British casualties
Hechtel, September 1944 Bourg-Léopold War Cemetery
Scots Guards X-Company :
Aiton
Alexander, Guardsman (+09.09.1944) age 24
Campbell Robert Calderwood, Lance
Corporal 1st Bn
(07.09.1944) age 21
(Groesbeek Memorial, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Espley John Leonard,
Guardsman (09.09.1944) age 20
Foster John,
Lance Corporal (09.09.1944) age 34
* Gill Herbert, Guardsman
(07.09.1944) age 23
(Geel War Cemetery)
Law Alexander,
Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) (12.09.1944) age 32
MacLeod William
Sinclair, Guardsman 1st Bn (09.09.1944) age20
Pallett Bertie
Edgar, Guardsman (09.09.1944) age
24
* Picknell Ernest
Fred, Guardsman (09.09.1944) age
25
(Brussels Town Cemetery - Evere)
Stewart George
Pennycook, Guardsman (09.09.1944)
age 33
Thorpe Ninian,
Lieutenant (09.09.1944) age 22
Welsh Guards 1 Battalion :
Ashmore
Alfred Harold, Lance Corporal (08.09.1944) age 26
Ashmore
Edward Terence, Guardsman (10.09.1940) age 29
Batteson
George, Guardsman (10.09.1944)
age 18
* Bulmer
O. T.
* Bulmer Oscar Theodore, Captain
1st Bn The Herefordshire Regt.,
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (09.09.1944) (Geel War Cemetery)
* Bulmer
Arthur Reginald, Lance Corporal 1st Bn Coldstream
Guards (08.09.1944) age 24
Church James, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age
19
Davies John, Lance Sergeant (12.09.1944) age 27
Froud Ronald Frederick, Lance
Corporal 10.09.1944) age 24
* Goodwin
Arthur, Guardsman (08.09.1944)
age 28 (Geel
War Cemetery)
Henderson
John Arnold Alexander, Captain (11.09.1944) age 31
Jones
Evan Lewis, Lance Corporal (10.09.1944) age 24
* Jones
Llewellyn Greenly, Guardsman 3rd Bn (08.05.1943) age 23
(Enfidaville War Cemetery, Sousse
Governorate, Tunesia)
Lewis Goronwy, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age
30
Lister Hugh Evelyn Jackson M.C., Major
(09.09.1944) age 43.
Loveday Edwin John, Guardsman
(08.09.1944) age 24
Phillips Idris Sefton, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age 19
Pugh George, Guardsman (11.09.1944) age
30
Pugsley Edward John, Guardsman
(14.09.1944) age 26
Smith Reginald Harry, Lance
Corporal (10.09.1944) age 25
Spencer John Ogilvie, Major
(09.09.1944)
Thomas
William Edward Burnhill, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age 36
Welsh Guards 2 Battalion :
Bird
Harold John, Lance Sergeant 2nd Armd.Recce Bn (08.09.1944)
age 34
* Colledge
W., Guardsman 2nd Armd. Recce Bn
(08.09.1944) age 24.
Davies
George Henry, Lance Sergeant (08.09.1944) age 30
Evans
Robert, Lance Sergeant (08.09.1944) age 28
Jones
Bryn Myrddin, 2nd Armd. Recce Bn
(12.09.1944) age 22
* Morgan
William Henry, Lance Corporal (07.09.1944) age 28
(Geel War Cemetery)
Morris
Richard John, Guardsman (08.09.1944) age 27
Williams
Kerfoot Tecwyn, Guardsman (08.09.1944) age 24
Grenadiers Guards :
Broad
Charles Henry, Guardsman 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
(10.09.1944)
age 20
Copperthwaite
William George, Guardsman 1st Bn Gren. Guards (10.09.1944) age 24
Frank,
Sir Howard Frederick, Lieutenant, 2nd Bn Grenadier
Guards (10.09.1944) age 21.
Hall George Thomas Basil, Sergeant 1st Bn
Grenadier Guards (10.09.1944)
age 26
Potter
Ronald Frank, Guardsman 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
(10.09.1944) age 28
Irish Guards :
Dunn
John, Lance Serjeant 3rd Bn (10.09.1944) age 23
The Herefordshire Rgt., Kings Shropshire Light
Infantry :
Blount
Sidney John, Private 1st Bn (10.09.1944)
age 30
Derry
William, Lance Sergjeant 1st Bn (10.09.1944) age 28
Hembrey
Francis William, Private 1st Bn (10.09.1944)
age 25
Hunt
George Verdun, Sergeant 1st Bn (10.09.1944)
age 28
Jeffs
Denis, Private 1/7th Bn (10.09.1944) age 22
Kotchapaw W. J., Lieutenant,
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attd. 1st Bn The Herefordshire Regt.,
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (10.09.1944) age 20. (Groesbeek Canadian Memorial, Nijmegen
Netherlands)
Langley
James, Lance Corporal 1st Bn (10.09.1944) age 24
Stevens
Benjamin, Private 1sr Bn (10.09.1944) age 31
Tranter
Arthur Edward, Private 1st Bn (10.09.1944)
age 33
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers :
Bonham-Carter
Andrew Malcolm, Major, No.2 Independent M.G. Coy., Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (11.09.1944) age
30
Cooper
David John, Fusilier, No.2 Independent M.G. Coy.
(11.09.1944) age 33
Hayes
William George, Fusilier, No.2 Independent
M.G. Coy. (11.09.1944)
age 20
Joyner
George Albert, Fusilier, No.2 Independent
M.G. Coy. (11.09.1944)
age 21
151 Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Ayrshire
Yeomanry) TA :
Burton Robin Welch, Captain
(10.09.1944) age 24 (Brussels Town
Cemetery - Evere)
Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps :
* Kirby George Frederick, Lance
Corporal (10.09.1944) age 27 (Hasselt Communal Cemetery - Kruisveld)
3 Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment :
Thornycroft John Mytton, Captain,
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment,3rd Battalion (12.09.1944) age 32.
2 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry :
Milne James, Trooper, H.Q. Sqn., 2nd
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps (11.09.1944) age 28
Royal Dutch Prinses Irene Brigade (Dutch Exploration
Department) :
*
Steijger Gerardus Matthijs, Soldaat Eerste Klas, Royal Dutch Brigade
Princess Irene (Netherlands) attd. Irish Guards Group (born in Delft
28.03.1924-+11.09.1944)
This list is compiled from searches of the names
at the Tank Memorial Hechtel and the register names of the British War Cemetery
Leopoldsburg/Bourg-Léopold and after further research of all kinds.
(For more
details see my book.)
We will remember them!
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