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The Royal British Legion |
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TAYLOR |
Eric
William John |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1394956, 174 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 10th August 1944. Aged 20. Born 4th February 1924.
Birth registered 1924 in the Edmonton Registration District, Middlesex.
Son of William H. C. Taylor; nephew of Mrs. N. G. Taylor, of Blackheath,
London. In the 1939 Register he was at school, resident 38 Deerfield
Road, March U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 9. |
| TAYLOR |
Jack
Hardy |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 123032, 182 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 28th February 1945. Aged 21. Born 6th June 1923. Son
of Tom Lowe Taylor and Doris Taylor, of Marple, Cheshire. In the
1939 Register he was a Student, son of Tom L and Doris Taylor, resident
Oakwood, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge M.B., Cheshire. Buried in
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot
26. Row E. Grave 4. |
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Peter |
Flight
Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve probably
Peter TAYLOR, Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 1671637, 111 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Rimini, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire
IX, serial number NH782, when his aircraft was ditched off Venice
due to engine failure 28 December 1944. Aged 20. Native of Rochdale,
Lancashire. Son of John and Bernice Alice Taylor, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
No known grave. Commemorated on MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 14,
Column 2. See also Malta
Memorial |
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| THACKRAY,
MC |
Harold
Erskine |
Captain
221858, Royal Army Medical Corps. Missing at sea presumed killed
in action 16th March 1944. Born 29 May 1914 in Huddersfield, birth
registered 1914 in the Huddersfield Registration District, Yorkshire,
resident Lancashire. In the 1939 Register he was a Medical Student
(Emergency Medical Service), resident 64 Nelson Street, Manchester
C.B., Lancashire. Awarded the Militay Cross (M.C.). No known grave.
Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 18. |
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THOMAS |
Frederick
Francis |
Flying
Officer 155264, 54 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 17th June 1945. Aged 22. Birth registered in 1922 in the Wakefield
Registration District, Yorkshire. Son of James and Vera Thomas,
of Thornes, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Buried at ADELAIDE RIVER WAR CEMETERY,
Northern Territory, Australia. Plot C. Row C. Grave 15. |
| THOMPSON |
Barry
Howard |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1232209, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 26th October
1943. Aged 20. Birth registered in the Kings Norton Registration
District, Worcestershire. Son of Howard John and Hilda Thompson,
of Moseley, Birmingham. Buried in INNISFAIL CEMETERY, ALBERTA, Alberta,
Canada. Lot 11. Block 3. Grave 3. |
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THORNLEY |
Philip
Cawthorn |
[Listed
as THORNELY on CWGC and 1939 Register] Flying Officer 61321, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 14th March 1941, death registered
at Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire. Aged 34.
Born 8th March 1907. Married Mary M Briggs in the July to September
Quarter 1937 in the Stockport Registration District, Cheshire. In
the 1939 Register he was a Science Master at Secondary School, married
to Mary M Thornely, resident 23 Acre Lane, Cheadle and Gatley U.D.,
Cheshire. Cremated and commemorated at STOCKPORT CREMATORIUM, Cheshire.
Panel 6. |
| THORNTON |
John
Brian |
Flying
Officer 121409, 172 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 15th December 1942. Aged 24. Born 20th May 1918. Son of Alexander
James Thornton and Constance Mary Margaret Thornton. B.Sc. In the
1939 Register he was a Student Honours Physics in Final Year, son
of Alexander J and Constance M M Thornton, resident "Beanfort
Lodge" Beaufort Avenue, Sale M.B., Cheshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 67. |
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THYER |
Edwin
Charles |
Flight
Lieutenant 123035, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 15th August 1944. Aged 22. Birth registered 1921 in Pontypridd
Registration District, Glamorganshire, Wales. Son of Edwin and Mary
Gwenllian Thyer, of Graig, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Buried in KRAKOW
RAKOWICKI CEMETERY, Poland. Plot 1. Row D. Collective grave 9-13. |
| TOMKINSON |
Ronald |
Driver
T/10694239, Royal Army Service Corps. Died of wounds in Italy 24th
May 1944. Aged 21. Born Lancashire, resident Cheshire. Son of Walter
and Sarah Tomkinson, of Sale, Cheshire. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY,
Italy. Plot VII. Row H. Grave 8. |
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TORRES |
David
Joseph |
Sub-Lieutenant (A), H.M.S. Owl, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 18th January 1944. Aged 22. Born March 1921. Son of Joseph David and Marie Madeleine Torres. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 5, Panel 6. Extract from Manchester Evening News 27 March 1944, page 6: ROLL
OF HONOUR TORRES.—Treasured
and loving memories of Sub-Lieut. (A.) DAVID J. TORRES, R.N.V.R,
on his 23rd birthday, killed on active service with the Fleet
Air Arm in January, 1944. |
| TREVOR |
Kenneth |
Lance
Corporal 3533947, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died as a
Japanese Prisoner of War while working on the San Krai, Thailand-Burma
Railway, 27th July 1943, captured 15th February 1942 at the fall
of Singapore. Aged 23. Born 28th November 1919 in Bolton, resident
Bolton. Son of Charles Murray Trevor and Ethel Trevor, of 20, Rivington
Road, Belmont, Bolton, Lancashire. In the 1939 Register he was at
Harlane Hall, Manchester, an In Term Science Student Residents,
son of Charles M and Ethel Trevor, resident 20 Rivington Road, Turton
U.D., Lancashire. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma).
Plot B3. Row F. Grave 7. |
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TROBRIDGE |
David
Arthur George |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1496360, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
15th August 1944. Aged 21. Son of Frederick George and Mary Ada
Trobridge, of Broad Oak, Rye, Sussex. Buried in CATANIA WAR CEMETERY,
SICILY, Italy. Plot I. Row K. Grave 36. |
| TURNBULL |
Geoffrey |
Lieutenant 289915, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 2nd August 1944. Aged 34. Born 26 December 1909 in Lancashire, resident Lancashire. Son of Richard and Jane Turnbull, of Ramsbottom, Lancashire; husband of Maud Catherine Turnbull, of Ramsbottom. M.A. (Com.). In the 1911 census he was aged 1, born Stubbins, Lancashire, son of Richard Thomas and Jane Turnbull, resident Highbury Stubbins, Ramsbottom, Lancashire. In the 1939 Register he was the Managing Director Child Printing Bleaching Dying Weaving & Merchants Cotton Textile, married to Marie C Turnbull, resident Lane End, Ramsbottom U.D., Lancashire. Buried in FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL, Calvados, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 14. Extract from Manchester Evening News 15 August 1944, page 3: LEUT. (sic) Geoffrey Turnbull, of Edenfield, Ramsbottom (killed in N.W. Europe). |
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