1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment - North West Europe 1944

VERNON - The River Seine Crossing (25th to 28th August 1944) - Part 12

Roll of Honour of Worcestershire Regiment Men

Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Died

Age

Location

Unit

Grave at

Benn

Anthony Alistair

Maj.

27/08/1944

 

Route de Tilly

Battalion 2 i/c

Vernonnet

Miller

Roger Arthur William

Capt.

28/08/1944

23

Route de Tilly

‘C’ Coy 2 i/c

Evreux

Hockley

William Henry

Sergt.

27/08/1944

21

Route de Tilly

Carrier Pl.

Vernonnet

Kerrigan

David Hugh

Sergt.

26/08/1944

31

Route de Magny

12 pl. ‘B’ Coy

Bayeux

Bratt

William

Cpl.

28/08/1944

27

Route de Tilly

Anti-Tank Pl.

St. Desir

Priest

Douglas William

Cpl.

27/08/1944

19

Rue Dr Chanoine

13 Pl. ‘C’ Coy

Vernonnet

Cartwright

Joseph

Pte.

26/08/1944

20

Route de Magny

12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy

Bayeux

Cooke

Arthur George

Pte.

28/08/1944

29

Route de Tilly

-

St. Desir

Cox

George Henry

Pte.

27/08/1944

19

Route de Tilly

7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy

Vernonnet

Drinkwater

Walter John

Pte.

27/08/1944

33

Route de Tilly

HQ Coy

Vernonnet

Edgington

Wilfred John

Pte.

27/08/1944

23

Route de Tilly

7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy

Vernonnet

Everfield

Albert Douglas Edwin

Pte.

27/08/1944

18

Route de Tilly

7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy

Vernonnet

Footman

Frederick Benjamin

Pte.

27/08/1944

32

Route de Magny

12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy

Bayeux

Golding

Bernard

Pte.

27/08/1944

24

Route de Tilly

-

Vernonnet

Grainger

William

Pte.

27/08/1944

31

Route de Tilly

Sp Coy

Vernonnet

Heaton

Gordon Albert James

Pte.

27/08/1944

21

Route de Tilly

-

Vernonnet

Jones

Ernest

Pte.

26/08/1944

32

Route de Magny

12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy

Bayeux

Long

Charles Walter

Pte.

29/08/1944

32

Route de Tilly

Benn's Batman

Evreux

Oakley

Dennis John

Pte.

27/08/1944

19

Route de Tilly

-

Vernonnet

Roper

Ernest

Pte.

27/08/1944

24

Route de Tilly

-

Vernonnet

Salisbury

Ronald

Pte.

27/08/1944

19

Route de Tilly

-

St. Desir

Shepherd

William George

Pte.

27/08/1944

18

Route de Tilly

-

St. Desir

Smith

Bert

Pte.

27/08/1944

34

Route de Magny

12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy

Bayeux

Smith

George Allen

Pte.

27/08/1944

32

Route de Tilly

-

Vernonnet

Treadgold

Leonard Horace

Pte.

27/08/1944

19

Pont de Vernon

9 Pl. ‘A’ Coy

Vernon

Webb

Ernest

Pte.

27/08/1944

31

Route de Tilly

7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy

Vernonnet

Williams

James Henry

Gnr.

27/08/1944

32

Route de Tilly

-

Vernonnet

 

Original Graves of those killed at Vernon (September 1944)

 

Worcestershire Regiment war graves at Vernon (August 1992)
Vernon (Vernonnet) Communal Cemetery, Eure, France


The grave with the poppy wreath is Major A. A. Benn. On the right is Pte. E. Roper
On the left is the grave of Ida Winifred Benn (mother of Major Benn) the inscription on her grave stone reads:
"Ida Winifred Benn dearly loved wife of Gilbert and mother of Major Anthony A. Benn buried here - God Bless, you baby and make you happy, 1884-1948"

 

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