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Second World War and Northern Ireland

This information was taken from the excellent Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, and gives information about those who died in conflict during in the First and Second World Wars. Information from the First World War has been published previously.

SECOND WORLD WAR

Flying Officer MICHAEL FRANKLIN BRIDEN
39706, 149 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
who died age 22 on 18 December 1939
Son of Franklin Ellard Briden and Marion Briden; husband of Joyce Eyre Briden, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Remembered with honour: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL 

HOWARD F BURTON - No record

Sub-Lieutenant (A) ANTHONY FREDERICK HALLETT
H.M.S. Furious., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
who died age 23 on 30 June 1941
Son of Basil Frederick and Kate Hallett, of Southgate, Middlesex. B.A. (Oxon.).
Remembered with honour: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Leading Aircraftman IAN MARK PERCEVAL KER
964750, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 19, between 10 February 1945 and 14 February 1945
Son of Dr. William Perceval Ker M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. and Beatrice A. A. Ker, of Halstead, Essex.
Remembered with honour: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Private GORDON MITCHELL
5440954, 4th Bn., Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
who died age 24 on 05 May 1941
Remembered with honour: STOKENHAM (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD 

Lieutenant DERRICK NESTANDE PETERSON
235930, Royal Artillery
attd., R.A.F. Iraq Levies

who died age 25 on 21 December 1944
Son of Arthur Le-Roy Peterson and Ivy Ellen Peterson, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY

Sergeant JOHN MOORBY REED
994355, 405 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 22 on 02 August 1941
Son of Thomas Edgar and Dorothy Reed, of Nelson, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Captain EDWARD SIMPSON ROBERTS, MC
121775, 1st Bn., Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
who died age 31 on 01 June 1944
Son of Maj. Donald Edward Roberts, M.C., J.P. and Mary Margaret Roberts, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. His brothers Gerald Philip and Donald Michael also fell.

Major GERALD PHILIP ROBERTS
90699, 1/4th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
who died age 25 on 25 June 1944
Son of Maj. Donald Edward Roberts, M.C., J.P., and Mary Margaret Roberts, Scarborough, Yorkshire. His brothers, Donald Michael and Edward Simpson Roberts, also died on service.
Remembered with honour: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

Flying Officer DONALD MICHAEL ROBERTS
186931, 186 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 23 on 14 April 1945
Son of Maj. Donald Edward Roberts, M.C., J.P., and Mary Margaret Roberts, of Scarborough, Yorkshire. His brothers, Gerald Philip and Edward Simpson Roberts, also died on service.
Remembered with honour: HAVERHILL CEMETERY

Major A H ROCYN-JONES OBE [Note – this might not be from Caldicott]
42504V, 8 Field Sqn., South African Engineer Corps
who died on 29 May 1945
Remembered with honour: CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

HARRY J SPEAK - No record

Lieutenant ALBERT JAMES WALKER STEAD
H.M.S. "Gos VI", Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
who died age 36 on 02 November 1941
Son of Albert H. Stead and Margaret H. Stead; of Ormskirk, Lancashire; husband of Helen Stead, of Ormskirk.
Remembered with honour: KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Flying Officer ANTHONY PETER RAMSDEN WALKER
150948, 246 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died on 14 March 1945
Remembered with honour: LAJES WAR CEMETERY

Sergeant ANTHONY JOHN WALLACE
1615678, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died age 22 on 22 November 1944
Son of William and Lilian Wallace, of Hitchin.
Remembered with honour: WILLIAN (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

Captain GEORGE EMILE YARDLEY
171206, Royal Army Medical Corps
who died on 16 May 1944
M.B.
Remembered with honour:NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

NORTHERN IRELAND

My father, Lieutenant- Colonel David Blair, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Own Highlanders, had been killed by the IRA at Warrenpoint, along with Lance-Corporal Victor Macleod and 16 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. It was the British Army’s worst single peacetime loss since the Second World War. Nobody has been arrested or prosecuted for the killings. Hours earlier, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 79, his grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, 14, Paul Maxwell, 15, a local boatman and Lady Brabourne had been blown up while fishing in Donegal Bay, on holiday.