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Leading Aircraftman ALFRED ERNEST HARTLES Service Number 1350001 to 1360800 Jun 1940 enlisted at Blackpool Listed as serving with 2809 unit RAF Regt, thought to be No 2809 (LAA) Sqn RAF Regiment Weekly News November 3rd. 1944 - Widnes Airman Fatally Injured Mrs. Hartles, of 120 Kingsway, Widnes, ha...

ventura, I have researched the WW2 casualties of Widnes over the last few years, and have some info on Robert Ormesher. The following was transcribed from the Widnes Weekly News Archives by Chris Leigh, In 1942, Private Robert Ormesher of 5 Wood Street, was reported missing during the final fighting...

Margie, Ian Coupe Parents where George and Davinda Reid Johnston. Davinda was a Scot and they married as follows. PARENTS MARRIAGE George Coupe Davidina Reid Johnston 8th November 1916 The House, 30 Ferry Road, Leith Ian Died of TB, and was until Feb this year not recognised by the CWGC. Some more i...

Hi Chippy, the following info was transcribed from the Widnes Weekly News by Chris Leigh and I am sure will be of interest. Widnes Weekly News 28thDecember 1946 - Birthday Remembrances CANK --- Loving birthday remembrances (December 30th) of my dear husband.---Always remembered by his loving wife Pe...

Name: HEALD, HERBERT Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Major Regiment/Service: Royal Army Ordnance Corps Age: 57 Date of Death: 13/04/1946 Service No: 92015 Awards: M B E Additional information: Son of Alfred and Agnes Heald; husband of Ivy Heald. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Gra...

In Sacred Memory of Those who gave their Lives 1939-1945 Stanley Barnes Ernest Barrell http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2777241 Edward Blackburn http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2254928 Anthony Collis http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?...

Phil, if any of the info I have pm'd you is relevant please feel free to post it here. Gigi, I dont have a great deal to add to what you already know, but if you have not seen this before, it was printed in the Widnes Weekly News in 1944 Widnes Weekly News – September 1940 – Widnes Gunner Killed Gu...

A further 2 names have now been added to mt Widnes Roll of Honour, thanks to St Marys Church West Bank

ARROWSMITH, SAMUEL, Stoker, LT/KX 105734, Royal Navy
BATE, DONALD, Cheif Cook, Merchant Navy

Hi Salee, Id be interested in obtaining photographs of the following headstones. RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY GILLATT, REGINALD , 4546128 – Grave - IVA. G. 13. GREEN, HARRY ALFRED , 7622507 – Grave IIA. K. 11. Both men where casualties of the 13th Parachute Battalion, which had been formed from the 2/4th S...

I have a book called Wallasey at War by the Wallasey History Society. It lists all the civilian war dead (1940 - 1941) including your John Roberts. He was one of 5 killed at the City Line Sheds Seacombe that night, he was the youngest the others being 73, 68, 67 and 61. You said his addres was the ...

Name: ROBERTS, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Civilian Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead Age: 55 Date of Death: 12/03/1941 Additional information: of 175 Pit Lane, Birchfield Road, Widnes, Lancashire. Died at City Line Sheds, Dock Road. Casualty Type: Civilian War Dead Reporti...

Thanks to all that responded. I do plan to search through the local newspaper archives on a future visit to the Library.

Thanks once again

Phil

Out of the 20+ Civilian Casualties of WW2 who had associations with Widnes, I have identified the burial location of all but 2. One of these is the casualty listed below. The CWGC record states that he lived at 175 Pitt Lane, but having received a copy of his death certificate his address was listed...

This may help PDF] Background: History of the estateFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View the Census we know that David was working at Grappenhall Heys as the Head .... presumably associated with the Royal Navy base at Stretton, H.M.S. Blackcap. ... http://www.ghwalledgarden.org.uk/.../Histor...

One of the Widnes WW2 Casualties that I have been researching was killed on the 21st April 1946. His death Cert states that he died at the Royal Naval Sick Quarters, Grappenhall.

Does anyone know what or where this was

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Hi Phil :D Wow thank you for such an informative post. I sent the link to cuz Tommy (Garston) and he asked me to pass on his thanks for the information you sent. He's always had an interest in India, so you've made him happy!! After our great uncle had finished fighting the Bolsheviks in Archangel ...

Hi again Phil I have now scanned in Isaac Gandy's collar badges with higher resolution. Cheers Eric http://s1088.photobucket.com/albums/i329/abbott110/ http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i329/abbott110/IsaacTaylorTHREE.jpg The Collar badges, are certrainly one belonging to one of the 'Light' Infan...

The collar badge could certainly be that of the Kings Shoropshire Light Infantry.

The 1st Battalion of the KSLI spent the interwar years in India, returning to the UK in Sept 1939, after which it went to France with the BEF

Thank you Phil for your informative reply, fascinating stuff. I understand there is a regimental museum which might help me obtain details of my uncle's service record. I will try this and see how far I get. Cheers Eric Evening Eric, there is, but I suspect that your Uncle also served during ww2 in...

Evening, and hopefully I can help, if only a little. It is highly likely albeit not certain, that being from Widnes his Regiment would have been the Priince of Wales Volunteers, later known as the South Lancashire Regiment, especially as they had a battalion serving in India upto the start of WW2. T...