Roll of Honour 1939-1947
Surnames starting with P
The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who lost their lives in the Second World War of 1939-1945 (plus 1946-47).
LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 21st MAY 2013
Surname |
Forenames |
Number |
Rank |
Location |
DOD |
Battalion |
Age |
Packer |
Samuel George Leslie |
5249047 |
Sergt. |
Egypt |
16/09/1942 |
1st |
28 |
Packman |
Albert Edward |
7962691 |
Pte. |
Berjou, France |
16/08/1944 |
1st |
21 |
Packman |
William Waltham |
14423096 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Paddick |
Robert |
5248015 |
Sergt. |
At sea. |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
22 |
Painter |
Edward Arthur George |
5499468 |
Pte. |
Burma |
11/02/1945 |
2nd |
34 |
Palmer |
Bernard Abraham |
5116941 |
Cpl. |
Egypt |
14/06/1942 |
1st |
22 |
Stanley Horace |
5258379 |
Cpl. |
Berjou, France |
15/08/1944 |
1st |
24 |
|
Panther |
William Henry |
5251398 |
Pte. |
At sea. |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
23 |
Pardoe |
Thomas Martin Homfray |
53726 |
Captain |
Hong Kong |
16/12/1941 |
- |
29 |
Park |
James |
4201244 |
Pte. |
India |
27/12/1943 |
- |
27 |
Park |
Thomas |
2026613 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
19/08/1945 |
att. |
36 |
Parker |
Raymond Edward Charles |
5251631 |
Pte. |
Tobruk, Libya |
23/02/1942 |
1st |
?? |
Parkes |
Horace |
5252580 |
Cpl. |
Immigshof, Germany |
17/02/1945 |
1st |
24 |
Parkes |
Leonard Cyril |
5251361 |
Cpl. |
Eritrea |
17/03/1941 |
1st |
21 |
Parkinson |
Eric |
5571164 |
L./Cpl. |
Dunkirk, France |
30/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Parr |
Joseph Henry |
4854684 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
31 |
Parsonage |
Arthur |
5059132 |
Pte. |
Burma |
21/01/1945 |
2nd |
?? |
Partridge |
Albert Edward |
5250032 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
26/05/1940 |
7th |
25 |
Partridge |
Ronald Edward |
14341213 |
Pte. |
Burma |
07/01/1945 |
2nd |
31 |
Payne |
Francis William |
5253967 |
Pte. |
At sea. |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
24 |
Payne |
John Eric |
5956348 |
Pte. |
Box 187, Acroma, Libya |
14/06/1942 |
1st |
27 |
Peacock |
William Joseph |
5249884 |
Sergt. |
Nigeria |
26/12/1944 |
2nd |
29 |
Peake |
Clarence Charles |
5571167 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Pearce |
Edward Thomas |
14216762 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
20/12/1944 |
1st |
20 |
Pearce |
Henry Ronald |
5177586 |
Sergt. |
At sea. |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
36 |
Pearson |
William Edward |
5250940 |
Pte. |
Pakistan |
05/07/1940 |
2nd |
21 |
Pennell |
John Henry |
4915785 |
Pte. |
France |
10/05/1940 |
7th |
22 |
Penrose |
Geoffrey Gordon |
4615275 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Percy |
Thomas |
5252394 |
Pte. |
Belgium |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
33 |
Perkins |
Frederick Charles |
5125346 |
L./Sergt. |
Burma |
29/05/1945 |
2nd |
22 |
Perkins |
John William Tudor |
5254137 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
15/04/1944 |
7th |
26 |
Perkins |
Sydney Albert |
4920043 |
L./Cpl. |
Krakow, Poland (POW) |
15/08/1944 |
1st |
28 |
Perry |
Frank Ernest |
5247369 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
20/06/1942 |
1st |
34 |
Petty |
Horace |
4928610 |
Pte. |
Burma |
22/01/1945 |
2nd |
33 |
Pettyfor |
Thomas William |
6912139 |
Sergt. |
Burma |
28/04/1944 |
7th |
33 |
Phillips |
David Anthony Temple |
253360 |
Lieut. |
Burma |
14/03/1945 |
7th |
22 |
Dennis John |
58762 |
Lieut.-Col. |
U.K. |
12/10/1947 |
8th |
35 |
|
Phipps |
George Augustine |
5254621 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
23/03/1943 |
10th |
26 |
Pingree |
Percy Victor |
14499485 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
17/02/1944 |
1st |
18 |
Pink |
Wilfred Charles |
5500695 |
Pte. |
Burma |
09/02/1945 |
2nd |
24 |
Piper |
John |
5251368 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
14/06/1942 |
1st |
22 |
Pirie |
John Edward |
7963272 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
21 |
Pitt |
James |
5249828 |
Pte. |
Burma |
21/05/1944 |
7th |
30 |
Horace Bertram |
5254631 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
16/05/1943 |
10th |
26 |
|
Platt |
Frank Joseph |
14673114 |
Pte. |
La Varinière, France |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Pleasance |
Harry |
5242937 |
C./Sergt. |
Germany (POW) |
02/03/1945 |
1st |
?? |
Poade |
Kenneth |
5258382 |
Cpl. |
Mouen, France |
29/06/1944 |
1st |
33 |
Pocock |
Cecil Frank |
5249327 |
Pte. |
Sudan |
09/05/1941 |
1st |
?? |
Poole |
Clement |
861705 |
Pte. |
Entrea |
26/01/1941 |
1st |
21 |
Postings |
William Ernest |
5253215 |
L./Cpl. |
La Bassée, France |
24/05/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Potts |
Edward |
5253577 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Oliver James |
5256091 |
Cpl. |
Point 361, France |
04/08/1944 |
1st |
31 |
|
Percy Joseph |
4862604 |
Pte. |
Elst, Netherlands |
25/09/1944 |
1st |
30 |
|
Powell |
Edwin Douglas |
5250563 |
Pte. |
Orq, Belgium |
10/05/1940 |
7th |
22 |
Poxon |
Sidney David |
5571171 |
Pte. |
Netherlands |
06/11/1944 |
1st |
26 |
Bernard Thomas |
549769 |
Pte. |
Elst, Netherlands |
24/09/1944 |
1st |
32 |
|
Poyner |
George Henry |
14541916 |
Pte. |
Burma |
28/02/1945 |
2nd |
21 |
Pratt |
Alfred |
5256094 |
Pte. |
Germany (POW) |
16/05/1945 |
1st |
28 |
Preece |
Arthur |
5248348 |
Cpl. |
Eritrea |
17/03/1941 |
1st |
29 |
Preston |
Horace |
14428566 |
Pte. |
Netherlands |
06/11/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Price |
Douglas |
4197242 |
L./Cpl. |
Germany (POW) |
02/12/1944 |
1st |
25 |
Price |
Ernest |
5250554 |
L./Cpl. |
Moncheaux, France |
10/05/1940 |
8th |
22 |
Price |
Frank |
5252483 |
Pte. |
Bambecque, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
19 |
Price |
Frederick |
5254661 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
15/10/1943 |
1st |
27 |
Price |
John Henry |
5254341 |
Pte. |
Bangladesh |
27/03/1945 |
7th |
27 |
Priest |
Douglas William |
14565811 |
Cpl. |
Rue De Chanoine, France |
27/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Pring |
Arthur William |
5248109 |
Cpl. |
Sudan |
05/05/1941 |
1st |
29 |
Pringle |
Charles Taylor |
4914347 |
L./Cpl. |
Italy |
19/03/1944 |
1st att. |
27 |
Prior |
Basil Alan |
7627474 |
Pte. |
India |
15/10/1941 |
- |
21 |
Pritchard |
Harold |
5257979 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
27/06/1944 |
1st |
33 |
Prowting |
Ronald Alfred |
5384804 |
Pte. |
La Bassée, France |
27/05/1940 |
7th |
19 |
Purcell |
Joseph |
5247615 |
L./Cpl. |
Sudan |
11/09/1940 |
1st |
28 |
Dennis |
14529394 |
Pte. |
Immigshof, Germany |
17/02/1945 |
1st |
20 |
Notes:
Sergeant Robert Paddick (5248015), Private William Henry Panther (5251398), Private Francis William Payne (5253967) and Sergeant Henry Ronald Pearce (5177586) were all killed on the 14th November 1942 when the Italian transport ship SS Scillin was torpedoed en route from Tripoli to Sicily with about 815 Commonwealth prisoners-of-war on board (including some 20 men of the 1st Battalion Worcestershire men) and some 200 Italian soldiers.
Private Thomas Park attached to the 9th Bn., The King's Regiment (Liverpool).
Lance Corporal Charles Taylor Pringle attached to No. 9 Commando.
L./Cpl. Sydney Alfred Perkins and Pte. Douglas Price were POWs at Lamsdorf, Stalag VIIIB (after 1943 known as Stalag 344).
Private
Edwin Douglas Powell (5250563) died between 10/05/1940 and 27/05/1940.