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Those in our extended family who gave their lives in World Wars
| Name: | ANDREW, STANLEY |
| Initials: | S |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Sergeant (Pilot) |
| Regiment: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Unit Text: | 46 Sqdn. |
| Age: | 21 |
| Date of Death: | 11/09/1940 |
| Service No: | 740169 |
| Additional information: | Son of John William and Amelia Andrew, of Swanland. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | Grave 141. |
| Cemetery: | NORTH FERRIBY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD |
LINK to
Stanley and 46 Squadron
| Name: | ANDREW, OSWALD ADAM |
| Initials: | O A |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt.) |
| Unit Text: | 14th Bn. |
| Age: | 24 |
| Date of Death: | 07/09/1916 |
| Service No: | 441232 |
| Additional information: | Son of John William Andrew and Maybelle Jane Andrew (nee Cowan). Enlisted 1915 in the 53rd Saskatchewan Bn. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Cemetery: | VIMY MEMORIAL On the
opening day of the Battle of Arras, 9 April 1917, the four divisions of the
Canadian Corps, fighting side by side for the first time, scored a huge
tactical victory in the capture of the 60 metre high Vimy Ridge. After the
war, the highest point of the ridge was chosen as the site of the great
memorial to all Canadians who served their country in battle during the
First World War, and particularly to the 60,000 who gave their lives in
France. It also bears the names of 11,000 Canadian servicemen who died in
France - many of them in the fight for Vimy Ridge - who have no known grave.
The memorial was designed by W S Allward. The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. |
Vimy Memorial Medals and other memento of Oswald Adam ANDREW
| Name: | ELGEY, HAROLD |
| Initials: | H |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Seaman |
| Regiment: | Royal Naval Reserve (Patrol Service) |
| Unit Text: | H.M. Trawler Lord Stamp. |
| Age: | 27 |
| Date of Death: | 14/10/1940 |
| Service No: | LT/X 21020A |
| Additional information: | Son of George and Elsie Amelia Elgey; husband of Vera Elgey (nee Lupton), of Hull. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | Panel 2, Column 2. |
| Cemetery: | LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 2, Column 2. Location: The Naval Memorial is located to the north of the town alongside the A12 Yarmouth Road, approximately one mile north of the harbour. The memorial is in a prominent position within a local authority gardens, known as Bellevue Park. The park is on the top of the cliffs and the memorial itself is on the edge of the cliff so providing an unobscured view of the foreshore and sea. Commemorating almost 2,400 men of the Royal Naval Patrol Services who have no grave but the sea, the memorial consists of a fluted column rising from a circular base 12 metres in diameter surmounted by a bronze ship device (Lymphad), the uppermost point of which is over 15 metres from the ground level. Around the circular base are arranged bronze panels that bear the names. The panels are set in recesses and protected from the weather by a cornice. A Portland stone panel at the front of the Memorial, flanked on either side by the Naval Crown with wreath and foul anchor, faces towards the sea.
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Lowestoft Naval Memorial
| Name: | ELGEY, JOSEPH W. | |
| Initials: | J W | |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom | |
| Rank: | Private | |
| Regiment: | East Yorkshire Regiment | |
| Unit Text: | "D" Coy 1st Bn. | |
| Age: | 20 | |
| Date of Death: | 09/04/1917 | |
| Service No: | 23114 | |
| Additional information: | Son of George and Amelia Elgey, of 905, English St., Hessle Rd., Hull. | |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead | |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | I. B. 21. | |
| Cemetery: | HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY
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HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY
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Name: |
KELLINGTON, ERLING JAMES |
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Initials: |
E J |
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Nationality: |
Canadian |
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Rank: |
Private |
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Regiment: |
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C. |
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Date of Death: |
25/07/1944 |
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Service No: |
K/69419 |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
VI. E. 14. |
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Cemetery: |
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) about 14 kilometres south of Caen and just north of the village of Cintheaux. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the cemetery. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. For the most part, those buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards - led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions - to close the Falaise Gap. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the cemetery. The cemetery contains 2,957 Second World War burials, the majority Canadian, and 87 of them unidentified.
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Erlings Grave
with a cross added
during D Day 2004 events
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
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Name: |
KELLINGTON, LLOYD G. |
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Initials: |
L G |
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Nationality: |
Canadian |
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Rank: |
Trooper |
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Regiment: |
British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C. |
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Unit Text: |
28th Armd. Regt. |
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Date of Death: |
09/08/1944 |
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Service No: |
B/17025 |
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Additional information: |
Son of James and Anne Kellington; husband of Vera E. Kellington, of Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
Panel 19, Column 3. |
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Cemetery: |
BAYEUX MEMORIAL The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The MEMORIAL stands opposite the cemetery and bears the names of more than 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in Normandy itself, and during the advance to the River Seine in August. There was little actual fighting in Bayeux although it was the first French town of importance to be liberated. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and contains burials brought in from the surrounding districts and from hospitals that were located nearby. The cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also 505 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German.
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Lloyds name on the Cenotaph, a cross placed
at the base during D Day 2004 event [ Photo left by others ]
Bayeux Memorial
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Name: |
FEATHERSTONE, ARTHUR |
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Initials: |
A |
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Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
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Rank: |
Serjeant |
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Regiment: |
East Yorkshire Regiment |
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Unit Text: |
6th Bn. |
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Date of Death: |
09/08/1915 |
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Service No: |
8431 |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
Panel 51 to 54 |
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Cemetery: |
HELLES MEMORIAL In Turkey, The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles. The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. However, the difficult terrain and stiff Turkish resistance soon led to the stalemate of trench warfare. From the end of August, no further serious action was fought and the lines remained unchanged. The peninsula was successfully evacuated in December and early January 1916. The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave. The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who died or were buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. The memorial bears more than 21,000 names. There are four other Memorials to the Missing at Gallipoli. The Lone Pine, Hill 60, and Chunuk Bair Memorials commemorate Australian and New Zealanders at Anzac. The Twelve Tree Copse Memorial commemorates the New Zealanders at Helles. Naval casualties of the United Kingdom lost or buried at sea are recorded on their respective Memorials at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham, in the United Kingdom. 20839 casualties |
Son of George and Margaret FEATHERSTONE of Hessle
Helles Memorial
| Name: | FEATHERSTONE, FREDERICK |
| Initials: | F |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Unit Text: | 1st/5th Bn. |
| Date of Death: | 15/09/1916 |
| Service No: | 8058 |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B |
Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIALSomme, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
The Thiepval Memorial
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Name: |
NOSSITER, GEORGE |
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Initials: |
G |
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Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
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Rank: |
Second Engineer |
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Regiment: |
Mercantile Marine Reserve |
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Unit Text: |
H.M. Tug "Char." |
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Age: |
48 |
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Date of Death: |
16/01/1915 |
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Additional information: |
Son of George and Elizabeth Nossiter, of 18, Harbour Terrace, West Hartlepool; husband of Emily Nossiter, of Lax Terrace, Wolviston, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
9. |
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Cemetery: |
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. It is accessible at all times. After the First World War, an appropriate way had to be found of commemorating those members of the Royal Navy who had no known grave, the majority of deaths having occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided. An Admiralty committee recommended that the three manning ports in Great Britain - Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth - should each have an identical memorial of unmistakable naval form, an obelisk, which would serve as a leading mark for shipping. The memorials were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, who had already carried out a considerable amount of work for the Commission, with sculpture by Henry Poole. After the Second World War it was decided that the naval memorials should be extended to provide space for commemorating the naval dead without graves of that war, but since the three sites were dissimilar, a different architectural treatment was required for each. The architect for the Second World War extension at Plymouth was Sir Edward Maufe (who also designed the Air Forces memorial at Runnymede) and the additional sculpture was by Charles Wheeler and William McMillan. In addition to commemorating seamen of the Royal Navy who sailed from Plymouth, the First World War panels also bears the names of sailors from Australia and South Africa; the governments of the other Commonwealth nations chose to commemorate their dead elsewhere, for the most part on memorials in their home ports. After the Second World War, Canada and New Zealand again chose commemoration at home, but the memorial at Plymouth commemorates sailors from all other parts of the Commonwealth. Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,000 sailors of the First World War and almost 16,000 from the Second World War.
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Plymouth Naval Memorial York N E R Memorial
| NOSSITER | |
| Initials: | C E |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) |
| Unit Text: | 1st/7th Bn. |
| Date of Death: | 02/10/1918 |
| Service No: | 33907 |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | IV. G. 4. |
| Cemetery: | ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne (N1), about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne. The communal cemetery and communal cemetery extension are located on the left hand side of the road when leaving the town in a north-east direction for Drucat. CWGC direction signs will be found within the cemetery. Enter the Communal Cemetery by the left hand side main gate and follow CWGC signs within the Cemetery. The extension may be entered from the communal cemetery or from the side lane. |
Another son of George and Elizabeth Nossiter, of 18, Harbour Terrace, West Hartlepool
ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Two of Mark Andrew's mothers BARNFATHER/NOSSITER family of Whitby and Hartlepool
JOHN RICHMOND GRESTY:
In Memory of JOHN RICHMOND GRESTY
Private G/27645
1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
who died on Friday 26 October 1917 . Age 20 .
Additional Information: Son of John Richard and Jessie M. L. Gresty, of Shade Mount, Shade Lane, Levenshulme, Manchester.
Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 106 to 108
One of Roma's fathers sisters sons. RICHMOND family of Manchester
Tyne Cot Memorial
| WARE, BERNARD HORACE | |
| Initials: | B H |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Serjeant |
| Regiment: | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Unit Text: | 1st/4th Bn. |
| Age: | 21 |
| Date of Death: | 03/05/1915 |
| Service No: | 1298 |
| Additional information: | Son of Charles William and Rebecca Ware, of 32, Westbourne Grove. Hessle, Yorks. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | II. D. 3. |
| Cemetery: | HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY France Hazebrouck
is a town lying about 56 kilometres south-east of Calais and is easily
reached from Calais or Boulogne. The Communal Cemetery is on the
south-western outskirts of the town. From the Grand Place in Hazebrouck
follow the D916 Bethune road. Traverse the first set of traffic lights and
the Communal Cemetery will be found 200 metres further along on the right
hand side of the road, as indicated by a signpost. The War Graves Plot lies
immediately inside the entrance to the cemetery. From October 1914 to September 1917, casualty clearing stations were posted at Hazebrouck. The Germans shelled and bombed the town between September 1917 and September 1918 making it unsafe for hospitals, but in September and October 1918, No.9 British Red Cross Hospital was stationed there. Commonwealth burials began in the communal cemetery in October 1914 and continued until July 1918. At first, they were made among the civilian graves, but after the Armistice these earlier burials were moved into the main Commonwealth enclosure. During the Second World War, Hazebrouck was garrisoned and was on the western flank of the area occupied by the British Expedionary Force until May 1940. The cemetery was used again, mainly for the burial of those killed in late May 1940 during the fighting which covered the retreat of the BEF to the Dunkirk-Nieuport perimeter The cemetery now contains 877 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (17 of them unidentified) and 86 from the Second World War (20 of them unidentified). The Commonwealth plot, for the construction of which the town of Hazebrouck contributed 20,000 francs, was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. |
HAZEBROUCK CEMETERY
A MERRYWEATHER family member
ALEC LEITH JOHNSTON,
Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Bn.
Age: 26 Date of Death: 22/04/1916
Additional information: Son of George F. Johnston, M.D., of 23, Seymour St.,
Portman Square, London.and Mary Alice nee MERRYWEATHER
Grave Reference: II. Q. 19.ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
Country: Belgium Locality: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Alec's Grave Essex War Cemetery
MEMBERS OF THE QUEST FAMILY
SENIOR : A
Private East Yorkshire Regiment
"A" Coy. 4th Bn.
Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/04/1918 Service No: 205301 Awards: MM
Husband of Eva Senior, of 9, Nelson Avenue, Wellington Lane, Hull.
Grave Reference: II. G. 2. Cemetery: TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED
Location Information: Tournai Communal Cemetery is located in the south west district of Tournai itself on the N508, Chaussee De Douai, a road leading from the R52 Tournai ring road. 900 metres after leaving the R523 and joining the N508, lies the left hand turning onto the Chaussee de Willemeau, and the cemetery is along this road on the right, fronted by large iron gates.
Historical Information: Tournai was captured by the German II Corps on 23 August
1914, in spite of resistance from a French Territorial Brigade, and the town
remained in German hands until it was entered by the 47th (London) and 74th
(Yeomanry) Divisions on 8 November 1918. The 51st (or Highland) Casualty
Clearing Station arrived on 14 November and remained until 20 July 1919; during
the occupation, the German sick and wounded had been nursed in the "Asile", the
Allied in the Hopital Notre-Dame. The (Southern) Communal Cemetery, in the
Faubourg-St. Martin, was used and extended by the Germans, although the graves
were later regrouped by nationality and some were brought in from other
cemeteries in a wide area around Tournai. The Allied extension now contains 689
Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 34 of them unidentified. There are
also 117 Russian burials, all of men who died as prisoners of war, and two
Belgian war graves. Almost all of the 52 Second World War burials in the
extension date from May 1940 and the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary
Force ahead of the German advance.
TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED
HOPPER, RAYMOND
Second Lieutenant
Royal Flying Corps Unit 60th Sqdn.
Age: 23 Date of Death: 11/01/1917
Son of Annie Hopper, of 46, De la pole Avenue, Hull, and the late W. H.
Hopper.
Grave V. A. 22. Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Loction Aubigny-en-Artois is a village
approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol (N39).
From the N39 turn onto the D75 towards the village of Aubigny-en-Artois. The
Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village, and the
Extension is behind it.
Historical Information: From March 1916 to the Armistice, Aubigny was held by
Commonwealth troops and burials were made in the extension until September 1918.
The 42nd Casualty Clearing Station buried in it during the whole period, the
30th in 1916 and 1917, the 24th and 1st Canadian in 1917 (during the capture of
Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps) and the 57th in 1918. The extension now
contains 2,771 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven from the
Second World War. There are also 227 French burials made prior to March 1916,
and 64 German war graves. The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
STORR, HENRY GEORGE Initials: H G
Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Artillery Unit: H.Q. 6 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 37 Date of Death: 27/03/1945
Service No: 815954
Additional information: Son of William and Margaret Jane Storr, of Hull;
husband of Lena Storr, of Hull.
Grave Brit. Sec. P. B. 13. Cemetery: YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Yokohama War Cemetery - Japan
CRIMEAN WAR
FRANCIS JOHNSON: Trumpet Major 12th Lancers , Francis died at Scutari Hospital on 22 December 1855 having been at Sebastopol Entitled to Crimea medal with Sebastopol clasp
Details of his Memorial at Scutari