BARRETT James William aged 30 Bombardier 143 Fd Regt, Royal Artillery
died from drinking contaminated liquid whilst overseas
Buried Exning Old Cemetery
BOWMAN Ronald Jack aged 29 Private 1 st Bn The Royal East Kent Regt
(The Buffs) assumed Killed in Action at Florence, Italy.
Buried Florence Cemetery
CLOVER Stanley George aged 30 Able Seaman H.M.S.Barham, a 31,100 ton
battleship, that was torpedoed by 4 torpedoes
simultaneously, causing the ship to roll on its side in
2 ½ minutes before exploding. 862 died and 396
survived No Known Grave
LISTER Arthur aged 24 Sergeant (pilot) Royal Air Force No. 1 Air
Armament School Killed on a bombing training flight
on the ranges off the Lincolnshire coast when 2
Blenheim bombers collided. Buried in Exning Old
Cemetery.
ROYS Sidney aged 35 Gunner 73 rd Anti Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
Killed in Action at El Alamein No Known Grave.
TALBOT Frederick James aged 27 Private 2 nd Bn Beds & Herts Regt Killed in
Action at Monte Cassino Buried in Cassino War
Cemetery
WALKER Gerald Borland aged 30 Major 4 th County of London Yeomanry. RAC
Died of his wounds Buried at Kantara Memorial
Cemetery Egypt east of the Suez Canal.
WEBB John Thomas aged 26 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery “B” Bty 11 th
Honourable Artillery Company wounded at El Alamein
Died of his wounds Buried in Tel el Kebir Memorial
Cemetery Egypt
Two of the civilians named on the memorial were killed due to enemy action when
the hotel in Western Super Mare in which they were staying was bombed.. They
were William Tatum 1 st Baron Glanely, and his chauffeur Frederick Danner.
Leslie Fuller was killed while working in the White Hart Hotel when Newmarket
High Street as bombed.
The names not mentioned here died in the Far East where the war with Japan did
not end until 15 th August.
They will be remembered on VJ Day