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

Palmer

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

Phillpotts

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

Plant

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

Pound

Oliver James

5256091

Cpl.

Point 361, France

04/08/1944

1st

31

Powdrill

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

Poyner

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

Purslow

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.

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