Cpl Royal Engineers 3rd May 1941

Son of John and Jane McNally; husband of Isabella McNally, of Keswick. Buried St Johns, Keswick. John was with No1 Bomb Disposal Coy.


REGINALD H. MAKEHAM age 28 Pte Gordan Highlanders 23rd October 1942

Son of Reginald Linnel Makeham and Mary Susan Janet Hope Makeham; husband of R. Makeham, of Keswick, Cumberland. Serving with No2 Commando

 Captured and later executed after the Glomfjord raid.   

full story at      http://www.combinedops.com/glomfjord.htm

 

 

 

 

GEORGE EDWARD MAWSON age 31 Pte Royal Scots 19th march 1943

Killed in the fighting in Burma


ALFRED TANGYE age 33 Gnr Royal Artillery, 540 Bty., 88 Searchlight Regt. 14th Dec 1941

Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Jane Tangye, of Threlkeld. Buried at Threlkeld

 

CHARLES  TWAITES  MAYSON  Cpt  RAC 33 Tank bgde 3rd may 1943

Buried St Johns, Keswick


ALAN MORDUE age 25 Sgt RAC 2nd Dragoon Guards 27th June 1942

Son of William and Mary Mordue, of Keswick, Cumberland. Commemerated on the Alamein Memorial.


JAMES A. OLIVER age 22 Gdsmn 2nd Irish Guards 2nd August 1944

Son of James E. and Sarah B. Oliver, of Keswick, Cumberland. Killed in the fighting in Normandy.


THOMAS M. PENRICE age 29 Lcpl 4th Border Rgt 8th June 1940

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Penrice and stepson of Elizabeth Jane Penrice, of Keswick, Cumberland. Mentioned in Dispatches and buried at Quincampoix-Fleuzy, a village and commune 46 kilometres north-west of Beauvais, and 23 kilometres south-east of Aumale. Quincampoix is the main part of the commune and Fleuzy a hamlet. The graves of 4 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 2 of whom are unidentified, are on the south side of the church. 

 

HAROLD  B. PICKTHALL  Lcpl  Royal  Corps  Signals  11th Jan 1944


WILLIAM PRITT age 22 Pte 4th Btn Shropshire Light Infantry 1st July 1944

Son of Thomas and Clara Pritt, of Keswick, Cumberland. Killed in the fighting round Caen.


JOHN B. ROSE age 21 Pte 4th Border Rgt 5th December 1941

Son of Herbert and Ethel Rose, of Keswick, Cumberland. Tobruk War Cemetery

 

WILLIAM G. RUMNEY age 19 Pte 4th Border Rgt 8th June 1940

Son of William George and Mary Ellen Rumney, of Keswick. killed at Dunkirk

W. SIDDLE


PATRICK .G.E. SARSFIELD-HALL age 22 Lt 3rd Irish Guards 28th October 1944

Son of Edwin Geoffrey Sarsfield-Hall and of Ethel Robin Sarsfield-Hall (nee Clowes), of Keswick, Cumberland. B.A. (Oxon.).


JAMES SINGH Sgt age 31 R.E.M.E 26th December 1946

Son of Harold Singh and Nancy Singh, husband of Mary Elizabeth Singh, of Keswick.



H. SWINDLE   Sgt  Royal Artillery   26th May 1940


ISAAC WAIT TEMPLE  age 24  4th Border Rgt   19th May 1943

Son of Wilkinson and Mary Temple; Beck Wythop, Thornthwaite, husband of Elsie Temple, of Westminster, London.


GEORGE THOMPSON age 40 Pte 4th Border Rgt 15th May 1941

Son of John Burns Thompson and Annie Mary Thompson, of Keswick, Cumberland; husband of Elsie Muriel Thompson, of Keswick.


KENNETH THOMPSON age 20 Royal Corps Signals - 6th airborne 23rd July 1944

Son of Daniel Robinson Thompson and Jessie Thompson, of Keswick, Cumberland. Buried in Ranville Cemetery, Normandy.

GEORGE WALKER age 22 6th Btn Border Rgt 26 Dec 1939

Son of John Thomas Walker and Catherine Walker of Cringle Dyke, Braithwaite . Buried at Thornthwaite. George died of meningitis while home on leave.